May 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1903: The Tigers avoid Detroit's Sunday ban on baseball by playing Washington at Grand Rapids? in a game that draws 6?000.
Detroit wins? 5 - 4? behind George Mullin? with John Deering in relief.
1919: The Boston Red Sox purchased Bill James from the Detroit Tigers.
1928: It?s perhaps the game with the most prestigious dueling lineups when the Yankees and A?s play today. The game includes 12 Hall of Famers, including Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Cochrane, and Tony Lazzeri.
The players in the lineups have a combined 22,356 hits.
1929: Chicago's Ted Lyons and Detroit's George Uhle go 21 innings before the Tigers get a run to win, 6 - 5, in the longest game - 3 hours and 31 minutes - ever seen to date at Comiskey Park.
Uhle is the winner? tossing 20 innings? with Vic Sorrell pitching the bottom of the 21st. Lyons? the loser? goes the distance and gives up 24 hits.
Charlie Gehringer drives in Roy Johnson with a sacrifice fly for the final run. No pitcher has matched either Lyons' or Uhle's marathon effort since. Les Mueller? in 1945? will come the closest.
1933: Detroit's Tommy Bridges tosses a one-hitter in topping the Senators? 3 - 1. Joe Kuhel's homer is the only Washington safety. It is the first time in the American League that a pitcher has allowed a home run in a one-hitter.
1936: Tony Lazzeri, batting eighth for the New York Yankees, posts an American League record with 11 RBI while hitting three home runs - two of them grand slams - and a triple in a 25 - 2 rout of the Philadelphia Athletics. Another major league record is tied when Ben Chapman draws 5 walks as the Yanks are handed 16 bases on balls.
1945: The Tigers lose Al Benton? who has 5 wins and 3 shutouts? when he is hit on the ankle in the 4th frame by a line drive off the bat of Bobby Estalella.
1946: The New York Yankees announce the resignation of manager Joe McCarthy. He is replaced by Bill Dickey. McCarthy resigns because of reported gall bladder trouble. During his 15-year run with the Yankees, he guided them to eightAmerican League pennants and seven World Series titles.
1956: Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 5 with an intentional walk in an 11 - 4 win against the Tigers. Mantle is hitting .421.
1958: The Tigers buy Bob "Hurricane" Hazle from the Braves. Hazle, hitting .170, became expendable when Billy Bruton returned to action today.
Bruton, who last played on July 11 of last year, appears in the 9th inning of the Braves' 6 - 3 win over the Cardinals.
1958: The Detroit Tigers snap a nine-game losing streak and break the New York Yankees' 10-game win streak with a 3 - 2 win behind Frank Lary. Lary is now 11-4 against the Bronx Bombers.
1962: The Tigers score their first 4 runs on homers? then score the winner on a passed ball in the 11th to beat theOrioles? 5 - 4. Charlie Lau misses a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckler to allow Dick McAuliffe to score.
Jim Bunning pitches the first 9 innings for Detroit and is accused by O's manager Billy Hitchcock of notching the ball with his belt buckle.
1984: Jack Morris leads the Detroit Tigers to their 17th straight road win, setting an American League record. Morris allows four hits and Detroit beats the California Angels, 5 - 1. Morris allows 4 hits in 9 innings to win? and he is backed by homers from Lance Parrish and Alan Trammell.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent.
2011: The Detroit Tigers released Chris Oxspring.
2013: Anibal Sanchez throws no-hit ball until the 9th inning, when Joe Mauer breaks up his bid for a no-no with a one-out single to center. He strikes out the final two hitters but has to settle for a one-hit shutout as Detroit beats Minnesota, 6 - 0, the Twins' 10th straight loss. Miguel Cabrera's streak of four straight games with a homer ends, but he has two more RBI as he pursues his bid for another Triple Crown.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Milt Jordan 1953.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/macheda01.shtml
Dave Machemeer 1979.
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Danny Bautista 1993-1996.
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Brad Penny 2011.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grovech01.shtml
Charlie Grover 1913.
from Baseball Reference
