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February 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1920 - Officials organize the Negro National League in a meeting held at the YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Spearheaded by league founder Rube Foster, the NNL will become the most successful of all Negro Leagues ventures and will last until the late 1940s.

1974 - James (Cool Papa) Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Known for his legendary footspeed, Bell joins Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Monte Irvin, as Negro Leagues greats selected to the Hall.

1987 - Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris is awarded a $1.85 million salary by arbitrator Richard Bloch, the highest amount awarded to date through the salary arbitration process.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buelofr01.shtml
Fritz Buelow 1901-1904.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dyerbe01.shtml
Ben Dyer 1916-1919.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gillge01.shtml
George Gill 1937-1939.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milleha02.shtml
Hack Miller 1944-1945.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brideji01.shtml
Jim Brideweser 1956.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willifr01.shtml
Frank Williams 1989.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ryan_Perry
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perryry01.shtml
Ryan Perry 2009-2011.

from Baseball Reference
 
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