1935 Detroit Tigers season
As the 1934 Detroit Tigers won a club-record 101 games, the team made few changes in the off-season to alter their winning combination.
Charlie Gehringer later said: "When Mickey was managing the Tigers from behind the plate I can't remember him ever fouling up anything.
Known for his consistency as a hitter and fielder, Gehringer was given the nickname "The Mechanical Man" by Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez.
Once, after both failed to cover second on a steal attempt, Mickey Cochrane charged out from behind the plate shouting at Rogell and Gehringer.
As reported in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: "Rogell, astonished, looked at Gehringer to see if he was going to say anything.
The two fought, and Detroit fans pelted Medwick with fruit and garbage when he returned to left field.
As the fan reaction escalated, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ordered Medwick removed from the game.
However, when Hank Greenberg broke his wrist in Game 2 of the 1935 World Series, Marv Owen moved to first base, and Clifton stepped in as the starting third baseman.
In his autobiography, Greenberg joked about Clifton's unusual diet: "On the road, he used to eat nothing but doughnuts and bananas.
[5] During the six-game 1935 World Series, Fox also led the team in hits (10), RBIs (4), and batting average (.385).
After leading the Washington Senators to American League pennants in 1924, 1925, and 1933, owner Clark Griffith traded Goslin to Detroit before the 1934 season.
With the game tied 3–3, Goslin came to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs and Mickey Cochrane on 2nd base.
Center fielder Jo-Jo White led the team with 19 stolen bases and also contributed 12 triples.
White's real first name was Joyner, but he was called "Jo-Jo" because of the way he pronounced his native state of Georgia.
He hit over .300 for the 1935 Tigers, but his reputation for being inattentive and overzealous on the basepaths drew the ire of manager Mickey Cochrane.
The pitching staff was led by starters Tommy Bridges, Schoolboy Rowe, Alvin Crowder, and Elden Auker.
While appearing on the Eddie Cantor radio show, Rowe famously asked his fiancée, "How'm I doing, Edna honey?"
The line endeared Schoolboy to the nation, and also resulted in relentless teasing from opposing players and fans.
The Tigers' #4 starter was 36-year-old Alvin Crowder, who served in the U.S. Army during its occupation of Siberia after World War I.
When "Chief" Hogsett would take the mound at Navin Field, Detroit fans greeted him with "war whoops."
On September 21, 1935, the Tigers clinched the American League pennant by winning both games of a double-header against the St. Louis Browns.
Tommy Bridges won the opener, 6–2, and Elden Auker pitched a complete-game shutout to win the second game, 2–0.
Infielders Coaches Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg.
= Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five World Series appearances.
He finished the game, but he developed severe pain on the train ride to Chicago that night, and x-rays revealed fractures of two bones in his wrist.
"[11] Coach Roy Johnson accused Moriarty of making improper reflections on the Cubs' ancestry.
The Cubs won 3–1 on a 2-run home run by Chuck Klein off losing pitcher Schoolboy Rowe.
After the game, manager Mickey Cochrane said the following of Bridges' gutsy performance: "A hundred and fifty pounds of courage.
"[7] Delirious Detroit fans rushed onto Navin Field in celebration after Goslin's game-winning hit.
On November 13, 1935, five weeks after the Tigers finally won the World Series, Navin suffered a heart attack while riding a horse and died.
