![]() ![]() Whitaker’s jersey number is the 10th to be retired by the Tigers. However, the retirement ceremony has been long delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tigers had initially announced the intention to retire Sweet Lou’s number on December 17, 2019, a week after he fell short of the Hall of Fame on the Modern Baseball Eras Committee ballot (on which catcher Ted Simmons and union chief Marvin Miller were elected). Yesterday, the Tigers announced that Whitaker’s uniform number (#1) would be retired on August 6. Trammell without Whitaker is like peanut butter without jelly or macaroni without cheese. It’s hard to think of one without the other. Think of some of the great duos in popular culture: Tom & Jerry, Bert & Ernie, Kirk & Spock, Holmes & Watson, Han & Chewie, Bonnie & Clyde, or Abbott & Costello. ![]() Whitaker and Trammell played 1,918 games together with the Tigers, the most by any double-play combination in Major League Baseball history. That one player was second baseman Lou Whitaker, Trammell’s longtime double-play partner. ![]() It was a glorious day in Cooperstown, and yet it was a day in which it felt as if the distinguished six were missing one specific player who would have made it a splendid septet. Longtime teammates with the Detroit Tigers, pitcher Jack Morris and shortstop Alan Trammell, were among them. In 2018, six living players were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. ![]()
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