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August 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1900: In American League action, Rube Waddell throws two complete games as Milwaukee sweeps a doubleheader from the Chicago White Stockings, 2 - 1 and 1 - 0. After throwing 17 innings in the first game, the colorful southpaw is coaxed by skipper Connie Mack, who promises him a few days off to go fishing to pitch the nightcap, he hurls a five-inning one-hitter.

1901: Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off for the third time in seven days, with Nichols winning easily, 11 - 6. New York makes four errors, but a tired Matty is pasted for 13 hits while striking out just one.

1905: The Tigers purchase Ty Cobb from minor league Augusta, for a reported $500. and the rest is history.

1907: Red Downs hits his first major league home run off Cy Young. He will hit only two more in his career.
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1910: At Cincinnati, the Giants win, 9 - 3, beating Jack Rowan. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits in coasting to his 20th win of the year and his 17th straight victory over the Reds.

1911: Thirty-five thousand gather at the not-yet-completed Polo Grounds to watch the Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May 1908. Matty, after saving the 5 - 4 opener for Hooks Wiltse with two scoreless frames, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses, 7 - 4. Mike Mitchell leads the Reds in the nitecap by hitting for the cycle off Matty, and adding a double.

1915: Red Faber pitches the White Sox to a 2 - 1 win over the Red Sox, beating Rube Foster. With the Tigers' win over the A's, Boston and Detroit are virtually tied for 1st.

1917: Coaching at third base in a 1 - 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins 2 - 0.

1918: Walter Johnson beats St. Louis, 4 - 3, in 14 innings. The Big Train will work in 15 extra-inning games, including two of 18 innings, one of 16 innings, and another of 15 innings.

1921: At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers in a 10 - 0 Tigers win. It takes Cobb just 2,135 games to do that.
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LF Bobby Veach is 4 for 4, and the Tigers bang out 19 hits. Only RF Harry Heilmann is hitless but still batting .403 on the season.

1930: In the first of two, Chicago's Hack Wilson connects off Phils P Les Sweetland for his 43rd home run, tying Chuck Klein's National League record set last year. In RF, Klein waves to Wilson as he circles the bases. The Phils hold on for a 9 - 8 win with Claude Willoughby the winner over rookie Bud Teachout. The second game ends in a 6 - 6 tie after 16 innings.

1931: At Chicago, Lefty Grove (25-2) wins his 16th consecutive game, 4 - 2, tying the American League record set by Walter Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912. Grove holds the Sox scoreless till the 9th, while the A's score in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th off Red Faber. Grove has completed games in all but one of the wins.

1938: Hank Greenberg hits 3 home runs in a doubleheader, including a walk-off shot in Game 1, raising his season total to 41. Tigers sweep the browns 8 - 7, and 7 - 4.
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1941: Hal Newhouser walks 10 batters in a game for the only time but wins anyway: Tigers 12 - Yankees 3.

1945: In game two of a doubleheader against the Reds, 37-year-old slugger Jimmie Foxx makes his first major league start, pitching the first seven innings for the Philadelphia Phillies. He leaves with a 4 - 1 lead, and Andy Karl saves Foxx's only decision, a 6 - 2 final. Double X's ERA in 10 appearances is 1.52.

1948: Babe Ruth?s casket is carried from St. Patrick?s Cathedral, NYC.
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1950: The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000 for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another $175,000 more.

1951: Wearing uniform number 1/8, forty-three inch tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches from Tigers' Bob Cain in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck's idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
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1955: Robin Roberts of the Phils defeats Don Newcombe of the Dodgers, 3 - 2, to become the first 20-game winner of the year.

1961: Tigers beat the Red Sox 3-2 on a walk-off single by Bubba Morton.
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1962: Gino Cimoli, Wayne Causey, and Billy Bryan of the Athletics hit consecutive home runs in the 7th inning, but Elston Howard has two home runs and eight RBIs; Bill Skowron, a home run and four RBIs; Mickey Mantle, a grand slam and seven RBIs, and Skowron four RBIs as the Yankees rout the A's, 21 - 7. Mantle adds two stolen bases before Jack Reed takes over in CF and has two at bats.

1968: Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 - 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the 7th time this season the Phils' slugger has K'ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.

1970: Fergie Jenkins homers and his teammates add another six as Chicago coasts over San Diego, 12 - 2. Jim Hickman (2), Glenn Beckert, Johnny Callison, Joe Pepitone, and Billy Williams also hit round trippers for Chicago. Six of the Cub homers are solo shots and San Diego adds a solo homer: the seven solo homers by two teams sets a National League record and ties the major league mark set on April 29, 1962.

