Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Category: Fungoes
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Just for fun …
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Ralph Houk joined the Tigers shortly after resigning as manager of the Yankees. But it wasn’t that simple thanks to new Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and the owner of the Oakland A’s, Charlie Finley. The Yankees wanted to hire A’s manager Dick Williams, even though he was still under contract with Finley. No bother. The…
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Ralph Houk was the first Tigers manager I ever knew. I paid more attention to the players then – Jason Thompson, Steve Kemp and Aurelio Rodriguez – but I now wish I would have had the attention span to listen to his post-game interviews on Channel 4 or on WJR. I was only nine when…
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Chris Brown Born: Aug. 15, 1961 in Jackson, Miss. Died: Dec. 26, 2006 in Houston Acquired: Traded by the Padres with Keith Moreland to the Tigers for Walt Terrell on Oct. 28, 1988. Seasons in Detroit: 1 (1989) Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6′ Weight: 185 lb. Uniform Number: 35 Stats: .193 avg., 0 HR,…
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Gee Walker Born: March 19, 1908, in Gulfport, Miss. Died: March 20, 1981, in Jackson, Miss. Seasons in Detroit: 7 (1931-37) Uniform Numbers: 6, 11 Awards: All-Star (1937) Stats: .317 avg., 61 HR, 32 triples, 468 RBI, .820 OPS Gerald Holmes “Gee” Walker debuted with the Tigers on April 14, 1931, and though he didn’t…
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Champ Summers Born: June 15, 1946 in Bremerton, Wash. Died: Oct. 11, 2012 Acquired: Traded by the Reds to the Tigers for a player to be named later on May 25, 1979. The Tigers sent Sheldon Burnside to the Reds to complete the trade October 25, 1979. Seasons in Detroit: 3 (1979-81) Bats: Left Throws:…
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If any term could describe the Detroit Tigers of the 1950s, a charitable one would be uninspired. A 95-win season in 1950 gave Tigers fans hope that some of the magic from the 1945 World Series championship would continue into the new decade. Alas, the glory days quickly faded and the Tigers finished the Fifties…
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On this date in 1998, the Tigers signed free agent Gregg Jefferies to a two-year contract and traded outfielder Luis Gonzalez to the Diamondbacks for Karim Garcia. A lifetime .289 hitter, Jeffries hit just .231 with a .639 OPS in 111 games for the 1999 and 2000 clubs. In Gonzalez’s lone season with the Tigers he…
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Scott Raab of Esquire lobs this grenade into the Jack Morris/Hall of Fame discussion: The Baseball Writers’ Association of America was founded in 1908 and boasts more than 800 members, many of whom were hypnotized at some point during the 1980s and programmed to vote Jack Morris into the Hall of Fame because — they really…
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On this date in 1968, Denny McLain earned his 31st win and along the way, grooved nothing but heat* to Mickey Mantle, helping The Mick hit his 535th career homer. Five years ago, in a nod to the 40th anniversary of that 31-win season, The New York Daily News caught up with McLain: Who has…
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