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June 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: The Boston Americans take - and hold - the American League lead. They will finish 14 1/2 games ahead of the Philadelphia Athletics.

1904: The first-place Giants run their win streak to eight games, beating Boston, 6 - 2. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits, strikes out 9, and drives in two runs with a 6th inning single.

1906: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants whip the Phils, 5 - 0, in a match that takes one hour, 20 minutes. Christy Mathewson allows six hits in outpitching Lew Richie.

1909: At the Polo Grounds, Christy Mathewson wins a doubleheader against Boston. Matty relieves Rube Marquard in the opener with the score tied 4 - 4 in the 9th. After shutting down Boston, the Giants score a run for the 5 - 4 win. Matty then coasts in the nitecap to an 11 - 1 win.

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.

1915: Philadelphia Athletics lefty Bruno Haas makes his debut against New York a memorable one as he walks a record 16 batters, and throws three wild pitches. He goes all the way in a 15 - 7 loss, his only major league decision. Haas breaks the American League record of 15 walks, set by Boardwalk Brown and ties Bill George's major league record. Haas will pitch in just five more games before ending up in the NFL as a halfback for Akron.

1917: In the first of two games at Boston, Babe Ruth starts for the Red Sox and walks the leadoff man, griping to plate umpire Brick Owens after each pitch. On ball 4, Ruth plants a right to the umpire's head, and is ejected.
Ernie Shore comes in to pitch. Ray Morgan is then caught stealing, and Shore retires all 26 men he faces in a 4 - 0 win, getting credit in the books for a perfect game (the ruling will later be changed, giving the two pitchers a combined no-hitter, but no perfect game). Boston's Dutch Leonard then beats Walter Johnson, 5 - 0, in the nitecap.
Ruth is suspended for his actions, a ban that will last nine days. He also is fined $100.
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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.

1927: At Boston, Lou Gehrig leads New York to an 11 - 4 victory by hitting three home runs, a first at Fenway Park. Gehrig hits a two-run homer in the 2nd, and solo shots in the 6th and 8th, off Danny MacFayden. He adds a single to his total as Dutch Ruether coasts to the win.

1930: With two outs in the 6th inning, Brooklyn makes 10 hits in succession against Pittsburgh to equal the major league record. The Robins begin the 7th inning with two more after the 6th inning ends with a runner tagged out at the plate. They win, 19 - 6. Babe Herman hits two home runs during the streak.

1930: Hack Wilson hits for the cycle with two singles, a double, triple, and homer, and drives in six as the Cubs whip the Phils, 21 - 8, at Wrigley Field.

1933: The Senators take over first place, winning their third in a row over the White Sox while the Yankees break even in St. Louis. Joe Cronin leads the way with his 5th consecutive multi-hit game. With his two hits today matching his output on the 18th, and 13 hits in the three games of the 19th, 21st and 22nd, Cronin sets the record for most hits in three games (13) as well as four games (15).

1935: Hank Greenberg hits a grand slam in the 9th, but the Tigers lose 12-7 to the senators.

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.

1940: In Cleveland, 56,659 watch the Indians split with Boston. Cleveland wins the opener, 4 - 1, for their 8th win in a row, then Boston wins the nitecap, 2 - 0, on two Jim Tabor home runs. In the first game, Ted Williams and Doc Cramer collide chasing a fly ball. Williams is knocked unconscious and the ball goes for an inside-the-park home run.

1943: Captain Hank Greenberg briefly re-joins the Tigers for batting practice.
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1943: Tigers play a doubleheader with 350 armed guards stationed throughout Briggs Stadium due to racial unrest.
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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.
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1951: Don Newcombe gives up a 1st-inning single to Ralph Kiner in beating the Bucs on a one-hitter, 13 - 1. The Dodgers jump on Bill Werle and successors for 16 hits, including homers by Carl Furillo and Rocky Bridges.

1957: Oriole Skinny Brown blanks the Tigers, 6 - 0, to start a string of four shutouts for the O's staff.

1958: The Detroit Tigers traded Vito Valentinetti to the Washington Senators for Al Cicotte.

1959: The Yankees ride two-run homers from Mickey Mantle, Hank Bauer and Gil McDougald to a 10 - 2 win over Kansas City.

