document_title: 1935 Detroit Tigers season

question_text: who did the detroit tigers defeat to win their first world series in 1935

text: 1935 Detroit Tigers season

text: The players[edit]

text: As the 1934 Detroit Tigers won a club-record 101 games, the team made few changes in the off-season to alter their winning combination.

text: Catcher/Manager: Mickey Cochrane[edit]

text: Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane returned as the team's manager and catcher. Known as "Black Mike", Cochrane is considered one of the greatest catchers of all time. In 1935, he hit .319 (9th in the AL) with a .452 on-base percentage (3rd in the AL), 96 walks (4th in the AL), 93 runs scored, and 33 doubles. Aside from his contributions as a player, Cochrane was invaluable as a manager and leader. Charlie Gehringer later said: "When Mickey was managing the Tigers from behind the plate I can't remember him ever fouling up anything. Seemed like he made snap judgments that always worked out well, especially in '34 and '35."[1]

text: Infield: Greenberg, Gehringer, Rogell, and Owen[edit]

text: The Detroit infield of the 1934–1935 seasons was one of the best-hitting combinations in MLB history. With Hank Greenberg at first, Charlie Gehringer at second, Billy Rogell at shortstop, and Marv Owen at third, the 1934 Tigers infield collected 462 RBIs (139 by Greenberg, 127 by Gehringer, 100 by Rogell, and 96 by Owen) and 179 doubles (63 by Greenberg, 50 by Gehringer, 34 by Owen and 32 by Rogell).

text: "Hammerin' Hank" Greenberg led the major leagues with 170 RBIs in 1935—the eighth highest single season total in major league history. The second highest RBI total in the AL that year was Lou Gehrig's 119—51 fewer than Hank. Greenberg also led the major leagues in 1935 with 36 home runs, 98 extra base hits, 389 total bases, and 159 runs created. He also hit for average, with a .328 batting average (7th in the AL), .411 on-base percentage (6th in the AL), and .628 slugging percentage (2nd in the AL). Greenberg was named the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1935.

text: Charlie Gehringer also had a terrific season, hitting .330 for the year (5th best in the AL). He was also among the league leaders with 123 runs (2nd in the AL), 201 hits (5th in the AL), 125 runs created (5th in the AL), 306 total bases (6th in the AL), 19 home runs (8th in the AL), and 108 RBIs (9th in the AL). Gehringer also led AL second basemen with 489 assists and a .985 fielding percentage. Gehringer finished 6th in the AL MVP voting in 1935. Known for his consistency as a hitter and fielder, Gehringer was given the nickname "The Mechanical Man" by Yankee pitcher Lefty Gomez.[2] Mickey Cochrane joked that "Charlie says `hello' on Opening Day, `goodbye' on closing day, and in between hits .350."[3]

text: Shortstop Billy Rogell hit .275 and scored 88 runs in 1935 while drawing 80 walks. Rogell also led AL shortstops with 104 double plays and a .971 fielding percentage. Rogell and Gehringer played over 1,000 games together as the Tigers' double play combination. Rogell's fiery demeanor was a stark contrast to the calm, quiet demeanor of Gehringer. Once, after both failed to cover second on a steal attempt, Mickey Cochrane charged out from behind the plate shouting at Rogell and Gehringer. As reported in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract: "Rogell, astonished, looked at Gehringer to see if he was going to say anything. Gehringer, of course, had nothing to say. 'Goddamn you,' yelled Rogell. 'Don’t you come charging out here telling me how to play shortstop. You go back there and do the catching, and I’ll play shortstop. If I’m not good enough, you can find someone else.' Cochrane went back to his own position."

text: Marv Owen was the one Tiger starter whose performance dropped off significantly from 1934 to 1935. In 1934, Owen had batted .317 with 96 RBIs and finished 9th in the AL MVP voting. In 1935, his average dropped 54 points to .263, and his RBI production fell to 71. Owen is remembered for a famous incident in Game 7 of the 1934 World Series. Joe Medwick tripled in the 6th inning with the Cardinals ahead by 7 runs. He slid hard into Owen at third, knocking him down. The two fought, and Detroit fans pelted Medwick with fruit and garbage when he returned to left field. As the fan reaction escalated, Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis ordered Medwick removed from the game. Owen batted just .069 (2–29) in the 1934 World Series and .050 (1–20) in the 1935 World Series. He set a post-season record for the most consecutive plate appearances between hits with 31.

text: Rounding out the infield was utility infielder Flea Clifton. Clifton played in 43 games during the 1935 regular season, with a .255 batting average. However, when Hank Greenberg broke his wrist in Game 2 of the 1935 World Series, Marv Owen moved to first base, and Clifton stepped in as the starting third baseman. Clifton was 0-for-16 with 4 strikeouts in the Series. Clifton had been teammates with Hank Greenberg in the minor leagues, and the two became friends. In his autobiography, Greenberg joked about Clifton's unusual diet: "On the road, he used to eat nothing but doughnuts and bananas. He said they were cheap and filling and stretched his meal money. Flea was the only ballplayer who could show a profit on $1-a-day meal money."[4]

text: Outfield: Goslin, Fox, White and Walker[edit]

text: In the outfield, Hall of Famer Goose Goslin played in left field. Pete Fox played in right field. The speedy Jo-Jo White and Gee Walker shared responsibility for center field, with White playing in 98 games.

text: Pete Fox led the way among the outfielders, batting .321 with 116 runs scored, 38 doubles, and 15 home runs. Fox also had a 29-game hitting streak in June and July. During the hitting streak, Fox drove in 10 runs in a double-header against the St. Louis Browns.[5] During the six-game 1935 World Series, Fox also led the team in hits (10), RBIs (4), and batting average (.385).

text: Goose Goslin had a good year with 109 RBIs, 172 hits, and 34 doubles. After leading the Washington Senators to American League pennants in 1924, 1925, and 1933, owner Clark Griffith traded Goslin to Detroit before the 1934 season. Griffith told Goose he simply couldn't afford to pay his salary. With stars Goslin, Gehringer and Greenberg, the 1934 and 1934 Tigers became known as the "G-Men." Goslin was the hero of the 1935 World Series, as he drove in the winning run in Games 6. With the game tied 3–3, Goslin came to bat in the bottom of the 9th inning with two outs and Mickey Cochrane on 2nd base. Goslin hit a walk-off single to right, scoring Cochrane, as the Tigers won the Series.

text: Center fielder Jo-Jo White led the team with 19 stolen bases and also contributed 12 triples. White's real first name was Joyner, but he was called "Jo-Jo" because of the way he pronounced his native state of Georgia. Hank Greenberg, who was raised in the Bronx was rommates with White, and according to Greenberg the two of them "used to fight the Civil War every night." Greenberg recalled a game in which White stole home with Greenberg at bat: "He deprived me of a good chance at an RBI, and he did it deliberately because he knew it would burn me up."[6]

text: The Tigers fourth outfielder, Gee Walker played 45 games in center field but also covered 29 games in left and 11 games in right. Known as "The Madman from Mississippi", Walker was a fiery competitor and a clown. He hit over .300 for the 1935 Tigers, but his reputation for being inattentive and overzealous on the basepaths drew the ire of manager Mickey Cochrane. During the 1934 World Series, he was picked off first while arguing with the Cardinals' bench. On another occasion, he tried to steal a base while the batter was being given an intentional walk.

text: Pitching: Bridges, Rowe, Auker and Crowder[edit]

text: The pitching staff was led by starters Tommy Bridges, Schoolboy Rowe, Alvin Crowder, and Elden Auker.

text: Tommy Bridges was the only 20-game winner with a record of 21–10. In 34 starts, Bridges threw 23 complete games. He led the American League with 163 strikeouts, and his 3.51 ERA was 6th best in the league. He finished the season 11th in the American League MVP voting. In a nationwide poll, Bridges was named the No. 2 sports hero of 1935, behind Notre Dame football player Andy Pilney.[7]

text: Elden Auker, a 24-year-old underhand pitcher out of Kansas A&M, also had a big year for the 1935 Tigers. Auker led the American League in win percentage (.720) with a record of 18–7. During the 1935 World Series, Auker was interviewed by a young Cubs broadcaster, Ronald Reagan. When they met after Reagan had been elected Governor of California, Reagan told him, "You probably won't remember me, but I'll remember you as long as I live." The 1935 radio interview, Reagan said, "was my first big break."[8]

text: After making a big splash in 1934 with an American League record 16 consecutive wins, Schoolboy Rowe had another big year in 1935. Schoolboy had become a fan favorite not only for his pitching performance in 1934 but for his nationally publicized romance. While appearing on the Eddie Cantor radio show, Rowe famously asked his fiancee, "How'm I doing, Edna honey?" The line endeared Schoolboy to the nation, and also resulted in relentless teasing from opposing players and fans. Schoolboy and Edna married after the 1934 season and had their first child during the 1935 season. Schoolboy led the league in 1935 with six shutouts and finished the season with a 19–13 record in 34 starts. Despite a 2.51 ERA in the 1935 World Series, Rowe had a 1–2 record. He was the losing pitcher in Game 1, despite striking out 8 batters, pitching a complete game and allowing only 2 earned runs. In Game 3, Rowe got the win, pitching 4 innings in relief. But Game 5 was another tough loss, as Schoolboy threw a complete game and allowed 2 earned runs, but the Tigers scored only once.

text: The Tigers' #4 starter was 36-year-old Alvin Crowder, who served in the U.S. Army during its occupation of Siberia after World War I.[9] Crowder, known as "General", was 16–10 in his 32 starts. The General pitched a complete game in Game 4 of the 1935 World Series for a 2–1 victory. Crowder pitched in three World Series consecutively (1933–1935), posting a record of 1–2 with 3.81 ERA in 26 innings pitched.