1974: Reds 2B Joe Morgan drives in seven runs as Cincinnati rolls over Philadelphia, 15 - 2. Morgan has a grand slam and a three-run homer, then leaves after three innings when the Reds build a 14 - 0 lead.

1980: Jon Matlack holds George Brett hitless, snapping his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games, but Kansas City rallies for three runs in the 9th to beat Texas, 4 - 3. Brett batted .467 during the streak and knocked in 42 runs.

1987: Kirk Gibson and Darrell Evans go deep for Detroit, and Walt Terrell holds the Twins to 1 run in a complete game 7 - 1 Tiger's victory. After falling 11 games back in the division race in May, the Tigers now take sole possession of first place.
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1987: Paul Molitor collects four hits to extend his hitting streak to 34 games and tie Dom DiMaggio for 11th on the all-time list. The Brewers beat Cleveland, 13 - 2. Rob Deer has a grand slam for the Brewers, and tomorrow will hit another to become just the 11th player in history to hit grand slams in consecutive games.

1992: Mariners 2B Bret Boone makes his major league debut against the Orioles. By doing so, he becomes the first third-generation player in the major leagues, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Ray, and his father Bob. Boone goes 1 for 4 and drives in a run in Seattle's 10 - 8 victory.
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1999: The Detroit Tigers released Walt McKeel.

2005: Carlos Pe?a hits 2 home runs and an RBI single in the Tigers' 9-5 win over the Blue Jays.
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2007: John Smoltz sets the career Atlanta Braves franchise record for strikeouts. He whiffs Mark Reynolds in the 3rd inning of a 6 - 2 win, one of 13 K's on the day as he passes Phil Niekro's old mark of 2,912.

2007: Greg Maddux moves up the historical charts, as he ties Tim Keefe for 9th all-time with 349 wins. He allows one run, two hits and no walks in six innings in a 5 - 3 win over the Astros. Maddux aids his cause with two hits in two at-bats.

2010: The specter of the 2000's steroid scandal is still around. Today, former pitching great Roger Clemens is indicted on six counts of perjury for allegedly lying during Congressional hearings on PED use in February 2008 when he testified that he had never used banned substances. A number of former teammates and associates have since come forward to provide testimony that contradicts his statements made under oath.

2015: In his 1st MLB at-bat, Daniel Norris becomes the first AL pitcher to hit a home run at Wrigley Field. Norris is the first Tigers pitcher with a HR and a walk in the same game since 1970. 15th time that's happened in club history.
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2017: Alan Trammell throws out the first pitch at Comerica Park.

2021: The Angels match the biggest comeback in team history when they defeat the Tigers, 13 - 10, at Comerica Park, after trailing 10 - 2 in the 6th. Rookie CF Brandon Marsh is at the center of things with two triples; his first one, in the 2nd, should have been his first career big league homer, as it hits the top of the fence in right field before bouncing back to the field. Television replays clearly show that the ball hit beyond the yellow line demarcating homers, but the Angels fail to ask for a video review and the triple stands.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Finigan
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Jim Finigan 1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lashefr01.shtml
Fred Lasher 1967-1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harpete01.shtml
Terry Harper 1987.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeda01.shtml
David Palmer 1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adamsau01.shtml
Austin Adams 2019.

Tigers players announcers and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zamloca01.shtml
Carl Zamloch 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Freehan
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https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Bill-Freehan/
Bill Freehan 1961, 1963-1976, announcer 1984-1985, coach 2002-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Wockenfuss
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wockejo01.shtml
John Wockenfuss 1974-1983.

Baseball Reference
 
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FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

One week after the firing of Tigers? GM, Al Avila, I?m hoping that Chris Ilitch and his senior Front Office executives have been sitting down and compiling a list of qualities, characteristics and skills that their new GM must have.

There?s going to be a lot on their list, some items more important than others.

But do they have a list of priorities? Experience that is a must-have?

I hope so. I certainly have mine.

And it?s a long list.

But what are my top 5 qualifications that absolutely, positively must be met before anything else is considered? The initial 5 that will either qualify or disqualify potential candidates for further evaluation?

You may be surprised that my list of first hurdles is short on the tangible skills. That list comes after candidates have cleared this initial one. And it?s because it doesn?t matter how great your business skills or work experience are, if you can?t prepare the organization to succeed as a whole, then this candidate will ultimately fail. at the task.

