This day in baseball: The Detroit Tigers are born
Posted: April 16, 2022 Filed under: 19th Century, This day in baseball | Tags: Baseball, Detroit Creams, Detroit Tigers, history, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, MLB, Philip Reid, sports, Western League Leave a commentOn April 16, 1895, the Detroit baseball team became known as the Tigers. The team was renamed after a year of being known as the Detroit Creams, inspired by owner George Vanderbeck who boasted the Western League team would be the “cream of the league.” When Detroit Cost-free Press editor Philip Reid headlined a story, Strouthers’ Tigers Showed Up Very Nicely, the team’s new moniker was born.
