Tigers Trivia

[Mike Coveyou]

Jason Beck'sTiger Beat Report newsletter this morning had a long (and encouraging) article about Troy Melton's rehab, but what especially caught my eye was the trivia question:

This season, Riley Greene became the third Tiger in this century to reach base safely in at least 46 of the first 50 games.  Miggy did it in 2013.  Who was the third?  (This question was served up for long time members of this list.)

Mike Coveyou

[Roger King]

I'd guess Curtis Granderson - maybe 2007?

An out of the box guess might be Robbie Grossman, the year he led the league in walks. 

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[Peter Welch]

Tony Phillips?

Peter

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Jason Beck'sTiger Beat Report newsletter this morning had a long (and encouraging) article about Troy Melton's rehab, but what especially caught my eye was the trivia question:

This season, Riley Greene became the third Tiger in this century to reach base safely in at least 46 of the first 50 games.  Miggy did it in 2013.  Who was the third?  (This question was served up for long time members of this list.)

Mike Coveyou

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[Peter Welch]

Oops, this century so that eliminates Phillips as a possibility.  I'm still stuck in the 20^th century.

Peter

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Jason Beck'sTiger Beat Report newsletter this morning had a long (and encouraging) article about Troy Melton's rehab, but what especially caught my eye was the trivia question:

This season, Riley Greene became the third Tiger in this century to reach base safely in at least 46 of the first 50 games.  Miggy did it in 2013.  Who was the third?  (This question was served up for long time members of this list.)

Mike Coveyou

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[Peter Welch]

Dmitri Young?

Placido Polanco?

Carlos Guillen?

Peter

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Jason Beck'sTiger Beat Report newsletter this morning had a long (and encouraging) article about Troy Melton's rehab, but what especially caught my eye was the trivia question:

This season, Riley Greene became the third Tiger in this century to reach base safely in at least 46 of the first 50 games.  Miggy did it in 2013.  Who was the third?  (This question was served up for long time members of this list.)

Mike Coveyou

[Mike Coveyou]

Not Curtis Granderson, nor Robbie Grossman.  (And, obviously not Tony Phillips, since this is 21st Century only.)

A hint:  I was very surprised at the answer.

Mike

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[Mike Coveyou]

No, no and no, Peter.

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[Roger King]

I just looked at Beck's newsletter now that I've guessed.  He always gives 4 choices.  Granderson was one of the choices so at least my main guess wasn't a bad one :-)

[Peter Welch]

Prince Fielder?

Peter

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[Mike Coveyou]

From the newsletter: "(Brandon) Inge reached base safely in 46 of the Tigers’ first 50 games in 2005."

This is close to the last player I would have guessed to get on base this consistently (for any number of games).  And this was not Inge's best year at the plate.  But he did have a WAR of 3.4 in 2005, followed by 5.0 in 2006.

Mike

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[Peter Welch]

Good one!

Peter

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[Paul Meloche]

Admittedly I never would have gotten this, but I would have liked more than 40 minutes to pass from the posting of the question to providing the answer. :)

I'd have guessed Granderson or V-Mart, but when it became clear it was someone we might not expect I would have guessed someone like Roger Cedeno or Rich Becker.

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[Tanvir Shaikh]

On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM Mike Coveyou <mcov...@gmail.com> wrote:

From the newsletter: "(Brandon) Inge reached base safely in 46 of the Tigers’ first 50 games in 2005."

This is close to the last player I would have guessed to get on base this consistently (for any number of games). 

Plot twist: Inge's OBA during that streak was .250...

I think Marlon had Inge in Jeremy Pulcifer's fantasy league, and my urge to talk trash hasn't completely dissipated.

[Peter Welch]

2005 ended up being the 2^nd best offensive season of Inge's career.  He hit .261/.330/.419 (.749 OPS, 101 OPS+) at age 28.

His best season was 2004, when he hit .287/.340/.453 (.793 OPS, 110 OPS+) at age 27.

Inge hit 27 homers twice in his career (2006 and 2009) but his OPS+ was actually below 100 in both of those seasons (98 in 2006, 87 in 2009).

Peter

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[Michael W]

I’m too late to this party but I would have guessed Magglio.  He had a .434 OBA(!) in 2007.