Category: Tigers

GTS-1906 Chicago Cubs at 1984 Detroit Tigers

Mordecai Brown

  • 1906 Chicago Cubs-4
  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-1

The Cubbies finally break through with a win as “Three Finger” Mordecai Brown tosses a complete game only surrendering 5 hits without an earned run against the ’84 Tigers. Detroit grabbed their only run of the game in the bottom of the second on an error by Solly Hoffman, and it was not until the top of the 6th that Chicago tied it up with a Johnny Kling single to left that scored Jimmy Sheckard. The Cubs grabbed the victory in the top of the final frame when a walk, a hit batsman, 2 singles, and a double saw 3 runs score. Chicago wins on the road with 4 runs on 8 hits and 3 errors. Detroit, at home, loses with 1 run on 5 hits and 1 error. Mordecai grabs the game ball with “Three Fingers.”

Game Notes

  • Date Played: 1 Nov 2018
  • Venue: Soothing Meadows
  • Game Duration: Unknown
  • 2B: Jimmy Sheckard, Johnny Evers, Harry Steinfeldt
  • 3B: None
  • HR: None
  • TB: Jimmy Sheckard (3), Harry Steinfeldt (2), Johnny Kling (2), Johnny Evers (2), Lance Parrish (2), Solly Hoffman, Jimmy Slagle, Kirk Gibson, Howard Johnson, Lou Whittaker
  • SH: None
  • SF: None
  • IBB: None
  • HBP: Harry Steinfeldt
  • With RISP: Chicago 4-7, Detroit 1-4
  • GIDP: Chet Lemon, Lou Whittaker
  • RBI: Johnny Evers (2), Solly Hoffman, Johnny Kling
  • Team LOB: Chicago-7, Detroit-5
  • E: Harry Steinfeldt, Solly Hoffman, Johnny Evers, Alan Trammell
  • DP: Hoffman-Evers-Chance, Hoffman-Evers-Chance
  • Outfield Assists: None
  • PB: None
  • SB: Jimmy Sheckard, Jimmy Slagle
  • CS: Kirk Gibson
  • Picked Off: None
  • Win: Moredecai Brown
  • Loss: Juan Berenguer
  • Save: None
  • Balks: Mordecai Brown
  • WP: None
  • HBP: Juan Berenguer
  • IBB: None
  • Pickoffs: None
  • Additonal Notes: None

GTS-1946 Boston Red Sox at 1984 Detroit Tigers

Kirk Gibson

  • 1946 Boston Red Sox-8
  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-9

Detroit looked on the road to ruin as they went down 5-0 until the bottom of the 4th when they came alive with 5 runs to tie things up. The first 5 runs for the Sox were scored by Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Rudy York and Hal Wagner. For the Tigers, their 5 came from Kirk Gibson, Chet Lemon, Darrell Evans, Lou Whitaker, and Larry Herndon. In the 6th, a triple by Kirk Gibson and an error by Pinky Higgins of the Red Sox gave the Tigers a 2 runs lead, but Boston came back with 3 in the top of the 7th courtesy of 4 singles and a triple from George Metkovich after Dom DiMaggio was ejected from the game in the previous inning. The Tigers grabbed the last 2 runs of the game in the bottom of the 7th and 8th to go up 9-8 and stay there. Kirk Gibson had a stellar day going 3 for 5 with 5 RBI’s thanks to a triple and a homer in the 4th. Boston loses with 8 runs on 15 hits and 2 errors. The Tigers take the hard fought victory with 9 runs on 12 hits without any errors.

