Two Hall of Famers and a Double Cy Young Winner

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio - Aug. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- “Tigers Heroes” by Carroll Conklin recalls the best (and a couple of the worst) of the Detroit Tigers baseball players during the 1960s.

For today’s Tigers fans, it’s an easy-to-read introduction to Detroit stars of the past like Gates Brown, Hank Aguirre and Willie Horton. For fans who were there, Tigers Heroes will bring back memories of baseball afternoons at Tiger Stadium during the 1960s.

The book profiles 58 of the infielders, outfielders, catchers and pitchers who played for the Detroit Tigers in the 1960s. Some of the players featured in the book are:

Ø  Mickey Lolich, the left-handed fireballer who won 3 dramatic games in the 1968 World Series, the last on 2 days’ rest.

Ø  Al Kaline, the Hall of Fame right fielder who collected 3,007 hits, 10 Gold Gloves and 15 All-Star appearances.

Ø  Frank Lary, the pitcher who “owned” the New York Yankees with a 28-13 lifetime record against the Bronx Bombers.

Ø  Norm Cash, the slugging first baseman who posted the highest single-season batting average in the 1960s.

Ø  Denny McLain, the two-time Cy Young award winner who notched 31 victories in 1968 and was out of baseball 3 years later.

The book also lists the All-Stars and league leaders who played for the Tigers during the 1960s, as well as ranking the franchise leaders in batting average, home runs, runs batted in, pitching victories, strikeouts and earned run average for the decade.

According to Conklin, the Detroit Tigers consistently fielded teams loaded with talent during the 1960s. “The Tigers of the 1960s were nearly always pennant contenders and, of course, were the American League champions in 1968,” Conklin stated. “They had an unusually high number of players like Kaline, Horton, Lolich, Stanley, Northrup and others who spent all or most of their careers in Detroit.”

“It says something about a franchise that knew how to hold onto talented players, even before the era of free agency,” the author added. “And loyal players attracted die-hard fans.”

Pricing and Availability

Title: Tigers Heroes
Subtitle: Remembering the Detroit Tigers Who Helped Make the 1960s Baseball’s Real Golden Age
Author: Carroll Conklin
Publisher: Bright Stone Press
ISBN-13: 978-1484001189

Tigers Heroes (http://www.amazon.com/Tigers-Heroes-Remembering-Detroit-B...) is available from Amazon.com now for only $9.99 US (softcover edition). A Kindle version is available for $3.99 US.  


About the Author

Carroll Conklin combines a life-long passion for baseball with a three-decade career as a professional writer. He has published more than 20 books about baseball in the 1960s and promotes the 1960s as baseball’s real golden age at www.1960sBaseball.com. Followers at twitter.com/Baseball1960s receive highlights of what happened each day in 1960s baseball.