Jim Leyland throws out the first pitch ahead of Tigers vs. Pirates, the two teams he managed the longest, at Spring Training ...

The big summer for former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland just got a little bit bigger. Ilitch Companies announced on ...

DETROIT (AP) — Jim Leyland’s No. 10 was retired by the Detroit Tigers, putting the Hall of Fame manager’s name and number in white on a brick wall next to World Series winner Sparky Anderson.

Josh Rawitch watched in amazement how becoming a Hall of Famer touched Jim Leyland, from the tears in his eyes upon arriving and meeting the staff in Cooperstown, N.Y., to getting choked up while ...

He likes to walk to work. Driving six blocks would be an extravagance, and that's something his father, the original Jim Leyland, couldn't abide. His dad was more like the people Leyland passes on ...

Former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Jim Leyland was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee. He managed for 22 seasons, won three Manager of the Year awards, the 1997 World Series ...