the detroit tigers defeated the new york yankees to win their first world series in 1935.
the detroit tigers defeated the new york yankees to win their first world series in 1935.
who did the detroit tigers defeat to win their first world series in 1935?
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the franchise's first manager after the team's arrival in the american league was george stallings, who managed the team for one season. hall of famer hughie jennings, who managed the team from 1907 to 1920, led the team to three american league championships. jennings however was unable to win the world series, losing to the chicago cubs in 1907 and 1908 and the pittsburgh pirates in 1909. the detroit tigers did not win their first world series until 1935 under the leadership of player-manager mickey cochrane. steve o'neill later led the tigers to another world series victory again in 1945. the tigers would not win another world series until 1968 world series when the tigers, led by mayo smith, defeated the st. louis cardinals. sparky anderson's 1984 detroit tigers team was the franchise's last world series victory, and marked the first time in major league baseball history that a manager won the world series in both leagues. in total, the tigers have won the american league pennant 10 times, and the world series 4 times.
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bullet::::- october 18 – at comerica park, the detroit tigers defeat the new york yankees 8-1 to complete a four-game sweep of the alcs. the yankees had last been swept in a playoff series by the kansas city royals in the 1980 american league championship series, and in a best-of-seven series by the cincinnati reds in the 1976 world series. this is also the second series in which the yankees never had a lead in any game, the first having been in the 1963 world series, which the los angeles dodgers swept in four games. the tigers become the first team to win three consecutive postseason series against the yankees, having also defeated them in the 2006 and 2011 american league division series.
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