Archive for the 'Tigers Birthdays' Category

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. He [...]

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 triples. [...]

He’s 25 today.
Today’s also the birthday of former Tigers righty Nate Snell (57) and infielder Johnny Paredes (47).

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.

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.

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 Cat.

Happy Birthday to this Tigers trio + one:

Gates Brown, 70

Steve Grilli, 60

Keith Moreland, 50

Jim Walewander, 47

He didn’t pitch long for the Tigers (1993 and part of ‘94; 6-6 in 56 appearances), but Bill Krueger still qualifies for a Happy Birthday wish. He’s 51 today.
Now, did you know that Krueger’s batterymate in 1993 often was Chad Kreuter? Of course, Kreuter is pronounced “Kroy-ter”, but still, Krueger-to-Kreuter could’ve had a spot in [...]

I failed to mention in today’s podcast that this marks the birthday of Tigers Hall of Famer Wahoo Sam Crawford. He was born in 1880.
He broke into the majors with Reds in 1899 and stayed until 1902 when the National League and American League fought bitterly for players.
According to his Baseball-Reference.com page, before the [...]

He’s all of 26 today.
You have to love projections. Looking at Cabrera’s player profile on ESPN.com I see where he’s projected to hit .513 this year with 324 hits, 65 homers and 194 RBI.
If only.