August 28 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907: Highlander pitcher Tex Neuer, begins baseball's most successful short career by besting the Red Sox 1 - 0 in his first start, the nitecap of a doubleheader. In one month he will pitch six complete games, win 4, including three shutouts, and then disappear from the ML scene.
In the first game, Boston's Cy Young wins his 20th game, defeating the Highlanders, 5 - 3.
1908: The Senators give some support to Walter Johnson, scoring eight runs against Cleveland to win 8 - 0. Johnson's last outing was a 1 - 0 loss to the Tigers on the 24th.
1909: In the first of two games at South Side Park, Dolly Gray of Washington enters the record book by walking eight White Sox in the 2nd inning, with seven of the walks in a row (both ML records). The six runs scored are enough for a 6 - 4 Chicago win, although they manage only one hit against Dolly. Leading off the 2nd, Patsy Dougherty logs the only hit, and when he bats again in the inning, manager Billy Sullivan suggests he go to the plate without a bat. For Dougherty, this is the third of four times he'll have the only hit in a game.
1913: Walter Johnson's 14-game winning streak is ended, although it takes Boston 11 innings to beat him 1 - 0. Boston manages a 2nd-inning single by Steve Yerkes and doesn't have another baserunner until Yerkes singles again in the 11th, and reaches third as the ball goes through the legs of CF Clyde Milan. A fielder's choice and a single win it. Johnson strikes out 10, including five in a row, and walks none.
1918: Tris Speaker is suspended for the remainder of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly following a dispute at home plate in a game in Philadelphia.
1921: Despite three doubles by Babe Ruth, the Tigers drop the Yankees 7 - 3. Ruth starts a record streak in which he gets at least one extra-base hit in nine straight games. Tigers stars of the game are CF Ty Cobb, LF Bobby Veach, and P Bert Cole.
Ruth starts a record streak in which he gets at least one extra-base hit in nine straight games. Into the record books to go with his 119 extra-base hits, 177 runs, and 457 total bases. His .846 slugging average is one point behind that of a year ago.
1924: Despite Babe Ruth's two home runs, the Senators beat the Yankees 11 - 6 and move into first place. The Yankees will tie them for two days in September, but otherwise the Senators stay on top till the end.
1932: Due to the anticipation of an eclipse, the Red Sox complete a game several days earlier than scheduled with the Indians and beat the Tribe in 11 innings, 4 - 3. Three days later, Fenway Park goes dark for twenty minutes during the solar event.
1936: The Giants win their 15th in a row, beating Pittsburgh 7 - 4 in 14 innings. First base coach Bill Terry inserts himself as a pinch hitter and delivers a bases-loaded single to break the 1 - 1 tie in the 14th. The streak will be stopped the next day by Red Lucas.
1938: On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader from the White Sox, setting a league record by playing their seventh successive twin bill in 8 days.
1940: Homestead Grays (Negro League) P Ray Brown earns his 27th consecutive victory over a 2-year span when he shuts out the Baltimore Elite Giants 5 - 0 on a 3-hitter. The win raises his record to 12-0 for the season.
1941: Ted Williams goes 2-for-3 against the Tigers to raise his average to .407 but the Tigers win 8 - 7. Rudy York with the home run and 4 RBI.
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1945: HOF Jackie Robinson met face-to-face with Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey for hours which led to signing his groundbreaking baseball contract.
1950: At Fenway Park the Red Sox come back from 10 - 0 and 12 - 1 deficits to beat the Indians 15 - 14. Bob Feller is the loser, this time in his only relief appearance of the season, coming in for starter Bob Lemon, the American League's winningest pitcher. Dom DiMaggio's two triples and a single pace the offense. It is the second day in a row the Tribe has blown a big lead, losing a seven run advantage yesterday.
1950: At Wrigley Field, Hank Sauer socks three consecutive home runs off Curt Simmons, as the Cubs edge the Phillies 7 - 5 in game 1. Sauer will connect for three homers off Simmons once more, in 1952.
1950: Earle and Roy Mack, Connie's sons by his first marriage, purchase 54 percent interest in the Athletics from Connie Mack, Jr., their younger brother from a second marriage. Earle, Roy and Connie Mack now own 1,198 shares out of 1,500. "As long as dad wants to manage," the two announce, "he will continue to manage."
1951: The Braves sell P Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000 and a young pitcher named Lew Burdette. It is another late-season insurance measure for the New Yorkers.
1958: White Sox 2B Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out (98).
