The Tigers' winning ways go beyond 12 games though. They are 16-1 since July 21, a record matched only by the 1984 squad. Sparky Anderson's magic team actually accomplished that feat twice. Their famous 35-5 run began and ended with 16-1 stretches.
No Detroit team has ever gone 17-1, a record the Tigers can reach if the win tonight versus the Yankees (or tomorrow if tonight's game gets postponed due to rain). Table 1 below extracted from data on Baseball-Reference's Play Index shows the best Tigers records after X number of games.
Table 1: Tigers Best Records Ever
Games
|
Record
|
Years
|
14
|
14-0
|
1909, 1934
|
15
|
14-1
|
Many times, inc. 2013
|
16
|
15-1
|
1911, 1984, 2006, 2013
|
17
|
16-1
|
1984, 2013
|
18
|
16-2
|
Many times, inc. 2013
|
19
|
17-2
|
1911, 1949,1984, 2006
|
20
|
18-2
|
1911, 1949,1984
|
25
|
22-3
|
1909
|
30
|
26-4
|
1984
|
35
|
30-5
|
1984
|
40
|
35-5
|
1984
|
Well still doesn't take away the great moment of seeing Cabby hit the Homer off of Mariano right after 2 shots to his own knee. That was pretty damn epic. Although going back to what I was saying before about not having both Cabby and Prince on the field at the same time, this was a situation where I bet Iglesias makes the play that Miggy could not. And this particular one could have been a big save opportunity for a better fielder.
ReplyDeleteThat Cabrera homer was definitely a great moment. Dan Dickerson got so excited, he scared me.
ReplyDeleteI'll remember that moment more than any playoff victory that isn't followed up by a World Series victory. I also would have stuck with throwing the ball at Cabby's knees as long as he was going to religiously swing at them. I'm guessing the Catcher threw things off and messed it all up, but to me Mariano should have went right back for the same pitch and tried to own Cabrera for an epic moment of his own.
DeleteBut he chose...poorly.
And another Homer by Cabby off Mariano. When is Rivera going to learn that he'll never be as good as Miggy. tsk tsk tsk
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