Celebrating Detroit Tigers teams, players and games from 1977 to '89.
Category: Uniform Numbers
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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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Number 14 From 1977 to 1992, only two players wore number 14 for the Tigers, both of them (mostly) played first base and were fan favorites: A.J. Hinch currently wears it, but wore number 40 when he played for Detroit in 2003. Birthdays Clete Thomas, Fu-Te Ni, Johnnie Seale and the late Willie Hernández and…
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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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