February 9 in Tigers and mlb history:
1920: The Joint Rules Committee bans all foreign substances or other alterations to the ball by pitchers, including saliva, resin, talcum powder, paraffin, and the shine and emery ball. A pitcher caught cheating will be suspended for 10 days.
The American League allows each club to name just two pitchers who will be allowed to use the pitch for one more season.
The National League allows each club to name all its spitball pitchers. No pitchers other than those designated will be permitted to use the banned pitch, and none at all after this season (however, the designated pitchers will eventually be allowed to use the pitch for the rest of their careers).
Other rules changes: the adoption of writer Fred Lieb's proposal that a game-winning home run with men on base be counted as a home run even if the batter's run is not needed to win the game. Also, the intentional walk is banned, and everything that happens in a protested game will go in the records.
1922 - Judge Kenesaw Landis cracks down on phony player deals. He fines the Cards and Tigers $150 each, and three minor league clubs a total of $1,400 for violating waiver rules. In March, he will assess the Giants $1,764 for the improper transfer of a player.
1927 The A?s sign free agent legend Ty Cobb.
1971 - Former Negro Leagues P Satchel Paige is nominated for the Hall of Fame. On June 10 the Hall's new Special Committee on the Negro Leagues will formally select Paige for induction.
1976 - Oscar Charleston is selected for the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.
1994 - The Ted Williams Retrospective Museum and Library opens in Hernando, FL.
2005 The Cubs trade Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hankido01.shtml
Don Hankins 1927.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Vic_Wertz
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wertzvi01.shtml
Vic Wertz 1947-1952, 1961-1963.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngjo01.shtml
John Young 1971.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/underpa01.shtml
Pat Underwood 1979-1980, 1982-1983.
from Baseball Reference
