Tiger Stadium Photos

[BashBrother]

I'm looking for a photo of Tiger Stadium from the 1980 till the last year the Tigers played there. I would like to find one that has a view from behind the plate where you can see both foul poles or at least close to it. Here's the best one i could find so far which is a hard thing I've found.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

I'm looking for a photo of Tiger Stadium from the 1980 till the last year the Tigers played there. I would like to find one that has a view from behind the plate where you can see both foul poles or at least close to it. Here's the best one i could find so far which is a hard thing I've found.

That is a nice photo

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

I've got some old Tiger/Briggs Stadium pics I need to upload here soon. In the meantime, here's a '95 ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight clip of a game at Tiger Stadium vs the Red Sox.

Titled "Nothing" to throw off the MLB goons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_cEfr-jFIM

I HATED those Tiger home uniforms

[bnbusser]

I'm looking for a photo of Tiger Stadium from the 1980 till the last year the Tigers played there. I would like to find one that has a view from behind the plate where you can see both foul poles or at least close to it. Here's the best one i could find so far which is a hard thing I've found.



Go here to my website www.ballparks.phanfare.com I have 3 sets of Tiger stadium photos From 76 - 97, 2003, and 2007 over 300 photos

[History Of Baseball Fan]

Can anyone show some Tiger Stadium photos through the years from when it was first built until they left it ?

[btown12]

I've got some old Tiger/Briggs Stadium pics I need to upload here soon. In the meantime, here's a '95 ESPN Baseball Tonight highlight clip of a game at Tiger Stadium vs the Red Sox.

Titled "Nothing" to throw off the MLB goons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_cEfr-jFIM

I HATED those Tiger home uniforms

Forget the uniforms, how about that dead center home run from Cecil.......YIKES! That was a bomb!

[DaBigMotor]

I HATED those Tiger home uniforms

The prowling tiger alternates.

Funny...I remember them having those. I just don't remember them wearing them.

They may have worn them once or twice, and they did away with alternates. Thank goodness.

I wish the Mets would do the same. I HATE all their alternates. I wish they would just stick with the pinstripes and blue hats. Their traditional look is still best.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Can anyone show some Tiger Stadium photos through the years from when it was first built until they left it ?

Other than bnbusser's fine site, here are some others. Most of the 7.5 X 9" are Corbis images.

Originally known as Navin Field


1929


1929


1930's


1935 Bleacher seats under construction




1935 Bleachers done


1940 Hank Greenberg crosses home


1941


1941


1946 DiMaggio slides

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

1948 postcard. The stadium is now completely enclosed.


1950's


1951


1951 aerial with great view of skyline. Detroit at it's heydey before it's decline.


1958 Mantle HR


1961


1961 Maris connects for #57


1961 Bunning pitches to Mantle


1967


1968 World Series

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Some color shots-various years

1990's


1988


1988


Famous overhang


1997




September 1999. The end is near for the grand old lady


From 1967 Camera Day by bungan8r at Webshots. Link originally appeared in the Tigers section last year.

Denny McLain warming up


Al Kaline batting


Jim Northrup

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Earl Wilson


Dick McAuliffe


1999 Last game (Jason McKean-Flickr)








Last opening day




Proof that the current crop of Detroit leaders are dysfunctional (Stadlerhotel-Flickr)
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[DaBigMotor]

Sigh.

The ballpark of my youth.

GREAT photos. Wish I'd seen her when she was all green, and wish I could have seen at least one Lions game there in person. Painting her blue was the worst mistake that John Fetzer/Jim Campbell ever made.

But her time came.

[DaBigMotor]

Greenberg crossing home...in a ROAD jersey??

That ain't Tiger Stadium...



1951 with NO light towers??

The lights were added in 1938.....

[alpineinc]

Greenberg crossing home...in a ROAD jersey??

That ain't Tiger Stadium...


That's Shibe Park/Connie Mack.

[alpineinc]

GREAT Tiger Stadium photos - love the 1967 color shots...

[stlfan]

I actually like the blue and orange seats.

[ZeoBandit]

Those are all some great pictures!

[Armando Criscione]

[mrakbaseball]

Tiger/Briggs Stadium's first night game was June 15, 1948. Not 1938.

[penncentralpete]

Go here to my website www.ballparks.phanfare.com I have 3 sets of Tiger stadium photos From 76 - 97, 2003, and 2007 over 300 photos

Hey Busser: SUPER website! Very well done. I saved it to "my favorites" and will enjoy going through all those photos...........thanks!

[penncentralpete]

Mario Mendoza: Just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your pictures. Very nice, indeed!

[Sean O]

Other than bnbusser's fine site, here are some others. Most of the 7.5 X 9" are Corbis images.

Originally known as Navin Field



That is eerily close to Braves Field:

[bnbusser]

Hey Busser: SUPER website! Very well done. I saved it to "my favorites" and will enjoy going through all those photos...........thanks!

Thank you! Glad you like the site....

[Williamsburg2599]

That is eerily close to Braves Field:



Wow, it is.

Empty seats and all. :(

[DiggerODell]

I read or heard once that there was a sign outside of the visitor's locker room door at Tiger Stadium which read "No Visitor's Allowed." Am I correct and if so, does anyone have a photo to post here? Perhaps somebody already has in another thread, but I've yet to come across it. Thanks.

[bnbusser]

I read or heard once that there was a sign outside of the visitor's locker room door at Tiger Stadium which read "No Visitor's Allowed." Am I correct and if so, does anyone have a photo to post here? Perhaps somebody already has in another thread, but I've yet to come across it. Thanks.

It is true .. the sign said " visitors clubhouse, NO visitors allowed" I was in Tiger stadium in 2003, and that sign was gone from the door...

[tmorss9]

yep- completely true. I'm hoping someone has a picture of it somewhere- I'm putting a few lockers in my basement rec room, and I think that would be a great addition to the "clubhouse". If anyone even has a description, I'd love to know. That was one of those things that I saw so many times but the memory has faded, and I need a memory jogger.

Thanks for the thread, Busser. I spent half of my summers in that building. I loved the place, and always will. The memories were so thick, as Terrance Mann said in Field of Dreams, that I had to wipe them away from my face. Literally the first memory of my life is being 3 years old, rapped up in a blanket in Dad's arms on a tremendously cold day. Also, note that I'm typing this while sitting in one of those old green lower deck box seat folding chairs- easily my most prized possession.

