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January 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911 - Hank Greenberg is born in New York, NY. After a splendid career as a slugging firstbaseman and leftfielder for the Tigers and as a baseball executive, Greenberg will gain Hall of Fame honors in 1956.

1961 - Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers, is officially renamed "Tiger Stadium".

1974 - Lee MacPhail takes over as American League president, succeeding Joe Cronin, who retires.
MacPhail will serve in this role until 1984. He will join his father, Larry MacPhail, as a member of the Hall of Fame in 1998.

2009: Major League Baseball launches MLB Network, a cable and satellite television channel based out of Secaucus, NJ. The channel debuts in nearly 50 million cable and satellite homes - the largest debut in cable television history, exceeding any other cable television launch by approximately 20 million homes.

2009: The friendly confines of Wrigley Field see a different type of action as the ballpark is fitted with an outdoor hockey rink to welcome an afternoon game between the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings. The event is a huge success with 40,818 in attendance and a huge television audience in place to watch the Wings beat the Hawks, 6 - 4. Other ballparks are lining up to host future editions of what is set to become an annual New Year's Day event.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruckan01.shtml
Andy Bruckmiller 1905.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fullefr01.shtml
Frank Fuller 1915-1916.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Greenberg
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenha01.shtml
Hank Greenberg 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1946.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Torgeson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torgeea01.shtml
Earl Torgeson 1955-1957.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gene_Host
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostge01.shtml
Gene Host 1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lynn_Jones
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesly01.shtml
Lynn Jones 1979-1983.

from Baseball Reference
 
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Since 1998, highest % of triples hit at home:
1. COL 67.2%
2. ARI 64.9%
3. DET 62.4%
4. HOU 62.3%
5. TEX 60.3%
 
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