Baseball Historians

September 29, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 2  (103-59)
The Tigers finished their regular season with a whimper as they dropped their third straight game in a series sweep at the hands of the Senators.  The Tigers scored two in the first then failed to score the rest of the way as the Senators won [...]

September 28, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 2, Tigers 1  (103-58)
Denny McLain failed to pick up his 32nd win of the season despite seven shutout innings as the Tigers dropped their second straight game.  McLain gave up just two hits, gave up no walks and struck out four.  Don McMahon gave up a pair in the [...]

September 27, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Senators 3, Tigers 1  (103-57)
The Tigers came out a little flat as they kicked off their final regular season home series with a loss.  The hitters were held to just six hits and it was Norm Cash who provided the bulk of the offense.  He finished two for four and [...]

September 25, 1968 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 4, Orioles 3  (103-56)
The Tigers added to their win total as they stormed back to beat the Orioles for their 103rd win.  Gate Brown came through in a huge way with a ninth inning, three run homer that gave the Tigers the win.  Bill Freehan also had a nice [...]

September 24, 1968 at Memorial Stadium
Tigers 5, Orioles 3  (102-56)
The Tigers entered new territory with their 102nd win of the season.  The previous franchise record of 101 wins was set back in 1934 and tied in 1961, but this was definitely a team for the ages as the Tigers made history with a truly memorable [...]

September 23, 1968 at Memorial Stadium
Orioles 2, Tigers 1  (101-56)
The Tigers failed to set their new franchise win record for the second straight day and Denny McLain lost his sixth game of the season.  Blame the offense on this one though because McLain definitely threw a good enough game.  He gave up just two runs [...]

September 22, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Senators 6, Tigers 0  (101-55)
The Tigers eleven game winning streak came to an end in a game that saw the offense sputter.  The Tigers managed only four hits and the lone extra base hit came off the bat of Bob Christian.  The double was also Christian’s first major league at [...]

September 20, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 6, Senators 3  (100-54)
The Tigers won their tenth straight and in the process, they reached the 100 win mark for just the fourth time in franchise history.  They were hoping they wouldn’t repeat history though because the other three times they won 100, they couldn’t get that World Series [...]

September 21, 1968 at D.C. Stadium
Tigers 4, Nationals 3  (101-54)
The Tigers tied their franchise record in wins with 101st and they did it with their eleventh straight victory.  Mickey Stanley went three for five with a run while Al Kaline went two for five with an RBI.
Earl Wilson didn’t get the decision with a five [...]

September 19, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 6, Yankees 2  (99-54)
It’s funny how this Denny McLain win is almost more memorable then his 30th.  With the pennant and the game firmly in hand, McLain grooved a pitch to Mickey Mantle in the eighth inning to give him a nice send off in what was his final [...]

September 17, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 2, Yankees 1  (98-54)
The Tigers clinched their first American League pennant since 1945 with their eighth straight win.  Joe Sparma got it done in a pitcher’s duel in another September complete game and he gave up one run on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts.  The win [...]

September 16, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 9, Yankees 1  (97-54)
The Tigers ensured themselves of at least a tie in the American League with their seven straight win.  John Hiller got it done on the mound in this one.  He gave up one run on eight hits and one walk with seven strikeouts in yet another [...]

September 15, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 13, Athletics 0  (96-54)
The Tigers continued to roll in a number of ways.  They not only ran up the score on the A’s, but Mickey Lolich threw a shutout and the Tigers cut their magic number down to just two.  Lolich continued to build on his strong second half [...]

September 14, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 5, Athletics 4  (95-54)
Denny McLain needed some ninth inning heroics but the end result was his historic 30th win of the season.  With the A’s up 4-3, the Tigers picked up two runs in the ninth to win it.  Al Kaline came home on a fielder’s choice by Jim [...]

September 13, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 3, Athletics 0  (94-54)
You don’t see too many ten hit shutouts but that’s just what Earl Wilson hurled in the Tigers fourth straight win.  He gave up the ten hits along with one walk and he struck out nine en route to his 13th win of the season.
Wilson once [...]

September 11, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 8, Angels 2  (93-54)
The Tigers finished up a three game sweep over the Angels and the big stick was Willie Horton.  He belted a pair of solo homers which brought his season total up to 35.  Bill Freehan went two for four with a homerun and three runs.
John Hiller [...]

September 10, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 7, Angels 2  (92-54)
Denny McLain improved to 29-5 and he was now one away from the magical 30 win mark.  He gave up two runs on nine hits and a walk with twelve strikeouts in another complete game.
Jim Northrup doubled twice, scored a run and drove in one.  McLain [...]

September 9, 1968 at Anaheim Stadium
Tigers 6, Angels 0  (91-54)
Mickey Lolich had one of his best starts of the season as the Tigers snapped a two game losing streak.  He gave up just two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in the shutout win which pushed his record to 14-9 on the season.
Willie Horton, [...]

September 8, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 3, Tigers 1  (90-54)
The Tigers picked up just six hits as they were held in check by Dean Chance in their rubber game with the Twins.  Like the day before, the lone run came on a solo homer.  This time it was Gates Brown who went yard with his [...]

September 7, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 2, Tigers 1  (90-53)
The Tigers outhit the Twins 8-6 but they came up short where it counted in a 2-1 loss that ended their four game winning streak.  Pat Dobson went the distance but he gave up a ninth inning run to fall to 5-6.  He gave up two [...]

September 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 8, Twins 3  (90-52)
Denny McLain marched closer to his 30th win of the season and while it wasn’t his best start, it was good enough because the Tigers gave him plenty of offense.  He gave up three runs on nine hits and one walk with twelve strikeouts in the [...]

September 4, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 4, Athletics 2  (89-52)
The Tigers march towards the American League pennant continued behind a solid start by John Hiller.  He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings.  Pat Dobson picked up his sixth save of the season with two [...]

September 3, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Tigers 6, Athletics 3  (88-52)
It looked like the Tigers were going to let this game get away.  Up 2-0 in the eighth inning, Earl Wilson was finally touched up for three runs and the Tigers entered the ninth down by a run.  Fortunately, they stormed back and scored four [...]

September 2, 1968 at the Oakland Coliseum
Athletics 4, Tigers 0  (86-52)
The Tigers were held to four hits in a shutout loss as the Tigers kicked off their series with the A’s with a pair of games.  Bill Freehan had two of the Tigers hits while Willie Horton was the tough luck hitter at the plate.  [...]

September 1, 1968 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 7, Orioles 3  (86-51)
The Tigers entered the final month of their historic and took care of business behind another solid start by Denny McLain.  He improved to 27-5 and he gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.  McLain not only had to contend [...]