Detroit Champions

With the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup tonight, the city of Detroit has had 22 major sports championships.

Interestingly, in 1935-36, the city won the World Series, the NFL Championship and the Stanley Cup in succession - making them the reigning champion in each of the three sports. The NBA did not come into existence until the late 1940's. This is the only time a city has had as many as three champions at once. There have only been a handful of times when a city has had two champions at the same time.

Here are the four franchises and the years each team won the championship.

Red Wings (11): 1936, 1937, 1943, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Tigers (4): 1935, 1945, 1968, 1984
Lions (4): 1935, 1952, 1953, 1957
Pistons (3): 1989, 1990, 2004