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The 1968 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 68th season and the 57th season at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers won the 1968 World Series , defeating the St. Louis Cardinals four games to three. The 1968 baseball season, known as the "Year of the Pitcher," was the Detroit Tigers ' 68th since they entered the American League in 1901, their eighth ...
William Ashley Freehan (November 29, 1941 – August 19, 2021) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire 15-year career with the Detroit Tigers. The premier catcher in the American League for several years from the 1960s into the early 1970s, he was named an All-Star in 11 seasons, the most All-Star seasons for a ...
The 1968 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1968 season. The 65th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers and the National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) St. Louis Cardinals .
The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that former utility infielder Tom Matchick, a 1968 World Series champion, has died. He was 78.
This is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared at least in one game for the Detroit Tigers, with their main position and years played. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
After the Tigers had clinched the 1968 American League pennant, McLain attracted attention during his 31st and final regular season victory in a game against the Yankees on September 19. [4] McLain had grown up idolizing New York Yankee center fielder Mickey Mantle , who entered the game tied with Jimmie Foxx for third place in the major-league ...
The 1968 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 10 to October 10, 1968. It was the final year of baseball's pre-expansion era, in which the teams that finished in first place in each league went directly to the World Series to face each other for the "World Championship."
Detroit Tigers pitcher Tyler Holton (87) delivers a pitch against Cleveland Guardians during the first inning of Game 1 of ALDS at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.