Jack Lazorko pitched briefly for the Tigers. Jack started his stint in the majors with the
Brewers in 1984 at the age of 28. He got
in 15 games mainly in relief and was 0-1 with a 4.31 ERA. The next year Jack was in Seattle and again
was in 15 games but with no decision.
The Giants bought him half way through the season but he never played for
them. After end of 1985 the Giants
released him and he signed with the Tigers.
He was 8-6 in Nashville, the Tigers AAA club with a 3.20 ERA when he was
called up to the Tiges. On August 9 he
got in his first game as Tiger. Frank Tanana had started the game against the
Red Sox in Detroit but had got in trouble.
In the top of the 6th Rich Gedman had led off with a
homer. Dave Stapleton flew out to left
and then Eddie Romero doubled to left on a line shot. The Sox were ahead 5-1 with the one out and
Sparky Anderson called for Jack. Jack
gave an intentional walk to Wade Boggs and then got Marty Barrett to fly out to
center with the runners holding. Jim Rice
came up and singled to right to score Romero and move Boggs to third. Then Don Baylor popped to third to end the
inning. Jack came out again in the 7th
and started it off with a K to Dwight Evans.
Tony Armas then reached on an error to third baseman Darnell Coles. Rich Gedman walked and then Dave Stapleton
grounded into a double play 6-3 to end the inning. Sparky kept Jack in for the start of the 8th. Eddie Romero singled weakly to short followed
by a walk to Wade Boggs. Then Marty
Barrett singled to short center to score Romero. At that point Sparky pulled Jack for Willie
Hernandez. The final score was Boston 8,
Detroit 7. Five days later Jack was
called in to face the White Sox in the 8th after Tim Hulett had just
homered off of Jim Slaton and Russ Morman had doubled to make the score 6-2, an
almost identical scenario as the Red Sox game.
Jack came in and gave up a double to Ron Hassey that scored Morman and
then got Ozzie Guillen to ground out.
Another ground out scored Ron Hassey before he got Ried Nichols to end
the inning. In the ninth Jack gave up
singles to Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk before getting the side out without
out a run. The final score was 8-2,
Sox. The next day Jack faced the Ted Sox
again but this time at Fenway Park. He
came in to start the 6th with Roger Clemons and the Sox ahead
8-3. Jack had his best outing. He gave up a single to Wade Boggs and walked
Don Baylor. Nobody else reached base in
the three innings Jack pitched. Jack
also K’d Jim Rice, Dwight Evans, After that Jack never pitched with the Tigers
again. At the end of the season the
Tigers granted Jack free agency and he signed with the Angels who he played
with for the next two seasons before his time in the majors was over.
Ed Gremminger ended his career as a Tiger. He had started it in 1895 with the Cleveland
Spiders when they were good. He was a
back up third baseman hitting .269 in 20 games.
He went to the Eastern League and played with Rochester and Buffalo
before getting back to the majors in 1902 with the Boston Beaneaters. He was in Boston for the next two years as
their starting third baseman. He hit
.260 for the two years and drove in 121 runs.
In 1902 he hit one homer. In 1903
he was 9th in the league in homers when he hit 5. He was purchased by the Tigers in February of
1904. He was the Tiges starting third
baseman but hit only .214 at the age of 30.
However, Ed was excellent defensive third baseman. In fact in 1902 he led all third sackers in
fielding percentage and was second in the league while with the Tigers. He also led the league in put outs in 1902
and 1903 at third and led the league in assists for third sackers in 1903. At the end of the season Ed was back in the
minors to stay. He was done as a player
in 1912 at the age of 38. His last few
years in the minors he was a player manager with the Montgomery
Senators/Climbers of the Southern Association and then with the Canton Deubers
and Statesmen of the Central League.
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