Charles Hudson – #27
In retrospect, the 1989 Tigers season was doomed from the start.
The core of the ’84 team was aging or playing elsewhere, and the farm system was dried up.
Thanks to the mirage of 1988’s 88-win, second-place finish, one game behind the Red Sox, there was only the flimsiest of hope that the ’89 team could contend.
Looking back, it’s obvious the club’s immediate and long-term futures were bleak.
So, they made curious deals like trading Tom Brookens to the Yankees for Charles Hudson, on March 23, 1989.
Three or four years earlier, Hudson would have been a shrewd pickup for Bill Lajoie: a veteran arm for rotation insurance or long relief.
Alas, 1989 was the late ‘80s not the middle, and Hudson was too little too late for a bad, bad team. It wasn’t his fault!
Here are a few things to know about the right-hander’s time in Detroit:
- Hudson made his Tigers debut on April 11 agains the Twins. Jack Morris started and lasted only until two outs in the fourth — he gave up eight hits, four walks and five runs. Hudson came in and settled things down, tossing three and a third innings, allowing just three hits and a run. Final score: Twins 14 – Tigers 0.
- His final major-league appearance came on Aug. 11, 1989, against the Rangers in relief of Frank Tanana, was not a bad one: 3.1 IP, two hits, one run, two walks and four strikeouts. The Tigers lost, 7-3.
- Hudson’s Tigers career: 18 appearances, 7 starts, a 1-5 record with a 6.35 ERA.
Birthdays
Curtis Granderson, Charles Hudson and the late Ralph Works.
Today’s Grid
⚾️ Immaculate Grid 349 9/9 — Rarity: 29
I was cruising until the final square, Jose Canseco. Also, three former Tigers in today’s offering.
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