1923 in Michigan

Events from the year 1923 in Michigan.

Office holders

1921 Detroit Tigers season – Under player-manager Ty Cobb, the Tigers compiled a 71–82 record and finished third in the American League. The team's statistical leaders included Harry Heilmann with a.394 batting average, 19 home runs, and 139 RBIs, and Ty Cobb with 124 runs scored. The team's pitching leaders were Howard Ehmke 13 wins and Dutch Leonard with a 3.75 earned run average.

1921 Michigan Wolverines football team – In their 21st season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines compiled a 5–1–1 record, outscored opponents 187–21, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.
1921 Michigan Agricultural Aggies football team – Under head coach Albert Barron, the Aggies compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 126 to 68.
1921 Western State Normal Hilltoppers football team – Under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Hilltoppers compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 262 to 40.
1921 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team – Under head coach Joseph McCulloch, the Normalites compiled a record of 3–3 and outscored opponents by a total of 82 to 50.
1921 Detroit Titans football team – Under head coach James F. Duffy, the Titans compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 245 to 24.
1921 Detroit Junior College football team – Under head coach David Holmes, the Detroit Junior College team compiled a 6–0–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 165 to 0.
1921 Central Michigan Normalites football team – Under head coach Wallace Parker, Central Michigan compiled a 7–2–1 record.

1920–21 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach E. J. Mather, the Wolverines compiled an 18–4 record and tied for first in the Big Ten Conference.

January 4 - Merlin Wiley resigned as Michigan Attorney General
January 4 - A gunfight in downtown Detroit results in the death of Detroit police detective Daniel J. Couglin.
January 5 - The announcement of a plan to purchase Isle Royale for $4 million to create a state park is met with opposition to the cost. The Detroit Free Press published front-page stories critical of the acquisition for six consecutive days. Support for the plan waned in face of the opposition.
January 11 - Plans were announced for construction of the Book Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit.

January 1 - Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist, in Detroit
March 6 - Ed McMahon, announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, in Detroit
April 16 - Vito Giacalone, capo of the Detroit organized crime family
May 15 - Doris Dowling, actress, in Detroit
May 18 - Don Lund, baseball player, in Detroit
July 7 - Josephine Clay Ford, philanthropist and granddaughter of Henry Ford, in Dearborn
August 11 - Jack O'Dell, civil rights activist and writer, in Detroit
August 12 - Garry E. Brown, U.S. House of Representatives
November 6 - Robert P. Griffin, U.S. Senator, in Detroit
1923 - Mitchell Hooks, illustrator, in Detroit

January - Daniel E. Soper, Michigan Secretary of State involved with the Michigan relics hoax, in Chattanooga, Tennessee
April 17 - Fred M. Warner, Governor of Michigan, in Orlando, Florida
November 23 - Oscar Marx, mayor of Detroit, in Detroit
December 9 - Bill Donovan, Detroit Tigers pitcher, in Forsyth, New York
1923 - Marvin H. Chamberlain, mayor of Detroit, in Woodstock Township, Michigan