| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sparky Anderson |
Baseball |
22-Feb-1934 |
|
Reds and Tigers manager |
| Billy Bean |
Baseball |
11-May-1964 |
|
Going The Other Way |
| Billy Beane |
Baseball |
29-Mar-1962 |
|
General Manager, Oakland A's |
| Jim Bunning |
Politician |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Mickey Cochrane |
Baseball |
6-Apr-1903 |
28-Jun-1962 |
Detroit Tigers catcher |
| Rocky Colavito |
Baseball |
10-Aug-1933 |
|
Denies having cursed Cleveland |
| Larry Doby |
Baseball |
13-Dec-1923 |
18-Jun-2003 |
First African-American in AL |
| Cecil Fielder |
Baseball |
21-Sep-1963 |
|
Hit 51 home runs in 1990 |
| Terry Francona |
Baseball |
22-Apr-1959 |
|
Manager, Boston Red Sox |
| Phil Garner |
Baseball |
30-Apr-1949 |
|
MLB Manager |
| Kirk Gibson |
Baseball |
28-May-1957 |
|
1988 National League MVP |
| Goose Goslin |
Baseball |
16-Oct-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
| Whitey Herzog |
Baseball |
9-Nov-1931 |
|
The White Rat |
| Ralph Houk |
Baseball |
9-Aug-1919 |
|
Former NY Yankees Manager |
| Al Kaline |
Baseball |
19-Dec-1934 |
|
Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Gene Lamont |
Baseball |
25-Dec-1946 |
|
Former MLB Manager |
| Jim Leyland |
Baseball |
15-Dec-1944 |
|
Manager, Detroit Tigers |
| Fred Lynn |
Baseball |
3-Feb-1952 |
|
American League MVP 1975 |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Billy Martin |
Baseball |
16-May-1928 |
25-Dec-1989 |
NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times |
| Eddie Mathews |
Baseball |
13-Oct-1931 |
18-Feb-2001 |
Hit 512 home runs |
| Denny McLain |
Baseball |
29-Mar-1944 |
|
Cy Young Award winner, embezzler |
| Bob Melvin |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1961 |
|
Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Thomas Monaghan |
Business |
25-Mar-1937 |
|
Domino's Pizza founder, pro-life activist |
| Johnny Podres |
Baseball |
30-Sep-1932 |
13-Jan-2008 |
1955 World Series MVP |
| Ivan Rodriguez |
Baseball |
27-Nov-1971 |
|
Catcher, Detroit Tigers |
| Bo Schembechler |
Football |
1-Apr-1929 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 |
| Gary Sheffield |
Baseball |
18-Nov-1968 |
|
Atlanta Braves, Yankees outfielder |
| Al Simmons |
Baseball |
22-May-1902 |
26-May-1956 |
Lifetime batting average .334 |
| Rusty Staub |
Baseball |
1-Apr-1944 |
|
2716 career hits |
| David Wells |
Baseball |
20-May-1963 |
|
MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not |
| Dontrelle Willis |
Baseball |
12-Jan-1982 |
|
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher |
