Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

===The Cobb era (1905–1926)===
====1905====
[[File:1913 Ty Cobb portrait photo.png|thumb|[[Ty Cobb]] in 1913]]
In 1905, the team acquired 18-year-old [[Ty Cobb]], a fearless player who came to be regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. The addition of Cobb to an already talented team that included [[Sam Crawford]], [[Hughie Jennings]], [[Bill Donovan]] and [[George Mullin (baseball)|George Mullin]] quickly yielded results.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cobb still revered, reviled 100 years after first game|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2146324|website=ESPN.com|date=August 29, 2005|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820120209/http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2146324|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1907 American League Champions====
{{Main|1907 Detroit Tigers season}}
Behind the hitting of outfielders Ty Cobb (.350) and Sam Crawford (.323), and the pitching of Bill Donovan and [[Ed Killian]] (25 wins each), the Tigers went 92–58 to win the AL pennant in 1907 by 1.5 games over the [[1907 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1907 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1907.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-date=July 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725144624/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1907.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1907 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802212233/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1907.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> They moved on to [[1907 World Series|their first World Series appearance]] against the [[1907 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]].<ref name="1907 World Series">{{cite web|title=1907 World Series|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1907|website=MLB.com|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224090414/http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1907|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Tie>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Bak|title=When the Tigers played to a tie in the World Series|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2013/11/14/when-the-detroit-tigers-played-to-a-tie-in-the-world-series/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=November 14, 2013|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115231615/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2013/11/14/when-the-detroit-tigers-played-to-a-tie-in-the-world-series/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Game 1 ended in a rare 3–3 tie, called due to darkness after 12 innings.<ref name="1907 World Series"/><ref name=Tie/> The Tigers scored only three runs in the succeeding four games, never scoring more than one run in a game, and lost the Series, 4–0.<ref name="1907 World Series"/>

====1908 American League Champions====
{{Main|1908 Detroit Tigers season}}
[[File:1908WorldSeries.png|thumb|upright=1.0|[[1908 World Series]] program]]
The Tigers won the AL by just a half-game over the 90–64 [[1908 Cleveland Naps season|Cleveland Naps]] with a 90–63 record.<ref>{{cite web|title=1908 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713043114/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobb hit .324, while Sam Crawford hit .311 with 7 [[home runs]], which was enough to lead the league in the [[Dead-ball era|"dead ball" era]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1908 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308195003/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1908-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[1908 Chicago Cubs season|Cubs]], however, would defeat the Tigers again in the [[1908 World Series]], this time in five games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1908 World Series Chicago Cubs over Detroit Tigers (4–1)|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1908_WS.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421011954/http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1908_WS.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> This would be the Cubs' last World Championship until [[2016 Chicago Cubs season|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Ronald|last=Blum|title=Cubs win World Series Game 7, end 108-year drought|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/dp-cubs-world-series-beat-indians-game-7-20161103-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|agency=Associated Press|date=November 3, 2016|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=January 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071022/http://www.chicagotribune.com/dp-cubs-world-series-beat-indians-game-7-20161103-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1909 American League Champions====
{{Main|1909 Detroit Tigers season}}
In 1909, Detroit posted a 98–54 season, winning the AL pennant by 3.5 games over the [[1909 Philadelphia Athletics season|Athletics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1909 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=May 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512211924/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Ty Cobb won the batting [[Triple Crown (baseball)|triple crown]] in 1909, hitting .377 with 9 home runs (all inside-the-park) and 107 [[Run batted in|RBIs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Baseball History in 1909|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1909a.shtml|website=Baseball Almanac|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426043105/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/yr1909a.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="1909 AL batting">{{cite web|title=1909 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430000903/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1909-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He also led the league with 76 [[stolen bases]].<ref name="1909 AL batting"/> George Mullin was the pitching hero, going 29–8 with a 2.22 [[Earned run average|ERA]], while fellow [[pitcher]] [[Ed Willett]] went 21–10.<ref>{{cite web|title=1909 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1909.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712220234/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1909.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Mullin's 11–0 start in 1909 was a Tigers record for 104 years, finally being broken by [[Max Scherzer]]'s 13–0 start in [[2013 Detroit Tigers season|2013]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Matthew B.|last=Mowery|title=Scherzer makes history, becoming first Tigers starter to post an 11–0 record to begin the season|url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/op/20130622/news/306229950/|website=The Oakland Press|date=June 22, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713010608/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/article/OP/20130622/NEWS/306229950|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Lowe|title=Max Scherzer first pitcher to start 12–0 in 27 years|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/06/28/max-scherzer-12-0-first-since-1986-tigers-beat-rays/2474509/|website=USA Today|agency=Detroit Free Press|date=June 28, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702085649/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/06/28/max-scherzer-12-0-first-since-1986-tigers-beat-rays/2474509/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Axisa|title=Rangers hand Max Scherzer first loss of 2013|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rangers-hand-max-scherzer-first-loss-of-2013/|website=CBS Sports|date=July 13, 2013|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726171234/https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rangers-hand-max-scherzer-first-loss-of-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It was hoped that a new opponent in the [[1909 World Series|1909 Series]], the [[1909 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]], would yield different results. The Tigers performed better in the Fall Classic, taking Pittsburgh to seven games, but they were blown out 8–0 in the decisive game at Bennett Park.<ref>{{cite web | title = World Series Game 7 Played on Saturday, October 16, 1909 (D) at Bennett Park | publisher = [[Retrosheet]] | url = https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1909/B10160DET1909.htm | access-date = March 12, 2008 | archive-date = January 23, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210123144828/https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1909/B10160DET1909.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

