July 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906 - Detroit Free Press writer Joe. H. Jackson nicknames young Ty Cobb the Georgia Peach.
1934 - At Navin Field in Detroit, MI. in an effort to keep the consecutive game streak intact, the Yankees have lumbago-stricken Lou Gehrig bat lead-off and list him as the shortstop in the lineup. After singling in the first inning, the "Iron Horse" leaves the game without fielding as the Detroit Tigers pound out 11 doubles to edge the Yankees 12 - 11.
1939 - The New York Yankees tie the American League record with only one assist, as Red Ruffing wins 8 - 3 over the Detroit Tigers.
1952 - Detroit Tigers slugger Walt Dropo goes 5 for 5 against the New York Yankees in an 8 - 2 win. All five hits are singles.
1953 - The National League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5 - 1 in Cincinnati's Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. St. Louis Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets two hits, scores twice, and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base blow.
1957: Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles' Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins 10 - 2.
1966 - Interim Detroit Tigers skipper Bob Swift is hospitalized, and 3B coach Frank Skaff takes over.
1970 - In the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, Pete Rose bowls over Ray Fosse at the plate to score the deciding run on Jim Hickman's single in an exciting 5 - 4 National League victory at Riverfront Stadium. Fosse, who never had the ball, hurts his right shoulder and is taken to the hospital; the Cleveland Indians catcher entertained "Charlie Hustle" as a dinner guest the previous night. The game is scoreless until the 6th, with the National League limited to three hits in the first eight innings. In the 9th, the NL tees off on Catfish Hunter, driving in three runs to tie. Dick Dietz hits a leadoff home run in the inning. Claude Osteen pitches the 10th for the win.
1972: In a major league first, the plate umpire and the catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is the ump and Tom Haller is the Detroit Tigers catcher during a game with the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City wins.
1985 - Walt Terrell and Willie Hernandez combine on a one-hitter as the Detroit Tigers blank the Minnesota Twins 8 - 0. Tom Brunansky's double in the 7th is the only hit. Larry Herndon and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back homers in the 4th.
1987: The BBWAA votes to rename the Rookie of the Year Award in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier on the way to winning the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1947.
1992 - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. homers off Chicago Cubs hurler Greg Maddux, making it the first time in history a father and a son have hit All-Star home runs. His dad hit one off the New York Yankees' Tommy John in the 1980 All-Star Game. The American League pounds out a record 19 hits in defeating the National League by a score of 13 - 6 in the 1992 All-Star Game. It's the AL's 5th straight win. Griffey Jr., who strokes a single, double, and home run, is named the game's MVP, 12 years after his dad wons the same honor.
1993 - The American League defeats the National League, 9 - 3, in the 1993 All-Star Game. Kirby Puckett, Roberto Alomar, and Gary Sheffield hit home runs, while the win goes to Jack McDowell. Craig Biggio is at 2B for the NL: last year, he was on the team as a catcher, the first player ever to make it at those two positions. A highlight of the game is Randy Johnson firing a 95-MPH fastball over John Kruk's head. Kruk bails out on the next two pitches, saying afterwards: "he's going to kill somebody".
1999: In an ill-conceived move, umpires union chief Richie Phillips announces that 57 umpires will resign on September 2. Among other things, the umps reportedly are upset at the 3-day suspension Tom Hallion received for bumping Rockies C Jeff Reed on July 2.
2000: A report presented to owners, "The Commissioner's Initiative: Women and Baseball", finds women make up 46 percent of the average crowd at a big league game and urges major league franchises to make more of an effort to market to women patrons. According to the same report, forty-three percent of women could not name a player on their home team's roster.
2000: Major League owners decide to return to playing an unbalanced schedule (teams play more games against teams in their own division) rather than the presently-used balanced schedule in which they play approximately the same number of games against all teams within the league. The American League has used a balanced schedule since 1977 and the National League started in 1993.
2009 - The American League runs its unbeaten streak to 13 games (12 wins and a tie) by defeating the National League, 4 - 3, in the 80th All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The win enables the AL to finish the 2000s without losing any All-Star Game (9-0-1) in the decade, the first time either league has ever accomplished this feat. Carl Crawford of the Rays earns MVP honors by climbing over the left field fence to deprive Brad Hawpe of a home run in the 7th inning.
2013: Justin Verlander of the Tigers takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning until Mitch Moreland hits a two-out double for the Rangers. Verlander's teammates back him with three homers - by Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta - as Detroit cruises to a 5 - 0 win.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterjo02.shtml
John Peters 1915.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzaen01.shtml
Enrique Gonzalez 2010-2011.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Batts
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/battsma01.shtml?redir
Matt Batts 1952-1954.
from Baseball Reference
