July 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904 : The Tigers purchase catcher Monte Beville from the Highlanders to replace Bob Wood, who dislocated an elbow the previous day when he slipped trying to field a bunt against the A's.
1906 The Detroit Free Press reports that young outfielder Ty Cobb is in a sanitarium.
1928 For the last time in his career, Ty Cobb appears in the starting lineup. He singles, doubles, and is hit in the chest by a pitch against the White Sox.
1938 - Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit home runs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first two times up to tie the major league record of four in a row. Greenberg has a record-setting eleven two-home run games during the season. "Hammerin Hank" is on his way to another historic season leading the American League with 144 Runs, 119 Walks, and 58 Homeruns.
1946 Tigers slugger Rudy York hits two grand slams in one game. It gives Hal Newhouser his eighth straight win. Newhouser's ERA is 0.99 in that span.
1953 The Tigers release former ace pitcher Hal Newhouser.
1962 Al Kaline experiences his best-ever WPA game: 0.840 WPA. He?s 1-for-4 with a walk, reached on error and two RBIs in a Tigers 4-3 win over the Angels. He hits a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth for a walk-off win.
1968 - In Baltimore, Denny McLain shuts out the Orioles, 9 - 0, for his 20th win of the season, against three losses, for the first-place Tigers. McLain is only the third pitcher in the 20th Century to win his 20th this early; the others were Rube Marquard on July 19, 1912 and Lefty Grove on July 25, 1931.
1984: The Red Sox and Tigers almost match shutouts, as the Tigers win 9 - 1 and the Red Sox come back, 4 - 0. Rich Gedman's 9th-inning homer in the opener off Dan Petry is the only Sox score.
1997: The Detroit Tigers retire Hal Newhouser's uniform number 16. Newhouser pitched 15 seasons for the Tigers and won an even 200 games. He is the only pitcher to win back-to-back MVP awards, in 1944 and 1945. "Prince Hal" also won successive Earned Run Titles in 1945 and 1946. Following the festivities, the Tigers lose to Milwaukee.
Tigers players, and executives birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kaneha01.shtml
Harry Kane 1903.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hallch02.shtml
Charlie Hall 1918.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Boone
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boonera01.shtml?redir
Ray Boone 1953-1958.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Dombrowski
Dave Dombrowski President and General Manager 2001-present.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Max_Scherzer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherma01.shtml?redir
Max Scherzer 2010-2014.
Tigers players, coaches, and executives who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hooks_Dauss
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daussho01.shtml?redir
Hooks Dauss 1912-1926.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Ferrell
Rick Ferrell coach 1950-1953, General Manager 1959-1962, Assistant GM 1963-1975, special assistant to GM 1976-1978.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Tuttle
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuttlbi01.shtml?redir
Bill Tuttle 1952, 1954-1957.
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