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A baseball legend Explore: The baseball playing field Al Kaline Sparky Anderson Justin Verlander Miguel Cabrera Detroit: Comerica Park
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Awards And Honors World Series (1984) • World Series (1968) • World Series (1945) • World Series (1935)
Date 1894 - present
Headquarters Detroit
Areas Of Involvement baseball
Related People Jim Bunning • Miguel Cabrera • Ty Cobb • Hank Greenberg • Sparky Anderson • Larry Doby • Al Kaline • Harvey Kuenn

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