Rocky Colavito, a slugger who became a household name for Detroit Tigers fans in the 1960s after a controversial trade, has died at the age of 91.

Rocky Colavito was a mighty slugger who played four seasons for the Tigers after being acquired from the then-Cleveland Indians.

Rocky Colavito, the wildly popular and powerful slugger for the Detroit Tigers in the early 1960s, died on Tuesday at age 91 in Bernville, Pennsylvania, after a long illness. During his four years with the Tigers as the cleanup hitter,