On this day in 1974 Al Kaline of the Tigers recorded his 3000th hit.  Kaline finished the season and then retired with 3,007 career hits.  Too bad the hit wasn't a homer since Kaline ended up with 399 career home runs.

Kaline had a double off Dave McNally.  He was 2-for-4 in the game with an RBI.  

In Kaline's last game that season he was 0-for-2 before Ben Oglivie pinch-hit for him.

His last career hit, a single, was served up by Jim Palmer on the previous day.  That was Palmer's last pitch in a game in which he earned no decision.

My first pee-wee baseball team was the Tigers.  I naturally began following the star of the Tigers at the time - Al Kaline.  Those were good times.