[bnbusser]

yep- completely true. I'm hoping someone has a picture of it somewhere- I'm putting a few lockers in my basement rec room, and I think that would be a great addition to the "clubhouse". If anyone even has a description, I'd love to know. That was one of those things that I saw so many times but the memory has faded, and I need a memory jogger.

Thanks for the thread, Busser. I spent half of my summers in that building. I loved the place, and always will. The memories were so thick, as Terrance Mann said in Field of Dreams, that I had to wipe them away from my face. Literally the first memory of my life is being 3 years old, rapped up in a blanket in Dad's arms on a tremendously cold day. Also, note that I'm typing this while sitting in one of those old green lower deck box seat folding chairs- easily my most prized possession.

In my office is an old red seat AND folding chair from the Olympia.....

[tmorss9]

I spent a lot of time in the memorabilia shows and shops in Detroit, but I have NEVER seen an Olympia seat. If you can, please post pics of that. Those must be an absolute treasure.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a photo of Mickey Lolich and his family at Tiger Stadium.
PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

I spent a lot of time in the memorabilia shows and shops in Detroit, but I have NEVER seen an Olympia seat. If you can, please post pics of that. Those must be an absolute treasure.

Here you go these are from the Olympia in Detroit, they belong to a friend.
PHOTO BY JEFF FELDMEIER
ALLEN PARK MICHIGAN

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

I spent a lot of time in the memorabilia shows and shops in Detroit, but I have NEVER seen an Olympia seat. If you can, please post pics of that. Those must be an absolute treasure.

This is my Olympia Stadium seat.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

I spent a lot of time in the memorabilia shows and shops in Detroit, but I have NEVER seen an Olympia seat. If you can, please post pics of that. Those must be an absolute treasure.

These are my seats also. you can see the Tan seat next to the theater type seat. the theater type seat was located in Olympia in the old press box on Mcgraw side of the arena.it was called THE EXECUTIVE LOUNGE.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

This photo from 1978 is from a reunion of the 1968 Tigers team at Tiger Stadium.
PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is another photo of the 1968 reunion that was taken in 1978.
PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN
Thanks Bob

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is Larry Haney at Tiger Stadium. look at the scoreboard with the STROH's Beer sign.

[cgcoyne2]

Look how close the right field bleachers were to the street before they put in the upper deck. When they added the upper deck they must have shortened the distance to the seats in right field by a big distance.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

This is from a Baseball Dope book.

[cgcoyne2]

Look how close the right field bleachers were to the street before they put in the upper deck. When they added the upper deck they must have shortened the distance to the seats in right field by a big distance.

Then again, I could be wrong!!!

[Tony19]

Where abouts do you live, Polo Grounds?

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Where abouts do you live, Polo Grounds?

I live in southwest Detroit not far from Tiger Stadium.

[Tony19]

Oh cool, do you know where Trenton or Wyandotte is?

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Oh cool, do you know where Trenton or Wyandotte is?

Yes i do know where down river is.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a ticket from the 1971 Allstar game at Tiger Stadium.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here are stubs from Tiger Stadium 5-9-1942

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is stub from 9-14-1968

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here are tickets from Tiger Stadiums last season.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is the cover of the program from the 1971 Allstar Game at Tiger Stadium.

[POLO GROUNDS 1957]

Here is a photo from the old timmers game at Tiger Stadium from 8-30-1992. you can see actor Tom Selleck with Tigers great Jim Northrup.

PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN

Thanks Bob

[alpineinc]

Great Briggs Stadium video from 8/4/56 vs the Yanks -

http://ashowoftheirown.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/04/the_dan_capurso_video.html

[maxcarey]

Can anyone provide a quick ID of these players? I can spot Kaline, Horton, Freehan, Gates and Mathews.

[Armando Criscione]

A group of extras outside Tiger Stadium prior to the filming of Billy Crystal's 61*.














Notice the construction of I-75 to the right of the stadium. The interstate would put and end to Tiger Stadium being a neighborhood ballpark much like Wrigley Field still is today.

[Armando Criscione]

A photo I found taken atop the Michigan Central train depot.


A Detroit Lions game.


Another picture I found from the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in the 1980's. Notice the are behind the man that used to be the players parking lot.


In the early 90's the parking lot was converted into the Tiger Plaza, an area that offered concession stands and a gathering place for fans.

[Chevy114]

Its so weird to me to see a fully enclosed tiger stadium with no lights yet.

[alpineinc]

Here's three of the best Briggs/Tiger shots out there - two were posted to the demo thread but really belong here -

[alpineinc]

Anyway, reviving this thread with some new found pics -

Richard Bartell, coach, 1940's







William Sweeney, coach, 1940's (?)

[alpineinc]

Some of these were already posted in other Tiger threads, but here they are...


Gehrig, 1920's




Ruth, 1920's




DiMaggio, 1930's




Williams



Paige (1940's?)

[doctor_gogol]

This photo from 1978 is from a reunion of the 1968 Tigers team at Tiger Stadium.
PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN

I was at that game. I was 11. We sat in the upper deck right field in the just fair section near the foul pole.

I always thought that I never saw the stadium in green. This photo proves that I at least saw half of it in green. They must have finished the renovation in the 78-79 off-season, eh?

VERY COOL!

[Beech Cricker]

[QUOTE=doctor_gogol;1319942]I always thought that I never saw the stadium in green. This photo proves that I at least saw half of it in green. They must have finished the renovation in the 78-79 off-season, eh?
[QUOTE]

Doc, you are correct. The color change from green to disco blue took place over at least two off seasons. The lower deck conversion took place during the 1977-78 off season and the upper in 1978-79.

[windsordetroittigersfan1984]

:cap:All I can say is WOW! Thank you to all for posting your pictures. I loved viewing everything. Talk about a blast from the past.

[Lpeters199]

............

[alpineinc]

Sporting News, 1937. One of the best parks in the majors, except for the press! Oh, and they're 1 of only 2 parks with broiled hot dogs.

This is now the 10th article I've posted in this fun series - I've posted the others in their respective threads, so check 'em out - trying to keep these near the top, but the tide of the NYC threads keep pushing them further back...

