Top Ten Greatest Tigers Players by Position

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1965 Lakeland, Bill Freehan takes a rip in the batting cage.

 

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Norm Cash showing his batting grip that led to his amazing '61 season.

 

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Jim Palmer and Mickey Lolich in the clubhouse at the '72 All-Star game share a laugh. Mickey's sporting a Kawasaki T-Shirt, no surprise there, given his love of motorcycles.

 

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11 time Tigers All-Star catcher Bill Freehan about to tag out Fred Valentine of the Senators in 1964.

 

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Mickey and Denny pretending to listen to MLB commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

 

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Denny warming up in the Tigers pen.

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Denny's High leg kick!

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Powerful leg drive of Denny McLain in '68.

 

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Ty Cobb.

 

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Stan Musial and Al Kaline have a chat before an exhibition game in 1964.

 

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MVP! October 1968, pictured are Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich, his wife, and Yankee coach Whitey Ford. Mrs. Lolich is sitting in the new car Mickey was awarded in New York City by Sport magazine for being named '68 World Series MVP.

 

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Baseball Mashers.

 

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?Old Days? HOF Legend Ty Cobb makes a 1955 appearance on the TV Game Show ?I?ve got a Secret". #Tigers #Detroit #HOF #CBS #TV #1950s #nostalgia #Cigarettes

 

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Cecil's last great moment as a Tiger? Opening Day at Tiger Stadium, April 9, 1996. It was a freezing cold day and I remember this granny like it was yesterday. I saw Cecil's mighty swing from the upper deck along the first baseline that cleared the bases in the 5th inning.

 

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Two of the biggest Tigers stars in team history.

 

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What a combo Mickey and Denny were as mainstays in the Tigers rotation!

 

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Cecil pointing to where his out of the park blast flew over the roof.

 

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Al Kaline was a difference-maker in 1968 World Series.
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1984 World Series MVP Alan Trammell appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

 

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Ty Cobb on the cover of Baseball Magazine, 1927, on the occasion of his announced retirement. A month later he would sign with the Philadelphia Athletics and play two more seasons.

 

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Gates Brown was a beloved member of the Detroit Tigers for 13 seasons, with whom won 1968 World Series. Gates still has the AL record for pinch hits and HR. Won a ring with the '84 Tigers as hitting coach. Sadly passed in 2013.

 

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Take extra care of that number 6 jersey gentleman! In the Briggs Stadium clubhouse, equipment personnel for the Detroit Tigers packs team jerseys, bats, and other equipment into steamer trunks for transport to spring training, Detroit, Michigan, February 1957.

#6 Kaline
#7 Harvey Kuenn
#8 Ray Boone
#14 Jim Bunning