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The stadium hosted the [[1941 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1941]], [[1951 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1951]] and [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1971]] [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star Games]]. All three games featured home runs.<ref name="1941 ASG">{{cite web|title=All-Star Game History: 1941|url=http://m.mlb.com/history/all-star-game/1941/|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="1951 ASG">{{cite web|title=All-Star Game History: 1951|url=http://m.mlb.com/history/all-star-game/1941/|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref><ref name="1971 ASG">{{cite web|title=All-Star Game History: 1971|url=http://m.mlb.com/history/all-star-game/1971/|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref> [[Ted Williams]] won the 1941 game with a [[Walk-off home run|walk-off]] three-run home run.<ref name="1941 ASG"/> The ball was also carrying well in the 1951 and 1971 games.<ref name="1951 ASG"/><ref name="1971 ASG"/> Of the many home runs in those games, the most often replayed is [[Reggie Jackson]]'s drive to right field that hit so high up in the light tower that the TV camera lost sight of it, until it dropped to the field below. Jackson dropped his bat and watched it sail, seemingly astonished of his own power.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Landers|title=Reggie Jackson's All-Star Game homer off the Tiger Stadium roof is still jaw-dropping|url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/reggie-jackson-hits-all-star-game-home-run-onto-tiger-stadium-roof/c-241532670|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
Toward the end of the Lions' game with the [[Chicago Bears]] at the stadium on October 24, 1971, Detroit wide receiver [[Chuck Hughes]] collapsed and later died of a [[myocardial infarction]], making Hughes the only NFL player to date who died during a game.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1971 Detroit Lions |url=https://www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=DET&year=1971 |publisher=The Gridiron Uniform Database |access-date=January 16, 2023}}</ref>
On April 7, 1986, [[Dwight Evans (baseball)|Dwight Evans]] hit a home run on the first pitch of Opening Day.<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers Box Score, April 7, 1986|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET198604070.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=Walsh|title=Baseball season opens with a bang|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/04/08/Baseball-season-opens-with-a-bang/2830513320400/|website=United Press International|date=April 8, 1986|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref> This was also the first game on MLB's schedule that season, giving Evans the record for the earliest home run to start a season in terms of at bats.<ref>{{cite web|first=Saul|last=Wisnia|title=Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox Opening Day: Remember What Happened in 1986?|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1133588-detroit-tigers-boston-red-sox-opening-dayremember-what-happened-in-1986|website=Bleacher Report|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref>
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