Luke French played part of the 2009 season with the
Tigers. He worked his way up through the
Tigers farm system starting in 2004. He
made Toledo in 2009 and was 4-4 with a 2.98 ERA. He was brought up to the big club in May and
got in seven games for the Tiges, five were starts. He posted a 1-2 record with his lone Tiger
win being a 3-1 win over the Royals and Zack Greinke in his best year. In July Luke was traded with Mauricio Robles
to Seattle for Jarrod Washburn. This
season Luke is 9-9 with a 6.27 ERA in Tacoma of the Pacific Coast League.
Nelson Cruz pitched two seasons with the Tigers in 1999 and
2000. He was signed as a free agent by
Tigers after being granted free agency by the White Sox after the 1998
season. He got in 29 games and started
six of those in 1999 posting a 2-5 record and a 5.67 ERA. His two wins were against the Pirates and the
Royals. In 2000 he was with Detroit
again and reversed his record and went 5-2 with a 3.07 ERA. But then Randy Smith traded him to A.) Astros
or B.) Padres C.) Any other major league
team? You would be correct if you
guessed the A.) Astros and you get extra credit if you said a catcher was
involved. Nelson was traded with Doug
Brocail and catcher Brad Ausmus for Roger Cedeno, Chris Holt and Mitch
Meluskey. Nelson was done in the majors
after 2003. He had posted a 15-23 record
with a 5.04 ERA.
George Susce pitched for the Tigers in 1958 and 1959. He is the son of George Susce who pitched for
the Tigers in 1932. George was not a junior.
He was named George Daniel Susce as opposed to his dad who was George
Cyril Mehodius Susce. Son was pitcher
while Dad was a catcher. Father and son
were both born in Pittsburgh. Father
George died in 1986 at the age of 78.
Son George died in 2010 at the age of 78. Dad’s nickname was “Good Kid”. George son did not have a nickname of “Good Dad”.
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