Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Category: Fungoes
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Birthdays Bubba Morton, Larry Doby, Frank Metha and Rube Kisinger. The Tigers traded for Doby on March 21, 1959, sending Tito Francona to the Indians. He lasted only two-ish months in Detroit, appearing in 18 games before his contract was sold, on May 13, to the White Sox for $30,000. Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid…
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Number 20 Fifty-two Detroit Tigers have worn number 20, and it’s currently worn by Spencer Torkelson. But the first player I remember wearing number 20 was Mark Fidrych from 1976 to 1980. After that, it belonged to: *Rich Hebner, in 1982, was the final player to wear number 2 before it was retired. Birthdays Tarik…
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#13 In 124 seasons, only 15 players have worn number 13* for the Tigers. For me, it will always be Lance Parrish‘s number, which he wore for 10 seasons, 1977 through 1986. Here’s something: Before The Big Wheel put on number 13 in 1977, the number sat unworn for 13 years after Bill Faul hung it…
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According to Baseball Reference, 54 players have worn the number 12 in Tigers franchise history. Casey Mize currently wears it. Let’s look at a few Tigers that wore number 12 during the Fungo’s focus, 1977 through 1994: Birthdays Ryan Kreidler, Alex Faedo, Gary Thurman and the late Herm Merritt, Red McDermott and Ed Killian Today’s Grid…
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The World Series Parade: Oct. 16, 1984 I asked my Dad if I could skip the afternoon portion of that junior-year school day. It was a hard no. I was on the yearbook staff and we decided it the 1984-85 edition of Spectus would not be complete without some on-the-ground photos and coverage of the…
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The 1996 season is two years beyond the usual scope of The Daily Fungo, but what they hay; let’s take a look at Eddie Williams‘ career in Detroit. The Tigers signed Williams to a one-year contract on Jan. 2, 1996, one of the first of many Padres-related transactions made by new Tigers GM Randy Smith,…
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Birthdays Tim Byrdak, Matt Nokes and the late Jim Donohue and Ed Fisher Today’s Grid ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 578: 7/9 — Rarity: 209 See you tomorrow.
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I think we take for granted, if we think about it at all, how MLB.com and ESPN can use Photoshop to instantly change a traded player’s uniform from old team to new. This certainly was not the case in the 1980s. If you need proof, here is Ruppert Jones’s entry in the 1984 Tigers Yearbook.…
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Sometimes I don’t clear out the cut-and-paste document I have going with scattered goodies and other potential Fungo nonsense. Case in point, a few items from February 11: Ben Oglivie Ben Oglivie was born on Feb. 11, 1949. After the Tigers inexplicably traded him for Jim Slaton and Rich Folkers, he went on to hit 176 home runs…
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