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June 20th in Tigers history:

1911: Ty Cobb breaks the American League hitting streak record with an infield single against Cleveland's Willie Mitchell. It is Cobb's 30th straight game with a hit. He adds two stolen bases to help Detroit win 8 - 3.

1914: The Tigers lose the services of Ty Cobb when he breaks his thumb in a fight with a butcher's clerk. Cobb will be out until August 13th.

1934: The Tigers score three in the 11th to defeat the Senators 13 - 10. Ex-Tiger Heinie Manush, leading the American League in hitting, has four hits and two homers as Washington collects 17 hits. The Tigers get three-hit efforts each from Marv Owen, Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg who also includes a homer. Elden Auker is the winner over Tommy Thomas.

1956 - At Detroit's Briggs Stadium, Mickey Mantle poles two Billy Hoeft pitches into the right CF bleachers, something no other player had done since the bleachers were built in the late 1930s. New York wins, 7 - 4.

1961 - Al Kaline plays 3B for the first time in his career. His two hits and two RBIs lead the Tigers to a 5 - 4 win over the Senators. Kaline will return to his customary spot in RF where he is already known as the pre-eminent rightfielder in the history of the AL and play 3B just once more in his career in 1965.

1965: In the opener of two in Kansas City, the Tigers rally from an 8-run deficit in the 2nd inning to win 12 - 8. Al Kaline collects his 1,000th RBI with a 2-run single. Detroit loses the 2nd game to snap their 8-game win streak.

1984: At Detroit, Yankee reliever Jose Rijo falls to 1-7 when he serves up a 2-out three-run homer to Howard Johnson in the 13th inning. Detroit wins 9 - 6. Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Chet Lemon also hit homers for the Tigers, who draw their 3rd straight 40,000+ crowd.

1994: In a defeat to the Indians, the Tigers' string of 25 straight games of hitting a home run ends. The streak tied the major league record set by the 1941 New York Yankees.

2000 - Seven different Tigers hit homers in Detroit?s 18-6 rout of the Blue Jays at Toronto?s SkyDome. The homers come from Juan Encarnacion, Tony Clark (2), Juan Gonzalez, Bobby Higginson, Deivi Cruz, Robert Fick, and Rich Becker. It?s just the fourth time in MLB history that as many as seven players hit homers in a game for one team.

2007 - Magglio Ordonez goes 3-for-4 in the Tigers victory over the Nationals to push his batting average to .383, his high point in an incredible season. Ordonez will finish at .363 to win the batting title, and his 54 doubles also leads the American League.


Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Win_Mercer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ercewi01.shtml
Win Mercer 1902.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Delahanty
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...elahji01.shtml
Jim Delahanty 1909-1912.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...rovech01.shtml
Charlie Grover 1913.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...bakopa01.shtml
Paul Bako 1998.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...seaybo01.shtml
Bobby Seay 2006-2009.

from baseball reference
 
http://www.blessyouboys.com/2013/6/20/4449610/joaquin-benoit-closer-jose-valverde
Tigers closer news: Joaquin Benoit (sorta) earns promotion.
from bybtb

Tigers have a new closer, without naming a new closer.
DETROIT — Joaquin Benoit is closer in all but name.
Jose Valverde is the former closer, but is still on the team.
Jim Leyland clarified some of his closing situation Thursday, but still left a lot of things up in the air.
“I’m not naming anyone the closer,” Leyland said, while also saying “if Benoit is healthy and available, he’ll close games.”
Benoit has 17 career saves.
from the Oakland Press

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/06/jim_leyland_joaquin_benoit_to.html
Jim Leyland: Joaquin Benoit to close games for Detroit Tigers 'when healthy and available'.
from Mlive

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2013/06/20/leyland-will-look-to-close-with-benoit/
Leyland will look to close with Benoit (updated).
from JasonBeck'sTigersblog
 
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Miggy celebrates 10th anniversary of memorable debut.
DETROIT -- Ten years ago Thursday, Miguel Cabrera stepped to the plate in Miami against Tampa Bay reliever Al Levine and gave the Marlins a walk-off victory with a two-run home run in the 11th inning. It was his first Major League hit in his first big league game.

