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A 21game winner in the regular season, righthander bobo newsom pitched the tigers to wins in two games of the series but fell in game seven as the reds won the title. A pictorial celebration of the greatest players and moments in tigers history great lakes books series william m. The history of the detroit tigers, a professional baseball franchise based in detroit, michigan, dates back to 1894 when they were a member of the minor league western league. Two new books, including one by mickey lolich, celebrate.