June 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1915: For the 5th time this month, and 6th time this year, Ty Cobb steals home, doing it in a 4 - 2 Tiger win over the St. Louis Browns. Cobb scores another run when Sam Crawford hits back to Browns P Grover Lowdermilk, who somersaults after catching the grounder and sits on the mound holding the ball. Cobb scores all the way from second base on the play.
1927: With the help of a 3rd-inning triple play, the Tigers down the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings. Ted Lyons loses again, to reliever Earl Whitehill.
1939: Hank Greenberg collects his 1,000th hit, a double in the Tigers 7 - 4 win over the Senators.
1940: Bobo Newsom wins his 9th in a row, stopping the Yankees on four hits. The Tigers move to a game and a half in back of the first-place Indians.
1950: Eleven home runs - a major league record - drive in all the runs scored in a 10 - 9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans.
Detroit has four home runs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Jerry Priddy, Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers connect. Pitcher Trout's home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his second lifetime grand slam.
Evers hits another home run, an inside-the-park 2-run game winner in the 9th off Joe Page to win it.
For New York, Hank Bauer connects for two homers, including one in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers.
It is the first time that nine different players connect for homers in a game.
1958: The Detroit Tigers traded Vito Valentinetti to the Washington Senators for Al Cicotte.
1962: Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankee lineup and homers against Paul Foytack. But it is not enough as Detroit wins, 5 - 4.
1965: The Detroit Tigers selected Orlando Pena off waivers from the Kansas City Athletics.
1967: The Cincinnati Reds purchased Jake Wood from the Detroit Tigers.
1984: The Detroit Tigers released Don Gordon.
1998: The Detroit Tigers traded Bip Roberts to the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Jason Wood (July 18, 1998) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2001: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Mlicki to the Houston Astros for Jose Lima.
2003: The Cleveland Indians sent Ron Wright to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Al Clauss 1913.
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Bubba Floyd 1944.
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Aaron Robinson 1949-1951.
November 10, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Pierce and $10,000.
Top 5 dumbest trades by Detroit.
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Tom Haller 1972.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Al Bashang 1912.
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George Boehler 1912-1916.
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Ross Reynolds 1914-1915.
from Baseball Reference
