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The Wednesday Fungo: April 17

April 17, 1984: 🌧️ Rained Out in Detroit

The rain seemed to follow the Tigers home from Boston, as they were rained out for the third-consecutive game.

Record: STILL 8-0

Pedro Garcia – #3

He didn’t play for the Tigers for very long, just 77 games, but he certainly arrived at the right time: The Year of the Bird.

Here are a few things to know about second baseman Pedro Garcia:

  • The Tigers got him on June 10, 1976 from the Brewers for Gary Sutherland.
  • Garcia finished second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1973. He hit .245 with 15 homers and a league-leading 32 doubles. Those were the career high-water marks for him offensively.
  • He was hitting .217 in 44 games with the Brewers when he was dealt to Detroit.
  • For the Tigers, he hit .198 with three homers and 20 RBI. In 245 plate appearances, he struck out 40 times with nine walks.
  • The Tigers released him on Dec. 16, 1976.
  • In 1977, he played on the inaugural Toronto Blue Jays team, hitting .208 in 42 games before being released.
  • You can see him play in this classic Monday Night Baseball telecast Mark Fidrych versus the late Ken Holtzman. The Tigers won, 5-1.

Birthdays

Ronny Rodriguez, Ryan Raburn, Max St. Pierre, Pedro Garcia and the late Charlie Jaeger

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 381 8/9 — Rarity: 179

See you tomorrow.

2010: The Year in Lists

A year ago, we were still stinging from Game 163 and not certain how the Tigers would respond to a crushing end to the 2009 season. Would they regress to 2008’s disappointment or regroup to erase the memory of the ’09 collapse?

The answer was: they’d be relevant. And that, ladies in gentlemen, is the extent of the analysis in this post. Instead of a deep dive into 2010, let’s look at the year in the form of randomly selected lists:

2010 At A Glance*

  • Record: 81-81, 3rd in American League Central, 13 games back of Minnesota
  • Days in First: 13, the last on July 10
  • Biggest Lead: 1, last on July 7
  • Farthest Behind: 15.5 on Sept. 15
  • Most Games over .500: 11, last on July 10
  • Most Games under .500: 5, last on Aug. 19
  • Longest Winning Streak: 7, June 11-18
  • Longest Losing Streak: 7, July 11-20
  • Most Runs Allowed: 15, June 9
  • Most Runs Scored: 13, Aug. 15
  • Longest Game (innings): 14, July 19
  • Times Shutout by Opponent: 10
  • Times Opponent Shutout: 5

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