text: The Tigers' main reliever in 1935 was Chief Hogsett, who appeared in 40 games, finishing 30, with an ERA of 3.54. When Hogsett would take the mound at Navin Field, Detroit fans greeted him with "war whoops." Hogsett later reported that, while he was "one-thirty-second Cherokee on my mother's side", he got the nickname in the minor leagues when he "roomed with a full-blooded Kiowa Indian and the nickname just kind of stuck."[10]

text: Regular season[edit]

text: 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.

text: Season summary[edit]

text: 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.

text: The season started out poorly. Schoolboy Rowe lost on Opening Day, and the Tigers were 2–9 after two weeks of play. At the end of April, the Tigers were in last place. By the end of May, the Tigers had started to turn things around but still had a mediocre 20–18 record.

text: On June 25, 1935, the Yankees were in first place, and the Tigers were still playing unexceptionally with a record of 33–28. However, the Tigers got red hot after that, going 35–10 between June 26 and August 15, 1935. During that period, they put together win streaks of 10 games (June 30 to July 7) and 9 games (July 31 to August 11). On July 26, 1935, the Tigers passed the Yankees and moved into first place.

text: The team remained hot through Labor Day, having a record of 85–44 on September 7, 1935. But the Tigers' bats went cold for the last three weeks of the season, as the team went 8–14 to end the season. Despite having a ten-game lead over the Yankees on September 8, 1935, the Tigers let the Yankees back into the race, eventually winning by three games.

text: On September 21, 1935, the Tigers clinched the American League pennant by winning both games of a double-header against the St. Louis Browns. Tommy Bridges won the opener, 6–2, and Elden Auker pitched a complete game shutout to win the second game, 2–0. After clinching the pennant, the Tigers finished the season by losing 6 of their last 7 games.

text: Season standings[edit]

text:
American League
W
L
Pct.
GB

Detroit Tigers
93
58
.616
--

New York Yankees
89
60
.597
3

Cleveland Indians
82
71
.536
12

Boston Red Sox
78
75
.510
16

Chicago White Sox
74
78
.487
19½

Washington Senators
67
86
.438
27

St. Louis Browns
65
87
.428
28½

Philadelphia Athletics
58
91
.389
34

text: Record vs. opponents[edit]

text:
1935 American League Records

v
t
e

Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

Team
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
NYY
PHI
STL
WSH

Boston
—
13–9
9–13–1
9–13
9–12
16–6
10–12
12–10

Chicago
9–13
—
10–12
11–11
9–11
12–10
11–11–1
12–10

Cleveland
13–9–1
12–10
—
7–15–1
8–14
12–10
15–6–1
15–7

Detroit
13–9
11–11
15–7–1
—
11–11
14–5
17–5
12–10

New York
12–9
11–9
14–8
11–11
—
14–6
12–10
15–7

Philadelphia
6–16
10–12
10–12
5–14
6–14
—
11–11
10–12

St. Louis
12–10
11–11–1
6–15–1
5–17
10–12
11–11
—
10–11–1

Washington
10–12
10–12
7–15
10–12
7–15
12–10
11–10–1
—

text: Roster[edit]

text:
1935 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

13 Elden Auker
10 Tommy Bridges
16 Alvin Crowder
15 Carl Fischer
12 Clyde Hatter
17 Chief Hogsett
26 Roxie Lawson
11 Firpo Marberry
14 Schoolboy Rowe
18 Vic Sorrell
19 Joe Sullivan

Catchers

 3 Mickey Cochrane
23 Ray Hayworth
21 Frank Reiber

Infielders

24 Flea Clifton
 2 Charlie Gehringer
 5 Hank Greenberg
 8 Marv Owen
 7 Billy Rogell
22 Heinie Schuble

Outfielders

 9 Pete Fox
 4 Goose Goslin
27 Chet Morgan
15 Hugh Shelley
 6 Gee Walker
30 Hub Walker
25 Jo-Jo White

Manager

 3 Mickey Cochrane

Coaches

32 Del Baker
31 Cy Perkins

text: Season highlights[edit]

text:
April 17, 1935: The Tigers lost on Opening Day against the Chicago White Sox by a score of 7–6. Schoolboy Rowe was the losing pitcher.
April 18, 1935: Jo-Jo White tied an AL record with 5 walks off White Sox pitchers. The last walk forced in the winning run in the 9th as the Tigers win‚ 5–4.
April 29, 1935: The Tigers bats finally broke loose, as the Tigers crushed the St. Louis Browns 18–0. Tommy Bridges was the winning pitcher over Bobo Newsom. Bobo would later help the Tigers win a pennant in 1940.
May 13, 1935: Schoolboy Rowe shut out the New York Yankees 3–0. Lefty Gomez was the losing pitcher for the Yankees.
May 14, 1935: The Tigers took their second straight victory over the Yankees, as Alvin Crowder won 10–4.
May 15, 1935: Lou Gehrig stole home in a 4–0 Yankees win over the Tigers.
May 19, 1935: The Tigers scored 16 runs to beat the Washington Senators 16–6.
May 20, 1935: A's pitcher George Caster‚ following the advice of Jimmie Foxx‚ walked Charlie Gehringer in the 11th inning to pitch to Hank Greenberg. Greenberg proceeded to knock in 2 runs as the Tigers defeated the A's, 8–6.
May 25, 1935: The Tigers defeated the Red Sox 3–2 on a 2-run home run by Hank Greenberg in the 6th inning. In the 4th inning, Greenberg hit a line drive at pitcher Fritz Ostermueller, breaking his cheekbone and several teeth and sending him to the hospital.
May 26, 1935: The Tigers were shut out by the Yankees 2–0.
June 16, 1935: The Tigers completed a three-game sweep over the Philadelphia Athletics. The combined score of the three games was 34–7.
June 21, 1935: After 3 straight losses to the Yankees, Schoolboy Rowe shut out the Yankees, 7–0, for the second time in 1935. Rowe's wife, Edna, had just given birth to their first child.
June 24, 1935: Tommy Bridges pitched 13 innings for the Tigers and left the game tied 8–8. Elden Auker pitched in relief and knocked in the winning run as the Tigers win 9–8.
June 30, 1935: Pete Fox, in the midst of a 29-game hitting streak, led the Tigers to victories in both games of a double-header against the Browns. The Tigers won the opener 18–1 and then won the second game 11–6. Fox drove in 10 runs‚ six of them in the opener when he hit his second grand slam of the month. Fox had 8 hits and scored 4 runs in each game. Schoolboy Rowe and Alvin Crowder were the winning pitchers.
July 5, 1935: The Tigers beat the St. Louis Browns‚ 16–1 as Hank Greenberg had 4 hits, 4 RBIs, scores 4 runs, and hit 2 home runs.
July 7, 1935: The Tigers defeated the Browns‚ 12–5‚ for their 10th straight win. Detroit scored 11 runs in the first three innings. Hank Greenberg had a double, a triple and three RBIs to give him 100 RBIs at the All-Star break.
July 10, 1935: In the first game after the All Star Game, the Tigers' win streak ended at 10 games‚ despite a record-tying 10 doubles, in a 12–11 loss to the Senators.
July 11, 1935: The Tigers defeated the Senators in 10 innings, 7–6, but Pete Fox failed to get a hit, as his hitting streak came to an end at 29 games. Charlie Gehringer hit a home run and a triple, and Goose Goslin had 3 hits including a home run.
July 13, 1935: Doc Cramer went 6-for-6 for the Athletics in the opening game of a double-header against Elden Auker. Jimmie Foxx also went 3-for-3 as the A's crushed the Tigers, 18–5. The Tigers won the second game, as Hank Greenberg hit his 26th home run, helping Tommy Bridges win his 12th game.
July 16, 1935: The A's beat the Tigers‚ 8–2, and the Yankees defeated the White Sox to take a 2½-game lead over Detroit.
July 21, 1935: The Tigers scored 3 runs in the 9th inning against Lefty Grove and the Red Sox. In the bottom of the 9th, Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell pinch hit for Grove and hit a home run with 2 outs and 2 men on to give Boston a 7–6 win.
July 24, 1935: The Tigers beat the Yankees 4–0 as Alvin Crowder pitched a shutout. The Tigers were a fraction of a percentage point behind the Yankees. Jo-Jo White led off the game with his first major league home run‚ off Red Ruffing.
July 26, 1935: Washington beat the Yankees, knocking them out of first for the first time since May 30.
August 14, 1935: Schoolboy Rowe got the win over the Senators 18–2 and also went 5-for-5 at the plate. Schoolboy had a double, a triple, scores 3 runs, and collected three RBIs. With the Yankees losing, the Tigers had built a 6-game lead. This marked the second time in 1935 that the Tigers scored 18 runs in a game.
August 18, 1935: Schoolboy Rowe is hit on the hand by a line drive in the 3rd inning. After a 12-minute delay‚ Rowe returned and allows just one more hit. Detroit beat the Yankees‚ 6–0. The victory was Schoolboy's third shutout of the Yankees in 1935.
September 8, 1935: In the second game of a double header, Elden Auker made it into the 8th inning with a no-hitter. A's slugger Jimmie Foxx doubled in the 8th, but Auker got the win, 15–1, as the Tigers collected 20 hits. Cochrane had 3 hits in each game for Detroit. The sweep increased the Tigers' AL lead to 10 games.
September 10, 1935: The Tigers were shut out 6–0 by the Senators. Schoolboy Rowe was the losing pitcher.
September 13, 1935: The Tigers beat the Yankees‚ 13–5, and Schoolboy Rowe got the win. Hank Greenberg had 3 hits including a home run. Lou Gehrig hit two home runs in the game.
September 14, 1935: The Tigers split a double-header with the Yankees. Alvin Crowder lost the opener 2–1, and Roxie Lawson held the Yankees to 1 run in the second game. Hank Greenberg‚ leading the league in hitting at .346‚ was hitless in both games, and struck out five times. The New York American reported afterward: "The hooting and jeering which some of the fans turned loose against Hank wasn't much of a tribute to the sportsmanship of his home town."
September 21, 1935: The Tigers clinched the American League pennant by winning both games of a double-header against the Browns. Tommy Bridges won the opener, 6–2, and Elden Auker pitched a complete game shutout to win the second game, 2–0. The Tigers went 1–6 after clinching the pennant.
September 22, 1935: Schoolboy Rowe lost a 1–0 game to the Browns. Schoolboy committed an error in the 6th inning that allowed the only run to score. This was only the fifth time in 1935 that the Tigers were shut out.
September 25, 1935: The Tigers lost to the Indians, 3–2. Chief Hogsett took over in the 1st inning when starter Elden Auker was hit on the wrist by a line drive off the bat of Joe Vosmik. Hogsett hit a solo home run over the right field wall in the 6th inning.
September 29, 1935: The White Sox swept the Tigers in a double-header on the last day of the regular season. The Sox hit an AL record 10 singles in the 2nd inning of game 2 off Elden Auker. The Sox won 14–2. Firpo Marberry, who had been released by the Tigers in June‚ was the umpire. Firpo worked as an umpire for the second half of the 1935 season.
October 7, 1935: The Tigers won the World Series with a 4–3 victory in Game 6. The celebration in the streets of Detroit lasted until three in the morning.
October 20, 1935: By a unanimous vote‚ Hank Greenberg was named the American League's Most Valuable Player.
April 18, 1936: The Tigers, along with numerous other Detroit champions, are honored during the Champions Day celebration.

