Detroit Tigers Events

1907 Oct 8
to 1907 Oct 12
 1907 World Series
The 1907 World Series featured the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, with the Cubs winning the Series four games to none (with one tie) for their first championship. The Cubs came bac...
1908 Oct 10
to 1908 Oct 14
 1908 World Series
The 1908 World Series matched the defending champion Chicago Cubs against the Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. In this first-ever rematch of this young event, the Cubs won ...
1909 Oct 8
to 1909 Oct 16
 1909 World Series
The 1909 World Series featured the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Detroit Tigers. The Pirates won the Series in seven games to capture their first championship of the modern Major League Base...
1922 Apr 30 Charlie Robertson Pitches a Perfect Game
Charles Culbertson Robertson (January 31, 1896 – August 23, 1984) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Dexter, Texas, and grew up in Nocona, Texas graduating from ...
1934 Oct 3
to 1934 Oct 9
 1934 World Series
The 1934 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Cardinals' "Gashouse Gang" winning in seven games for their third championship in nine years. T...
1935 Oct 2
to 1935 Oct 7
 1935 World Series
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 Series appearances. They had lost in 1907...
1940 Oct 2
to 1940 Oct 8
 1940 World Series
The 1940 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the Series in seven games for their second championship, their first since the scandal-...
1945 Oct 3
to 1945 Oct 10
 1945 World Series
The 1945 World Series matched the American League Detroit Tigers against the National League Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won the Series, four games to three, giving them their second champio...
1968 Oct 2
to 1968 Oct 10
 1968 World Series
The 1968 World Series featured the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Tigers winning in seven games for their first championship since 1945, and t...
1984 Oct 9
to 1984 Oct 14
 1984 World Series
The Detroit Tigers were World Series bound right from the start of the regular season, winning thirty-five of their first forty games and finishing with one-hundred four wins (a fifteen g...
2004 Aug 6 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-3
DETROIT -- The easy excuse would be to blame it on David Ortiz's nutty last month in Anaheim, Calif. Maybe Ortiz could have made a difference last night if he were playing rather than fin...
2004 Aug 7 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 7-4
DETROIT -- They desperately were seeking something: a spark, a galvanizing event, a turning point, anything to launch them toward the playoffs as they reached the two-thirds point of a co...
2004 Aug 8 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 11-9
DETROIT -- Terry Francona sat in a chair in his office with his hands over his scarred knees, happy and somewhat relieved that his team's four-city, 11-game road trip had ended with six w...
2004 Aug 26 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 4-1
When the history of the 2004 Red Sox is written, the hardball poets will cite July 31 as the turning point of the season. That's right, all you Nomie Krishnas, still wearing those No. 5 j...
2004 Aug 27 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 5-3
When the Tigers wasted little time taking a 1-0 lead off Derek Lowe in the first inning, Terry Francona surmised if Lowe's shaky start had come in the first half of the season, Lowe might...
2004 Aug 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 5-1
Signs of a fun-loving team on a rapturous roll: Derek Lowe paying a goofy tribute to Red Sox starter Pedro Martinez by donning a Dominican flag do-rag, wrapping David Ortiz's long chain a...
2004 Aug 29 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-1
The way things have turned their way in recent weeks, the Red Sox seemed strong enough to overcome even the loss of Manny Ramirez to an injury. But they were grateful just the same when t...
2005 May 2 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-3
DETROIT -- This will be ephemeral. Soon the breeze will be blowing out at Fenway, baseballs will be sailing over the Green Monster like kites over the Charles, crooked digits will be post...
2005 May 3 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 5-3
DETROIT -- Over 162 games, Gonzalez and Halama aren't going to make you forget Schilling and Wells, but on consecutive nights at Comerica Park, the Red Sox got two respectable performance...
2005 May 4 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 4-3
DETROIT -- There will come a time, whether it's by injury, through attrition, or via Father Time, a young player finally gets his chance. Kevin Youkilis has no idea when that time will...
2005 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 2-1
DETROIT - When they saw Bronson Arroyo walk off the mound prior to the start of the ninth inning in favor of closer Keith Foulke, there was a collective sigh of relief, a temporary moment...
2005 Aug 15 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-6
DETROIT -- Curt Schilling never looked so dejected. Never looked so disappointed. You can understand why. This is a Red Sox team that's clicking in just about every way. They had...
2005 Aug 16 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 10-7
DETROIT -- As a former winter ball teammate in the Dominican Republic, David Ortiz knew two things about Detroit's recently appointed closer, Fernando Rodney. No. 1: The man has a good...
2005 Aug 17 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5
DETROIT -- David Wells lingered outside the Red Sox clubhouse at Comerica Park yesterday evening, recounting what plagued him during his briefest stay in a game since May 18. ''I can't...
2005 Aug 26 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 9-8
Their lockers are adjacent in the Red Sox clubhouse, No. 53 Chad Bradford on the left and No. 50 Mike Timlin on the right. And the two veteran relievers worked in tandem last night to hel...
