Ted Power was only briefly a Tiger. The Dodgers drafted him out of Kansas State
where he lettered in baseball three years.
He made his big league debut in 1981and in his first year got a start
against Nolan Ryan in only Ted’s fifth game in the majors. Nolan, not on his fifth game, threw his fifth
no hitter of his career. Ted took the
loss. Ted went to the Cincinnati Reds in
1983 and in 1984 appeared in a league leading 78 games with a 2.82 ERA as a
bull pen pitcher for the Reds. The
following year he became their closer.
The next year he was put in the rotation. In 1988 Ted went to Kansas City as a part
time starter and reliever. At the end of
August of 1988 the Tigers traded Mark Lee and Rey Palacios for Ted. Three days after the trade Ted made his debut
in a Detroit uniform against the Brewers and in 7 innings of relief he allowed
only 3 runs. A few weeks later he got
the win in a relief stint against the Orioles when he came in to relief Frank
Tanana in Baltimore. Ted pitched 3.2
innings for the win. It would be his
only win as a Tiger. In fact, Ted only
got in four games as a Tiger going 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA. In spring of 1989 Ted was released. However, Ted went on to pitch five more years
with the Cardinals, Pirates, Reds, Indians and Mariners. In 2013 he was pitching coach for the
Louisville Bats, the Reds AAA farm team.
Hank Aguirre started Mexican Industries.
Duke Maas was dad to Yankee Kevin Maas and was a VERY tough
autograph.
Pinky Hargrave was brother of Bubbles Hargrave. Two very
manly names.
George Burns was Tiger first baseman in the mid late teens.
Jim Manning was a back up outfielder on the 1887 Detroit Wolverine
Championship team but I think was with Kansas City during the World Series with
the St. Louis Browns which Detroit won 10 games to
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