June 25 in Tigers and mlb history:
1902: A federal court judge rules that Brooklyn has no claim on C Deacon McGuire, who jumped to Detroit. Two weeks later, another U.S. judge denies jurisdiction to stop Nap Lajoie from playing for Cleveland, thus ending the Phillies' chances of regaining him legally.
1919: The Washington Senators traded Doc Ayers to the Detroit Tigers for Eric Erickson.
1934: Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle for the first time in his career, and the Yankees regain first place from the Tigers, losers 13 - 11 in Philadelphia.
1953: Signed to a contract with the Detroit Tigers less than a week ago, after graduating from Baltimore Southern high school, 18 year old teen phenom Al Kaline makes his major league debut vs. the Philadelphia Athletics and pitcher Harry Byrd.
Twenty two years later Kaline will have set ML records, and finished in the top 5/10/15/20 in many offensive and defensive career leaderboards.
Kaline's throwing arm is considered one of the strongest in history, as well as the most accurate of all time.
1961: Vic Power is the baserunner on first base in the bottom of the 9th, when Chuck Essegian pinch-hits a single. Power, thinking it is a home run, waits to shake hands with Essegian, and is forced out at second base. Detroit and Jim Bunning win 6 - 3.
1962: The Tigers traded Charlie Maxwell to the White Sox for OF Bob Farley.
1974: Tigers workhorse Mickey Lolich completes his 11th straight start. He’s 9-2 with a 1.98 ERA in 100 IP
1980: Five Cleveland pitchers issue 14 walks, including five with the bases loaded, in a 13 - 3 loss to Detroit.
1991: Detroit trades former franchise stalwart pitcher Dan Petry to the Braves.
2002: For the first time ever, a major league game pits two Dominican Republic born managers against each other, as Luis Pujols of Detroit and Tony Pena of KC match wits. The president of the Dominican Republic is on hand for the game, which is broadcast all over Latin America.
2008: The Detroit Tigers traded Denny Bautista to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kyle Pearson (minors).
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deerijo01.shtml
John Deering 1903.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pasekjo01.shtml
Johnny Pasek 1933.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garboal01.shtml
Alex Garbowski 1952.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Demeter
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/demetdo01.shtml
Don Demeter 1964-1966.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithhe01.shtml
Heinie Smith 1903.
from baseball reference
