August 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1911 - The Detroit club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.
1915: In Washington, Detroit 3B Ossie Vitt is hit by a Walter Johnson fastball and, after being knocked out for five minutes, leaves the game with a concussion. A rattled Johnson then allows four runs in the first inning, two runs on a 2-run homer by George Burns, and another four through the 6th inning to lose (he will be 17-2 at home this year). Ty Cobb, observing Johnson's fear of hitting a batter, will begin to crowd the plate on the Washington ace from here on. Cobb will average .435 for the rest of his career against Walter, after topping .222 only once in the previous eight years.
1924 - Ty Cobb steals second base once, third base twice, and home once in the Tigers' 13 - 7 win over Boston that puts them on top in the American League.
1960 - Ted Williams hits a pair of homers and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6 - 1 win over the Indians. Ted has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves Ted past Mel Ott into 4th place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.
1966 - Chuck Dressen dies of a heart attack in Detroit, age 67. He had managed the Tigers earlier in the season.
1971: Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.
1995: The Tigers trade P Mike Henneman to the Astros in exchange for a player to be named.
1999: Major league umpires drop the federal lawsuit which they filed July 26.
2001: The Royals defeat the Tigers, 7 - 3, in a game marked by a 6th-inning brawl set off when Kansas City 1B Mike Sweeney charges Detroit P Jeff Weaver after Weaver calls him a profane name. Numerous punches are thrown as both benches and bullpens clear. After a 12-minute delay, the game resumes with Sweeney, KC coach Al Nipper, and Detroit coach Doug Mansolino ejected from the contest. Sweeney will be suspended 10 games for his actions, and Detroit catcher Robert Fick eight games. Five other players and four coaches will also be disciplined.
2012: Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 - 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit's first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers' first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.
2014: The Blue Jays defeat the Tigers, 6 - 5, in the longest game in team history in terms of both time and innings, thanks to a run-scoring single by Jose Bautista in the 19th inning, after 6 hours and 37 minutes of baseball. The winning hit comes off Rick Porcello, normally a starter but pressed into action by the length of the game. Melky Cabrera is the first player since Rod Carew on May 12, 1972 to reach base 8 times in a game. Chad Jenkins throws 6 scoreless innings for the win. The Tigers take an early 5 - 0 lead against starter Mark Buehrle who is chased in the 4th, but the Jays claw back and tie the game in the bottom of the 9th.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rocky_Colavito
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colavro01.shtml?redir
Rocky Colavito 1960-1963.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tom_Brookens
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brookto01.shtml?redir
Tom Brookens 1979-1988, coach 2010-2013.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/anderjo03.shtml?redir
Josh Anderson 2009.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lyonbr01.shtml
Brandon Lyon 2009.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Frazier
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frazije01.shtml
Jeff Frazier 2010.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Anthony_Gose
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosean01.shtml
Anthony Gose 2015-2016.
Tigers players and managers who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chuck_Dressen
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/dressch01.shtml
Chuck Dressen manager 1963-1966.
from baseball reference
