Top Ten Greatest Tigers Players by Position

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1909, the third straight American League championship for the Detroiters. Published by the Free Press to celebrate the Tigers Pennant. They eventually lost to the Pirates in the World Series.
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1940 wall calendar highlights Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer amidst an advertisement for Schmidt's Beer. This was meant to hang in local Detroit bars to promote Schmidt's.
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George Kell record on "Playing Third Base." Would have loved to hear George Kell instruct me how to play third base in his great Southern drawl.
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Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker at spring training at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, FL March 1978.
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The 1979 Yearbook cover in bobblehead form!
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Sweet Lou's game worn glove from the 80s.
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Tigers hitting coach Gates Brown keeping a watchful eye on Rooftop Ruppert Jones in the batting cage in 1984.
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Not too shabby a Number 1 and Number 2 tandem. Tigers fans hope some combo of Mize, Manning, and Skubal can approach this duo's success of the early to mid 1980s.
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Great Picture of Hammerin' Hank and Laruppin' Lou.
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Hall of Famer Jack Morris made 11 straight Opening Day starts (1980-1990) for the Tigers. He helped club to '84 World Series title & recorded 198 of his 254 career wins as a Tiger.
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Two Hall of Famers in this photo!
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Norm Cash in the polyester uniform first worn in 1972. Did you know Norm's 377 career home runs were the fourth-most by an AL left-handed hitter when he retired, behind Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, and Lou Gehrig!
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https://www.vintagedetroit.com/blog...b-couldnt-have-hit-the-split-finger-fastball/
Jack Morris: Ty Cobb couldn?t have hit the split-finger fastball.
Vintage Detroit

 

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Double Play tandem like no other. #Tigers
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Lindell AC. The real Michigan Sports Hall of Fame?
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1930s baseball in a single image? Gehringer and Greenberg here.
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Harvey Kuenn for Gillette razors.
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In 1971 Detroit Tigers hurler Mickey Lolich faced 1,538 batters, the first pitcher to face 1500+ batters since Bob Feller (1946). Lolich tossed 376.0 innings, allowed (336) Hits and recorded (308) Strikeouts.
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Chico Fernandez of the Tigers shares some of his fan mail with Gordie Howe of the Red Wings as they recuperate in the Detroit Osteopathic Hospital on July 11, 1961. Fernandez had his tonsils removed and Howe had a cyst removed from his knee.
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Need a hit in a pinch? Call on Gates Brown who retired as the AL-record holder w 107 pinch-hits & 16 PH HRs in his 13-yr #MLB career, all with the Tigers including the '68 WS title team.
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