August 1 in Tigers and mlb history:
1905: Cleveland "loans" catcher Jay Nig Clarke to Detroit. He'll be returned to Cleveland, August 11. He's the third catcher this year to be sold, then returned to his original team.
1938 - Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.
1962: Drawing a combined 32 bases on balls in a doubleheader, the Tigers (20) and A's (12) tie an American League record. The Tigers sweep, winning the opener 6 - 5, with three runs in the 9th, then taking the nightcap 9 - 1 behind Howie Koplitz's (1-0) complete game effort.
1974: Detroit's Woodie Fryman stops Milwaukee, 2 - 0, giving up just one hit, a 7th-inning single to Bobby Mitchell.
1982 - Hank Aaron, the holder of the career home run record (755) and RBI record (2,297); Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP in both leagues and the first black manager in the majors; Travis Jackson, an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop for the Giants during the 1920s; and former commissioner Happy Chandler, who provided leadership in breaking baseball's color line, are inducted in the Hall of Fame.
1994: Hostilities between the owners and players heat up. The owners withhold $7.8 million they are obligated to pay the players' pension and benefit plans.
1998: By homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this season, Tiger switch-hitter Tony Clark sets an American League record as Detroit defeats the Devil Rays 8 - 0.
2001: For the 33rd time in the team's history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit's first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovesl01.shtml
Slim Love 1919-1920.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Milt_May
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maymi01.shtml?redir
Milt May 1976-1979.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bohanbr01.shtml
Brian Bohanon 1995.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jarvike01.shtml
Kevin Jarvis 1997.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jeffegr01.shtml
Gregg Jefferies 1999-2000.
Tigers players, coaches, or managers who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Heffner
Don Heffner coach 1961.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Tighe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/tigheja99.shtml
Jack Tighe coach 1942, manager 1957-1958.
from Baseball Reference
