Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1935 World Series Champions====
{{Main|1935 Detroit Tigers season}}
The Tigers 1935 lineup featured four future Hall of Famers (Hank Greenberg, Mickey Cochrane, [[Goose Goslin]] and Charlie Gehringer).<ref>{{cite web|first=Doug|last=Lehman|title=A Mechanical Man, a Hammer, the Goose, and Black Mike: 1935 Detroit Tigers in the Hall of Fame|url=https://sabr.org/research/mechanical-man-hammer-goose-and-black-mike-1935-detroit-tigers-hall-fame|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213457/https://sabr.org/research/mechanical-man-hammer-goose-and-black-mike-1935-detroit-tigers-hall-fame|url-status=live}}</ref> Although they did not challenge the 1934 team's 101 wins, their 93–58 record was good enough to give them the AL pennant by three games over the New York Yankees.<ref>{{cite web|title=1935 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213444/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Greenberg was named AL MVP after hitting .328 and leading the league in home runs (36), extra-base hits (98) and RBIs (168).<ref>{{cite web|title=Hank Greenberg Baseball Stats|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=greenha01|website=Baseball Alamanc|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213343/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=greenha01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1935 batting">{{cite web|title=1935 American Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213240/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1935-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Incredibly, Greenberg's RBI total was 48 higher than the next closest player ([[Lou Gehrig]], with 120).<ref name="1935 batting"/> The Tigers also got strong contributions from Gehringer (.330), Cochrane (.319) and starting pitchers Tommy Bridges (21–10) and Elden Auker (18–7).<ref>{{cite web|title=1935 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1935.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213444/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1935.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Tigers finally won their first [[1935 World Series|World Series]], defeating the [[1935 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]], 4–2. Game 6 concluded with Goslin's dramatic walk-off RBI single, scoring Cochrane for a 4–3 victory.<ref name="Cochrane freep"/>

After owner [[Frank Navin]] died in the offseason, [[Walter Briggs Sr.]] took over control of the team.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Marc|last1=Okkonen|first2=David|last2=Jones|title=Frank Navin|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dba7471c|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 31, 2018|archive-date=July 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731213244/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dba7471c|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=Mansion of former Tiger owner on the market for less than $500k|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/04/29/mansion-of-former-tiger-owner-on-the-market-for-less-than-500k/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=April 29, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115221818/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/04/29/mansion-of-former-tiger-owner-on-the-market-for-less-than-500k/|url-status=live}}</ref>