February 18, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Tigers Birthdays | 3 comments
Happy 61st to Julio Ruben (Torres) Morales, the light-hitting, basket-catch-making rightfielder of the 1979 Tigers. Wearing number 27, he hit a wispy .211 in his only season in Detroit with 14 home runs and 23 doubles — just one fewer than Magglio Ordonez hit last year. He wasn’t a total loss for the Tigers though. [...]
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November 5, 2009
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Happy 50th Birthday to Lloyd Moseby, a long-time Blue Jays outfielder that joined the Tigers as a free agent for the 1990 and ‘91 seasons. (For what it’s worth, in 1990 he wore #17 and #15; in ’91 he stuck to #15.) His best overall season was 1984: .280, 18 HR, 92 RBI and 15 [...]
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September 2, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 1 comment
He’s 25 today. Today’s also the birthday of former Tigers righty Nate Snell (57) and infielder Johnny Paredes (47).
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July 19, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Today’s the 46th birthday of one-year Tigers outfielder/DH Mark Carreon. He came to Detroit in a trade with the Mets for lefty reliever Paul Gibson — one of many curious deals the Tigers made in the 1990s. Carreon hit just .232 with 10 homers in 101 games.
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July 3, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Fungoes,Tigers Birthdays | 0 comments
Happy Birthday to Frank Tanana who turns 56 today. Last year I wrote a two-part series on his 1987 stretch-run starts against Toronto. Here’s Part 1. And Part 2.
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May 16, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 3 comments
One of my prized baseball possessions: an autographed photo of today’s birthday boy, Jack Morris. I got this autographed photo in 1984 from the late Tom Tuschak a dear high-school teacher, principal and Tigers fan. (And the father of a high-school flame!) Morris signed it “Mike, My best to you.” Awesome. Happy 54th to The [...]
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May 2, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,Tigers Birthdays | 3 comments
Happy Birthday to this Tigers trio + one: Gates Brown, 70 Steve Grilli, 60 Keith Moreland, 50 Jim Walewander, 47
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