September 25 in Tigers history:
1908: Detroit's Ed Summers pitches two complete-game wins over the A's, winning the opener, 7 - 2. The second game is a 10-inning battle with another rookie, Biff Schlitzer, that ends 1 - 0 on a Claude Rossman drive for an inside-the-park home run. Summers allows just two hits. With the White Sox idle, the Tigers move to a half-game out of first.
1940: Bobo Newsom wins a clutch doubleheader for the Tigers, pitching 2 innings of relief in the opener against the White Sox, and going the distance in the nightcap for his 21st win.
1944 - Going into the final Monday of the season, the Tigers hold a one-game lead over the Browns with the Yankees now out of the running. Russ Christopher of the A's beats the Tigers 2 - 1, to produce a tie for the lead.
1952 - Hal Newhouser of the Tigers wins his 200th game. It is his last win for Detroit, who will release him in early 1953.
1955: Detroit Rightfielder Al Kaline becomes the youngest batting champ in history, as he takes the American League crown at age 20 with a .340 average. The future all-time great will also lead the league in hits with 200, and total bases with 321. Kaline will finish 2nd in the MVP vote to Yankees catcher Yogi Berra.
1967: In an afternoon game, the Angels top the leading Twins, 9 - 2 in Minnesota, to move the idle Red Sox into a first-place tie. Detroit loses, 2 - 0, to Yankee lefty Al Downing.
1971 - With rookie C Tim Hosley hitting two homers and driving in five runs, the Tigers trip the Yankees, 10 - 7. Les Cain pitches six innings for the win. Cain finishes with a 10-9 record with 145 innings, but contends he is forced to pitch by Manager Billy Martin while he has a sore arm. Cain later claims that it did permanent damage to his arm and he sues the Tigers. In a landmark decision, the Michigan Bureau of Workman's Compensation will order the Tigers to pay Cain $111 a month for the rest of his life. A lump sum payment is later agreed upon.
1977 - Detroit pounds out 18 hits against Boston's Reggie Cleveland, but they still lose 12 - 5.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harledi01.shtml
Dick Harley 1902.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Sain
Johnny Sain pitching coach 1967-1969.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/putmaed01.shtml
Ed Putman 1979.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/butersa01.shtml
Sal Butera 1983.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wapnist01.shtml
Steve Wapnick 1990.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanky01.shtml
Kyle Ryan 2014.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Hayworth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haywora01.shtml?redir
Ray Hayworth 1926, 1929-1938.
from baseball reference
