Lakeland Flying Tigers

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Lakeland Flying Tigers
League	Florida State League
Division	Western
Year founded	[[ in baseball|]]
Major League affiliation	Detroit Tigers
Home ballpark	Joker Marchant Stadium
Previous home ballparks
City	Lakeland, Florida
Current uniform colors	Pantone Matching System (PMS) 728, 1525, and 289 - Away uniforms are "Padres Khaki" (PMS 7536)
Previous uniform colors
Logo design	head of a fang-baring tiger surrounded by a pilot's wings
Division titles
League titles	1924, 1954, 1976, 1977, 1992
Manager	Kevin Bradshaw
Owner	Detroit Tigers, Inc.

The Lakeland Flying Tigers are a minor league baseball team based in Lakeland, Florida. Home games are played at Joker Marchant Stadium; opened in 1966 and renovated in 2003, the park seats 8,000 fans.

The team, which plays in the Florida State League, is the High-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers major-league club.

[edit] Team Alumni

• Matt Anderson
• Jeremy Bonderman
• Dave Borkowski
• Marty Castillo
• Tony Clark
• Daniel Cremer
• Francisco Cordero
• Deivi Cruz
• Juan Encarnacion
• Mark Fidrych
• Barbaro Barbey
• Kirk Gibson
• Curtis Granderson
• Bobby Higginson
• Omar Infante
• Howard Johnson
• Gabe Kapler
• Jose Lima
• Dwight Lowry
• Mike Maroth
• Andrew Miller
• Brian Moehler
• Jack Morris
• Eric Munson
• Phil Nevin
• Lance Parrish
• Dan Petry
• Dave Roberts
• Cody Ross
• Ramon Santiago
• John Smoltz
• Jordan Tata
• Walt Terrell
• Ugueth Urbina
• Justin Verlander
• David Wells
• Lou Whitaker
• Dmitri Young Rehab assignment
• Joel Zumaya

[edit] External link

• Official web site

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