June 2 in Tigers and mlb history:
1925: 21-year-old Lou Gehrig starts a game for the New York Yankees when regular first baseman Wally Pipp is hit in the head during batting practice and complains of a headache - in fact a concussion. Gehrig collects three hits in five at-bats, helping the Yankees to an 8 - 5 victory over the Washington Senators. Gehrig will go on to play in a major league record 2,130 consecutive games, a record since broken by Cal Ripken with a streak of 2,632.
1933: The Detroit Tigers traded Whit Wyatt to the Chicago White Sox for Vic Frazier.
1935: Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves announces his retirement from baseball. Struggling with a .181 batting average at the time, he retires with 714 home runs, by far the most in major league history. Ruth will gain election to the Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class next year.
1941: Lou Gehrig dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 37 in New York. From that time on, the illness wll be known primarily as "Lou Gehrig's Disease". Gehrig saw his major league record of 2,130 consecutive games played end because of the disease. It was on this day exactly 16 years ago that he broke into the Yankees' starting line-up.
1950: George Kell of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle in the 16 - 5 second-game sweep of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Tigers win the opener, 8 - 2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and home runs by Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five runs batted in in the opener, and two more in the second game.
1952: The Detroit Tigers signed Johnny Hopp as a free agent.
1967: The Detroit Tigers released Johnny Klippstein.
1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Al Greene and John Martin to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Lentine.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Phil Clark in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1986.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Milt Cuyler in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bill Bean in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Scott Aldred in the 16th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed August 21, 1986.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chris Hoiles in the 19th round of the 1986 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1986.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Steve Pegues in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1987.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Travis Fryman in the 1st round (30th pick) of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1987.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rob Richie in the 2nd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Riccardo Ingram in the 4th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 22, 1988.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Torey Lovullo in the 5th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1987.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Derek Lee in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Schwabe in the 21st round of the 1987 amateur draft.
1987: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rusty Meacham in the 33rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 11, 1988.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Darr in the 2nd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1994.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bubba Trammell in the 11th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1994.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Daryle Ward in the 15th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 14, 1994.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Javier Cardona in the 23rd round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1994.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dave Roberts in the 28th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1994.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Kiko Calero in the 41st round of the 1994 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1998: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jeff Weaver in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 1, 1998.
1998: The Detroit Tigers drafted Nate Cornejo in the 1st round (34th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 6, 1998.
1998: The Detroit Tigers drafted Brandon Inge in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 27, 1998.
1998: The Detroit Tigers drafted Adam Pettyjohn in the 2nd round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 22, 1998.
1998: The Detroit Tigers drafted Andres Torres in the 4th round of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed June 23, 1998.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Eric Munson in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 1999.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Cody Ross in the 4th round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1999.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Eric Eckenstahler in the 32nd round of the amateur draft. Player signed May 25, 2000.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jason Frasor in the 33rd round of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1999.
2010: After retiring the first 26 batters of the game, Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga coaxes Jason Donald of the Indians to hit a groundball to first base. Galarraga takes the throw in time to retire Donald but first base umpire Jim Joyce rules the runner safe. As a result, the Tiger righty loses a perfect game. After the game, Joyce admits his mistake and the next day he and Galarraga meet at home plate in a sign of sportsmanship.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skizalo01.shtml
Lou Skizas 1958.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Lumpe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lumpeje01.shtml
Jerry Lumpe 1964-1967.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/piercja01.shtml
Jack Pierce 1975.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/michage01.shtml
Gene Michael 1975.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colesda01.shtml
Darnell Coles 1986-1987, 1990, coach 2014.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perezne01.shtml
Neifi Perez 2006-2007.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/caseyjo01.shtml
Joe Casey 1909-1911.
from baseball reference
