David Palmer finished his major league career with five
games as a Tiger. He started his major
league career with the Expos in 1978 and was up and down with the Expos until
the Expos let him go at the end of the 1985 season. He signed with the Braves and played in Atlanta
for two years and then one year with the Phils before signing with the Tiges in
the spring of 1989. He started five
games and pitched a total of 17.1 innings with Detroit but did not get a win. He went 0-3.
In his last game he started against the Orioles and lasted on 2.2
innings. He gave up 3 runs on 4 hits and
3 walks. That game was on June 30,
1989. The Tiges released him about 2
weeks later.
Terry Harper split the last season of his career between the
Tigers and the Pirates. He started his
major league career with the Braves in 1980 as a 24 year old back up
outfielder. He stayed in Atlanta as a
back up outfielder with the exception of 1985 when he was a starter. He was traded by the Braves in January of
1987 wih Freddy Tiburcio for Chuck Cary and Randy O’Neal. With Detroit in 1987 he played in 31 games
and hit .203 with 3 homers and 10 RBI’s in 74 plate appearances. On June 26, he was sent to Pittsburgh for Pete
Rice and Shawn Holman.
Fred Lasher was a member of the 1968 World Champion
Tigers. He was a right handed submarine reliever. His submarine pitching gave him the nickname
of “The Whip”. He made his major league
debut with the Minnesota Twins in 1963.
He came in to face the Kansas City Athletics in a game the Twinkies
trailed 6-0. He pitched a scoreless 8th
but the Twinkies still lost. He went on
to pitch only 11.1 innings that year and did not recorded a decision. The Tigers picked him up in the minor league
draft at the end of the 1966 season. He
was brought up to the Tiges in August the following year and showed immediate
success saving 9 games and winning 2 in 17 games played. His first win came against his old team, the
Twins when he pitched three scoreless innings and K’d 4 while allowing only one
hit, a single, and no walks. He made
the roster in 1968 and was in the pen for the entire season. He won five games during the 1968 season all
be the same score of 5-4. Fred got into
the World Series and pitched 2 scoreless innings of game 4. He was also warming up in game seven in case
Mickey Lolich needed help. While Fred made the roster in 1969 for opening day
Manager Mayo Smith did not use him as the closer and in instead seven other
Tigers earned saves in 1969 while Fred earned 0 yet still posted a 3.07 ERA. In May of 1970 Fred was traded to the Indians
for Russ Nagelson and Billy Rohr. Fred
finished his Tiger career with totals of 10-6, 17 saves, and a 3.49 ERA. He was done in the majors after two games
with the California Angels in 1971.
Jim Finigan played one season as Tiger in 1957. He was in his fourth major league season
after spending three seasons with the Philadelphia and Kansas City
Athletics. He was the starting third
baseman for the first game ever played by the Kansas City Athletics. With Detroit he was a back up third baseman
to Reno Bertoia. Jim hit .270 with
Detroit and drove in 17 runs. In the
winter after 1957 Jim was traded to the San Francisco Giants with $25,000 for
Gail Harris and Ozzie Virgil.
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