Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB. Once that is done, we will look at how each team honors its past players, coaches, and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Detroit Tigers will be retiring the number 10 of Jim Leyland.
This has been an incredible year for Leyland, who will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this July. He also has been announced as an impending member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame.
Leyland was Detroit’s Manager from 2006 to 2013, where he had a record of 700-597 and managed the Tigers to American League Pennants in 2006 & 2013.
His number joins Lou Whitaker (#1), Charlie Gehringer (#2), Alan Trammell (#3), Hank Greenberg (#5), Al Kaline (#6), Sparky Anderson (#11), Hal Newhouser (#16), Willie Horton (#23), Jackie Robinson (#42) and Jack Morris (#47).
The ceremony will take place on August 3.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Jim Leyland for this impending honor.
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