1961: Ernie Banks voluntarily takes the bench as a sore knee brings his 717 consecutive games played streak to an end. The streak started August 26, 1956. The Bank-less Cubs still win, 5 - 3, over the Braves at Wrigley Field. Joe Adcock, who applied the hidden ball trick last August 31st to George Altman, nabs another Cub, Billy Williams, in the 8th.

1962: Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankee lineup and homers against Paul Foytack. But it is not enough as Detroit wins, 5 - 4.

1963: A major league fielding record is set by Boston's 1B Dick Stuart aka "Dr. Strange Glove" handles three 1st-inning grounders and tosses to P Bob Heffner for putouts each time. Stuart's teammates and Fenway Park fans give him a standing ovation. The Yankees beat the Sox, 8 - 0.
Heffner is just the second pitcher to have three putouts in an inning: Boston's Jim Bagby (1940) is the other. Rick Reuschel in 1975 will be the next.

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.

1968: Tigers split a doubleheader in Cleveland: Luis Tiant shuts Tigers out in Game 1, Dick Tracewski's 3-run homer gives them a 4-1 win in Game 2.

1969: Jim Price hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th, his second walk-off hit in two weeks, and Tigers beat the yankees 6 - 5.
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1971: Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Rick Wise hits 2 HRs and hurls a no-hitter vs. the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium.
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1974: Los Angeles Dodgers closer Mike Marshall completes a sweep of the Giants, winning today, 4 - 3. Marshall was the winner in yesterday's 3 - 2 win, and also on the 21st in another 4 - 3 victory. Not till California's Chuck McElroy, in 1996, will another pitcher sweep a series.

1984: The Detroit Tigers released Don Gordon.

1984: Milt Wilcox pitches the Tigers 5 - 1 win over the Brewers.
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1985: Frank Tanana pitches 7 shutout innings against the Yankees in his Detroit Tigers debut and the Tigers win 3 - 1.

1988: George Steinbrenner fires Billy Martin for the fifth time, replacing him with Lou Piniella. In 1985, Piniella was fired and replaced by Martin. In 1987, Martin was fired and replaced by Piniella. New York's 40-28 record is the 4th best in the big leagues, but the Yankees have just completed a 2-7 road trip.

1994: The Senate Judiciary Committee fails to approve antitrust legislation by a vote of 10-7. According to Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Players Association, the action leaves the players with little choice but to strike.

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.

2012: Jim Thome hits a walk-off homer off Tampa Bay's Jake McGee in the bottom of the 9th to give the Phillies a 7 - 6 win. It is Thome's 609th career homer, tying him with Sammy Sosa for 7th place on the all-time list, and the 13th in walk-off fashion, the most in history; five players have hit 12, and all are Hall of Famers: Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson and Babe Ruth.

2016: The Tigers win the game as Cameron Maybin comes in to score on a wild pitch by Steve Cishek in the bottom of the 10th and beat the mariners 5 - 4.
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2017: The Detroit Tigers released Francisco Rodriguez.

2020: Following protracted negotiations there is now agreement to start an abbreviated 60-game season on July 23rd or 24th after the Players Association ratifies the proposed safety protocols. Players are to report to their team's home city on July 1st to resume "spring" training.

2022: The Miami Marlins purchased Ryan Lavarnway from the Detroit Tigers.

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.

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Tigers Beat.
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June 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants beat Boston, 2 - 1, in 12 innings, with Christy Mathewson getting the win. With two outs in the 12th, Matty hits a fly ball to CF Rip Cannell, who drops the ball. Catcher Frank Bowerman, on first base, chugs around with the winning run.

1908: Honus Wagner does it all today, smacking a home run and double, then breaking a 3 - 3 tie with an 8th-inning single. He ends his scoring with a steal of home as the Pirates win, 5 - 3, over the Reds.

1913: Ty Cobb and a whole lot of straw hats.
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1914: Washington's Walter Johnson is en route to a 2 - 1 home win over the A's when newsboys come through the stands hawking the latest edition of the papers headlining the wedding that evening of the ace to Hazel Roberts. The fiancee is supposedly spotted by the crowd, but the real Ms. Roberts slips by unnoticed.

1928: Grover Alexander beats the Reds for the third time in eight days.

1933: Arky Vaughan hits for the cycle, as the Pirates beat the Dodgers, 15 - 3.

1934: After being hitless in his last 21 at bats, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam in a 5 - 0 Yankee win over the White Sox.

