Dan Petry Biography
Dan Petry (born November 13, 1958) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1979–87 and 1990–91), California Angels (1988–89), Atlanta Braves (1991) and Boston Red Sox (1991). He currently serves as a studio analyst for Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit.
Dan Petry Age
Petry was born on November 13, 1958, in Palo Alto, California. He is 60 years old as of 2018.
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Petry and his wife, Christine have two sons, Matt and Jeff, who currently is a defenseman for the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens. Petry attended El Dorado High School in Placentia, California, where he was a CIF Playoff winning pitcher.
Dan Petry Career
Playing career
Petry helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series and the 1987 American League Eastern Division and the Braves win the 1991 National League Pennant. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1985. He led the American League in games started (38) in 1983.
He finished 9th in voting for the 1982 American League Cy Young Award for having a 15-9 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, 8 complete games, one shutout, 246 innings pitched, 220 hits allowed, 98 runs allowed, 88 earned runs allowed, 15 home runs allowed, 100 walks allowed, 132 strikeouts, 4 hit batsmen, nine wild pitches and a 3.22 ERA.
He finished 5th in voting for the 1984 American League Cy Young Award for having an 18-8 record, 35 appearances, 35 games started, seven complete games, two shutouts, 233 ⅓ innings pitched, 231 hits allowed, 94 runs allowed, 84 earned runs allowed, 21 home runs allowed, 66 walks allowed, 144 strikeouts, three hit batsmen, seven wild pitches and a 3.24 ERA.
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In 13 years he had a 125-104 record (.546), 370 appearances, 300 games started, 52 complete games, 11 shutouts, one save, 2,080 ⅓ innings pitched, 1,984 hits allowed, 1,025 runs allowed, 912 earned runs allowed, 218 home runs allowed, 852 walks allowed, 1,063 strikeouts, 47 hit batsmen, 77 wild pitches, seven balks, and a 3.95 ERA.
Post-playing career
In 2012, Petry served as a substitute color analyst for the Detroit Tigers Radio Network, teaming with play-by-play announcer Dan Dickerson for several road games while regular analyst Jim Price recuperated from health problems. On January 15, 2019, Petry was named a studio analyst for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit.
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FOX Sports Detroit and Tigers announce broadcast team for 2019 season
“We’re thrilled to have Matt, Kirk and Jack in our booth providing Tigers fans with an entertaining and informative telecast all season long,” said Greg Hammaren, SVP & General Manager, FOX Sports Detroit. “We’re also excited to have Dan joining our Tigers Live shows to provide unique insight and another fresh voice to our coverage. It’s great to have the ‘84 team back together!”
“All of us with the Tigers are greatly anticipating the upcoming 2019 season, and FOX Sports Detroit’s announcement regarding the new Tigers broadcasters is a sure sign that baseball is on the horizon,” said Chris Granger, Group President of Sports and Entertainment, Ilitch Holdings Inc.
“It’s truly a standout roster our partners at FOX Sports Detroit have assembled with Matt Shepard, Hall of Famer Jack Morris, Gibby, Dan Petry, and Craig Monroe. Their wealth of experience and perspective on Tigers baseball will resonate with our diverse and knowledgeable fan base. These gentlemen are undoubtedly the best for the job, and we’re all excited for what’s to come in 2019 and beyond.”
Morris, inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018, was a five-time All-Star (1981, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1991) and played on four World Series Championship teams (1984 Tigers, 1991 Twins, and 1992-1993 Blue Jays). He is currently a pre-game color analyst and game analyst for Minnesota Twins telecasts on FOX Sports North and in recent years has served in a similar role for Tigers telecasts on FOX Sports Detroit. Over the last eight years, he’s been an analyst for MLB.com and MLB Network in addition to spending the 2013 season as a color analyst on Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcasts.
Gibson returns to television for his ninth season to serve as an analyst for FOX Sports Detroit’s coverage of the Tigers. Previously, he served as a color analyst on FSN Detroit from 1998-2002. He played 17 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Tigers (1979-87, 1993-95), Los Angeles Dodgers (1988-90), Kansas City Royals (1991) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1992).
Gibson was a member of the Tigers 1984 World Championship team and the Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Championship team. He began his coaching career as a bench coach for the Tigers from 2003-05 under manager Alan Trammell. He served as the Diamondbacks bench coach from 2007 until assuming the interim manager title on July 1, 2010. Gibson managed the Arizona Diamondbacks for five seasons (2010-14) and was named the BBWAA National League Manager of the Year in 2011.
Shepard has served in a variety of roles for FOX Sports Detroit since 1999, including play-by-play for the Tigers, Pistons, Lions preseason, MHSAA championships and CCHA. He has hosted Pistons Live, Lions postgame show, and Lions Game Plan. A two-time NBA Michigan Sportscaster of the Year, he was also the 2018 recipient of the prestigious Ty Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting presented by Detroit Sports Media. Shepard also serves as the radio announcer for the University of Michigan basketball and Eastern Michigan University football teams.
Petry helped the Tigers win the 1984 World Series, the 1987 American Eastern Division and the Braves win the 1991 National League Pennant. An American League All-Star in 1985, Petry played for the Detroit Tigers (1979-87 and 1990-91), California Angels (1988-89), Atlanta Braves (1991) and Boston Red Sox (1991).
He was the last Tigers pitcher to win games for the Tigers in three decades (70’s, 80’s & 90’s). Petry served as a color analyst for Tigers Live last season (Sept. 21-23). He also worked as a Tigers TV analyst when the games were split between networks and served as a substitute color analyst for the Detroit Tigers Radio Network in 2012. Petry has also worked the pre and postgame shows with Dan Miller on FOX 2 every Opening Day since 2007 with exception of 2014 and has worked pre and postgame when the Tigers have been in the playoffs since 2006.
Monroe returns for his eighth season as a studio analyst for the Detroit Tigers on FOX Sports Detroit. He also occasionally serves as an analyst on game broadcasts. Monroe played nine seasons in the majors with the Texas Rangers (2001), Detroit Tigers (2002-07), Chicago Cubs (2007), Minnesota Twins (2008) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2009).
FOX Sports Detroit, the exclusive regional broadcasters of the Detroit Tigers, televises games to more than 3.2 million households throughout Michigan and portions of Northwest Ohio and Northern Indiana. The network’s 2019 telecast schedule will be released at a later date.
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Efforts to round out Fox Sports Detroit’s baseball broadcast team during the Tigers’ final dozen game will include another member of the 1984 world championship team. Dan Petry will work as a pre- and postgame analyst during Saturday’s and Sunday’s FSD telecasts from Comerica Park, the Tigers and Petry confirmed.
Petry will fill in for Craig Monroe, who has a weekend engagement. FSD and the Tigers have been scurrying to juggle seats and schedules following suspensions to the regular TV duo of Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, who were ousted after they had a scuffle Sept.
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