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August 17 in Tigers and mlb history:
1919 - The Tigers draw a record 31,500 at home, but lose 4 - 2 to the Senators in 11 innings. Ten ground rule doubles are hit into the crowd lining the outfield.
1948: An estimated crowd of 100,000 fans pass by the body of Babe Ruth which is on display at Yankee Stadium.
1967: The Tigers trade P Fred Gladding and cash to the Astros for veteran Eddie Mathews.
1969: The Tigers tie a club record with six homers, and Denny McLain wins his 19th, beating the A's at Oakland 9 - 4. Al Kaline homers in the 7th and 9th off relievers, but the first three Bengal homers come off starter Catfish Hunter.
1980: The Tigers retired Al Kaline’s jersey number 6 in a ceremony held between games of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers, George Kell emceed and also in attendance were Ed Katalinas, who signed the man later dubbed Mr. Tiger to a bonus contract off the Baltimore sandlots; Hall of Famer second baseman Charlie Gehringer and Kaline’s former teammate, Pat Mullin, who’d given him his No. 6 jersey.
1984 - At Detroit, the Tigers draw 36,496 to break their attendance mark of 2,031,847 set in 1968. They also top the Mariners 6 - 2, behind Milt Wilcox. Alan Trammell returns to SS for the first time in 39 games and adds two hits.
2009: The Tigers obtain slugging 1B Aubrey Huff from the Orioles in a trade for Brett Jacobson. Huff is hitting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBI. Huff will flop with the Tigers batting .189.
2012: Prince Fielder hits a pair of two-run homers to lead Detroit to a 5 - 3 win over the Orioles; the second shot, off J.C. Romero in the 8th, breaks a 3 - 3 tie; the Tigers' other run is the result of a 1st-inning homer by their other big bopper, Miguel Cabrera.
2013 - Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers hits a walk-off homer against Aaron Crow in the 9th inning for a 6 - 5 win over the Royals.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/justiwa01.shtml
Walt Justis 1905.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclaupa01.shtml
Pat McLaughlin 1937, 1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hub_Walker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkehu01.shtml?redir
Hub Walker 1931, 1935, 1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rudy_York
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yorkru01.shtml?redir
Rudy York 1934, 1937-1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemanda01.shtml
Dave Lemanczyk 1973-1976.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Anderson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderma01.shtml?redir
Matt Anderson 1998-2003.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Maroth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marotmi01.shtml?redir
Mike Maroth 2002-2007.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Lipon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liponjo01.shtml?redir
Johnny Lipon 1942, 1946, 1948-1952.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Bloodworth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bloodji01.shtml?redir
Jimmy Bloodworth 1942-1943, 1946.
from baseball reference
1919 - The Tigers draw a record 31,500 at home, but lose 4 - 2 to the Senators in 11 innings. Ten ground rule doubles are hit into the crowd lining the outfield.
1948: An estimated crowd of 100,000 fans pass by the body of Babe Ruth which is on display at Yankee Stadium.
1967: The Tigers trade P Fred Gladding and cash to the Astros for veteran Eddie Mathews.
1969: The Tigers tie a club record with six homers, and Denny McLain wins his 19th, beating the A's at Oakland 9 - 4. Al Kaline homers in the 7th and 9th off relievers, but the first three Bengal homers come off starter Catfish Hunter.
1980: The Tigers retired Al Kaline’s jersey number 6 in a ceremony held between games of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers, George Kell emceed and also in attendance were Ed Katalinas, who signed the man later dubbed Mr. Tiger to a bonus contract off the Baltimore sandlots; Hall of Famer second baseman Charlie Gehringer and Kaline’s former teammate, Pat Mullin, who’d given him his No. 6 jersey.
1984 - At Detroit, the Tigers draw 36,496 to break their attendance mark of 2,031,847 set in 1968. They also top the Mariners 6 - 2, behind Milt Wilcox. Alan Trammell returns to SS for the first time in 39 games and adds two hits.
2009: The Tigers obtain slugging 1B Aubrey Huff from the Orioles in a trade for Brett Jacobson. Huff is hitting .253 with 13 homers and 72 RBI. Huff will flop with the Tigers batting .189.
2012: Prince Fielder hits a pair of two-run homers to lead Detroit to a 5 - 3 win over the Orioles; the second shot, off J.C. Romero in the 8th, breaks a 3 - 3 tie; the Tigers' other run is the result of a 1st-inning homer by their other big bopper, Miguel Cabrera.
2013 - Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers hits a walk-off homer against Aaron Crow in the 9th inning for a 6 - 5 win over the Royals.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/justiwa01.shtml
Walt Justis 1905.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mclaupa01.shtml
Pat McLaughlin 1937, 1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hub_Walker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkehu01.shtml?redir
Hub Walker 1931, 1935, 1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rudy_York
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yorkru01.shtml?redir
Rudy York 1934, 1937-1945.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemanda01.shtml
Dave Lemanczyk 1973-1976.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Anderson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderma01.shtml?redir
Matt Anderson 1998-2003.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Maroth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marotmi01.shtml?redir
Mike Maroth 2002-2007.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Lipon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liponjo01.shtml?redir
Johnny Lipon 1942, 1946, 1948-1952.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Bloodworth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bloodji01.shtml?redir
Jimmy Bloodworth 1942-1943, 1946.
from baseball reference
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