1936: Rookie Joe DiMaggio ties three major-league records in New York's 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases. With 2 doubles, he equals the modern record of four long hits in a game. New York beats St. Louis, 18 - 4.

1938: View of Walter O. Briggs, owner of the Detroit Tigers, watching a baseball game.
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1938: Hank Greenberg hits a 3-run home run & a 2-run homer, his 19th & 20th of the season, to lead the Tigers to a 12-8 win over the Yankees.
Hammerin' Hank will go on to challenge Babe Ruth's season record of 60 home runs, finishing with 58.
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1947: The Dodgers win, 4 - 2, over the Pirates, as Jackie Robinson swipes home for the first of 19 times in his career.

1950: Art Houtteman pitches Detroit to a 4 - 1 win over the Yankees. Yogi Berra's homer is the only Yankee score, as New York loses its 4th straight and 8th in 12 games. Detroit now leads the American League by three games.

1950: 19-year-old Willie Mays makes his minor league debut with the Trenton Giants of the Interstate League! "The Say Hey Kid" winds up hitting .353 BA in 81 games.
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1953: The Braves sign 17-year-old Joey Jay from Middletown, Connecticut, making him the first Little League player to make it to the major leagues.

1955: In an 18 - 7 loss to the Tigers, Senator 18-year old rookie third baseman Harmon Killebrew hits his first major league home run off Billy Hoeft.

1955: Already down six, en route to an 8 - 2 drubbing by Milwaukee, the Dodgers debut Brooklyn-born bonus baby, Sandy Koufax. Working a scoreless but labor-intensive 5th and 6th, Koufax puts Braves on every base?via hit, walk and error (his own)?before recording his first major league out by blowing a 3-2 fastball past Bobby Thomson.
Writing more than a decade later, Koufax will recall this undeniably thrilling moment as "probably the worst thing that could have happened to me, getting my first out by striking out a big hitter; because that became my pattern for five years, trying to get out of trouble by throwing harder and harder and harder."
(Conversely, the 4-pitch walk which immediately preceded Thomson?issued to one Henry Louis Aaron?will, in almost the same breath, be viewed by Sandy as "probably the smartest thing I did all year. There have been many times since when I wished I had been wild enough to walk Henry Aaron. I'm usually backing up third as I am wishing it.")

1958: The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat the White Sox, 6 - 2, at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle's clout into the CF bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe's first major league home run, and a home run by Norm Siebern. Ryne Duren strikes out six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob Turley's win.

1959: The Detroit Tigers signed Don Bryant as an amateur free agent.

1960: Willie Mays hits two home runs, singles, steals home, and makes 10 putouts to lead the Giants in a 5 - 3 win at Cincinnati. Mays has three RBI and three runs scored.

1961: Rookie shortstop Dick McAuliffe hits a 2-run home run with 2 outs in the top of the 9th: Tigers beat the indians 5-4.
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1962: A marathon between the Tigers and Yankees concludes in the 22nd inning when Jack Reed's home run - his only one in the big leagues - gives New York and Jim Bouton a 9 - 7 victory. Reed replaced Joe Pepitone in the 13th. For the Tigers, Phil Regan takes the loss and Rocky Colavito has seven hits. Bobby Richardson ties a mark by going to the plate 11 times. At an even seven hours, the game is the slowest extra-inning contest in league history and it is the longest game in innings in Yankee history.

1962: Led by a grand slam from Hank Foiles and four RBIs on two home runs from Frank Robinson, the Reds outslug the Dodgers, 12 - 10, at Dodger Stadium.

1967: Mickey Mantle breaks a 3 - 3 tie in the 9th with a home run off Detroit's Fred Gladding to give 9th-place New York a 4 - 3 win.

1968: After being benched the day before after a 1 for 20 slump, Detroit RF Jim Northrup becomes the 6th American League player to hit two grand slams in one game, connecting in the 5th inning off Eddie Fisher and in the 6th off Billy Rohr, as the Tigers bomb Cleveland, 14 - 3.
Denny McLain is the victor. First baseman Willie Smith pitches the last three innings, walking just one and allowing one hit and no runs.
Detroit's Don Wert is taken to the hospital following a 6th inning beaning which shatters his batting helmet. He will miss just a few games.
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1969: Richie Allen is fined $2,500 and suspended indefinitely when he fails to appear for the Phillies twi-night doubleheader game with the Mets. Allen had gone to New Jersey in the morning to see a horse race and got caught in traffic trying to return. He will stay suspended until July 20th. Allen picked up a $1000 fine in May when, for two straight days, he reportedly arrived at the ballpark after the game had started. Without Allen, the Phils drop a pair, 2 - 1 and 5 - 0.

