September 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: The Tigers take over first place with a Sunday 5 - 2 win over the A's behind righty George Mullin.
1935: All American League games are rained out today.
1938: Hank Greenberg again hits 2 homers, extending his record to 11 times in the same season. They are the last he will hit this season, as he falls 2 short of Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60.
1940 - Besides Bobo Newsom (21-5), Schoolboy Rowe (16-3), and Tommy Bridges (12-9), the Tigers' pitching staff combines for a losing record. Needing one victory to gain the title, manager Del Baker decides to withhold Newsom and Rowe and picks Floyd Giebell, an obscure rookie just called in from Buffalo. Giebell shuts out the Indians 2 - 0, to beat Bob Feller who gives up just 3 hits. Not eligible for the World Series, Giebell will never win another game in the major leagues.
During the game, unruly Cleveland fans shower the field with fruit and vegetables. At one point, a basket of green tomatoes is dropped onto Tigers C Birdie Tebbetts' head while he sits in the bullpen.
1972: Trailing 5 - 1, the Tigers score three in the 8th and two in the 9th to beat the Yankees and Sparky Lyle. It's another multi-hit game for Al Kaline with 2 hits and 2 rbi. Kaline carries the team on his back batting .376 for the month (29 for 77), 5 doubles, 4 homeruns, and 11 rbi, but more importantly the the last 10 games of the season, Kaline ends the year with a 10 game hitting streak (21 for 41) as the Tigers win 8 of 10 to clinch the AL East.
1986 - Jack Morris shuts out the Yankees, 1 - 0, in 10 innings, raising his record to 20-8.
1998 - Bobby Higginson homers off Roy Halladay with 2 out in 9th to breakup a no-hitter. It was Halladay's 2nd career start.
1999: With each of the Tigers wearing the uniform numbers of all-time great Detroit players at their position (OF Gabe Kapler, standing in for Ty Cobb, wears no number) the Tigers defeat the Royals, 8 - 2, in the last game ever played at Tiger Stadium. Robert Fick's grand slam in the 8th brings the capacity crowd of 43,356 to its feet. Luis Polonia and Karim Garcia also homer as Brian Moehler beats Jeff Suppan.
2012: Doug Fister of the Tigers strikes out 9 consecutive batters in defeating the Royals, 5 - 4, setting a new American League record. With the White Sox's 3 - 2 loss to the Rays, Detroit now leads the AL Central by two games.
Tigers players and executives birthdays:
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Cy Ferry 1904.
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Frank Gibson 1913.
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Chick Gagnon 1922.
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Josh Billings 1927-1929.
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Whit Wyatt 1929-1933.
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Jerry Casale 1961-1962.
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Dave Wickersham 1964-1967.
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Bill Lajoie Scout 1969-1973, Scouting Director 1974-1978, Assistant General Manager 1979-1983, General Manager 1984-1990.
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Gary Sutherland 1974-1976.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Cy Ferry 1904.
from Baseball Reference
