December 9 in Tigers and mlb history:
1925: The American League extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and gives him a raise to $40,000.
1925: The Detroit Tigers traded Fred Haney to the Boston Red Sox for Homer Ezzell and Tex Vache.
1925: Cards player-manager Rogers Hornsby is named the MVP in the National League, gathering 73 out of a possible 80 votes. Hornsby was runner-up in 1924 to Dazzy Vance. Other strong contenders are Kiki Cuyler, the Pirates' top hitter at .357; the Giants' George Kelly; Pirates' SS Glenn Wright.
1930: At its annual meeting, the American League reelects E.S. Barnard to a 5-year term as president. Barnard will pass away next March at the Mayo clinic.
1930: Rube Foster, one of the most prominent figures in black baseball history, dies. The founder of the Negro National League, he excelled as a player, manager, and executive.
1931: Baseball owners, fearful of the effects of the Depression, vote to cut squads from 25 players to 23.
Both leagues will stop awarding MVP trophies.
The National League continues to prohibit uniform numbers.
1936: The American League okays seven night baseball games for St. Louis.
The National League adopts a new design for home plate. It will have beveled edges, the first change in 50 years.
The AL adopts a rule stating that no batter can be batting champion unless he has 400 or more at bats.
1939: Wally Moses is traded by the Philadelphia A's to Detroit for Benny McCoy and George Coffman. The deal is later voided by Judge Landis, who declares McCoy a free agent because of a Tigers cover-up. He gets a $10,000 bonus to sign with the A's.
1941: Although having a 3-C draft deferment due to being the sole support of his family, Bob Feller, last year's American League-leading pitcher with 27 victories for the Indians, becomes the first major leaguer to enlist after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The 23-year-old navy recruit has already won 107 major league games.
1953: The leagues meet and raise the minimum salary to $6,000. They also adopt a resolution to set up a committee to weigh ending the pension fund in November of 1955. Hank Greenberg and John Galbreath are on the committee.
Broadcast revenues from World Series and All-Star games are in dispute.
1965: While giving a speech in Columbia, MO, Branch Rickey collapses and dies a few days short of his 84th birthday. Player, manager, an extraordinary judge of baseball talent, and a shrewd trader, he became perhaps the game's most influential executive.
1965: OF Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles for pitchers Milt Pappas and Jack Baldschun and OF Dick Simpson. The Reds' Bill DeWitt defends the trade by labeling Robinson "an old 30," a concept that Robinson will quickly prove wrong.
1974: The St. Louis Cardinals traded Ike Brookens to the Detroit Tigers for John Young.
1977: The Tigers trade outfielder Ben Oglivie to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jim Slaton and Rich Folkers.
Oglivie will blossom in Milwaukee, winning the home run title in 1980 with 41 long balls. Oglivie had gotten caught in a glut of outfielders in Detroit, but he will become a three-time All-Star for the Brewers.
1977: The Detroit Tigers traded Tom Veryzer to the Cleveland Indians for Charlie Spikes.
1981: the Tigers send pitchers Mike Chris and Dan Schatzeder to the Giants for outfielder Larry Herndon.
The quiet Herndon will be a key contributor to the Tigers for several seasons and is a member of the 1984 World Series Champions.
1981: The Merry-go-round known as the Yankees managerial position continues as one day after announcing that manager Bob Lemon will return next season, the Yankees announce that former manager Gene Michael, whom Lemon replaced on September 6th, will return as manager for the 1983 season.
They won't wait that long, as Lemon will give way to Michael after only 14 games, and Michael himself will be gone before the end of the year.
1985: Kirk Gibson appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Two months later the players union will file a grievance charging the owners with collusion.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Moore as a free agent.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jeff Berblinger from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1996 rule 5 draft.
1996: The Seattle Mariners drafted Tarrik Brock from the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 rule 5 draft.
1996: The Oakland Athletics drafted Frank Catalanotto from the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 rule 5 draft.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Alejandro Freire from the Houston Astros in the 1996 minor league draft.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jose Macias from the Montreal Expos in the 1996 minor league draft.
1996: The Colorado Rockies drafted Jeff McCurry from the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 minor league draft.
1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Jeff Berblinger to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Juan Hernaiz (minors) and Deivi Cruz.
1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Gonzalez as a free agent.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Smith as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Robinzon Diaz as a free agent.
2011: The Nationals send P Collin Balester to Detroit for P Ryan Perry.
2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Octavio Dotel as a free agent.
2013: The Veterans Committee unanimously elects three managers who were highly successful in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s to the Hall of Fame: Bobby Cox, Tony LaRussa and Joe Torre were fixtures in the postseason over the period, combining for 8 World Series titles and 10 Manager of the Year awards. In addition to their overlapping careers, LaRussa, Cox and Torre rank 3rd, 4th and 5th on the all-time list of managerial wins, behind Connie Mack and John McGraw.
2015: The New York Yankees traded Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for Luis Cessa and Chad Green.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed A.J. Achter as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Omar Infante as a free agent.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Larkin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larkist01.shtml
Steve Larkin 1934.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chuck_Kress
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kressch01.shtml
Chuck Kress 1954.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Hazle
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hazlebo01.shtml
Bob 'Hurricane' Hazle 1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romered01.shtml
Ed Romero 1990.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Juan_Samuel
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueju01.shtml
Juan Samuel 1994-1995, coach 1999-2005.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vanpoto01.shtml
Todd Van Poppel 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trubych01.shtml
Chris Truby 2002.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Adam_Wilk
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilkad01.shtml
Adam Wilk 2011-2012.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bruce_Rondon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rondobr01.shtml
Bruce Rondon 2013, 2015-2017.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Donovan
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/donovbi01.shtml
'Wild' Bill Donovan 1903-1912, 1918, coach 1918.
from Baseball Reference
