March 19 in Tigers and mlb history:
1902 - Deacon McGuire jumped from the Brooklyn Superbas to the Detroit Tigers.
1927 - Don Richard (Richie) Ashburn is born in Tilden, Nebraska. A five-time All-Star, Ashburn will be a solid center fielder and a solid hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies. He will hit over .300 during 9 of his 15 major league seasons, twice capturing the National League batting title and conclude his career with a .308 lifetime average. Following his playing career, he will call Phillies games for more than three decades. Ashburn will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee in 1995.
1951 - Detroit Tigers player representative Fred Hutchinson asks that players be allowed a say in choosing the new baseball commissioner.
1961 - The Boston Red Sox announce that rookie Carl Yastrzemski will start the regular season in left field, succeeding the legendary Ted Williams. Yastrzemski will remain a fixture in the Red Sox's lineup for the next 23 years.
1974 - In a five-player three-team deal involving the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, and New York Yankees, pitcher Jim Perry joins his pitching brother, Gaylord, in Cleveland. Detroit sends Perry to Cleveland and Ed Farmer to the Yankees, who send Jerry Moses to Detroit, and Cleveland sends Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams to the Yankees.
1984 - The Detroit Tigers purchased Scotti Madison from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1995 - The Detroit Tigers signed Dwayne Henry as a free agent.
1999 - The Detroit Tigers released Alejandro Freire.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/covinte01.shtml
Tex Covington 1911-1912.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maharbi01.shtml
Billy Maharg 1912.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gee_Walker
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkege02.shtml
Gee Walker 1931-1937.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/corcoti01.shtml
Tim Corcoran 1977-1980.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Otto_Williams
Otto Williams coach 1925.
from Baseball Reference