Tiger Stadium greatest games – Page 2 – Society for American Baseball Research

July 20, 1947: Detroit fans set record attendance in series finale vs. Yankees

June 15, 1948: ‘Look at your wonderful lights here’: Tigers win first night game in Detroit

June 23, 1950: Hoot Evers helps Tigers set home run record in wild win over Yankees

July 10, 1951: NL stars ‘loaded with power,’ bash AL in Detroit

May 15, 1952: Virgil Trucks’s first no-hitter ends with Tigers walk-off

June 17, 1961: Tigers outslug Yankees and take first place

June 24, 1962: Yankees outlast Tigers in 22-inning game

June 15, 1965: Denny McLain sets Tigers record with 14 strikeouts in relief

September 14, 1968: Denny McLain’s 30th victory

September 17, 1968: Unlikely heroes Sparma, Wert clinch AL pennant for Tigers

October 7, 1968: Jose Feliciano lights Tigers’ fire

July 13, 1971: Reggie Jackson hits the light tower at All-Star Game in Detroit

October 2, 1972: Lolich fans 15 as Tigers take over first place

October 11, 1972: Northrup’s wallop wins it for Tigers in ALCS Game 4

July 15, 1973: Nolan Ryan tosses second no-hitter of season for Angels

May 7, 1974: LaGrow knuckles under to Wilbur Wood in classic pitchers duel

June 4, 1984: The Dave Bergman Game

October 5, 1984: Slurves, Yackadoos, and an American League pennant

October 14, 1984: Gibby cooks the Goose

October 4, 1987: Tanana beats Toronto to clinch division title

October 10, 1987: Local kid Pat Sheridan makes good with ALCS homer for Tigers

May 28, 1995: ‘It’s silly to give up runs like that’: White Sox outlast Tigers, 14-12

September 14, 1998: White Sox, Tigers use record 18 pitchers in offensive outburst

September 27, 1999: Tears and cheers: Tiger Stadium hosts final game