sam crawford was the first detroit tiger to win a batting title in 1907.
sam crawford was the first detroit tiger to win a batting title in 1907.
who was the first detroit tiger to win a batting title in 1907?
sam crawford
in 1907, cobb reached first and then stole second, third and home. he accomplished the feat four more times during his career. he finished the 1907 season with a league-leading .350 batting average, 212 hits, 49 steals and 119 runs batted in (rbi). at age 20, he was the youngest player to win a batting championship and held this record until 1955, when fellow detroit tiger al kaline won the batting title twelve days younger than cobb when he did it. reflecting on his career in 1930, two years after retiring, he told grantland rice, "the biggest thrill i ever got came in a game against the athletics in 1907 [on september 30]... the athletics had us beaten, with rube waddell pitching. they were two runs ahead in the 9th inning, when i happened to hit a home run that tied the score. this game went 17 innings to a tie, and a few days later, we clinched our first pennant. you can understand what it meant for a 20-year-old country boy to hit a home run off the great rube, in a pennant-winning game with two outs in the ninth."
ty cobb
bullet::::- may 14: the yankees won a pair from detroit‚ taking the opener with jim coates pitching the 11th inning for the win. coates pitched another 5 innings of relief to win the nitecap as well.









































bullet::::- may 23: norm cash‚ steve boros‚ and dick brown hit consecutive home runs for the tigers in a 5–2 win over minnesota.









































bullet::::- june 11: norm cash became the first detroit tiger to hit a ball out of tiger stadium. cash hit the ball over tiger stadium's right field roof four times in his career.
1961 detroit tigers season