May 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1881: Hall of Famer Ed Walsh was born this day in Plains, PA. One of the top pitchers in the first decade of the American League and holds the record for the lowest lifetime ERA with a career earned run average of 1.82
Walsh had his greatest season in 1908, going 40-15 with a 1.42 ERA. Along with Jack Chesbro's 41 wins in 1904, his 40 wins are the only 40-win seasons since 1900, and he is therefore the last player to have a 40-win season. He also led the AL in starts (49), complete games (42), shutouts (11), strikeouts (269), and innings (464, the last pitcher to throw over 400 innings in a season). Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwD_JalXgAA3T8l?format=png&name=360x360
1899: Hall of Fame Earle Combs was born this day in Pebworth, KY. Known for his speed, center fielder Earle Combs was the New York Yankees leadoff man in the days of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He hit .325 over the course of his career, playing twelve seasons with the Yanks.
Voted into the Hall of Fame in 1970.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwD-44IWAAATxrA?format=png&name=360x360
1906: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants wins his first game of the season, scattering nine hits and walking an uncharacteristic seven batters, in the 6 - 3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The game is tied at 1 - 1 after eight innings, but the Giants jump on Orval Overall for five runs on four hits and four walks in the 9th to put the game away.
1913: At Sportsman's Park, Walter Johnson tops Jack Coombs' record of 53 consecutive scoreless innings when he stretches the mark to 56 innings. But after the Washington Senators back him with six runs, Johnson gives up a run in the 4th inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings.
1916: At Robison Field, St. Louis Cardinals rookie Rogers Hornsby hits his first major league home run, off Brooklyn Robins pitcher Jeff Pfeffer. At the conclusion of his great career, 'The Rajah' will have won 7 batting titles, 2 Triple Crowns, a .358 career BA, and considered the greatest right handed batter all time.
1918: Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington, DC; District commissioners rescind the ban in view of the large increase in the city's wartime population and the need for recreation and amusement facilities.
1920: Walter Johnson wins his 300th game. He?s the 10th member of the club, with a record of 300-194.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1WECWtV...pg&name=medium
1933: With rain pelting down at Ebbets Field, Hack Wilson pounds a 9th-inning pinch-grand slam, the first in Brooklyn Dodgers history, to beat Ad Liska and the Philadelphia Phillies, 8 - 6. The homer is inside-the-park, just the third pinch inside-the-park grand homer in major league history, and the first since 1910.
1939: Hank Greenberg hits two 2-run home runs. After trailing 4-0 the Tigers win 14-4 in St. Louis.
Charlie Gehringer hits his 500th double. He?s the 14th member of the club.
1939: On Mother's Day, Mother and Father Feller come watch their son Bob pitch. They get more than they bargained for when a foul ball off the bat of Marv Owen catches Mother Feller flush in the face. She needs six stitches over her right eye.
1940: Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox hits what is believed to be the longest home run in the history of Comiskey Park in the 7 - 6 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lefty Grove is the winning pitcher and Johnny Rigney, who gives up the titanic blast that clears the left-field roof, is the loser.
1941: The Dean brothers suffer setbacks in their careers. The Chicago Cubs release Dizzy while the New York Giants demote Paul to the minor leagues. Paul will return to the major leagues two years later with the St. Louis Browns, his last season, but Dizzy won't return until 1947, when he makes a one-game comeback also with the Browns.
1942: Hall of Famer Tony Perez is born in Ciego de Avila, Cuba.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwD_nJTXwAEXtw3?format=png&name=360x360
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwD_ofLX0AA3LbR?format=png&name=small
1950: The Browns and Tigers played 10 scoreless innings before the Tigers finally broke through against Ned Garver in the 11th, winning 1-0. Virgil Trucks pitched 11 shutout innings for the win. Both he & Garver allowed 5 hits.
1956: Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated: "Detroit's Mr. Outfield and Mr. Infield".
https://images.fineartamerica.com/i...uenn-may-14-1956-sports-illustrated-cover.jpg
1961: The Yankees win 5-4 on a walk-off single by Yogi Berra in the 11th inning #60th/of61
1965: For the second straight day, Willie Horton hits 2 home runs and drives in 5. His go-ahead RBI single in the 10th is part of a 4-run outburst that gives the Tigers a 12-8 win in Boston. Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski hits for the cycle.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DuuSAMEWoAA1BRt.jpg
1966: Roberto Clemente's sixth and final career home run off Sandy Koufax is another no-doubter. It comes during Koufax's final season, the net result being one less shutout for Sandy and one more moon shot for Clemente. There was "only Bob Clemente's 9th-inning home run spoiling Sandy's bid for his 36th career shutout," writes Frank Finch of the Los Angeles Times.
