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Detroit Tigers

The Detroit Tigers were founded in 1901. The Tigers have played for 11 Pennants, participated in 16 playoff series, and in 4 World Series. So far there are 24 players that have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 2 in honor of Charlie Gehringer.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 3 in honor of Alan Trammell.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 5 in honor of Hank Greenberg.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 6 in honor of Al Kaline.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 11 in honor of Sparky Anderson.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 16 in honor of Hal Newhouser.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 23 in honor of Willie Horton.
  • The Tigers retired the jersey number 47 in honor of Jack Morris.
  • All MLB retired the jersey number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.

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Kirk Gibson

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Kirk Gibson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com — www.baseball-reference.com

Gibson was a World Series hero, 2x World Series, Silver Slugger, ALCS MVP, Mgr of the year, wore Number 23, Number 30, and Number 25
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2024-05-20

May 20 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 6 - 5 - 32 May 20, 1941 - Chicago White Sox, Taft Wright, Number 6 set an AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games...

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2024-05-19

May 19 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 8 - 6 - 30 May 19, 1942 - Boston Braves outfielder Paul Waner, Number 8 became the third player in NL history at the tim...

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2024-05-18

May 18 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 3 - 7 - 16 May 18, 1897 - Early MLB star of the New York Giants, Bill Joyce established a record of 4 triples in 1 ...

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2024-05-17

May 17 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 44 - 36 May 17, 1925 - Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker reached his 3,000th hit in his MLB career. In 1...

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2024-05-16

May 16 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 5 - 9 - 22 May 16, 1927 - New York Yankee outfielder, Bob Meusel, wearing Number 5 stole 2nd base, 3rd base and&nbs...

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2024-05-15

May 15 Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. May 15, 1912 - Detroit Tigers star slugger Ty Cobb,  let's an obnoxious fan get to him and the player leaped the rail...

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