| 1935 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 2–7 | |||||||||
| Venue | Navin Field (Detroit) Wrigley Field (Chicago) | |||||||||
| Umpires | George Moriarty (AL), Ernie Quigley (NL), Bill McGowan (AL), Dolly Stark (NL) | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Umpire: Bill McGowan Tigers: Mickey Cochrane Charlie Gehringer Goose Goslin Hank Greenberg Cubs: Gabby Hartnett Billy Herman Chuck Klein Freddie Lindstrom | |||||||||
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| Radio | NBC, CBS, Mutual | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | NBC: Hal Totten Ty Tyson Boake Carter CBS: France Laux Truman Bradley Jack Graney Mutual: Bob Elson Red Barber Quin Ryan | |||||||||
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The 1935 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1935 season. The 32nd edition of the World Series, it matched the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs. The Tigers won in six games for their first championship in five Series appearances, as they had lost in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1934. This was the first championship ever won by a Detroit-based team.
The Tigers won despite losing the services of first baseman Hank Greenberg. In Game 2, Greenberg collided with Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett and broke his wrist, sidelining him for the rest of the Series.
The Cubs had won 21 consecutive games in September (still a record as of 2021[update]), eventually taking the National League pennant by four games over the defending World Series champions, the St. Louis Cardinals.
In Game 6, 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 without the runner on third scoring. In the bottom of the ninth, Goose Goslin drove in the winning run with two outs. After the game, manager Mickey Cochrane said the following of Bridges' gutsy performance: "A hundred and fifty pounds of courage. If there ever is a payoff on courage this little 150-pound pitcher is the greatest World Series hero."[1]
In addition to Bridges, the Tigers had a hitting hero. Right fielder Pete Fox accumulated ten hits and an average of .385 for the Series. Fox hit safely in all six games.
Detroit owner Frank Navin, then 64 years old, had been running the organization for 30 years and had seen four of his teams win American League pennants, only to lose four World Series. Six weeks after the Tigers finally won the World Series in October 1935, Navin suffered a heart attack while riding a horse and died.[2]