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Bless You Boys. Bless You Boys: Diary of the Detroit Tigers' 1984 Season is a book written in 1984 by Sparky Anderson with Dan Ewald. [1] The phrase "Bless You Boys" was the catchphrase adopted by Detroit sportscaster Al Ackerman for the 1984 Detroit Tigers team that started the year with a 35–5 start. [2]
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member 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 ...
The history of the Detroit Tigers, a professional baseball franchise based in Detroit, Michigan, dates back to 1894 when they were a member of the minor league Western League. Becoming a charter member of the American League in 1901, they are the oldest continuous one name, one city franchise in the league.
The 1984 Detroit Tigerswon the 1984 World Series, defeating the San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1. The season was their 84th since they entered the American Leaguein 1901. It was the franchise's best season in terms of overall wins (104) and their best win percentage (.642) in a 162-game season. The Tigers led the American League Eastwire-to-wire ...
The Tigers took the series in a three-game sweep to advance to the 1984 World Series against the San Diego Padres; the Royals never held a lead in any inning of the series. The sixteenth edition of the ALCS , it was the last to be played as a best-of-five, as both the American League and National League would change their League Championship ...
Home runs allowed: 42 Denny McLain (1966) Walks allowed: 158 Joe Coleman (1974) Hits allowed: 346 George Mullin (1907) Strikeout to walk: 4.46 Justin Verlander (2016) Losses: 23 George Mullin (1904) Earned runs allowed: 142 Mickey Lolich (1974) Wild pitches: 24 Jack Morris (1987) Hit batters: 23 Howard Ehmke (1922) Batters faced: 1,597 George ...
The 1987 Detroit Tigers season saw the Tigers make a startling late-season comeback to win the American League East on the season's final day. The Tigers finished with a Major League-best record of 98–64, two games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays. Detroit lost the ALCS to the Minnesota Twins in 5 games. This would be the last time the Tigers ...
Regular season. The 1946 Tigers were led by first baseman Hank Greenberg who led the AL with 127 RBIs and led the major leagues with 44 home runs, and by Hal Newhouser who led the major leagues with 26 wins, a 1.94 ERA, an Adjusted ERA+ of 188, and 8.46 strikeouts per nine innings pitched.