A decade, 1,901 hits and 339 home runs later, he has fulfilled the promise -- and then some -- that the Marlins' organization saw from him when they brought him up at age 20.

Cabrera won a World Series ring as a rookie that fall. He finally returned to the Fall Classic last October.

Cabrera's 10th anniversary had some contractual impact. As a player with 10 years of service time, the last five years with the same club, he has full no-trade rights. The way he's playing at this point in his career, he doesn't appear likely to need that anytime soon.
from the Tigers official site
 
Benoit Leyland's first option in closer situation.
DETROIT -- Before Jose Valverde rejoined the Tigers at the end of April, manager Jim Leyland had a bullpen by committee, but had Joaquin Benoit as his preferred option.

"On a lot of the days, if it's doable, I think [Joaquin] Benoit is the most experienced and versatile enough against righties and lefties to pitch the ninth," Leyland said in late April. "But it's not going to be doable every day."

Eight weeks and a Valverde comeback later, they're pretty much back to that setup. The only difference now is that they have a deposed closer in the mix.

"I'm not naming anybody closer," Leyland said Thursday. "I'm just saying that if Benoit's available right now, I would probably try to close with him, if he's fresh and available."

Benoit was well-rested heading into Thursday, so he was the closer of choice for Thursday's series opener against the Red Sox.

Essentially, it was the manager's announcement of a shift that began taking shape last weekend, when Benoit recorded the final four outs of last Sunday's win at Minnesota. Leyland made it clear he won't set up Benoit for four-out saves, but he had already been hinting last week that he was beginning to handle ninth-inning matchups situationally.

Benoit and his changeup, just as in April, give Leyland his best balance against right- and left-handed hitters. Left-handed hitters are 8-for-42 (.190) against him, while right-handed batters are 13-for-64 (.203).

If Benoit is the closer, he said Leyland hasn't told him, he'll handle whatever situation comes up. He said back at season's start that a bullpen by committee is difficult on relievers, but that they'll handle it.

"It's a tough situation for the bullpen, not knowing who is going to close," Benoit said. "Somehow [Leyland] will figure it out, and we'll get it done."

Valverde's role, now and for the near future, is unclear. He was signed to close, and history has shown his struggles in non-save situations. So did Wednesday's 13-3 loss to the O's, who hit him around for four runs in a 10-pitch stretch of the ninth inning after he entered with the Tigers facing a 9-3 deficit.

Valverde was not in the closer mix Thursday, but that's all Leyland would say about his role.

"What I'll do is I'll pitch him when I see fit, and try to do that intelligently," Leyland said. "I don't know exactly how it'll work out, because I don't know how the games are going to go."

Valverde, for his part, was defiant about his struggles. Chris Davis' home run Wednesday was Valverde's sixth allowed in 20 appearances this year; he hadn't given up more than five in a full season since 2008.

"You have to give credit to the hitter, too," he said. "There's nothing you can do. Oh, when I'm pitching good all the time, when I have a save every single day, I'm the best guy? No. You have to give credit for all the players on the other team."

Asked if he thinks he can regain his closer role, Valverde answered, "Why not? Have you seen all my numbers, what I have? I have [286] saves. It's not easy to do that. You have to see all my numbers, what I've done in the past.

"Everybody thinks I was doing bad last year. I had 35 saves in 40 chances. Is it bad? No."

There are no indications a roster move with Valverde is imminent, but Valverde's contract could force a decision. He has a $500,000 bonus that he reaches with his 25th game finished, then $500,000 for every five games finished after that. Wednesday's ninth inning, though it wasn't a save situation, was nonetheless his 18th game finished this year.
from the Tigers official site
 
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