In the long, storied history of the Detroit Tigers’ baseball team, there have been many great players. This is the 1963 Topps card of one of the greatest, outfielder Al Kaline. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1980, “Mr. Tiger” was signed as an 18 year old phenom and went directly to the Tigers, never playing a game in the minor leagues. He was the youngest player to ever win a batting title in 1955, won 10 Gold Gloves for fielding, was an 18 time American League all-star, and played on the Tigers’ World Series-winning team in 1968, batting .379 with 2 home runs and 8 RBIs in the seven game series.
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