[alpineinc]

1946 Sporting News, from Gene Mack of the Boston Globe.

[alpineinc]

'35 WS.

[Paul W]

the pix of the left field bleachers during the '35 series reminded me of charlie finley's "pennant porch" at kc muni. stadium in '62. with the foul pole tucked in an alley behind the bleachers there are many similarities...
can u imagine the way a ball would bounce around in there?

[cgcoyne2]

the pix of the left field bleachers during the '35 series reminded me of charlie finley's "pennant porch" at kc muni. stadium in '62. with the foul pole tucked in an alley behind the bleachers there are many similarities...
can u imagine the way a ball would bounce around in there?

I've heard about the pennant porch Finley put up to counter Yankee Stadium's short porch in right. I didn't know that he didn't move the foul pole up also. Pretty strange.

[DrBear]

My understanding was that Finley started the fence at 296 feet to match Yankee Stadium, but after the commissioner reminded him that the rule said it had to be at least 325 feet, he moved the fence at the line back to 325 and then ran it out to 296 about a foot off the line.

[scribe114]

[QUOTE=alpineinc;1319376]Here's three of the best Briggs/Tiger shots out there - two were posted to the demo thread but really belong here -

Looks like Vic Wertz at bat. The on deck hitter is Hoot Evers.

[locke40]

Here are some amazing photographs from the Life collection.

[soup]

wow

breathtaking

[stlfan]

Are those ones from the Life collection of a Tigers game? Doesn't look like many in the stands. BTW, I saw a new Kid Rock video and in a part of it he is in front of Tiger Stadium while it was being partially demolished. So sad.

[DMR67442]

A FEW PICS BACK LOOKS LIKE I 75 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I WAS ONLY EVER IN DETROIT THIS PAST JULY&AUGUST SO ALL I HAVE TO SHOW IS THIS TIME FRAME. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO AHVE GOTTEN TO SEE A GAME THERE, I HAVE LOTS OF PICS BUT THEY ARE ALL DEMO PICS. I UPLOADED ONES THAT REALLY ARE NOT SHOWING DEMO

DAVE:banghead:

[doctor_gogol]

I took these in 1983. It was Yastrezemki's last game in Detroit. I had some great pics of Yaz too. But I mailed them to him to autograph and he never sent them back. I have the negatives somewhere.

Can anyone tell me when the aluminum siding was complete? I thought it was done in 78-79. These shots form 83 show the siding only partial.

[Beech Cricker]

Doc,

Great shots--thanks for sharing these!

I especially like the view of the siding work in process. As for your question about the siding, Michael Betzold and Ethan Casey, in their book Queen of Diamonds write (p. 110):

"In the second phase of the renovation, completed in time for the 1984 season, the old painted brick [sic-concrete] walls of the stadium, which for years had been left to peel and chip, were covered with beige [sic--white or off white] metal siding and graffiti-proof blue-glazed masonry at ground level. The stadium's forty-eight rolling gates were repaired or replaced. Team clubhouses were modernized, and two new bathrooms were built."

I never cared for the siding as it covered up a lot of the exterior details-- architectural features, louvers, etc. But as you can see by the condition of the unsided walls (clearly deferred maintenance), something had to be done and I'm sure siding the walls was a cheaper alternative.

[doctor_gogol]

What I don't get it is how great the stadium looked in 83, all the work they did on the inside in 78-79, and the continued renovations though 84... somehow the stadium as such a "dump" by 1997 that a new stadium was "necessary"?

The only thing this leads me to believe is that it was gross negligence by the city of Detroit, Illytch and greed on the part of everyone involved why Tiger stadium went to seed and eventually torn down.

[tugger]

What I don't get it is how great the stadium looked in 83, all the work they did on the inside in 78-79, and the continued renovations though 84... somehow the stadium as such a "dump" by 1997 that a new stadium was "necessary"?

The only thing this leads me to believe is that it was gross negligence by the city of Detroit, Illytch and greed on the part of everyone involved why Tiger stadium went to seed and eventually torn down.
Not that it was a "dump." It was just outmoded. It was build at a time when Americans were smaller, so there was insufficient leg room for today (I know, I was there). Also it was built at a time before TV, so if you wanted to actually see a game, you had to go to the game. Now, the casual fan can sit at home and watch; therefore stadiums have to provided more amenities, more bells and whistles (and fewer poles and letterbox views) than in the past to get Joe Average and family out to the park. Plus the big name free agents (or current Tigers who are future free agents) are looking for more amenities.

True, if everybody was like us, they'd overlook the deficiencies. But in a competitive business with millions at stalk, history will only go so far.

[doctor_gogol]

It was just outmoded. It was build at a time when Americans were smaller, so there was insufficient leg room for today (I know, I was there).

and thinner.

Although, I'm 6'7 & 250. I never had a problem fitting in the Tiger Stadium seats.

The only amenity I needed was the Tiger Stadium giant Ball Park dinner franks that Comerica doesn't have. Damn I miss those hot dogs!

[cgcoyne2]

and thinner.

Although, I'm 6'7 & 250. I never had a problem fitting in the Tiger Stadium seats.

The only amenity I needed was the Tiger Stadium giant Ball Park dinner franks that Comerica doesn't have. Damn I miss those hot dogs!

Doc, with that bald head you must really stand out!!!!

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[YieldtoTwins]

See attached photos. Disregard the date on the pics, I changed the batteries on the camera and didn't fix the date. Was late July 1995 as I was in town for the Drum Corps regional show in Ypsilanti.

[tugger]

Did anyone ever think having the date on top of the photo was ever a good idea?

[Gary Dunaier]

As long as you make sure the date is correct, yes, it's a great idea.

[Lpeters199]

Green seats in 1974.

http://public.fotki.com/Kos/baseball_photos/1974_detroit_tigers/

[dcb56]

[Lpeters199]

Terry Barr at Briggs Stadium, then Lew Carpenter, Joe Schmidt, and Howard Cassady.

[Lpeters199]

Gail Cogdill of the Lions and Gary Collins of the Browns. No sterile, Silverdome-like football was played here.

