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Perez to see more time against Chicago lefties.
Omar Infante's ankle injury was supposed to be an opportunity for infield prospect Hernan Perez to get a taste of the big leagues. The way he has gone so far, he's down to a nibble.

He'll get a bigger chunk of playing time coming up in Chicago, where the Tigers will face lefties Chris Sale and Hector Santiago on consecutive days. Though Ramon Santiago is a switch-hitter, manager Jim Leyland prefers the right-handed hitting Perez against lefties.
"That's what he's here for," Leyland said.

Against righties, though, Leyland will opt for Santiago. It doesn't mean that he has frowned on Perez as a prospect, but his wording makes it clear that Perez isn't ready yet for regular big league playing time.

"He's young, very talented and I think he's a terrific, terrific prospect," Leyland said. "I really like him a lot, and I don't think he's far away."
from the Tigers official site
 
Delayed flight postpones Infante's return.
A flight delay coming back from Florida essentially meant a lost day to travel for Tigers second baseman Omar Infante, who rejoined the team at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday evening. It also might have erased any remaining hope that he might return for the end of the upcoming series against the White Sox in Chicago.
"I'm disappointed I won't have him for that Chicago series," said manager Jim Leyland.

When there was still hope of getting Infante back to action after the All-Star break, his presence looked like a potentially big factor for the Tigers against White Sox lefties Chris Sale and Jose Quintana. They'll pitch the first two games of the upcoming series.
Instead, rookie fill-in Hernan Perez will likely get the starts.

Leyland didn't want to make excuses for his team's struggles out of the break, but he also didn't want to sugarcoat the lineup without Infante.
"We miss Omar," Leyland said. "He's a good big league player and our regular second baseman."
from the Tigers official site
 
Alburquerque's strong outing shows improvements.
Al Alburquerque's outing Saturday marked his first perfect inning since July 5. The fact that his outing was spread out over two innings made it all the more surprising.
It was a sign that Alburquerque might be feeling more comfortable repeating his mechanics.
Alburquerque said Sunday morning he felt comfortable with his pitches. The biggest key for him was the slider, which has been a point of emphasis for him over the last couple weeks.
It's actually two different pitches now. Alburquerque had been throwing a harder slider, sometimes as high as 90-91 mph, that had been flattening out. He has since tweaked it to get a sharper break and more deception, but he's keeping the hard slider anyway.
Between the two versions, Alburquerque threw 12 sliders out of 15 pitches Saturday night. Nine of those sliders went for strikes, five of them swings and misses.
from the Tigers official site
 
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AL RSAA Runs Saved Above Average

LEADERS
1 Clay Buchholz 23
2 Felix Hernandez 21
T3 Hiroki Kuroda 19
T3 Chris Sale 19
T5 Derek Holland 17
T5 Bartolo Colon 17
T5 Max Scherzer 17
T8 Anibal Sanchez 16
T8 Yu Darvish 16
T8 Drew Smyly 16

WORST
1 Philip Humber -22
T2 Justin Grimm -21
T2 Joe Blanton -21
4 Wade Davis -20
T5 Carlos Carrasco -17
T5 Vance Worley -17
T5 Brandon Maurer -17
8 Allen Webster -16
9 Aaron Harang -14
T10 Brad Peacock -13
T10 Mike Pelfrey -13
T10 Jason Hammel -13

TEAM TOTALS
1 Tigers 50
2 Rangers 45
3 Athletics 31
4 Yankees 29
5 Red Sox 27
6 White Sox 24
7 Royals 20
8 Rays 11
9 Blue Jays -3
10 Orioles -13
11 Twins -26
12 Mariners -31
13 Angels -34
14 Indians -41
15 Astros -67

TIGERS
Max Scherzer 17
Drew Smyly 16
Anibal Sanchez 16
Joaquin Benoit 12
Justin Verlander 10
Doug Fister 5
Luke Putkonen 4
Jose Ortega 1
Evan Reed 1
Jose Alvarez -1
Bruce Rondon -1
Al Alburquerque -2
Darin Downs -3
Jose Valverde -3
Phil Coke -4
Octavio Dotel -5
Rick Porcello -5
Brayan Villarreal -8

from leesininsatmreports.
through July 20.
 
AL RCAA Runs Created Above Average

LEADERS
1 Miguel Cabrera 63
2 Chris Davis 54
3 Mike Trout 48
T4 David Ortiz 30
T4 Jason Kipnis 30
T4 Joe Mauer 30
7 Robinson Cano 28
8 Josh Donaldson 23
9 Kyle Seager 21
T10 Carlos Santana 20
T10 Evan Longoria 20

WORST
1 Elvis Andrus -22
2 Jeff Keppinger -20
T3 Brendan Ryan -17
T3 Matt Dominguez -17
T3 Emilio Bonifacio -17
T3 Alcides Escobar -17
7 Tyler Flowers -16
T8 Alex Avila -15
T8 David Murphy -15
T8 Will Middlebrooks -15

TEAM TOTALS
1 Red Sox 82
2 Indians 53
3 Rays 50
4 Tigers 47
5 Angels 41
6 Orioles 28
7 Athletics 1
8 Mariners -8
9 Rangers -14
10 Blue Jays -21
11 Twins -29
12 Royals -39
13 Yankees -52
14 White Sox -74
15 Astros -96

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 63
Matt Tuiasosopo 13
Torii Hunter 9
Jhonny Peralta 8
Prince Fielder 5
Omar Infante 5
Austin Jackson 1
Don Kelly 1
Bryan Holaday -1
Hernan Perez -2
Avisail Garcia -5
Brayan Pena -6
Andy Dirks -9
Ramon Santiago -9
Victor Martinez -11
Alex Avila -15

from leesininsatmreports.
through July 20.
 
