May 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904: Cy Young's 23-inning no-hit string ends. The streak included two innings on April 25th, six on April 30th, a perfect game against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 5th, and six innings today.
1919: Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators pitches 12 scoreless innings in a duel with Jack Quinn of the New York Yankees at the Polo Grounds. Johnson allows only two hits and retires 28 batters in a row.
Future football star George Halas, batting leadoff for the Yankees, goes 0 for 5, striking out twice.
1924: Moses Fleetwood Walker, credited as the first black to play professional baseball at the major league level, dies in Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 67. Walker made his historic debut in 1884, when he played in 42 games for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association.
1941: The Detroit Tigers released Dick Bartell.
1950: Connecticut Senator Abe Ribicoff introduces legislation for the observance of a National Baseball Day.
1950: A train strike forces many teams to fly to their next scheduled games. Travelling by air is still a rarity in the major leagues at this time.
1955: The Kansas City Athletics purchased Ray Herbert from the Detroit Tigers.
1956: The Detroit Tigers signed Walt Masterson as a free agent.
1971: The Milwaukee Brewers traded John Gelnar and Jose Herrera to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Hannan.
1984: The Detroit Tigers improve their record to 26-4 with an 8 - 2 victory over the California Angels and establish a new record for the best 30-game start in major league history, eclipsing the 25-5 mark set by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955.
1994: The San Diego Padres traded Gene Harris to the Detroit Tigers for Scott Livingstone and Jorge Velandia.
2004: In Massachusetts, Pittsfield city officials and historians release a bylaw dating back to 1791 which they believe is the earliest written reference to baseball. The 213-year-old document, used to protect the windows in the town's new meeting house by prohibiting anyone from playing baseball within 80 yards of the building, was uncovered by baseball historian John Thorn while doing research on the origins of baseball.
2009: The Detroit Tigers released Nick Regilio.
2011: The Detroit Tigers released Clay Timpner.
Tigers players and executives birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Gehringer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9fe98bb6
Charlie Gehringer 1924-1942, General Manager 1952-1953, vice president mid 1950's.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sewelri01.shtml
Rip Sewell 1932.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Walt_Terrell
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/terrewa01.shtml
Walt Terrell 1985-1988, 1990-1992.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Bean
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beanbi01.shtml
Billy Bean 1987-1989.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/huismma01.shtml
Mark Huismann 1988.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cordefr01.shtml
Francisco Cordero 1999.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suthesu01.shtml
Suds Sutherland 1921.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berojo01.shtml
Johnny Bero 1948.
from Baseball Reference