Should this person be creative? Yes. A great trader and an expert in understanding how to scout and draft effectively? Absolutely.

But those skills come after they?ve passed the following criteria?..
 
As if things couldn?t get any worse for the Tigers, manager A.J. Hinch announced this week that outfielder Austin Meadows has once again been pulled from a rehab assignment.

Meadows first hit the injured list back in mid-May due to vertigo-like symptoms and returned a bit less than a month later. That return lasted only eight games, however, before he was placed on the Covid-related injured list.

Just as Meadows was getting ready to head out on a rehab assignment, he was transferred to the 10-day injured list owing to the bizarre diagnosis of an Achilles strain in both legs.

This now marks the second time that Meadows has had a rehab assignment for this injury halted. Hinch?s only update was that Meadows was headed to Detroit for reevaluation and that the Tigers still have hope he can return in 2022.

It?s been a nightmare of a season for Meadows, who has been limited to just 147 plate appearances and seen his power disappear: .250/.347/.328

MLBTR
 
The Tigers and Angels start their weekend series on Friday night and will play three times before parting ways. The entire series schedule can be seen below:

Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Angels - August 19 at 7:10 pm EST
Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Angels - August 20 at 1:10 pm EST
Detroit Tigers vs. Los Angeles Angels - August 21 at 1:40 pm EST
 
The Detroit Tigers continue to make national headlines but for all the wrong reasons. Today, a couple articles and MLB Radio posting stories about the vast amount of injuries and surgeries - mostly to pitchers.

It started with Spencer Turnbull, Joey Wentz and then Casey Mize. Followed by Alex Faedo and Kyle Funkhouser. Now Tarik Skubal. 6 pitchers all with surgeries within the past year.

There is concern over Beau Brieske and Matt Manning who also have current arm issues as well. For putting all its rebuilding chips on young pitchers, this threat has the potential to nullify an entire rebuild. Needless to say, this is a top priority for the new GM to resolve.

Totally Tigers
 
Tigers LHP Eduardo Rodr?guez is scheduled to meet with the media before tonight's game at Comerica Park.

He is expected to be activated from the restricted list today and start on Sunday.
 
Barbaro Garbey is being honored before tonight?s ?Fiesta Tigres! game vs the Angels.

Garbey?s biggest hit for the 1984 Tigers happened in a game against the Angels. Anniversary of that was 3 days ago. #BlessYouBoys #FiestaTigres
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matt-manning-holds-angels-to-one-run-in-loss
Manning's one-run gem gives hope for future.
Young righty in 'attack mode' during three-hit, seven-inning outing,
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/8...t-baseball-is-boring-baseball-recap-august-19
Tigers 0 - Angels 1: Efficient baseball is boring baseball.
At least the Angels superstars didn?t embarrass us.
BYBTB

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Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...pitching-duel-angels-sandoval-1-0/7842538001/
'Impressive stuff': Tigers' Manning sharp but gets upstaged by Angels' Patrick Sandoval.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...e-los-angeles-angels-matt-manning/7848164001/
Detroit Tigers leave Matt Manning high and dry in 1-0 loss to Los Angeles Angels.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...ut-duels-matt-manning-to-beat-tigers-1-0.html
Angels starter throws complete game shutout, out-duels Matt Manning to beat Tigers, 1-0.
Mlive
 
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August 20 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: The Tigers purchased Ty Cobb from minor league Augusta, for a reported $500. and the rest as they say is history.

1908: Hall of Famer Al Lopez was born this day in Tampa, FL.
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1909: The St. Louis Browns traded Tom Jones to the Detroit Tigers for Claude Rossman.

1912: In Washington, Walter Johnson wins his American League-record 15th straight, downing Cleveland, 4 - 2. Big Train is topped in the nightcap when Washington hurler Carl Cashion tosses a 6-inning no-hitter, winning, 2 - 0. The only baserunners reach on two errors by SS George McBride. Johnson's effort takes one hour and 55 minutes, while Cashion's six innings finish in just 65 minutes; the game is called to allow Cleveland to catch a train to Boston. Cashion will win only 11 other games in his major league career.

1915: The White Sox trade for star OF'er Shoeless Joe Jackson from Indians for OF's Braggo Roth & Larry Chappell, RHP Ed Klepfer , & $31,500 (~$850K in 2021).

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.

1926: The Giants lose their fifth in six games, 6 - 2 in St. Louis. Frankie Frisch misses a sign that costs a run. After the game, berated by John McGraw in front of the team, Frisch buys a ticket to New York and leaves the team. Fined $500, McGraw's favorite, and heir apparent, is through with the Giants.

