Today’s Obscure Tigers Factoid

From the wizards at Baseball-Reference.com:

On this date in 1962 – The Detroit Tigers sign University of Detroit basketball star Dave DeBusschere. He will pitch effectively in 1962 and 1963 with the Chicago White Sox, but will gain much more notoriety as a key member of the New York Knicks’ NBA championship teams of 1970 and 1973.

Carry on.