oblong Posted Monday at 11:29 AM Posted Monday at 11:29 AM Brian Moehler. A "not that bad" pitcher on some very bad teams. He hung around the league until 2010? Wow. Made $16M in career earnings. Quote
Tiger337 Posted Tuesday at 03:34 AM Posted Tuesday at 03:34 AM JD Martinez - 147 OPS+ is 4th best in Tigers history behind Cobb (171), Greenberg (161), Heilmann (149) 2 Quote
oblong Posted Tuesday at 11:40 AM Posted Tuesday at 11:40 AM If you had to pick the best Tiger moment from 2016-2020.... it would be his HR off Chris Sale. 2 Quote
Edman85 Posted Tuesday at 11:47 AM Posted Tuesday at 11:47 AM Darrell Evans Bill Freehan Milt Wilcox Tony Phillips 2 Quote
chasfh Posted Tuesday at 12:42 PM Posted Tuesday at 12:42 PM 9 hours ago, Tiger337 said: JD Martinez - 147 OPS+ is 4th best in Tigers history behind Cobb (171), Greenberg (161), Heilmann (149) Mickey Tettleton is also way up there at 135, tied with Roy Cullenbine, who was Mr. OBP before anyone thought that was even a thing. 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted Tuesday at 01:22 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:22 PM Tettleton and Phillips are good choices. They would have been appreciated more today, but they had skills which weren't recognized so much at the time. They were better players than the more popular Cecil Fielder. Fielder's first year with the Tigers was magical, but after that, he was in the words of Bill James "a big fat guy who hit home runs and struck out a lot." 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted Tuesday at 01:25 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:25 PM 1 hour ago, oblong said: If you had to pick the best Tiger moment from 2016-2020.... it would be his HR off Chris Sale. The pinch hit HR coming back from injury? I agree, that was electric. 1 Quote
Tigermojo Posted Tuesday at 01:29 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:29 PM 6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: Tettleton and Phillips are good choices. They would have been appreciated more today, but they had skills which weren't recognized so much at the time. They were better players than the more popular Cecil Fielder. Fielder's first year with the Tigers was magical, but after that, he was in the words of Bill James "a big fat guy who hit home runs and struck out a lot." Unique batting stances rule! Quote
roarintiger1 Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:13 PM Ray Oyler is one of my picks. Without him and his weak bat, the Tigers would've never tried the experiment of moving Mickey Stanley from centerfield to shortstop in the 1968 World Series. And as I recall, that worked out pretty well. My other pick is Eddie Brinkman. Steady Eddie was a great defensive shortstop for many years. Quote
Tenacious D Posted Tuesday at 08:05 PM Posted Tuesday at 08:05 PM 7 hours ago, chasfh said: Mickey Tettleton is also way up there at 135, tied with Roy Cullenbine, who was Mr. OBP before anyone thought that was even a thing. The Mick was at the Troy Sports Card show last month. Here he is with Henneman Quote
Tiger337 Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM Posted Tuesday at 09:31 PM (edited) 1 hour ago, Tenacious D said: The Mick was at the Troy Sports Card show last month. Here he is with Henneman Looks really excited about being there. I wouldn't have recognized Henneman if you hadn't mentioned it. Now, I see the chin. Edited Tuesday at 09:34 PM by Tiger337 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted Wednesday at 01:41 AM Posted Wednesday at 01:41 AM One of my favorite Tiger player from my youth just passed away not too long ago. He was underappreciated...Tom Timmermann. Quote
Screwball Posted Wednesday at 02:58 AM Posted Wednesday at 02:58 AM I was always a Jim Northrup fan. Quote
Cruzer1 Posted Wednesday at 04:01 AM Posted Wednesday at 04:01 AM 50 minutes ago, Hongbit said: I named my son after him. 1 Quote
Tenacious D Posted Wednesday at 05:02 AM Posted Wednesday at 05:02 AM 3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: One of my favorite Tiger player from my youth just passed away not too long ago. He was underappreciated...Tom Timmermann. Tom was also a CPA and would help assist teammates with their tax forms between innings. 1 Quote
chasfh Posted Wednesday at 12:54 PM Posted Wednesday at 12:54 PM Talk about under appreciated: this guy had his best ever season the partial year he was with us. 1 Quote
oblong Posted Wednesday at 01:29 PM Posted Wednesday at 01:29 PM not under appreciated... but forgotten Tigers is how I classify him. Just last week I was like "Oh yeah... he was here" Quote
Tigermojo Posted Wednesday at 02:05 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:05 PM 1 hour ago, chasfh said: Talk about under appreciated: this guy had his best ever season the partial year he was with us. "Yoenis Céspedes's career ended in a bizarre and abrupt manner, primarily due to a combination of injuries and his decision to opt out of the 2020 season with the Mets. His final professional game was on August 1, 2020, after which he opted out of the remainder of the season due to COVID-related concerns and personal issues. Prior to this, he missed the entire 2019 season recovering from multiple ankle fractures sustained in an incident with a WILD BOAR on his ranch." Quote
chasfh Posted Wednesday at 02:17 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:17 PM I do think he was legitimately underappreciated because, through the deadline, he had the highest WAR on the team, even higher than Miggy and Kinsler. But even coming into the team, he was prone to, shall we say, grabbing the spotlight in sometimes unflattering ways, and midwesterners generally don't appreciate players like that, even if they're really good. Quote
Edman85 Posted Wednesday at 02:27 PM Posted Wednesday at 02:27 PM Carlos Guillen was the best player on the 2006 team. Jeremy Bonderman was the best pitcher. Quote
IdahoBert Posted Wednesday at 03:51 PM Posted Wednesday at 03:51 PM He was an exciting player to watch. Had to set the way back machine to find this graphic I assembled in 2015 then stored in my Dropbox account for which I have not paid nor added anything to in eight years. I struggled to get Pixomatic Pro to let me put an accent over the first E in his name and finally gave up. Quote
buddha Posted Wednesday at 06:10 PM Posted Wednesday at 06:10 PM bobby veach donnie bush hooks dauss rudy york Quote
Tiger337 Posted Wednesday at 06:11 PM Posted Wednesday at 06:11 PM 1 minute ago, buddha said: bobby veach donnie bush hooks dauss rudy york You had to see them play to really appreciate them. I'm glad somebody here did. 1 Quote
Tenacious D Posted Wednesday at 07:46 PM Posted Wednesday at 07:46 PM Champ Summers John Wockenfuss Milt Wilcox Andy Dirks Quote
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