January 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1940 - Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers players and farm hands. Citing cover-ups of the movement of players within its organization, Landis hands freedom to Roy Cullenbine, Benny McCoy, Dutch Dietz, and Steve Rachunok from the parent roster and orders $47,250 paid as compensation to 14 players.
Johnny Sain is one of 23 players who will later make it to the major leagues. Landis's edict also nullifies a deal that would have brought the Philadelphia Athletics' Wally Moses to the Tigers. Both players will later become coaches for the Tigers in the late 1960's
1954 - Former Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe.
1981 - Frank Robinson is named manager of the San Francisco Giants. In 1975, Robinson became the first African-American manager in major league history when he was hired by the Cleveland Indians.
1999 Houston trades Brad Ausmus to the Tigers.
2006: Dontrelle Willis, Mark Teixeira and Alfonso Soriano are among the 100 players who file for salary arbitration, the often acrimonious negotiating process that rankles baseball management every winter. Mark Prior, Josh Beckett, Brad Lidge, Adam Dunn, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Roberts, Travis Lee and Scot Shields are some of the other players who file before the deadline. Last year, players in arbitration averaged a 123 percent salary increase.
2010: The Tigers agree to terms with free agent reliever Jose Valverde, who played for the Houston Astros last season. As a result of the signing, the Tigers will give up their first pick in the 2010 amateur draft, the first time the team has surrendered its top pick since signing Rob Deer as a free agent in 1991.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnske01.shtml
Ken Johnson 1952.
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Dave Campbell 1967-1969.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hardy_Richardson
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Hardy Richardson Detroit Wolverines 1886-1888.
from Baseball Reference
