The big summer for former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland just got a little bit bigger. Ilitch Companies announced on Monday that the Tigers, owned by Christopher Ilitch, will retire Leyland's No.

After former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y., the Hall released the first look at Leyland’s plaque on ...

In a covered equipment area a few yards from the Tigers clubhouse, sitting on a golf cart as skies opened, was Jim Leyland. White shorts, white ballcap, sunglasses stretched across the bill ...

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Staff And Wire Reports Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. | Sunday, July 21, 2024 6:22 p.m. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland said there was something special about all four of the organizations he ...

Jim Leyland left his living room in Thornburg ... He was a minor league catcher and occasional third baseman in the Tigers organization from 1965-70, never rising above Double-A and finishing with a ...