1931: At St. Louis, Lou Gehrig hits his 33rd homer in the 4th to tie Babe Ruth for the major league lead, but the Babe answers in the 9th with his 34th, a grand slam over the RF roof, to give the Yanks a 7 - 3 win over the Browns. Lefty Gomez almost has New York's first shutout of the season, but he weakens in the 9th.

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.

1946: Prior to the start of the game against the Senators in Washington, using the U.S. Army's Sky Screen Chronograph, Bob Feller's fastball is clocked at 98.6 miles-per-hour, breaking Yankee hurler Atley Donald's 1939 speed record of 94.7 mph.

1950: In the 1950 East-West Game, a record four future major leaguers make pitching appearances, throwing 10 of the 18 innings. The West wins, 5 - 3, behind 3 hits, a run, 2 RBI and two steals by Jesse Douglas. In a losing cause, Junior Gilliam homers - he will become the only player to hit homers in both an East-West Game and All-Star Game.

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.

1961: Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella & Althea Gibson chat before the East-West Negro League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.
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1961: At Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris homer in the twinbill sweep. Mantle's 1st-inning three-run homer, and Maris's in the 3rd inning, make it easy for Ralph Terry. In the nightcap, Bill Skowron hits his 21st in the 2nd inning and the Yanks win, 5 - 2.

1962: The Tigers remain three games behind New York by sweeping a pair from the visiting Red Sox 6 - 1 and 7 - 6.

1962: Roger Maris hits his 49th and Mickey Mantle his 46th as the Yankees sweep a pair from the Indians, 6 - 0 and 5 - 2. Both come in the first game as Ralph Terry pitches a four-hitter.

1962: At Crosley Field, Frank Robinson connects for a grand slam in the 10th inning as the Reds defeat the Dodgers, 7 - 3.

1964: Tigers draw their smallest ever night crowd: 2,173 in a loss to the angels.

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.

1967: John Hiller pitches a 4-hit shutout. Willie Horton and Al Kaline go deep for the Tigers in a 4 - 0 win over the indians.

1968: John Hiller pitches one-hit 7 - 0 shutout of the White Sox at Tiger Stadium. Gates Brown with a home run.
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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.
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1974: Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Tigers, and records the fastest fastball ever at 100.9 mph in an 11 inning 1 - 0 Tigers win. Mickey Lolich with the Complete Game Shutout. Ben Oglivie singled, stole second, and scored on a Bill Freehan single. Lolich wrote about this game in his book (which is mainly about 1968, but touches upon his career as a whole).
He called it the best regular season game of his career.

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.

1984: The Tigers blast the A's 14-1, tying their season high for runs. Lance Parrish hits his team-leading 28th home run. Chet Lemon and Darrell Evans also go deep. Jack Morris strikes out 6 in 7 strong innings for his 16th win.
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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.
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1995: Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker in their final home game together.

1996: the Tigers win a 16-11 shootout with the White Sox at Tiger Stadium. Melvin Nieves hits 2 home runs. Mark Lewis hits two doubles. Bobby Higginson and Andujar Cedeno also go deep for Detroit.

2000: The winningest pitcher in franchise history is honored by the Yankees during Whitey Ford Day ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. The crafty lefty holds the team record for victories (236), innings pitched (3,170 1/3), strikeouts (1,956) and shutouts (45).

2003: The Detroit Tigers selected John Ennis off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

2005: Losing to the A's at Oakland's McAfee Coliseum, 4 - 0, the Royals establish a franchise record losing their 19th consecutive game and tie the club's mark by dropping their 12th straight road game. The 38-82 squad needs two more defeats to match the American League record of 21 losses accomplished by the 1988 Orioles, and four more will tie the major league mark of 23 endured by 1961 Phillies.

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: the Tigers honor 1984 AL MVP Guillermo (Willie) Hern?ndez at Fiesta Tigres.
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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.

2017: Justin Verlander's no-hitter is broken up in the 6th inning by former Tiger Curtis Granderson in a 6 - 1 win for the Tigers.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynoro01.shtml
Ross Reynolds 1914-1915.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bellbe01.shtml
Beau Bell 1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Zuverink
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zuverge01.shtml
George Zuverink 1954-1955.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...aniajo01.shtml
Jose Paniagua 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingsge01.shtml
Gene Kingsale 2003.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostge01.shtml
Gene Host 1956.

