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1935 World Series: Tigers vs. Cubs!
Our on-going tour through the World Series stops today in the 1935 World Series, (October 2-7) featuring the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games. It was the Tigers’ first championship in five World Series appearances. They gained a measure of revenge on the Cubs who had beaten them in the 1907 and 1908 World Series. The Cubs lost their fifth straight World Series, following losses in 1910, 1918, 1929 and 1932.
The Cubs, managed by Charlie Grimm, went 100-54 (.647) in the regular season, including a record 21 consecutive game winning streak in September, finishing four games ahead of the Cardinals; while the Tigers, under player/manager Mickey Cochrane, went 93-58 (.616), three games ahead of the Yankees. The Tigers won the World Series despite losing their great slugger Hank Greenberg to a broken wrist in Game Two.
Game Summaries:
The Cubs won Game One 3-0 in a pitching duel between Lon Warneke and Schoolboy Rowe. The Tigers evened the Series in Game Two, 8-3, as their first four batters got hits and Cub starter Charlie Root was pulled without recording an out. Schoolboy Rowe won Game Three in relief 6-5. He gave up a pair of Cub runs in the ninth to send the game into extra innings, but nailed down the victory after Jo-Jo White‘s RBI single in the 11th. Game Four saw Tiger Alvin “General” Crowder pitch a complete-game five-hitter, giving them a 3-1 Series edge. Crowder also drove in the first run with a single and the game-winner with a groundout. Staving off elimination, the Cubs got a two-run homer from Chuck Klein in Game Five to win 3-1 behind Warneke and Big Bill Lee.
In the decisive Game Six, Tommy Bridges pitched a complete game victory to win the Series for Detroit. With the score tied 3–3 in the top of the ninth inning, Bridges gave up a leadoff triple to Stan Hack, but retired the next three batters. In the bottom of the ninth, Goose Goslin drove in the winning run with two outs. After the game, manager Mickey Cochrane said of Bridges’ gutsy performance: “He’s a hundred and fifty pounds of sheer courage.”
In addition to Bridges, the Tigers had a hitting hero. Right fielder Pete Fox went .385 for the Series, hitting safely in all six games.
The umpires for the Series were: George Moriarty (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL), Bill McGowan (AL), and Dolly Stark (NL).
The Series featured nine Hall-of-Famers: Umpire Bill McGowan; Tigers Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer, Goose Goslin, Hank Greenberg; and Cubs Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, Chuck Klein, Freddie Lindstrom
-Gary Livacari
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Information: Excerpts edited from the 1935 World Series Wikipedia page.
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