Top Ten Greatest Tigers Players by Position

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Captain Hank Greenberg with Chinese civilians in June 1944. #LestWeForget #MLBPlayersThatServed

 

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A very early 1959 Denny McLain scouting report.
How history would have been different had he been developed as an outfielder or catcher as the scout suggests.

 

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COMPARING TY COBB?S 1907 DIETSCHE POSTCARD ?ROOKIES?.
PreWarCards

 

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Happy Charlie Gehringer Day! No, it's not his birthday - it's the 320th day of the year, which matches the star's incredible .320 career batting average.
#Tigers

 

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-best-players-not-in-the-hall-of-fame
The best Tigers not in the Hall of Fame.
MLB.com

https://www.mlb.com/news/best-mlb-player-from-each-team-not-in-hall-of-fame
The best player not in the HOF for every team.
MLB.com

 

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Role Player Spotlight: Need a hit in a pinch? Call on Gates Brown, who once had 2 walk-off pinch-hits for Tigers in DH sweep in 1968. Brown batted .370 (on 34 hits, inc 18 PH) with a 234 OPS+ in '68 as the Tigers won the WS title.
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https://motorcitybengals.com/2020/11/21/detroit-tigers-mark-fidrych-1976/
Detroit Tigers: Mark Fidrych?s Best Start In 1976.
MCBTB

 

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November 24, 1939: Jim Northrup is born in Breckenridge, Michigan. #Tigers outfielder 1964?1974. Hit three grand slams in a week, including two in consecutive at-bats, in June 1968. Hit the game-winning triple in Game 7 of the 1968 World Series.
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Turkey Stearnes, Negro Leagues legend.
It's nearly Thanksgiving, so let's celebrate baseball's greatest Turkey.
MLB.com

 

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Aurelio L?pez Flag of Mexicowas an integral part of the 1984 WS champion
Tigers staff. Se?or Smoke went 10-1, pitched in 71 games, logged 137.2 IP w 2.94 ERA.
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The 1915 Detroit Tiger outfield, Bobby Veach, Ty Cobb, and Sam Crawford.
Bill James Calls them The Greatest Outfield in MLB History.

 

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http://baseballegg.com/all-time-teams/detroit-tigers-all-time-team/
Detroit Tigers All-Time Team.
Baseball Egg

STARTING LINEUP - BENCH - STARTING ROTATION - BULLPEN - HONORABLE MENTION.

 

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https://www.mlb.com/news/2021-free-agent-market-hall-of-fame-starters
2021 FA class is STACKED with HOF arms.
MLB.com

 

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Rookie of the Year highlight: Mark "the Bird" Fidrych started the 1976 All-Star Game as Tigers rookie. In a magical year, he went 19-9, led AL w 2.34 ERA & 24 CGs & was named Rookie of Year.
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Dick McAuliffe was born #OTD in 1939. The infielder was a 3x All-Star with Tigers. Hit over 20 home runs 3x in 4 seasons, with a career high of 24 in 1964. Had career high .882 OPS in 1966. 1962-69 averaged .255 17 57 .775. Actually had .804 OPS last year w/DET.
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HappyBirthday to Bill Freehan, born #OTD in 1941 in Detroit.
The Tigers catcher made 11 All-Star Games & won 5 Gold Gloves. Broke out in 1964 hitting .300 18 80 .812. Hit over 20 home runs 3x, with a career high 25 in 1968. Hit .297 18 60 .840 as late as 1974. 1964-75 averaged .262 16 58 .756
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-best-seasons-by-position-players
Best position-player seasons in Tigers history.
Tigers official site

 

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https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog/2016/05/27/17578/
OTD The Jim Bunning trade was one of the worst in Tigers? history.
Vintage Detroit

 

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