Baseball Reference
 
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Though the Tigers? 17th shutout loss of the season was their first 1-0 defeat since Sept. 18, 2020, it still followed the general pattern of the 2022 season: Detroit pitchers provide a chance but Tigers hitters can?t take advantage. Considering how many different names have been on the pitching side of the theme, it?s actually encouraging.

While even the hardiest Tigers fan might have a hard time naming all the starters they?ve used since the All-Star break (Manning, Tarik Skubal, Garrett Hill, Michael Pineda, Drew Hutchison, Bryan Garcia, Tyler Alexander, Daniel Norris), their collective 3.09 ERA in that span is the lowest among American League rotations and third lowest in the Majors. Given Detroit?s 8-21 record during that span, it can be depressing to think how much better the Tigers could be with a little more offense.

And yet, as the Tigers try to find a path forward next season, it?s a sliver of hope just how much starting pitching the Tigers have to work with. Even without Skubal, Pineda, Casey Mize, Alex Faedo, Beau Brieske and Eduardo Rodriguez (who returns Sunday), the Tigers continue to pitch stingy.
 
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SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

Last week, Chris Ilitch fired GM Al Avila because he saw ?no progress at the MLB level.? Ilitch had invested $243 mill this year on free agent signings alone because his Front Office had convinced him that the Tigers were within reach of being competitive.

But now the Tigers are once again in last place and the third worst team in MLB. Through Thursday?s games, they are 25 losses away from hitting another 100-loss season. There are 42 games left in the year.

The team added 2 new starting pitchers (free agents) and 5 new positional players. Two rookies were added (positional players) but 1 ended up being sent down. A number of young pitchers saw their debuts in Detroit this year.

While their bullpen has ranked near the top for most of this year, their offensive numbers sit at the bottom of MLB and they are about to set records in fewest number of runs plated. The majority of the positional roster is showing significant performance regression.

Yet the Tigers have been besieged by an astronomical number of injuries, mostly to their pitchers. Three relievers and 3 starting pitchers have now been lost this season to surgery with some of them not expected to pitch at all next year.

The new GM will undoubtedly be taking a deep dive into the status of the Tigers and where they sit in the rebuilding process. Will he continue the rebuilding process or will he be forced to do a reset/reboot? Or, will it be determined that the Tigers have to return to square 1 and rethink the entire process?

What do you think?
What does the new Tigers' GM need to do about the rebuild?

1. Pick up where the organization left off.

2. Reboot/reset some aspects.

3. Develop an entirely new plan.

VOTE
 
LHP Eduardo Rodriguez is activated from the restricted list.

RHP Garrett Hill and LHP Daniel Norris will move to the bullpen.

4-man rotation for the immediate future: Matt Manning, Tyler Alexander, Eduardo Rodriguez, Drew Hutchison.

And to think that the starting rotation was originally Rodriguez, Pineda, Mize, Manning and Skubal.
 
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...gers-jonathan-schoop-ankle-injury/7855492001/
Detroit Tigers 2B Jonathan Schoop leaves game vs. Angels with right ankle sprain.
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August 20: 2B Jonathan Schoop exits game with right ankle sprain
Schoop appeared to turn his ankle while trying to dance around catcher Max Stassi?s tag as he tried to score from second base on Tucker Barnhart?s second-inning single. Schoop reached out for the ankle after tumbling to the ground and limped back to the dugout, where head athletic trainer Doug Teter accompanied him to the clubhouse. Kody Clemens replaced Schoop at second base for the third inning. The Tigers announced after the game that Schoop is day to day.

Schoop has played in 115 of Detroit?s 122 games this season, eight more than shortstop Javier B?ez for tops on the team. His second-to-home time of 8.04 seconds was slightly faster than his season average, according to Statcast, but right fielder Taylor Ward?s throw beat him with enough time that Stassi was waiting for him at home with the ball.
 
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The Tigers have had nothing but miserable luck on the injury front this year, with just about every starting pitching option spending at least some time on the IL.

Rony Garcia has made 16 appearances for the club this year, with eight of those being starts. However, he might not be able to add to that total, with manager A.J. Hinch telling Cody Stavenhagen of The Athletic that Garcia is likely done for the year.
He?s been on the IL since late July due to shoulder soreness, the second time this year a shoulder issue landed him on the shelf. It seems it?s lingering long enough that he might not make it back to the hill this year. If that?s indeed the case, he?ll finish the season with a 4.41 ERA over 51 innings.

MLBTR

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...ack-another-starter-likely-done-for-year.html
Tigers injury updates: Beau Brieske working way back; another starter likely done for year.
Mlive
 
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