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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.
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.
October 10 – In Game 7 of the World Series, Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers, pitching on two days rest, wins his third game of the Series as he beats Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals, 4–1. Lolich brings Detroit its first world championship since 1945. Lolich hurls a five-hitter, and is named Series MVP.
The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that former utility infielder Tom Matchick, a 1968 World Series champion, has died. He was 78. Former Detroit Tigers 1968 World Series champ Tommy Matchick ...
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10, 1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era, in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
Matchick appeared in 80 games for the Detroit Tigers team that won the World Series in 1968. The UPI wrote in July 1968 that his two-run walk-off home run against the Baltimore Orioles "looms as the biggest blow so far in the 1968 pennant races" and called him the Tigers' most unlikely hero since Floyd Giebell in 1940. [2]
This is a list of seasons completed by the Detroit Tigers. ... 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012) with four ... 1968: World Series Champions World Series: St. Louis ...
He finished third in the MVP voting after Detroit finished one game behind the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant. [10] [11] Freehan wearing protective catcher's gear as a member of the Detroit Tigers in 1966. Freehan had an even better year in 1968 as he was considered the quiet leader of the 1968 World Series championship squad.