I started in for the ball but I just couldn't get it. I should have caught it because I was used to catching everything on the sandlots. But they hit the ball a lot harder in the major leagues and I just couldn't reach the ball this time.

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.