Al Kaline (Photo by: 1973 SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images)
In his final season playing for the Detroit Tigers, the legendary Al Kaline etched his name into the history books. “Mr. Tiger” joined baseball’s 3,000-hit club in 1974. The story of his journey to get there continues here.
(Click here for part one on Al Kaline’s quest to 3,000 hits. Click here for part two.)
Al Kaline had played a lot of baseball and collected a lot of hits by the time August 1974 rolled around. To be exact, he had played in 2,778 big league games and collected 2,950 hits.