Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

==Nickname==
[[File:Tiger Stadium exterior April 2008 - Detroit Michigan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|[[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], home of the Tigers from 1912 to 1999, at the corner of [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan|Michigan]] and Trumbull Avenues in the [[Corktown, Detroit|Corktown]] district of Detroit]]

The team was referred to as the Wolverines and Creams in their inaugural season in 1894 before they became the Tigers.<ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Bak|title=The Tigers' first 4th of July game was in 1894|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/the-tigers-first-4th-of-july-game-was-in-1894/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=July 5, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603153620/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/the-tigers-first-4th-of-july-game-was-in-1894/|archive-date=June 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Mayer"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Calcaterra|title=Today in Baseball History: Detroit Tigers become the 'Tigers'|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/today-in-baseball-history-detroit-tigers-become-the-tigers|website=NBC Sports|date=April 16, 2020|access-date=June 20, 2024|archive-date=December 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203022216/https://www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/today-in-baseball-history-detroit-tigers-become-the-tigers|url-status=live}}</ref> There are various legends about how they got their [[nickname]].<ref name="Beck nickname">{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Beck|title=How they came to be called the Tigers|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/detroit-tigers-team-name-origin|website=MLB.com|date=December 1, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416003721/https://www.mlb.com/news/detroit-tigers-team-name-origin|archivedate=April 16, 2023|access-date=April 15, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Bak>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Bak|title=A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium|date=1998|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw532hJGaTwC&pg=PA46 46–49]|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0814325124}}</ref> One involves the striped socks they wore.<ref name="Beck nickname"/><ref name=Bak/><ref name="Tigers list">{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=10 things most fans don't know about the Detroit Tigers|url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2016/06/29/10-things-fans-dont-know-detroit-tigers/|website=Vintage Detroit|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308204214/https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2016/06/29/10-things-fans-dont-know-detroit-tigers/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[George Stallings]], the team's manager, took credit for the name. However, the earliest known use of it appeared in the ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' on April 16, 1895, a year prior to Stallings joining the team.<ref name="Mayer">{{cite web|first=Zlati|last=Meyer|title=This week in Michigan history: Detroit baseball team 1st called Tigers in Freep|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/04/11/detroit-tigers-name-michigan-history/25635345/|website=Detroit Free Press|date=April 11, 2015|access-date=June 26, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626220516/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/04/11/detroit-tigers-name-michigan-history/25635345/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Beck nickname"/><ref name=Bak/>

In the book ''A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium'', Richard Bak states that the name originated from the [[Detroit Light Guard]] military unit, who were known as "The Tigers". They had played significant roles in certain [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battles and in the 1898 [[Spanish–American War]]. Upon entry into the majors, the ballclub sought and received formal permission from the Light Guard to use its [[trademark]]. From that day forth, the team has been known as the Tigers.<ref name="Beck nickname"/><ref name=Bak/>