August 20 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909: The St. Louis Browns traded Tom Jones to the Detroit Tigers for Claude Rossman.
1921: The Washington Senators selected Donie Bush off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1923: A four-piece bat used by Babe Ruth is banned by American League president Ban Johnson because of the glue used on it. A protest is made against the Browns' Ken Williams for using a bat with a wooden plug in it. Johnson rules that all bats must be one piece with nothing added except tape extending to 18 inches up the handle.
1933: Powered by Turkey Stearnes' 41st home run, the Chicago American Giants (Negro Leagues) defeat the Nashville Elite Giants in a twin bill for their 28th consecutive victory.
1938: Lou Gehrig hits a 1st-inning grand slam, the 23rd and last of his career for a still-standing record. It comes off Buck Ross in an 11 - 3 victory over the A's.
1945: Detroit's Hal Newhouser shuts out the A's, 4 - 0, for his 20th win of the year. Hank Greenberg has his 15-game hitting streak stopped, but Roy Cullenbine and Doc Cramer add home runs.
1954: The Detroit Tigers traded Earl Harrist and cash to Seattle (PCL) for Van Fletcher.
1958: Al Kaline belts two 3 run homers with 6 RBI as the Tigers beat the senators 7 - 1.
1960: Ted Williams draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the Red Sox's split of a twi-night doubleheader with Baltimore. Williams joins Babe Ruth as the only batters to collect 2,000 walks. The Splendid Splinter also clouts home runs number 514 and 515 in the game.
1962: The Tigers remain three games behind New York by sweeping a pair from the visiting Red Sox 6 - 1 and 7 - 6.
1965: Eddie Mathews hits his 28th home run as the Braves win, 4 - 3, at Pittsburgh. The duo of Mathews and Hank Aaron, from 1954 to this year, becomes the top home run tandem in major league history, passing the
Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig total of 772 home runs while playing together for the New York Yankees.
1965: Detroit All-Star SS Dick McAuliffe is lost for the season with a broken bone in his left hand suffered diving into first base, as the 3rd-place Tigers sweep a doubleheader at Boston. The Tigers win 2 - 0 and 3 - 2.
1972: The Angels score nine runs in the 4th inning but Detroit counters with eight runs in the 6th to win the wild affair, 11 - 9. Aurelio Rodriguez touches off the comeback with a double and ends the scoring with another extra base hit, a 3-run homer. In between are six singles and a sac fly.
1980: Tom Brookens, the Tigers' number-8 hitter, goes 5 for 5 with a triple and a home run and also starts a triple play in an 8 - 6 win over Milwaukee.
1986: Tigers Walt Terrell is one out away from a no-hitter when Wally Joyner doubles. Terrell settles for a one-hit 3 - 0 win over the Angels.
2003: The Detroit Tigers selected John Ennis off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
2006: The Chicago Cubs traded Neifi Perez to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Robinson.
2008: The World Umpires Association and Major League Baseball sign an agreement allowing the use of instant replay, with hopes that it will be in place by next August. WUA president John Hirschbeck says he told his members it would be a tool to help make sure they got the calls correct.
2009: The Baltimore Orioles selected Chris Lambert off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2011: After a stint with the AAA Toledo Mud Hens and exactly one month after having been designated for assignment, Brandon Inge is back in the Tigers' line-up and homers in his first at-bat and doubles in a run his next time up as Detroit defeats Cleveland, 10 - 1, increasing its lead in the AL Central to 3 games.
2015: Alfredo Simon of the Tigers allows only a 5th-inning double to Rougned Odor in shutting out the Rangers, 4 - 0, his first career shutout and complete game.
2015: The Detroit Tigers purchased Randy Wolf from the Toronto Blue Jays.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Ross Reynolds 1914-1915.
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Beau Bell 1939.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Zuverink
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George Zuverink 1954-1955.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paniajo01.shtml
Jose Paniagua 2002.
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Gene Kingsale 2003.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostge01.shtml
Gene Host 1956.
from baseball reference
