Editing Detroit Tigers (section)

====1962–1966====
[[File:Al Kaline 1966.jpg|thumb|upright|Hall of Fame member [[Al Kaline]], nicknamed "Mr. Tiger" (1953–1974), was an 18× All-Star]]
As a strong nucleus developed, Detroit repeatedly posted winning records throughout the 1960s. In 1963, pitchers [[Mickey Lolich]] and [[Denny McLain]] entered the rotation.<ref name=Lolich>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Holmes|title=Mickey Lolich|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/070f71e4|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210514/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/070f71e4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Armour|title=Danny McLain|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6bddedd4|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620231948/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6bddedd4|url-status=live}}</ref> Outfielders Willie Horton (1963), [[Mickey Stanley]] (1964) and [[Jim Northrup (baseball)|Jim Northrup]] (1964) would also come aboard around this time.<ref name=Horton/><ref>{{cite web|first=Jerry|last=Nechal|title=Mickey Stanley|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/21f95b01|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912021856/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/21f95b01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Northrup>{{cite web|first=Jim|last=Sargent|title=Jim Northrup|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7d747d5d|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225237/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/7d747d5d|url-status=live}}</ref>

The team managed a third-place finish during a bizarre 1966 season, in which manager [[Chuck Dressen]] and acting manager [[Bob Swift]] were both forced to resign their posts because of health problems.<ref>{{cite web|title=1966 American League Season Summary|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507055224/https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1966.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Dressen>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r58FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7192,1885290&dq=chuck+dressen+dies&hl=en Jolly Charlie Dressen dies at 67] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514071313/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YsQtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r58FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7192,1885290&dq=chuck+dressen+dies&hl=en |date=May 14, 2016 }}, ''The Montreal Gazette'', Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 11, 1966</ref><ref name=Swift>{{cite news|title=Tigers' Stand-In Pilot Bob Swift Dies At 51|url=http://tigerlore.blogspot.com/2012/10/services-for-bob-swift-will-be-held.html|website=St. Petersburg Times|agency=Associated Press|date=October 18, 1966|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225538/http://tigerlore.blogspot.com/2012/10/services-for-bob-swift-will-be-held.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Thereafter, [[Frank Skaff]] took over the managerial reins until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|first=David E.|last=Skelton|title=Frank Skaff|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bd8b1c4f|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=September 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912021957/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bd8b1c4f|url-status=live}}</ref> Both Dressen and Swift died during the year; Dressen died of a heart attack in August, while Swift died of lung cancer in October.<ref name=Dressen/><ref name=Swift/> Following the season, the Tigers hired [[Mayo Smith]] to be their new manager.<ref>{{cite web|first=David|last=Raglin|title=Mayo Smith|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/60134c32|website=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702180133/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/60134c32|url-status=live}}</ref>