Detroit Tigers Team Notes
August 14 in Tigers history :
1929: It is Charlie Gehringer Day in Detroit, and the popular 2B handles 10 chances in the field, hits three singles and a home run, and steals home in a 17 - 13 win over the Yankees.
1934: The largest weekday crowd in history watches as the Tigers sweep a pair at Yankee Stadium. It is the Tigers' 14th straight; Schoolboy Rowe has won 13 in succession. The next day the Yankees will end the Tiger streak.
1935: Schoolboy Rowe beats the Senators 18 - 2 and also goes 5 for 5 at the plate. His hits include a double and a triple, and he scores three and knocks in 3.
1948 - Rookie George Vico drives in seven runs to pace the Tigers to a 10 - 3 win over the Browns. Vico is one better than a cycle, collecting two doubles, a triple and homer to back Virgil Trucks' sparkling one-hit relief effort over 6+ innings.
1988 - Detroit pounds Boston 18 - 6 at Fenway Park to end the Red Sox' American League-record home winning streak at 24 games, two shy of the major-league record held by the 1916 Giants. Roger Clemens gives up eight runs in 1 1/3 innings as the temperature hits 97 degrees.
2000 - The Tigers score eight runs in the 5th inning and go on to defeat the Mariners 15 - 4.
Tigers players birthdays :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mark_Fidrych
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fidryma01.shtml
Mark Fidrych 1976-1980.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pat_Mullin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mullipa01.shtml
Pat Mullin 1940-1941, 1946-1953, coach 1963-1966, scout 1957-1963
from baseball reference
