News about Alan Trammell

Willie Hernandez, a three-time All-Star relief pitcher who won the 1984 AL Cy Young and Most Valuable Player awards for the Detroit Tigers, has died. He was 69 years old. Chad Crunk, the Tigers' spokesman, reported on Tuesday that Hernández died in Florida and that the team informed Hernández's death with his family. There was no reason given. Hernández, a left-handed player, played for 13 years in his career, but he is best known for his stint as the closer on one of the country's most popular clubs in the last 40 years. The 1984 Tigers, led by Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, and Jack Morris, won the AL East with a 104-58 record before sweeping Kansas City in the AL Championship Series and beating San Diego in a five-games World Series.