September 21 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: Detroit takes two at St. Louis. With two weeks to go, 3 1/2 games separate four teams.
1922 - The American League reinstates the MVP award, last given in 1914, appointing a committee of one writer from each city, headed by I.E. Sanborn of the Chicago Tribune. As a player-manager, Ty Cobb is not eligible, and the trophy goes to George Sisler. The National League will pick up the idea two years later.
1935: The Detroit Tigers clinch the pennant with a double win over the St. Louis Browns, winning 6 - 2 and 2 - 0. Elden Auker wins the nitecap with a complete game shutout, while Tommy Bridges takes the opener. The Tigers will coast the rest of the way, going 1-6, while the Yankees go 6-1.
1940 - With the Tigers, Indians, and Yankees neck-and-neck, the Tigers boost their lead to 2 games, as Schoolboy Rowe shuts out Cleveland, 5 - 0. Rowe, seemingly washed up after anchoring the staff through Tiger championships in the mid-1930s, will finish at 16-3.
1972: The American League East is in a virtual tie as Detroit's Joe Coleman posts his 18th win, a critical 10 - 3 defeat of first-place Boston. Coleman strikes out 10 and knocks in three runs.
Tigers players, coaches, and executives birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmanfr01.shtml
Frank McManus 1904.
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John Bogart 1920.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Elden_Auker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aukerel01.shtml
Eldon Auker 1933-1938.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_McHale
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mchaljo01.shtml
John McHale 1943-1945, 1947-1948, General Manager 1957-1958.
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Frank MacCormack 1976.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Muffett
Billy Muffett coach 1985-1994.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aurelio_Lopez
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lopezau01.shtml
Aurelio Lopez 1979-1985.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Cecil_Fielder
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fieldce01.shtml
Cecil Fielder 1990-1996.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tony_Cuccinello
Tony Cuccinello coach 1967-1968.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Purnal_Goldy
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goldypu01.shtml
Purnal Goldy 1962-1963.
