I was very, very shocked about Cooperstown. I thought my chances were fairly good, but I tried to stay low key about it, not too high and not too low. That was the way I played, too.

Kaline still works for the Tigers as a front office official. Louis Cardinals had won three of the first four games of the series and were leading Game 5 by a score of 3–2 in the seventh inning when Kaline hit a bases loaded single to drive in two runs. 300 nine times in his career to finish with a lifetime batting average of.

Albert William "Al" Kaline (pron. Because of his lengthy career and longtime association with the Tigers organization Kaline's nickname is "Mr. Tiger.