Sports
Alan Trammell
born 1958 · baseball shortstop, manager
Hall of Fame shortstop who spent all 20 seasons of his career with the Tigers, MVP of the 1984 World Series and later the club's manager.
- Born
Garden Grove, California
age 68- Birth name
- Alan Stuart Trammell
- Also known as
- Tram
- Detroit years
- 1977–1996, 2003–2005, 2014–present
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Detroit drafted Trammell out of a San Diego high school in 1976, and a year later he debuted at Tiger Stadium on the same day as second baseman Lou Whitaker. For the next nineteen seasons the two formed the longest-running double-play combination in major-league history. Trammell was a smooth fielder and a steady hitter who blossomed into a star in the 1980s. In the 1984 World Series against San Diego he hit .450 with two home runs in Game 4 and was named Series MVP as Detroit won in five games. In 1987 he hit .343 and finished second in the MVP vote. He retired after 1996, returned to manage the Tigers from 2003 to 2005, and has worked as a special assistant in the front office since 2014. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2018, and that August the Tigers retired his No. 3.
Highlights
- Played his entire 20-year career with the Tigers, 1977–1996
- 1984 World Series MVP
- Six-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glove winner
- Tigers manager 2003–2005
- Elected to the Hall of Fame in 2018; No. 3 retired the same year
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 2
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1977–1996
Tiger Stadium (site)
Demolished · 1912–1999
His home field for twenty seasons, where he took his final at-bat in 1996; demolished in 2008–2009.
Worked here · 2003–2005, 2018
Comerica Park
He managed the Tigers here in 2003–2005, and his No. 3 was retired here in 2018. The park is due to be renamed Fifth Third Park before 2027.