WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW-ALAN TRAMMELL

WHILE PLAYING ON THE TIGERS' FARM TEAM IN MONTGOMERY OF THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE IT WAS THE ACTUAL FIRST TIME THAT HE PLAYED ALONG SIDE LOU WHITAKER. THEY THEN MADE THEIR FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT TOGETHER AT FENWAY PARK ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1977, THE FIRST OF 19 SEASONS TOGETHER. TRAMELL ALSO MADE A CAMEO APPEARANCE WITH SWEET LOU ON THE TELEVISION SHOW MAGNUM PI DURING THE 1983 SEASON. TOM SELLECK WHO WAS A DETROIT NATIVE, MADE IT A POINT TO REPRESENT HIMSELF AS A DIE HARD TIGER FAN ON THE SHOW.