Posted on 02/04/2026 1:20:47 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
The Detroit Tigers family is mourning the loss of one of the most iconic pitchers in franchise history.
Mickey Lolich, the legendary left-hander who helped carry the Tigers to a World Series championship in 1968, has passed away at the age of 85.
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RIP, Mickey.
3-0, 1968 World Series.
What a trooper. You almost made it to Spring Training. Guaranteed you will be remembered at Spring Training.
Great series! What a time to be alive. RIP, Mickey.
The ONLY homerun he hit in his ENTIRE career was to win a World Series game for himself in 1968. He had a lifetime regular season batting average of .110, but managed a respectable .250 in that World Series.
Will never forget his performance in the great 1968 World Series. Baseball at its best.
An important part of my suburban Detroit childhood and then adolescence. Saw him pitch at Tiger Stadium.
A rugged hero with no self pity about how many innings and how few days rest and all that later stuff. Just hand him the ball.
May he be in Heaven.
Mickey Lolich was named the 1968 World Series MVP after leading the Detroit Tigers to victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, finishing with a 3-0 record, 1.67 ERA, and 21 strikeouts over 27 innings. He pitched three complete games, including the decisive Game 7, and hit his only career home run in Game 2. Dad wanted the Tigers to win, Mom wanted the Cardinals...she thought Lou Brock was special.
He pitched game 7 on only 2 days rest. That performance of his could never happen today.
Why was it him instead of Denny McClain?
For a time, he lived about a mile from here in the Washington Twp area. Patrons of a local restaurant here would applaud him and say “Hi Mick!” as he entered. He also had his donut shop in Rochester, MI where sometimes he’d be working the counter and register. The last time I saw him was at the restaurant maybe 10-12 years ago. One of my sports heroes since I was 8-9 years old, he was also with the MI National Guard Reserve stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base. They called him “Motor Pool Mickey” over there...During the ‘67 riots in Detroit, he could be in his baseball uniform for a day game and by evening he might be in his Army NG uniform. RIP, Mickey.
He won three games for the Tigers in the 1968 World Series.
RIP
I actually sat in his donut shop in Rochester(before he moved to Orion) with friends and he was very down to earth chatting with the customers.
A great pitcher...
Too young to go...
RIP...
in 1967, he patroled Detroit with the Michigan National Guard during the riots. He didnt miss a start!
Only guy who beat Bob Gibson.
Yankees couldn’t. Red Sox couldn’t.
IIRC He was a leftie and tha Cards had problems with those.
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