Fansided · Jul 16, 2018
Detroit Tigers have solid history in Home Run Derby
The Detroit Tigers may not have anyone in this year’s home run derby, but they’ve had a lot of success in prior competitions.
Detroit Tigers’ fans may not have a stake in Monday’s Home Run Derby, which will include sluggers Bryce Harper, Freddie Freeman, Rhys Hoskins and Javier Baez, among others. While Detroit does not have anyone in this year’s derby, they have had solid representation in the home run derby throughout the event’s history.
The Home Run Derby first began in 1985. The Tigers have had a player participate in ten of the 32 derby’s, good for just over 30% participation. Of course, five of those ten years involved Detroit’s most notorious father-son duo.