====1910–1914====
The Tigers dropped to third place in the American League in 1910 with an 86–68 record.<ref>{{cite web|title=1910 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308065847/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1910.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> They posted 89 wins in 1911 to finish second, but were still well behind a powerhouse [[1911 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]] team that won 101 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1911 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184619/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1911.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The team sunk to a dismal sixth place in both the 1912 and 1913 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|title=1912 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210227/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1912.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1913 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829000139/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1913.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> A bright spot in [[1912 Detroit Tigers season|1912]] was George Mullin pitching the franchise's first [[no-hitter]] in a 7–0 win over the [[1912 St. Louis Browns season|St. Louis Browns]] on July 4, his 32nd birthday.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mitch|last=Lutzke|title=July 4, 1912: George Mullin tosses first Tigers no-hitter|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-4-1912-george-mullin-tosses-first-tigers-no-hitter|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713042150/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-4-1912-george-mullin-tosses-first-tigers-no-hitter|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cobb went into the stands in a May 15, 1912, game to attack a fan that was abusing him, and was suspended. Three days later, the Tigers protested the suspension by fielding a team of replacement players against the [[1912 Philadelphia Athletics season|Philadelphia Athletics]]. They lost 24–2.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Dow|title=The Day the Tigers Went on Strike to Support Ty Cobb|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2011/04/24/the-day-the-tigers-went-on-strike-to-support-ty-cobb/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=April 24, 2011|access-date=January 17, 2020|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203220416/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2011/04/24/the-day-the-tigers-went-on-strike-to-support-ty-cobb/|url-status=live}}</ref> During this five-season stretch, Cobb posted [[Batting average (baseball)|batting averages]] of .383, .420, .409, .390 and .368, winning the [[List of Major League Baseball batting champions|batting title]] every year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml|title=Ty Cobb Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=November 1, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706022138/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1915====
{{Main|1915 Detroit Tigers season}}
In 1915, the Tigers won a then-club record 100 games, but narrowly lost the AL pennant to the [[1915 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], who won 101 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1915 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012703/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1915.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1915 Tigers were led by an [[outfield]] consisting of Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, and [[Bobby Veach]] that finished #1, #2, and #3 in RBIs and [[total bases]].<ref name=James>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=Led by Cobb, Tigers outfield was greatest ever|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/07/15/led-by-cobb-tigers-outfield-of-1915-was-greatest-ever/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=July 15, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116045002/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/07/15/led-by-cobb-tigers-outfield-of-1915-was-greatest-ever/|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobb also set a stolen base record with 96 steals in 1915 that stood until 1962, when it was broken by [[Maury Wills]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Dwyre|title=Fifty years ago, Maury Wills made crime pay off for the Dodgers|url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-09-la-sp-0410-dwyre-maury-wills-20120410-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=April 9, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=May 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530141719/https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-apr-09-la-sp-0410-dwyre-maury-wills-20120410-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Baseball historian [[Bill James]] has ranked the 1915 Tigers outfield as the greatest in the history of baseball.<ref name=James/> The only team in Tigers' history with a better winning percentage than the 1915 squad was the 1934 team that lost the [[1934 World Series|World Series]] to the [[1934 St. Louis Cardinals season|St. Louis Cardinals]].<ref name=OKennedy>{{cite web|first=Patrick|last=OKennedy|title=Which Tiger team is the greatest of all time?|url=https://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/19/3520272/which-tiger-team-is-the-greatest-of-all-time|website=Bless You Boys|date=October 19, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714021018/https://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/19/3520272/which-tiger-team-is-the-greatest-of-all-time|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1916–1920====
The Tigers dropped to third place in 1916 with an 87–67 record, and would remain mired in the middle of the AL standings the rest of the decade, never winning more than 80 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1916 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916-standings.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713232346/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1916-standings.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1917 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308092859/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1917.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1918 American League Standings|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918-standings.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713232405/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1918-standings.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1919 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828210224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1919.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1920 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2018|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010210651/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1920.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In the late teens and into the 1920s, Cobb continued to be the marquee player, though he was pushed by budding star [[outfielder]] [[Harry Heilmann]], who went on to hit .342 for his career.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=D'Addona|title=Harry Heilmann|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7257f49c|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163254/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7257f49c|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Hughie Jennings]] left the Tigers after the 1920 season, having accumulated 1,131 wins as a [[Baseball manager|manager]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hughie Jennings Managerial Record|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/jennihu01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=February 14, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122081743/http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/jennihu01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> This stood as a Tiger record until 1992, when it was broken by [[Sparky Anderson]].<ref name="Sparky's record">{{cite web|title=Tigers 13, Indians 3|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/27/Tigers-13-Indians-3/3918717566400/|website=UPI.com|date=September 27, 1992|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234618/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/27/Tigers-13-Indians-3/3918717566400/|url-status=live}}</ref> Cobb himself took over managerial duties in 1921, but during his six years at the helm, the Tigers topped out at 86 wins and never won a pennant.<ref name="Cobb SABR">{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Ginsburg|title=Ty Cobb|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7551754a|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714022516/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7551754a|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cobb VD">{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=Ty Cobb served as player/manager for the Tigers during The Roaring '20s|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/02/17/ty-cobb-served-as-playermanager-for-tigers-during-the-roaring-20s/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115221722/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2012/02/17/ty-cobb-served-as-playermanager-for-tigers-during-the-roaring-20s/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ty Cobb Managerial Record|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/cobbty01.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234539/https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/cobbty01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1921====
{{Main|1921 Detroit Tigers season}}
In 1921, the Tigers amassed 1,724 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] and a team batting average of .316, the highest team hit total and batting average in AL history.<ref>{{cite book|first=Seymour|last=Siwoff|title=The Elias Book of Baseball Records|year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780917050107/page/88 88]|publisher=Elias Sports Bureau|isbn=978-0917050107|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780917050107/page/88}}</ref> That year, outfielders Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb finished #1 and #2 in the American League batting race with batting averages of .394 and .389, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=September 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902134958/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> The downfall of the 1921 Tigers, however, was the absence of good pitching. The team ERA was 4.40.<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 Detroit Tigers Statistics|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1921.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024345/https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Without pitching to support the offense, the 1921 Tigers finished in sixth place in the American League at 71–82, 27 games behind the [[1921 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1921 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024320/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1921.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