text: Player stats[edit]

text: Batting[edit]

text: Starters by position[edit]

text: Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

text:
Pos
Player
G
AB
H
Avg.
HR
RBI

C
Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane
115
411
131
.319
5
47

1B
Greenberg, HankHank Greenberg
152
619
203
.328
36
170

2B
Gehringer, CharlieCharlie Gehringer
150
610
201
.330
19
108

3B
Owen, MarvMarv Owen
134
483
127
.263
2
71

SS
Rogell, BillyBilly Rogell
150
560
154
.275
6
71

OF
Goslin, GooseGoose Goslin
147
590
172
.292
9
109

OF
Fox, PetePete Fox
131
517
166
.321
15
73

OF
White, Jo-JoJo-Jo White
114
412
99
.240
2
32

text: Other batters[edit]

text: Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

text:
Player
G
AB
H
Avg.
HR
RBI

Walker, GeeGee Walker
98
362
109
.301
7
53

Hayworth, RayRay Hayworth
51
175
54
.309
0
22

Clifton, FleaFlea Clifton
43
110
28
.255
0
9

Walker, HubHub Walker
9
25
4
.160
0
1

Schuble, HeinieHeinie Schuble
11
8
2
.250
0
0

Shelley, HughHugh Shelley
7
8
2
.250
0
1

text: Note: pitchers' batting statistics not included

text: Pitching[edit]

text: Starting pitchers[edit]

text: Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

text:
Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO

Bridges, TommyTommy Bridges
36
274.3
21
10
3.51
163

Rowe, SchoolboySchoolboy Rowe
42
275.7
19
13
3.69
140

Crowder, AlvinAlvin Crowder
33
241
16
10
4.26
59

Auker, EldenElden Auker
36
195
18
7
3.83
63

text: Other pitchers[edit]

text:
Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO

Sullivan, JoeJoe Sullivan
25
125.7
6
6
3.51
53

Sorrell, VicVic Sorrell
12
51.3
4
3
4.03
22

Lawson, RoxieRoxie Lawson
7
40
3
1
1.58
16

Hatter, ClydeClyde Hatter
8
33.1
3
1
1.58
16

Marberry, FirpoFirpo Marberry
5
19
0
1
4.26
7

Fischer, CarlCarl Fischer
3
12
0
1
6.00
7

text: Relief pitchers[edit]

text: Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

text:
Player
G
W
L
SV
GF
ERA
SO

Hogsett, ChiefChief Hogsett
40
6
6
5
30
3.54
39

text: 1935 World Series[edit]

text: The 1935 World Series featured the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago Cubs, with the Tigers winning in six games for their first championship in five World Series appearances. They had lost in 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1934.

text: The Cubs had the better regular season record and had a 21-game win streak during the pennant stretch. The Tigers, on the other hand, went 8–14 in their last 22 games. Based on momentum, it appeared the Cubs would roll past the Tigers.

text: The Cubs won Game 1, 3–0, on 4-hit shutout by pitcher Lon Warneke. Schoolboy Rowe took the loss.

text: The Tigers evened the Series in Game 2, with an 8–3 win, but the Tigers lost Hank Greenberg who fractured his left wrist when colliding with Cubs catcher Gabby Hartnett. Greenberg had tried to score from first on a single. He finished the game, but he developed severe pain on the train ride to Chicago that night, and x-rays revealed fractures of two bones in his wrist. Greenberg was sidelined for the rest of the Series, and Mickey Cochrane was left to decide who could replace Greenberg. Initially, Cochrane decided to play first base himself and have backup catcher Ray Hayworth take over at catcher. But Tigers owner Frank Navin ordered Cochrane to move third baseman Marv Owen to first base and play utility infielder Flea Clifton at third base. Cochrane disagreed, as Clifton was the weakest hitter on the team, and Owen was in a slump. Navin insisted, and Owen went one for twenty in the Series, while Flea went 0-for-16 in the Series.

text: In Game 3, the Cubs tied the game in the bottom of the 9th, but the Tigers won it with an unearned run in the 11th inning. In the 3rd inning, umpire George Moriarty (who had played for the Tigers from 1909 to 1915) called Phil Cavarretta out in a close play at second base. When the Cubs protested, Moriarty verbally abused the Cubs, and ejected Cubs' manager Charlie Grimm and player Bill Jurges. After the game, Grimm said: "If a manager can't go out and make a decent kick, what the hell is the game coming to? I didn't swear at him but he swore at us."[11] Coach Roy Johnson accused Moriarty of making improper reflections on the Cubs' ancestry. Judge Landis later levied $200 fines on Moriarty‚ Grimm‚ and Jurges for their conduct in the World Series.

text: In Game 4, Alvin Crowder pitched a 2–1 complete game victory. The Tigers won on an unearned run in the 6th inning.

text: In Game 5, Cubs' pitcher Lon Warneke kept the Cubs alive with 6 innings of shutout ball for his 2nd win. The Cubs won 3–1 on a 2-run home run by Chuck Klein off losing pitcher Schoolboy Rowe.

text: In Game 6, Tommy Bridges pitched a complete game victory to win the Series for Detroit. With the score tied 3–3 in the top of the 9th inning, Bridges gave up a leadoff triple to Stan Hack, but retired the next three batters without the runner on third scoring. In the bottom of the 9th, Goose Goslin drove in the winning run with 2 outs. After the game, manager Mickey Cochrane said the following of Bridges' gutsy performance: "A hundred and fifty pounds of courage. If there ever is a payoff on courage this little 150- pound pitcher is the greatest World Series hero."[7]

text: Delirious Detroit fans rushed onto Navin Field in celebration after Goslin's game-winning hit. The celebration spilled out onto Michigan Avenue and Trumbull. People from throughout Detroit flooded the central city in a celebration that newspapers reported went on until three in the morning. For a few hours, the worries of the Great Depression were gone and the only thing that mattered was the Tigers.

text: Detroit owner Frank Navin, then 64 years old, had been running the organization for 30 years and had seen four of his teams win American League pennants, only to lose four World Series. On November 13, 1935, five weeks after the Tigers finally won the World Series, Navin suffered a heart attack while riding a horse and died.[12]

text:
Game
Score
Date
Location
Attendance
Winning Pitcher
Losing Pitcher

1
Cubs – 3, Tigers – 0
October 2
Navin Field
47,391
Lon Warneke
Schoolboy Rowe

2
Cubs – 3, Tigers – 8
October 3
Navin Field
46,742
Tommy Bridges
Charlie Root

3
Tigers – 6, Cubs – 5 (11 innings)
October 4
Wrigley Field
45,532
Schoolboy Rowe
Larry French

4
Tigers – 2, Cubs – 1
October 5
Wrigley Field
49,350
Alvin Crowder
Tex Carleton

5
Tigers – 1, Cubs – 3
October 6
Wrigley Field
49,237
Lon Warneke
Schoolboy Rowe

6
Cubs – 3, Tigers – 4
October 7
Navin Field
48,420
Tommy Bridges
Larry French

text: Detroit: "City of Champions"[edit]

text: When the Tigers won the 1935 World Series, the City of Detroit was mired in the Great Depression, which had hit Detroit and its industries particularly hard. But with the success of the Tigers and other Detroit athletes in 1935, Detroit's luck appeared to be changing, as the City was dubbed the "City of Champions."[13]

text: Detroit's "champions" included Detroit's "Brown Bomber", Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion; native Detroiter Gar Wood who was the champion of unlimited powerboat racing and the first man to go 100 miles per hour on water; Eddie "the Midnight Express" Tolan, a black Detroiter who won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter races at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The Detroit Lions also won the 1935 NFL Championship Game, and the Detroit Red Wings won the 1935–36 Stanley Cup championship, but the biggest celebration came when the Tigers won the World Series, as the "City of Champions" moniker took hold.

text: Baseball was hugely popular in Detroit during the Great Depression, as attendance at Navin Field in 1934 and 1935, accounted for nearly 25 percent of baseball's total paid attendance.

