Detroit Tigers Team Notes
September 24 in Tigers history :
1921 - Harry Heilmann is 3-for-4 against Walter Johnson, but Washington wins the game over Detroit. Ty Cobb is so incensed by the umpiring of Billy Evans that he challenges him to a fight. The two future Hall of Famers go at it with Cobb getting the best of Evans. George Hildebrand, the second ump assigned to the game, reports the incident to American League president Ban Johnson. When Johnson fails to act, Commissioner Landis steps in and suspends Cobb, but allows him to continue as a non-playing manager.
1923: Detroit pitcher Ray Francis with a 3 - 0 lead over the Yankees, issues a bases loaded walk to Babe Ruth, but hangs on for the victory.
1928 - The Tigers draw 404 fans for their last meeting with the Red Sox, winning 8 - 0 behind Sam Gibson's 5-hitter. Pat Simmons is knocked out in the 7th when he gives up consecutive triples to Al Wingo, batting 9th, John Stone, and Charlie Gehringer. Harry Heilmann has a home run and double for Detroit.
1933: Detroit's Tommy Bridges reaches the 9th inning with a no-hitter for the third time this season and the fourth time in two years. He yields a pair of hits, as Detroit beats the Browns 7 - 0. Despite the win, Bucky Harris resigns as manager of the Tigers.
1934: Idle Detroit wins the pennant, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 5-0 in the season's finale at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth walks in the first inning, limps to 1B, and leaves for a pinch runner in his last home game.
1950: Mental lapses crush Tiger hopes. Due to heavy smoke from a Canadian forest fire, Detroit puts on the lights in a Sunday afternoon contest with the Indians. Cleveland's only score in nine innings is pitcher Bob Lemon's home run in the fourth, as the match is tied 1 - 1 on Johnny Lipon's HR. Lemon opens the 10th with a triple, and two intentional walks follow. With the bases loaded and one out, C Aaron Robinson thinks he has a shot at a double play by just stepping on home. Because of the haze, he does not see 1B Don Kolloway remove the force after fielding the ball hit by slugger Luke Easter, and the Indians win 2 - 1.
1961: A dropped fly ball by Ken Hunt in the 10th gives the Tigers two runs and a 7 - 5 win over the Angels. Hunt had tied the game in the 8th with a home run. Rookie Howie Koplitz wins his first ML game, after going 23-3 with a no-hitter for Birmingham (SA). Koplitz will wins his first seven decisions in the Bigs over four years but an arm injury will limit him to a 9 - 7 record.
1967 - The Twins crunch the Yankees 9 - 2 as Dean Chance scatters nine hits for his 20th victory. The White Sox hold off the Indians 5 - 1, while Boston racks up 18 hits in an 11 - 7 win over the Orioles. The Tigers lose a tough one. Going into the bottom of the 9th in Washington, Detroit nursed a 4 - 2 lead, only to lose it 5 - 4. The loss drops Detroit to 4th, 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota, Chicago a game back, and Boston a half game.
1974: At Memorial Stadium with his parents and family on hand, Tiger's great rightfielder Al Kaline gets his 3000th hit. The milestone hit is a double off Oriole hurler Dave McNally in a 5-4 loss to the Birds. Kaline will finish with 3007 hits, and retire as the all-time right handed batter in basehits surpassing Al Simmons career total. Kaline's career numbers are across many offensive leaderboard rankings in the top 5, 10, 15, 20.
2009 - Justin Verlander strikes out 11 in 7 innings as Detroit hosts Cleveland, 6 - 5. It is the Indians' 11th straight loss, one short of the franchise record set in 1931.
Tigers players birthdays :
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John McDonald 2005.
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Nate Cornejo 2001-2004.
from baseball reference
