Frank Navin
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Francis Joseph Navin was an American businessman and baseball executive who was the president of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball for 27 years, from 1908 to 1935. He was part-owner from 190
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Ty Cobb and Frank Navin pose as Cobb signs a $5000 ($129,333 in 2012) contract for 1908 after Cobb's bitter holdout.
Navin mausoleum at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Tiger Stadium (Detroit)
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Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-use stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corn
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…the same site with a seating capacity of 23,000. The new park, named "Navin Field", opened on April 20, 1912. Renamed Briggs Stadium in 1938, and then Tiger Stadium in 1961, the park built by Navin remained the Tigers' home until 2000. In 1924, as Detroit grew, Navin built a second deck on his stadium, increasing…
Tiger Stadium in 1998
Bennett Park on October 12, 1907, during a World Series game between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs
Postcard showing Briggs Stadium, circa 1938–1945
A look under the right field overhang