text: Postseason player stats[edit]

text: Batting[edit]

text: Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

text:
Player
G
AB
H
Avg.
HR
RBI

Flea Clifton
4
16
0
.000
0
0

Mickey Cochrane
6
24
7
.292
0
1

Pete Fox
6
26
10
.385
0
4

Charlie Gehringer
6
24
9
.375
0
4

Goose Goslin
6
22
6
.273
0
3

Hank Greenberg
2
6
1
.167
1
2

Marv Owen
6
20
1
.050
0
1

Billy Rogell
6
24
7
.292
0
1

Gee Walker
3
4
1
.250
0
0

Jo-Jo White
5
19
5
.263
0
1

text: Pitching[edit]

text:
Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO

Schoolboy Rowe
3
21
1
2
2.57
14

Tommy Bridges
2
18
2
0
2.50
9

Alvin Crowder
1
9
1
0
1.00
5

Elden Auker
1
6
0
0
3.00
1

Chief Hogsett
1
1
0
0
0.00
0

text: Awards and honors[edit]

text: Hank Greenberg, 1B, American League Most Valuable Player

text: 1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

text:
Charlie Gehringer, 2B, Starter
Tommy Bridges, P
Schoolboy Rowe, P
Mickey Cochrane, C

text: League leaders[edit]

text:
Elden Auker: American League win percentage leader (.720)
Elden Auker: American League leader in fielding percentage at pitcher (1.000)
Tommy Bridges: American League strikeouts leader (163)
Tommy Bridges: American League home runs allowed leader (22)
Charlie Gehringer: American League leader in assists at second base (489)
Charlie Gehringer: American League leader in fielding percentage at second base (.985)
Hank Greenberg: American League home run leader (36)
Hank Greenberg: American League RBI leader (170)
Hank Greenberg: American League total bases leader (389)
Hank Greenberg: American League extra base hits leader (98)
Hank Greenberg: American League leader in assists at first base (99)
Chief Hogsett: American League games finished leader (30)
Billy Rogell: American League leader in double plays at shortstop (104)
Billy Rogell: American League leader in fielding percentage at shortstop (.971)
Schoolboy Rowe: American League shutouts leader (6)
Schoolboy Rowe: American League strikeout to walk ratio leader (2.06)

text: Players ranking among top 100 all time at position[edit]

text: The following members of the 1934 Detroit Tigers are among the Top 100 of all time at their position, as ranked by The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract in 2001:

text:
Mickey Cochrane: 4th best catcher of all time
Hank Greenberg: 8th best first baseman of all time
Charlie Gehringer: 8th best second baseman of all time
Billy Rogell: 49th best shortstop of all time
Goose Goslin: 16th best left fielder of all time
Gee Walker: 92nd best left fielder of all time
Pete Fox: 96th best right fielder of all time
Tommy Bridges: 77th best pitcher of all time

text: Farm system[edit]

text:
Level
Team
League
Manager

AA
Toledo Mud Hens
American Association
Fred Haney

AA
Portland Beavers
Pacific Coast League
Buddy Ryan and Bill Cissell

A
Beaumont Exporters
Texas League
Dutch Lorbeer

B
Springfield Senators
Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League
Bob Coleman

C
Charleston Senators
Middle Atlantic League
Russ Young and Val Picinich

C
Henderson Oilers
West Dixie League
Roy Flaskamper

D
Charleroi Tigers
Pennsylvania State Association
Earl Smith

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Anthony O'Connor, "Voices from Cooperstown", p. 96.
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-24.
Jump up ^ [1]
Jump up ^ Hank Greenberg, "Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life" (1989), pp. 23–24.
Jump up ^ Pete Fox at Baseball Library Archived October 1, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Hank Greenberg, "Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life" (1989)
^ Jump up to: a b Tommy Bridges at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Ralph Berger, Retrieved November 22, 2013.
Jump up ^ [2]
Jump up ^ Tom Deveaux, "The Washington Senators, 1901–1971" (McFarland 2001), p. 105. [3]
Jump up ^ Richard Bak, "Cobb Would Have Caught It" (Wayne State Univ. Press 1991), p. 252.
Jump up ^ [4]
Jump up ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
Jump up ^ [5]
Jump up ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


document_title: I Wish It Would Rain

question_text: who sings lead on i wish it would rain

question_tokens: who sings lead on i wish it would rain

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text: I Wish It Would Rain

text: Overview[edit]

text: Background[edit]

text: The song is one of the most melancholy in the Temptations repertoire, with lead singer David Ruffin delivering, in a pained voice, the story of a heartbroken man who wants to hide his sorrow. His woman has just left him, and he wishes that it would start raining, to hide the tears falling down his face because "a man ain't supposed to cry". Accompanying Ruffin's mourning vocal are the vocals of his bandmates (Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams) alongside the subdued instrumentation of The Funk Brothers studio band, and, courtesy of Whitfield, sound effects depicting the "sunshine and blue skies", with the sound of chirping seagulls, and the sound of thunder and rain described in the song. Producer Norman Whitfield devised much of the musical structure of the song, with former Motown artist Barrett Strong composing the song's signature piano intro on a piano with only ten working keys.[1] Motown staff writer Roger Penzabene provided the song's lyrics.

tag: p

text: More so than a number of other Motown songs, there is real sentiment and pain behind the song's words. Lyricist Penzabene had just found out his wife was cheating on him with another man. Unable to deal with the pain and unable to stop loving his wife, Penzabene expressed his pain in the lyrics of this song and its follow-up on the Temptations' release schedule, "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)". The distraught Penzabene committed suicide on New Year's Eve 1967, a week after the single's release.

text: Release and other artists' versions[edit]

text: Issued with the Melvin Franklin-led "I Truly, Truly Believe" as its B-side, "I Wish It Would Rain" peaked for three weeks in February and March 1968 at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and at the number-one position on the Billboard R&B singles chart.[2][3][4] The single was the focal point of the Temptations' 1968 album The Temptations Wish It Would Rain.

text: "I Wish It Would Rain" has been covered by a number of artists, including Percy Sledge (1994 on his Blue Night album), Gladys Knight & the Pips (peaking in the US at number 41 pop and 15 R&B).[5] Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin from Get It Right (1983), Little Caesar, have also recorded versions of the song. Overseas, The Faces, recorded a 1973 cover and was a hit in the United Kingdom. Gaye's version, produced under a funk sound and featuring just him in vocals, was the B-side to his number-one hit "Let's Get It On".

text: Australian singer songwriter, Jon Stevens recorded and released a version of the song in 1994, with money raised benefitting drought-stricken farmers.[6] The song peaked at number 49 in New Zealand.

text: Renée Geyer released a version as the lead single from her album Dedicated (2007)

text: Personnel[edit]

text:
Lead vocals by David Ruffin
Background vocals by Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Otis Williams
Written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Roger Penzabene
Produced by Norman Whitfield
Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers.

tag: ul

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Bowman, Rob (2006). Liner Notes for Get Ready: Definitive Performances. Reelin' in the Years Productions/Universal Music.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 80 (7): 56. 1968. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 80 (8): 58. 1968. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Nielsen Company. 80 (9): 54. 1968. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 330.
Jump up ^ "Jon Stevens Band". Saxton. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

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document_title: The Puppy Episode

question_text: wendy's famously pulled all of its adams from which tv sitcom in 1997

question_tokens: wendy 's famously pulled all of its adams from which tv sitcom in 1997

text: The Puppy Episode

text: Plot[edit]

text: Ellen goes out to dinner with her old friend Richard, a reporter who is in town to cover a story. His producer, Susan, joins them for dessert and she and Ellen hit it off. Ellen goes back to Richard's hotel room. He comes on to her and, uncomfortable, Ellen leaves. She runs into Susan in the hall and returns with her to her room. They continue to enjoy each other's company until Susan tells Ellen that she's gay and that she thought Ellen might be too. Ellen denies it and suggests that Susan is trying to "recruit" her. Susan sarcastically says that she'll have to call "national headquarters" and let them know Ellen got away. ("Damn, just one more and I would have gotten that toaster oven.") An agitated Ellen leaves Susan's room and returns to Richard's room, determined to have sex with him to prove to herself she is not gay.

text: The next day, Ellen tells her friends at the bookstore that she and Richard had amazing sex. She tells her therapist the truth, that she could not have sex with Richard. Ellen laments that she just wants someone that she clicks with. Her therapist asks if she has ever clicked with anyone and Ellen replies, "Susan."

text: A message from Richard that he is leaving town ahead of schedule sends Ellen rushing to the airport to see Susan. Ellen tells Susan that she was right and struggles to say the word. Finally, Ellen is able to say, "I'm gay," inadvertently broadcasting her announcement over the airport's public address system. Ellen assumes that Susan will be leaving with Richard but in fact Susan will be staying in town for several more days.

text: Ellen has a dream in which she is grocery shopping. She is offered a special lesbian discount on melons, her sexuality is announced to the other shoppers, she is offered a granola bar, she is beckoned toward a checkout lane with a pink triangular sign reading "10 lesbians or less" and given her grocery total of "a lesbian twenty-nine" ($11.29). She discusses the dream with her therapist and realizes that she's been suppressing her sexuality for many years. Her therapist encourages her to come out to her friends but Ellen is worried about not being accepted.

text: Ellen has her friends over to come out to them. Before they arrive, she comes out to her gay neighbor Peter. When everyone else arrives, Ellen balks at telling them but Peter outs her. Ellen confirms that it's true and her friends are all supportive of her, although her friend Paige is hesitant.

text: The next day Ellen and Susan are at the bookstore. Susan tells Ellen that she does have feelings for her but she is in a long-term relationship. Ellen is heartbroken and Susan leaves. To cheer her up, her friends take her to a lesbian coffeehouse. There Ellen mistakenly thinks her waitress is coming on to her and is chagrined when a woman flirts with Paige instead of her.