1971: The Mets' Tom Seaver smashes an 8th-inning homer off Montreal's Bill Stoneman to win his own game, 2 - 1.

1980: Richie Hebner hits a bases-loaded double and bases-loaded single for 6 rbi in the Tigers 9 - 4 win over the indians.
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1983: Milwaukee's Don Sutton strikes out Alan Bannister in the 8th inning of a 3 - 2 win over Cleveland to become the 8th pitcher in major league history with 3,000 career strikeouts.

1984: After missing two starts, Jack Morris (12-3) stops the Brewers, 7 - 1. The Tigers have drawn 165,000 fans for the 4-game series with Milwaukee. Ruppert "Rooftop" Jones hits a 3-run home run over the RF roof of Tiger Stadium, and Lance Parrish homers. Jack Morris pitches 6 one-hit innings for his 12th win. With 3 straight wins, the #Tigers (52-18) stretch their lead to 8.5 games.
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1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Danny Bautista as an amateur free agent.

1991: California's Dave Winfield goes 5 for 5 and hits for the cycle as the Angels defeat Kansas City, 9 - 4. In so doing, he becomes the oldest player in history (39) to accomplish the feat.

1993: Carlton Fisk of the White Sox, plays his 2,226th and final major league game, surpassing Bob Boone's record of 2,225 for most games caught. Fisk reluctantly retires with 3,999 total bases, the most ever for a catcher. The Sox will exacerbate Fisk's bitterness by refusing to allow him into the locker room after the Sox make the playoffs this year. When the Sox retire Fisk's #72 in 1997, Fisk will request that Jerry Reinsdorf and GM Ron Schueler not be there for the ceremony, and when he goes into Cooperstown he will wear a Red Sox cap.
A clerical error about three games caught in 1981, in which Fisk relieved, initially gives him a total of 2,229 games caught. This error will appear on Fisk's Hall of Fame plaque when he is inducted, the 5th edition of Total Baseball, and the 1997 edition of The Sports Encyclopedia - Baseball. Other records books correctly show him with 2,226 games caught lifetime. SABR historian Wayne McElreavy and others note the discrepancy and the plaque and subsequent editions of the record books will correct the total to 2,226.

1998: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Roberts and Tim Worrell to the Cleveland Indians for Geronimo Berroa.

2000: The Detroit Tigers released Allen McDill.

2000: The Tigers trim the Indians 14 - 8, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader behind OF Bobby Higginson's three home runs and six RBIs.
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2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Joe Jimenez as an amateur free agent.

2014: The Detroit Tigers purchased Daniel Schlereth from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

2017: With his 2nd hit of the day, Adri?n Beltr? (2,964) passed Sam Crawford for 32nd on all-time hit list. Next up: Sam Rice (2,985).

2019: Carlos Torres of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays:

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George Harper 1916-1918.

Tigers players who passed away:

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Jack Burns 1903-1904.

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B?ez silences the haters with emphatic grand slam.
Tigers SS smacks third homer in as many games in opener win.
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Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers Win over the diamondbacks. That Home run was Crushed.

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Rony Garcia put together another solid start, and the bullpen was strong.
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His seventh home run of the season was also his third in as many games. He?s the third shortstop in Tigers history to homer in three consecutive games, joining Carlos Guillen -- who homered in four straight games in 2007 -- and Dick McAuliffe in 1966.

The 459-foot distance is the longest grand slam by a Tiger since Statcast began tracking them in 2015, and the longest home run by a Tiger since Jeimer Candelario?s 467-foot drive on July 15, 2019.

No Tiger has hit a longer home run off a curveball in the Statcast era.

Javy B?ez has an eight game hitting streak going, with four home runs and nine RBIs.

Miguel Cabrera has hit number 3,052,now one away from tying Rod Carew (3,053).

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Javier B?ez's grand slam gives Tigers 5-1 win over Diamondbacks.
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Grand slam from Javier B?ez drives Detroit Tigers to 5-1 win over Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Javier Baez hits grand slam as Tigers beat D?backs in series opener.
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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.

1912: New York's Rube Marquard runs his win streak to 17 games by edging the Phillies, 2 - 1.

