October 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907 - Detroit hosts their first World Series game, at Bennett Park. Unfortunately, the Tigers lose to the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, to fall behind in the Series, 3 games to none.
1911 - Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Wildfire Schulte of the Chicago Cubs win the newly established Chalmers Awards, which go to the league's most valuable players. Cobb batted .420 with an American League-leading 127 RBI. Cobb led the league in nearly every offensive category; runs 147, hits 248, doubles 47, triples 24, stolen bases 83, slugging .621, ops 1.088, ops+ 196, and total bases 367. Cobb just finished second in homeruns to homerun baker.
Using a point system - 8 for a first-place vote, seven for second, and so on - the eight voting writers give Cobb the maximum 64 points. Winners receive Chalmers automobiles.
1960 - John E. Fetzer purchases shares from his partners that gives him majority control of the Detroit Tigers. Fetzer will be an owner of the team until 1983.
1972 - the Tigers rally for a thrilling victory over the Oakland A’s in Game Four of the American League Championship Series. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium, Detroit tallies three runs, the last on a single by Jim Northrup, to tie the best-of-five series.
1973 The Tigers hire Ralph Houk to be their manager.
2011: The Tigers win Game 3 of the ALCS, 5 - 2 over Texas, but still trail the Rangers, 2 games to 1. Doug Fister allows a 1st-inning run, but then settles down, not giving up another score until the 8th. But by that time, Detroit has put five runs across the plate, on solo homers by Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta off Colby Lewis, another by Miguel Cabrera off Koji Uehara, and a two-run single by Austin Jackson.
2012 - Detroit ace Justin Verlander manhandles the A’s in Game Five of the AL Division Series, pitching a four-hit shutout to advance the Tigers to the next round of the playoffs. The win comes one day after the Tigers blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Ginsberg
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml?redir
Joe Ginsburg 1948, 1950-1953.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Fischer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischbi01.shtml?redir
Bill Fischer 1958, 1960-1961.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanbi01.shtml
Bill Roman 1964-1965.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsongr01.shtml
Gregg Olson 1996.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dmitri_Young
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngdm01.shtml?redir
Dmitri Young 2002-2006.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Larish
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larisje01.shtml?redir
Jeff Larish 2008-2010.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Champ_Summers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summech01.shtml?redir
Champ Summers 1979-1981.
from Baseball Reference