[bandit12]

This photo from 1978 is from a reunion of the 1968 Tigers team at Tiger Stadium.
PHOTO BY BOB WIMMER
DEARBORN MICHIGAN

I notice that even in 1978, the third deck boxes are empty in right field. What year did they stop letting fans sit there? Also, why?

[Lpeters199]

I notice that even in 1978, the third deck boxes are empty in right field. What year did they stop letting fans sit there? Also, why?

After the fire, fans were no longer allowed in the third deck--probably the Fire Marshal's decision. In the 50s, third deck seats were only sold after all box and reserved seats were sold out, so the third deck was empty for most games.

[Lpeters199]

Most extra points at Briggs Stadium either hit the facing of the upper deck or landed in the first row of seats. It wasn't unusual to see a ball hit the end zone TV camera in left field.

[bandit12]

After the fire, fans were no longer allowed in the third deck--probably the Fire Marshal's decision. In the 50s, third deck seats were only sold after all box and reserved seats were sold out, so the third deck was empty for most games.

Thanks....does anyone have any photos of people in those boxes...specifically right field...that would have been a cool place to have seen a game.

[Lpeters199]

I posted this picture on Donald's Tiger Stadium site--check it out.

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/tigerstadium1912/

This shows the third deck filled with fans in 1976 or 1977, with Mark Fidrych on the mound. Look closely--The Bird even managed to fill all the obstructed view seats behind posts. No seats were empty in this picture. You're very correct about third deck seats. My dad and I sat there for a game in the late 50s, and no seats in the house compared to the view from up there.

[Lpeters199]

Search this site for many old pics.

http://dlxs.lib.wayne.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=vmc;g=photojournalism

[YankeeFanBx]

I love looking at and reading about the ballparks of my youth. The Yankees were a terrible team when I started to watch baseball on TV, after 1963.
I remember Tiger stadium for the sluggers on the team, Kaline , Horton, Cash, Frehan, Gates Brown and so on.
Great memories of great old stadiums.

[penncentralpete]

The ol' girl looking wonderful.................................

[Beech Cricker]

After the fire, fans were no longer allowed in the third deck--probably the Fire Marshal's decision. In the 50s, third deck seats were only sold after all box and reserved seats were sold out, so the third deck was empty for most games.

Larry, I remember this night well...it was a breaking news story during one of my prime time shows. I was stunned/concerned--"our" Stadium on fire!

[Beech Cricker]

The ol' girl looking wonderful.................................

PC Pete, you bet! What a great photo--it has instantly become my desktop pic. Thank you.

[Lpeters199]

This angle makes foul territory look wider than it really is/was:

[SultanOfWhat]

Regarding that picture of Mantle supposedly hitting one over the roof, I think that might be the actual swing. There are almost zero fans visible in that picture, and attendance for 9-17-58 turns out to be a measly 2,973.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=195809170DET

[penncentralpete]

PC Pete, you bet! What a great photo--it has instantly become my desktop pic. Thank you.

You're welcome Jeff. Great photo. Enjoy.

[doctor_gogol]

From Wikipedia

Constructed in 1896, Bennett Park was located at Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit's predominantly Irish Sixth Ward, an area known as "Corkstown". Built where Tiger Stadium stands today, the park was named after catcher Charlie Bennett of the National League's Detroit Wolverines, who lost both legs after being run over by a train in 1894, and who threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the season for the Tigers every year through 1926. The park was located on the site of Woodbridge Grove, the farm of Michigan Governor and United States Senator William Woodbridge, and Detroit's old Haymarket, where farmers weighed and sold their hay. The field was quite hastily constructed by covering cobblestones of the market with topsoil. Thus, the infield was very rocky, and the outfield also turned marshy with any rain. In addition, the sun shone directly into the eyes of the batter in late afternoons. The park was built of wood and was surrounded by "wildcat bleachers", seats on rooftops just outside the park.

Shallow bleachers were constructed for the 1901 season, but overflow crowds were often forced to sit in the deep outfield. In their first game here, on April 25, 1901, the Detroit Tigers pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history. They were down thirteen to four to Milwaukee going into the bottom of the ninth inning but rallied to score ten runs in the inning and beat the Brewers 14 to 13. Sunday games were not permitted here during the Tigers' first two seasons in the park, so they had to play in Burns Park on Sundays. By the mid-1900s, the Tigers had become a very competitive team, led by Ty Cobb, and the World Series was played in Bennett Park for three straight seasons, 1907 through 1909. During this time, the area around home plate, nicknamed "Cobb's Lake", was kept soaked by groundskeepers to help keep Ty Cobb's bunts fair. By 1911, Bennett Park was the smallest ballpark in the majors, and after the season the park was demolished to make way for Tiger Stadium, which still stands on the same spot.



The position of the photographer would have been behind the plate in classic Tiger Stadium

[doctor_gogol]

I found this on hellodetroit.com by accident this morning looking for photos of the Chrysler Highland Park complex.



Catcher Charles Schmidt
1907. Image of catcher Charles Schmidt, American League's Detroit Tigers baseball player, and umpire Sheridan standing at home plate looking up at the ball hit by National League's Chicago Cubs baseball player Slagel during a World Series game played at Bennett Park in Detroit, Michigan. Spectators sitting in the stands and on the roof of the stands are visible in the background. Chicago Daily News

[doctor_gogol]

Opening day 1911 at Bennett Park

[kingcohn]

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is a nice photo of Tiger Stadium

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is another photo.

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is a night photo.

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is another night photo

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is a nice photo of Tiger Stadium.

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is Tiger Stadium in the winter.

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Here is a photo of one of Tiger Stadiums light towers.

[TIGER STADIUM 1912]

Here is a photo showing the Tiger Stadium concourse.

[Lpeters199]

This picture dates back to the early 80s, before the padded dark blue Tigers Den seats were installed (and their prices doubled). All the lower deck seats were blue plastic, and all the upper deck box seats were orange plastic--now officially named Disco Blue and Orange, in honor of Jeff's efforts to save them.

Were the Tigers Den seats new seats or just padded over plastic seats?

[Lpeters199]

As they say, right on top of the field--even the 10th row of the upper deck. Comerica should never have been built.

[Lpeters199]

The screens atop the outfield walls were removed for football season.

