Tag: Torey Lovullo

July 25, 1984: Indians 4 – Tigers 1

W: Roy Smith (4-2) – L: Dave Rozema (7-2) – S: Ernie Camacho (12) | Boxscore

Record: 68-30 — 11.5 games up on Toronto

Highlights

  • Rozema allowed four runs on seven hits in his 61/3 innings of work
  • Darrell Evans homered to drive in the Tigers’ only run, and doubled.
  • The loss broke Detroit’s six-game winning streak.

Miscellany

  • Venue: Cleveland Stadium
  • Umpires: HP – Drew Coble, 1B – Jim Evans, 2B – Greg Kosc, 3B – Ted Hendry
  • Time of Game: 2:48
  • Attendance: 15,516

Birthdays

Alex Presley, Torey Lovullo, Denny Bautista, Mick Kelleher and the late Larry Sherry 

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 480 9/9 — Rarity: 8

See you tomorrow.

The Friday Fungo

Tigers 23s

On this 23rd of February, let’s look back at the players who wore #23 for the Tigers during the period of 1977 through 1994:

  • Willie Horton – 1964-1977, number retired.
  • Kirk Gibson – 1979-87, 1993-95
  • Torey Lovullo – 1988-89
  • Mark Leiter – 1991-1992
  • Dan Petry – 1990. When Peaches returned to the Tigers after his time with the Angels, his original number 46 was being worn by Mike Schwabe. Presumably, he went with 23 because it is half of 46. In 1991, Petry was back in his original 46 for the 17 games he appeared in before being dealt to the Braves for Víctor Rosario.

If you’re wondering, the last players to wear 23 before it was retired were Gabe Kapler (1999) and Hideo Nomo (2000).

Birthdays

Rondell White, John Shelby and the late Roy Johnson.

Today’s Grid

⚾️ Immaculate Grid 327 9/9 — Rarity: 44

Two former Tigers, including one of my all-time favorites, and one guy who I always wanted the Tigers to get.

See you tomorrow.