August 9 in Tigers and mlb history:
1905: Mistaking her husband for a burglar, the mother of minor league outfielder Ty Cobb shoots and kills him, an incident that will be cited as the reason for Cobb's intense desire to succeed. The "Georgia Peach" will make his major league debut with the Tigers later this month.
1930: John Stone, Detroit OF, doubles in two runs in the 6th inning against Boston as the Tigers win 3 - 0. Stone has now hit in 23 straight games, but will go hitless in tomorrow's Sunday game at Fenway Park. Vic Sorrell tosses today's shutout.
1946 - All games are played at night for the first time in major-league history, four in the American League and four in the National League.
1971: Despite belting six home runs - three by Bill Freehan, two by Willie Horton, one by Aurelio Rodriguez - at Fenway Park, the Tigers lose to the Red Sox, 12 - 11. The Sox have only one homer, a grand slam by Bob Montgomery. Rico Petrocelli's pinch single with two outs in the 9th drives home the winner.
1974 - John Hiller walks 11 batters in one relief stint. No one can even tie Hiller?s achievement since 1948.
1981 - Major league baseball returns in a big way from its in-season strike as 72,086 fans attend the belated All-Star Game in Cleveland.
1987: In a 15 - 4 Tiger mauling of the Yankees, New York catcher Rick Cerone takes the mound. Again, he walks one batter and allows no runs, the second time in three weeks he's caught and pitched in the same game. Four Tigers players knock in 2 runs each for winning pitcher Dan Petry, DH Bill Madlock, SS Alan Trammell, RF Larry Herndon, PH Pat Sheridan. Add in homeruns from 1B Darrell Evans, C Matt Nokes, Trammell and Madlock Yankee pitching needed the relief.
1994 - The Indians release Jack Morris, ending his career.
1996: The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 5 - 3, as DH Ruben Sierra, traded nine days ago from the Yankees, drives home all five Detroit runs with a double and 3-run homer.
1999: Umpires Union chief Richie Phillips announces that he is considering seeking an injunction from the National Labor Relations Board to stop Major League Baseball from firing on September 2nd 22 umpires who recently submitted their resignations as part of negotiations ploy.
2003 Former Tigers infielder Billy Rogell dies at age 98. He drove in 100 runs for the 1934 pennant winning Tigers. Every starter in that infield nicknamed "The Battalion of Death" had at least 96 RBIs, and a record total of 462 RBI's still a Major League record.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vicoge01.shtml
Sam Vico 1948-1949.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Tighe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/tigheja99.shtml
Jack Tighe manager 1957-1958.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Houk
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/houkra01.shtml
Ralph Houk manager 1974-1978.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Milt_Bolling
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Milt Bolling 1958.
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Gerry Moses 1974.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saucike01.shtml
Kevin Saucier 1981-1982.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campbbi02.shtml
Bill Campbell 1986.
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John Moses 1991.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scanlbo01.shtml
Bob Scanlan 1996.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/percitr01.shtml
Troy Percival 2005.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allendu01.shtml
Dusty Allen 2000.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Rogell
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogelbi01.shtml?redir
Billy Rogell 1930-1939.
from baseball reference
