In his final days, Kaline struck an unlikely friendship with unheralded Tigers minor leaguer Connor Perry. Even Perry asks: "Why me?" ...

Tigers fans of a certain era grew up wanting to be Al Kaline. They tossed baseballs up in their backyards, envisioned they wore No. 6 and tracked down balls in the right-field corner. They ...

Greene launched a ball onto the second deck in right field, and the ball bounced into "Kaline’s Corner," the seating area named after the spot where Kaline made so many great plays at Tiger Stadium.

Over the course of Al Kaline’s legendary 22-year Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers that included the 1968 World Champion becoming the youngest player to win an American League batting ...

And when a hitter sliced a ball into “Kaline’s Corner” at the 325-foot marker at Tiger Stadium, it was pure poetry in motion.

DETROIT -- They knew he was a Hall-of-Famer, that he was Mr. Tiger, that the right field corner of Comerica Park is named in his honor. But to current players, born decades after Al Kaline last ...

Kaline and Horton are both remembered as great players, but one memory ties the two together that no win or championship could ever top.

Kaline died Monday at his home in Michigan, a close friend confirmed to The Associated Press. Kaline was 85. The cause of death was not immediately known, but The Detroit News reported that Kaline ...

Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame baseball career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as “Mr. Tiger,” died Monday. He was 85.

Detroit Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline, who died Monday, commanded the respect of Oakland A's manager Billy Martin and Bob Melvin for the way he played the game and for the way he carried himself.

“With two out in the bottom of the ninth, Al Kaline preserved the win with a diving catch of an Elston Howard line drive. Without the catch, Hector Lopez might have scored from first base to tie ...