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February 18 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909: The Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, who won 21 games at age 41 last season, to the Cleveland Naps for righty pitchers Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan plus $12,500
1916: Major League Baseball initiates an option plan to protect minor league players.
1922: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship, claiming the two jobs (judge and Commissioner) take up too much time.
1946: Hank Greenberg marries Caral Gimbel daughter of Bernard Gimbel of the Gimbel's New York department store family three days after signing a $60,000 ($753,000 today) contract with the Tigers. The couple had three children—sons Glenn H. Greenberg and Stephen and a daughter, Alva—before divorcing in 1958.
1958: Cleveland sends veteran C Jim Hegan and P Hank Aguirre to Detroit for C-OF Jay Porter and P Hal Woodeshick. Aguirre will pitch 10 years for Detroit.
1967: During a special softball exhibition game, pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six consecutive major leaguers. The victims include Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Roberto Clemente and Maury Wills.
1984: Hitting coach Gates Brown says Tigers have "the potential" for a great year like 1968.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZZtaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6791,3011749
1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Rick Renteria as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Willis Roberts as an amateur free agent.
1994: The Detroit Tigers traded Kevin Morgan to the New York Mets for Joe Dellicarri (minors).
1999: The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program. Robinson was selected to represent the 1940s, the second ballplayer chosen. Babe Ruth, last May, represented the 1920s.
2005: After five months of captivity in a Venezuelan jungle surrounded by explosives to keep her from escaping, Ugueth Urbina's mother, Maura Villarreal, is rescued during a daring eight-hour police raid. The kidnappers had demanded a $6 million ransom from the Tigers relief pitcher for his mom's freedom.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_House
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/housefr03.shtml
Frank House 1950-1951, 1954-1957, 1961.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wehmehe01.shtml
Herm Wehmeier 1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Gordon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/gordojo01.shtml
Joe Gordon manager 1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marenle01.shtml
Leo Marentette 1965.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millebo04.shtml
Bob Miller 1973.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moralje01.shtml
Jerry Morales 1979.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pernohu01.shtml
Hub Pernoll 1910, 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_McManus
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmanma01.shtml
Marty McManus 1927-1931.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamlilu01.shtml
Luke Hamlin 1933-1934.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostech01.shtml
Chuck Hostetler 1944-1945.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flowebe01.shtml
Ben Flowers 1955.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Mathews
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matheed01.shtml
Eddie Mathews 1967-1968.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenal01.shtml
Al Greene 1979.
from Baseball Reference
1909: The Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, who won 21 games at age 41 last season, to the Cleveland Naps for righty pitchers Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan plus $12,500
1916: Major League Baseball initiates an option plan to protect minor league players.
1922: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship, claiming the two jobs (judge and Commissioner) take up too much time.
1946: Hank Greenberg marries Caral Gimbel daughter of Bernard Gimbel of the Gimbel's New York department store family three days after signing a $60,000 ($753,000 today) contract with the Tigers. The couple had three children—sons Glenn H. Greenberg and Stephen and a daughter, Alva—before divorcing in 1958.
1958: Cleveland sends veteran C Jim Hegan and P Hank Aguirre to Detroit for C-OF Jay Porter and P Hal Woodeshick. Aguirre will pitch 10 years for Detroit.
1967: During a special softball exhibition game, pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six consecutive major leaguers. The victims include Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Roberto Clemente and Maury Wills.
1984: Hitting coach Gates Brown says Tigers have "the potential" for a great year like 1968.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZZtaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6791,3011749
1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Rick Renteria as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Willis Roberts as an amateur free agent.
1994: The Detroit Tigers traded Kevin Morgan to the New York Mets for Joe Dellicarri (minors).
1999: The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program. Robinson was selected to represent the 1940s, the second ballplayer chosen. Babe Ruth, last May, represented the 1920s.
2005: After five months of captivity in a Venezuelan jungle surrounded by explosives to keep her from escaping, Ugueth Urbina's mother, Maura Villarreal, is rescued during a daring eight-hour police raid. The kidnappers had demanded a $6 million ransom from the Tigers relief pitcher for his mom's freedom.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_House
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/housefr03.shtml
Frank House 1950-1951, 1954-1957, 1961.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wehmehe01.shtml
Herm Wehmeier 1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Gordon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/gordojo01.shtml
Joe Gordon manager 1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marenle01.shtml
Leo Marentette 1965.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millebo04.shtml
Bob Miller 1973.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moralje01.shtml
Jerry Morales 1979.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pernohu01.shtml
Hub Pernoll 1910, 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_McManus
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmanma01.shtml
Marty McManus 1927-1931.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamlilu01.shtml
Luke Hamlin 1933-1934.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostech01.shtml
Chuck Hostetler 1944-1945.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flowebe01.shtml
Ben Flowers 1955.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Mathews
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/matheed01.shtml
Eddie Mathews 1967-1968.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenal01.shtml
Al Greene 1979.
from Baseball Reference
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