[brooklyndodger14]

These are pictures I purchased from eBay a couple of years ago and I don't have any further sourcing information. They were part of a dozen or so pictures inside and outside the Stadium on what looks like a sunny summer day at The Corner.

Dennis
BrooklynDodger14

[PurpleMustReign]

Tiger Stadium 1912:

Awesome pics! Those parking lots close to the stadium are funny. Must be those deals where the attendants park the car for you and then have to go get it for you.

[Gylmar]

Tiger Stadium 1912:

Awesome pics! Those parking lots close to the stadium are funny. Must be those deals where the attendants park the car for you and then have to go get it for you.

There was no leaving early from those lots if you were boxed in. You had to wait your turn to leave after the people around the edges left. :hissyfit:

[PurpleMustReign]

There was no leaving early from those lots if you were boxed in. You had to wait your turn to leave after the people around the edges left. :hissyfit:


That sucks. They used to have a lot by the Metrodome like that, but there were people working there and would get your car when you handed them your ticket number.

[Captain Cold Nose]

There was no leaving early from those lots if you were boxed in. You had to wait your turn to leave after the people around the edges left. :hissyfit:

That was fun, wasn't it? It seemed almost every time I went to a game we were stuck because of one or two cars. The boos would come louder than anything at the stadium that day when the people would finally appear.

The funny thing was, you could ask them not to park the cars around you like that, and they would sometimes say they would not, easy-out, they would say.

I guess that was part of the charm, the risk you would take from parking in those lots. Best not try to leave early.

[Lpeters199]

George "Papa Bear" Halas

[J.E.Fullerton]

Apologies if something similar has been posted before, but the main entrance of Navin Field, with it's tiger head capitals on the columns:

This image was used in the Ty Cobb cover version of the final game program, but they corrected the date on it. I worked at the printing company that made them at the time, and made a print of it as soon as I saw it.

[RationalNYYfan]

These stadiums seem to have been built with so much more character than the ones of today. There's just something magical about Tiger Stadium - gotta love baseball-fever for showing me these pics.

[nyce475]

How was the neighborhood around the stadium, I couldnt help but notice the houses all around and wondering how awesome it would have been as a kid to grow up in the shadow of a major league park. Of course that is probably making that much more painful now for those folks.

[soup]

[scooterfan]

Great pictures folks!! I drove by Tiger Stadium at night in 2005 and driving around the stadium made me feel like I was going back in time. Too bad it had to go, too bad they built a new stadium where the seats are so far from the field.

[doctor_gogol]

Tiger Stadium 1912:

Awesome pics! Those parking lots close to the stadium are funny. Must be those deals where the attendants park the car for you and then have to go get it for you.

That was the player's/staff lot.

[Sean O]

Best picture I've seen. You can see both the disrepair of Tiger Stadium in its final years, along with the tremendous potential for rebirth.

[soup]

Best picture I've seen. You can see both the disrepair of Tiger Stadium in its final years, along with the tremendous potential for rebirth.

it really makes me sad....even more sad than the demolition pictures

[SultanOfWhat]

1951

[Astros]

Just saw some cool pics of Navin/Briggs here:http://shop.ebay.com/historicimages01/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

[chip]

Like this one..........

[doctor_gogol]

They are the most amazing vintage photos of Bennett/Navin/Briggs/Tiger stadium I've ever seen! 99% of these haven't been seen since they were originally published in the 20s-50s. Better vintage photos of the stadium simply don't exist. This is not an exaggeration!

The seller is posting them in large scale. I grabbed every one of them. Some of the auctions are ending in minutes and he is still posting new ones.

When I get a chance, I'll post them on my Flickr page and everyone can have them

Seriously, these photos are breathtaking!

[locke40]

They are the most amazing vintage photos of Bennett/Navin/Briggs/Tiger stadium I've ever seen! 99% of these haven't been seen since they were originally published in the 20s-50s. Better vintage photos of the stadium simply don't exist. This is not an exaggeration!

The seller is posting them in large scale. I grabbed every one of them. Some of the auctions are ending in minutes and he is still posting new ones.

When I get a chance, I'll post them on my Flickr page and everyone can have them

Seriously, these photos are breathtaking!

Agreed, and thank you, doctor_gogol! This is why I love baseball-fever so much!!

[doctor_gogol]

Here are a few. There are about 200 total.

[DClutch]

Here are a few. There are about 200 total.







Thats beatiful! Amazing pictures.. I just cant believe what Detroit was, and what it is now. I just cant picture it.

[doctor_gogol]

Here is the entire batch!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctor_gogol/sets/

I had no idea uploading mass photos to Flickr was that easy!

I think the seller will post more. He put up a couple dozen today already.

I only grabbed the ones that featured the stadium and locker room.

[ol' aches and pains]

Thank you, Doctor. These are spectacular!

[alpineinc]

Wow! Thank you Doctor, for the efforts. Amazing pics!

[Armando Criscione]

They are the most amazing vintage photos of Bennett/Navin/Briggs/Tiger stadium I've ever seen! 99% of these haven't been seen since they were originally published in the 20s-50s. Better vintage photos of the stadium simply don't exist. This is not an exaggeration!

You are not kidding. I have never seen anything like these before. I could spend and entire day examining these photos. Thank you for posting and putting them all together.

[elmer]

1934 Navin Field

[bandit12]

What is the deal with the stands in left field? Temporary and for what?



Stands in left gone but obviously later with the right field expansion.

[doctor_gogol]

Temporary stands for the 35 World Series

[bandit12]

Temporary stands for the 35 World Series

But no one is in them...but obviously there is a game going on. Was it the next season or before the series began? I am assuming they clinched early and knew they were going to host it?

[bandit12]

Wow...these are some great pics...thanks Doc.


Lucky numbers....I wonder what that entailed...early promotions I guess.

[Lpeters199]

Sept. 4, 1935 newspaper article about the temporary bleachers:

[vtbub]

But no one is in them...but obviously there is a game going on. Was it the next season or before the series began? I am assuming they clinched early and knew they were going to host it?

Looks more like temp football stands.

[J.E.Fullerton]

But no one is in them...but obviously there is a game going on.
They haven't finished building them in that photo. The back edge of the bleachers toward the LF corner is ragged, ending in loose beams.

