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June 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1915: For the 5th time this month, and 6th time this year, Ty Cobb steals home, doing it in a 4 - 2 Tiger win over the St. Louis Browns. Cobb scores another run when Sam Crawford hits back to Browns P Grover Lowdermilk, who somersaults after catching the grounder and sits on the mound holding the ball. Cobb scores all the way from second base on the play.

1927: With the help of a 3rd-inning triple play, the Tigers down the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings. Ted Lyons loses again, to reliever Earl Whitehill.

1939 - Hank Greenberg collects his 1,000th hit.

1940: Bobo Newsom wins his 9th in a row, stopping the Yankees on four hits. The Tigers move to a game and a half in back of the first-place Indians.

1950: Eleven home runs - a major league record - drive in all the runs scored in a 10 - 9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans. Detroit has four home runs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Jerry Priddy, Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers connect. Pitcher Trout's home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his second lifetime grand slam. Evers hits another home run, an inside-the-park 2-run game winner in the 9th off Joe Page to win it. For New York, Hank Bauer connects for two homers, including one in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers. It is the first time that nine different players connect for homers in a game.

1962: Mickey Mantle returns to the Yankee lineup and homers against Paul Foytack. But it is not enough as Detroit wins, 5 - 4.

1998: The Athletics acquire IF-OF Bip Roberts from the Tigers in exchange for a player to be named.

2001: Houston trades Jose Lima to the Tigers for Dave Mlicki.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clausal01.shtml
Al Clauss 1913.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/floydbu01.shtml
Bubba Floyd 1944.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aaron_Robinson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinaa01.shtml?redir
Aaron Robinson 1949-1951.
November 10, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Pierce and $10,000.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halleto01.shtml
Tom Haller 1972.

from Baseball Reference
 
Yesterday, Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera became the 14th player with 3000 career overall bases with the Tigers and is 7th vs. the league average. (Complete Baseball Encyclopedia).

MOST CAREER OVERALL BASES, TIGERS

1 Ty Cobb 7379
2 Al Kaline 5985
3 Charlie Gehringer 5558
4 Lou Whitaker 4793
5 Harry Heilmann 4655
6 Sam Crawford 4525
7 Alan Trammell 4300
8 Norm Cash 4217
9 Hank Greenberg 3692
10 Donie Bush 3582
11 Bobby Veach 3333
12 Dick McAuliffe 3212
13 Bill Freehan 3107
14 Miguel Cabrera 3002
15 Willie Horton 2911

MOST CAREER OVERALL BASES ABOVE THE LEAGUE AVERAGE, TIGERS

OVERALL BASES DIFF PLAYER LEAGUE
1 Ty Cobb 2883 7379 4496
2 Harry Heilmann 1245 4655 3410
3 Hank Greenberg 1240 3692 2452
4 Al Kaline 1213 5985 4772
5 Norm Cash 1156 4217 3061
6 Sam Crawford 1112 4525 3413
7 Miguel Cabrera 976 3002 2026
8 Charlie Gehringer 949 5558 4609
9 Lou Whitaker 652 4793 4141
10 Kirk Gibson 575 2629 2054
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2015/06/analysis_increasing_home_run_t.html
Analysis: Joakim Soria's increasing home run total a trend worth watching for Detroit Tigers.
mlive

Soria has allowed seven home runs in 27 2/3 innings pitched this year. That matches his career high for home runs in a season, which he set over the course of 60 1/3 innings in 2011, his worst season in the majors.

there are some other numbers that might be worth looking at. Soria's strikeouts-per-nine-innings ratio is down from 10.6 in 2013 and 9.7 in 2014 to 6.5 this season. He has a 2.99 career FIP (fielder independent pitching), but he has a 5.38 FIP this season.
 
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