Month: January 2016

I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was that Kirk Gibson left the Tigers for the Dodgers as a free agent in 1988. Not only had there been rumors of a one-for-one trade in place for L.A.’s slugging first baseman Pedro Guererro, Lance Parrish also left as a free-agent, about a year before. Yeah, but still. The…

I’m going to do a deep-dive in the Internet to locate photos proving they wore these respective numbers.  

Digging around in my Tigers Yearbook archive I found this entry from the ’77 edition about catcher Bob Adams, who turns 64 today. Adams appeared in 15 games for the ’77 Tigers, hitting .250 with a pair of homers and RBI, and .792 OPS. (If that matters to a guy with 24 plate appearances.) Happy Birthday, Bob.

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…

Just for fun …