Tigers catcher Bill Freehan talks to a few fans in spring training in 1973. (Photo: Detroit Free Press via Imagn Images) Dfp 0612 Freehan 2 1 1 27b26jk5 L626714218
Through June 18, 2021, a total of 1,731 players have suited up in at least one game for the Detroit Tigers. There have been 444 who were born in Michigan. The list of Michiganders who hit at least one home run for the team is much shorter.
From Kalkaska’s Emil Frisk (way back in the American League’s inaugural season of 1901) to Detroit-born, Dearborn Divine Child alumnus Eric Haase (not too long ago), there have been only 33 Detroit Tigers players who were born in Michigan and hit a home run for the team.