text: Under the closing credits, Susan leads Ellen over to Melissa Etheridge, who confirms that Ellen is gay and, after completing the necessary paperwork, awards Susan a toaster oven.

text: Production[edit]

text: By the end of the third season of Ellen, producers were becoming frustrated by the series' lack of focus and the lack of interest that the character Ellen Morgan displayed toward the standard sitcom tropes of dating and relationships. Disney boss Michael Eisner suggested that since the character showed no inclination toward dating, she should get a puppy. "It was an indication of just how lost the show was that network executives would be excited by Ellen buying a puppy", said executive producer Mark Driscoll.[1] It was this suggestion that gave writer Jonathan Stark the idea to give that working title to the episode, and it stuck.[2] In the summer of 1996 DeGeneres and the show's other writers opened negotiations with ABC and its parent company, Disney, to have Ellen Morgan come out during season four. Word of the secret negotiations leaked in September of that year, sparking a storm of speculation as to whether the character, the actress, or both would come out.[2] The LGBT media watchdog group Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) launched a "Let Ellen Out!" campaign, including an "Ellen Watch" website.[3] Disney rejected the first draft of the script, with Disney executive Dean Valentine stating that it did not go far enough. Director Junger reported that Valentine said "'If we're going to do it, let's do it.' Once he said to go as far as we could, it became great fun to write."[4] Once final approval from Disney was secured, ABC announced on March 3, 1997, that Ellen Morgan would be coming out.[5] "The Puppy Episode" went into production on March 7.[6] Guest stars sought to be a part of the project. According to writer/producer Driscoll, "Suddenly all these talented actors were lining up to be in the episode. It had a buzz around it that it would be an historic episode. When Oprah came on—and she was so wonderful and open and giving—it suddenly had this great weight to it."[4]

text: With word of the episode out, backlash began. The studio received at least one bomb threat and Driscoll received a telephone call informing him he was going to Hell.[4] DeGeneres was followed by car to the studio on at least one occasion by a "suspicious man".[7] Some within the entertainment industry assumed that the coming out was simply a ratings stunt, to which DeGeneres responded, "I did it selfishly for myself and because I thought it was a great thing for the show, which desperately needed a point of view."[8]

text: DeGeneres began dropping hints in the episodes leading up to "The Puppy Episode" that she was planning to come out in real life and have her character come out as well, including such sight gags as Ellen Morgan stumbling into an actual closet so that she could come out of it. She also invited comment with her off-screen actions, as when she kissed k.d. lang while presenting her with an award at a Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center function in early 1997.[7] DeGeneres finally officially came out in Time magazine, with an April 14, 1997 cover emblazoned with the words, "Yep, I'm Gay".[9] She appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show with then-girlfriend Anne Heche the day "The Puppy Episode" was set to air.[10]

text: DeGeneres commented on her months of hinting at her sexuality and the media frenzy within the episode itself, giving Ellen Morgan's friends lines like "Ellen, are you coming out or not?!" and "Yeah, quit jerking us around and come out already!"[11] Morgan's therapist comments that if Morgan does not come out she will "continue to have these dreams and then it's going to show up in your waking life as these little clues that get more and more obvious. And eventually tiresome."[12] She also says that Morgan cannot blame her reluctance to come out on the media.[12]

text: Reception[edit]

text: "The Puppy Episode" and DeGeneres's attendant coming out generated enormous publicity before the show aired. Right-wing groups like the American Family Association pressured ABC to drop the storyline and Ellen sponsors not to advertise; two occasional advertisers, J. C. Penney and Chrysler, decided not to buy time during the episode. Another sponsor, Wendy's, decided not to advertise on Ellen again at all.[13] Despite these losses of potential advertisers, ABC turned away ads from two LGBT-oriented sponsors, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and lesbian vacation company Olivia Cruises.[14] Jerry Falwell called DeGeneres "Ellen Degenerate", to which DeGeneres responded, "I've been getting that since the fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work."[15] GLAAD organized "Come Out With Ellen" house parties across the United States[3] and HRC created "Ellen Coming Out House Party" kits that included invitations, posters and an Ellen trivia game. HRC had initially planned to send out about 300 kits. Deluged with requests, they ended up sending out about 3,000.[14] ABC affiliate WBMA-LP in Birmingham, Alabama, citing "family values", first sought ABC's permission to move the episode out of prime-time to a late-night slot. When ABC declined the request, the affiliate refused to air the episode at all.[16] Local LGBT organization Pride Birmingham arranged for a satellite feed of the episode and rented a 5,000-seat theatre for a viewing party, with about 1,000 people attending.[17] Local activists circulated a petition requesting that Abilene, Texas-area affiliate KTXS-TV not air the episode but were unsuccessful.[16]

text: "The Puppy Episode" was the highest-rated episode ever of Ellen, drawing some 42 million viewers.[18] "The Puppy Episode" won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series and a second for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing.[19] The episode won a Peabody Award[20] and DeGeneres won a GLAAD Media Award in 1998.[2] Ellen Morgan's coming out has been described as "the most hyped, anticipated, and possibly influential gay moment on television".[21] GLAAD credits Ellen with paving the way for such LGBT-themed programming as Will and Grace, The L Word, and Ugly Betty and it has been suggested that Ellen and these other series presenting LGBT characters have helped to reduce societal prejudice against LGBT people.[3] The episode was ranked #46 on TV Guide's list of "100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time".[22]

text: Following "The Puppy Episode", Ellen was renewed for another season. ABC prefaced each episode of season five with a parental advisory warning.[23] DeGeneres strongly criticized ABC for including the warnings, saying in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, "It was like this voice like you're entering some kind of radiation center. It was very offensive, and you don't think that's going to affect ratings?"[24] DeGeneres further noted demonstrable hypocrisy on the part of ABC, citing episodes of ABC series The Drew Carey Show and Spin City which included two men kissing (the Carey episode was even promoted using the kiss). "There's no disclaimer on [the Carey show] at all, because it's two heterosexual men, and they're making fun of heterosexuality...[Spin City aired without a disclaimer] because neither (Michael J. Fox nor Michael Boatman) is really gay in real life."[24] Episodes after "The Puppy Episode" dealt with Ellen's coming out to her parents and boss, quitting her job at the bookstore and finding a series of new jobs. Other episodes dealt with her search for a romantic partner and learning more about the LGBT community. Even some gay people began criticizing the amount of gay content in the series, including Chaz Bono, formerly known as Chastity Bono, who was at the time working for GLAAD. Bono was quoted as saying, "[Ellen] is so gay it's excluding a large part of our society. A lot of the stuff on it is somewhat of an inside joke. It's one thing to have a gay lead character, but it's another when every episode deals with specific gay issues."[25] Bono would later say that the comments were taken out of context. Ellen was canceled after its fifth season.

text: With the cancellation of Ellen, DeGeneres focused her energy on stand-up comedy, where she had begun her career.[26] She returned to network television in 2001 with the short-lived The Ellen Show, in which her character Ellen Richmond was openly lesbian from the start,[27] before finding renewed success with her talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, beginning in 2003, which as of December 2017 is still running and is in its fifteenth season.[26]

text: Guest star Laura Dern faced backlash over her appearance on the show. In a 2007 interview for DeGeneres's talk show commemorating the tenth anniversary of "The Puppy Episode," Dern stated that she did not work for a year and a half because of playing Susan.[28] Nonetheless, Dern said that she was grateful for the "extraordinary experience and opportunity" of being a part of the episode.[29] Speaking of her experience, DeGeneres said, "It was a huge step in my life. I think people sensed the honesty in it. I think it helped a lot of people, and still to this day I hear about parents and children being able to have an honest conversation through watching that show. That's ultimately what television can be: It can get conversations started."[4]

text: Notes[edit]

text:
Jump up ^ Tracy (2005), p. 239.

^ Jump up to: a b c Lo, Malinda (April  9, 2005). "Back in the Day: Coming Out With Ellen". AfterEllen.com. Archived from the original on March  4, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

^ Jump up to: a b c Staff (April 11, 2007). "US activists celebrate Ellen's ten lesbian years". pinknews. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

^ Jump up to: a b c d Kaufman, Debra (January 27, 2008). "Sitcom Was True to Star's Style". TelevisionWeek. Retrieved November 20, 2008.

Jump up ^ "ABC will let 'Ellen' out of the closet: Gay lead character a prime time first". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. March 4, 1997. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

Jump up ^ Tropiano (2002), p. 246.

^ Jump up to: a b Tracy (2005), p. 248.

Jump up ^ Tracy (2005), p. 247.

Jump up ^ Handy, Bruce; Bland, Elizabeth L.; Tynan, William & Resner, Jeffrey (April 17, 2007). "Roll Over, Ward Cleaver". Time. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

Jump up ^ Marchessault & Sawchuk (2000), p. 81.

Jump up ^ "The Puppy Episode, part 1". Ellen. Season 4. Episode 22. April 30, 1997.

^ Jump up to: a b "The Puppy Episode, part 2". Ellen. Season 4. Episode 23. April 30, 1997.

Jump up ^ Tracy (2005), pp. 251–52.

^ Jump up to: a b Capsuto (2000), p. 393.

Jump up ^ Handy, Bruce (April 14, 1997). "He Called Me Ellen Degenerate?". Time. Retrieved November 18, 2008.

^ Jump up to: a b Lapham, Bob (April 15, 1997). "Petition being circulated against showing of 'Ellen' episode". Abilene Reporter-News. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2008.

Jump up ^ Tracy (2005), p. 251.

