The Sunday Fungo: June 16

June 16, 1984: Tigers 6 – Brewers 0

W: Juan Berenguer (4-4) – L: Don Sutton (3-7) | Boxscore

Record: 46-16: 6 games up on Toronto

Highlights

• Berenguer controls the Brewers with a complete-game five hitter — but with just one strikeout.

• Sutton strikes out six in his five innings of work, but allows seven hits and six earned runs.

• Ruppert Jones and Darrell Evans homer off Sutton, and Dave Bergman goes three for four.

Miscellany

• Venue: County Stadium
• Umpires: HP – Bill Kunkel, 1B – Mark Johnson, 2B – Terry Cooney, 3B – Tim Welke
• Time of Game: 2:30
• Attendance: 50,395

Bob “Fats” Fothergill – OF

On this Father’s Day, I’ll stretch the purview of this site, out of the 1977 – 1994 range and out of the proper spelling of father, to highlight a former Tigers player whose name is pretty close: the late Bob Fothergill. Here are three things to know about him:

1. The right-handed hitting outfielder played parts of nine seasons with the Tigers.
2. He hit over .300 in eight of his nine seasons — and he hit over .350 four times.
3. In 802 games he hit .337, 26 home runs, 447 RBI and an OPS of .861.

Birthdays

Fernando Hernandez, Chris Gomez, Ron LeFlore and the late Jay Kirke, Kid Speer, Jack Rowan and Wish Egan

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 441 8/9: Rarity: 127

See you tomorrow.