September 30 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907: An overflow crowd lines the outfield at Philadelphia's Columbia Park for the showdown doubleheader between the A's and Tigers. In the first game, the home team gets off to a 7 - 1 lead against 25-game winner Bill Donovan. But Rube Waddell, who relieves in the 2nd, fails to hold the lead. A 2-run home run by Ty Cobb ties it 8 - 8 in the 9th.
Both teams score once in the 11th; an umpire's ruling costs Philadelphia the game in the 14th: Harry David hits a long fly into the crowd in left-centerfield, ordinarily a ground-rule double. As Tiger CF Sam Crawford goes to the crowd's edge, a policeman stands up and moves, either to interfere or to get out of the way. Home plate umpire Silk O'Loughlin says there is no interference, then reverses his ruling when base umpire Tom Connolly offers a different opinion.
When play resumes, the Athletics' Danny Murphy hits a long single that would have scored Davis. The game is called because of darkness in the 17th, a 9 - 9 tie. The second game is never played. The Tigers, in first place, leave for Washington where they will win 4. They will finish 1 1/2 games in front.
1916: In his 153rd game, Tiger 3B Ossie Vitt raises his season total chances to 615, a mark that will stand for 21 years.
1917: Detroit's future Hall of Fame OF Sam Crawford retires from major league baseball at 37. In addition to his career-record 312 three-base hits, he has hit 50 inside-the-park home runs. He will play in the Pacific Coast League for several more years.
1944: Hal Newhouser wins his 29th as Detroit whips Washington 7 - 3.
1945: Hank Greenberg hits a pennant-winning grand slam on the final day of the season. The Tiger left fielder's ninth-inning bases-full homer beats the Browns 6 - 3 clinching the American League flag for Detroit over the second-place Senators.
1951: The Tigers drive over the slumping Tribe 2 - 1 behind Virgil Trucks' 13th win of the year.
1967: Boston beats the Twins, 6 - 4, to tie Minnesota for first place. Carl Yastrzemski's 3-run home run gives him the American League-lead with 44, but Harmon Killebrew answers with his 44th for the losers.
Meanwhile, Detroit, which had games rained out on the 28th and 29th, plays two with the Angels. Mickey Lolich wins the opener, 5 - 0, his 3rd straight shutout, and Detroit takes a seemingly safe 6 - 2 lead into the 8th inning of the nitecap. The Angels then bat around, scoring six runs, to hand Detroit a devastating 8 - 6 loss. Detroit now trails Minnesota and Boston by a half-game.
1972: The Tigers take their 3rd in a row from Milwaukee as John Hiller throws a 5-hitter. Aurelio Rodriguez's 3-run home run is the margin in the 5 - 1 win. The Tigers now return home to face the Red Sox in a 3-game series that will determine which team wins the East.
1984: The ML umpires announce that they will go on strike at the two LCS scheduled to begin October 2 in an effort to improve their pay and job security and to change the method by which post-season assignments are determined. MLB officials say the games will go on as scheduled using amateur umpires if necessary.
2012: Prince Fielder's two-run homer off Jared Burton in the 8th gives the Tigers a win. It's his 30th homer of the year, making him and his father Cecil Fielder the second father-son duo to both go deep 30 times in a season for the same franchise; previously, only Bobby Bonds and Barry Bonds of the Giants had done it.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/taylobe02.shtml
Ben Taylor 1952.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_Skaff
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/skafffr01.shtml
Frank Skaff coach 1965-1966, 1971, manager 1966.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Podres
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/podrejo01.shtml?redir
Johnny Podres 1966-1967.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blessik01.shtml
Ike Blessitt 1972.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzada01.shtml
Dan Gonzales 1979-1980.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lusadsc01.shtml
Scott Lusader 1987-1990.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/desiljo01.shtml
John DeSilva 1993.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/limajo01.shtml
Jose Lima 1994-1996, 2001-2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Carlos_Guillen
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/guillca01.shtml?redir
Carlos Guillen 2004-2011.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Danny_Worth
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/worthda01.shtml
Danny Worth 2010-2012.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Pratt
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/prattde01.shtml?redir
Del Pratt 1923-1924.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Brinkman
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brinked01.shtml?redir
Eddie Brinkman 1971-1974.
from baseball reference
