Jim Hawkins Author

Jim Hawkins is the author of seven books, five of which are about the Tigers, including a biography of Mark "the Bird" Fidrych and the autobiography of Ron LeFlore, which was published in three languages and made into a TV movie starring LeVar Burton. He began covering Al Kaline and the Detroit Tigers as areporter in 1970. He lives in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Ernie Harwell was the voice of the Detroit Tigers for 42 years.