December 9 in Tigers and mlb history:
1925: The American League extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and gives him a raise to $40,000.
1930: At its annual meeting, the American League reelects E.S. Barnard to a 5-year term as president. Barnard will pass away next March at the Mayo clinic.
1930: Rube Foster, one of the most prominent figures in black baseball history, dies. The founder of the Negro National League, he excelled as a player, manager, and executive.
1931 - Baseball owners, fearful of the effects of the Depression, vote to cut squads from 25 players to 23.
Both leagues will stop awarding MVP trophies.
The National League continues to prohibit uniform numbers.
1936: The American League okays seven night baseball games for St. Louis.
The National League adopts a new design for home plate. It will have beveled edges, the first change in 50 years.
The AL adopts a rule stating that no batter can be batting champion unless he has 400 or more at bats.
1939 - Wally Moses is traded by the Philadelphia A's to Detroit for Benny McCoy and George Coffman. The deal is later voided by Judge Landis, who declares McCoy a free agent because of a Tigers cover-up. He gets a $10,000 bonus to sign with the A's.
1953 - The leagues meet and raise the minimum salary to $6,000. They also adopt a resolution to set up a committee to weigh ending the pension fund in November of 1955. Hank Greenberg and John Galbreath are on the committee.
Broadcast revenues from World Series and All-Star games are in dispute.
1965: While giving a speech in Columbia, MO, Branch Rickey collapses and dies a few days short of his 84th birthday. Player, manager, an extraordinary judge of baseball talent, and a shrewd trader, he became perhaps the game's most influential executive.
1977: The Brewers trade pitchers Jim Slaton and Rich Folkers to the Tigers for OF Ben Oglivie.
1997 - Free agent signings today include OF Luis Gonzalez with the Tigers.
2011: The Nationals send P Collin Balester to Detroit for P Ryan Perry.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Larkin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larkist01.shtml
Steve Larkin 1934.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chuck_Kress
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kressch01.shtml
Chuck Kress 1954.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Hazle
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hazlebo01.shtml
Bob 'Hurricane' Hazle 1958.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romered01.shtml
Ed Romero 1990.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Juan_Samuel
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/samueju01.shtml
Juan Samuel 1994-1995, coach 1999-2005.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vanpoto01.shtml
Todd Van Poppel 1996.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trubych01.shtml
Chris Truby 2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Adam_Wilk
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilkad01.shtml
Adam Wilk 2011-2012.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bruce_Rondon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rondobr01.shtml
Bruce Rondon 2013-present.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Donovan_(donovbi01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/donovbi01.shtml
'Wild' Bill Donovan 1903-1912, 1918, coach 1918.
from baseball reference
