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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Doyle Alexander	Baseball	4-Sep-1950		Former MLB pitcher
Sparky Anderson	Baseball	22-Feb-1934		Reds and Tigers manager
Ed Barrow	Baseball	10-May-1868	15-Dec-1953	Yankees General Manager, 1920-45
Billy Bean	Baseball	11-May-1964		Going The Other Way
Billy Beane	Baseball	29-Mar-1962		General Manager, Oakland A's
Buddy Bell	Baseball	27-Aug-1951		Manager, Kansas City Royals, 2005-07
Jim Bunning	Politician	23-Oct-1931		US Senator from Kentucky
Ty Cobb	Baseball	18-Dec-1886	17-Jul-1961	Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Mickey Cochrane	Baseball	6-Apr-1903	28-Jun-1962	Detroit Tigers catcher
Rocky Colavito	Baseball	10-Aug-1933		Denies having cursed Cleveland
Larry Doby	Baseball	13-Dec-1923	18-Jun-2003	First African-American in AL
Cecil Fielder	Baseball	21-Sep-1963		Hit 51 home runs in 1990
Terry Francona	Baseball	22-Apr-1959		Manager, Boston Red Sox
Phil Garner	Baseball	30-Apr-1949		MLB Manager
Kirk Gibson	Baseball	28-May-1957		1988 National League MVP
Goose Goslin	Baseball	16-Oct-1900	15-May-1971	MLB Hall of Famer
Hank Greenberg	Baseball	1-Jan-1911	4-Sep-1986	Two-time American League MVP
Whitey Herzog	Baseball	9-Nov-1931		The White Rat
Ralph Houk	Baseball	9-Aug-1919		Former NY Yankees Manager
Al Kaline	Baseball	19-Dec-1934		Detroit Tigers hitter
George Kell	Baseball	23-Aug-1922		3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer
Gene Lamont	Baseball	25-Dec-1946		Former MLB Manager
Jim Leyland	Baseball	15-Dec-1944		Manager, Detroit Tigers
Fred Lynn	Baseball	3-Feb-1952		American League MVP 1975
Heinie Manush	Baseball	20-Jul-1901	12-May-1971	MLB Hall of Famer
Billy Martin	Baseball	16-May-1928	25-Dec-1989	NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Eddie Mathews	Baseball	13-Oct-1931	18-Feb-2001	Hit 512 home runs
Denny McLain	Baseball	29-Mar-1944		Cy Young Award winner, embezzler
Bob Melvin	Baseball	28-Oct-1961		Manager, Arizona Diamondbacks
Thomas Monaghan	Business	25-Mar-1937		Domino's Pizza founder, pro-life activist
Johnny Podres	Baseball	30-Sep-1932	13-Jan-2008	1955 World Series MVP
Ivan Rodriguez	Baseball	27-Nov-1971		Catcher, Detroit Tigers
Bo Schembechler	Football	1-Apr-1929	17-Nov-2006	Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Gary Sheffield	Baseball	18-Nov-1968		Atlanta Braves, Yankees outfielder
Al Simmons	Baseball	22-May-1902	26-May-1956	Lifetime batting average .334
Rusty Staub	Baseball	1-Apr-1944		2716 career hits
David Wells	Baseball	20-May-1963		MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
Dontrelle Willis	Baseball	12-Jan-1982		Detroit Tigers starting pitcher

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