Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1934 American League Champions====
{{Main|1934 Detroit Tigers season}}
The Tigers won the 1934 AL pennant with a 101–53 record, at the time a team record for wins, and still the best win percentage (.656) in team history.<ref name=OKennedy/> The Tigers [[infield]] (Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer, along with [[shortstop]] [[Billy Rogell]] and [[third baseman]] [[Marv Owen]]) accumulated 462 runs during the season, with Gehringer (214 hits, .356 average) leading the way.<ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Goldstein|title=Billy Rogell Is Dead at 98; Star Shortstop in the 1930's|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/13/sports/billy-rogell-is-dead-at-98-star-shortstop-in-the-1930-s.html|website=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2003|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213118/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/13/sports/billy-rogell-is-dead-at-98-star-shortstop-in-the-1930-s.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1934 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1934.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213244/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1934.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Schoolboy Rowe led a strong pitching staff, winning 16 straight decisions at one point of the season and finishing with a 24–8 record.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=The hottest team in Detroit Tigers' history was 1934, not 1984|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2014/06/07/hottest-team-detroit-tigers-history-1934-1984/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=June 7, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116033923/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2014/06/07/hottest-team-detroit-tigers-history-1934-1984/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Tigers would fall in the [[1934 World Series]] in seven games to the "[[Gashouse Gang]]" [[1934 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name="Cochrane freep"/><ref name="1934 World Series">{{cite web|title=Postseason History: 1934 World Series|url=http://m.mlb.com/postseason/history/1934/world-series/|website=MLB.com|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014438/http://m.mlb.com/postseason/history/1934/world-series/|url-status=dead}}</ref> After winning a tight battle in Game 5 with a 3–1 decision over [[Dizzy Dean]], Detroit took a 3–2 series lead, but would lose the next two games at Navin Field (Tiger Stadium).<ref name="1934 World Series"/> For the second time in a World Series Game 7, Detroit folded. St. Louis scored seven times in the third inning off starter [[Elden Auker]] and a pair of relievers, while Dean baffled the Tiger hitters en route to an 11–0 victory.<ref name="Cochrane freep"/><ref name="1934 World Series"/><ref name=Medwick>{{cite web|first=Brent|last=Heutmaker|title=October 9, 1934: 'A case for Judge Landis': Medwick tossed in World Series melee as Cardinals win Game 7|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-9-1934-case-judge-landis-medwick-tossed-world-series-melee-cardinals-win-game|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=June 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617192727/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-9-1934-case-judge-landis-medwick-tossed-world-series-melee-cardinals-win-game|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1934 World Series Game 7, Cardinals at Tigers, October 9|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET193410090.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 20, 2018|archive-date=July 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721014304/https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET193410090.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The final game was marred by an ugly incident. After spiking Tigers third baseman Marv Owen in the sixth inning, Cardinals left fielder [[Joe Medwick]] had to be removed from the game for his own safety by [[Commissioner of Baseball|Commissioner]] [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] after being pelted with debris from angry fans in the large temporary bleacher section in left field.<ref name="Cochrane freep"/><ref name="1934 World Series"/><ref name=Medwick/>