Detroit Tigers Team Notes
September 25 in Tigers history :
1908: Detroit's Ed Summers pitches two complete-game wins over the A's, winning the opener, 7 - 2. The second game is a 10-inning battle with another rookie, Biff Schlitzer, that ends 1 - 0 on a Claude Rossman drive for an inside-the-park home run. Summers allows just two hits. With the White Sox idle, the Tigers move to a half-game out of first.
1940: Bobo Newsom wins a clutch doubleheader for the Tigers, pitching 2 innings of relief in the opener against the White Sox, and going the distance in the nightcap for his 21st win.
1952 - Hal Newhouser of the Tigers wins his 200th game. It is his last win for Detroit, who will release him in early 1953.
1955: Detroit RF Al Kaline becomes the youngest batting champ in history, as he takes the American League crown at age 20 with a .340 average. Kaline will lead the league in hits 200, total bases 321, and finish second in MVP vote to Yogi Berra.
1971 - With rookie C Tim Hosley hitting two homers and driving in five runs, the Tigers trip the Yankees, 10 - 7. Les Cain pitches six innings for the win. Cain finishes with a 10-9 record with 145 innings, but contends he is forced to pitch by Manager Billy Martin while he has a sore arm. Cain later claims that it did permanent damage to his arm and he sues the Tigers. In a landmark decision, the Michigan Bureau of Workman's Compensation will order the Tigers to pay Cain $111 a month for the rest of his life. A lump sum payment is later agreed upon.
1998: In the 3rd inning of a 7 - 5 Tiger win, Toronto starter Woody Williams serves up consecutive homers to Juan Encarnacion and Frank Catalanotto, walks a batter, and tees up another gopher for Tony Clark.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Sain
Johnny Sain 1967-1969.
Tigers players who passed away :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Hayworth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haywora01.shtml
Ray Hayworth 1926, 1929-1938.
from baseball reference