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Verlander, Gibson to be inducted into the FSL Hall of Fame.
A pair of Tigers first-round draft picks, Justin Verlander (2004) and Kirk Gibson (1978) were selected to the Florida State League Hall of Fame.

Verlander made 13 starts for the Lakeland Flying Tigers in 2005, before jumping to Erie and later Detroit, and winning the 2006 Rookie of the Year.

Gibson hit .240 with eight home runs in 54 games for the Flying Tigers and manager Jim Leyland the year he was drafted, before heading to Double-A Evansville, and later Detroit, in 1979.

The induction will take place on Nov. 10, 2015, at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach.

Josh Beckett, Kenny Lofton, Kevin Mench and Frank Thomas were the other players selected this season, along with two managers, three executives, a farm director and an umpire.
 
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September 26 in Tigers and mlb history:

1926: In his final day in a Tiger uniform, Ty Cobb watches his replacement in centerfield gets 6 hits in a twin bill with the Red Sox to become the new batting champ as Heinie Manush edges Babe Ruth, .378 to .372, for the batting title.

1926 at Navin Field: Bob Fothergill hits for the cycle against Boston.

1948 at Briggs Stadium: An afternoon contest with Cleveland attracts 57,588, the greatest turnout ever for a single day game in Detroit.

1955 - The Red Sox beat the Yankees, 8 - 1, as Ted Williams goes 1 for 2. Williams finishes the season at .356, well ahead of Al Kaline's .340, but does not have enough at bats to win the batting title. The same thing happened in 1954. Williams was walked 136 times in 1954 and 71 times (an American League-leading 17 were intentional) this year.
A rule change will be made to recognize plate appearances, not times at bat, to determine the batting champion.

1967 - Cleveland's Luis Tiant beats the Red Sox, 6 - 3, despite Carl Yastrzemski's 43rd home run of the season. The Twins top the Angels, 7 - 3, behind two monster home runs by Harmon Killebrew, his 42nd and 43rd of the season. Mickey Lolich blanks the Yanks, 1 - 0, for Detroit to tighten the pennant race. The Twins (91-68) lead with Chicago (89-68) and the idle Red Sox (90-69) a game back, and Detroit (89-69) one and a half back.

2012: The Tigers beat the Royals, 5 - 4, and when the White Sox lose to Cleveland, 6 - 4, they take sole possession of first place in the AL Central for the first time since July 24th. In the 5th inning, Alex Gordon robs Detroit's Miguel Cabrera of a home run by catching a ball over the left field fence; the catch may turn out to be costly, as Cabrera is putting in the most serious bid for a Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski's 1967 feat.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullijo05.shtml
Joe Sullivan 1935-1936.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/streuwa01.shtml
Walt Streuli 1954-1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcraeno01.shtml
Norm McRae 1969-1970.

from baseball reference
 
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