November 29 in Tigers and mlb history:
1910 - The Havana Reds beat the Detroit Tigers, 3 - 0, behind Chiche Gonzalez's 5-hitter. Ty Cobb goes 0 for 3 and is caught stealing by Bruce Petway. The story is later blown out of proportion to claim Cobb was caught 3 times, when in fact this is the only recorded steal attempt he had in five games in Cuba that winter.
1926 - Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager. Stories of a thrown game and betting on games by Ty Cobb and Speaker gain momentum when Judge Landis holds a secret hearing with the two stars and former P-OF Joe Wood. The story and testimony will not be released until December 21.
Former Tiger P Dutch Leonard wrote to Harry Heilmann that he had turned over letters written to him by Wood and Cobb to American League president Ban Johnson, implicating the two in betting on a Tiger-Cleveland game played in Detroit, MI, on September 25, 1919. He charged that Cobb and Speaker conspired to let Detroit win to help them gain 3rd-place money.
At a secret meeting of AL directors, it was decided to let Cobb and Speaker resign with no publicity. But, as rumors spread, Judge Landis takes charge of the matter and holds the hearings, at which Leonard refuses to appear. Cobb and Wood admit to the letters, but say it was a horse racing bet, and contend Leonard is angry for having been released to the Pacific Coast League by Cobb. Speaker, not named in the letters, denies everything.
Public sympathy is with the stars, but the matter will remain unresolved until January of next year.
1939 - Judge Landis fines Brooklyn, Detroit, and the St. Louis farm club, Columbus, for manipulating player contracts. He frees seven farmhands.
1962: Major league officials and player representatives agree to return to a single All-Star Game in 1963. The players' pension fund will receive 95 percent of the one game's proceeds (rather than 60 percent of two games).
2015 - The Tigers sign free agent pitcher Jordan Zimmermann to a five-year contract worth $110 million.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/orengjo01.shtml
Joe Orengo 1944.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Thomas
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomage01.shtml?redir
George Thomas 1957-1958, 1961, 1963-1965.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_McAuliffe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcauldi01.shtml?redir
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d1a98d71
Dick McAuliffe 1960-1973.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Freehan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/freehbi01.shtml?redir
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b315d9b7
Bill Freehan 1961, 1963-1976.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Howard_Johnson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsho01.shtml?redir
Howard Johnson 1982-1984.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodrist01.shtml
Steve Rodriguez 1995.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamelbo01.shtml
Bob Hamelin 1997.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/giarrto01.shtml
Tony Giarratano 2005.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrfr01.shtml
Francis Beltran 2008.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Cicotte
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cicotal01.shtml?redir
Al Cicotte 1958.
from baseball reference
