Tiger Tales

Tigers star second baseman Lou Whitaker is looking to finally make the Hall of Fame tomorrow.  Photo credit: CooperstownExpert.com Hopefully, this is the last “Lou Whitaker should be in the Hall of Fame” post you will ever see.  Tomorrow, the Tigers long-time second baseman will get another shot at the Hall of Fame when the

It was a lot more fun making projections for the Tigers staff when they had Justin Verlander (Photo credit:GiveMeSport) Now that I have projected the Tigers runs scored total for 2019, the next step is to estimate how many runs they will give up.  Compared to run production, run prevention is more difficult to predict because pitcher’s

The health of first baseman Miguel Cabrera will be a big determinant in how many runs the Tigers score in 2019 (Photo source: Crain’s Detroit Business). It is time for my annual runs scored prediction for the Tigers.  Table 1 below shows that I had been pretty good (lucky?) at projecting the Tigers team run totals

Early 20th Century outfielder Sam Crawford  accumulated 64 WAR in his Tigers career.   (Photo credit: National Baseball Hall of Fame Library) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten right fielders in Tigers history.  Other installments in this series can be found at the following links. Catchers first basemen Second Basemen Shortstops Third Basemen

Legendary center fielder Ty Cobb accumulated 145 WAR in his Tigers career.   (Photo credit: Britannica.com) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten center fielders in Tigers history.  Other installments in this series can be found at the following links. Catchers first basemen Second Basemen Shortstops Third Basemen Left Fielders In the previous articles,

Left fielder Bobby Veach with Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford made up one of best outfields ever. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten left fielders in Tigers history.  Other installments in this series can be found at the following links. Catchers first basemen Second Basemen

Edit: The Adjusted Batting Average formula and numbers have been changed since this was originally published.  The final ranking of players is unaffected. Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg accumulated 54 WAR as a Tiger (Photo credit: Society for American Baseball Research) Today, I am presenting the list of top ten first basemen in Tigers