On This Date in 2002

Remembering The Trade that started the shaping of the current Tigers…

On July 5, 2002, the Yankees obtained P Jeff Weaver from the Tigers in a three-team deal. New York sent P Ted Lilly to the Oakland A’s while the Athletics sent first-baseman Carlos Pena to Detroit. The Tigers also acquired P Franklyn German and a player to be named from Oakland (Jeremy Bonderman), while the A’s acquired OF John-Ford Griffin and P Jason Arnold from New York.

– Baseball-Reference.com