Wilkin Ramirez got his start in the majors as a Tiger in
2009. He had spent six years in the
minors before getting a call in May of 2009.
He was DH. In his first at bat he
struck out against Matt Harrison of the Rangers. He came up again in the third and struck out again. He came up in the 6th and poked a
shot into deep center for his fir major league hit, RBI and home run. He was sent back down to Toledo and hit .258
with 33 steals before getting brought up again in August. He
stayed around for the rest of the season. He started two more games with the
Tigers and went 0 for 3 against the Orioles and 2 for 3 against the Royals with
two runs, a RBI and a triple. The rest
of the games he was used as a pinch runner mainly and an occasional pinch hit. He was back in AA Erie and back up to AAA
Toledo in 2010 before he was traded to the Braves for a player to be named
later or cash. In 2011 he was up with
the Braves in May, June and July and hit .231 with 0 steals and 2 RBI’s. He was granted free agency and in signed
with the Minnesota Twins. In 2013 he was
up with the Twins for 35 games as an outfielder and hit .272 with 6 RBI’s. His problem that seems to have really shown
up in 2013 is a ratio of 3 walks to 23 K’s.
Joe Siddall was a back up catcher for the Tigers in
1998. He had spent parts of three
seasons in the majors prior to coming to Detroit. He spent 1993 and 1995 with Montreal and had
five hits in 30 at bats. He became a
free agent and signed with the Marlins in 1995.
For the Marlins he was got 7 hits in 47 at bats. He was again a free agent and bounced around
before getting back into the majors after signing with the Tigers as a free
agent for the 1998 season. He did not do
too much different in 1998 hitting 12 hits for the Tiges in 65 at bats. His career average was .169 and his average
as a Tiger was .185.
Al Cowens played one and half seasons with the Tigers in the
early 1980’s. He had spent six years
with the Royals and was a good defensive outfielder and hit .270 with some
speed on the bases as well. He was
traded to the Angels for the 1980 season but only lasted a couple months before
the Tigers traded fan favorite and power hitting Jason Thompson for Al. Al finished the 1980 season as the top
fielding right fielder in the league and hit .280. He had a feud with former Tiger pitcher Ed
Farmer that came to a head in 1980.
Farmer had hit Cowens with a pitch the year before playing with the
Royals and fractured Al’s jaw. Al was
out for 21 games. Farmer had also hid
Frank White and put him out for 33 games.
At a game in Chicago Al hit a grounder off of Farmer and while Farmer
watched the ball get tossed to first for the out, Al charged the mound and
Farmer. Al was suspended seven games and
Farmer filed a complaint and an arrest warrant was issued for Al. The charges were later dropped after Al
agreed to shake hands with Farmer. In
1981 he was the Tiges starting center fielder but hit .261 with only 3
steals. Before the 1982 season started
he was sold to the Mariners. He played
five seasons with the Mariners hitting .255 before his major league career was
over. He died in 2002 at the age of 50
of a heart attack.
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