[SJLT252]

Is it me or Tiger Stadium is as close as you are going to get to a European Soccer Stadium setting, with its completely enclosed grandstands and neighborhood setting?

[doctor_gogol]

Here is another photo of the 35 world series stands.

HA! THose seats near the top of the temp stands look like they'd be half way down the hill to I-75 today.

BTW- despite knowing that the temp stands were built for the 35 series, Football wasn't played at Navin. The Lions didn't play there until 1938 when it was Briggs.

[Bernard Shakey]

Just look at those photos. And they tore it down. Last year. Maybe they can put up a Wal Mart on the site.

[J.E.Fullerton]

I never noticed this before, but the stands of the RF pavilion (and presumably the LF one too) are notably higher than the stands of the main grandstand, despite the roof height being equal (at least in the front, it's harder to judge the back) before it was double-decked in the early 1920s...compare to the postcard view:


Originally known as Navin Field






That means the roof over the pavilions was much tighter to the back row, while the roof over the grandstand was much more open. I calculated the lower deck height behind home at 20' based on the number and height s of the risers, so I'd guess the pavilions were at least 25', with 15' clearance over the former and only 10' over the latter.

This is very similar to the situation with Braves Field, which was originally planned to have the roof extend over the pavilions, which were also higher than the Grandstand. However, Navin Field had three completely separate roofs, rather than one continuous one. Here's a view of both sections from 1912, from Okkonen's the Ty Cobb scrapbook:

Several of the Osborn parks had a similar general layout, with a ticket building leading to a wide ramp behind the RF corner (Dunn Field and Griffith, too, though Griffith only had ticket kiosks not a building) but Braves and Navin seem to me to have been the most strikingly similar, down to the mission style buildings.
Here's a cleaner shot of the 1912 exterior:

And here's a close up of the ticket building, showing the tiger head capitals:

[doctor_gogol]

Here is a 1963 proposal for an Olympic stadium in the city of Detroit.
It really looks as if after the proposed olympic games, this would have been a Tiger Stadium replacement. It appears as if its on the site where Comerica now sits.



The city of Detroit prepared bids for the olympic games from the 30s -late 60s. They came very close for the 68 games. Mexico City won

Here is the entire set

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46267068@N04/sets/72157623082529285/

[Paul W]

lucky that did not happen, olympics/track and field layout and baseball do not mix well...

[Chevy114]

Here is a 1963 proposal for an Olympic stadium in the city of Detroit.
It really looks as if after the proposed olympic games, this would have been a Tiger Stadium replacement. It appears as if its on the site where Comerica now sits.



The city of Detroit prepared bids for the olympic games from the 30s -late 60s. They came very close for the 68 games. Mexico City won

Here is the entire set

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46267068@N04/sets/72157623082529285/

I wonder if the black glove ordeal would have happened had it been in America and I also wonder if a 3rd world country would have gotten the games ever if Detriot got it?

[bandit12]

lucky that did not happen, olympics/track and field layout and baseball do not mix well...

not always....

[Paul W]

not always....


i was there during the olympic games and most of the seats were at odd angles or so far away that you might as well have been in buckhead.
the building was set up for baseball and like most of what went there made the '96 games a joke (remember the bombing???)

[RfkFedEx]

That Olympic stadium model reminds me of old Riverfront in Cinci with the way the parking garages rose several stories above the ground level concourse.

Yuck!

A nightmare of concrete, but it seems fitting for the motor city at the height of the automobile era.

I'm so glad this didn't happen b/c I wouldn't have been able to hit TS in my lifetime if it had.

However, I think the Lions would have been better off staying outdoors in that division. This stadium might have worked in their favor had the Silver Dome never lured them out of town and indoors. By the time they were due for a new stadium in the 90s, Ford Field might have been an outdoor facility.

[locke40]

not always....

]

I think they should have actually kept the stadium as is for baseball. Reminiscent of Old Old Yankee Stadium, before the right field extension.

[bandit12]

i was there during the olympic games and most of the seats were at odd angles or so far away that you might as well have been in buckhead.
the building was set up for baseball and like most of what went there made the '96 games a joke (remember the bombing???)

If you had your rathers....I think they made the right choice in making it a baseball stadium first and olympic stadium 2nd.....otherwise...they would be talking already about a new ballpark.

[bandit12]

I think they should have actually kept the stadium as is for baseball. Reminiscent of Old Old Yankee Stadium, before the right field extension.

I think they would have trouble getting anyone to sit in those outfield seats....you are in a different zipcode as the rest of the current stadium. You can see the footprint of the old Olympic part by the road that is still there.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=atlanta+ga&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Atlanta,+Fulton,+Georgia&gl=us&ei=AmBbS6OHF4mVtgefx8mVAg&ved=0CBIQ8gEwAA&ll=33.735935,-84.389151&spn=0.003163,0.006866&t=h&z=18&iwloc=A

[Gary Dunaier]

You can see the footprint of the old Olympic part by the road that is still there.

I think that was intentional, as a way to memorialize the Olympic Stadium part of the site.

Interesting thought about keeping the place in its original Olympic configuration for baseball... what would the field dimensions have been if they did that?

[doctor_gogol]

I think they would have trouble getting anyone to sit in those outfield seats....l]

If they would have left it in that configuration, it would remind me of the Polo grounds, or even the LA colosseum

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Here are some great pics from Tom on Picasa. They really capture the feel of not just Tiger Stadium, but of Detroit.

April 9, 1976


1980 Props to the Motor City Madman!!


Hank Aaron with the Brewers 1975


May 27, 1977


Apr 17, 1979


Parade June 1976


Apr 23, 1978





Apr 27, 1977 I didn't realize Susan Boyle was a Tigers fan....


May 9, 1976

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Mark Wagner Sept 18, 1978


1980


Sept 25, 1977




Jan 1979


May 3, 1977


Next 2 from July 3, 1976




Apr 9, 1976


Sept 1975 Vern Ruhle

[Seven Deep]

I dont think i've ever bookmarked a specific thread page in my browser before.

Amazing work. Just wow.

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Sept 25, 1977





Sept 1975 Tigers vs Yankees w/ Roy White batting



April 27, 1977


Upper deck 1976


April 27, 1977 Palmer gives an autograph


June 1976


Sept 25, 1977 Gotta love the old guy


Sept 1975


Sept 1975

[Paul W]

just about the last mlb park with folding chairs...