1915: In Boston, Babe Ruth blasts his 3rd homer of the year, off Ray Caldwell, and is the second player to hit a ball into the RF seats at Fenway Park. Ruth strikes out eight in pitching a complete game, 9 - 5, win, and adds a single off reliever Bill Donovan, Yankee skipper and his former manager.

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.

1935: The Detroit Tigers released Hub Walker.

1941: Baseball greats Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth play a charity golf match in Massachusetts (Trophy donated by screen legend Bette Davis!).
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1950: Ralph Kiner leads the Pirates to a 16 - 11 win at Brooklyn by hitting for the cycle, adding a 2nd home run, and driving in eight runs.

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 MLB history, as well as the Most Accurate of All Time. Kaline becomes a lifelong Tiger after his HOF playing career as a broadcaster with fellow HOF George Kell, a Spring Training Coach in Lakeland Florida, and as a front office adviser to the Ownership of the Team. Kaline's 67 years with the Tigers organization up to his passing in April of 2020, is rightfully given the name of Mr. Tiger.
He was Beloved by Millions of Tigers fans, baseball fans, spanning Generations, along with generations of baseball players from every team.

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. Norm Cash hits two home runs.
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1962: The Tigers traded Charlie Maxwell to the White Sox for OF Bob Farley.

1968: Trailing 5-1, the Tigers rally with a 6-run 7th, punctuated by a Willie Horton 2-run triple to the CF monuments at Yankee Stadium. Tigers win 8-5. It's the Tigers' 22nd (!) winning rally in the 7th inning or later this season.
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1971: Tigers 6 - indians 1, Bill Gilbreth pitches a complete game win in his major league debut Gene Lamont as his catcher.
Al Kaline with a pinch hit 2 run homer.

1974: Tigers workhorse Mickey Lolich completes his 11th straight start. He?s 9-2 with a 1.98 ERA in 100 IP.

1976: Ranger Toby Harrah becomes the only shortstop in major league history to go through an entire doubleheader without a fielding chance. At the plate, Harrah makes up for the inactivity, collecting six hits, including a grand slam in the opener and another round-tripper in game 2. The Rangers beat the White Sox in the first game 8 - 4, but lose the nightcap, 14 - 9.

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.

1998: Sammy Sosa hits his 19th home run of the month at Tiger Stadium, breaking the major league record set by the Tigers' Rudy York. But the Tigers win 6 - 4 on Tony Clark's 3-run home run.
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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 kansas city match wits. The president of the Dominican Republic is on hand for the game, which is broadcast all over Latin America.

2005: In a game against the Orioles, the Mariners battery consists of a pair of 42-year olds as Jamie Moyer throws to backstop Pat Borders. It marks the first time in major league history that two players 42 years or older have been the starting pitcher and catcher for a team.

2008: The Detroit Tigers traded Denny Bautista to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Kyle Pearson (minors).

2008: Trailing the Cardinals 7-6 in the bottom of the 8th, the #Tigers tie it on an RBI single by Magglio Ord??ez and walk off in the 9th on a Gary Sheffield single that scores Clete Thomas. Carlos Guill?n finishes 4-for-5 with a home run and a double.

2011: The Tigers' Justin Verlander, who strikes out a career-best 14 over 8 innings in beating Arizona, 6 - 0 becomes the A.L. first 10 game winner of the season.

2016: Kirk Gibson is inducted into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame.
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2018: The Cardinals record the 10,000th win in team history in defeating the Indians, 4 - 0, behind 7 one-hit innings by John Gant. They are the sixth major league team to hit the mark, all of them in the National League.

2020: The Detroit Tigers released Alex Wilson.

2022: Three Astros pitchers combine to no-hit the Yankees, 3 - 0. Cristian Javier handles the first 7 innings and strikes out 13 against just 1 walk, but needs 115 pitches to do so. H?ctor Neris and Ryan Pressly then pitch one inning each, and although Neris walks a pair in the 8th, they bring the masterpiece home. The Astros score one run in each of the last three innings against the owners of the best record in baseball, who were last victim of a no-hitter back on June 11, 2003 - also a combined effort by Houston, but that one needing six pitchers.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/deerijo01.shtml
John Deering 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pasekjo01.shtml
Johnny Pasek 1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/garboal01.shtml
Alex Garbowski 1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Demeter
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/demetdo01.shtml
Don Demeter 1964-1966.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithhe01.shtml
George Smith 1903.

