June 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1922 - Detroit Stars pitcher Bill Force no-hits the St. Louis Giants 3 - 0, at Mack Park in a Negro National League game.
1940: Bobo Newsom (10-1) wins his 10th in a row as the 2nd place Tigers whip St. Louis 2 - 1. Detroit manages just three hits, but two are homers by Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer.
1963: Detroit's Norm Cash achieves a rarity by playing an entire game at 1B without a chance, as the Twins win.
1967: Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell as the 2nd-place Tigers lose to Cleveland, 8 - 1. The future Hall of Famer will miss 28 games.
1972: Mickey Lolich is staked to a 4 - 0 lead when the Tigers hit three consecutive 1st-inning home runs against New York's Wade Blasingame, making his American League debut. Tony Taylor leads off with a walk before Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton wade in with homers to finish Blasingame. Lolich, pitching on two days' rest, notches his 12th win, 5 - 2. Bobby Murcer's home run accounts for one of the Yank runs.
June 27 in Tigers history:
1922 - Detroit Stars pitcher Bill Force no-hits the St. Louis Giants 3 - 0, at Mack Park in a Negro National League game.
1940: Bobo Newsom (10-1) wins his 10th in a row as the 2nd place Tigers whip St. Louis 2 - 1. Detroit manages just three hits, but two are homers by Hank Greenberg and Charlie Gehringer.
1963: Detroit's Norm Cash achieves a rarity by playing an entire game at 1B without a chance, as the Twins win.
1967: Al Kaline breaks his hand as he slams his bat into the bat rack after being struck out by Sam McDowell as the 2nd-place Tigers lose to Cleveland, 8 - 1. The future Hall of Famer will miss 28 games.
1972: Mickey Lolich is staked to a 4 - 0 lead when the Tigers hit three consecutive 1st-inning home runs against New York's Wade Blasingame, making his American League debut. Tony Taylor leads off with a walk before Aurelio Rodriguez, Al Kaline and Willie Horton wade in with homers to finish Blasingame. Lolich, pitching on two days' rest, notches his 12th win, 5 - 2. Bobby Murcer's home run accounts for one of the Yank runs.
1987: Darrell Evans slugs a two-run home run in the 1st inning off Mike Boddicker for his 2,000th career hit, but his Tigers lose to Baltimore, 4 - 2.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wheatch01.shtml
Charlie Wheatley 1912.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kretllo01.shtml
Lou Kretlow 1946, 1948-1949.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marlodi01.shtml
Dick Marlowe 1951-1956.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Zernial
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zernigu01.shtml?redir
Gus Zernial 1958-1959.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Nelson_Simmons
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simmone01.shtml?redir
Nelson Simmons 1984-1985.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/salazos01.shtml
Oscar Salazar 2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsji04.shtml
Jim Johnson 2014.
from baseball reference
