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Name Years George Vanderbeck: 1894–1900 James D. Burns: 1901 Samuel F. Angus: 1902–1903 William H. Yawkey: 1904–1907 Frank Navin: 1908–1935 Walter Briggs, Sr.
Mike Ilitch, the Tigers owner since 1992, died at the age of 87 on February 10, 2017. [471] The team remains in an Ilitch family trust, under the leadership of Mike's son, Christopher Ilitch. [472] [473] Like the Detroit Red Wings, the Tigers honored their owner in multiple ways, the most prominent being a "Mr. I" uniform patch.
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division . One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894 and is the only Western ...
Ilitch purchased the Detroit Tigers in 1992 from fellow pizza magnate Tom Monaghan, the founder of Domino's Pizza. [30] Under his ownership, the Tigers logged losing records in twelve out of thirteen seasons before their turnaround in 2006. [31] After acquiring the team, Ilitch expressed interest in moving the struggling team to a new ballpark.
Pages in category "Detroit Tigers owners" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Briggs was born on February 27, 1877, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to Rodney D. Briggs and Ada Warner. [2] He followed the Detroit Tigers from the time he was young. In his early youth he worked at the Michigan Central Railroad and later opened Briggs Manufacturing Company in 1908, which specialized in the manufacturing of automobile bodies for the auto industry and later diversified into plumbing ...
Francis Joseph Navin (April 18, 1871 – November 13, 1935) was an American businessman and baseball executive who was the president of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He was part-owner from 1908 to 1919, and principal owner from 1919 to 1935.
He also owned the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 to 1992. Monaghan is a devout Catholic and announced his retirement in 1998 after 38 years with Domino's Pizza, Inc. Monaghan sold 93 percent of the company to Bain Capital for around $1 billion, ceased being involved in day-to-day operations of the company, and ...