Al Kaline 12/19/1934 - 04/06/2020 RIP#6

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August 17, 1980: The Tigers retired Al Kaline's jersey number 6 in a ceremony held between games of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers, George Kell emceed and also in attendance were Ed Katalinas, who signed the humble man later dubbed Mr. Tiger to a bonus contract off the Baltimore sandlots;
Hall of Famer second baseman Charlie Gehringer and Kaline's former teammate, Pat Mullin, who had given him his No. 6 jersey.
The Tigers would retire the numbers of Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg in 1983 & Hal Newhouser in 1997.

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Al Kaline went 38 for 112 against Whitey Ford for a .339 BA.