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September 1 in Tigers and mlb history:
1885 - Detroit Wolverines C Charlie Bennett hits a grand slam in the 1st inning? leading Detroit to an 8 - 3 victory over the New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this year? one by Dave Orr (New York) and one by Tom Brown (Pittsburgh).
1918 - The Browns and Tigers finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as the Cleveland Indians refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2? Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns' George Sisler pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns win 6 - 2? and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the opener 7 - 2.
1936: Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe fires his second two-hit game in 8 days? beating the A's 4 - 1. Rowe beat the Red Sox on August 25th by a 5 - 0 score. Philadelphia is saved from a shutout when Bob Johnson blasts his 22nd home run in the 9th inning. All of Detroit's runs come in a hitless 4th when they use 5 walks? a fielder's choice and error.
1941: Rudy York wallops 3 home runs and drives in 5 runs for the Tigers who beat the Browns? 9 - 5 in game 1 in Detroit. The Tigers rattle 20 hits in the nitecap to win 16 - 8.
1945: Detroit's Hal Newhouser wrenches his back pitching against the Indians' Bob Feller. Newhouser leaves the game in the 7th and will stay behind when the team leaves for New York? but will rejoin them on the 7th. The Tigers win 5 - 4, behind Jim Tobin and are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the 2nd place Senators.
1961 - The American League's biggest crowd of the year? 65?566? sees Whitey Ford and Don Mossi duel at Yankee Stadium as a week-end battle for first place begins. Two-out? 9th-inning hits by Elston Howard? Yogi Berra? and Bill Skowron give New York a 1 - 0 win over the Tigers.
1964 - Mickey Lolich begins a consecutive innings scoreless streak of 30.2 innings, 5th best in Tigers history. The streak stops on September 12.
1968 - Denny McLain notches his 27th win of the season beating the Orioles 7 - 3. McLain helps the Tiger cause by starting a 3rd-inning triple play.
1970 - The Red Sox take an 8 - 1 lead at Fenway Park? but Detroit rallies to win, 10 - 9. The Sox take the lead on a Mike Andrews homer and a grand slam by Tony Conigliaro. The Tigers then use the long ball as well? collecting 4 homers? including a grand slam by Jim Price? and homeruns from Gates Brown, Norm Cash, Jim Northrup to win. Daryl Patterson is the winner over Sonny Siebert.
1974: During a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers? the A's 1B Gene Tenace goes through the entire game without a fielding chance - only the 4th time this century that has occurred at that position. In the same game? Detroit's Reggie Sanders homers in his first major league at-bat.
1980 - Tigers OF Al Cowens and White Sox reliever Ed Farmer publicly end their long-running feud by shaking hands at home plate prior to Chicago's win at Tiger Stadium. The feud began in 1979 when Farmer broke Cowens' jaw with a pitch? and flared again this June 20th when Cowens hit a ground ball off Farmer and attacked the pitcher instead of running to first base. Cowens was suspended for 7 games and a warrant was issued for his arrest in Illinois? forcing him to skip the previous week's Tigers-White Sox series in Chicago. Farmer agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a handshake? and the two players bring out the lineup cards before today's game.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiggsji01.shtml
Jimmy Wiggs 1905-1906.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nichofr02.shtml
Fred Nicholson 1917.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campbpa01.shtml
Paul Campbell 1948-1950.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ignasga01.shtml
Gary Ignasiak 1973.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruckeda01.shtml
Dave Rucker 1981-1983.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boots_Poffenberger
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/poffebo01.shtml?redir
Boots Poffenberger 1937-1938.
from Baseball Reference
1885 - Detroit Wolverines C Charlie Bennett hits a grand slam in the 1st inning? leading Detroit to an 8 - 3 victory over the New York Giants. Only two other grand slams are hit this year? one by Dave Orr (New York) and one by Tom Brown (Pittsburgh).
1918 - The Browns and Tigers finish the season with a doubleheader split in St. Louis as the Cleveland Indians refuse to make the trip for the Labor Day doubleheader. In Game 2? Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against the Browns while the Browns' George Sisler pitches one scoreless inning. The Browns win 6 - 2? and Sisler hits a double off Cobb. Detroit wins the opener 7 - 2.
1936: Detroit's Schoolboy Rowe fires his second two-hit game in 8 days? beating the A's 4 - 1. Rowe beat the Red Sox on August 25th by a 5 - 0 score. Philadelphia is saved from a shutout when Bob Johnson blasts his 22nd home run in the 9th inning. All of Detroit's runs come in a hitless 4th when they use 5 walks? a fielder's choice and error.
1941: Rudy York wallops 3 home runs and drives in 5 runs for the Tigers who beat the Browns? 9 - 5 in game 1 in Detroit. The Tigers rattle 20 hits in the nitecap to win 16 - 8.
1945: Detroit's Hal Newhouser wrenches his back pitching against the Indians' Bob Feller. Newhouser leaves the game in the 7th and will stay behind when the team leaves for New York? but will rejoin them on the 7th. The Tigers win 5 - 4, behind Jim Tobin and are just 1 1/2 games ahead of the 2nd place Senators.
1961 - The American League's biggest crowd of the year? 65?566? sees Whitey Ford and Don Mossi duel at Yankee Stadium as a week-end battle for first place begins. Two-out? 9th-inning hits by Elston Howard? Yogi Berra? and Bill Skowron give New York a 1 - 0 win over the Tigers.
1964 - Mickey Lolich begins a consecutive innings scoreless streak of 30.2 innings, 5th best in Tigers history. The streak stops on September 12.
1968 - Denny McLain notches his 27th win of the season beating the Orioles 7 - 3. McLain helps the Tiger cause by starting a 3rd-inning triple play.
1970 - The Red Sox take an 8 - 1 lead at Fenway Park? but Detroit rallies to win, 10 - 9. The Sox take the lead on a Mike Andrews homer and a grand slam by Tony Conigliaro. The Tigers then use the long ball as well? collecting 4 homers? including a grand slam by Jim Price? and homeruns from Gates Brown, Norm Cash, Jim Northrup to win. Daryl Patterson is the winner over Sonny Siebert.
1974: During a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers? the A's 1B Gene Tenace goes through the entire game without a fielding chance - only the 4th time this century that has occurred at that position. In the same game? Detroit's Reggie Sanders homers in his first major league at-bat.
1980 - Tigers OF Al Cowens and White Sox reliever Ed Farmer publicly end their long-running feud by shaking hands at home plate prior to Chicago's win at Tiger Stadium. The feud began in 1979 when Farmer broke Cowens' jaw with a pitch? and flared again this June 20th when Cowens hit a ground ball off Farmer and attacked the pitcher instead of running to first base. Cowens was suspended for 7 games and a warrant was issued for his arrest in Illinois? forcing him to skip the previous week's Tigers-White Sox series in Chicago. Farmer agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a handshake? and the two players bring out the lineup cards before today's game.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiggsji01.shtml
Jimmy Wiggs 1905-1906.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nichofr02.shtml
Fred Nicholson 1917.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campbpa01.shtml
Paul Campbell 1948-1950.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ignasga01.shtml
Gary Ignasiak 1973.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruckeda01.shtml
Dave Rucker 1981-1983.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Boots_Poffenberger
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/poffebo01.shtml?redir
Boots Poffenberger 1937-1938.
from Baseball Reference
