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June 27 in Tigers history:

1922 - Detroit Stars pitcher Bill Force no-hits the St. Louis Giants 3 - 0, at Mack Park in a Negro National League game.

1940: Bobo Newsom (10-1) wins his 10th in a row as the 2nd place Tigers whip St. Louis 2 - 1. Detroit manages just three hits, but two are homers by Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer.

1963: Detroit's Norm Cash achieves a rarity by playing an entire game at 1B without a chance, as the Twins win.

1967: Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell as the 2nd-place Tigers lose to Cleveland, 8 - 1. The future Hall of Famer will miss 28 games.

1972: Mickey Lolich is staked to a 4 - 0 lead when the Tigers hit three consecutive 1st-inning home runs against New York's Wade Blasingame, making his American League debut. Tony Taylor leads off with a walk before Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton wade in with homers to finish Blasingame. Lolich, pitching on two days' rest, notches his 12th win, 5 - 2. Bobby Murcer's home run accounts for one of the Yank runs.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wheatch01.shtml
Charlie Wheatley 1912.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kretllo01.shtml
Lou Kretlow 1946, 1948-1949.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marlodi01.shtml
Dick Marlowe 1951-1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Zernial
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zernigu01.shtml
Gus Zernial 1958-1959.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Nelson_Simmons
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simmone01.shtml
Nelson Simmons 1984-1985.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/salazos01.shtml
Oscar Salazar 2002.

from baseball reference
 
OPS+ through age 22.
Ted Williams 182
Mike Trout 169
Stan Musial 166
Ty Cobb 163
Sam Crawford 160
Jimmie Foxx 159
Albert Pujols 154
Eddie Mathews 153
Eddie Collins 150
Rogers Hornsby 150
Tris Speaker 150
Mickey Mantle 148
Joe DiMaggio 147
Mel Ott 147
Sherry Magee 141
Curt Blefary 140
Giancarlo Stanton 140
Ken Griffey 138
Arky Vaughan 137
Ross Youngs 136
Hank Aaron 134
Miguel Cabrera 133
Alex Rodriguez 132
Cesar Cedeno 132
Frank Robinson 132
Tony Conigliaro 132
Boog Powell 131
Eddie Murray 131
Stuffy McInnis 131
Darryl Strawberry 130
Orlando Cepeda 130
Bob Horner 129
Joe Morgan 128
Larry Doyle 128
Rickey Henderson 128
Al Kaline 127******
Joe Medwick 127
Vern Stephens 127
Ben Chapman 126
Cal Ripken 126
Rick Monday 126
Bryce Harper 125
Hal Trosky 125
Johnny Bench 125
Richie Hebner 125
Greg Luzinski 124
Jack Clark 124
Vada Pinson 124
Juan Gonzalez 123
Jim Fregosi 122
Del Ennis 120
Dick Hoblitzell 120
Eddie Murphy 120

OPS+ age 20 to 22 only.
Ted Williams 182
Ty Cobb 176
Mike Trout 175
Stan Musial 166
Jimmie Foxx 162
Sam Crawford 160
Mickey Mantle 156
Mel Ott 156
Albert Pujols 154
Eddie Mathews 153
Rogers Hornsby 153
Tris Speaker 152
Eddie Collins 152
Joe DiMaggio 147
Ken Griffey 146
Sherry Magee 145
Giancarlo Stanton 140
Curt Blefary 140
Al Kaline 140
Alex Rodriguez 139
 
http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2014/06/27/tigers-gave-17-runs-one-inning/
When the Tigers gave up 17 runs in one inning.
from Detroit Athletic

The 23-3 loss represents one of the darkest days in Tiger history.
In other news, the next day, June 19, Detroit signed a couple of bonus babies fresh out of high school.
One was a southpaw pitcher out of Berwyn, Illinois, named Bob Miller.
The other was a kid from Baltimore who had reportedly been scouted by 15 other teams.
His name? Al Kaline.
 
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