Al Kaline 12/19/1934 - 04/06/2020 RIP#6

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. TIGER!

He is simply “Mr. Tiger”. Today would have been Al Kaline’s 91st birthday. To celebrate one of the greatest Tigers ever both on and off the field, we’re opening up the blog …

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. TIGER!
Totally Tigers


He is simply “Mr. Tiger”.
Today would have been Al Kaline’s 91st birthday. To celebrate one of the greatest Tigers ever both on and off the field, we’re opening up the blog for fans to share their favorite stories, memories and on-the-field performance moments of him.
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” – Thomas Campbell

 

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Al Kaline: The 18-time All-Star is pretty underrated despite being a slam dunk HOF’er;
Most people don’t realize that he’s 1 of 3 players EVER with 450 Rbat, 30 Rbaser, and 150 Rfield:

Al Kaline
Willie Mays
Barry Bonds

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The Heart of the lineup for the 1961 Detroit Tigers. Al Kaline, Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash. These three combined for 115 home runs, 357 RBIs, and a .298 average. The Tigers team led the American League with 841 runs scored. The Tigers were 101-61, but finished well behind the 109-win Yankees.

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Two great gentlemen of the game Al Kaline and Brooks Robinson, 1974. Photo by J. D. McCarthy. Both players spent their entire Major League Baseball careers with a single team: Kaline with the Detroit Tigers and Robinson with the Baltimore Orioles.
Kaline was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1980; Robinson was inducted in 1983.

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Al Kaline Reveals the 7 Toughest Pitchers He Ever Faced. 18 minutes.

 

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Al Kaline takes batting practice prior to the annual Hall of Fame Game in 1956 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY ... 24 years later he would return to Cooperstown - this time as a Hall of Fame inductee!

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Al Kaline and Roger Maris talk before a 1962 Tiger-Yankee Spring Training game. in Lakeland, Florida. The tractor Kaline is perched on was used by the ground crew to haul away the batting cage after practice.

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Al Kaline drives a ball during Game 6 of the 1968 World Series. Kaline hit .379 with two home runs and eight runs batted in in the Series.

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At 85, Al Kaline Finally Revealed the 5 People He Hated the Most. 18 minutes.

 

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Norm Cash and Al Kaline during BP at Tiger Stadium 1960.

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Al Kaline, 1963. He hit .312 with 27 home runs, 101 RBIs, and won his sixth Gold Glove Award in right field.
Al finished 2nd in the MVP balloting to Ellie Howard, 2nd to yaz for the batting title, and won the Sporting News American League Player of the year award.

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Al Kaline,Ted Williams and Harvey Kuenn. All 3 finished their 15+ season careers with an average over .300 and a combined 5,753 hits.

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Al Kaline connects during a 1962 Yankees-Tigers game. Kaline's .313 against the Yankees was his highest against any team.

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A 20-year-old Al Kaline celebrates his 200 hit season in 1955. Oh ya, he also hit .340 that year to become the youngest player to ever win a batting title. That record has yet to be broken, and led the American League in Total Bases 321.

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Al Kaline at the 1959 All Star Game at Forbes Field, 1959. Photo by Hy Peskin.
Kaline went on to lead the league in OPS that season at .940 and Slugging .530 and IBB 12.

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Al Kaline and Willie Horton. The two are top 5 in Tigers history in home runs.
1. Al Kaline - 399
5. Willie Horton - 262

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Al Kaline, Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash, 1961. After being traded from Cleveland, Colavito helped the Tigers win 101 games, which was not enough to win the pennant.

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FOCO comes out with new Al Kaline bobbleheads, own the Tigers’ legend memorabilia.
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"Kaline's Corner"Briggs Stadium had box seats in RF that jutted out into the field.
Al Kaline had banged into those seats during 1954 season. In order to protect his investment, Owner Walter Briggs oversees removal of seats in RF 1954. Any other time ball park is modified for a player?

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Tiger Manager Billy Martin and Al Kaline at Spring Training. Martin and Kaline were teammates in 1958, Martin was his manager from 1971-73.

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