June 30 in Tigers and mlb history:
1913 Tigers skipper Hughie Jennings manages his 1,000th game. His record is 552-436.
1917: The Tigers split with the host Browns, losing the opener before winning, 5 - 3. Ty Cobb warms up in the first game with two hits, then clocks an opposite field grand slam and a triple in the second game. The slam clears the LF bleachers.
1927: The Tigers edge the Indians, 6 - 5, beating George Uhle for the 5th time this year.
1931: The Athletics buy veteran Waite Hoyt from Detroit.
1934: In a 4 - 3, 10-inning loss to the Browns, Tiger CF Gee Walker is picked off base twice in the same frame, earning him a 10-day suspension for his ineptitude. After Hank Greenberg singles, Walker reaches base on a error, but then gets caught off base when C Rollie Hemsley fires to first base. Greenberg attempts to draw a throw by running to third base and is thrown out, with Walker taking second. Moments later, with Walker standing six feet off the bag "as brave as a boy on a burning deck" (writer Charles P. Ward's description), pitcher Jack Knott's throw to SS Alan Strange nabs him. Mickey Cochrane is so furious he suspends Walker and fines him $20 - the 6th time this season that he has earned a $20 fine. Gee's next appearance won't come until July 16 when he pinch-hits for Cochrane.
1935: At St. Louis, leadoff hitter Pete Fox leads the Tigers to a twinbill drubbing of the Browns, as Detroit rolls, 18 - 1 and 11 - 6. Fox drives in 10 runs, six in the opener when he hits his second grand slam of the month. Fox has eight hits, five in the nitecap, and scores four runs in each game. Schoolboy Rowe coasts in the opener and Alvin Crowder is the nitecap winner.
1956 - Al Kaline could?ve hit for the cycle if he just didn?t hit so well: He has a home run, a triple and two doubles, but no singles, and the Tigers beat the kansas athletics 14 - 2.
1958 The Detroit Tigers sign amateur free agent Mickey Lolich. Starting in 1963 through 1975, Lolich will win 207 games for the Tigers.
1960: At Fenway Park, SS Don Buddin pulls some fancy footwork to lead the BoSox to a win against the Tigers. With the score tied in the 8th, Buddin is caught in a rundown between third base and home, but he eludes Detroit catcher Red Wilson to score. Wilson argues that Buddin left the base line, and earns an ejection by Red Flaherty for his views. The Red Sox score three more runs and win, 11 - 7. Ted Williams has a home run, off Jim Bunning, and Rocky Colavito answers with two homers.
1997: Bobby Higginson belts three home runs and drives in seven runs and Justin Thompson allows four hits in eight innings as Detroit kicks the Mets, 14 - 0. It is the most lopsided shutout in Mets history. Detroit hits more homers (6) than the Mets have hits (5), and it is the most home runs given up by Mets' pitchers since April 29, 1978.
2004 - For the third straight game, the Tigers win thanks to walk-off home run. Following the lead of teammates Eric Munson and Carlos Pena in the two previous games, Dmitri Young hits a two-run dinger in the 11th inning to beat the Indians 9 - 7.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Davy_Jones
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesda01.shtml
Davy Jones 1906-1912, 1918.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Firpo_Marberry
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marbefi01.shtml
Firpo Marberry 1933-1935.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buddido01.shtml
Don Buddin 1962.
from baseball reference
