June 28 in Tigers and mlb history;
1928 - Babe Ruth slugs two home runs to lead the Yankees to a 10 - 4 victory over the Athletics, and Ty Cobb appears in his 3,000th career game.
1931 - Records for catching fly balls are set in a doubleheader as the A's beat the Tigers. The Detroit outfielders make 24 putouts, and Philadelphia adds 19 for a 2-team total of 43 in the two games.
1976 - In what amounted to his national coming out party, Mark ?The Bird? Fidrych shuts down the Yankees at Tiger Stadium in a game broadcast on Monday Night Baseball. Fidrych improves his record to 8-1 as he goes the distance in a 5-1 Tiger triumph. After the game, adoring fans coax Fidrych out of the clubhouse for a curtain call.
1987 - the Tigers hit three straight home runs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game against the Baltimore Orioles in dramatic fashion. The final homer is belted by Bill Madlock, his third of the game. In the 11th inning, Alan Trammell?s RBI- single wins the game 7-6.
1997: For the second time in three days, a Tiger steals four bases with Boston C Scott Hatteberg behind the plate. This time it is Damion Easley doing the stealing in Detroit's 9 - 2 victory. Tomorrow, Hatteberg will start on the bench, but will come in when Bill Haselman breaks his finger.
2010 - Tigers' Joel Zumaya pitched his last MLB game today. Despite several comeback attempts, he finished his career w/ 147 ERA+ in 209 IP.
2013: Having already matched Roger Clemens' 1997 feat of winning his first 11 decisions of the season, the Tigers' Max Scherzer becomes the first pitcher since "Rocket Roger" in 1986 to roll off 12 straight wins at the start of the year. Scherzer defeats the Rays, 6 - 3, although he is still two wins shy of Roger, who began his breakout season with 14 straight W's. In support of Scherzer's pitching, Miguel Cabrera has a four-hit game, including a pair of homers against Alex Colome.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scheifr01.shtml
Frank Scheibeck 1906.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Gladding
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gladdfr01.shtml
Fred Gladding 1961-1967, coach 1976-1978.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fletcto01.shtml
Tom Fletcher 1962.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcfaror01.shtml
Orlando McFarlane 1966.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keaglgr01.shtml
Greg Keagle 1996-1998.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spurlch01.shtml
Chris Spurling 2003, 2005-2006.
Tigers players and managers who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mickey_Cochrane
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cochrmi01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/cochrmi01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a80307f0
Mickey Cochrane 1934-1937, manager 1934-1938.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Baldwin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baldwbi01.shtml?redir
Billy Baldwin 1975.
from baseball reference
