Lakeland, FL

Tigers spring training at "League Field"

Lakeland is located in central Florida, 30 miles east of Tampa, FL.

Lakeland is the spring training home of the Detroit Tigers at a complex known as "Tigertown". The team played in Henley Field from 1934 to 1966 and has played in Joker Marchant Stadium since 1967.

Teams that have played here

• Lakeland Highlanders, Florida State League (1919-1926)
• Lakeland Pilots, Florida International League (1946-1950, 1952)
• Lakeland Patriots, Florida International League (1951)
• Lakeland Pilots, Florida State League (1953-1955)
• Lakeland Indians, Florida State League (1960)
• Lakeland Giants, Florida State League (1962)
• Lakeland Tigers, Florida State League (1963-1964, 1967-2006)
• GCL Tigers, Gulf Coast League (1995-2015)
• Lakeland Flying Tigers, Florida State League (2007-2019, 2022- )
• GCL Tigers East, Gulf Coast League (2016)
• GCL Tigers West, Gulf Coast League (2016)
• Lakeland Flying Tigers, Low-A Southeast (2021)
• FCL Tigers East, Florida Complex League (2021)
• FCL Tigers West, Florida Complex League (2021)
• FCL Tigers, Florida Complex League (2022- )

Persons who were born here

• Alec Asher, pitcher
• Sean Barber, umpire
• Keon Broxton, outfielder
• Drew Carlton, pitcher
• Carson Fulmer, pitcher
• Matt Gaski, minor league infielder
• Bubba Hardwick, minor league pitcher
• Walter Hardy, infielder
• Graham Hicks, minor league pitcher
• Drew Hutchison, pitcher
• Brian Johnson, pitcher
• Wade Kirkland, minor league infielder
• Marcus Lemon, minor league infielder
• Josh Lucas, pitcher
• Alan Mills, pitcher
• Steve Pearce, outfielder
• Boog Powell, infielder
• Chris Sale, pitcher
• Mike Sodders, minor league pitcher
• Randy Sodders, minor league infielder
• Jameson Taillon, pitcher
• Clay Timpner, outfielder
• Chris Waters, pitcher
• Sean Whiteside, pitcher
• Johnny Wiggs, minor league pitcher and college coach
• Ryan Yarbrough, pitcher

Persons who died here

• Chuck Anderson, college coach
• Jim Campbell, general manager
• Evan Chambers, minor league outfielder
• Bob Dustal, pitcher
• Alice Haylett, AAGPBL pitcher
• Dave Hill, pitcher
• Bud Hollowell, minor league catcher
• Mike Modak, pitcher
• Mo Mozzali, minor league outfielder
• Stubby Overmire, pitcher
• Dick Stello, umpire
• Bill Strickland, pitcher
• Jim Weaver, pitcher
• Ed White, outfielder

Educational institutions located here

• Florida Southern College
• George W. Jenkins High School
• Kathleen High School
• Lake Gibson High School
• Lakeland Christian School
• Lakeland Senior High School
• McKeel Academy of Technology
• Santa Fe Catholic High School
• Southeastern University

Further Reading

• George Gmelch: "Spring Training: Tiger Town", in Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 2016, pp. 79-100. ISBN 978-0-8032-7681-9