When did the Detroit tigers last win the world series prior to 1984 and who did they play?
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The 1984 team started out at a record 35-5 pace (including Jack Morris throwing a no-hitter early in the season against the Chicago White Sox), and cruised to a franchise-record 104 victories. That team featured the great double play combination of shortstop Alan Trammell and second baseman Lou Whitaker; the duo would play together a record 19 seasons. The team also included Kirk Gibson, Chet Lemon, Larry Herndon, Morris, Dan Petry, Dave Rozema, Johnny Grubb, the late Aurelio Lopez and relief ace Willie Hernandez, who won the 1984 American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player.\n\nThe Tigers faced the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series, which would prove to be no contest. In Game 1, Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Larry Herndon went deep to crush the Royals 8-1 at Royals Stadium (now Kauffman Stadium). In Game 2, the Tigers scored twice in the 11th inning when Johnny Grubb doubled off the late Royals closer Dan Quisenberry en route to a 5-3 victory. The Tigers completed the sweep at Tiger Stadium in Game 3. Marty Castillo's third-inning RBI fielder's choice would be all the help Detroit would need. Milt Wilcox outdueled Charlie Leibrandt and after Hernandez got Darryl Motley to pop up to third, the Tigers were returning to the Fall Classic. (Note: At That Time, The Team with Home Field Advantage in the ALCS and NLCS, played the first two games on the road. This changed in 1985 when the format was changed from Best-Of-Five to Best-Of-Seven.)\n\nIn the NLCS, a San Diego rally from 2-0 down prevented a fourth Cubs-Tigers series and meant the Tigers would open the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres in Trammell's home town. In Game 1, Larry Herndon hit a two-run dinger that gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Morris pitched a complete game with 2 runs on 8 hits, and Detroit took first blood. The Padres evened the series the next night despite pitcher Ed Whitson being chased after two-thirds of an inning after giving up three runs on five Tiger hits. Tiger starter Dan Petry didn't last long either, exiting the game after four and one-third innings when light-hitting veteran Kurt Bevacqua's three-run homer gave San Diego a 5-3 lead they would hold onto. When the series returned to the Motor City, the Tigers took charge. In Game 3, a two-out rally in the second inning led to four runs and the yanking of Padre starter Tim Lollar after one and two-thirds innings. The Padres, plagued by poor starting pitching throughout the series, never recovered and lost 5-2. Eric Show continued the parade of bad outings in Game 4, getting bounced after two and two-thirds innings after giving up home runs to Series MVP Trammell in his first two at-bats. Trammell's homers held up with the help of another Morris complete game, and the Tigers held a commanding lead.\n\nIn Game 5, Gibson's two-run shot in the first inning would be the beginning of another early end for the Padres' starter Mark Thurmond. Though the Padres would pull back even, chasing Dan Petry in the fourth inning in the process, the Tigers retook the lead on a Rusty Kuntz sacrifice fly, doubled it on a solo homer by Parrish and then sealed the victory by Gibson's three-run homer off Goose Gossage in the eighth.\n\nA "Sounds of the Game" video was made during the Series by MLB Productions and played on TV a number of times since then. When Gibson came to bat, in a situation that might call for Gossage to pitch around him, Anderson was seen and heard yelling to Gibson, "He don't want to walk you!" and making a swing-the-bat gesture. As Anderson had suspected, Gossage came in with a fast one, and Gibson was ready. He "swung from the heels", and launched it into Tiger Stadium's right field upper deck.\n\nTony Gwynn flied out to Larry Herndon to end the game and send Detroit into a wild victory celebration
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Last year, it was the Boston Red Sox.\nThis year, the New York Yankees.
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Detroit Tigers   Milwaukee Brewers
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Go to:\nhttp://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/det/schedule/det_schedule_RadioAffiliates.jsp
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Jan. 8, 2007\n\nhttp://sportsforum.ws/showthread.php?p=873
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These two URL's will help you....\n\nYankees\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/\n\nRed Sox\nhttp://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/\n\nClick on the year you want and from there you can easily click on the names one by one to see where they played the year prior.
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The Chicago White Sox won the 2005 World Series.
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last game-  Oct 19, 2005 - Cardinal vs. Houston NLCS 5-1 Astros win\n\n1st game - May 12, 1966 - Cardinal vs. Atlanta  4-3 Atlanta win in 12 innings
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Game 3 of the '84 Series, I was 7. My dad took me. My hometown heros won! Tigers beat Padres. That was the game were Gossage talked his manager into pitching to Kirk Gibson instead of walking him. Gibby ebeded up hitting a 3 run blast well into the upper right at Tiger Stadium. Classic.
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Actually The Tigers only won 4 world series;\n\n1935\n1945\n1968\n1984
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Even though Dave Bergman was the guy the Tigers brought in for defense late in the game, it was Darrell Evans who was their regular starter that season.  The Tigers had just signed him as a free agent during the offseason, and, even thouugh he only hit 7 homeruns and had a .225 average that year, his clubhouse leadership helped many of the younger players, mainly Kirk Gibson, mature into their own, as they went on to win the championship that year.  \n\nEvans became the oldest man to ever win the Home Run championship the following season at the age of 37.  He was the Tigers regular firstbaseman until being released after the 1988 season.
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Al Benton - Detroit Tigers
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World Series titles (6) 2004 • 1918 • 1916 • 1915\n1912 • 1903
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Tigers win will the World Series in June.\n\nBook it.\n\nDetroit's going 2 for 2 this year.
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Bret Saberhagen\n http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1985_WS.shtml
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1 - New York Yankees, 854\n\n2 - Detroit Tigers (yes, really) 839\n\n3 - Kansas City Royals (yes, really) 826\n\n4 - Dodgers and Cardinals, tie, 825
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detroit is my fave team.  even when they were crappy, i still stood by them.  i dislike the yankees becuz they always win.  it's high time detroit rises out of the fog they been in since the 1990s.