43. When the Detroit Tigers began their American League franchise in 1901, what were their uniform colors?
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Answer:
Orange and black
The Tigers, only for a couple of weeks in 1901 wore the orange and black in their Major League inauguration. Being as how the original franchise in the earlier National League prior to 1900 were named the 'Wolverines', they wore the orange and black thing. The fans wanted the 'cat' colors of orange and black as the previous Wolverines' were, that represented a bengal tiger. The owners of the franchise changed it quickly to the white and black jerseys as still were seen in 2005. From 1907-1909, the Tigers in their white and black uniforms went to the World Series three consecutive times, but lost them all, twice to the Cubs and once to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Tigers won their first World Series in 1935 against the Cubs, four games to two. In that 1935 World Series, the Tigers were led by the arm of Tommy Bridges who won two of the four games, and batters Pete Fox and Charlie Gehringer. Tiger Hank Greenberg hit one home run which was his only hit, and batted only .167 in the series.