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Victor Martinez third among DHs in All-Star vote.
Victor Martinez entered Wednesday ranked third in the league in batting average. However, he entered the week ranked third among AL designated hitters in All-Star balloting.

If he's going to turn his career renaissance season into his first All-Star Game selection since 2010, he's going to need a late vote surge.

Martinez bumped his average back over the .330 mark Wednesday with an RBI double in his first at-bat, temporarily pushing him past Robinson Cano for second in the AL and leaving him trailing only Astros second baseman Jose Altuve for the league lead. He had about a 35-point edge in average on Baltimore's Nelson Cruz, who leads the DH position in balloting, and 75 points on David Ortiz, the annual pick at the spot.

Martinez's .986 OPS, meanwhile, leads all American League players at any position besides Mike Trout, including about a 40-point lead on Cruz.

Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 11:59 p.m. ET. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15 on FOX.
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June 26 in Tigers history:

1949 - Pat Mullin goes 4 for 4 and hits three home runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 12 to 4 win over New York.

1972: Detroit's Bill Slayback makes his major league debut a good one, allowing no hits for seven innings against the Yankees. Johnny Callison's single in the 8th is the first hit, but Detroit hangs on to a 4 - 3 win.

1991: Mickey Tettleton repeats his feat of four days ago by again hitting a home run out of Tiger Stadium, in an 8 - 7 win over the Brewers. The Tigers break a 7 - 7 tie with two outs in the 9th.

1992 - Star second baseman Lou Whitaker is caught trying to steal twice in one game. It?s the only time that ever happens to him.

1997 - In Detroit's 10 - 6 walloping of the Red Sox, Tiger Brian Hunter swipes four bases. Detroit also gets a home run from Shane Mack to offset two Boston homers.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Babe_Herman
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hermaba01.shtml
Babe Herman 1937.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Myers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/myersmi01.shtml
Mike Myers 1995-1997.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chris_Shelton
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheltch01.shtml
Chris Shelton 2004-2006.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lil_Stoner
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stoneli01.shtml
Lil Stoner 1922, 1924-1929.

from baseball reference
 
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