April 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1913 - In a game which features U.S. President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first pitch, the New York Highlanders become the New York Yankees. Playing their first game under their new nickname, the Yankees lose to the Washington Senators, 2 - 1,
as future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson picks up the win for Washington. After giving up an unearned run in the 1st inning, Johnson begins a string of shutout innings that will reach a major league record 56 before the St. Louis Browns score in the 4th inning on May 14th.
1947 - In one of the most significant moments in baseball history, Jackie Robinson becomes the first black player of the 20th century to sign a major league contract. Robinson agrees a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whose general manager, Branch Rickey, personally recruited Robinson from the Negro Leagues.
1959 - On Opening Day at Briggs Stadium, Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox goes 5 for 7 and hits an unlikely 14th-inning two-run home run off Don Mossi to beat the Detroit Tigers, 9 - 7. Fox did not homer in 623 at-bats last season.
1967 Detroit signs free agent Johnny Klippstein.
1989: Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his first major league home run at the Kingdome in Seattle's 6 - 5 win over the White Sox. Griffey's father, Ken Sr., is an outfielder with the Cincinnati Reds, making the two the first father-son duo to play in the major leagues at the same time.
2000 - On his father's 50th birthday, Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the youngest player, at 30 years and 141 days, to hit 400 career home runs, beating the previous mark set by Jimmie Foxx, who was 30 years and 248 days old.
2006: Jim Thome and Joe Crede hit two-run home runs and Paul Konerko adds a solo shot, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 5 - 3 victory in the Detroit Tigers' home opener.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/loudear01.shtml
Art Loudell 1910.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kneisru01.shtml
Rudy Kneisch 1926.
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Cliff Bolton 1937.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_Lary
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http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/47fb9420
Frank Lary 1954-1964.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kinger01.shtml
Eric King 1986-1988, 1992.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Kryhoski
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kryhodi01.shtml?redir
Dick Kryhoski 1950-1951.
from Baseball Reference
