Lou Vedder

Game 11: April 20, 1984

Highlights

Milt Wilcox celebrated his 34th birthday with a solid outing: eight innings, eight hits, three walks three strikeouts and just two runs: a second-inning, two-run homer to Ron Kittle.

Floyd Bannister was just as good for the White Sox: 6.1 innings, eight hits and two earned runs.

A 10th-inning single by Lance Parrish scored Lou Whitaker, who led off the inning with a walk.

Miscellany

Umpires: HP – Joe Brinkman, 1B – Larry McCoy, 2B – Nick Bremigan, 3B – Vic Voltaggio
Time of Game: 2:36
Attendance: 33,554

The Tigers signed the right-handed hitting outfielder/first baseman Tim Tolman* as free agent on Feb. 10, 1986.
After hitting .298 with 11 home runs and 71 RBI (.812 OPS) at Triple A Nashville, Tolman was a September call-up in 1986. He played almost every day — appearing in 16 games from Sept. 7 to Oct. 4 — and batted .186 with six hits in 34 plate appearances.
In 1987, Tolman started the season at Triple A Toledo and hit .314 / 14 homers / 30 doubles and a .919 OPS. He was called up in July and played in nine games, hitting .083 — one hit in 21 plate appearances.
His final big-league game was Aug. 16, 1987 against the Royals.
Tolman passed away on June 3, 2021 at age 65 from Parkinson’s Disease.

See you tomorrow.