September 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889 - Rain prevents every scheduled game in both major leagues. For the season the National League will have 62 rainouts and the American Association 73.
1903: A new National Agreement signed by the National Association of minor league clubs officially organizes professional baseball under one comprehensive set of rules.
1928: In the Yankees' 5 - 3 win at Yankee Stadium, Ty Cobb makes his last appearance as a batter, popping out against Yankee Hank Johnson to SS Mark Koenig as a pinch hitter in the 9th. Babe Ruth's two-run clout, off Lefty Grove in the 8th, seals the win for New York.
1984 - At Baltimore, the Tigers cut their magic number to seven with a 9 - 2 clipping of the Orioles. Darrell Evans has four hits including a homer. Larry Herndon follows Evans' homer with one of his own, while Kirk Gibson has three hits and his 27th steal. Dan Petry wins his 17th. The Tigers pass the two million mark in road attendance tonight and become the fifth team in American League history to go over that mark at home and on the road.
2001 - All major league baseball games are canceled due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Flight #93, and the Pentagon. Games will not resume until September 17th. The Blue Jays take a 12-hour bus ride from Baltimore back to Toronto, and Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure. Former minor league players Marty Boryczewski and Brent Woodall are killed in the attacks.
2002: Yankee legends Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The team also has a ceremonial tree planting in Monument Park in honor the of heroes and victims of horrific events of a year ago.
2011: The Tigers win their 9th straight game 2 - 1 over the Twins, to cut their magic number in the AL Central to 7. Doug Fister improves to 5-1 after being acquired by the Tigers at the trading deadline; he was 3-12 with the Mariners before the trade.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kitsofr01.shtml
Frank Kitson 1903-1905.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithcl01.shtml
Clay Smith 1940.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberda05.shtml
Dave Roberts 1976-1977.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pennsh01.shtml
Shannon Penn 1995-1996.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Slaught
Don Slaught coach 2006.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Baker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerde01-bat.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/bakerde01.shtml
Del Baker 1914-1916, coach 1933, manager 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938-1942.
from baseball reference
