August 2 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907: Senators rookie Walter Johnson makes his major league debut, losing to the Tigers, 3 - 2. Ty Cobb gets the first hit off the future Hall of Famer with a bunt single.
1929: The A's spot the Tigers six runs in the 1st inning, then rally to win, 11 - 10. Harry Heilmann has four hits, including two homers, for the losers, as do Marty McManus and Dale Alexander. The Tigers outhit the A's, 13-10. The A's victory increases their American League lead to 11 1/2 games over the Yankees
1942: At Detroit, the Tigers sweep a pair from the Red Sox, 8 - 4 and 6 - 2, to knock Boston out of 2nd place. Dizzy Trout wins the opener, helping himself with a 3-run home run. Virgil Trucks wins the nitecap, giving up a 9th-inning home run to Ted Williams. Along with Jim Tabor, CF Dom DiMaggio has a homer in the opener, then adds an unassisted double play in the nitecap.
1959: Jim Bunning of the Tigers pitches the only "perfect" inning of the last four decades, striking out three Red Sox on nine pitches. Bunning wins, 3 - 0. The last American League hurler to strike out the side on nine pitches was Lefty Grove, in 1928.
1964: Detroit P Larry Sherry suffers a fractured left foot when struck by a liner off the bat of Leon Wagner in Cleveland's doubleheader sweep. Sherry will be out for rest of the year.
1972: The Tigers purchase P Woodie Fryman from the Phillies. In two days, the Bengals will purchase C Duke Sims from the Dodgers. Fryman, just 4-10 for Philadelphia, will go 10-3 for Detroit, while Sims will hit .316 in 38 games. The two veterans will spark Detroit to the American League Eastern Division title.
1981: Ernie Harwell honored with the Ford Frick award at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
1992 - Rollie Fingers, Bill McGowan, Hal Newhouser and Tom Seaver are inducted in the Hall of Fame.
2014 - The Tigers score in all eight innings in which they come to bat in defeating the Rockies, 11 - 5. The last major league team to do this was the Yankees in 2006. It's a first in Tigers history, at least since 1912, as inning-by-inning scores are not available for all games before that date.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nancedo01.shtml
Kid Nance 1901.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesar01.shtml
Art James 1975.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millema01.shtml
Matt Miller 2001-2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lewisco01.shtml
Colby Lewis 2006.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Brouthers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/broutda01.shtml?redir
Dan Brouthers Detroit Wolverines NL 1886-1888.
from baseball reference