Game Notes

  • Date Played: 4 July 2017
  • Venue: Soothing Meadows
  • Game Duration: Unknown
  • 2B: Hal Wagner, Wally Moses, Chet Lemon, Lance Parrish, Dave Bergman
  • 3B: Leon Culberson, Rudy York, George Metkovich, Kirk Gibson
  • HR: Kirk Gibson, Darrell Evans
  • TB: Kirk Gibson (8), Rudy York (5), Chet Lemon (5), Leon Culberson (4), George Metkovich (4), Darrell Evans (4), Johnny Pesky (2), Ted Williams (2), Wally Moses (2), Lance Parrish (2), Dave Bergman, Dom DiMaggio, Pinky Higgins, Lou Whittaker, Larry Herndon
  • SH: None
  • SF: None
  • IBB: None
  • HBP: Larry Herndon
  • With RISP: Boston 6-11, Detroit 4-10
  • GIDP: Rudy York,
  • RBI: Kirk Gibson (5), Rudy York (3), Johnny Pesky (2), Darrell Evans (2), George Metkovich, Leon Culberson, Lance Parrish, Dave Bergman
  • Team LOB: Boston-9, Detroit-9
  • E: Pinky Higgins (2)
  • DP: Johnson-Whittaker-Bergman
  • Outfield Assists: None
  • PB: None
  • SB: None
  • CS: None
  • Picked Off: None
  • Win: Doug Bair
  • Loss: Earl Johnson
  • Save: Willie Hernandez
  • Balks: None
  • WP: None
  • HBP: Mickey Harris
  • IBB: None
  • Pickoffs: None
  • Additonal Notes: Dom DiMaggio ejected from the game in the 6th inning.

GTS-1976 Philadelphia Phillies at 1984 Detroit Tigers

Tom Underwood

  • 1976 Philadelphia Phillies-3
  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-2

Both teams started out slow. The Tigers struck first in the bottom of the 5th inning when a bases loaded situation saw a run score because of a Mike Schmidt error. In the top of the 6th the Phillies came back however thanks to an error on Howard Johnson that started a run that saw the Phillies plate Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, and Jay Johnstone for a 3-1 lead. The Tigers added another run in the bottom of the 7th when an error on Dick Allen scored Larry Herndon. Tom Underwood’s day was finished after he closed out that inning and he earns player of the game honor after throwing 7 innings with 2 unearned runs, 5 hits, 6 strikeouts, and 5 walks. Wayne Twitchell earned the save in the 9th to give the Phillies the win with 3 runs on 8 hits and 3 errors. The Tigers drop another one with 2 runs on 6 hits with 1 error.

Game Notes

  • Date Played: 15 Nov 2016
  • Venue: Soothing Meadows
  • Game Duration: Unknown
  • 2B: Bob Boone, Larry Herndon
  • 3B: None
  • HR: None
  • TB: Larry Herndon (4), Greg Luzinski (2), Terry Harmon (2), Bob Boone (2), Dave Bergman (2), Larry Bowa, Jay Johnstone, Dave Cash, Alan Trammel,
  • SH: None
  • SF: None
  • IBB: None
  • HBP: None
  • With RISP: Philadelphia 3-8, Detroit 2-7
  • GIDP: Howard Johnson (2), Lance Parrish,
  • RBI: Jay Johnstone, Terry Harmon, Dave Cash, Alan Trammel, Howard Johnson
  • R: Larry Herndon (2), Larry Bowa, Greg Luzinski, Jay Johnstone,
  • Team LOB: Philadelphia-9, Detroit-9
  • E: Mike Schmidt (2), Greg Luzinski, Howard Johnson
  • DP: Underwood-Cash-Allen, Allen-Bowa, Allen-Bowa
  • Outfield Assists: None
  • PB: Lance Parrish
  • SB: Larry Bowa
  • CS: None
  • Picked Off: None
  • Win: Tom Underwood
  • Loss: Milt Wilcox
  • Save: Wayne Twitchell
  • Balks: None
  • WP: None
  • HBP: None
  • IBB: None
  • Pickoffs: None
  • Additonal Notes: None

1984 Detroit Tigers

tigers generic

The 1984 Detroit Tigers enter the Great Teams Season having gone wire to wire; starting out 9-0, going 35-5, and finishing the season 104-58 boasting the best record in the franchise’s history. Behind Cy Young and AL MVP award winning relief pitcher Willie Hernandez, the 1984 Tigers went 7-1 in the playoffs winning the championship and look forward to proving their dominance against the greatest teams in history.