Jump up ^ "Ellen: TV Guide news". tvguide.com. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

Jump up ^ "And The Winners Are..." Seattle Times. September 15, 1997. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

Jump up ^ "'Ellen' Wins Peabody Award". New York Times. April 3, 1998. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

Jump up ^ Castañeda & Campbell (2005), p. 267.

Jump up ^ "TV's Top 100 Episodes of All Time". TV Guide. June 15, 2009. pp. 34–49.

Jump up ^ Johnson (2008), p. 158.

^ Jump up to: a b DeGeneres, quoted in Ehrenstein (1998), p. 315.

Jump up ^ Douglas-Brown, Laura (April 13, 2007). "Queer people, big world". Southern Voice. Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved November 18, 2008.

^ Jump up to: a b Fees, Jarre (January 27, 2008). "Tracking Ellen's Career Highlights". TV Week. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

Jump up ^ Owen, Rob (July 26, 2001). "On Air: New DeGeneres sitcom won't focus on gay life". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 20, 2008.

Jump up ^ Vejnoska, Jill (April 20, 2007). "Ellen DeGeneres and Laura Dern Reunite". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on December  4, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2008.

Jump up ^ "Ellen and Laura Dern reunite after kiss". MSNBC. Associated Press. April 23, 2007. Retrieved November 20, 2008.


document_title: List of NHL records (team)

question_text: what is the longest losing streak in nhl

text: List of NHL records (team)

text: Season records[edit]

text: During the first eight years the NHL existed, teams played between 18 and 36 games in a season. Beginning in 1926, teams played 44–60 games. This would end in 1949 where teams now play 70 or more games. There have been two other instances when teams have only played 48 games in a season. Both the 1994–95 season and 2012–13 season were reduced to 48 games due to lockouts. For more information, check the History of the National Hockey League.

text: 1949–50 to Present[edit]

text:
Most Points: 132, by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
Fewest Points: 21, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
Most Wins: 62, by the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings
Fewest Wins: 8, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
Most Ties: 24, by the 1969–70 Philadelphia Flyers
Fewest Ties: 2, by the 1992–93 San Jose Sharks
Most Shootout Wins: 15, by the 2007–08 Edmonton Oilers
Most Shootout Losses: 13, by the 2013–14 New Jersey Devils
Most Losses: 71, by the 1992–93 San Jose Sharks
Fewest Losses: 8, by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
Most Goals For: 446, by the 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
Fewest Goals For: 133, by the 1953–54 Chicago Blackhawks
Most Goals Against: 446, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
Fewest Goals Against: 131, by the 1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs and 1955–56 Montreal Canadiens

text: 1926–27 to 1948–49[edit]

text:
Most Points: 83, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens
Fewest Points: 12, by the 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers
Most Wins: 38, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens and 1944–45 Montreal Canadiens
Fewest Wins: 4, by the 1930–31 Philadelphia Quakers
Most Ties: 15, by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens and 1942–43 Chicago Blackhawks
Fewest Ties: 1, by the 1929–30 Boston Bruins
Most Losses: 39, by the 1943–44 New York Rangers
Fewest Losses: 5, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens and 1929–30 Boston Bruins
Most Goals For: 234, by the 1943–44 Montreal Canadiens
Fewest Goals For: 33, by the 1928–29 Chicago Blackhawks
Most Goals Against: 310, by the 1943–44 New York Rangers
Fewest Goals Against: 43, by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens

text: 1917–18 to 1925–26[edit]

text:
Most Points: 52, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators
Fewest Points: 8, by the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs
Most Wins: 24, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators
Fewest Wins: 4, by the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs
Most Ties: 5, by the 1925–26 Montreal Maroons
Most Losses: 24, by the 1924–25 Boston Bruins
Fewest Losses: 5 by the 1919–20 Ottawa Senators
Most Goals For: 129, by the 1919–20 Montreal Canadiens
Fewest Goals For: 45, by the 1924–25 Montreal Canadiens
Most Goals Against: 177, by the 1919–20 Quebec Bulldogs
Fewest Goals Against: 42, by the 1925–26 Ottawa Senators

text: Other Season Records[edit]

text:
Greatest Goal Differential: +216, by the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
Lowest Goal Differential: -265, by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
Best Power Play Percentage in a Season: 31.88%, by the 1977–78 Montreal Canadiens
Worst Power Play Percentage in a Season: 9.35%, by the 1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning
Best Penalty Kill Percentage in a Season: 89.58%, by the 2011–12 New Jersey Devils
Worst Penalty Kill Percentage in a Season: 67.70%, by the 1979–80 Los Angeles Kings
Best Home Record: 36–2–2 by the 1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers
Worst Home Record: 7–28–5 by the 1974–75 Washington Capitals
Best Away Record: 31–7–3 by the 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings
Worst Away Record: 1–41–0, by the 1992–93 Ottawa Senators
Most Shutout Wins in a Season: 22 of 44 games played (50.0%), by the 1928–29 Montreal Canadiens
Most Shutout Losses in a Season: 20 of 44 games played (45.5%), by the 1928–29 Chicago Blackhawks

text: Notes: Ties were only recorded until 2003–04. In 1983, the NHL added a five-minute overtime, and ties would only occur after 65 minutes. Starting in 1999, teams played with only four skaters (unless they were on a two-man advantage, when they would be awarded an extra skater until the next stoppage). Starting in 2015 the NHL began 3-on-3 overtime periods. Starting with the 1999-2000 season, the NHL credited one point to the team that lost in overtime[1], leading to a system in which teams could potentially earn three points between them in a single game, rather than a fixed number of two previously. In 2005, the league eliminated ties meaning that any game which went to overtime would be a three-point game. Games that didn't end in overtime would end in a shootout between the two teams. These changes in points awarded therefore make strict comparisons in wins, losses, and ties (after overtime, 1983–99, and in regulation, 1999–present) before and after these dates slightly problematic.

text: Postseason Records[edit]

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Longest Playoff Game: Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Maroons on March 24, 1936 (60 minutes of regulation, 116 minutes, 30 seconds of overtime for a total of 176 minutes and 30 seconds. This game had 6 20-minute overtime periods).
Most Playoff Games Played (All Teams): 93, during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Most Playoff Games Played (One Team): 26, by 1986–87 Philadelphia Flyers, 2003–04 Calgary Flames, 2013–14 Los Angeles Kings, and 2014–15 Tampa Bay Lightning
Most Home Playoff Games Won (One Season): 12, by 2002–03 New Jersey Devils
Most Away Playoff Games Won (One Season): 10, by 1994–95 New Jersey Devils, 1999–00 New Jersey Devils, 2003–04 Calgary Flames, and 2011–12 Los Angeles Kings
Most Playoff Overtime Games Won (One Season): 10, by 1992–93 Montreal Canadiens
Most Stanley Cup-clinching overtime wins: 4, by the Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1953, 1966, 1977)
Most Stanley Cup-clinching overtime losses: 2, by the Toronto Maple Leafs (1933, 1940), Montreal Canadiens (1951, 1954), Detroit Red Wings (1934, 1966), Boston Bruins (1953, 1977), Philadelphia Flyers (1980, 2010), and New York Rangers (1950, 2014)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games Won: 14, by Pittsburgh Penguins (Streak started on May 9, 1992 with 3 straight wins against the New York Rangers, 4 wins against Boston, 4 against Chicago in the Final, then 3 straight against New Jersey the next year. The streak would end on April 25, 1993 with a 4–1 loss to New Jersey.)[2]
Most Consecutive Playoff Games Won in a Single Season: 11, by 1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks, 1991–92 Pittsburgh Penguins, and 1992–93 Montreal Canadiens
Most Consecutive Playoff Games Lost: 16, by Chicago Blackhawks from April 20, 1975 to April 8, 1980.

text: Postseason Goals Scored[edit]

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Most Playoff Goals Scored in a Series by One Team: 44, by the Edmonton Oilers against the Chicago Blackhawks during the 1985 Stanley Cup playoffs
Most Playoff Goals Scored in a Series by Both Teams: 69, (44 by the Edmonton Oilers and 25 by the Chicago Blackhawks)
Fewest Playoff Goals Scored in a Series by One Team 1, by the Minnesota Wild against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Fewest Playoff Goals Scored in a Series by Both Teams: 16, (10 by the Carolina Hurricanes and 6 by the Toronto Maple Leafs)
Most Playoff Goals Scored by One Team in One Game: 13, by the Edmonton Oilers on April 9, 1987
Most Playoff Goals Scored by One Team in One Period: 7, by the Montreal Canadiens on March 30, 1944
Most Playoff Goals Scored by Both Teams in One Game: 18, (Los Angeles Kings had 10 and the Edmonton Oilers 8) on April 7, 1982
Most Playoff Goals Scored by Both Teams in One Period: 9, by the New York Rangers (6) and the Philadelphia Flyers (3) on April 24, 1979 and the Los Angeles Kings (5) and the Calgary Flames (4) on April 10, 1990
Most Consecutive Playoff Games Played Without a Power Play Goal: 10, by the 2013–14 New York Rangers
Most Consecutive Playoff Power Play Chances Without a Goal: 36, by 2013–14 New York Rangers

text: Season Streaks[edit]

text: Longest Winning Streak

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Overall: 17 games, by 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins
Home: 23 games, by 2011–12 Detroit Red Wings
Away: 12 games, by 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings and 2014–15 Minnesota Wild

text: Longest Winning Streak to Start the Season

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Overall: 10 games, by 1993–94 Toronto Maple Leafs and 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres
Home: 11 games, by 1963–64 Chicago Blackhawks
Away: 10 games, by 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres

text: Longest Winning Streak to End the Season

text: Overall: 11 games, by 2005–06 New Jersey Devils

text: Longest Undefeated Streak

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Overall: 35 games, by 1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers (25 wins, 10 ties)
Home: 34 games, by 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens
Away: 23 games, by 1974–75 Montreal Canadiens

