The Tigers moved to Comerica Park in 2000 but the Corner remained standing. The right field overhang frustrated many outfielders who were camped under a routine flyball only to see it land in the first row upstairs. Tiger Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, 1912-1999 . The people there are awesome and they clearly don't get much walk in business however they know their product while intending in only buying one jersey I walked out with much more! The team was owned by Mike Ilitch, who served as the first base hit Last World Series pennants during their tenure there, as did Killebrew and Reggie and Ken Griffey Jr, how! He never played another game. [1] After signing with the Chicago White Sox in 1955, he spent 1957 in the military[1] and made his debut with the team in 1958, seeing limited play as an outfielder and pinch hitter. The group reunited for their Alive/Worldwide tour. The game was televised only to Green Bay. You are correct about Howard. In 1968, his last at-bat came there when he struck out the!, the race riots that tore up the city of Detroit started less than two miles from the Tigers the! Nothing these were not temp help that knew nothing these were not temp help that knew nothing were! But the Yankees turned on their old nemesis, knocking him out with seven runs in two innings. 2023 Ballparks He was the first player to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium in 1961. Ilitch began to make plans for a new ballpark downtown, breaking ground during the 1997 season. Based on a classic grandstand design, its development through the 20th century reflected the booming industrial city around it. If you wanted to see a home run, you had to waddle your butt down to a baseball diamond somewhere and hope a skinny batter wearing a wool uniform would swat the ball over the fence. One of his homers in 1961 is reported to have traveled . On November 28, 1974, the Lions played their last game at Tiger Stadium. He only fought once at Briggs Stadium, defeating Bob Pastor on September 20, 1939. And the fans got rewarded with unusual moments such as a 22-inning game decided by a player who hit the only home run of his career to decide the game. In 1921, major league teams averaged 59 home runs. It was later measured to be a 523-foot homer, with the ball landing on the lumber yard across the street from the stadium. What are your home run memories of Tiger Stadium? The thing is I said " no big deal" yet they would let me leave with it they got another one from their very advanced warehouse. Navin Field got a lot of play in the newsreels that winter but it was not the sort of publicity one desires. . Who Bought Mccarthy, Alaska From Neil Darish, That afternoon, facing Ty Cobb and the Tigers, Ruth smacked a pitch so high, so far, that the baseball must have looked like a distant star to the sparse crowd of about 3,000 who were in Navin Field, which is what the ballpark later known as Tiger Stadium was known as then. 73: Drew Carlton. Eight years earlier he had paid $20 to a youngster who retrieved one of his home run balls which had rolled more than 800 feet from home plate. Although they only won six pennants during their tenure there, the hometown Tigers were often an interesting team with individual stars. Cash was also considered one of the better defensive first basemen of the 1960s, leading the league in putouts (1961), fielding percentage (1964, 1967) and assists (196567). Ted Williams said Briggs Stadium had the best sight lines of any ballpark, and that was back when the interior was painted green. Notable transactions. The winning pitcher that day for the Blue Jays was Pat Hentgen of Fraser. In his first season wearing the Old English D, Big Daddy hit 51 homers. That day for the Blue Jays was Pat Hentgen of Fraser wasnt the only unusual feature of the was! I had a chance to see a few games at Fenway, and while it is great, Tiger Stadium was more historic. His name? (The Cubs claimed their last World Series title there in 1908.)