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The winner of the first half played the winner of the second half in each division in the 1981 American League Division Series. The winners played in the 1981 ALCS for the American League pennant. [103] b The leagues were re-aligned in 1994 to three divisions and a wild card was added to the playoffs, but the labor stoppage cancelled the ...
The 1968 baseball season, known as the "Year of the Pitcher," was the Detroit Tigers' 68th since they entered the American League in 1901, their eighth pennant, and third World Series championship. Detroit pitcher Denny McLain won the Cy Young Award and was named the American League's Most Valuable Player after winning 31 games.
This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Detroit Tigers professional baseball team. ... 1968 – American League pennant; 1968 – World Series ...
The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship—the pennant—of MLB's National League (NL). This team receives the Warren C. Giles Trophy and the right to play in the World Series against the champion of the American League (AL).
November 1 – Denny McLain, the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season, is the unanimous American League winner of the Cy Young Award. November 2 – The International Amateur Baseball Tournament kicks off in Mexico City. The competition includes the U.S., Mexican, Cuban, and Puerto Rican national teams, and is held after the 1968 Summer ...
This category lists the seasons of baseball teams that represented the American League in the World Series, as well as pennant winners in years where ... 1968 Detroit ...
The 1968 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1968 season.The 65th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) St. Louis Cardinals.
After the Tigers had clinched the 1968 American League pennant, McLain attracted attention during his 31st and final regular season victory in a game against the Yankees on September 19. [4] McLain had grown up idolizing New York Yankee center fielder Mickey Mantle , who entered the game tied with Jimmie Foxx for third place in the major-league ...