text: Longest Undefeated Streak to End the Season

text: Overall: 18 games, by 1992–93 Pittsburgh Penguins (17 wins, one tie)

text: Longest Points Streak to Start the Season

text: Overall: 24 games, by 2012–13 Chicago Blackhawks [3] (21 wins, 3 shootout losses)

text: Longest Shootout Winning Streak

text: Overall: 11 games, by 2005–06 Dallas Stars

text: Longest Shootout Losing Streak

text: Overall: 18 games, by 2013–14 and 2014–15 New Jersey Devils (March 15, 2013 to October 24, 2014)

text: Longest Losing Streak

text:
Overall: 17 games, by 1974–75 Washington Capitals and 1992–1993 San Jose Sharks
Home: 14 games, by 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins
Away: 38 games, by 1992–93 Ottawa Senators

text: Longest Losing Streak to Start the Season

text: Overall: 11 games, by 1943–44 New York Rangers and 2017–18 Arizona Coyotes

text: Longest Winless Streak

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Overall: 30 games, by 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets (23 losses, 7 ties)
Home: 17 games, by 1995–96 Ottawa Senators and 1999–2000 Atlanta Thrashers
Away: 38 games, by 1992–93 Ottawa Senators

text: Longest Winless Streak to Start the Season

text: Overall: 15 games, by 1943–44 New York Rangers (14 losses, 1 tie)

text: Longest Consecutive Attendance Sellout:

text: 496 games, by the Pittsburgh Penguins as of November 29, 2017 (February 14, 2007 - present) (this record includes regular season and playoff games)[4][5]

text: Notes: An undefeated streak includes wins and ties. A winless streak includes losses in regulation, overtime, shootouts, or ties. After the 2003–04 season, the league eliminated ties meaning any game that wasn't finished in overtime would go to a shootout, so any undefeated streak can only include wins after this time. Overtime and shootout losses count as one point in the standings.

text: Regular Season Miscellaneous[edit]

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Most Penalty Minutes in a Season: 2713, by the 1991–92 Buffalo Sabres
Most Combined Penalty Minutes in a Game: 419 (67 penalties), Ottawa Senators at Philadelphia Flyers on March 5, 2004
Most Consecutive Penalties Killed: 53, by the 1999–2000 Washington Capitals
Most Shorthanded Goals in a Season: 36, by the 1983–84 Edmonton Oilers
Fewest Shorthanded Goals allowed in a Season: 0, by the 2013–14 Nashville Predators
Most Shorthanded Goals in One Penalty: 3, by the 2009–10 Boston Bruins vs the Carolina Hurricanes
Most Combined Goals in a Game: 21, Toronto St. Patricks vs. Montreal Canadiens on January 10, 1920 (Montreal won 14–7);[6] Edmonton Oilers vs. Chicago Blackhawks on December 11, 1985 (Edmonton won 12–9).
Largest Goal Differential: Detroit Red Wings 15, New York Rangers 0 on January 23, 1944.
Most Games Going Past Regulation in a Single Day: 8 on February 22, 2007 and November 27, 2015.[7]
Most Games Decided in a Shootout: 21, by the 2013–14 Washington Capitals (10 wins, 11 losses)
Most Shootout Goals in a Single Game: 11, Florida Panthers 6, Washington Capitals 5, on December 16, 2014.[8]
Most Shootout Goals on Consecutive Attempts: 9, Florida Panthers 5, New York Islanders 4, on November 27, 2015.
Most Rounds in a Shootout: 20, by the Washington Capitals vs the Florida Panthers on December 16, 2014.
Most Points Without Reaching Playoffs: 96, by the 2014–15 Boston Bruins
Most Presidents' Trophies since Introduction During the 1985–86 season: 6, by the Detroit Red Wings
Fewest Points in an 80 or More Game Season to Win the Presidents' Trophy: 101, by the 1989–90 Boston Bruins
Most Seasons With the Best Regular Season Record: 20, by the Montreal Canadiens
Most Conference Titles During the Regular Season: 9, by the Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens, and Detroit Red Wings
Most Division Titles: 25, by the Boston Bruins
Most Consecutive Division Titles: 9 by the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche (1 with final season in Quebec, 8 with Colorado)

text: Playoffs Miscellaneous[edit]

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Most Stanley Cups: 23, by the Montreal Canadiens (The Canadiens have won 24. Their first Stanley Cup championship came in 1916, before the formation of the NHL)
Oldest Franchise Without a Stanley Cup: St. Louis Blues 49 seasons since inception in 1967–68 season
Most Consecutive Stanley Cup Wins: 5, by the Montreal Canadiens (1956–1960)
Longest Stanley Cup Drought: 53 seasons by the New York Rangers (1941–1993) (Won Stanley Cup in 1994)
Most Stanley Cup Finals Appearance: 32, by the Montreal Canadiens (The Canadiens reached the final in 1916 but this was before the formation of the NHL in 1917)
Oldest Franchise(s) to have never reached the Stanley Cup Final: 34 seasons, by the Original Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes since inception in 1979–80 season
Most Consecutive Stanley Cup Finals Appearances: 10, by the Montreal Canadiens (1951–1960)
Longest Stanley Cup Final Drought: 49 seasons by Toronto Maple Leafs (last won cup in 1967)
Most consecutive victories in the Stanley Cup Final: 10, by the Montreal Canadiens (1976–1978)
Most consecutive defeats in the Stanley Cup Final: 12, by the St. Louis Blues (1968–1970)
Most sweeps in the Stanley Cup Final since the best-of-seven format was introduced in 1939: 6, by the Montreal Canadiens (1944, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977)
Longest Playoff Appearance Streak: 29 years, by the Boston Bruins (1968–1996)
Longest Postseason Drought: 10 seasons by the Florida Panthers (2001–2011) (does not include 2004–05 lockout) and Edmonton Oilers (2007–2016)
Most Consecutive Playoff Series Victories: 19, by the 1980–1984 New York Islanders, spanning four consecutive Stanley Cup titles and five playoff seasons. This is a record for all North American professional sports franchises.
Most Consecutive Playoff Series Defeats: 12, by the Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes from 1988–2011
Most Comebacks from a 3–1 Playoff Series Deficit: 3, by the Vancouver Canucks
Most Comebacks from a 3–1 Playoff Series Deficit in One Season: 2, by the 2002–03 Minnesota Wild
Most Consecutive seasons in the Stanley Cup Playoffs where a team has rebounded from a 3–1 deficit in a series: 2, by the New York Rangers
Most 3–1 Leads in a Series to Lose the Last Three Games: 5 by the Washington Capitals
Teams to Come Back from a 3–0 Series Deficit: Toronto Maple Leafs (1942 over the Detroit Red Wings), New York Islanders (1975 over the Pittsburgh Penguins), Philadelphia Flyers (2010 over the Boston Bruins), Los Angeles Kings (2014 over the San Jose Sharks)

text: Notes: The 2004–05 season was cancelled due to a lockout. The Phoenix Coyotes changed their name to the Arizona Coyotes prior to the 2014–15 season


document_title: Freshwater West

question_text: where were the beach scenes in harry potter filmed

text: Freshwater West

text: Geography[edit]

text: Freshwater West is situated in West Wales. It lies along the B4319 road, near Castlemartin range and is part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The rocky outcrop at the southern part of the bay near the car park is known as Little Furznip, which contains a seaweed-drying hut on the clifftop. Little Furznip divides Freshwater from Frainslake Bay to the south, and beyond that, Linney Head.

text: During historical times the beach was used by smugglers.[1] To the northwest along the coast is Gravel Bay, Black Cave, East Pickard Bay, West Pickard Bay, Guttle Hole, Parsonsquarry Bay and Sheep Island.[2] The headland between Sheep Island in the northwest and Linney Head in the southeast consists primarily of red sandstones, which "form irregular, steep cliffs with fallen rocks at the back of beaches".[3] Older Lower Palaeozoic mudstones and siltstones are situated towards the centre, and to both the north and the south are old red sandstones. Behind the bays are extensive dune fields such as Broomhill Burrows and Gupton Burrows and a river valley.[4] The low cliffs on the south facing coast reach an elevation of 55 metres (180 ft), rising gently behind to 63 metres (207 ft).[3]

text: The water at Freshwater West is part of the Pembrokeshire Marine SAC, and it also forms part of the Angle Peninsula Coast SSSI and is situated within Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Strong currents come in from the northwest and southeast, and the beach has a tidal range of 6.5 metres (21 ft).[3] At almost a mile long, Freshwater West flanked by extensive sand dunes and rock pools. The land in the area consists of dunes with fens, grassland, reedbeds, purple moor grass, rush pastures, and maritime cliffs, and is inhabited by wildlife such as waders, chough, over-wintering lapwings, and grey seal.[3] Despite its natural beauty, Freshwater West is unsuitable for bathing due to strong offshore swells and strong currents.[5] There is an abundance of fossils in the area, and in 1921 some 50 were reported to have been discovered here.[6]

text: Landmarks and surfing[edit]

text: The beach is popular with tourists and locals throughout the year, especially between March and October. Facilities at the beach include toilets, emergency telephone and car parking. From Easter onwards, an ice-cream or hot-dog van is usually in the main car park. There is the Castlemartin MOD firing range in the area which can be alarming and pose a hazard within a 12 miles (19 km) radius during peak firing.[7][8] Freshwater has a thatched seaweed-drying hut, and there is an Iron Age burial chamber immediately to the north known as the "Devil's Quoit" which is situated in the field left of the main road out of Freshwater.[2]

text: Freshwater West is one of the top surfing locations in Wales due to its consistent swell and strong waves.[9] The beach regularly hosts surfing tournaments such as the Welsh National Surfing Championships with participants arriving from all over the world. Since 2010 it has had a lifeguard station which is active during the summer months.[5][9]

text: Filming location[edit]

text: As a filming location, Freshwater West featured extensively in the 2010 film Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe, which depicted the French invasion of southern England. Over 600 extras and 150 horses were used during the filming on the beach.[10] It was also a filming location for the final two Harry Potter films; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. The beach scenes with Dobby the elf were filmed on the beach and "Shell Cottage" was constructed at the foot of the sand dunes.[11] The cottage was removed after filming. Freshwater West was also used as a filming location in series four of BBC production, The Sarah Jane Adventures and the film The Thief of Bagdad.

