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The Tigers suffered a notable bullpen collapse last season, but they may find one bullpen solution internally, writes Chris Iott of MLive.com. Righty Angel Nesbitt brings upper-90?s gas and improving secondary pitches, according to assistant GM Al Avila. While the 24-year-old Nesbitt is expected to open the season in the minors, he?s currently on the 40-man roster and isn?t the type of prospect whose club control needs to be closely managed. Nesbitt reached Double-A for the first time last season, posting a 2.23 ERA, 10.02 K/9, and 4.18 BB/9.
 
Most Home Runs From the 5th Spot in the Batting Order:
1. Jimmie Foxx 203
2. Norm Cash 163
3. Ernie Banks 161
T4. Robin Ventura and Orlando Cepeda 159

Most Rbat Through Age 30 Season, MLB History
Rbat, also called WAR Runs Batting, is Baseball-Reference?s statistic estimating how many runs a hitter created with his batting, compared to what an average hitter would have created in the same run-scoring environment (i.e., a home park and league with a similar run-scoring level) over the same number of plate appearances.
1. Jimmie Foxx 632.4
2. Mickey Mantle 631.8
3. Lou Gehrig 622.9
4. Babe Ruth 622.4
5. Ty Cobb 621.3

Highest Career Regular Season OPS By A Righty Batter, MLB History (min. 50 career PAs) (career OPS+ in parens)
1. Jimmie Foxx 1.038 (163)
2. Hank Greenberg 1.017 (158)
3. Rogers Hornsby 1.010 (175)
4. Manny Ramierez .996 (154)
5. Albert Pujols .991 (162)
 
January 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911 - Hank Greenberg is born in New York, NY. After a splendid career as a slugging firstbaseman and leftfielder for the Tigers and as a baseball executive, Greenberg will gain Hall of Fame honors in 1956.

1961 - Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, is officially renamed "Tiger Stadium".

1974 - Lee MacPhail takes over as American League president, succeeding Joe Cronin, who retires.
MacPhail will serve in this role until 1984. He will join his father, Larry MacPhail, as a member of the Hall of Fame in 1998.

2009: Major League Baseball launches MLB Network, a cable and satellite television channel based out of Secaucus, NJ. The channel debuts in nearly 50 million cable and satellite homes - the largest debut in cable television history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million homes.

2009: The friendly confines of Wrigley Field see a different type of action as the ballpark is fitted with an outdoor hockey rink to welcome an afternoon game between the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. The event is a huge success with 40,818 in attendance and a huge television audience in place to watch the Wings beat the Hawks, 6 - 4. Other ballparks are lining up to host future editions of what is set to become an annual New Year's Day event.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruckan01.shtml
Andy Bruckmiller 1905.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fullefr01.shtml
Frank Fuller 1915-1916.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Greenberg
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenha01.shtml?redir
Hank Greenberg 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1946.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Torgeson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torgeea01.shtml?redir
Earl Torgeson 1955-1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Host
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostge01.shtml?redir
Gene Host 1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lynn_Jones
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesly01.shtml?redir
Lynn Jones 1979-1983.

from Baseball Reference
 
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