1967: Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees joins the 500 home run club when he connects against Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles. Mantle becomes the sixth major leaguer to reach 500.
1967: Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits home run number 450, a 6th-inning solo shot in today's contest between the Braves and Pirates.
1968: Willie Horton hits 2 home runs and Earl Wilson pitches a 4-hit complete game as the Tigers shut out the Orioles 4-0 at Tiger Stadium.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DcwoqiqUwAAU0Lr.jpg
1972: Willie Mays, playing his first game with the New York Mets, hits a game-winning home run against his former teammates, the San Francisco Giants. Just three days earlier, the Mets had acquired Mays from the Giants for a player, pitcher Charlie Williams, and cash.
1973: The Atlanta Braves traded Bob Didier to the Detroit Tigers for Gene Lamont.
1980: It?s the best WPA game Alan Trammell ever had: 0.924 WPA. 4-for-5, one double, three runs, and two RBI. Tigers 6 - A?s 5.
1984: Tigers beat the Mariners 7-5 to improve to 27-5. Alan Trammell goes 3-for-5 with a home run and an RBI single.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CidFxqIV...g&name=900x900
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CidFxqIV...g&name=900x900
1994: Jack Morris strikes out 9 Tigers for Cleveland in a 9-3 Indians win.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0pW7yIW...g&name=900x900
1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Greg Granger (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for John Farrell.
2000: Tigers win 2 - 1 and sweep the Yankees: first time since 1937 (A's) that the Yankees are swept by the team with the worst record in the major leagues.
2003: Tigers win 2 - 1 on a Brandon Inge walk-off sac fly to score Craig Monroe: a rare highlight in an abysmal season, coming against a oakland a's team that will win 96 games.
2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Erick Almonte as a free agent.
2011: It wouldn't be the Yankees without a bit of soap opera. Today, Jorge Posada asks to be taken out of the line-up 40 minutes before the game, after being listed as the 9th-place hitter against the Red Sox. Hitting .165, the DH claims he has a bad back, something which Yankees GM Brian Cashman denies, and after the game explains that he feels "a little bit disrespected". With Andruw Jones taking Posada's place, the Yankees lose the game, 6 - 0, to the Sox, with a two-run double by Jacoby Ellsbury and a three-run homer by Adrian Gonzalez against CC Sabathia providing the key blows in support of Josh Beckett's six scoreless innings. Jones hits 9th in the game, the second #9 hitter in MLB history with 400+ homers to his credit - the prior one was Jimmie Foxx from his days as a pitcher at the tail end of his career.
2012: Major League Baseball fires arbitrator Shyam Das after 13 years on the job. The Commissioner's office was incensed at Das for overturning Ryan Braun's suspension for PED use on a technicality on February 23rd, and the last straw comes when the same ruling is used today to justify ending Eliezer Alfonzo's 100-game suspension early.
2016: In his final season, David Ortiz is still a master of the clutch hit. Today, he hits a two-out 9th-inning triple off Luke Gregerson to drive in Xander Bogaerts and tie the game for the Red Sox against the Astros, then hits a two-out double in the 11th off Michael Feliz that again drives in Bogaerts and gives the Sox a 6 - 5 win. The double is the 600th of his career, making him only the third player after Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds to hit 500 homers and 600 doubles; he had hit homer #513 in the 3rd inning.
2017: The Yankees officially retire uniform number 2 in honor of Derek Jeter and unveil a plaque in his name in Monument Park at New Yankee Stadium between games of a doubleheader against the Astros.
2018: Niko Goodrum hits two home runs to drive in 5 and lead the Tigers to a 6-3 win over the indians.
2019: The Detroit Tigers released Taylor Motter.
2019: Chris Sale strikes out 17 batters in 7 innings for the Red Sox against the Rockies, but a high pitch count costs him a chance to try to match or beat the record of 20 Ks in 9 innings. He has to settle for a no-decision as Brandon Workman gives up a two-run homer to Charlie Blackmon in the 8th. The Sox's pitchers end up with 24 strikeouts in 11 innings, but Colorado still wins, 5 - 4.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
Les Moss Managerial Record
www.baseball-reference.com
Les Moss manager 1979.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Efren Navarro. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Efren Navarro 2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of John O'Connell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
John O'Connell 1902.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frank O'Rourke. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Frank O'Rourke 1924-1926.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Harry Byrd. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Harry Byrd 1957.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Joe Sparma. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Joe Sparma 1964-1969.
Baseball Reference
www.blessyouboys.com
