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VERLANDER THANKS ASTROS, DETROIT AFTER WORLD SERIES WIN.
Justin Verlander finally earned a World Series ring Wednesday night. On Thursday, he took to Instagram to show his appreciation for Houston and Detroit, where he spent the first 12 1/2 years of his major league career, writing: "World Champions!!! What an amazing ride this season was! Thank you to the entire @astrosbaseball organization and fans for making this so special. Also, thank you to all of #detroit for all the love! #houstonstrong #earnhistory." (justinverlander/Instagram)
 
November 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1926: Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager after leading his team to a record of 79-75 and a sixth-place finish. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him.
Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager. Cobb will sign a playing contract with the Philadelphia Athletics and will bat .357 during the 1927 season.

1934: Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees won the American League Triple Crown after hitting .363 with 49 home runs and 165 RBI. Nevertheless, Detroit Tigers C Mickey Cochrane, who hit .320 with 2 home runs and 76 RBI, is named AL Most Valuable Player.

1934: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean, who posted a 30-7 record with 195 strikeouts and a 2.66 ERA, is chosen as National League MVP.

1942: Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams was the Triple Crown winner in the American League, but the Baseball Writers Association of America selects Joe Gordon as AL Most Valuable Player. Williams finished with a .356 average, 36 home runs and 137 RBI. Gordon of the New York Yankees, though he batted .322 with a .900 OPS, led the AL in strikeouts (95), most ground balls hit into double plays (22) and the most errors at second base (28).

1953: The baseball rules committee restores the 1939 sacrifice fly rule, which says a sac fly is not charged as a time at bat.

1965: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, who posted a 26-8 record, a 1.73 ERA, and a record-shattering 382 strikeouts, is named Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote and for the third time.

1970: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 118-51 margin over Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants. Gibson posted a 23-7 record with 274 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA.

1979: The American League and National League All-Star teams depart on an exhibition tour of Japan. The NL squad will take four of seven from its AL counterparts, but the teams will combine to split a pair of games with the Japanese All-Stars.

1981: Milwaukee Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers, with a 6-3 record, 28 saves and a 1.04 ERA, wins the 1981 American League Cy Young Award, collecting 22 of 28 possible first-place votes.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Alan Trammell as a free agent.

2000: Willie Blair of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed John Ennis as a free agent.

2008: Erick Almonte of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Yorman Bazardo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Kyle Farnsworth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Casey Fossum of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Freddy Guzman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Blaine Neal of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Timo Perez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2012: Collin Balester of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Chris Bootcheck of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Brooks Brown of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Brad Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Danny Dorn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Jerad Head of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: John Lindsey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Zach Miner of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Niuman Romero of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Zack Segovia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2014: Don Kelly of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2014: The Tigers hire former catcher Brad Ausmus as their new manager, in replacement of the recently retired Jim Leyland. It will be Ausmus's first managerial assignment at any level.

2015: Joe Nathan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2016: Erick Aybar of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2016: Casey McGehee of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2016: Jarrod Saltalamacchia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2016: In the first trade of the off-season, the Tigers send OF Cameron Maybin to the Angels in return for P Victor Alcantara.

2017: Alex Presley of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkuji01.shtml
Jim Walkup 1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillre01.shtml
Red Phillips 1934, 1936.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Larry_Herndon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herndla01.shtml
Larry Herndon 1982-1988, coach 1992-1998.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chrismi02.shtml
Mike Christopher 1995-1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoal01.shtml
Alex Wilson 2015-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eubanjo01.shtml
John Eubank 1905-1907.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/russeja01.shtml
Jack Russell 1937.

from Baseball Reference
 
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The Tigers also announced their full staff under new manager Ron Gardenhire yesterday.
Former Twins coach Steve Liddle will serve as Gardenhire?s bench coach, returning to the dugout for the first time since 2012 after an 11-year run in Minnesota.
Third base coach Dave Clark and hitting coach Lloyd McClendon will return to the staff, and the Tigers are adding minor league hitting coach Phil Clark to the big league staff as an assistant hitting coach as well.
Former big league infielder Ramon Santiago, who recently retired from his playing career, will jump right onto the Tigers? staff as a first base coach.
As had already been reported, the Tigers plucked Twins bench coach Joe Vavra to serve as a Quality Control coach and hired former Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson to serve as the bullpen coach. Both were with Gardenhire throughout his tenure as Twins skipper.
The club also confirmed its hiring of recently dismissed Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio to occupy that same role in Detroit.
MLBTR
 
https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1...holaday-outright-waivers-kyle-ryan-myles-jaye
Tigers place Bryan Holaday, 3 others on outright waivers.
Detroit also reinstated Victor Martinez from the 60-day disabled list.
BYBTB

https://motorcitybengals.com/2017/11/03/detroit-tigers-reinstate-victor-martinez/
Detroit Tigers outright four players from 40-man roster, reinstate Victor Martinez.
MCBTB

https://detroitsportsnation.com/det...rs-continue-trim-40-man-roster-3-moves/97667/
Tigers continue to trim 40-man roster with 2 more moves.
DSN
 
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November 4 in Tigers and mlb history :

1957: With a new balk rule, the batter now has an option after the call is made. If a player gets a hit, he can accept the outcome of the pitch, instead of being only limited to the advance of the baserunner(s).

1959: Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs.
Eddie Mathews finishes second.

1975: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award, after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (10), and ERA (2.09).

1976: The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position.

1980: Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh, retires from professional baseball. The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants' first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.

1980: Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies joins Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver and Jim Palmer, as pitchers with three Cy Young Awards. Carlton garners all but one of the 24 first-place votes to take National League honors. He posted a 24-9 record with a 2.34 ERA and a league-leading 286 strikeouts.

1980: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave Gumpert as an amateur free agent.

1988: Dave Bergman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1988: Darrell Evans of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1988: Ted Power of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1988: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.

1999: Luis Polonia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2001: In Game 7 of a classic World Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks rally for two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the New York Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3 - 2. The four-year-old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World Championships.

2010: Eddie Bonine of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: The Detroit Tigers traded Brent Dlugach to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Pedro Perez (minors) (April 2, 2011) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2010: Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies in Thousand Oaks, California at 76. Nicknamed "Captain Hook" for his tendency to remove his starting pitchers early in the game - now standard practice - he was the first manager to win over 100 games in a season in both leagues, and the first to lead teams from both leagues to World Championships, doing so with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and with Detroit in 1984.

2014: Bryan Augenstein of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Duane Below of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Casey Crosby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Shawn Hill of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Justin Miller of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Jose Ortega of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Daniel Schlereth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays :

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Leinhauser
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leinhbi01.shtml
Bill Leinhauser 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Skeeter_Webb
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/webbsk01.shtml
Skeeter Webb 1945-1947.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francti01.shtml
Tito Francona 1958.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whillja01.shtml
Jack Whillock 1971.

Tigers players and managers who passed away :

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lefty_Williams
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willile01.shtml
Lefty Williams 1913-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gillebo01.shtml
Bob Gillespie 1944.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sparky_Anderson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/andersp01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8762afda
Sparky Anderson manager 1979-1995.

from baseball reference
 
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