Tiger Stadium greatest games – Society for American Baseball Research

April 28, 1896: There used to be a hay market here: Detroit Tigers open Bennett Park

April 25, 1901: Tigers’ ‘magnificent batting rally’ caps 10-run comeback in AL opener

July 16, 1909: Tigers-Senators game called after 18 innings in scoreless tie

August 24, 1909: An honest slide by Ty Cobb — or malicious intent?

October 14, 1909: Tigers top Pirates in ‘most exciting’ Game Six

Navin Field, 1912 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

April 20, 1912: Frank Navin’s field of dreams opens in Detroit

July 4, 1912: George Mullin tosses first Tigers no-hitter

September 20, 1912: Smoky Joe Wood foiled by Tigers after 16 straight wins

August 4, 1918: Ty Cobb’s single in 18th inning defeats Walter Johnson

April 30, 1922: Charlie Robertson’s perfect game

June 13, 1924: Yankees win forfeited game in Detroit as ‘all hell breaks loose’

June 2, 1925: Tigers win 16-15 in a game as ‘wild as bedlam’

May 10, 1927: Ty Cobb returns home to Detroit with Philadelphia A’s

October 2, 1927: Heilmann takes batting title on season-ending spree

July 14, 1934: Tigers’ ‘G-Men’ pull off a miracle against Yankees

September 10, 1934: Happy New Year, Hank Greenberg!

October 4, 1934: Tigers’ Rowe takes Cardinals to ‘School’ in Game 2

October 9, 1934: ‘A case for Judge Landis’: Medwick tossed in World Series melee as Cardinals win Game 7

October 7, 1935: Tigers’ Goose Goslin wins World Series with walk-off single

May 4, 1939: Who is that Kid? Ted Williams homers in dramatic Detroit debut

October 6, 1940: Bobo Newsom honors father with World Series win

July 8, 1941: Ted Williams hits ‘most thrilling’ home run to win All-Star Game in Detroit

July 1, 1945: Tigers’ Hank Greenberg returns to baseball

July 18, 1947: Tigers’ Hutchinson ends Yankees’ 19-game winning streak