In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, Johnny Sain, as their pitching coach.

Anderson moved on to the young Detroit Tigers after being hired as their new manager on June 14,.

In 1967, the Tigers hired former major league pitcher, Johnny Sain, as their pitching coach.

He was hired by the Detroit Times in 1956 to cover the Detroit Tigers.

After being fired by the Cincinnati Reds in, Sparky Anderson was hired by the Tigers in June, 1979.

When Jim Leyland was hired as manager of the Detroit Tigers, he brought former player McClendon on board as bullpen coach.

On November 9, 2009 the Detroit Tigers hired him as their new first base coach.

In 1965, Osborn was hired as a radio announcer for the Detroit Tigers, working with legendary announcer Ernie Harwell.

In 2000, Garner was hired to manage the Tigers, in their inaugural season at Comerica Park.

For the 2002 season, his first with the Tigers after being hired by owner Mike Ilitch, Dombrowski was to serve as president and chief executive officer of the rebuilding Tigers.

The Leyland era lasted just one year, as a frustrated Leyland retired following the season, not to manage in the majors again until 2006, when he won an AL Pennant with the Detroit Tigers.

It is widely believed that Anderson was pushed into retirement by the Tigers, who were unhappy that Sparky refused to manage replacement players during spring training in 1995.

In 1968, the Tourists won the Southern League championship under manager Sparky Anderson, who went on to manage the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during his 26 years in Major League Baseball.

In addition to Peter Angelos's problems, Detroit Tigers manager Sparky Anderson was put on an involuntary leave of absence as he refused to manage replacement players.

This would be Morten Wieghorst's last trophy with the Wild Tigers, moving on to manage the Danish under 21 national team at the end of the 2010 – 11 campaign.

He took the opportunity to manage Wigan Warriors after not being provided with the finances he claimed were required to take the Tigers onto the next level.

After being considered for the Detroit Tigers ' managerial vacancy that offseason, Peckinpaugh took over as manager of the Kansas City Blues of the Class-AA American Association for the 1934 season.

The Tigers assigned Granderson to the Class-A Advanced Lakeland Tigers in 2003 and the Class-AA Erie Seawolves in 2004.

On January 10, 2007, Torrealba signed with the Detroit Tigers and played for their Double-A affiliate in Erie.

In 2011, representatives from Ottawa posited that the Canadian capital city would gain the Erie SeaWolves after their contracts for Jerry Uht Park and the Detroit Tigers end prior to the 2013 season.

His friends include Paws ( the Detroit Tigers ' official mascot ) as well as three anthropomorphic sausages from an Erie restaurant called Smith's Wieners: Kenny Kielbasa, Herbie Hot Dog, and Santino the Italian Sausage.

Between 2004 and 2007, he alternated between pitching for the Tigers and for the AA Erie Seawolves and AAA Toledo Mud Hens.

In 2004 with Erie, he was named the Tigers " minor league pitcher of the year " and selected to the Eastern League mid-season all-star team.

The seven sports franchises that MBP owns, operates and / or consults with are the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre Yankees, a Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, the Frisco RoughRiders, a Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers ; the Oklahoma RedHawks, A Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros ; the Dayton Dragons, a Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds ; the Hagerstown Suns, a Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals ; the Erie SeaWolves, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and the Staten Island Yankees, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.

After the 1927-28 season, all the players on the Hamilton Tigers were purchased by the new Buffalo Bisons ( a team based in Fort Erie ), and an entirely new team played in Hamilton.

The Tigers moved Martinez to the Double-A Erie SeaWolves in June to make room for Aquilino Lopez, but recalled Martínez to Toledo in July to replace Preston Larrison.

After winning a championship with the Whitecaps, the Tigers promoted Brookens again in 2008, this time to the Erie SeaWolves, their Class AA-Eastern League affiliate.

An additional videoboard was added to Erie Insurance Arena, which backs up to the stadium, that displays scores from other Eastern League games, player statistics, and information about the Detroit Tigers.

