Detroit’s Briggs Stadium is renamed Tiger Stadium

Detroit’s Briggs Stadium is renamed Tiger Stadium

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    On January 1, 1961, Detroit’s Briggs Stadium is renamed Tiger Stadium. The ballpark which opened at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues in 1912 was originally known as Navin Field, named for team owner Frank Navin, before becoming Briggs Stadium in 1938. Briggs, who increased the ballpark’s capacity to 53,000 under his…

Rumors swirl that legendary manager Leo Durocher would be named the first manager of the new Houston franchise
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Rumors swirl that legendary manager Leo Durocher would be named the first manager of the new Houston franchise

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1961 – Rumors swirl that legendary manager Leo Durocher, currently a coach with the Dodgers, would be named the first manager of the new Houston franchise. Reports of phone conversations between Durocher and General Manager Gabe Paul are true but nothing materializes beyond that. Durocher would eventally lead the club in 1972 after several years as skipper of the Cubs.