DETROIT, MI - AUGUST 21: Former Detroit Tiger pitcher Mickey Lolich waves to the fans prior to the start of the game between the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on August 21, ...

MIDLAND — Mickey Lolich can’t really explain it, either his magic arm or the soundness of his training regimen. But the 69-year-old Detroit Tigers legend can point to one large piece of evidence.

Former Tigers pitcher Mickey Lolich notched three complete game wins during the 1968 World Series against the Cardinals. Named the MVP of the World Series, the lefty posted a 1.67 ERA, allowing 20 ...

Another pitcher's year, another call for a lower mound Associated Press/1968 Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series, a season in which Bob Gibson, ...

The Detroit Tigers will pay tribute this Saturday May 25th to the 1968 World Series Champion Tigers before their 4:05 p.m. game with the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. Doors open at 2:00 p.m. and ...

Roger Maris, who memorably hit 61 in ’61 for the Yankees and helped the Cardinals win two pennants in the final two years of his career, turned out to be a pretty good scout and prophet before the ...

DETROIT -- The year 1968 was one of the most memorable for pitching. Denny McLain was a 31-game winner. Bob Gibson won only 22 games, but he finished the season with an earned run average, 1.12, that ...

COMSTOCK PARK — Look up any list with Mickey Lolich’s name on it and you won’t have to look down very far to find that name. During his 17-year career — most of them with the Detroit Tigers — Lolich ...

There's no comparison, but we'll get to that shortly. Former Detroit Tigers left-hander Mickey Lolich, the MVP of the 1968 World Series for the Tigers, told the Free Press earlier this week that he ...

BALTIMORE – The designated-hitter rule was adopted by the American League in 1973. Before that, pitchers batted in the AL, as they still do now in the National League. In this aspect of baseball, ...

Bob Gibson, the MVP and Cy Young Award winner of the Cardinals, is known as one of the game's best big-game pitchers. Twice in the previous four years he has pitched St. Louis to victory in Game 7 of ...