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- They are not named after the striped stockings they wore. Instead, the Detroit Tigers were named after the Detroit Light Guard, a highly regarded unit during the Civil War that earned the nickname because its members fought like Tigers.
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December 1st, 2021. Jason Beck. @ beckjason. The Detroit Tigers have been known by the same nickname since they were one of the founding members of the American League in 1901. But they weren’t always the Tigers, nor are they the only Major League team to have played in Detroit.
Jan 3, 2022 · Popartic/Shutterstock. By Michael Griffin / Jan. 3, 2022 9:55 am EST. There are few logos as familiar as the Detroit Tigers' Old English D that sits center on players' caps. The Tigers ball club has been around for over 100 years and have won four World Series, per Britannica.
Jan 24, 2020 · Instead, the Detroit Tigers were named after the Detroit Light Guard, a highly regarded unit during the Civil War that earned the nickname because its members fought like Tigers.
- The Team Nickname Had Nothing to Do with Socks
- Ty Cobb Supported The Integration of Baseball
- The Bird Wasn’T Talking to The Baseball
- Babe Ruth Nearly Became The Tigers’ Manager
- Tiger Stadium Was Originally Green
- Al Kaline Played in Pain
- Detroit Was The Last Team to Finish in Last Place
- Gene Lamont Was The Tigers’ First Draft Pick
- A Corked Bat Didn’T Help Norm Cash in 1961
- Sparky Anderson Did Not Retire
Many fans think the name “Tigers” originates from their striped socks. While the team did have one red stripe on their uniform socks in 1901, that’s not where the nickname “Tigers” came from. In the 19th century several military units in Michigan and Detroit earned the nickname “Tigers” because of their tenacious fighting. As pointed out by author ...
We’ve already written thousands of words on this blog about the myths surrounding Ty Cobb, whose character was besmirched after his death, so we won’t go into all of it here again. But, we will point out that Cobb was a strong supporter of the integration of baseball by african americans. He wrote letters and made public comments supporting black p...
As many times as he told reporters he wasn’t talking to the baseball, the baseball scribes just wouldn’t listen to Mark Fidrych. The 1976 American League Rookie of the Year was a sensation that summer, winning 19 games and packing ballparks with fans who wanted to witness his antics on the mound. But Fidrych was never talking to the baseball. He wa...
Had he not been vacationing in Hawaii, Babe Ruth would have become manager of the Detroit Tigers. During the 1933-34 offseason, team owner Frank Navin knew he needed a winner in his dugout. He had a talented young team, built around Charlie Gehringer and young slugger Hank Greenberg. But the Yankees were still the class of the league and everyone w...
It wasn’t called Tiger Stadium at the time, it was Navin Field (and later Briggs Stadium, after the Briggs ownership family), but yes, the interior of the old ballpark was green. The facades, the bleachers, the box seats, every chair, and every counter top was green in the ballpark until the mid-1970s. That’s when the team decided to paint it blue,...
You wouldn’t know it considering his 3,007 hits and 399 home runs, but Al Kalineplayed his career in some sort of pain. Kaline developed acute osteomyelitis when he was a child, which is an infection of the bone or bone marrow. He had it in his foot, and as a result a section of bone was removed from Kaline’s left foot. Despite the condition, Kalin...
From 1901 when the American League was formed, the Tigers remained a competitive team for most of the first five decades of the 20th century. While they didn’t win as many pennants as the Yankees, Red Sox, and Athletics, the Tigers usually finished in what was called “the first division” (first, second, third or fourth place). Only four times in th...
Baseball’s amateur draft was instituted in 1965 to help level the competitive balance in the game. Undrafted high school and college players were eligible. The Tigers selected catcher Gene Lamont out of Hiawatha High in Kirkland, Illinois with their #1 pick in the first draft. Yes, thatGene Lamont was the first player the Tigers ever selected in th...
The story goes that Detroit first baseman Norm Cashused a corked bat during the 1961 season which resulted in his .361 average, 193 hits, 132 runs batted in, and 41 home runs. The slugger never surpassed those totals again in his career, in fact he never hit higher than .283 again. In a Sports Illustrated article, Cash admitted to using an illegal ...
In 1994-95, baseball endured its’ most troubling labor problems. The ’94 season was halted and the World Series cancelled after players went on strike. The following spring owners locked players out of spring training and attempted to use “replacement” players who were willing to cross the picket line. Those players were far inferior to the regular...
Mar 13, 2015 · But the team didn’t have an official nickname during that period. However, as early as 1895 a Detroit newspaper referred to them as the “Tigers” in reference to the Detroit Light Guard military unit, which had gained fame for their bravery in the Civil War and whose members were called “Tigers”.
In the book A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium, Richard Bak states that the name originated from the Detroit Light Guard military unit, who were known as "The Tigers". They had played significant roles in certain Civil War battles and in the 1898 Spanish–American War .
