September 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1910 - Detroit rookie Dave Skeels, just 17 years old, make his first and only ML appearance, surrendering eight runs on nine hits and four walks in six innings, but comes away with a win. He finishes the day and his ML career with an ERA of 12.00.
1935: The Yankees split with the American League-leading Tigers winning 2 - 1 and losing 5 - 1. Hank Greenberg, leading the AL in hitting at .346, is 0 for the afternoon, with five strikeouts. "The hooting and jeering which some of the fans turned loose against Hank wasn't much of a tribute to the sportsmanship of his home town" (New York American Daily News).
1940 - The United States, Hawaii, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico meet in the 3rd annual World Amateur Baseball Championship tourney, the first championship series to feature more than 3 participants. Cuba, the host country, is the victor for the 2nd consecutive year. The initial tourney had been held in England in 1938 and was also won by the host country, Great Britain.
1950: In Detroit, Vic Raschi posts his 20th win of the season to give New York a hard-fought 7 - 5 win. Raschi walks in two runs in the opening inning as Detroit tallies four runs, but New York comes back as Joe DiMaggio cracks his 29th home run and Johnny Mize follows a walk to Hank Bauer with his 10th homer. New York takes over first place by a half game.
1968: The Tigers rally in 9th to beat the A's 5 - 4, making Denny McLain the first thirty-game winner since Dizzy Dean reached the milestone in 1934.
1991: In the Tigers' 6 - 4 win over the Brewers, Detroit's Cecil Fielder hits a 502-foot home run, which is believed to be the first ball ever hit out of Milwaukee's County Stadium, off Dan Plesac. The ball lands in the back of a truck driven by Gary Schumacher, who doesn't stop until he is near Madison, WI.
1994 - The remainder of the baseball season is canceled by acting commissioner Bud Selig after 34 days of the players' strike. There will be no World Series for the first time since 1904.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoic01.shtml
George 'Icehouse' Wilson 1934.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gleatje01.shtml?redir
Jerry Don Gleaton 1990-1991, scout 1994-1996.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lombage01.shtml
George Lombard 2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Delmon_Young
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngde03.shtml?redir
Delmon Young 2011-2012.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jackie_Tavener
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tavenja01.shtml?redir
Jackie Tavener 1921, 1925-1928.
from baseball reference
