Relive the key moments from the career of Hall of Famer Al Kaline.
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@michealsullivan42054 ай бұрын
I had an Al Kaline bat and glove as a kid. Al was always my favorite player. RIP Mr. Tiger.⚾️
@rickhickman19353 ай бұрын
He was a lovely man and an elegant player. When you think of classy and baseball, you think of players like Stan Musial, Carl Yasztremski, Brooks Robinson & Al Kaline. Dignified and true hall of famers.
@ubilo Жыл бұрын
When I was playing baseball as a kid, we all wanted to be Al Kaline.
@rayrussell6258 Жыл бұрын
I didn't grow up in metro Detroit or St Louis, but as a Little Leaguer I started wearing #6 for my favorite players in each league ... Al Kaline in the AL and Stan Musual in the NL.
@cocoanutpomeranian79873 ай бұрын
There are no more iconic athletes like Al Kaline. He was one of a kind.
@kevinkwiatkowski71973 ай бұрын
I think Mike trout is iconic
@itinerantpatriot11963 жыл бұрын
What a cannon. Nobody took third on Al. And such a classy guy. Al was the only player I ever shed a tear for when he passed. He was the hero of my childhood, as he was for just about every kid in my neighborhood back in the 60s. Everywhere you looked you saw kids riding around on their bikes wearing Tiger tee shirts with #6 ironed onto them. RIP Al. No ballplayer in my lifetime was ever loved by the city of Detroit as deeply as Mr. Tiger was.
@bobdunn82078 ай бұрын
I am from Trenton New Jersey and the Detroit tigers were my favorite team and #6 my favorite all time player... Miss that team and those days!!
@itinerantpatriot11968 ай бұрын
@@bobdunn8207 The team that made me fall in love with baseball. Only a few from that team are left now, hard to believe.
@stevencook40022 ай бұрын
My favorite all time Tiger growing up in the 60’s. Had the privilege of meeting him a few times after he retired. As down to earth and humble as they come. When you talked to him he gave you his undivided attention.
@dennispearson87111 ай бұрын
I'm dating myself now , but at the old Tiger Stadium on Michigan Avenue once every year their would be something known as BAT DAY !! Oh Yeah, theirs a few of you out there who know what I'm talking about !. Anyway I believe the year was about 1969 , the year after the Tigers 🐅 had won the World Series , and the eagerly anticipated day had arrived !! I got to the Stadium very early, paid my dollar for a center field bleacher seat and was handed a Louisville Slugger Al Kaline autographed ( engraved ) pristine yellow baseball bat !!! As far as I was concerned , Christmas 🎄😅 came Real early that year !!!...
@tomengel8218Ай бұрын
Yeah buddy-we went every year.Had a Kaline/Horton/Northrup/&Freehan
@risktaker5310 ай бұрын
One of the greatest of all time!
@prisonersforprofit3 ай бұрын
that's something for billy martin to put you with willie mays and joe dimaggio, the thing you had to love about kaline was his humbleness, always quick to give credit to everyone around him, true class.
@rickc1702Ай бұрын
All my life my favorite Athletes were Al Kaline and Gordie Howe, great players with humbleness and class!
@markbigley58983 жыл бұрын
Thanks Al. You were my childhood hero. You were the best. All rounded player. Loved watching your rocket arm. Your character and humility shown through you and touched our hearts.
@Jeff-mv4yy2 ай бұрын
Those were the days when being a good person meant something. Al was always quiet, and humble. He was a role model.
@charlespapineau5428 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Mr. Tiger, for so many great memories on the field and in the booth. You conducted yourself with so much class and integrity. I still watch George and Al on KZbin. Ernie and Paul on the radio and George and Al on TV. It doesn't get any better.
@domxem55513 жыл бұрын
Thank you for having existed... Mr Kaline
@mitchmatthews67134 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite Tiger.
@farbeyondriven65624 жыл бұрын
Always a legend. Always a Tiger 🐅 #6 RIP
@markstegeman43374 жыл бұрын
FarBeyonDriven 1979 I didn't know living in Oklahoma now and this is the only comment I find this sad I watched the 68 series in my 6th grade class I will miss him and and tiger stadium
@313cardcollections64 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite Tiger and is in my thoughts everyday, miss you Mr. Tiger. #6 RIP. I will never forget you!
@donwert50393 жыл бұрын
Class
@jerrybrown98574 ай бұрын
One of my hero’s I have a Detroit jersey signed by Big Al and a ball signed by Mickey Lolich along with Detroit Topps baseball cards 71-76 ish.
@brucecole3263Ай бұрын
My childhood hero.