[mets16]

Holy hell, those are some great pictures. Really captures that part of history. What a place America seemed, cigars being sold, beer less than a dollar. All less than 40 years ago.

[tugger]

So which one's Phil: The Lee Donowitz guy or the William S. Burroughs guy?

[JohnCropp]

Holy hell, those are some great pictures. Really captures that part of history. What a place America seemed, cigars being sold, beer less than a dollar. All less than 40 years ago.

What the world was like before it realized what it was worth to us.

[RfkFedEx]

Great Pics Mendoza. Thank you as always.

Doesn't it seem like the roof top boxes were always empty aside from a few people directly behind the plate?

Even in the game pictured below when they had a good size crowd, there was almost no one on the 3rd level.

What was in those boxes and who could sit up there? Was that seating ever sold to the public?

[J.R.]

Never should have been any color other than green.

[mandrake]

Here is a 1963 proposal for an Olympic stadium in the city of Detroit.
It really looks as if after the proposed olympic games, this would have been a Tiger Stadium replacement. It appears as if its on the site where Comerica now sits.


The city of Detroit prepared bids for the olympic games from the 30s -late 60s. They came very close for the 68 games. Mexico City won

Here is the entire set




Not to offend, but history is history.:debate:

[DrBear]

And the 1968 games? Thank God those were not in Detroit. Does anyone forget July 1967 in Detroit? Who would have gone to those games just a year later?


It's worth remembering that Mexico City also had riots - student riots with fatalities - just days before the start of the Olympics. Just about anyplace could have had them.

[RfkFedEx]

Never should have been any color other than green.

I didn't know that it was ever painted green, let alone as recently as the 70s. Def looked better than the blue with the orange/red seating of the 80s and 90s.

[RfkFedEx]

Another observation,

the view from the first couple of rows of the upper deck in RF must have really sucked.

Having to look through chain link fence for three hours must have been migrane inducing.

[soup]

what amazing photos.

[bandit12]

April 27, 1977



This one must have happened not too long after a bra burning rally. Obviously it wasn't that cold of a day. :rofl:

[Paul W]

the look of the place blows out the manufactured look of today's mallparks.

those centerfield shots looking at the grandstand makes me feel the wamth of a june evening...

[tugger]

This one must have happened not too long after a bra burning rally. Obviously it wasn't that cold of a day. :rofl:

that's a 10-4, good buddy!

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Another observation,

the view from the first couple of rows of the upper deck in RF must have really sucked.

Having to look through chain link fence for three hours must have been migrane inducing.


Not if you get up close enough, though.

That's Dwight Evans in RF 1980

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Some more Tiger Stadium characters (courtesy of Tom @ Picasa).

Next 2 from Apr 7, 1977




Next 3 from Apr 16, 1979






May 10, 1975


Next 2 from May 27, 1977




May 4, 1979


April 27, 1977

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Apr 22, 1977


Sept 3, 1976 A Fidrych fan


Apr 4, 1979


Sept 18, 1978 Milt May signs


Sept 1975 Leon Robers


Sepy 30, 1979 Kirk Gibson




July 3, 1976


Sept 25, 1977 Feguson Jenkins signs


Sept 1975 Tigers vs Yanks Graig Nettles batting

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Sept 1975 cont.


Ray Bare


Sept 19, 1978 John Wockenfuss


1970' postcard


Finally, what happened to the neighborhood? :cry:

[4evertribe]

I used to get up to my share of Tiger games when I went to Bowling Green and Toledo law. I had never been to a real, built just for baseball, ball park. Being a north east Ohioan I grew up with Cleveland Stadium and Three Rivers Stadium, and when I walked into Tiger Stadium I couldn't believe the intimacy of the place. The stands seemed right on top of you. I'll never forget that feeling.

I once saw Cecil Fielder hit one on the roof in left. The moment he hit it, the only question was "is this going to clear the roof or not?"

[Paul W]

...when I walked into Tiger Stadium I couldn't believe the intimacy of the place. The stands seemed right on top of you. I'll never forget that feeling.


here, here! as much as the new places try to mimmic the intimacy, they always fall well short!

[cgcoyne2]

Apr 22, 1977
...

Sept 3, 1976 A Fidrych fan


...


Looks like he's choking his chicken to me!!! LOL

[locke40]

here, here! as much as the new places try to mimmic the intimacy, they always fall well short!

Dare I say, bring back support columns!?

[alpineinc]

Wow, just wow.

[Paul W]

Dare I say, bring back support columns!?

my mom who worked in the yankees front office in the 50's said that they never had problems selling tix behind posts for series games.
winning team offsets poles...

[Mario Mendoza...HOF Lock]

Poles added character to the park. It added to the sense of age and history of the place. I wonder, would having support posts in the newer parks have made them cheaper to build? This coming from a non-engineer. Not that I see posts ever coming back other than for for novelty or forced nostalgia. Which is why losing Tiger Stadium was such a loss.

[4evertribe]

"There were over 30 home runs hit onto the right field roof over the years. It was a relatively soft touch compared to left field, with a 325 foot foul line and with a roof that was in line with the front of the lower deck. In left field, it was 15 feet farther down the line, and the roof was set back some distance. Only four of the game's most powerful right-handed sluggers (Harmon Killebrew, Frank Howard, Cecil Fielder and Mark McGwire) reached the left field rooftop." wikipedia.

[RfkFedEx]

Mario or Paul,
Do either of you know why the roof top boxes were usually empty aside from a few people directly behind the plate? I've noticed that in many photos and every game I saw on tv in the 90s. Were tickets ever sold for seating up there?

[bandit12]

Mario or Paul,
Do either of you know why the roof top boxes were usually empty aside from a few people directly behind the plate? I've noticed that in many photos and every game I saw on tv in the 90s. Were tickets ever sold for seating up there?

I believe it was mentioned earlier that it had to do with fire codes and an actuall fire in the 70's.

[cringey]

I wish I was able to see a game here, but I still feel lucky that I was able to do a walk around and take pictures in 2007.

