July 30 in Tigers and mlb history:
1917: The Tigers' Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the lineup, each going 5 for 5 in a 16 - 4 win over Washington. Having three players collect five hits ties the major-league record for the century. Cobb also scores five times.
1936: The Yankees, with Jake Powell back in CF for the injured Myril Hoag, drop a 5 - 4 decision to Detroit. On August 1st, Powell will go to LF, with Joe DiMaggio playing CF for the first time. George Selkirk will return to RF. The Yanks loses today when Charlie Gehringer ties the match with a two-run homer in the 8th. Bill Dickey allows a ball to get by him in the 10th and Jack Burns scores the winner. Schoolboy Rowe pitches 10 innings for the win over Johnny Broaca.
1938: Hank Greenberg ties a Babe Ruth record with his ninth home run of the week.
1939 Hank Greenberg scores five runs in a game for the only time, helping the Tigers pummel the A?s 14-0.
1951: Joe DiMaggio makes a rare mental error against Detroit, catching a Steve Souchock fly ball in deep CF and, thinking it's the third out, begins trotting in. It's only the second out, and George Kell scores from second base to make the score 4 - 2 in the eighth. Despite the lapse, the Yanks win, 5 - 4, with DiMag knocking in the winning run in the ninth.
1951: Ty Cobb testifies in front of Congress denying the reserve clause makes 'peons' out of baseball players.
1961 - Al Kaline?s longest hitting streak peaks today at 22 games. Kaline bats 31 for 84 .369, Slugs .619, 22 Runs, 9 2B, 4 Hr's, 10 RBI.
1994: Detroit defeats Oakland 14 - 2, as Tiger C Chad Kreuter ties a major league record with three sacrifice flies. He is the 9th player in history to perform the feat.
2008: The Yankees, seeking catching help after losing Jorge Posada for the remainder of the season, acquire Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth.
2010: One of the players traded yesterday makes a splash in his debut for his new team. Starting at 3B for the Tigers, Jhonny Peralta homers twice over the Green Monster as Detroit defeats Boston 6 - 5 withstanding a late-game grand slam by David Ortiz. Armando Galarraga's run of bad luck continues as he is hit on the ankle by a line drive off the bat of Kevin Youkilis with a 4 - 1 lead, and has to leave the game one out shy of qualifying for the win. Rookie Robbie Weinhardt relieves him and picks up his first major league victory.
2011: The Tigers get Ps Doug Fister and David Pauley from the Mariners.
2013: Today's deals are highlighted by a three-team trade that sees P Jake Peavy go from the White Sox to the Red Sox; Boston then sends rookie SS Jose Iglesias to Detroit, which is looking for insurance at the position in fear that starter Jhonny Peralta will be suspended as a result of the Biogenesis scandal. Detroit completes the deal by sending young OF Avisail Garcia to Chicago, while four other players change uniforms as well.
2015 - In a whirlwind day of trading, the Blue Jays once again make the biggest splash, acquiring P David Price from Detroit for prospects Matt Boyd, Jairo Labourt and Daniel Norris, two days after landing SS Troy Tulowitzki. Detroit also trades P Joakim Soria to Pittsburgh for IF JaCoby Jones.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Coleman_(colemjo04)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colemjo04.shtml?redir
Joe Coleman Sr. 1955.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Triandos
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/triangu01.shtml?redir
Gus Triandos 1963.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mahlemi01.shtml
Mickey Mahler 1985.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fletcsc01.shtml
Scott Fletcher 1995.
from baseball reference
