Lakeland Flying Tigers Founded in 1963 Lakeland, Florida
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-level
Advanced-A (1963–present)
Minor league affiliations
Florida State League (1963–present) North Division
Major league affiliations
Detroit Tigers (1967–present)
Name
Lakeland Flying Tigers (2007–present) Lakeland Tigers (1963–2006)
Ballpark
Joker Marchant Stadium (1966–2001, 2003–present) Henley Field Ball Park (1963–1965, 2002)
Minor league titles
League titles	1976, 1977, 1992
Division titles
Owner(s)/Operated by: Detroit Tigers, Inc.
Manager: Mike Rojas
General Manager: Zach Burek

The Lakeland Flying Tigers are a minor league baseball team based in Lakeland, Florida. Home games are played at Joker Marchant Stadium; opened in 1966 and renovated in 2003. The park, which also doubles as the Detroit Tigers spring training home, seats 8,500 fans. It plays in the Florida State League and has been the High-A affiliate of the Tigers since 1967, one of the longest unbroken affiliate relationships currently existing.^{[citation needed]} Until November 2006, the team was known as the Lakeland Tigers, with branding similar to the parent club.

The team's new name and colors pay homage to the Lakeland School of Aeronautics, later the Lodwick School of Aeronautics, which trained over 8,000 pilots between 1940 and 1945, some of whom later flew with the Flying Tigers in China during World War II.^[1] The school was actually located at the current site of Joker Marchant Stadium.^[2]

[edit] Current roster

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• TigsTown.com
• Interview with the General Manager of the Lakeland Flying Tigers

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