Who is the American former professional baseball shortstop, manager and coach who played over a decade with the Detroit Tigers and achieved the longest running "double play" combination in the major league history?
Alan Trammell
Alan Trammell
Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958) is an American former professional baseball shortstop, manager and coach.
 His entire 19-year playing career was with the Detroit Tigers.
 He currently serves as a special assistant to the General Manager of the Detroit Tigers.
 Trammell, nicknamed "Tram", played his entire career with the Tigers, highlighted by a World Series championship in over his hometown San Diego Padres and an American League East division championship in 1987.
 Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws, ultimately winning four Gold Glove awards.
 Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou Whitaker.
 The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major league history, playing 19 seasons together.
 At the plate, Trammell was one of the best-hitting shortstops of his era and won three Silver Slugger awards.
 Trammell later served as Detroit's manager from 2003 through 2005.
 He also served as the interim manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks during the final three games of the 2014 season.
Lou Whitaker
Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr. (born May 12, 1957), nicknamed "Sweet Lou", is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) player.
 Whitaker was a second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1977 to 1995.
 Along with teammate Alan Trammell, Whitaker was part of the longest running "double play" combination in major league history.
Max Scherzer
Maxwell M. Scherzer (born July 27, 1984) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
 He stands 6 ft tall and weighs 215 lb .
 He has also played in the MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Detroit Tigers.
 A two-time Cy Young Award winner, Scherzer became just the sixth pitcher in Major League history to throw two no-hitters in a single season in 2015.
 On May 11, 2016, Scherzer tied the major league nine-inning strikeout record with 20, against his former team, the Detroit Tigers. Bernie DeViveiros
Bernard John DeViveiros (April 19, 1901 – July 5, 1994) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago White Sox in and the Detroit Tigers in .
 During his career, he took on various roles as a scout and coach, creating farm teams up and down the West Coast of the United States which started to feed players into the Major Leagues.
 He was a featured coach and talent every year at the Detroit Tiger Spring Training in Lakeland Florida.
 His most famous contribution was discovering and signing Mickey Lolich, who became a legend when he led the Detroit Tigers to a World Series win in 1968. Luis García (shortstop)
Luis Rafael Garcia (born May 20, 1975 in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a retired Major League Baseball shortstop.
 He played during one season at the major league level for the Detroit Tigers.
 He was signed by the Tigers as an amateur free agent in .
 Garcia played his first professional season (in American baseball) with their Rookie league Bristol Tigers in , and split his last season with the Triple-A teams of the Baltimore Orioles (Rochester Red Wings) and Pittsburgh Pirates (Nashville Sounds) in . Omar Vizquel
Omar Enrique Vizquel González (] ; born April 24, 1967), nicknamed "Little O", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop.
 During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays.
 In Venezuela he played for Leones del Caracas.
 Since 2014, he has been the Detroit Tigers' first-base, infield and baserunning coach. John Gamble (baseball)
John Robert Gamble (born 1948) is a former professional baseball shortstop.
 He played in 13 games in two seasons for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
 He was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers and acquired by the Tigers in the 1970 Rule V Draft. Coot Veal
Orville Inman "Coot" Veal (born July 9, 1932) is an American former professional baseball shortstop.
 He was signed by the Detroit Tigers before the 1952 season and played six seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
 He was selected by the Washington Senators from the Tigers in the 1960 American League expansion draft.
 He played for the Tigers (1958 –60; 1963 ), Senators (1961 ) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1962 ). Chuck Scrivener
Wayne Allison Scrivener is a former Major League Baseball shortstop.
 He played in three seasons in the majors, from until , for the Detroit Tigers.
 He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 2nd round of the 1968 baseball draft.
 He played in 145 games, all with Detroit. Chico Fernández
Humberto Fernández Pérez (March 2, 1932 – June 11, 2016), better known as Chico Fernández, was a Cuban professional baseball shortstop.
 He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1956 to 1963 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets.
 In 1965 he played one season in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.