Category: Fungoes

Aug. 1, 1980 – Tigers 1 – Mariners 0 | W: Morris L: Bannister Aug. 1, 1980 – Tigers 5 – Mariners 2 | W: Petry L: Dressler Aug. 2, 1980 – Tigers 9 – Mariners 3 | W: Robbins L: Beattie Aug. 3, 1980 – Tigers 4 – Mariners 3 | W: Rozema L:…

Senators 4 – Tigers 0, at Navin Field Twenty-three men named Heinie have played in the majors, the last in 1944. Two of them appeared in this game: future Hall of Famer (and former Tiger) Heinie Manush for the Senators and Heinie Schuble for the Tigers. Time of game: 1 hour 35 minutes. I can’t…

Max Scherzer strikes out 15 in 7 innings to lead the Tigers to a 4-3 win over the Pirates. The strikeouts are one shy of Mickey Lolich‘s club record of 16 until … April 26, 2013: Anibal Sanchez sets a new Tigers record by striking out 17 batters in 8 innings in beating the Braves,…

A great YouTube find: John Wockenfuss’s batting stance and an Enos Cabell sighting — AND George Kell on the call!

Dontrelle Willis wins his first game in 20 months and his first in a Tigers uniform as the Tigers shut out the Rangers, 4-0. The D-Train allowed only one hit — a double to Michael Young — in six and a third innings, and retired 17 batters in a row at one point and snapped…

1901 – At Bennett Park, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Trailing 13 – 4 in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Tigers score 10 runs in their last at-bat to defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, 14 – 13. Frank Dillon drives in the game-winning run with a…

From Baseball-Reference.com: 1960 – A record opening day crowd of 53,563 at Briggs Stadium sees the Detroit Tigers chalk up their third straight win, 6 – 5, against the Chicago White Sox. Recently-acquired Rocky Colavito blasts a home run in his first at-bat with Detroit, and Eddie Yost adds a home run in the 5th…