Kevin McGonigle's first-month performance review with Tigers: Historically high marks
So, how did Kevin McGonigle’s first month on the job go with the Detroit Tigers? In some ways, historically well.
Atlanta — So, how did Kevin McGonigle’s first month on the job go? In some ways, historically well. Heading into the final day of the month Thursday, the 21-year-old already set a franchise record by any left-handed hitter with 32 hits in April.
Ty Cobb didn’t do that. Charlie Gehringer, Lou Whitaker, Norm Cash, none of them. McGonigle’s 11 doubles in March-April are the most by a left-handed hitter and two shy of Magglio Ordonez’s club record 13 in 2007.
He is also the first Tigers’ rookie with 32 hits in any calendar month since Willi Castro had 34 in 2020. More: Thirty games in, where does Tigers' Kevin McGonigle stand in ROY race? “I mean, it’s definitely been a dream come true,” McGonigle said of his first month on the job.
“Playing at the highest level of baseball was always the dream. I’m just happy to go out with this group of guys and do it all together. ” He took the MLB’s longest current on-base streak, 26 starts, into the finale against the Braves.