Al Kaline’s signature accomplishment as the youngest player to win a batting crown quickly became an albatross that nearly derailed a Hall of Fame career. Sixty-five years ago, in his second ...

Al Kaline’s signature accomplishment as the youngest player to win a batting crown quickly became an albatross that nearly derailed a Hall of Fame career. Sixty-five years ago, in his second ...

Al Kaline, who in a long and unique Detroit Tigers lifetime grew from youthful batting champion to Hall of Famer to distinguished elder statesman, died Monday afternoon at his home in Bloomfield ...

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the two iconic sports stars in Detroit were right wing Gordie Howe of the Red Wings and rightfielder Al Kaline ... Kaline won his American League batting title ...

In this 1970 photo, the Detroit Tigers’ Al Kaline is shown at bat. Kaline spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger.”( ...

Al Kaline, who became known as “Mr. Tiger ... became the youngest player to win the American League batting title — besting Tigers legend Ty Cobb by one day while batting ...

Al Kaline, a staple in the Detroit Tigers’ right ... The third year, at age 20, he won the American League batting title (.340 average), becoming the youngest player in the history of baseball ...

Anyone who ever saw his artistry on a baseball field recalls, immediately, the moments when Al Kaline’s skills seemed from another realm. The high bat and crouch. The way his swing moved like a ...

361 for the Tigers to win the batting title; and the Tigers won 101 ... So, that cold and blustery day in 1974, it was no surprise to me that Al Kaline would become the first American League ...

“Al Kaline was one of the best people and players ... Last summer, Tigers first-round pick Riley Greene took batting practice in Comerica Park, blasting balls over the right-field fence like ...

batting .340 with 200 hits, 27 home runs, 82 walks (against 57 strikeouts), and 321 total bases. Kaline finished runner-up to Yogi Berra in the AL MVP balloting and would never play a game in the ...