Baseball Reference
 
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SATURDAY SURVEY
Totally Tigers

Not a lot has gone well for the Detroit Tigers so far this season but today, we?re going to take a walk on the sunny side of the street.

What has been the highlight of the year so far? What did you enjoy watching the most?

Was it Miggy?s historic run surpassing 3,000 hits and continuing his climb up the the ladder of history?s best players?

Or has it been the transformation of the notoriously and historically bad bullpen into one of the top ones in MLB?

Or is the debut of Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene?

Tell us by voting!
What has been the highlight of the year so far for you?

1. Miguel Cabrera's historic surpassing of 3,000 hits.

2. Development of a top bullpen in MLB.

3. Debuts of Torkelson and Greene.

VOTE
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/kody-clemens-riley-greene-boost-tigers-to-win
Tigers rookies show out and lay out in win.
Clemens smacks first career homer and Greene makes highlight reel plays.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=663346
Boxscore.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=663346
Webvideo Highlights of the Tigers Win over the diamondbacks.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/6...-faedo-kody-clemens-gregory-soto-riley-greene
Tigers 6 - Diamondbacks 3: Rookies handle the snakes to take second straight.
Kody Clemens mashed his first MLB home run, while Riley Greene starred defensively.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-tigers-past-arizona-diamondbacks/7738827001/
'Good time for the first one': Clemens' first homer pushes Tigers past D-backs.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...backs-kody-clemens-first-home-run/7738580001/
Kody Clemens launches Detroit Tigers to 6-3 win over Diamondbacks with first MLB home run.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...o-lead-tigers-to-another-win-over-dbacks.html
Kody Clemens hits first MLB homer to lead Tigers to another win over D?backs.
Mlive
 
June 26 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood outguns the Nationals' ace Walter Johnson to win, 3 - 0. Wood allows three hits to the "Big Trains"' 4. Johnson fans 10 batters in the loss.

1914: In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8 - 4 and 10 - 4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into 7th place with yesterday's win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.

1915: Phillie's ace Grover Alexander continues his masterful pitching, topping Brooklyn's Jack Coombs, 4 - 0. Zack Wheat's 8th-inning single is the only Robin safety.

1916: Cleveland players, in a game with the White Sox, wear numbers pinned to their sleeves, marking the first time players are identified by numbers corresponding to those on the scorecard. Jack Graney, leading off for the Tribe, is the first batter to wear a number in the 20th Century.

1920: Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he steals the show in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. His grand slam home run in the 8th gives the New York team a 12 - 8 victory. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the National League park (later known as Wrigley Field).

1935: Lloyd Waner has a still-standing major-league record 18 putouts in CF in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston. The Bucs win, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1, behind Joe Bush and Bill Swift.

1936: 17-year-old Ted Williams signs his first pro contract with the San Diego #Padres of the Pacific Coast League.
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1938: Carl Hubbell wins his 200th game, as the Giants beat the visiting Cubs, 5 - 1, and stretch their lead over the second-place Reds to two games.

1939: In Philadelphia, the Yankees play the first night game in franchise history losing to Connie Mack's A's, 3 - 2.

1944: At the Polo Grounds, with over 50,000 fans looking on, the three New York major league teams play against each other in a six-inning three-team game (each team plays consecutive innings against the other two teams then sits out an inning). The contest, which is played to raise money for war bonds ends with the final score of Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.

1949: Pat Mullin goes 4 for 4 and hits three home runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 12 to 4 win over New York.
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1956: The Detroit Tigers signed Kent Hadley as an amateur free agent.

1960: Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.

1961: The Los Angeles Angels purchased George Thomas from the Detroit Tigers.

1962: Earl Wilson pitches a no-hitter, his first major league shutout, as Boston beats the Los Angeles Angels, 2 - 0. The righthander also hits a home run off loser Bo Belinsky, who pitched his no-hitter six weeks earlier.

1966: The Major League Executive Council decides that both the American League and National League will play 162-game schedules in 1969 and operate two 6-team divisions each.

1966: Sandy Koufax (13-2) matches his National League record of seven consecutive strikeouts in consecutive 9-inning appearances on his way to a 2 - 1 win in Atlanta.

