Detroit Tigers Jerseys Trivia Quiz

Answer: Charlie Gehringer

Charlie was a career Tiger spending 19 seasons wearing the old English D. Gehringer became a member of baseball's Hall of Fame in 1949 and has his jersey retired in 1983 by the Tigers. In that 1929 season, Gehringer led the league in hits, runs, doubles, triples, and stolen bases.

Answer: Hank Greenberg

Hank won the American League MVP award in 1935 and 1940. Like many other athletes, Greenberg was drafted into Army for World War II. Even though he was discharged 2 days before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hank re-enlisted into the United States Army Air Forces and served in the Republic of China-Burma-India theater.

Answer: Hal Newhouser

Hal was named MVP of the American League in 1944 when he accumulated a 29-9 record with 187 strikeouts, 25 complete games and 6 shutouts. Newhouser was born and raised in Detroit and played all but 2 of his 17 seasons in baseball with the Tigers.

Answer: Al Kaline

Kaline spent his entire 22-year career with the Detroit Tigers. Al won 10 Gold Glove awards and was named to the All-Star team 12 times. After retiring from baseball, Kaline went in the booth and became the Tiger's color commentator for television broadcasts from 1975 to 2002.

Answer: Willie Horton

During the 1968 season, Horton hit 36 home runs and helped the Tigers in their capture of the World Series title. Willie is also known for his attempts to calm looters during the 1967 12th Street riot. Horton climbed atop his car in his Tiger uniform and pleaded with the looters to stop, but even this All-Star Tiger couldn't help what turned out to be one of the worst riots in American history.

Answer: Alan Trammell

After struggling in his first couple of seasons in the majors, Tram won the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award for the American League in 1983. Alan also guest starred in an episode of "Magnum P.I." during the 1983 season. After retiring, Trammell became the manager of the Tigers in 2002, but was released after 3 bad seasons on October 3, 2005.

Answer: Kirk Gibson

Gibson was born in Pontiac, Michigan and went to Michigan State University where he played baseball and was an All-American wide receiver. Known for his clutch home runs, Gibson hit a 3-run homer in game 5 of the 1984 World Series with the Tigers and of course his 2-run homer in game 1 of the 1988 World Series with the Dodgers.

Answer: Cecil Fielder

After a one year stint with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan, Cecil came back to America and joined the Detroit Tigers in 1990. During the 1990 season, Cecil hit 51 home runs and became the first player to hit 50+ home runs since George Foster in 1977.

Answer: Ivan Rodriguez

Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez won the American League MVP award in 1999 while playing for the Texas Rangers. Pudge showed his overall knowledge of the game in 2006 when he started a game at 1st base. This was the first time 1,914 games that he played a position other than catcher.

Answer: Joel Zumaya

As a rookie in 2006, Zumaya appeared in 62 games obtaining 83.1 innings pitched, 97 strikeouts and a 1.94 earned run average. Even with this great season, Zumaya didn't even receive a single 2006 Rookie of the Year vote. Joel's teammate Justin Verlander captured that award.