With the Super Bowl now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in just a few days, the 2021 baseball season is ready to get underway. To kick off our preseason coverage of your Detroit Tigers, it is time for the annual ritual, as we present our ranking of the Tigers top
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Minor League Baseball (MiLB), as an entity, has ceased to exist. Their offices in St Petersburg, Florida, no longer control operations for some 160 minor league teams in over a dozen leagues across the United States. In it’s place, Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred’s “One Baseball” plan has completed what can be described
Welcome back Tigers fans. We didn’t get the big deal we were hoping for this offseason, but as the yearly scramble for odds and ends hits high gear, GM Al Avila and the Tigers have added some interesting names that will at least be solid projects for the new coaching staff. We’ll talk Jonathan Schoop,
In 1990, first baseman Cecil Fielder became the first MLB player in 13 years to hit 50 home runs in a season. (Photo credit: Julian H. Gonzalez, Detroit Free Press) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1990-1999 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919
The quartet of Lance Parrish, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell and Chet Lemon was the heart of the 1980s Tigers. (Photo credit: Mary Schroeder, Detroit Free Press) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1980-1989 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959
Mark “The Bird” Fidrych grooming the mound during his remarkable rookie season in 1976. (Photo credit: New York Times) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1970-1979 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 Detroit Stars: 1919-1930 In each decade,
Pitcher Mickey Lolich jumps into the arms of catcher Bill Freehan in celebration of the 1968 World Series win in game seven. (Photo credit: MLive.com) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1960-1969 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 Detroit
The Detroit Stars were a charter member of the Negro National League in 1920 (Photo Credit: MLBemuseum.com) On December 16, Major League Baseball announced that it will now officially recognize seven professional Negro Leagues that operated between 1920-1948 as major leagues. Historians have long considered baseball played in these leagues as comparable in quality to
The Detroit Stars were a charter member of the Negro National League in 1920 (Photo Credit: MLBemuseum.com) On December 16, Major League Baseball announced that it will now officially recognize seven profession Negro Leagues that operated between 1920-1948 as major leagues. Historians have long considered baseball played in these leagues as comparable in quality to
20-year-old Tigers outfielder Al Kaline batted .340 in 1955 to become the youngest player ever to win a batting title. (Photo credit: BaseballHall.org) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1950-1959 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 In each decade, I
Tigers pitchers Hal Newhouser (right) and Dizzy Trout finished one two in the 1944 AL MVP voting. (Photo credit: Detroit Tigers Twitter) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1940-1949 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 In each decade, I select nine
Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg and Rudy York were three of the stars on the Tigers of the 1930s. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1930-1939 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 In each decade, I
Hall of Fame outfielder Harry Heilmann appears to be throwing a ball off a stadium roof. Who was the lucky fan? (Photo credit: BaseballHall.org) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1920-1929 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 In each decade, I select nine
Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Sam Crawford comprised one of the best outfields in baseball history. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) This is my second installment in my series of Detroit Tigers All Star Teams by decade. The first post is found below: 1901-1909 In each decade, I select nine position players, one for
Hall of Fame outfielder Sam Crawford led the Tigers in WAR in the franchise’s first decade. (Photo credit: BaseballHall.org) I am back. I have returned to Tiger Tales after a months long hiatus. My first writing project for the winter is going to be a compilation of Detroit Tigers All Star Teams by decade. In
Miggy climbs the hit list. With 3 series wins in a row, and this weekend’s sweep of the Twins, it can truthfully be said that the Tigers are in the midst of a very respectable streak. They’ve even managed to claw their way back to .500. Can we trust this? Of course not. Literally anything
kneecaps are not supposed to do that CJ Cron is out for the year. He was trying to field a ball last week and something happened: the ball seems to have hit him, but he also maybe planted his foot wrong, or his knee just gave way for no real reason because that’s a thing
Tyler Alexander maximizes the Ks Two games, two losses. Much strangeness. So it goes for 2020. Record Number One: Tyler Alexander, who came on in relief after Rony García only made it through 2 innings in the first game, matched and set a Major League Baseball record. With 9 strikeouts in a row, he matched
this groundhog has made a very beau burrow What a hot garbage pile of a home opener. There were a million home runs. The Tigers jumped out ahead early and then fell behind with horribly familiar speed. I dunno, it’s like a thousand degrees in my apartment right now so my ability to deal with
Paws sanitizes Matt Boyd. Hey everyone. It’s July 24! It’s a global pandemic! It’s the first day of real live 2020 baseball! And the Tigers got whomped by the Reds. BASE BALL IS BAK BABEE!! No need to worry. It’s very clear what happened. After all, we’ve got all these new pandemic-related rules and procedures