Starters: 

  • C: Lance Parrish
  • 1B: Dave Bergman
  • 2B: Lou Whittaker
  • SS: Alan Trammell
  • 3B: Howard Johnson
  • OF: Larry Herndon
  • OF: Chet Lemon
  • OF: Kirk Gibson

4 Man Starting Rotation

  • Jack Morris
  • Dan Petry
  • Milt Wilcox
  • Juan Berenguer

GTS-1902 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1984 Detroit Tigers

Jesse Tannehill

  • 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates-1
  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-0

In the first game of Interleague play, the Tigers hosted the 1902 Pirates and both pitchers dominated. The Pirates ace Jesse Tannehill pitched a complete game shutout holding the Tigers to a mere 6 hits while Detroit’s Milt Wilcox tossed a solid 9 innings and only surrendered a lone run on a Ginger Beaumont single to center that scored Wid Conroy in the 3rd.  The Tigers lose their third game by a single run and their fourth game overall dropping them to a record of 2-4 and 13th place in the standings.  The 1902 Pirates scored a single run on 7 hits and no errors while the 1984 Tigers put up a goose egg on 6 hits and no errors.  Jesse Tannehill is named player of the game going 9 innings with 8 strikeouts and 1 walk.  The 1984 Tigers head to St. Louis to take on the 1942 Cardinals in round 6.

Notes:

GTS-1984 Detroit Tigers 5 Round Recap

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With the exception of one game, the 1984 Detroit Tigers have won or lost all of their games by the slimmest of margins, 1 run. With a 5-4 win over the Yankess and a 9-8 defeat of the 1946 Red Sox, the Tigers have done exactly what was necessary to earn the W, but with a 4-3 loss in Baltimore, and a 3-2 defeat at home against the bicentennial Phillies, Detroit has come up just short of the win.  The outlier here would be their round 4 stunning defeat at the hands of the 1906 Cubs, 4-1, that has placed them into a lowly position of 12th place.  Lance Parrish, Dave Bergman, and Chet Lemon are all batting .300 or over, but the team has, as a whole, found it difficult to do everything necessary to make winning consistent.  Only the future knows if they can make a consistent habit of winning games as they have a tough schedule in their next 3 games against the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, the 4 and 1 1942 Cardinals, and the ’01 Mariners.

GTS-1984 Detroit Tigers at 1969 Baltimore Orioles

Boog Powell

  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-3
  • 1969 Baltimore Orioles-4

With both teams heading into their second game of the season at 1 and 0, the Tigers and Orioles each gave a superb single inning of offensive prowess. In the top of the 1st, the Tigers took an early lead with 3 runs on 5 consecutive hits including a double by Chet Lemon. On the other hand, the Orioles got on the board in the 6th, scoring 4 runs on back to back bombs: a 3 run shot by Boog Powell and a solo knock from Chico Salmon. Neither team was able to score outside of the 1st and 6th innings, and the 1969 Baltimore Orioles came out with a 4 to 3 win. Despite only being able to get one hit, it was a big one and Boog Powell gets player of the game honors, his second in two games played thus far in the season. The 1984 Tigers got their 3 runs on 8 hits with 1 error defensively. The Orioles got their 4 runs on 8 hits with 1 error as well.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 16 Apr 2014.

GTS-1961 New York Yankees at 1984 Detroit Tigers

Lance Parrish

  • 1961 New York Yankees-4
  • 1984 Detroit Tigers-5

The Bronx Bombers took a quick 3 to nothing lead in the top of the 2nd from a Bill Skowron homer, but the Tigers battled back with single runs in the 3rd and 4th before taking the lead on a 2 run homer by Lance Parrish in the bottom of the 6th.  The Yankees, not willing to be out done, tied it in the top of the following inning before dropping the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning.  The Tigers begin their season victorious with 5 runs on 8 hits and an error.  The 1961 Yankees, playoff favorites to begin the season, drop their first game with 4 runs on 10 hits and 1 error.  Lance Parrish takes player of the game honor going 3 for 4 with a run scored, a home run and driving in 4 of the Tigers 5 runs.

Notes: Played at Red Canyon on 3 Apr 2014. Game 1 of my Great Teams Season.