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Did you know ...

• former Detroit Tigers pitcher Pat Underwood's first game in the major leagues was a 1-0 victory against his brother Tom?
• as a college athlete, Detroit Tigers outfielder Matt Joyce played in an exhibition game against the Tigers three years before his Major League debut with them?
• in 1990 Cecil Fielder became the first Detroit Tiger since Hank Greenberg (in 1938) to slug over 50 home runs in a season?
• the Detroit Tigers gave the Williamsport Tigers not only their name, but also grandstand seats taken from Briggs Field in Detroit for their minor league baseball stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania?
• while in Venezuela for the Winter Leagues current Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Gary Glover was robbed at gunpoint?
• Bob Miller, signed as a "bonus baby" by the Detroit Tigers, was the youngest of three 17-year-olds to play in Major League Baseball in the 1953 season?
• Alfredo Figaro of the Detroit Tigers is the cousin of fellow Tigers pitcher Fernando Rodney?
• Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny Bautista is the second cousin of New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez?
• Detroit Tigers pitcher Eddie Bonine played for three different colleges in three different states before he turned professional?
• Justin Verlander, a first-round draft pick of the Detroit Tigers, won the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award in 2006?
• Major League Baseballer Willis Roberts signed as a free agent to play with the Cincinnati Reds on the same day he was released by the Detroit Tigers?
• Ty Cobb would hide black Detroit Tigers mascot Li'l Rastus in his room or under his train berth to evade Jim Crow laws?
• baseball player Don Kelly was drafted by the Detroit Tigers, made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and later played his first game as a Tiger against the Pirates?