Top Tigers teams countdown #1: The 1984 Tigers are the best team in franchise history

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Alan Trammell's 1984 World Series MVP reward. Cool ride for a cool cat! Fire Firebirds were the bomb back in 1984!
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How magical were the 1968 Detroit Tigers? 15 walk-offs for the year (only 5 teams ever had more). 40 wins when trailing/tied in the 7th or later.
28 wins where they took the lead in final inning. 3 wins in a row when they were 8 outs from losing the World Series. #TigersMagic1968
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https://motorcitybengals.com/2021/10/24/detroit-tigers-first-victorious-world-series-game/
The Detroit Tigers? First Victorious World Series Game.
MCBTB

 

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View from inside and outside Navin Field during the 1935 World Series.
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The 1984 Tigers formula for success!
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How great is this 1984 Tigers World Series shirt?! "Say your prayers Padre." Tiger face.
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October 1984! It was a beautiful time to be a Tigers fan! About every third person seemed to be wearing t-shirts like this. Many of them bought at roadside stands or pop-up temporary stores throughout Michigan. The quality of the Tiger image, like the one below, varied greatly!
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Gas Station Tigers Cap Hall of Fame.
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This constitutes a work of art!
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1984 Tigers: Trammell, Morris, Craig, and Parrish.
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Artie Fields was a #Detroit songwriter & bandleader who owned a production company on Woodward. He also wrote the iconic theme song for the 1968 World Champion Tigers (with legendary vocals by Don Rondo & Kris Peterson).
We're all behind our baseball team. Go Get ?Em, Tigers!
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Mickey Lolich and Bill Freehan hug each other after winning the 1968 World Series.
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This is the 1905 Detroit Tigers the luckiest team in MLB history.
There's a stat called Pythagorean W-L, which looks at a team's run differential and turns it into a projected win-loss record. That difference between projected wins & actual wins is Pythagorean Luck.

The 1905 Tigers scored 512 runs & allowed 604 which should have meant a record of 65-89. They went 79-74-1. That's +14 wins, making them the luckiest team ever. It was also Ty Cobb's rookie year so that's lucky too.
116 years later, in 2021, the Mariners tied the record of +14.
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Wild Bill Donovan top upper right corner, Sam Crawford 4th from left center,
Cobb 3rd from right center,

 

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It's been 13,587 days since the Tigers last won it all, when a lazy fly ball from Tony Gwynn landed in Larry's glove. In the 121-season history of the club, that's the longest Tiger fans have ever had to wait for a title.
We're ready. #DetroitRoots #BlessYouBoys #LetsGoTigers
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October 4, 1934: Tigers C/manager Mickey Cochrane (L) and LF Goose Goslin celebrate after their victory in Game 2 of the World Series.

Goslin singled home Charlie Gehringer with one out in the bottom of the 12th inning.

Tigers 3, Cardinals 2 (12)
Navin Field, Detroit.

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https://www.mlive.com/sports/2018/08/tom_matchick_on_68_tigers_ther.html
Tom Matchick on '68 Tigers: 'There will never be another club like them'. from August 2018.
Mlive

 

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...968-world-champion-tigers-dies-78/9104202002/
Tom Matchick, member of 1968 world champion Tigers, dies at 78.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...series-champ-tom-matchick-dies-78/9096728002/
Former Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series champ Tommy Matchick dies at 78.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...der-on-tigers-1968-title-team-dies-at-78.html
Tom Matchick, infielder on Tigers? 1968 title team, dies at 78.
Mlive

 

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1968 Detroit Tigers autograph collection.
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Mickey Lolich connects for the only home run in his career in Game 2 of the 1968 World Series.
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In a crucial play, Bill Freehan tags out Lou Brock in Game 5 of the 1968 World Series.
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Jim Northrup is greeted by Al Kaline, Willie Horton, and Bill Freehan after his grand slam in Game 6 of the 1968 World Series.
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Mickey Lolich embraces Bill Freehan after winning Game 7 of the 1968 World Series.
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2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 AL East Champion Tigers.
They Had to be toughest team ever Physically! Frank Howard, Willie Horton, Gates Brown, Ike Brown, Bill Freehan, Jim Northrup & Manager Billy Martin, who was a fighter.
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There are 12 MLB franchises that have a .500 win % or better in their all-time history.
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