Tag: Navin Field

This day in baseball: York’s home run record

August 31, 2025

On August 31, 1937, Detroit Tiger Rudy York smashed his 17th and 18th home runs of the month, breaking the major league record previously held by Babe Ruth. The rookie catcher’s round-trippers on the last day of the month helped the Tigers defeat the Senators at Navin Field, 12-3.

York’s one-month home run record would last until 1998, when Sammy Sosa hit 19 in June.

Rudy York, 1945 (Acme News / public domain)

This day in baseball: Cobb’s 4,000th hit

July 18, 2025

On July 18, 1927, Athletics outfielder Ty Cobb became the first major leaguer to collect his 4,000th career hit. Cobb hit a double off his former Tigers teammate, Sam Gibson, at Navin Field in Detroit. The hit came in the first inning of a 5-3 loss for the A’s.

Cobb retired after the 1928 season with 4,191 hits, a record that will stand until Pete Rose breaks it in 1985.

Ty Cobb, 1916 (public domain / Wikimedia Commons)