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March 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1979 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn declares that all reporters?male and female?will have equal access to all big league locker rooms.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lefty_Williams
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willile01.shtml
Lefty Williams 1913-1914.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisehu01.shtml
Hughie Wise 1930.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ron_Kline
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klinero01.shtml
Ron Kline 1961-1962.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Landis
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/landiji01.shtml
Jim Landis 1967.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/C.J._Nitkowski
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nitkoc.01.shtml
C.J. Nitkowski 1995-1996, 1999-2001.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Clay_Rapada
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rapadcl01.shtml
Clay Rapada 2007-2009.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aaron_Robinson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinaa01.shtml
Aaron Robinson 1949-1951.
November 10, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Pierce and $10,000. bad trade.
August 6, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

from Baseball Reference
 
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March 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1857 - The National Association of Base Ball Players is formed at a meeting in New York City. Twenty-two teams are represented, and William Van Cott of the Gothams is elected president.

1951 - FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announces that he has turned down an offer to become Commissioner of baseball. The governor of California, Earl Warren, had previously rejected an offer to become baseball's leader.

1982 - Shortstop Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

1983 - The Special Veterans Committee announces the election of Walter Alston and George Kell to the Hall of Fame. Alston managed the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles to four World Series championships, while always working under one-year contracts.
Kell, was a standout third baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, batted over .300 nine times, was a 10-time All-Star, and topped American League third basemen in fielding percentage seven times during a 15-season career.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/curryji01.shtml
Jim Curry 1918.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herriar01.shtml
Art Herring 1929-1933.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heathbi01.shtml
Bill Heath 1967.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Nieman
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml
Bob Nieman 1953-1954.

from Baseball Reference
 
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