Talk:Al Kaline

message: Were Al Kaline's parents chemists or something? How is it that no one ever remarks on his name? Krakatoa 22:01, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I grew up in Detroit as a Kaline fan and marveled at "Al Kaline" batteries. I guess you just had to be there then to hear people remark on it. I mean, how often does anyone who isn't a Tigers fan mention him outside of Cooperstown? --Habap 04:10, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s, when Kaline was playing, and I occasionally heard references to the "alkaline" nature of his name.John Paul Parks (talk) 00:09, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
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message: The article says: "In 1955, Kaline hit .340 for the season, becoming the youngest player ever to win the American League batting title, when he was one day younger than Tigers hall-of-famer Ty Cobb."
Kaline was born December 19, 1934, and Cobb on December 18, 1886.  That makes Kaline 48 years and one day younger.  So, it would seem that on any given calendar day in 1955, Kaline would be a day younger than was Cobb in 1907. Fact is, they were exactly the same age to the day on every day of the respective years of 1907 and 1955.  Cobb lost a day because 1900 was not a leap year. It's a tie!  (See  for the details.)  WHPratt (talk) 01:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the interesting information! I updated the article's reference with the source that you linked to, along with a digested version of the "lengthy explanation", which I put in the footnote. (Note, by the way, that the blogger you linked to concludes that Kaline has the record after all, on a different technicality!) JudahH (talk) 17:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's not a bad way of handling it.  We discussed this on the SABR listserve maybe back in the mid-1990s, and nobody challenged the research.  Still, nobody else got the message, and that "one day younger" still turns up in any discussion of Kaline's batting title. WHPratt (talk) 19:49, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As it does here yet again.  Sometimes you feel like giving up! WHPratt (talk) 12:51, 16 September 2013 (UTC)
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