Curtis Granderson is now officially a New York Yankee. More importantly, he is now an ex-Tiger. Granderson came up through the ranks in Detroit and debuted way back in 2004 and has been a fixture in center field since that magical 2006 season.
Now that he’s gone, where does Granderson rank in team history? His time [...]
Year: 1906
Record: 71-78
Win %: .477
Win % Change: -39
Run Differential: -81
Pythagorean Record: 65-84
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: Bill Armour
Best Transaction: Purchased several good players including, Davy Jones, Ed Siever, and Ed Willett. Willett and Siever ended up being pretty decent starting pitchers while Jones was a valuable player off of the bench. Nothing too impressive here, [...]
Year: 1913
Record: 66-87
Win %: .431
Win % Change: -20
Run Differential: -92
Pythagorean Record: 67-86
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: Drafted Harry Heilmann. Heilmann was a real steal in the Rule 5 draft. Heilmann had run out of time with Portland of the Northwestern League so the Tigers gave the guy shot. Heilmann responded with a [...]
Year: 1904
Record: 62-90
Win %: .408
Win % Change: -70 from the year before
Run Differential: -122
Pythagorean Record: 61-91
AL Finish: 7th of 8
Manager: Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
Best Transaction: Traded Billy Lush to the Cleveland Naps for Ed Killian. This trade took place the January before the 1904 season and it appears to have played out in the [...]
Year: 1912
Record: 69-84
Win %: .451
Win % Change: -127
Run Differential: -55
Pythagorean Record: 71-82
AL Finish: 6th of 8
Manager: Hughie Jennings
Best Transaction: There are two here and they are huge. In August of 1912 the Tigers purchased two contracts (basically free agents) from lesser leagues. They signed both Hooks Dauss and Bobby Veach. Veach is one of the [...]
Big news this week as Spot Starters favorite, Derek Jeter, tied Lou Gehrig for the most hits ever in a Yankees uniform with 2,721 hits. That’s an impressive total and Jeter and Gehrig each had phenomenal careers. Gehrig is in the Hall of Fame and Jeter is as close to a HoF lock as you [...]
Rank: 6
Name: Samuel Earl Crawford
Position: Outfield
Tigers Tenure: 1903-1917
Awards: Received MVP Votes 4 times, Baseball Hall of Fame (1957)
Best Season: 1911. In every season he played with the Tigers (excluding the last one), Crawford had an OPS+ of at least 114, so there were plenty of good seasons to chose from. In 1911, Crawford hit a [...]