"The Tigers mourn the passing of former player Don Wert and share our condolences with his loved ones," the team said on social media. Wert made his MLB debut with the Tigers in 1963 when he was 24 ...

Many of us can yet hear it, Ernie Harwell’s radio voice bursting like Georgia-tinged thunder that evening of Sept. 17, 1968: “He swings — a line shot, base hit! Right field! The Tigers win it! The ...

COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Former Detroit Tigers third baseman Don Wert doesn’t have anything against Hall of Famer Brook Robinson, but he does have a little beef about the 1965 season that connects the two.

STRASBURG, Pa. (WXYZ) — Don Wert, the third basemen on the Detroit Tigers team that won the World Series in 1968, has passed away, the team announced Monday morning ...

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WHO WROTE ABOUT WERT’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I TRIED TO COLLECT AS MANY DOWNWARD CARDS AS I POSSIBLY COULD, AND ONE OF MY FRIENDS GAVE ME THE ONLY AUTOGRAPHED CARD THAT I HAVE. BUD HART CHRONICLED SOME OF ...

Don Wert didn’t say so, but we may assume that it was the most unusual trip to first base of his entire nine-year major league baseball career. And absolutely the sweetest. “I got a hit between first ...

Former All-Star third baseman Don Wert passed away at age 86, the Tigers announced this afternoon. Wert played all but 20 games of his MLB career with Detroit. Wert signed with the Tigers at age 19 ...

Former All-Star third baseman Don Wert died at age 86, the Tigers announced on Monday. Wert played all but 20 games of his MLB career with Detroit. Wert signed with the Tigers at age 19 out of ...

Former Detroit Tigers All-Star and starting third baseman for the 1968 World Series winning team Don Wert has died at the age of 86. The Tigers announced his passing on social media late Monday ...