Sports
Goose Goslin
1900–1971 · baseball player, left fielder
Hall of Fame left fielder whose ninth-inning single won the 1935 World Series, Detroit's first championship.
- Born
Salem, New Jersey- Died
Bridgeton, New Jersey
aged 70- Birth name
- Leon Allen Goslin
- Detroit years
- 1934–1937
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Goslin was already a star with the Washington Senators when the Tigers acquired him in a December 1933 trade. In Detroit he joined Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg to form the "G-Men", the heart of a lineup that won back-to-back pennants in 1934 and 1935. His most famous moment came on October 7, 1935, at Navin Field: in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 against the Chicago Cubs, with Mickey Cochrane on second, Goslin lined a single to right that brought Cochrane home and gave Detroit its first World Series title. The city celebrated long into the night. His best season with the Tigers followed in 1936, when he hit .315 with 125 runs batted in. He left after 1937 and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1968.
Highlights
- Played for the Tigers 1934–1937
- Walk-off single won the 1935 World Series
- One of the "G-Men" with Gehringer and Greenberg
- Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1968
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1934–1937
Tiger Stadium site (Navin Field), now The Corner Ballpark
Demolished · 1912–1999
Where his single won Game 6 of the 1935 World Series; demolished in 2008–2009.