<P> Charley O'Leary was Detroit's starting shortstop from 1904 to 1907 . In 1907, he hit . 241 and scored 61 runs . On September 30, 1934, O'Leary pinch hit for the St. Louis Browns at age 51 and became one of the oldest players to collect a hit and score a run . </P> <P> Third baseman Bill Coughlin, known as "Scranton Bill", was named team captain in 1907 and 1908 . He was a light - hitting defensive player, who never hit higher than . 252 for the Tigers . His 232 putouts in 1901 is the 8th highest single season total in history by a major league third baseman . He is also one of the few MLB players to have stolen 2nd base, 3rd base and home in a single game . Coughlin was also the maestro of the hidden ball trick . Although no known comprehensive list is known to exist of all times when the hidden ball trick has worked, Coughlin reportedly pulled it off seven times (and at three different positions)--more than any other player in MLB history . In Game 2 of the 1907 World Series, Coughlin caught Jimmy Slagle with a hidden ball trick, the only one in World Series history . </P> <P> 1907 was Ty Cobb's first season as an every - day starter . He won his first batting crown with a . 350 average and led the American League in RBIs (119), slugging percentage (. 468), hits (212), total bases (283), stolen bases (49), and runs created (106). </P> <P> Right fielder Sam Crawford, known as "Wahoo Sam", was one of the greatest sluggers of the deadball era and still holds the major league records for triples in a career (309) and for inside - the - park home runs in a season (12) and a career (51). He finished his career with 2,961 hits and a . 309 batting average . Crawford was among the AL leaders in hits, RBIs, extra base hits, slugging percentage, and total bases every year for twelve consecutive years from 1905 to 1915 . In 1907, Crawford finished second in the AL in batting average (. 323) behind Cobb, and led the league in runs scored (102) and extra base hits . </P>

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