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Where does Cabrera rank among Tiger greats?
Miguel Cabrera has won two batting titles, two home run titles, and two RBI titles in just five seasons as a Tiger. As if to say “How you like me now?” or “See, I told you so,” Miguel Cabrera is off to...
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The Tigers’ all-time nickname team
Richie Hebner earned his nickname due to his deadly off-season occupation. I love the language. I guess that’s only natural for someone who happens to be a writer. For a baseball writer like myself,...
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The greatest right fielders in the history of the Detroit Tigers
Wahoo Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann, and Al Kaline all rank among the greatest right fielders in baseball history, and all three are in the Hall of Fame. When I started this series a few weeks ago by...
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The 1915 Detroit Tigers deserve to be remembered
1915 Detroit Tigers. Back row L to R: Harry Tuthill (trainer), Hooks Dauss, Oscar Stanage, George Burns, Ty Cobb, Harry Coveleskie, Red Oldham, Del Baker, Bernie Boland, Red McKee. Middle row L to R:...
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New book focuses on three of Detroit’s overlooked Baseball Hall of Famers
In Cobb’s Shadow: The Hall of Fame Careers of Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann, and Heinie Manush Some Baseball Hall of Famers receive relatively little attention. Writer and author Dan D’Addona hopes to...
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The 12 best Detroit sports books ever written
There have been many great books written about Detroit sports. Why are there no great basketball books? Why are the best sports books usually about baseball, boxing, and golf? Why did Barry Sanders...
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Money was the reason Crawford didn’t stick around for 3,000 hits
Sam Crawford left the Detroit Tigers in 1917 but he went on to play four more years in California rather than stay in the major leagues to get 3,000 hits. Sam Crawford liked baseball well enough, he...
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Detroit legend Wahoo Sam Crawford deserves to be remembered
Sam Crawford was a Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers from 1903 to 1917 and he still holds the all-time record for triples with 309. Everyone sat there clueless. It was the individual...
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With Trammell’s election, Tigers finally have a complete Hall of Fame lineup
Tiger Hall of Famers: Hank Greenberg, Sam Crawford, Alan Trammell, Ty Cobb, and Al Kaline. The members of the veterans committee for the National Baseball Hall of Fame surprised many people earlier...
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Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford eventually repaired their stormy relationship
Davy Jones, Ty Cobb, and Saw Crawford (L to R) together in New York after Crawford was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957. (Detroit Public Library photo) On August 29, 1905, the...
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