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Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire

Shell Cottage - whilst filming Harry Potter

Filming Robin Hood

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document_title: Van Helsing (film)

question_text: who played igor in the movie van helsing

text: Van Helsing (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: In 1887 Transylvania, Doctor Victor Frankenstein creates a monster with the aid of Count Dracula, who reveals that he intends to use the creature for his own evil plans. Dracula kills the doctor as a mob of villagers storms the castle. His assistant Igor escapes, but the villagers chase the monster to an old windmill and set it ablaze. The villagers are scared off by Dracula and his brides, who witness the monster and the doctor's research apparently destroyed by the fire.

text: One year later, after killing the elusive Mr. Hyde at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, monster hunter Van Helsing returns to the Vatican in Rome. He learns that his mission to destroy Dracula and his amnesia are penance for unremembered sins that cause nightmares. He is tasked with helping the last of an ancient Romanian bloodline, Velkan and Anna Valerious, who must kill Dracula so that their ancestors may enter Heaven. Carl, a friar, provides Van Helsing with aid and weapons. In Transylvania, Velkan is apparently killed during an attempt to trap and kill the Wolf Man, and Anna is attacked by Dracula's brides shortly after Van Helsing's arrival. He saves her life and kills Marishka, one of the brides, but as the last of her line, Anna becomes more determined to kill Dracula. In order to protect her, Van Helsing knocks her out to prevent her from leaving. She awakens that night and encounters Velkan, who reveals Dracula has a dark secret, but to her horror, he becomes the Wolf Man after having been bitten by the original one earlier and attacks. After she and Van Helsing track him to Frankenstein's castle, they discover that the vampires are attempting to give life to their born-dead children, using Velkan as the source of the power. Van Helsing, dubbed "Gabriel" by Dracula, realizes they had ties in the past. Van Helsing refuses Dracula's offer to return his memory and escapes. The experiment fails, and the vampire children die, but Velkan turns on Anna as he is consumed by his curse. Van Helsing and Anna escape together.

text: Under the remains of the old windmill, Van Helsing and Anna encounter Frankenstein's monster. Because he is not evil, Van Helsing cannot allow him to be killed, even though he claims to be key to Dracula's experiment. The Wolf Man witnesses the conversation and escapes to inform Dracula. Meanwhile, Carl discovers a painting that comes to life, depicting a werewolf and a vampire battling. The group travels by carriage to Budapest, luring the remaining brides into a trap and killing Verona. The Wolf Man ambushes the real carriage and bites Van Helsing before being killed. Anna is captured and held as a bargaining chip in exchange for Frankenstein's monster. They hide him in a crypt, but he is taken by the count's undead underlings while Van Helsing and Carl rescue Anna. Returning to the Valerious' castle, Carl discovers an inscription and creates a doorway to the castle. After failing to free Frankenstein's monster from his imprisonment, he lets them know of a cure to lycanthropy that Dracula possesses. Carl determines that the bite of the Wolf Man is the only way to kill Dracula. He and Anna take Igor to find the cure while Van Helsing goes to free Frankenstein's monster. Igor escapes while the final bride, Aleera, beats Anna.  Carl tries delivering the cure to Van Helsing. Igor confronts Carl on a bridge, but the confrontation sends Igor falling to his demise. Frankenstein's monster saves Anna and urges her to help Carl and Van Helsing. She kills Aleera and arrives at the castle. As the Wolf Man, Van Helsing and Dracula battle. Dracula tries reasoning with the Wolf Man, but Van Helsing bites Dracula, who dissolves into a skeleton. Anna bursts in, causing her to be attacked and accidentally killed by Van Helsing, but not before she delivers the cure. Van Helsing returns to normal, stricken with grief over what he has done.

text: At a funeral pyre, Van Helsing witnesses the spirits of Anna and her family ascending into the clouds while Frankenstein's monster rows away on a raft out to sea. Van Helsing and Carl ride off into the sunset.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Hugh Jackman as Gabriel Van Helsing, a legendary hunter of monsters.
Kate Beckinsale as Anna Valerious, together with her brother are the last descendants of an ancient Romanian family.
Richard Roxburgh as Count Vladislaus Dracula, the ruler of Transylvania and Lord of the Vampires.
David Wenham as Carl, a friar of the Holy Order.
Shuler Hensley as Frankenstein's monster.
Elena Anaya as Aleera, Dracula's most sadistic concubine.
Will Kemp as Velkan Valerious, Anna's brother, who is turned into a werewolf.
Kevin J. O'Connor as Igor, a former servant of Frankenstein's, now working for Dracula.
Alun Armstrong as Cardinal Jinette, Van Helsing's superior in the Holy Order.
Silvia Colloca as Verona, Dracula's consort and the leader of the Brides.
Josie Maran as Marishka, Dracula's youngest concubine.
Tom Fisher as Top Hat, a Transylvanian grave digger.
Samuel West as Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Stephen H. Fisher as Dr. Jekyll.
Robbie Coltrane as the voice of Mr. Hyde.

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Van Helsing: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackSoundtrack album by Alan SilvestriReleased
May 4, 2004Recorded
2004Genre
SoundtrackLength
43:45Label
Decca RecordsProducer
Alan Silvestri, David Bifano

text: The film's original soundtrack was composed by Alan Silvestri.

text: Merchandise[edit]

text: Video game[edit]

text: Vivendi Universal Games published a Van Helsing video game for PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC and Game Boy Advance. The game follows a similar plot to the movie, has gameplay similar to Devil May Cry and the PS2 and Xbox versions feature the voice talent of many of the actors including Hugh Jackman.

text: Slot games[edit]

text: Van Helsing also features in a slot game produced by International Game Technology. The game is available in real world casinos and online, though users in Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the US are excluded from playing the online games.[4]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The film opened at #1 in the weekend of May 7–9, 2004. The film grossed US$300,257,475 worldwide of which US$120,177,084 was from the US.[3]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Van Helsing received mostly negative reviews by critics.[5] Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 23% of 213 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.2/10.  The site's consensus reads: "A hollow creature feature that suffers from CGI overload."[6] Metacritic rated it 35/100 based on 38 reviews.[7] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.[8] James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave an extremely negative review, rating the film half a star out of four and calling it "the worst would-be summer blockbuster since Battlefield Earth". Furthermore, he wrote "There are quite a few unintentionally funny moments, although the overall experience was too intensely painful for me to be able to advocate it as being "so bad, it's good." ... Some, however, will doubtless view it as such. More power to them, since sitting through this movie requires something more than a strong constitution and a capacity for self-torture."[9] Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle greatly disliked the film, writing: "Writer-director Stephen Sommers (...) throws together plot strains from various horror movies and stories and tries to muscle things along with flash and dazzle. But his film just lies there, weighted down by a complete lack of wit, artfulness and internal logic. ... What Sommers tries to do here is use action as the only means of involving an audience. So story is sacrificed. Character development is nonexistent, and there are no attempts to incite emotion. Instead, Sommers tries to hold an audience for two hours with nothing up his sleeve but colored ribbons, bright sparklers and a kazoo. What he proves is that this is no way to make movies."[10] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 3 stars out of 4 stating that "At the outset, we may fear Sommers is simply going for f/x overkill, but by the end, he has somehow succeeded in assembling all his monsters and plot threads into a high-voltage climax. Van Helsing is silly, spectacular and fun."[11]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
Award

Subject

Nominee

Result

Saturn Award

Best Horror Film

Nominated[12]

Best Costume Design

Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli

Best Make-Up

Greg Cannom, Steve LaPorte

Best Special Effects

Scott Squires, Ben Snow, Daniel Jeannette, Syd Dutton

Best Music

Alan Silvestri

Won[13]

Visual Effects Society

Outstanding Special Effects in Service to Visual Effects in a Motion Picture

Geoff Heron, Chad Taylor

Nominated[14]

text: Spin-offs[edit]

text: Sommers expanded the story of Van Helsing in two direct spin-offs:

text:
The animated prequel titled Van Helsing: The London Assignment takes place before the main events of the film, focusing on Van Helsing's mission to try to stop Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from terrorizing London.
There is also a one-shot comic book, published by Dark Horse Comics, titled Van Helsing: From Beneath the Rue Morgue, that follows Van Helsing on a self-contained adventure that occurs during the events of the film, just after the death of Jekyll/Hyde in Paris but before Van Helsing returned to Rome. In the adventure, Van Helsing deals with Doctor Moreau and his hybrid mutants.

text: Reboot and shared universe[edit]

text: In May 2012, Universal Pictures announced that they would be rebooting the film with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci as a two-year deal to produce a modern reimagining and Tom Cruise to star as the title character and also produce the film.[15] Rupert Sanders is in talks to direct the film.[16] Orci spoken to IGN that he has hinted that both The Mummy and Van Helsing reboots will have a shared universe.[17][18] On November 11, 2015, Variety reports that Jon Spaihts and Eric Heisserer will write the reboot, but Cruise left the film. However, in 2016, Cruise signed back on to star in Kurtzman's The Mummy, which was released in theaters on June 9, 2017.[19]