November 17 in Tigers and mlb history:
1887: The National League meets and officially recognizes the Brotherhood by meeting with a committee of three players, Monte Ward, Ned Hanlon, and Dan Brouthers.
1920: San Francisco (PCL) traded Bert Cole to the Detroit Tigers for Babe Ellison.
1949: The Chicago White Sox drafted Bill Connelly from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.
1949: The Chicago White Sox drafted Joe Erautt from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.
1953: The St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. The Baltimore franchise board officially changes its name to the Orioles, the traditional name for baseball teams from the city.
1959: San Francisco Giants slugger Willie McCovey is selected as the National League Rookie of the Year, after hitting .354 with 13 home runs and 38 RBI in just 52 games. McCovey gets all 24 votes to make him the second Giants player in a row to win the award unanimously. Teammate Orlando Cepeda ran away with the award in 1958.
1964: The New York Mets name former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra to their coaching staff. Berra signs a two-year contract and will work under another former Yankee legend, Casey Stengel, who is now the Mets' manager.
1965: Major League Baseball owners unanimously elect William D. Eckert as Commissioner, succeeding Ford Frick, who leaves office after 14 years. Eckert, a retired Lt. General in the United States Air Force, becomes baseball's fourth commissioner. He will serve only one term before being replaced by Bowie Kuhn.
1971 - At age 22, Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue becomes the youngest player ever to win the Most Valuable Player Award and only the fourth to capture both the Cy Young Award and the MVP in the same season.
Tigers' workhorse pitcher Mickey Lolich finishes in second place while leading the league in Wins 25, Innings Pitched 376, and Strikeouts 308. Vote totals were 98 for Blue and 85 for Lolich.
1979: On a flight to Austin, Texas, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first draft of rules for what will become Rotisserie League Baseball. Had the friends he was seeing not ignored these rules, the Rotisserie League would have been called Pit League, after the Austin barbecue joint where Okrent first unveiled them. Two weeks later in New York, he pitches the idea to a more receptive group with whom Okrent lunches monthly at La R?tisserie Fran?aise.
1982: Center fielder Dale Murphy wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first Braves player to be so honored since Hank Aaron in 1957, when the team played in Milwaukee.
1984: Tigers pitching coach Roger Craig announces his retirement. Would return to manage the Giants.
1987: George Bell becomes the first Toronto Blue Jays player ever to win the American League MVP Award, edging Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers, 332-311. Bell hit .308 with 47 home runs and a league-leading 134 RBI. Trammell hit .343 with 28 home runs, 105 RBI, 205 hits, 329 Total bases, Slugged .551 with an OPS of .953 and an OPS+ of 155.
1992: Major League Baseball holds the expansion draft to stock the rosters of the National League's two new teams, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. A total of 72 players are chosen.
1992: The Colorado Rockies drafted Scott Aldred from the Detroit Tigers as the 15th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
1992: The Colorado Rockies drafted Kevin Ritz from the Detroit Tigers as the 46th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
1998: Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves edges San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman for the National League Cy Young Award. It is the sixth time in the past eight seasons that a Braves pitcher has won the award.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Carlos Mendez as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Jackson as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Carlos Mendez as a free agent.
2004: After being wined and dined by Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline and team owner Mike Ilitch, free agent Troy Percival signs a two-year, $12 million deal, surprising everyone, including his agent, by announcing he wants to play in Detroit next season. Before the preliminary meeting in the Motor City, the former Angels closer had been scheduled to meet with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs later in the week. Bothered by arm problems in 2005, Percival will finish 1-3 with eight saves and a 5.76 ERA in just 26 games pitched.
2005: Major League Baseball owners vote unanimously to approve the toughened steroids policy agreed to with the players' association earlier this week.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Byrdak as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Hooper as a free agent.
2008: Albert Pujols is named 2008 National League MVP, his second time as MVP. Despite missing some time to injury, Pujols led the National League in total bases. He also led in slugging and OPS.
The win is a bit ironic as Pujols had criticized the selection of Ryan Howard in 2006 when Howard's team failed to make the playoffs; this time, Howard (the runner-up) and the Phillies did make the playoffs while Pujols' Cardinals did not.
2009: Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke wins the American League Cy Young Award in a landslide. Greinke went 16-8 in spite of pitching for a last-place team and posted a league-leading 2.16 ERA, with 242 strikeouts.
2009: Ernie Harwell makes his last major TV television appearance, with Bob Costas on MLB Network.
2010: The Tigers sign free agent reliever Joaquin Benoit, coming off a sensational year with Tampa Bay, to a three-year deal worth $16.5 million.
2011: Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers is the winner of the National League Cy Young Award, gathering 27 of 32 first-place votes and finishing ahead of the two aces of the Phillies, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee. The 23-year-old lefthander went 21-5, tied with Ian Kennedy for the most wins in the NL, and finished first with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts.
2011: Major League Baseball announces major structural changes for 2013 as a result of its approval of the sale of the Houston Astros to a group headed by Jim Crane. The Astros will move from the NL Central to the AL West, giving both leagues 15 teams split into three five-team divisions. As a result, teams will play a more balanced schedule and there will be interleague play during the entire season to accommodate the odd number of teams in each circuit. There will also be two additional playoff teams, but the new postseason format will be annouced at a later date as it is tied to current negotiations with the Players Association regarding the new collective bargaining agreement.
2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Jefry Marte as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed William Cuevas as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Logan Kensing as a free agent.
2016: OF Mike Trout of the Angels wins his second AL MVP Award, finishing ahead of Boston's Mookie Betts. In the National League, second-year 3B Kris Bryant of the Cubs is a runaway winner one year after being named the league's Rookie of the Year.
Tigers players, managers,and announcers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Stallings
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/stallge01.shtml
George Stallings manager 1901.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jensewi01.shtml
Willie Jensen 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clairda01.shtml
Davey Claire 1920.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weikdi01.shtml
Dick Weik 1953-1954.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/penaor01.shtml
Orlando Pena 1965-1967.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/havenbr01.shtml
Brad Havens 1989.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rizzs
Rick Rizzs announcer 1992-1994.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmilbi01.shtml
Billy McMillon 2000-2001.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Shane_Greene
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greensh02.shtml
Shane Greene 2015-present.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilea01.shtml
Earl Hamilton 1916.
from baseball reference
