June 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904: At Detroit‚ the Tigers beat the Senators‚ 8 - 3‚ behind Wild Bill Donovan. Donovan‚ batting 8th‚ hits a two-run homer‚ while his teammate Ed Gremminger clubs his only homer of the year‚ reportedly the first homer in 7 years to be hit over the fence.
1925: In pre-game ceremonies‚ the World Series flag is raised in Washington. Then Ty Cobb drives in 2 runs in the 1st inning off Walter Johnson to lead the Tigers to a 7 - 4 win.
1927 The Philadelphia A’s field one of the most impressive lineups of all-time: Eddie Collins, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons, Zack Wheat, Ty Cobb and Mickey Cochrane all play for Connie Mack in a game they lose 5-4 to Detroit.
1935 The Tigers release Firpo Marberry, who a decade earlier had been a star reliever for Washington.
1954: The Tigers hit 6 home runs in a game against the Athletics‚ winning 16 - 5‚ to get them back to the .500 level. Both 3B Ray Boone and teammate Al Kaline hit grand slams. For Kaline‚ he becomes the youngest player to hit a grandslam since Joe Dimaggio, and is one of 3 grand slams he will hit in his career.
1961: At Tiger Stadium, Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof.
1994 - Detroit defeats California by a score of 11 - 5 as OF Kirk Gibson drives home 7 of the runs on a pair of homers.
2011: The Tigers catch the Indians atop the AL Central with an 8 - 1 win over Seattle. Max Scherzer picks up his 8th win, tied for the AL lead, defeating Michael Pineda.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Archie_Yelle
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ellear01.shtml
Archie Yelle 1917-1919.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bu...Adam_Pettyjohn
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ettyad01.shtml
Adam Pettyjohn 2001.
from baseball reference
