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The 1960 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers' sixth-place finish in the American League with a 71–83 record, 26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees .
The 1960s brought some needed sparkplug players such as Norm Cash, Willie Horton, Mickey Lolich and Denny McLain. The Tigers won 101 games in 1961 but fell short of the pennant by eight games. Six years later, they finished one game short of the Boston Red Sox for the pennant after losing the last game of the year.
This is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Detroit Tigers, with their main position and years played. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians play the longest season opener in major-league history, a 15-inning affair won by the Tigers 4–2 at Cleveland Stadium. April 29 – At home, the St. Louis Cardinals crush the Chicago Cubs, 16–6.
July 19, 1960, for the Detroit Tigers: Last MLB appearance; July 15, 1972, for the Chicago White Sox: MLB statistics; Win–loss record: 96–81: Earned run average: 3.84: Strikeouts: 743: Saves: 92: Managerial record: 71–73: Winning %.493: Stats at Baseball Reference Managerial record at Baseball Reference Teams; As player. Detroit Tigers ...
On May 9, 1955, Maxwell was acquired from Baltimore by the Detroit Tigers for the waiver price of $10,000. [20] During the 1955 season, he was the Tigers' backup left fielder behind Jim Delsing. [14] Maxwell appeared in 55 games for the 1955 Tigers, 23 of them as the team's starting left fielder. [1]
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division . One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western ...
Osvaldo José Virgil Pichardo (May 17, 1932 – September 29, 2024) was a Dominican professional baseball player and coach. He was the first person from the Dominican Republic to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in 324 MLB games between 1956 and 1969 as a utility player for the New York / San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and the ...