His real first name was Clyde, he went by Don, and everyone called him Tiger. Unlike another well-known Tiger today, Chicago's Tiger was not controversial.

Don Kaiser was a bonus baby pitcher the Cubs signed in 1955 with high hopes. That ’55 Cubs team was as bad as any of Chicago’s incredibly woeful 1950s bunch, so they brought Tiger right up to the bigs and put him in the bullpen.

He performed well enough to get a shot at the starting rotation the next year, and the big tall (6’5”) right hander from Oklahoma was 6-15 as a member of the Cubs rotation in '56 and '57. He was dealt to the Braves after the ’57 season in the trade that brought catcher Sammy Taylor to the Cubs. Tiger couldn’t crack that loaded NL champion team squad the next spring, however, and never made it back to the big leagues again.