The following are Michigan's professional sports league champions, NCAA Division I basketball and hockey champions, and NCAA Division II football champions: * 1887 The Detroit Wolverines win the National League baseball pennant and defeat the American Association's St. Louis Browns in the World Series. * 1895 The Page Fence Giants, based in Adrian, are the Western Negro baseball league champions. * 1896 The Page Fence Giants, based in Adrian, win the Negro World Series. * 1897 The Page Fence Giants, based in Adrian, are the Western Negro baseball league champions. * 1898 The Page Fence Giants, based in Adrian, claim the Western Negro baseball league championship. * 1932 The Detroit Wolves are the Negro East-West League champions. * 1935 The Detroit Tigers win their first World Serie