Greatest 1960s Tigers moments

[tycobb420]

http://www.examiner.com/baseball-history-in-detroit/top-10-detroit-tiger-moments-of-the-1960s

 

[kalinecountry]

No way for me McLain was the MVP of the decade.
Gotta go with Kaline. The Six led the entire AL in batting for the entire 1960's.
otherwise good stuff as usual.

 

[tycobb420]

KalineCountry[/color]]No way for me McLain was the MVP of the decade.
Gotta go with Kaline. The Six led the entire AL in batting for the entire 1960's.
otherwise good stuff as usual.

He was MVP for 1968

 

[tinselwolverine]

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[kalinecountry]

KalineCountry[/color]]No way for me McLain was the MVP of the decade.
Gotta go with Kaline. The Six led the entire AL in batting for the entire 1960's.
otherwise good stuff as usual.

He was MVP for 1968

Yes he was, and Cy Young Winner in 68 and shared the award with mike cuellar in 69.
Kaline had just over 40 WAR for the decade, .296 for the decade led the league, 7 Gold Gloves (when they meant something), All-Star Games every year from 60-67 (9 total for decade), 5 Top 10 MVP finishes including 2nd in 63 and The 63 Sporting News Player of the Year (as well as in 55).

 

[tycobb420]

KalineCountry[/color]]

He was MVP for 1968

Yes he was, and Cy Young Winner in 68 and shared the award with mike cuellar in 69.
Kaline had just over 40 WAR for the decade, .296 for the decade led the league, 7 Gold Gloves (when they meant something), All-Star Games every year from 60-67 (9 total for decade), 5 Top 10 MVP finishes including 2nd in 63 and The 63 Sporting News Player of the Year (as well as in 55).

Yeah. The article did not say McLain was MVP for the decade. Just 1968.

 

[kalinecountry]

Thanks Ty, sometimes I can't see the forest through the trees.

 

[turok]

One of mine was in '68 when Tigers' SP Earl Wilson came within inches of hitting a grand salami, in but it hit the top of the left centerfield fence and bounced back onto the field ,Earl had to settle for a 3 RBI triple. IIRC.

I also seem to remember in '70, I watched a game on TV when Wilson struck out swinging to end an inning, then the channel cut away for commercials, but when the game came back on, it turned out that the catcher had dropped the ball, and Earl took off for first, the catcher having thought that the inning ended, had thrown the ball to the mound and started walking off the field. As Wilson rounded second and headed for third, finally one of the opposing team's OFers who was near third, took the throw from another player who retrieved the ball and tagged Wilson out, who also got hurt sliding for third base.

I can't find anything online about this play, what team the Tigers played (I can't remember, it was soo damned long ago) or if it happened exactly as I described...oh,well.

 

[kalinecountry]

One of mine was in '68 when Tigers' SP Earl Wilson came within inches of hitting a grand salami, in but it hit the top of the left centerfield fence and bounced back onto the field ,Earl had to settle for a 3 RBI triple. IIRC.

I also seem to remember in '70, I watched a game on TV when Wilson struck out swinging to end an inning, then the channel cut away for commercials, but when the game came back on, it turned out that the catcher had dropped the ball, and Earl took off for first, the catcher having thought that the inning ended, had thrown the ball to the mound and started walking off the field. As Wilson rounded second and headed for third, finally one of the opposing team's OFers who was near third, took the throw from another player who retrieved the ball and tagged Wilson out, who also got hurt sliding for third base.

I can't find anything online about this play, what team the Tigers played (I can't remember, it was soo damned long ago) or if it happened exactly as I described...oh,well.

Earl was a great hitting pitcher, and never got cheated out of a swing. His swing was like McCovey's big vicious windmill swing at a ball that knocked the air out of the ball park. Even before the redsox traded him to Detroit, he was used as a pinch hitter. Seem to remember a game he won 9th inning or later on a pinch hit homerun, a blur whether 67/68/later.
I did find the reached on base on an error from 1970. Thing was Earl was traded during the season to the padres. The ROE was an away game against the cardinals in a loss.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=wilsoea01&year=1970&t=b
If you scroll down the page you can follow the ROE in the stat columns.

 

[tycobb420]

KalineCountry[/color]]Thanks Ty, sometimes I can't see the forest through the trees.

NP. Kaline was probably the MVP for the decade followed by Freehan if I were to guess.

Tigers of the Year as voted on by the BBWAA:

1965: Don Wert
1966: Denny McLain
1967: Bill Freehan
1968: McLain
1969: McLain

I imagine Cash would have won for 1961.

 

[byco42]

I was there when Ray Oyler hit his 1HR for the '68 season. Epic.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET196805140.shtml