The three games between Detroit and Cleveland also spotlighted the Tigers’ 13th Annual Negro Leagues Weekend (21st Annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game). It is Major League Baseball’s longest three-day celebration of the diamond action of storied Negro Leagues Baseball teams of yesteryear.
The celebratory weekend began with a luncheon at Comerica Park’s Tiger Club, where current Tigers pitcher David Price, along with many former African American Tigers players were on hand, inclusive of Willie Horton, Jake Wood, Rod Allen, and Craig Monroe. Former second base great Lou Whitaker, who was a member of the Tigers’ 1984 World Champion team, was honored. Special guests at the luncheon included the daughters of the late Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, an outstanding Negro Leagues player, who is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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