The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball as a member of the American League Central division.
Best Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers?
Mickey Lolich is the greatest Detroit Tigers pitcher of all time with a value of 459.
Michael Stephen Lolich, an American former professional baseball player, was born on September 12, 1940. From 1963 through 1979, he was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, most notably with the Detroit Tigers.
Lolich, a three-time All-Star, is best known for his three complete-game triumphs in the 1968 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, including a win over Bob Gibson in the deciding Game 7.
Lolich set the record for most career strikeouts by a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball when he retired in 1979.
Lolich had a breakout year in 1964, going 18–9 with a 3.41 ERA in 232 innings thrown. On April 24, he threw his first shutout, a three-hitter against the Minnesota Twins. He struck out 12 Yankees in his sixth shutout of the season on September 9. Lolich finished the season with six shutouts and 192 strikeouts, good for fourth in the American League.
He had 90 hits and 105 walks in 1,017 consecutive starts. He has the most at-bats in his career and has walked more than he has struck out.