1968: Bill Freehan and Willie Horton are named to the American League All-Star team.
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1968: Cardinal Bob Gibson pitches his 5th straight shutout in the first game of a doubleheader with Pittsburgh.

1970: Frank Robinson belts two successive grand slams during a 12 - 2 Oriole romp over the Senators, just the 7th major leaguer to ever accomplish the feat. Dave McNally, the winning pitcher, Don Buford and Paul Blair trot home ahead of him on each blow. They will be Robby's only grand slams for the O's.
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1972: Detroit's Bill Slayback makes his major league debut a good one, allowing no hits for seven innings against the Yankees. Johnny Callison's single in the 8th is the first hit, but Detroit hangs on to a 4 - 3 win.
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1974: Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, born this day in Pequannock Township, NJ.
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1983: Baltimore's Storm Davis holds the Tigers hitless for eight innings, then needs help from reliever Tippy Martinez to complete a 3 - 1 victory. Pinch hitter Rick Leach, who had been in a 3 for 35 slump, breaks up the no-hit bid with his first home run of the year, leading off the 9th.

1983: Met Rusty Staub delivers his 8th consecutive pinch hit in the 9th inning of an 8 - 4 loss to the Phillies, tying Dave Philley for the all-time major league record. Staub's streak will be snapped by the Cards' Bruce Sutter three days from now.

1984: Tigers 9 - Yankees 7 in 10 innings. The Tigers score 3 runs with 2 outs in the 8th to tie the game. Lance Parrish hits a 2-run home run in the top of the 10th.
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1987: Wade Boggs has his hitting streak snapped at 25 games and the Rocket sputters as Roger Clemens fails to hold a 9 - 0, 2nd-inning lead. Boston loses to New York, 12 - 11, in 10 innings. The 9-run comeback ties a Yankee team record: Boston, alas, has blown bigger leads.

1987: The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers for Terry Harper.

1991: Mickey Tettleton repeats his feat of four days ago by again hitting a home run out of Tiger Stadium, in an 8 - 7 win over the Brewers. The Tigers break a 7 - 7 tie with two outs in the 9th.
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1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave Johnson as a free agent.

1992: Star second baseman Lou Whitaker is caught trying to steal twice in one game. It?s the only time that ever happens to him.

1997: In Detroit's 10 - 6 walloping of the Red Sox, Tiger Brian Hunter swipes four bases. Detroit also gets a home run from Shane Mack to offset two Boston homers.
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1997: San Diego Padres legend Tony Gwynn hits an inside-the-park grand slam vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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2003: Edgar Martinez, who already holds the Mariners' all-time records for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, walks and runs scored, passes Ken Griffey Jr.'s mark for team career RBIs. His two-run homer in the Mariners' 10 - 6 victory over the Angels gives the All-Star designated hitter 1,153 RBIs - one more than Junior.

2004: Tigers celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1984 championship.
Eric Munson leads off the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off home run.
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2007: Gary Sheffield scores his 1,500th career run. Upper Deck honors the feat with this 2008 card.
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2011: The Detroit Tigers retire Sparky Anderson's number 11, eight months after his death.
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Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Babe_Herman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hermaba01.shtml
Babe Herman 1937.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Myers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/myersmi01.shtml
Mike Myers 1995-1997.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chris_Shelton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheltch01.shtml
Chris Shelton 2004-2006.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sugdejo01.shtml
Joe Sugden 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lil_Stoner
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stoneli01.shtml
Lil Stoner 1922, 1924-1929.

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

Tarik Skubal appeared to be turning into the ace of the Tigers? pitching rotation. He has pitched superbly this year until recently.

In his last three starts, he?s been progressively worse, giving up 6, 7 and 8 runs while also pitching fewer innings. His ERA has gone from 2.15 to 3.63. In his last outing, he lasted only 4 innings while throwing 99 pitches. His ERA over the last 3 games (through Friday) is 9.88.

But this is only his 2nd full year as a starter and he has yet to turn 26 years old.

Has your opinion of Skubal changed? Do you still see him having the potential to be a top starter? Is this only a rough patch that he is going through in his maturation as a starter?

Today?s blog addresses this dilemma and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!

For this one blog only, you?ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, you can respond to as many other readers as you want.

TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.

Ready?

How concerned are you about Tarik Skubal?s recent performance?
How concerned are you about Tarik Skubal's recent outings?

1. Not concerned at all.

2. A little concerned.

3. Very concerned.

VOTE
 
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