The Cubs defense was anchored by SS - Joe Tinker; 2B - Johnny Evers and 1B - Frank Chance. This trio was made famous in song ; Tinker to Evers to Chance... Baseball History

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With his spikes flying high, Ty Cobb was the most daring base runner in baseball history - Baseball Historian

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The Tigers played only 153 games - with a 90-63 record. The Cleveland Indians played 154 games and end 90-64.The one less game was rained out early in the season and wasn't replayed as it would have been too costly. The Detroit Tigers were declared the American League Champions. The Tigers and the Chicago Cubs will play in the World Series.

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Exciting baseball caught fans attention during early 1900s Baseball History

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Mordecai 'Three Finger' Brown pitched a shutout allowing only four hits as the Cubs won game 4 ( 3-0 ). The Chicago Cubs beat the Tigers in game 5 and won their 2nd Straight World Championship as Orval Overall threw a 3-hit Shutout. The Cubs' Johnny Evers and Frank Chance each had three hits in the final game.

Ty Cobb batted .368 in the series and Frank Chance led the winning Cubs' with a .421 BA.

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The legendary double play combo of Thinker-to-Evers-to-Chance... Turn of the Century baseball history - baseballhistorian.com

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In 1907, he went 23-8, ERA 1.70, and his eight shutouts tied Hall of Famer, Christy Mathewson for the league lead.

In the 1907 World Series vs. the Tigers, he beat the Detroit team once and in the 1908 WS, he won two games including pitching a 3-hit shutout in the series final. Orval Overall recorded a 1.42 ERA in 1909, a 20-11 record and led the NL with 9 shutouts and with 205 K's.

He developed a sore arm the next season and left baseball for 2 years returning only for the 1913 season but the arm injury re-occurred and he was forced to retire before the year ended. Orval Overall stats: 106-71 record, 2.24 ERA in 1,532 innings.

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Chicago Cubs Baseball History by baseballhistorian.com Research Dept.

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Crawford, a life-time .309 hitter along with his famous teammate, Ty Cobb, were the best one-two punch in baseball during this "dead ball era". This outstanding pair led the Tigers to three straight pennants, 1907-09.

However both players batted poorly in the all three World Series and were the main reason why the Tigers dropped all three.

In 1908, Sam Crawford led the AL in HR's with seven to become the first player to ever lead both leagues in HR's. When he retired, he held the AL record for career HR's with 70 and his 312 career triples are still the highest amount in baseball history.

Elected to the Hall of Fame, Sam Crawford career stats: 2,964 hits in 2,517 games, .309 batting average, 97 HR's with 1,525 RBI's.

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He won five World Series games, four of them on shutouts. Mordecai Brown career stats: 239-129, an ERA of 2.06, the third best in baseball history. He pitched in 3,172 innings from 1903-1916.

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Pitching for the old Brooklyn Dodgers in 1901, Donovan went 25-15, 2.77 ERA, he led the league in games with 45 and hurled 36 complete games for the first of four consecutive years with 30 or more complete games. In 1903 he was traded to the Detroit Tigers and had a winning record for the 1st three seasons.

In 1907, 'Wild Bill' Donovan posted a 25-4 record,.862, the 4th highest percentage in AL history. He led the Detroit Tigers to three straight pennants, 1907-1909. In 1910, Donovan was 17-7, 2.44 ERA, 23GS, 20GC.

An arm injury ended his career in 1912. He later managed the Yankees and Phillies. Bill Donovan's career: 186-139, 2.69 ERA, 378G, 327GS, 289GC, 35 shutouts, 2965 innings. Baseballhistorian.com

Burns' first manager was George Stallings, but nobody was sure if there was there was enough fan-base in the city of Detroit to sustain a big-league club.

The new team, the Detroit Tigers, played its first American League game on April 25, 1901 at Bennett Park, located at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull - later to be Navin Field.

Detroit Tigers Baseball History:

According to old newspaper accounts: - Detroit's Opening Day lineup shows -

Jim 'Doc' Casey at third... Jim Barrett in center field... Bill 'Kid' Gleason at second... Bill 'Ducky' Holmes in right... Frank Dillon at first base... Norman 'Kid' Elberfield at shortstop... Bill Nance in left field... Fred Buelow catching... and Roscoe Miller starting pitcher... and Emil Frisk relief pitcher.

The ballpark was built to accommodate about 6,000 people but an overflow crowd of 10,013 showed up and filled the outfield.

The Tigers' first opponent was Milwaukee (which folded early in the 1900s). When Milwaukee scored early and often and built a 13-4 lead going into the ninth... disgusted fans left the Park in groves. However, 'Doc' Casey led off the bottom of the ninth with a stinging double and Barrett singled him home. 'Ducky' Holmes and Frank Dillon followed by each lining a double... and the rally continued until the Tigers were trailing 13-12 with the bases loaded and two men out. The fans that stayed were rootin' and screaming like crazy when Dillon lined a double into the outfield crowd - his fourth double of the game - giving the Tigers a 14-13 victory.

This great come-from-behind victory made headline news and enabled the Tigers to stay in Detroit for good.

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