Mark Steven Fidrych,nicknamed "the Bird",was an American professional baseball pitcher who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers.
Harry Edwin Heilmann,nicknamed "Slug",was an American baseball player and radio announcer. He played professional baseball for 19 years between 1913 and 1932,including 17 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds. He was a play-by-play announcer for the Tigers for 17 years from 1934 to 1950.
Charles Leonard Gehringer,nicknamed "the Mechanical Man",was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942. He compiled a .320 career batting average with 2,839 hits and 1,427 runs batted in (RBIs). He had seven seasons with more than 200 hits and was the starting second baseman and played every inning of the first six All Star Games. He won the American League batting title in 1939 with a .371 average and won the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He helped lead the Tigers to three American League pennants and the 1935 World Series championship.
Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr.,nicknamed "Sweet Lou",is an American former professional baseball second baseman. Whitaker spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. From 1977 to 1995,he appeared in 2,390 games for the Tigers,third most in franchise history behind Ty Cobb and Al Kaline. He helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series,was selected as an American League All-Star five consecutive years (1983–1987) and won four Silver Slugger Awards and three Gold Glove Awards (1983–1985). The Tigers retired his No. 1 jersey in August 2022.
Lance Michael Parrish,nicknamed "Big Wheel",is an American former baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 through 1995. Born in Pennsylvania,Parrish grew up in Southern California and excelled in both baseball and football. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1974,and after four years in the minor leagues,he played for the Tigers for a decade from 1977 to 1986. He later played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988),California Angels (1989–1992),Seattle Mariners (1992),Cleveland Indians (1993),Pittsburgh Pirates (1994),and Toronto Blue Jays (1995).
Darrell Wayne Evans is an American former baseball player,coach and manager. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB),beginning his career as a third baseman with the Atlanta Braves,alternating between first and third base with the San Francisco Giants (1976–1983),and playing much of his later career as a first baseman and then a designated hitter for the Detroit Tigers (1984–1988). He won a World Series championship with the Tigers in 1984. Evans had most of his success in the early and late stages of his career. He was a two-time All-Star,first with the Braves in 1973 and then with the Giants in 1983. He led MLB in home runs in 1985 with the Tigers,and walks in 1973 and 1974 with the Braves.
Chester Earl Lemon is a former outfielder. He played sixteen seasons in Major League Baseball,beginning with the Chicago White Sox in 1975,where he played for six years. He was then traded to the Detroit Tigers,where he played the rest of his career from 1982 to 1990.
Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte,Jr.,sometimes known by the nickname "Chi Chi",was a Mexican professional baseball player,who spent the bulk of his Major League career with the Detroit Tigers. Known for his powerful throwing arm,he was one of the great defensive third basemen of his generation. His career range factor of 3.215 per nine innings at third base ranks second in major league history,and his 4,150 assists at the position ranked fifth in major league history at the time of his retirement.
William Joseph Haselman is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 13 seasons between 1990 and 2003. A first-round selection in the 1987 MLB draft,he played for the Texas Rangers,Seattle Mariners,Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He previously was the bullpen coach and first base coach for the Red Sox and the third base coach for the Los Angeles Angels. He has also served as a manager in Minor League Baseball.
Johnny Bilton Wockenfuss,sometimes known by the nicknames "Fuss" and "Johnny B.",was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies. He was known for his strong throwing arm,unorthodox batting stance,and ability to play at multiple positions.
Larry Darnell Herndon,sometimes referred to by the nickname "Hondo",is an American former baseball outfielder and hitting coach. He played in Major League Baseball in 1974 and from 1976 to 1988.
John Frederick Hiller is a Canadian former baseball relief pitcher who played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers between 1965 and 1980. A native of Toronto,he joined the Tigers in 1965 and was a member of the 1968 Detroit Tigers team that won the World Series. He set a major league record by starting a game with six consecutive strikeouts in 1968.
Richard Max Leach is an American former college football player and professional baseball player.
James Arthur Campbell was an American Major League Baseball executive. He worked for the Detroit Tigers for 43 seasons from 1949 to 1992. He was the team's general manager from September 1962 to September 1983,its president from August 1978 to January 1990,and its chairman from January 1990 to August 1992. The Tigers won two World Series championships during Campbell's tenure with the club. He was selected as the Major League Baseball executive of the year in 1968 and was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
James William Nettles is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball,between 1970 and 1981,for the Minnesota Twins,Detroit Tigers,Kansas City Royals and Oakland Athletics. In 1975,he played for the Nankai Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Following his playing career,Nettles managed in the minor leagues from 1983 until 1996. He is the younger brother of Graig Nettles.
The 1990 Seattle Mariners season was the 14th for the Seattle Mariners in Major League Baseball. Under second-year manager Jim Lefebvre,they finished fifth in the American League West at 77–85 (.475). It was the second-best record in the M's history up to that point in time;the win total was one behind the club record set in 1987. The Mariners hit six grand slams,the most in MLB in 1990.
The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses. It was the third AL East division championship in five years for the Red Sox. However,the team was defeated in a four-game sweep by the Oakland Athletics in the ALCS,as had been the case in 1988.
Scott Edward Lusader is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player,who played for the Detroit Tigers from 1987 to 1990,and briefly for the New York Yankees in 1991. Lusader played all three outfield positions in his major league career,but saw the majority of his action as a right fielder.
Thomas James Urbani was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for four seasons. He pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1993 through the 1996 midseason,before joining the Detroit Tigers for the rest of the season. He also pitched in the Italian Baseball League and coached youth baseball after his playing career.
Guillermo "Willie" Hernández Villanueva was a Puerto Rican baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He won both the American League Cy Young Award and the American League Most Valuable Player Award in 1984 after leading the Detroit Tigers to the World Series championship.
