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(1934) St. Louis Cardinals 4, Detroit 3

The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. The World Series is played between the American League and National League champions and the Series winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff.

St. Louis Cardinals didn't clinch their place until the last day of the regular season, while the Detroit Tigers won their first flag since 1909. Cardinals ace Dizzy Dean, started the opener in Detroit. St. Louis scored three times in the first three innings, thanks almost entirely to five Tiger errors, and sewed the game up with four runs in the sixth. Dean earned the 8-3 decision. Game 2 was a thriller, as pinch-hitter Gee Walker's RBI, Runs Batted In, single in the bottom of the ninth made the score 2-2,. In the bottom of the 12th, Goose Goslin's single to center scored Charlie Gehringer with the winning run.

In Game 3 at St. Louis, Dizzy Dean's brother Paul started for the Cardinals and held the Tigers to a single run. Right fielder Jack Rothrock's two-run triple was the biggest hit of the game, the Redbirds taking a 4-1 decision. The Tigers bounced back in Game 4 behind sidearmer Eldon Auker, who clung to a 5-4 lead until the eighth, when his pals in the lineup erupted for five runs. The final score read, Tigers 10, Cardinals 4.

Detroit's Tommy Bridges, out pitched Dizzy Dean in Game 5, beating the Redbirds ace 3-1. In Detroit for Game 6, Paul Dean went for a 4-3 victory. Dean himself drove in the decisive run, slapping an RBI single to right field in the seventh inning.

Dizzy Dean drew the starting assignment for Game 7, with Auker going for the Tigers. The Cardinals torched Auker and his replacements for seven runs in the third inning. St. Louis scored twice more in the sixth, Dean was brilliant, permitting just six hits and cruising to an 11-0 shutout. The Cardinals were World Series champs, and the Brothers Dean had accounted for all four St. Louis victories. Dizzy, pitched 26 innings with 17 strikeouts for a 1.73 ERA, Earned Runs Allowed. Paul pitched 18 innings, striking out 11 with an ERA of 1.00.

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