January 7, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Today's Tiger | 0 comments
Champ Summers Born: June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, Wash. Acquired: Traded by the Reds to the Tigers for a player to be named later on May 25, 1979. The Tigers sent Sheldon Burnside to the Reds to complete the trade October 25, 1979. Seasons in Detroit: 3 (1979-81) Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6′ 2″, [...]
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January 6, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Today's Tiger | 0 comments
Gee Walker Born: March 19, 1908 in Gulfport, Miss. Died: March 20, 1981 in Jackson, MS Seasons in Detroit: 7 (1931-37) Uniform Numbers: 6, 11 Awards: All-Star (1937) Stats: .317 avg., 61 HR, 32 triples, 468 RBI, .820 OPS Gerald Holmes “Gee” Walker debuted with the Tigers on April 14, 1931, and though he didn’t [...]
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January 5, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Today's Tiger | 5 comments
Mickey Tettleton Born: Sept. 16, 1960 in Oklahoma City Height: 6′ 2″ Weight: 200 lb. Acquired: Traded by the Orioles to the Tigers for Jeff Robinson on Jan. 11, 1991. Seasons in Detroit: 4 (1991-94) Uniform Number: 20 Stats: .249 avg., 112 HR, 333 RBI, .867 OPS Awards: Silver Slugger (1991, ’92) All Star (1994) [...]
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January 4, 2011
By Mike McClary in Today's Tiger | 1 comment
Tito Fuentes Born: January 4, 1944 in Havana, Cuba. Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Feb. 23, 1977 Height: 5′ 11″ Weight: 175 lb. Seasons in Detroit: 1 (1977) Uniform Number: 3, 44 Stats: .309 avg., 5 HR, 51 RBI, .745 OPS When the Tigers sought a player to oversee second base until Lou [...]
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January 4, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes | 4 comments
It’s early January which means I have to write a post about how I’ll hold out hope that Jack Morris will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Gobs of articles have been written in the past couple of weeks, the majority of which put The Cat squarely in the “great but not Hall-of-Fame [...]
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January 3, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Today's Tiger | 1 comment
Richie Hebner Born: Nov. 26, 1947 in Boston Acquired: Traded by the Mets to the Tigers for Phil Mankowski and Jerry Morales on Oct. 31, 1979. Seasons in Detroit: Parts of three seasons (1980-82) Uniform Number: 2 Stats: .267 avg., 25 HR, 128 RBI, .769 OPS Richie Hebner didn’t swing at the baseball as much [...]
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