[Paul W]

Poles added character to the park. It added to the sense of age and history of the place. I wonder, would having support posts in the newer parks have made them cheaper to build? This coming from a non-engineer. Not that I see posts ever coming back other than for for novelty or forced nostalgia. Which is why losing Tiger Stadium was such a loss.

new construction techniques an television made the pillar a bad thing.
the politicians, construction unions and tigers wanted a new building, period.

[Lpeters199]

Mario or Paul,
Do either of you know why the roof top boxes were usually empty aside from a few people directly behind the plate? I've noticed that in many photos and every game I saw on tv in the 90s. Were tickets ever sold for seating up there?

The third deck area behind the plate was the press box, so there were people there for every game. From around first base all the way to right center was called the Auxiliary Press Box. In 50s the Tigers' policy was to sell tickets for the third deck when all the box and reserved seats had been sold, so there was only day of game sales. The Lions filled it for every football game.

What...a...view! After the fire, that area was never used again. Too bad--it would have made a perfect private box area if the park had been refurbished.

This picture from Doctor_Gogol's Flicker album captures the third deck seating perfectly, and the color shot shows how Mark Fidrych drew huge crowds in 1976 and 1977.

[RfkFedEx]

Thx Lpeters!

Those roof top seats would have been awesome for football, though a long walk down for beer and piss runs.

When was the great fire?

Also interesting that row #2 in the boxes had to be six ft above row one because the patrons were looking straight down to the infield.

[Pelt]

Holy hell, those are some great pictures. Really captures that part of history. What a place America seemed, cigars being sold, beer less than a dollar. All less than 40 years ago.

Yeah, but we have amenities now. Amenities.

You know... amenities.

Not sure how we survived without them.

Amenities!

[doctor_gogol]

Those roof top seats would have been awesome for football, though a long walk down for beer and piss runs.


Or you could just go over the side of the 3rd deck!


When was the great fire?

Feb 1, 1977

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19770202&id=clYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840,2660394

[RfkFedEx]

77

More details please! Or a referral to the post # where this was explained.

[doctor_gogol]

More details please! Or a referral to the post # where this was explained.


http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19770202&id=clYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VFIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6840,266039

February 1, 1977

[trepye]

As they say, right on top of the field--even the 10th row of the upper deck. Comerica should never have been built.

Up until I saw this picture I kept thinking what the big fuss about this stadium was. From the pictures I've seen, the exterior is awful, the inside of it looked a bit run down and unkempt, the seating lay out was stacked to a point of being cramped. But boy, what amazing sightlines! Now that I got to get a good look at it the premier feature of this stadium I would say that it is worth having some beams in the lower deck to allow these spendid views of the action.

[locke40]

Up until I saw this picture I kept thinking what the big fuss about this stadium was. From the pictures I've seen, the exterior is awful, the inside of it looked a bit run down and unkempt, the seating lay out was stacked to a point of being cramped. But boy, what amazing sightlines! Now that I got to get a good look at it the premier feature of this stadium I would say that it is worth having some beams in the lower deck to allow these spendid views of the action.

Can we get the architectural terminology correct, please? A beam is a horizontal piece of steel or wood. A column is a vertical piece of steel or wood.

[ability]

I grew up in Romulus, MI and attended Tigers games all the time growing up. In fact I only moved to NC July of 99, so I went out the same year as Tiger Stadium. GREAT GREAT place to watch a ball game. I was lucky enough to be there the night Clemens struck out 20. Miss that place. Comerica Park is nice, but it's got nothing on 'The Corner'.

[NYFan1stYankFan2nd]

This one must have happened not too long after a bra burning rally. Obviously it wasn't that cold of a day. :rofl:

Now in those photos is what going to a ballgame should be all about! Too bad the builders of stadiums in the last few years have had a different audience in mind . ..

[Paul W]

Now in those photos is what going to a ballgame should be all about! Too bad the builders of stadiums in the last few years have had a different audience in mind . ..

like those with short attention spans, women with $$$'s, corporate types that pad their expense accounts...

[Paul W]

pix from '75, ron leflore watering a tomato plant in cf. anybody know about or remember this?

[doctor_gogol]

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story.

There are some REALLY great clips of the stadium. It was filmed in 78 when the stadium was in transition from the renovation. The upper deck is still green, while the lower deck is blue.

Billy Martin, Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan and Jim Northrup have speaking parts

Here is the best part of the film. LeFlore's try out at Tiger Stadium. With amazing shots of the club house, tunnel and dug out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5GhoGQLS4c

[Paul W]

yep, good locations...

ha, billy was always such a ham!

at least burton was athletic enough to make a good try to be a player unlike so many other actors.
notice though in the hitting sequence that he was partially covered in many of the shots and lots of "foley-ing" of the bat on ball sounds.

interesting the the lower deck was blue and upper was still the old green, guess the change was not done all at once...

what year was this produced?

[Lpeters199]

Thanks, Doctor_Gogol! Here's some information about the movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078035/

[doctor_gogol]

interesting the the lower deck was blue and upper was still the old green, guess the change was not done all at once...

what year was this produced?

78

I remember seeing the stadium in that condition. If you plod through this thread, there are photos of the 10th anniversary reunion of the 68 Tigers and the stadium is 1/2 green, half blue.

I went to 2 games that summer. The 10th anniversary game and in May against the Red Sox, which is featured in One in a Million. First game I ever went to.

[cas]

Here are some photos of Tiger Stadium I took many years ago on a trip to Michigan. I had hoped to see the Tigers play at Tiger Stadium. Unfortunately, the trip was scheduled for the last half of August of 94. Oh well, at least I got to get inside the stadium.

[ACGT]

I love tiger stadium. This where baseball history was made. Babe Ruth 700th Hr, The Roberto Clemente All-star game HR was hit. They do not need to tear it down

[Lpeters199]

More on the Ron LeFlore movie:

[Lpeters199]

1977-78 refurbishments:

[doctor_gogol]

Lpeters- thanks for the clip regarding One in a Million.

That clinches it. I was definitely at that game. It was the day before my 11th birthday and it was the very first Tiger game I ever went to and the 1st time I ever saw the stadium.

We walked in when they were still filming. So the precise moment when I 1st saw Tiger Stadium in in that film.

Here is the rest of the footage from One in a Million that features Tiger Stadium

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx2HgRg9W4Y