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April 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887 - The Detroit Wolverines obtained Stump Weidman who was previously under league control. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

1934 - Babe Ruth, sponsored by Quaker Oats, agrees to do three 15-minute broadcasts a week over NBC. The total of $39,000 for 13 weeks is $4,000 more than his New York Yankees contract.

1941 - St Paul (American Association) purchased Clay Smith from the Detroit Tigers.

1971 - The Philadelphia Phillies returned Wayne Redmond to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

1972 - For the first time in Major League Baseball history, the regular season fails to open due to the player strike which started on April 1st. 86 games will be lost before the labor dispute is settled.

1977 - The Detroit Tigers signed Roric Harrison as a free agent.

1991 - The Detroit Tigers selected Luis de los Santos off waivers from the Kansas City Royals.

1997: Brian Hunter has four hits and three stolen bases as Detroit outlasts the White Sox 15 - 12.

2002 - The Detroit Tigers returned Joe Valentine (earlier draft pick) to the Chicago White Sox.

2006 - Ivan Rodriguez has possibly the best game of his career. He enjoys his only 5-for-5 game with three doubles and a homer.

Tigers players birthdays:

from Baseball Reference
 
Miguel Cabrera has hit .300 or more in 11 seasons now. Nothing particularly unusual there. He's one of 38 players to do that since 1901.

If we change the parameters to "since 1947," which is the post-integration era and eliminates a bunch of guys from the 1920s and '30s (when everyone hit .300), that number goes down to 15 players.

Just seven of those players were right-handed hitters. Three of those -- Jeter, Paul Molitor and Roberto Clemente -- didn’t have Cabrera's power.

So we're really looking at a peer group of Hank Aaron, Vladimir Guerrero and Manny Ramirez.

(Albert Pujols, Willie Mays and Edgar Martinez are close with 10 .300 seasons).

Just another way of saying what you already know: Cabrera is a living legend.

espn

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/78409/must-watch-player-on-every-team
The must-watch player on every major league team.
espn
 
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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/04/tigers_white_sox_rained_out.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, White Sox rained out again; final game of series also in doubt.
Mlive

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/04/05/detroit-tigers-chicago-white-sox/100060726/
Again?! Tigers-White Sox postponed by rain for 2nd time in 3 days.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...-rained-out-second-time-three-days/100070272/
Tigers-White Sox rained out for second time in three days.
Detnews

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...x-game-rained-out-wednesday/?topicId=27118376
Tigers-White Sox game postponed by rain.
Makeup will be part of doubleheader on May 26.
Tigers official site
 
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