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August 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1905: Cleveland "loans" catcher Jay Nig Clarke to Detroit. He'll be returned to Cleveland, August 11. He's the third catcher this year to be sold, then returned to his original team.

1938 - Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.

1962: Drawing a combined 32 bases on balls in a doubleheader, the Tigers (20) and A's (12) tie an American League record. The Tigers sweep, winning the opener 6 - 5, with three runs in the 9th, then taking the nightcap 9 - 1 behind Howie Koplitz's (1-0) complete game effort.

1974: Detroit's Woodie Fryman stops Milwaukee, 2 - 0, giving up just one hit, a 7th-inning single to Bobby Mitchell.

1982 - Hank Aaron, the holder of the career home run record (755) and RBI record (2,297); Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP in both leagues and the first black manager in the majors; Travis Jackson, an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop for the Giants during the 1920s; and former commissioner Happy Chandler, who provided leadership in breaking baseball's color line, are inducted in the Hall of Fame.

1994: Hostilities between the owners and players heat up. The owners withhold $7.8 million they are obligated to pay the players' pension and benefit plans.

1998: By homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this season, Tiger switch-hitter Tony Clark sets an American League record as Detroit defeats the Devil Rays 8 - 0.

2001: For the 33rd time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit's first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Milt_May
http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl.../maymi01.shtml
Milt May 1976-1979.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...effegr01.shtml
Gregg Jefferies 1999-2000.

Tigers players, coaches, or managers who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Heffner
Don Heffner coach 1961.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Tighe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/ma...igheja99.shtml
Jack Tighe coach 1942, manager 1957-1958.

from Baseball Reference
 
Tigers 11 - Nationals 1 ? Justin Verlander was on the ropes again. The home fans had barely sat down, and already the first three guests were aboard. Verlander looked ready to walk the ballpark ? or, worse, groove a 2-and-0 pitch to Jayson Werth.

But they needn?t have worried. Werth just missed it, JV nipped the damage at one tally, and soon the Tigers were mauling Gio Gonzalez for 10 runs, in two equal installments. This was no vintage Verlander ? 5 walks in 6 innings, 3 times on base for his nemesis, Denard Span (17 for 44). But he mustered 3 RISP whiffs of Adam LaRoche, Washington?s best clutch hitter so far, and once the score reached 10-1 in the 4th, it was more like a bullpen session.
?Torii (?Don?t touch that calendar!?) Hunter led the all-hands assault with 4 hits, and might have completed his first cycle (Detroit?s first since ?06) if not for the courtesy stop sign imposed on Alex Avila by 3rd-base coach Tom Brookens. Hunter hit .374 and slugged .697 in July with 7 HRs, almost twice his total through June.
?But Victor Martinez is the July hits leader (pending late games), with 3 today and 41 for 105 this month, giving Jim Leyland a win over impatient bloggers. V-Mart came in at .232 and goes at .274.
?Detroit sputtered into July at 43-37, tied with the Indians, but they went 18-8 and outscored their foes by 153-92. They now sport the best run differential in MLB
?Ten runs off Gio were 3 more than he?d ever allowed for the Nationals.
from HighHeatStats
 
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