On August 19, 1921, Cobb collected his 3,000th career hit off [[Elmer Myers]] of the [[Boston Red Sox]]. Aged 34 at the time, he is still the youngest player to reach that milestone, also reaching it in the fewest at-bats (8,093).<ref name=SportingNews08061999>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/3000_hit_club/cobb_ty.htm |title=The 3000 Hit Club: Ty Cobb |access-date=February 10, 2007 |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209031106/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/exhibits/online_exhibits/3000_hit_club/cobb_ty.htm |archive-date=February 9, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=HallofFameCobb3000>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/172730.html |date=August 6, 1999 |title=Inside the numbers: 3,000 hits |access-date=February 10, 2007 |magazine=[[Sporting News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050211195538/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/sports2000/numbers/172730.html |archive-date=February 11, 2005 }}</ref>

====1922–1926====
The Tigers continued to field good teams during Ty Cobb's tenure as player-manager, finishing as high as second in [[1923 Detroit Tigers season|1923]], but lack of quality pitching kept them from winning a pennant.<ref name="Cobb VD"/><ref>{{cite web|title=1923 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301063558/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1923.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry Heilmann hit .403 in 1923, becoming the last AL player to top .400 until [[Ted Williams]] hit .406 in 1941.<ref>{{cite web|title=Harry Heilmann Baseball Stats|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=heilmha01|website=Baseball Almanac|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233758/http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=heilmha01|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[1925 Detroit Tigers season|1925]], Heilmann collected six hits in a season-ending doubleheader to win the batting title, finishing at .393 to [[Tris Speaker]]'s .389.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Zerby|title=October 4, 1925: Heilmann grabs AL batting title; Cobb 'saves' the day|url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-4-1925-heilmann-grabs-al-batting-title-cobb-saves-day|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=July 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233449/https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-4-1925-heilmann-grabs-al-batting-title-cobb-saves-day|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=1925 American League Batting Leaders|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1925-batting-leaders.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 19, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420081731/http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1925-batting-leaders.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cobb announced his retirement in November 1926 after 22 seasons with the Tigers, though he would return to play two more seasons with the [[History of the Philadelphia Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]].<ref name="Cobb SABR"/><ref name="Cobb VD"/>