Detroit Tigers
Richard Bak, in his 1998 book, a place for the summer: a narrative history of Tiger Stadium, p. 46-49, explains that the name derives from the unity of the soldiers Detroit Light Guard who were known as "Tigers". They had played an important role in some battles of the Civil War and the War of 1898 Spanish-American. The baseball team is still informally called both "Wolverines" and "Tigers" in the news. The first known use of the name "Tigers" in the media was in the Detroit Free Press, April 16, 1895. Entering Major League Baseball team requested and received the formal authorization of the Light Guard to use its mark. Since then, the team was officially called the Tigers.
1972 AL East Champions
After the regular 1970 season, Denny McLain was traded to the Washington Senators in what appears to be an assault by Detroit. The club acquired pitcher Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman shortstop and third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez, who all played a vital role in 1972 when the Tigers won their first title in the AL East division. Vagaries of the calendar due to a strike at the beginning of the season allowed the Tigers 86-70 to win the division by just ½ game, just like he had won the championship in 1908. Brinkman was named Tiger of the Year by the baseball writers in Detroit, despite a .205 batting average and made only seven errors in 728 chances (percentage of Fielding 0990) and had a series of 72 games without an error season [10]. Mickey Lolich was his car stable for the Tigers, winning 22 games, while Coleman has won 19. Woodie Fryman Starter, acquired on August 2 was the last piece of the puzzle, who went 10-3 in the last two months of the regular season.
In 1972, the American League Championship Series, Detroit faced the American League West Division champion Oakland Athletics, who had become more competitive since 1969, the realignment. In Game 1 of the ALCS in Oakland, Lolich, the hero of 68, took the hill and allowed one run over nine innings. Al Kalin hit a solo homer to break a tie 1-1 in the 11th round before being charged with an error on Gonzalo Marquez Gene Tenace single equalizer allowed to score the winning run. Blue Moon Odom shut Detroit 5-0 in Game 2 The end of Game 2 saw a horrible episode where Tiger reliever Lerrin Lagrow hit shortstop and leadoff hitter A's Bert Campaneris on the ankle with a pitch. Anger Campaneris threw bats at Lagrow Lagrow and dodged just in time for the bat to sail over his head. A fight broke out bench-clearing and both players were suspended for the rest of the series.
As the series shifted to Detroit, Tiger took their steps. Joe Coleman with a score less than seven hits in three games, a 3-0 Tiger victory. In Game 4, Oakland scored two points in the top of the 10th and put the Tigers to their last three outs. Detroit pushed two runs across the plate to tie the game before Jim Northrup came through in the clutch again. His single off Dave Hamilton scored Gates Brown and evened the series at two games each.
Of the first inning to lead Gene Tenace passed ball gave the lead early in Detroit to decide the fifth and final game in Detroit but Reggie Jackson steals home and the second is related. Tough two-out single left field gave Oakland 2-1 in the fourth inning. Run has been controversial for many Tiger fans as George Hendrick dominated the first base safely just before hitting Tenace. Hendrick seemed to be in two phases with another grounder, but umpire John Rice said Norm Cash pulled his foot from first base. Replay and photographs show, however, that money is not pulling his leg. With this game, and four innings scoreless relief for the Vida Blue, took the American League pennant and World Series instead.
Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of eight charter American League franchise, the club was founded in Detroit in 1894 as part of the Western League. Tigers have won four World Series championships (1935, 1945, 1968 and 1984) and won the American League pennant 10 times. The team currently plays their home games Comerica Park in downtown Detroit.
Bennett Park Tigers built on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Street, and began playing there in 1896. In 1912 the team moved to Navin Field, which was built in the same place. It 'was expanded and renamed Briggs Stadium in 1938. It 'was renamed Tiger Stadium in 1961 and the Tigers played there until the move to Comerica Park in 2000.
The club is one of the founders of the American League, one of four clubs (with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians) still located in his hometown. Detroit is also the only member of the Western League, the forerunner of the minor leagues AL, what remains in his hometown with his original name. It was established in 1894 as a founding member.
Baseball In Detroit Soon
Detroit first message was Major League Detroit Wolverines, a member of the National League from 1881 through the 1888th's nickname, now affiliated with the University of Michigan, came from Michigan's nickname, "Wolverine State"
Early Baseball In Detroit
The best year was the 1887th Wolverines They won the National League pennant and an exhibition of World Series by beating the American Association champion St. Louis Browns, ten games to five. All 15 games under the series was played in club tour ten cities.
The main players were Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe, Deacon White, Charlie Getzein and Hall of Famer "Big Sam" Thompson and Dan Brouthers. Thompson won the batting championship of the National League in 1887, becoming the only winner in batting League American League city traditionally.
Despite the championship, the team did not draw enough fans to stay solvent in the Major League level, as Detroit was at that time one of the smallest cities in the national league, and rapid growth of the industry has fueled the growth was still several years in the future. Hall of Fame manager Ned Hanlon played all eight seasons in center field, but there was high turnover otherwise. After the 1888 season, the team is dissolved and the city was relegated to minor league status. A new club formed and joined the International League in 1889 and quickly won the league championship. The joy of their fans came to an abrupt end when the league disbanded temporarily in mid 1890 and took the team with her. An attempt was made to revive the League Northwest old in 1891 but collapsed in the middle of the season, and Detroit professional baseball took a short break.
