A look at the history of Detroit Tigers shortstops makes one thing perfectly clear: Alan Trammell is the best ever, and few are close. Trammell was the Tigers starter for 14 years, and he became the first Detroit shortstop inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame
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Fowlerville, Michigan is a small farming community about 60 miles west of Detroit. It’s always been a small town, from its incorporation in the 1870s to the most recent census which shows a total of about 2,800 residents. But Fowlerville did produce the greatest ballplayer to ever be born in Michigan: Charlie Gehringer.
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By Nathan Bierma at Vintage Detroit: 1903: Win Mercer commits suicide Win Mercer was a dashing 28-year-old pitcher for the[…]
Read moreFrom Vintage Detroit: There have been a number of historic homers hit at Tiger Stadium including Babe Ruth’s 700th homer, the[…]
Read moreFrom the Baseball Hall of Fame: This is the time of year when promising high school and collegiate baseball stars[…]
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By Jim Sargent at Baseball Almanac: When his many baseball accomplishments were added up, Bill Freehan, the longtime standout catcher[…]
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By Dan Holmes at Vintage Detroit: In 1982, two years before the magic, the Tigers went north from spring training[…]
Read moreBy Charlie Buttrey from the Valley News: There’s a scene in the movie The Natural, when Roy Hobbs is given his[…]
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Our Michigan Baseball Heritage series explores the rich cultural history of professional baseball in the state of Michigan and honors[…]
Read moreFrom 1974-1979, Ron LeFlore played center field for the Tigers. A Detroit native, he grew up in the poor, crime-dense east side of the city.
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