According to Baseball Reference, 54 players have worn the number 12 in Tigers franchise history. Casey Mize currently wears it. Let’s look at a few Tigers that wore number 12 during the Fungo’s focus, 1977 through 1994:
The Tigers scored five in the fifth off McClure and Jack Lazorko.
Chet Lemon went three for five and drove in two runs. Tom Brookens had two hits and two RBI.
Rozema pitched the first five innings, allowing just a run on four hits. Lopez went the rest of the way.
Miscellany
Venue: County Stadium
Umpires: HP – Mark Johnson, 1B – Terry Cooney, 2B – Tim Welke, 3B – Bill Kunkel
Time of Game: 2:51
Attendance: 44,902
Mike Brumley – IF #12
Former Tigers infielder Mike Brumleydied this weekend at age 61. He was only in Detroit for one season, the abysmal 1989 campaign.
The Tigers picked him up on March 23, 1989 from the Padres for Luis Salazar.
Brumley appeared in 92 games for the Tigers, playing second, short and third, along with center and left field, and batted .198.
On Jan. 10, 1990, theTigers traded him to the Orioles for Larry Sheets. The O’s released him at the end of Spring Training and Brumley latched onto the Mariners for that season.
One of Whitaker’s hits was his fourth homer of the year.
Morris 7.1 IP, eight hits, six walks and six strikeouts.
Miscellany
Venue: Tiger Stadium
Umpires: HP – Dan Morrison, 1B – Marty Springstead, 2B – Jim McKean, 3B – Durwood Merrill
Time of Game: 3:00
Attendance: 42,906
Luis Salazar #12
The Tigers signed veteran utility man Luis Salazar as a free agent on Feb, 20, 1988. He has spent the previous season with the Padres, where he began his career in 1980.
On May 27, 1980, Sparky traded my favorite Tigers player — my first favorite Tiger — first baseman Jason Thompson, to the California Angels for outfielder Al Cowens. (For more on Cowens, check out this post from the archives.)
The Hollywood native joined the Tigers full time in 1976 and played 123 games that year, hitting .218, with 17 home runs and 54 RBI. Two of the homers cleared the rightfield roof at Tiger Stadium. It was in 1977, though, that he made his mark: .270, 31 homers and 105 RBI, and an All Star Game selection.
In 1980, Thompson got off to a slow start: .214/4/20 in 36 games, and Sparky invoked his My Way or the Highway clause and sent his first baseman to Orange County.
As I’ve said before, Thompson’s replacement, Richie Hebner, was a favorite of mine too. But, who were the Tigers kidding? Hebner over Jason Thompson?
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