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Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-use stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location at the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1912 ...
Tiger Stadium. Tiger Stadium was the home ballpark to the Detroit Tigers baseball team. Located at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Street in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, the site was host to over a century of baseball as well as other events including concerts and many years of Detroit Lions football.
The 100 millionth fan entered Tiger Stadium on July 6, 1994. Baseball wasn’t the only sport played at the ballpark. The first football game was held there on Oct. 9, 1921, when Detroit (also called the Tigers) squeaked by Dayton, 10-7.
Tiger Stadium was home to the Detroit Lions (NFL) until the Silverdome opened in 1975. Tiger Stadium "saw" MANY historic home runs including Babe Ruth's seven-hundredth on July 13, 1934; Reggie Jackson's light buster during the 1971 All-Star Game, and a few that even left the park (share your memories of these & Tiger Stadium on Baseball Fever ...
Sep 18, 2012 · The Tigers continued to play at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull for 88 summers. Navin Field’s name was later changed to Briggs Stadium, then Tiger Stadium. The Tigers’ new home was actually the second ballpark built at “The Corner.” From 1896 to 1911, they played their games in rickety, wooden Bennett Park. Before that, the plot of ...
Dec 1, 2007 · Historians generally agree the longest home run hit in the ballpark was probably achieved by Detroit 1B Norm Cash, who ripped a shot over the center field scoreboard in a 1962 game that landed on...
In its last 32 seasons, Tiger Stadium was home to a pair of additional World Series champions in 1968 and 1984. The 1968 club was the first in Tigers history to achieve the two million mark in attendance, and the 1984 club used a 35-5 start out of the gate to attract a club-record 2,704,794 fans.
