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Jim Northrup recalls his playing days with Tigers.(Turn Back The Clock)(Detroit Tigers)
JAMES THOMAS "JIM" NORTHRUP, who came from a small town in his home state of Michigan and went on to fashion a first-rate major league career, was one of many heroes for the Detroit Tigers when the Motor City ballclub won the 1968 World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals.
In 12 big league seasons, almost 11 of which he played for Detroit, the left-handed hitting flychaser averaged .267 lifetime, connected for 153 home runs, scored 603 runs, produced 610 RBI, and played in 1,392 games, mostly in the outfield.
A clutch hitter and a good RBI man, Northrup belted four grand slams during the 1968 regular season. The lefty hit two slams in consecutive at-bats and three in the same week--and he had five opportunities for slams in that last week of June.
Also, Northrup is still remembered by Tiger fans for his World Series heroics in 1968:
Hit grand slam home run in Game 6, which the Tigers won, 13-1.
Clubbed a two-run triple in the seventh inning of climatic Game 7, which Detroit won, 4-1.
Born on November 24, 1939, Northrup grew up in Breckinridge, located in the heart of Michigan.
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