@Richard-or5yg17 күн бұрын
All Kaline never played a day in the minors....from high school tight to the major leagues. Also still the youngest man to win the batting title batting 340 in 1955. Smoothest swing,best arm in right field,aways a golden glove,team player,and the keenest mind in baseball. The ultimate class baseball player yet very humble. Also the first major league baseball player to be offered $100,000. a-year salary. He turned it down. But the Tigers gave it to him anyways. Great man,great baseball player.
@leilanirocks28 күн бұрын
We were the lucky ones, Al. 🐯⚾️
@gregseidel68302 жыл бұрын
And he hit a golf ball as well as he did everything else.
@chrisfreeman49572 ай бұрын
I still remember my first Tiger game. I was 6 years old sitting in the box seats at Tiger Stadium when a lady turned to me and said "do you know who that is at bat? That's Al Kaline and he's going to hit a home run". and he did just that!
@williammartindale99766 ай бұрын
The Best!
@treadman263 жыл бұрын
Asked my dad for tips on how to play the outfield. He said watch Al Kaline.
@Jeff-mv4yy2 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in little league, I played outfield one year. Coach insisted all throws come in on the hop. I always threw on the fly. Coach got so angry with me. I asked my dad if I was wrong not throwing on the hop.. Dad said, " does Al Kaline throw on the hop?" I said no... he said " there ya go"
@donwert50393 жыл бұрын
399 home runs , 3007 hits
@dporter85373 жыл бұрын
He said he didn't know he was that close to 400 he might of stayed one more year
@jeffreyfoltice30993 жыл бұрын
@@dporter8537 He had a few home runs wiped out because of rained out games. He once said he wished one of those had counted.
@presleyrules2 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyfoltice3099 He lost quite a few home runs due to injuries: broken collar bone, broken index finger, broken arm, etc. Take away any one of those injuries and Al would've been the first AL player to have 3,000 hits and 400 home runs instead of Yaz, who achieved it 5 years later.
@autumn12312 жыл бұрын
are you THE Don Wert?
@bobma6342 Жыл бұрын
@@presleyrules and he said he had a few taken away by rainouts
@astralplaneencounters58123 жыл бұрын
Awesome.....
@dennismccarty7728Ай бұрын
oh yes i remember the days im 64.
@kevinpantera44292 ай бұрын
And they tore down Tiger Stadium, what s sad day for Detroit!
@dporter85373 жыл бұрын
I remember when Yaz got his 3000 hit and they though Al caught it but didn't and gave him the ball at 2nd base class all the way
@patrickfurlong91693 жыл бұрын
Kaline was already retired when Yaz got his 3000th.
@michaelsommer2641 Жыл бұрын
Yaz 3000th hit was off the yankees
@mikedip762 жыл бұрын
I first heard of you from Hey Arnold
@yourontheair3 ай бұрын
Chris Kroll 6 for 6 Montclair H.S.
@dace938 Жыл бұрын
What Michigan kid didn't use a marker to draw a 6 on the back of his t-shirt. I DID !!
@Eddie_Schantz Жыл бұрын
This is a great vid for a great player, but please, get rid of that idiotic background music so we can hear the narration better.
@yoda95182 жыл бұрын
He wasn't acidic.
@ogreadmore3046 Жыл бұрын
Rumor has it the Milwaukee Brewers didn't sign Al-Kaline because he wasn't acidic enough
@joebelanger5397 Жыл бұрын
The Milwaukee Brewers didn't exist in the 1950's
@bobma6342 Жыл бұрын
@@joebelanger5397 it was a joke
@mikewhitney86153 жыл бұрын
Al was good, but Billy Williams was better.
@robertcampbell80703 жыл бұрын
Kaline was better and it's not even close, really.
@dougbrowne98902 жыл бұрын
Billy Williams was a great ballplayer. If I had to choose between him and Kaline, it would take all of one second to make the choice. Kaline.
@stever17912 жыл бұрын
No - Al Kaline was better the Billy. But Billy was a great Ballplayer for sure
@jimmysmith309011 ай бұрын
Mr. Cub was not better than Mr. Tiger, Sir.
@stephenkammerling94793 ай бұрын
Kaline finally made it to a World Seies in 1968 and made the most of it. He got the key hit late in game 5, 7th inning I think, that ultimately won the game for the Tigers and started their comeback from a 3-1 series deficit. Tigers defeated Bob Gibson in game 7, but in fairness to Gibson Cardinals stopped hitting after 1st or 2nd inning of game 5.
@ernestkovach33052 ай бұрын
Counting the home run Kaline had in thr post season, he hot exactly 400 home runs in his career. Can you guess how many players in history had at least 3000 hits and 400 total( reg.plus post season) home runs? You will ne shocked by the answer! No one was a better defensive outfielder either.