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The 1961 Detroit Tigers won 101 games but finished in second place, eight games behind the Yankees. The team's 1961 record tied the 1934 Tigers team record of 101 wins, and only twice in team history have the Tigers won more games: 1968 (103 wins) and 1984 (104 wins).
This is a list of seasons completed by the Detroit Tigers. They played in the Western League from their inception in 1894 to the 1900 season; in 1900, the league changed its named to the American League and became a major league in 1901.
This is a list of Detroit Tigers single-season, career, and other team records. Single season records ... (1961) Games: 163 Rocky Colavito (1961) At bats: 679 Harvey ...
April 26 – Mickey Mantle blasts his sixth and seventh home runs of 1961—and Roger Maris hits his first—in the New York Yankees' ten-inning, 13–11 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium. The torrid Mantle and slow-starting Maris will engage in a record-setting, but friendly, home-run-hitting duel all season.
Carpenter’s third multi-home run game of the season ensured the Tigers their first winning season since 2016 as Detroit (82-74) matched Kansas City (82-74) and moved a half-game in front of ...
The Tigers finished the season with a 47–114 record, the worst in all of Major League Baseball, and their second worst season in franchise history after their 43–119 record in 2003. [491] The 2019 Tigers tied the 1939 St. Louis Browns for the most home losses (59) during a season in the modern era.
Norman Dalton Cash (November 10, 1933 – October 11, 1986) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers.A power hitter, his 377 career home runs were the fourth most by an American League left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig; his 373 home runs with the Tigers is tied for second in ...
Events from the year 1961 in Michigan.. The top stories in Michigan in 1961, as selected by Associated Press newspaper, radio, and television editors, [1] were as follows: (1) the opening of the state's Constitutional Convention; (2) the negotiations between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and automobile manufacturers; (3) the Detroit Tigers' bid for the American League pennant with 101 wins ...