Detroit's six long-term, one-team-only players is the most of any franchise; the first of them was Hooks (or Hookie) Dauss. A stocky righthander with nicknames deriving from his assortment of sharp-breaking curves, Dauss won 221 games in a fifteen-year career, the most for any pitcher while wearing a Tiger uniform. It is a record easily overlooked, for Dauss toiled mostly in the second division. Still, he achieved ten winning seasons and a winning percentage considerably better than his team's.
He was a friendly, good-natured fellow; some thought that with more aggression he might have won more games. Still, Hookie led the league in hit batsmen three times and is tenth on the lifetime list. (ADS)
Hooks Dauss
