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Team
Founded: 1880
Team History:
1801-'88 - Detroit Tigers (National
League)
1901-Present - Detroit Tigers (American
League)
Team Colors: Orange,
White, Navy Blue and Grey
Derivative : Named
for the striped stockings they wear.
Mailing & Stadium Address:
Detroit Tigers Baseball Club, Inc.
Comerica Park
2100 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI. 48201
313-962-4000
Opened: April 11,
2000
First Official Game:
April 11, vs. Seattle Mariners
Stadium Capacity:
40,000
Surface: Natural
Grass
Dimmensions:
* Home to Left Field - 346 Feet
* Home to Left-Center Field - 402
Feet
* Home to Center Field - 422 Feet
* Home to Right-Center Field - 379
Feet
* Home to Right Field - 330 Feet
Ground Rules:
- Foul poles and the screens attached
are outside the playing field.
- A batted ball striking the facing
or any part of the upper stands
in fair territory and bouncing back
onto the field is a home run.
- Fly balls that strike lights underneath
the upper stands from
right field to centerfield in fair
territory and bounce back onto the
field are home runs.
- Balls striking the yellow line of
the flagpole or below it and
caroming into stands count for two
bases.
- Balls striking the yellow line of
the flagpole or below it and
bouncing back onto the field are in
play.
- Balls striking above the yellow
line on the flagpole: home run.
- A fair bounding ball going onto
the roof of either bullpen dugout
counts for two bases.
- A ball going through or sticking
in the screen on fair ground is
two bases.
- A pitched ball sticking or remaining
on the backstop screen
is one base, while a thrown ball doing
the same is two bases.
Chairman: Michael
Illitch
President/CEO: John
McHale, Jr.
General Manager:
Dave Dombrowski
Manager: Alan Trammell
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Coaching
History:
Term Coach Reg.Season Playoff
1881-82 Frank Bancroft 83- 84
1883-84 Jack Chapman 68- 142
1885 Charlie Morton 41- 67
(Replaced during 1885 Season)
Bill Watkins
1886-87 Bill Watkins 166- 81 10- 5
1888 Bill Watkins/Bob Leadly
68- 63
1901 George Stallings 74- 61
1902 Frank Dwyer 52- 83
1903-04 Ed Barrow 97- 117
(Replaced after 78 games of 1904 Season)
Bobby Lowe 30- 44
1905-06 Bill Armour 150- 152
1907-20 Hugh Jennings 1131- 972 4-12
1921-26 Ty Cobb 479- 444
1927-33 Bucky Harris 355- 410
(Replaced after 148 games of 1933 Season)
Del Baker 6- 0
1934-38 Mickey Cochrane 379- 278 7- 6
(Replaced After 48 games of 1938 Season)
Del Baker 67- 39
1939-42 Del Baker 319- 297 3- 4
1943-48 Steve O'Neill 509- 414 4- 3
1949-52 Red Rolfe 278- 256
(Replaced after 72 games of 1952 Season)
Fred Hutchinson 27- 55
1953-54 Fred Hutchinson 128- 180
1955-56 Bucky Harris 161- 147
1957-58 Jack Tighe 99- 104
(Replaced after 49 games of 1958 Season)
Bill Norman 56- 49
1959 Bill Norman 2- 15
(Replaced after 17 games of 1959 Season)
Jimmie Dykes 74- 63
1960 Jimmie Dykes 44- 52
(Replaced after 96 games of 1960 Season)
Joe Gordon 27- 31
(Interim manager for 58 games of 1960 Season)
1961-63 Bob Scheffing 210- 173
(Replaced after 60 games of 1963 Season)
Chuck Dressen 55- 47
1964-65 Chuck Dressen 150- 132
(Replaced after 120 games of 1965 Season)
Bob Swift 24- 18
(Interim manager for 42 games of 1965 Season)
1966 Chuck Dressen 16- 10
(Replaced after 26 games of 1966 Season)
Bob Swift 32- 25
(Interim manager for 57 games of 1966 Season)
Frank Skaff 40- 39
(Interim manager for 79 games of 1966 Season)
1967-70 Mayo Smith 363- 285 4- 3
1971-73 Billy Martin 248- 204 2- 3
(Replaced after 134 games of 1972 Season)
Joe Schultz 14- 14
1974-78 Ralph Houk 366- 443
1979 Lee Moss 27- 26
(Replaced after 53 games of 1979 Season)
Sparky Anderson 58- 50
1980-95 Sparky Anderson 1373-1198 8- 5
1996-1998 Buddy Bell 184- 277
(Fired after 137 games of the 1998 season)
Larry Parrish 13- 12
(Interim manager for final 25 games of 1998
season)
1999 Larry Parrish 69-92
2000-2002 Phil Garner 145-185
(Fired after 6 games of the 2002 season)
2002-2002 Luis Pujols 55-100
2002-present Alan Trammell
Retired
Numbers: (4)
2 - Charlie Gehringer
5 - Hank Greenberg
6 - Al Kaline
16 - Hal Newhouser
Tigers
in the Hall of Fame: (23)
1936 - Ty Cobb
1945 - Dan Brouthers, Hughie Jennings
1947 - Mickey Cochrane
1953 - Al Simmons
1956 - Charlie Gehringer, Edward G. Brown,
Hank Greenberg
1957 - Sam Crawford
1964 - Heinie Manush
1968 - Goose Goslin
1969 - Waite Hoyt
1973 - Billy Evans
1974 - Sam Thompson
1975 - Earl Averill, Bucky Harris
1978 - Eddie Mathews
1980 - Al Kaline
1983 - George Kell
1984 - Rick Ferrell
1996 - Jim Bunning, Ned Hanlon
2000 - Sparky Anderson
World Series Titles: (4) 1935, 1945, 1968,
1984
American League Pennants: (9) 1907, '08,
'09, '34, '35, '40, '45, '68, '84
Division Titles: (3) 1972, '84, '87
Wild Card: None
AL
Most Valuable Player AL Cy Young Award
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1934 - Mickey Cochrane 1968 - Denny McLain
1935 - Hank Greenberg 1969 - Denny McLain
(tie)
1937 - Charlie Gehringer 1984 - Willie Hernandez
1940 - Hank Greenberg
1944 - Hal Newhouser
1945 - Hal Newhouser
1968 - Denny McLain
1984 - Willie Hernandez
Rookie
of the Year Manager of the Year
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1953 - Harvey Kuenn 1984 - Sparky Anderson
1976 - Mark Fidrych 1987 - Sparky Anderson
1978 - Lou Whitaker
Yearly
Records:
Reg. Season Playoff
Year Location W L Pct. GB Pos. Div. W L
Pct.
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1881 Detroit 41 43 .488 15 (4) NL
1882 Detroit 42 41 .506 12.5 (6) NL
1883 Detroit 40 58 .408 23 (7) NL
1884 Detroit 28 84 .250 56 (8) NL
1885 Detroit 41 67 .380 44 (6) NL
1886 Detroit 87 36 .707 2.5 (2) NL
1887 Detroit 79 45 .637 -- (1) NL 10 5 .667
Champ
1888 Detroit 68 63 .519 16 (5) NL |
Statistics
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