Bennett Park,,Detroit,MI,US Ball Park First Game Date – 05/14/1901 (9) Starting Pitchers – vs. Brewers: 04/25/1901 Final Score 14-13 (DET) Attendance – 10,023 Starting Pitchers Pink Hawley (MIL); Roscoe Miller (DET) First Batter – Irv Waldron (MIL) Result – Reached on error First Hits – Billy Gilbert (MIL),Singled First Run – Wid Conroy (MIL) First…
At Bennett Park, Honus Wagner becomes the first player to steal three bases in a World Series contest. The Pirates third baseman’s thievery enables Pittsburgh to beat Detroit, 8-6, in Game 3 of the Fall Classic.
1908 – The Detroit Tigers turn a triple play against the Boston Red Sox for the second day in a row, but Boston wins, 9 – 5. The two tri-killings in two games is a unique major league record.
At Detroit’s Bennett Park, right-hander Mordecai ‘Three Finger’ Brown throws a 2-0 shutout, beating the Tigers to capture the World Championship for the Cubs. Although Game 1 ended in a 3-3, 12-inning tie, Chicago becomes the first club to sweep a Fall Classic when the team wins the next four games.
1905 – Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers, 15 – 0, in the biggest margin of victory for a no-hitter in American League history.
In his first major league at-bat, 18 year-old center fielder Ty Cobb doubles off Jack Chesbro in the first inning of the Tigers’ 5-3 victory over the Highlanders at Detroit’s Bennett Park. The two-bagger is the first of the 4,189 hits the ‘Georgia Peach’ will collect during his 24-year Hall of Fame career.
On April 25, 1901, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Down 13-4 in the bottom of the ninth, the Tigers score 10 runs in their last at-bat to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 14-13. Frank Dillon drives in the game-winning run with a double.