Subject(s): Al Kaline Sport: Baseball Location: Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Unveiled: 5/4/2000 Sculptor: Julie Rotblatt-Amrany, Omni Amrany and Lou Cella Material: Steel Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: AL KALINE. BORN: DECEMBER 19, 1934 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. DETROIT TIGERS RF 1953-74. A COMPLETE SUPERSTAR WHO COULD HIT, FIELD, THROW AND RUN WITH EQUAL SKILL. ACHIEVEMENTS AND HONORS. INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN 1980. WON THE LEAGUE'S BATTING CROWN IN 1955 WITH A .340 BATTING AVERAGE. SELECTED TO 18 ALL-STAR GAMES OVER HIS CAREER. HIT .300 OR BETTER EIGHT TIMES AND DRILLED 20 OR MORE HOME RUNS NINE TIMES. CAPTURED 10 GOLDEN GLOVES. ENDED CAREER WITH 3,607 HITS BREAKING AL SIMMONS' 30 YEAR OLD RECORD. POSTED 399 CAREER HOME RUNS WHILE MAINTAINING A .297 LIFETIME AVERAGE. ELECTED PLAYER OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS IN 1955 AND 1963. HAD HIS UNIFORM NUMBER 6 RETIRED AUGUST 17, 1980. HAS BEEN IN THE TIGERS' TELEVISION BROADCAST BOOTH SINCE 1976. SCULPTORS: JULIE & OMRI R. AMRANY. CO-SCULPTOR: LOU CELLA. DEDICATED: APRIL 5, 2000. Links: Sculptor