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6 days ago · 1983 – Lou Whitaker: Gold Glove at 2nd base; .320 average; 205 hits; No. 8 in AL MVP voting; 1982 – Lance Parrish: 32 home runs; .529 slugging; No. 13 in AL MVP voting; 1981 – Kirk Gibson: .328 average; No. 12 in AL MVP voting; 1980 – Alan Trammell: Gold Glove at shortstop; .300 average; .376 on base pct.
19 hours ago · In 1984, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker set a record for the longest-running double-play combination in baseball history, a testament to their teamwork and chemistry honed on the field. This incredible duo helped lead the Tigers to a World Series championship that year, capturing the hearts of Detroit fans and further immortalizing ...
19 hours ago · There is nothing dispassionate when it comes to discussing who belongs in the Hall. In Philadelphia, they’re convinced that Dick Allen should be in. for Tigers fans, it’s Lou Whitaker. In Atlanta, Dale Murphy is their cause.
5 days ago · Whitaker was good in the series -- he scored at least once in every game and turned in a .798 OPS -- but Trammell was incredible. He churned out multiple hits in each of the first four games, produced a 1.300 OPS and was named MVP .
3 days ago · Perhaps more important, however, was the talent coming up through the Detroit farm system at the time, as Jack Morris, Lance Parrish, Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker all made their debuts in 1977. Highlighted by Whitaker's Rookie of the Year season, the Tigers would win 86 games in 1978, the only winning campaign under Houk. [215] [216]
1 day ago · On both homers, fittingly, Trammell scored his double-play mate, second baseman Lou Whitaker, who reached on an error in the first and had a single in the third.
3 days ago · Morris, along with catcher Lance Parrish, shortstop Alan Trammell, second baseman Lou Whitaker, outfielder Kirk Gibson, and manager Sparky Anderson, played a notable role in turning the Tigers into a contending team for most of the 1980s.
