November 8 in Tigers and mlb history:
1920 - At a meeting to depose Ban Johnson as the American League president, a new 12-team National League, made up of the dissenting 11 teams plus one of the five teams loyal to Johnson, is agreed to. John Heydler will be its president and federal judge Kenesaw Landis the proposed chairman of the new commission. This revolutionary plan for a new senior circuit will be discarded a few days later, after four of the five American League clubs still backing Johnson agree to a joint meeting November 12th in Chicago, IL.
1934 - Ford Frick, National League publicity director, is named league president. He will eventually become Commissioner.
1945 - For the second consecutive season, Detroit’s Hal Newhouser is named American League Most Valuable Player.
1951 - New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins the first of his three Most Valuable Player awards.
1966 - Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles is the unanimous choice as American League MVP. He becomes the first major league player to win the award in both leagues.
1977: Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris dies on his 81st birthday. Harris won two World Championships and three American League pennants over a 29-year career with the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers among other teams.
1991 - Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named the American League MVP, beating out Cecil Fielder of Detroit. Second straight season that Fielder finished second in MVP vote.
1999: The U.S. House of Representatives passes a resolution calling for Shoeless Joe Jackson to be honored. The resolution stops short of calling for his induction into the Hall of Fame. "It is worthy for this body to take a few minutes to stand up for fairness and right an old wrong," said Rep. Jim DeMint, the author of the resolution who represents Jackson's hometown of Greenville, SC Jackson was eligible for the Hall of Fame until 1991 but was never voted in either by the Baseball Writers Association of America or the Veterans Committee. In 1991, the Hall's board adopted a resolution prohibiting players on the permanently banned list. The resolution will now go to the US Senate.
2005: Commissioner Bud Selig has made it clear he doesn't want instant replay. Even Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who had a dreadful call go against his team in the American League Championship Series, says to leave calls to the human element of umpiring. That, however, won't stop general managers from debating the issue this week.
2012: The 2012 Silver Slugger Awards are announced. Leading the field in the American League is 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, winner of the Triple Crown, alongside veteran SS Derek Jeter and Cabrera's main rival for the MVP Award, Angels rookie OF Mike Trout.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bucky_Harris
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harribu01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/harribu01.shtml
Bucky Harris 1929, 1931, manager 1929-1933, 1955-1956.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tony_Cuccinello
Tony Cuccinello coach 1967-1968.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Roarke
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roarkmi01.shtml?redir
Mike Roarke 1961-1964, coach 1965-1966, 1970.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Shane_Halter
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haltesh01.shtml?redir
Shane Halter 2000-2003.
Tigers players and managers who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bucky_Harris
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harribu01.shtml?redir
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/harribu01.shtml
Bucky Harris 1929, 1931, manager 1929-1933, 1955-1956.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Torgeson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torgeea01.shtml?redir
Earl Torgeson 1955-1957.
from baseball reference
