The Story of Detroit Tigers

The Story of Detroit Tigers — page 1 — Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed by Corporate Graphics in the United States of America Photographs by Getty Images Walter Bibikow Lisa Blumenfeld Mark Cunningham MLB Photos Focus on Sport Stephen Green MLB Photos Dave Kaup Bruce Kluckhohn MLB Photos Ronald C Modra Sports Imagery National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos Pictorial Parade Rich Pilling MLB Photos Tony Ranze AFP Mark Rucker Transcendental Graphics Herb Scharfman Sports Imagery Ezra Shaw Ron Vesely MLB Photos Copyright 2012 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the hardcover edition LeBoutillier Nate The story of the Detroit Tigers by Nate LeBoutillier p cm Baseball the great American game Includes index Summary The history of the Detroit Tigers professional baseball team from its inaugural 1901 season to today spotlighting the team’s greatest players and most memorable moments ISBN 978-1-60818-040-0 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-010-1 eBook 1 Detroit Tigers Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title II Series GV875 D6L43 2011 796 357’640977434 dc22 2010024397 CPSIA 110310 PO1381 First Edition 987654321 Page 3 Right ﬁelder Sam Crawford Page 4 Pitcher Jeremy Bonderman

The Story of Detroit Tigers — page 2 — Nate LeBoutillier BASEBALL THE GREAT AMERICAN GAME CREATIVE EDUCATION

The Story of Detroit Tigers — page 3 — T i g e r s 4

The Story of Detroit Tigers — page 4 — T i g e r s 5 CONTENTS CHAPTERS Clawing into Existence 6 Two Tigers Titles 15 Young Cats 22 1984 and More 33 Detroit Roars Again 39 AROUND THE HORN Tigers at The Corner 12 Breaking the Century Mark 20 Denny’s Downfall 24 The Summer of 68 31 Playing with a Spark 36 The Forgettable Season 43 ALL-TIME TIGERS P Jack Morris 8 C Bill Freehan 13 1B Hank Greenberg 14 2B Charlie Gehringer 18 3B George Kell 23 SS Alan Trammell 28 LF Sam Crawford 30 CF Ty Cobb 35 RF Kirk Gibson 37 M Sparky Anderson 40 Index 48

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