Jason Thompson Born: July 6, 1954 in Hollywood, Calif. Bats: Left Throws: Left Height: 6′ 4″ Weight: 200 lb. Acquired: Drafted by the Tigers in the fourth round of the 1975 amateur draft. Seasons in Detroit: 5 (1976-80) Uniform Number: 30 Stats: .256 avg., 98 HR, 354 RBI, .779 OPS Awards: Three-time All Star (1977, [...]

Wayne Krenchicki Born: Sept. 17, 1954 in Trenton, N.J. Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6′ 1″ Weight: 180 lb. Acquired: Traded by the Reds to the Tigers for Pat Underwood on June 30, 1983. Seasons in Detroit: 1 (59 games in 1983) Uniform Number: 15 Stats: .278 avg., 1 home run, 16 RBI The summer [...]

Chris Brown Born: Aug. 15, 1961 in Jackson, Miss. Died: Dec. 26, 2006 in Houston Acquired: Traded by the Padres with Keith Moreland to the Tigers for Walt Terrell on Oct. 28, 1988. Seasons in Detroit: 1 (1989) Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6′ Weight: 185 lb. Uniform Number: 35 Stats: .193 avg., 0 HR, 4 [...]

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) [...]

Today I’m launching a project that I’ve wanted to explore since I started The Daily Fungo in March 2006. I’m calling it Today’s Tiger, a daily look at a Tigers player from the past, posted each day of 2011. Some installments will be brief, others more in-depth but hopefully you’ll learn a little bit about [...]

A year ago, we were still stinging from Game 163 and not certain how the Tigers would respond to a crushing end to the 2009 season. Would they regress to 2008′s disappointment or regroup to erase the memory of the ’09 collapse? The answer was: they’d be relevant. And that, ladies in gentlemen, is the [...]

I just couldn’t see the Tigers making a move for Dan Uggla and hoped, quite frankly, that they wouldn’t. The added power behind Miguel Cabrera certainly would’ve been nice but not in the form of another righthanded bat. I’m willing to wait and see what Dave Dombrowski has up his sleeve. Until then, here are [...]