The Detroit Tigers Baseball Cards collection 1960-2001 and 2015-2016, consists of various baseball cards, small memorabilia items, and a personal photograph collection from a game in 1994. Cards are sorted chronologically and then by deck and by brand. Some seasons have multiple decks from different brands. Brands in the collection are Topps, Upper Deck, Fleer, and Score. Some decks provide supplemental cards, such as team photograph cards, rookie cards, and team signature cards.
Memorabilia items in the collection include ticket stubs, foldable pocket schedules, and a personal photograph collection from a game versus the Kansas City Royals. There are two decks for 2015 and 2016—one is an opened package available for viewing and the other package is closed for preservation purposes.
For the team’s 100th year anniversary, a special edition deck titled “Detroit’s Boys of Summer (1881-1981)” was created. The deck features many Detroit Tigers legends, such as Ty Cobb, Mickey Lolich, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell, Al Kaline, and others. (See Folder titled “Detroit Tigers B.B. Cards, 100th anniversary: Detroit’s Boys of Summer, 1981).
Organizational History:
The Detroit Tigers were founded in 1894 and officially joined their current Major League Baseball (MLB) league, the American League (AL), in 1901. The team’s homefield was originally Tiger Stadium, but in 2000 they relocated to their current home, Comerica Park. The Ilitch family has owned the Detroit Tigers since 1992. More information regarding the team can be found on their official website, https://www.mlb.com/tigers. Since inception the Detroit Tigers have won four World Series (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984), eleven American League Pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012), and seven Division titles: three in AL East (1972, 1984, 1987), and four in AL Central (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). (This information is from MLB’s World Series Champions List, http://www.espn.com/mlb/worldseries/history/winners, accessed 18 November 2020).
