FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Now there was a HOFer.
RIP Al Kaline
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FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Class guy all the way. Met him 2-3 times. I think he was announcing some tigers games also.
That's right, came up to the big leagues at age 19.
Not many Hof guys from that era left, Mays and Aaron is about all.
TheGuesser
EOG Dedicated
Al Kaline was the Tim Duncan of Baseball. The Big Fundamental. Just did everything quitely well. My Father, who was a big Yankee and Mantle fan, nevertheless had Kaline as his favorite player.
bishqqq
EOG Addicted
interesting.....................
By never playing in the minors and wearing a Tigers uniform for every game, Kaline is in a very small group of players who performed for one team and one team only. Another was a Hall of Fame contemporary, left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers. They faced each other twice, in All-Star Games in the 1960s, with Kaline singling and fouling out.
Baseball’s rules in the 1950s kept the two out of the minors at the start of their careers. Back then, there wasn’t an amateur draft — the vehicle that gives one club exclusive signing rights to an amateur player. To keep down the bidding wars on amateur players in those pre-draft days, baseball mandated that any player signed for more than $4,000 would have to spend two years in the majors before he could be sent to the minors for seasoning.
By never playing in the minors and wearing a Tigers uniform for every game, Kaline is in a very small group of players who performed for one team and one team only. Another was a Hall of Fame contemporary, left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers. They faced each other twice, in All-Star Games in the 1960s, with Kaline singling and fouling out.
Baseball’s rules in the 1950s kept the two out of the minors at the start of their careers. Back then, there wasn’t an amateur draft — the vehicle that gives one club exclusive signing rights to an amateur player. To keep down the bidding wars on amateur players in those pre-draft days, baseball mandated that any player signed for more than $4,000 would have to spend two years in the majors before he could be sent to the minors for seasoning.
Last appearance in MLB on October 2, 1974.
Nicknamed "Mr. Tiger."
Nicknamed "Mr. Tiger."
Arnold Zwiffel
EOG Enthusiast
Anyone who lived in Michigan during Kaline's playing days, loved the guy.
FairWarning
Bells Beer Connoisseur
Stanley was a utility player, but played a lot. It was Willie Horton in LF, Northrup in CF, Kaline in RF.
boston massacre
EOG Master
Graduated from High School.
Next Morning, signed with the Tigers.
Paid off his Parents Mortgage.
A.L. Batting Champ .342 at age 20.
1 World Series Ring.
1968. Came Back from 3-1 Deficit to beat St. Louis
18X All Star.
10X Golden Glove.
Next Morning, signed with the Tigers.
Paid off his Parents Mortgage.
A.L. Batting Champ .342 at age 20.
1 World Series Ring.
1968. Came Back from 3-1 Deficit to beat St. Louis
18X All Star.
10X Golden Glove.
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boston massacre
EOG Master
Signed as a "BONUS BABY".
That Rule Stated that you go straight to the Major Leagues.
No MLB Draft Back Then.