AL FRAA Fielding Runs Above Average

LEADERS
1 Manny Machado 24
2 Pedro Florimon 18
T3 Nick Swisher 14
T3 Shane Victorino 14
T3 Matt Dominguez 14
6 Nick Franklin 13
7 Brian Dozier 12
T8 Lorenzo Cain 11
T8 Dustin Pedroia 11
T10 Mitch Moreland 10
T10 Andy Dirks 10
T10 Yoenis Cespedes 10
T10 Vernon Wells 10

WORST
1 Chris Carter -17
T2 Adam Jones -15
T2 J.D. Martinez -15
4 Miguel Cabrera -14
T5 Erick Aybar -13
T5 Chris Davis -13
T5 Elvis Andrus -13
T5 Trevor Plouffe -13
9 Daniel Nava -12
T10 Jed Lowrie -11
T10 Maicer Izturis -11
T10 Eduardo Nunez -11

TEAM TOTALS
1 Mariners 20
2 Indians 12
3 Royals 9
4 Athletics 7
5 White Sox 4
T6 Twins 2
T6 Red Sox 2
T6 Rays 2
9 Blue Jays 0
10 Rangers -2
11 Orioles -3
12 Yankees -6
T13 Tigers -14
T13 Angels -14
15 Astros -24

TIGERS
Andy Dirks 10
Omar Infante 5
Brayan Pena 2
Torii Hunter 1
Victor Martinez 1
Avisail Garcia 1
Matt Tuiasosopo 1
Bryan Holaday 0
Austin Jackson 0
Jhonny Peralta -1
Hernan Perez -3
Don Kelly -4
Ramon Santiago -4
Alex Avila -4
Prince Fielder -5
Miguel Cabrera -14

from leesininsatmreports.
through July 20.
 
AL TRAA Total Runs Above Average -- RCAA plus/minus FRAA = TRAA

LEADERS
1 Miguel Cabrera 49
2 Mike Trout 47
3 Chris Davis 41
4 Jason Kipnis 35
5 Manny Machado 32
6 David Ortiz 30
7 Joe Mauer 29
T8 Dustin Pedroia 26
T8 Evan Longoria 26
T10 Kyle Seager 24
T10 James Loney 24

WORST
1 Elvis Andrus -35
2 J.D. Martinez -25
3 Maicer Izturis -23
4 David Murphy -22
T5 Alex Avila -19
T5 Dayan Viciedo -19
T7 Alcides Escobar -18
T7 Erick Aybar -18
9 Jamey Carroll -17
T10 Jeff Keppinger -16
T10 Eduardo Nunez -16

TEAM TOTALS
1 Red Sox 84
2 Indians 65
3 Rays 52
4 Tigers 33
5 Angels 27
6 Orioles 25
7 Mariners 12
8 Athletics 8
9 Rangers -16
10 Blue Jays -21
11 Twins -27
12 Royals -30
13 Yankees -58
14 White Sox -70
15 Astros -120

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 49
Matt Tuiasosopo 14
Omar Infante 10
Torii Hunter 10
Jhonny Peralta 7
Austin Jackson 1
Andy Dirks 1
Prince Fielder 0
Bryan Holaday -1
Don Kelly -3
Brayan Pena -4
Avisail Garcia -4
Hernan Perez -5
Victor Martinez -10
Ramon Santiago -13
Alex Avila -19

from leesininsatmreports.
through July 20.
 
July 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1909: For the first of four times in his career, Ty Cobb steals second base, third, and home in an inning, doing it in the 7th against Red Sox pitcher Harry Wolter. It is also Ty's first swipe of home in his career, Ty will steal home a total of 54 times. The Tigers beat Boston 6 - 0.

1941 - Dick Wakefield becomes baseball's first "bonus baby" when he signs with the Tigers for $52,000 and a new car. The University of Michigan standout will hit .143 in seven at-bat this season but will eventually turn into a solid outfielder batting .293 over parts of 9 seasons.

1952 - Detroit's Virgil Trucks gives up one hit in beating Washington 1 - 0.

1956 - The Hall of Fame announces special rules governing elections. Writers should vote every two years, alternating with the Veterans Committee; because of criticism, this will revert back in 1962. To be eligible, players must have been retired for five years.

1969 - For the first time, the All-Star Game is postponed due to rain.

1993: Kansas City's Greg Gagne hits a home run off Detroit's Mark Leiter in the Royals' 12 - 6 victory. The home run is the 10,000th hit in the long history of Tiger Stadium, making it the first ballpark to reach that figure. During the game, Detroit 3B Travis Fryman draws a walk off KC P Enrique Burgos, then proceeds to circle the bases on three wild pitches by Burgos.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Doc_Cramer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ramedo01.shtml
Doc Cramer 1942-1948.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeppbi01.shtml
Bill Zepp 1971.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_McMahon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...cmahdo02.shtml
Don McMahon 1968-1969.

from baseball reference
 
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