2005 Aug 27 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-8
Keith Foulke returned to a mound last night, this time in Lowell, pitching in a Single A league that allows only four players per team older than age 23. Foulke, whose fastball hovered be...
2005 Aug 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 11-3
David Ortiz enjoyed a slump-breaking afternoon with three hits yesterday, including his 33d home run, and three RBIs, which drew him even with Manny Ramirez for the American League lead w...
2006 Jun 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 3-2
DETROIT -- He had struck out twice, lined out to first, and committed an embarrassing error on a routine throw to first base. "Rough day," Kevin Youkilis said. "I was struggling. I was...
2006 Jun 3 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-2
DETROIT -- So you thought the Red Sox caught a break when they missed Justin Verlander, the Tigers' 23-year-old pitching phenom whose picture graced the cover of last week's Sports Illust...
2006 Jun 4 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 8-3
DETROIT -- With Matt Clement temporarily quieting the debate over whether he is still qualified to pitch in the big leagues, represent the city of Boston, and retain membership in the hum...
2006 Aug 14 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-4
No one should presume that the Detroit Tigers are a mere warmup act this week to the Yankees, not when the Tigers arrive in Fenway Park with the best record in baseball, even if burdened ...
2006 Aug 15 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-2
Confusion reigned. Was the ball fair or foul? Was Craig Monroe out at first? What, exactly, had just transpired? None of the answers was immediately apparent. But, as the minutes ticke...
2006 Aug 16 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-4
The Red Sox, who have been casting about for a lefthanded hitter for some time, last night came to terms on a deal with Carlos Peña, the Haverhill native and former Northeastern star who ...
2006 Oct 21
to 2006 Oct 27
 2006 World Series
""In football or college basketball when this happens, people say, 'Isn't that great?' But when it happens in baseball, people criticize it. When the Yankees win every year, people hate th..." —Commissioner Bud Selig
2007 Apr 9 Baltimore Orioles defeat Detroit Tigers, 6-2
Dancing days Kevin Millar did his best Ray Lewis impression during the pre-game introductions, breaking out the linebacker's signature dance before jogging down the orange carpet. Then...
2007 Apr 10 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 3-1
For the first time since joining the Orioles, starting pitcher Jaret Wright finally looked comfortable on the mound. He located his fastball and threw his other three pitches for strikes....
2007 Apr 11 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 4-1
It certainly was not the spot Sam Perlozzo wanted for Kurt Birkins, but with all his other options in the bullpen exhausted, the Orioles manager had no choice. So, in a scoreless game ...
2007 Apr 30 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 8-4
DETROIT -- When the benches cleared in the top of the fifth inning, a mass of players darting in from different directions and converging at home plate, several players and umpires got be...
2007 May 1 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 5-4
DETROIT -- A day after both benches cleared following a verbal altercation between Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada and the Detroit Tigers' battery of Jeremy Bonderman and Ivan Rodriguez, ...
2007 May 2 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 3-2
Deserving better Orioles pitcher Steve Trachsel, who was expected to be one of the weaker links of the rotation, has been one of the club's most reliable starters. Yesterday, he allowe...
2007 May 14 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 7-1
"That Matsuki guy," as Tigers manager Jim Leyland called him before last night's game, might still be a mouthful for some folks on this side of The Pond. Last night, Daisuke Matsuzaka ...
2007 May 15 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-2
For six weeks, the Red Sox have avoided the flat tires and fender benders that might have slowed them down as they raced out ahead of the pack in the American League. But you don't hav...
2007 May 17 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 2-1
For one night, anyway, the warning track in the right-field corner at Fenway Park resembled the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But instead of Hollywood stars gently making ha...
2007 May 17 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 4-2
For one night, anyway, the warning track in the right-field corner at Fenway Park resembled the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But instead of Hollywood stars gently making ha...
2007 Jul 6 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-2
The Tigers rolled out the major leagues' most potent offense. The Red Sox rolled out Jeff Bailey, not to be confused with Buddy, Bob, or Beetle. The hard-line Sox fans undoubtedly will...
2007 Jul 7 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-2
DETROIT -- Tigers manager Jim Leyland wasn't breaking new ground when he ordered David Ortiz to be intentionally walked three times last night. There was a game in 1990 in which Andre ...
2007 Jul 8 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-5
DETROIT -- Curt Schilling intercepted Daisuke Matsuzaka in the middle of the visitors' clubhouse yesterday -- no translator required -- whispered a few words of encouragement, and told hi...
2008 Apr 8 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 5-0
Bill Buckner exposed the Red Sox as a bunch of softies upon his return to a place where, for too long, revulsion unjustly trumped respect. Kevin Youkilis said he was nearly in tears wh...
2008 Apr 9 Detroit Tigers defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-2
The one thing the Red Sox did better than just about anybody last season was stay healthy, a not insignificant reason they were the last team standing. The Sox did not place a starting...
2008 Apr 10 Boston Red Sox defeat Detroit Tigers, 12-6
It was a hopeless endeavor, Terry Francona trying to explain to Hideki Okajima he was coming out of the game before he'd thrown a single pitch in the eighth inning. "I was trying to ex...