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1961: At Washington, Rocky Colavito and Al Kaline belt 1st-inning homers as Detroit wins 7 - 3 to cut New York's lead to 1 1/2 games. Rocky now has 39 homers and 120 RBIs. Jake Wood hits a 6th inning grand slam to complete the scoring for Detroit.
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1962: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle connects for a 2-run shot in the 4th off Mudcat Grant to give the Yanks a 2 - 1 win over the Indians.
1964: Norm Cash hits a home run and a double. Tigers score 6 in the first inning and beat the Angels 12-1.
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1966: Rare color footage of The Beatles at Dodger Stadium during their final U.S. Tour!
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1968: Tigers beat the angels 6 - 1. Denny McLain becomes the first American League pitcher to win 26 games since Bob Feller and Hal Newhouser both did it in 1946.
1969: Detroit OF Jim Northrup goes 6 for 6, as the Tigers beat the A's 5 - 3. Northrup's 6th hit is a home run over the roof in the bottom of the 13th to win the game. The first 6-hit game for Detroit since June 24 1962, when the Tigers hitter with a 6 hit game was Rocky Colavito with seven hits in a 22 inning marathon.
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1969: At a press conference, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the publication of The Baseball Encyclopedia and holds up a copy of the 6 1/2 pound book.
1970: The Giants' Juan Marichal beats the Pirates 5 - 1 for his 200th ML win. Marichal joins Jim Bunning as the only active pitchers with 200 wins.
1970: Tigers suspend Denny McLain for 30 days after he dumps ice water over sportswriters from the Detroit Free Press and News in the Tiger Stadium clubhouse.
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1971: Les Cain becomes the last Tigers pitcher to hit a home run before the adoption of the designated hitter in the Tigers 5 - 4 win over the white sox.
1978: The Mariners and Red Sox combine for 16 extra-base hits in the Red Sox's 10 - 9 victory. The Sox, down 9 - 7 in the 9th, start a rally when Fred Lynn lines his 5th hit of the game. Lynn scores on an error and Butch Hobson drives home the winner with a 2-run double. Jim Rice hits his 34th homer, Jack Brohamer adds four hits, and Bob Stanley wins his 12th against one loss. The Sox lose Dwight Evans in the 7th when he is beaned by a Mike Parrott pitch, but X-Rays show no fracture however.
1984: Tigers win over the mariners 5 - 4 on Ruppert Jones' go-ahead RBI double with 2 outs in the 9th.
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1987: Mike Schmidt continues to climb baseball's all-time home run list, passing both Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with the 522nd of his career in an 8 - 1 win over San Diego.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Shawn Hare as an amateur free agent.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Gardiner as a free agent.
1993: The Detroit Tigers traded Ron Rightnowar to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Nikco Riesgo (December 14, 1993) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1996: Vinny Castilla reaches the 100-RBI plateau, joining teammates Andres Galarraga, Ellis Burks, and Dante Bichette. Not since the Cubs and Phillies of 1929 has a team had four players reach the mark.
2000: The Players' association exercises its option to extend the Collective bargaining agreement, ensuring labor peace through October 31, 2001. The expected move comes as no surprise as the players appear to be happy with the November 1996 deal, but the owners have expressed concerns the present CBA has widened the talent gap between the high and low-revenue markets due to escalating salaries.
2001: Seattle OF Ichiro Suzuki reaches 200 hits for the season as the Mariners fall to the Devil Rays, 6 - 0. By going 2 for 3, Suzuki becomes only the third American League rookie to reach 200 hits since 1964.
2016: Miguel Cabrera ties Al Kaline with 972 career extra-base hits, now 44th all-time in major league history with a double in a loss to the angels.
2020: Because Jackie Robinson Day, normally celebrated on April 15th, was shut out by the Coronavirus pandemic this year, it is rescheduled today, on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington. It takes place amidst nationwide questioning on racial relations, following the brutal shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI earlier in the week, and the Astros and Athletics elect not to play, staging instead a brief ceremony in Robinson's honor, following in the steps of other MLB teams and other sports who have done the same over the past two days. The producers of the film 42 had made a $4.2 million donation of medical equipment for the African-American community on the original day, but today everyone is saddened upon hearing of the passing at 43 of actor Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed Jackie Robinson in the 2013 film.
2021: The Detroit Tigers released Erasmo Ramirez.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Joe Yeager 1901-1903.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Billy Lush 1903.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jean_Dubuc
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Jean Debuc 1912-1916.
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