Burris is currently a pitching coach in the Detroit Tigers organization with the Erie SeaWolves of the Class AA Eastern League.

" In April 2012, the Tigers extended their Player Development Contract with the SeaWolves through the 2014 season.

After the Maris trade, Lane acquired 25-year old Norm Cash from the White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and then traded him to Detroit before he ever played a game for the Indians ; Cash went on to hit over 350 home runs for the Tigers.

In 1960, Lane made the trade that would define his tenure in Cleveland when he dealt slugging right fielder and fan favorite Rocky Colavito to the Detroit Tigers for Harvey Kuenn just before Opening Day in.

* 2009 – Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en-route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.

Centreman Charlie Backhouse played over 200 games in a 15-year career before the Tigers joined the VFL in 1908.

In 1991, the Tigers finished last in batting average, first in batting strikeouts and near the bottom of the league in most pitching categories, but still led their division in late August before settling for a second-place finish behind the rival Toronto Blue Jays.

* Dothan is home to Gabe Gross, a former QB and baseball All-American for the Auburn Tigers, who also enjoyed a major league career with the Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Oakland Athletics before retiring in 2011.

The Tigers also won a UPI State title in 1967 before Ohio had playoffs.

Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played, however, when Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the Central Bank bombing by the Tamil Tigers in January, citing security concerns.

Schneider also criticises Wittmann's disposition of his forces before the battle by having his Tigers position themselves in a sunken lane with a vehicle with engine trouble at the head of a stationary column thereby hampering mobility of his unit.

* September 24 – 1989 NSWRL season Grand Final: Canberra Raiders 19 – 14 Balmain Tigers at Sydney Football Stadium before 40, 500.

The Tigers played in the " Ohio League " before joining the American Professional Football Association ( later renamed the National Football League in 1922 ) during the 1920 and 1921 seasons.

They first use of the Indians name came in 1921, when the Cleveland Tigers became the " Cleveland Indians " before folding after the 1921 season.

Somewhat fortuitously given the shortage of players, the Hamilton Tigers, who had finished first the season before, had been suspended from the league after they struck for higher pay.

One quarter of the “ Flying Tigers ”, the legendary group of American volunteer airmen who fought the Japanese during the Second World War before the US entered it, came from Taishan.

His debut came on June 18, when he was shelled by the Detroit Tigers, giving up six runs in the first inning and lasting just 3. 2 innings before being pulled.

The Padres won the first NL pennant in its team history, defeating the Cubs in the National League Championship Series before losing the World Series to the Detroit Tigers.

In 2005 / 06, the Tigers finished second to the Sale Sharks in the league before losing to the same team in the Premiership final.

The Tigers reached the 2010 / 11 final for a rematch with Saracens having again topped the table above them despite winning fewer games, however after a nailbiting finish which saw a record breaking 7 minutes overtime played during which the Tigers went through 32 phases camped on the Saracens try line before conceding a penalty which awarded Saracens their revenge for the previous years defeat.

Niekro pitched for the Chicago Cubs, San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers with occasional success before joining Phil with the Atlanta Braves in 1973.

On April 15, 2009, the Tigers paid tribute to Fidrych at Comerica Park with a moment of silence and a video before their game against the Chicago White Sox.

Leyland left the Tigers organization for the first time in 1982 when he became Tony La Russa's third base coach for four seasons ( 1982 – 85 ) with the Chicago White Sox, including the team's 1983 AL West division title, before being named the 33rd manager in Pittsburgh Pirates history on November 20, 1985.

The play sealed the Tigers ' 17 – 15 win over the Buckeyes and Hayes was fired the next day before leaving Jacksonville.

The Whitecaps were affiliated with the Oakland Athletics before they joined the Tigers ' farm system in 1997.

After starting the season with the Tigers, he briefly played for the Oakland Athletics and ended the season with the Toronto Blue Jays, before moving to the Arizona Diamondbacks for the season.