The current Detroit club was a founding member when the Western League reorganized for the season 1894. They originally played at Boulevard Park, also known as League Park. It was located on East Lafayette, then called Champlain Street, between Helen and East Grand Boulevard near Belle Isle. In 1895, the owner decided to George Vander Beck to build Bennett Park at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull avenues, which would remain their base of operations for the next 104 seasons. The first game on the corner was an exhibition on April 13th 1896th team, now occasionally called "Tigers", beat a local semi-pro team, known as track and field, with a score of 30-3. They played their first game at WHL Bennett Park April 28, 1896, defeating the Columbus Senators 17-2. (Richard Bak, a place for the summer: a narrative history of Tiger Stadium, 1998, p. 58-59)
When the West was renamed the American League in 1900, she was still a minor league, but next year he broke with the national agreement and expressed most openly in competition with the National League for players and fans in three contested cities. A couple of years there were rumors of abandoning Detroit to compete for Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, but the two leagues made peace in 1903, following similar measures in St. Louis and New York.
The Tigers played their first game at the major league team at home against the Milwaukee Brewers, April 25, 1901, with 10,000 fans at Bennett Park. (Richard Bak, a place for the summer: a narrative history of Tiger Stadium, 1998, p. 73-74) After entering the ninth inning behind 13-4, the team made a comeback to win 14-13. The team finished third in the league of eight teams.
Detroit blue laws prevented from playing baseball at Bennett Park on Sunday. Owner James D. Burns has built his baseball field property named Burns Park, where the Tigers play at home Sunday games in 1901 and 1902 Seasons.
11 years later, was an elegant stage, built on the site of Bennett Park, Navin Field and named for the owner Frank Navin. In 1938, he was refined and named Briggs Stadium and renamed "Tiger Stadium" in 1961. Tiger Stadium was used by the Tigers until the end of 1999 season, starting in 2000, they have played in Comerica Park.
Tigers
There are several legends about how the Tigers got their nickname. One is orange stripes that were in their black colored stockings. Tigers, George Stallings claimed the name but the name appeared in newspapers before Stallings on the bench. Another legend refers to a sport compared to the team's victory in the opening day of 1901 with the ferocity of his alma mater, Princeton Tigers.
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1972 AL East Champions
After the regular 1970 season, Denny McLain was traded to the Washington Senators in what appears to be an assault by Detroit. The club acquired pitcher Joe Coleman, Eddie Brinkman shortstop and third baseman Aurelio Rodriguez, who all played a vital role in 1972 when the Tigers won their first title in the AL East division. Vagaries of the calendar due to a strike at the beginning of the season allowed the Tigers 86-70 to win the division by just ½ game, just like he had won the championship in 1908. Brinkman was named Tiger of the Year by the baseball writers in Detroit, despite a .205 batting average and made only seven errors in 728 chances (percentage of Fielding 0990) and had a series of 72 games without an error season [10]. Mickey Lolich was his car stable for the Tigers, winning 22 games, while Coleman has won 19. Woodie Fryman Starter, acquired on August 2 was the last piece of the puzzle, who went 10-3 in the last two months of the regular season.
In 1972, the American League Championship Series, Detroit faced the American League West Division champion Oakland Athletics, who had become more competitive since 1969, the realignment. In Game 1 of the ALCS in Oakland, Lolich, the hero of 68, took the hill and allowed one run over nine innings. Al Kalin hit a solo homer to break a tie 1-1 in the 11th round before being charged with an error on Gonzalo Marquez Gene Tenace single equalizer allowed to score the winning run. Blue Moon Odom shut Detroit 5-0 in Game 2 The end of Game 2 saw a horrible episode where Tiger reliever Lerrin Lagrow hit shortstop and leadoff hitter A's Bert Campaneris on the ankle with a pitch. Anger Campaneris threw bats at Lagrow Lagrow and dodged just in time for the bat to sail over his head. A fight broke out bench-clearing and both players were suspended for the rest of the series.
As the series shifted to Detroit, Tiger took their steps. Joe Coleman with a score less than seven hits in three games, a 3-0 Tiger victory. In Game 4, Oakland scored two points in the top of the 10th and put the Tigers to their last three outs. Detroit pushed two runs across the plate to tie the game before Jim Northrup came through in the clutch again. His single off Dave Hamilton scored Gates Brown and evened the series at two games each.
Of the first inning to lead Gene Tenace passed ball gave the lead early in Detroit to decide the fifth and final game in Detroit but Reggie Jackson steals home and the second is related. Tough two-out single left field gave Oakland 2-1 in the fourth inning. Run has been controversial for many Tiger fans as George Hendrick dominated the first base safely just before hitting Tenace. Hendrick seemed to be in two phases with another grounder, but umpire John Rice said Norm Cash pulled his foot from first base. Replay and photographs show, however, that money is not pulling his leg. With this game, and four innings scoreless relief for the Vida Blue, took the American League pennant and World Series instead.
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