 Detroit's final regular season record was 93–58, placing them three games ahead of the second place New York Yankees.For the season, the 1935 Tigers outscored their opponents 919 to 665.After losing the 1934 World Series in a close seven-game series with the Gashouse Gang from St. Louis, the Detroit Tigers were determined to win the first baseball championship for the City of Detroit since the Detroit Wolverines won the National League pennant in 1887.