June 4 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906: Bill Coughlin is the second Tiger within a month to steal second base? third base? and home in a game; he does this in the 7th inning against Washington during a 13 - 4 romp. Pitcher Bill Donovan did it on May 7th. Washington ties the game at 4 apiece? but the Tigers score 9 in the last 2 innings to win. Charley O'Leary has a homer for Detroit.
1915: Ty Cobb steals home in the 9th inning of 3 - 0 Detroit win? the only steal of home that late in a game in his career. Yankee pitcher Ray Caldwell is so angry at the safe call he throws his mitt in the air and is promptly ejected by umpire Silk O'Loughlin. It is Cobb's second steal of home while Caldwell is on the mound (the first was on May 12th? 1911).
1936: The Tigers score 10 runs in the 3rd and 6 in the 5th en route to a 18 - 9 thrashing of the A's. Philadelphia scores 6 in the 9th but still comes up a bit short. Mickey Cochrane belts an inside-the-park grand slam in the 3rd and collapses after running it out and is replaced. Manager Cochrane will not be in the lineup as a player until July 15. Elden Auker goes the distance for Detroit and might have had a shutout except for 4 errors. The A's misplay 6.
1937: The Boston Bees selected Gil English off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1944: The Detroit Tigers released Chief Hogsett.
1951: The Detroit Tigers signed Frank Bolling as an amateur free agent.
1960: Detroit's Chico Fernandez strokes a 10th-inning triple against Cleveland? and then swipes home for the final run in a 7 - 4 win. Rocky Colavito breaks out of his slump with a solo homer in the 4th and a 2-run shot in the 10th? off Dick Stigman.
1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chuck Seelbach in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft (June Secondary).
1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted John Knox in the 8th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted Phil Mankowski in the 9th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted Fernando Arroyo in the 10th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
1970: The Detroit Tigers drafted Fred Holdsworth in the 21st round of the 1970 amateur draft.
1984: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Henneman in the 4th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
1984: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bobby Moore in the 29th round of the 1984 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1984: The Tigers break a 3 - 3 tie in the 10th when Dave Bergman golfs a three-run homer into the upper deck at Tiger Stadium. Bergman had fouled 7 pitches off Roy Lee Jackson before connecting. Howard Johnson has a three-run homer in the 7th to account for the other half of Detroit's scoring.
1987: The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Madlock as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers drafted Tony Clark in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 1990.
1990: The Detroit Tigers drafted Shannon Withem in the 5th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1990.
1990: The Detroit Tigers drafted Charlie Greene in the 13th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1990: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ben Blomdahl in the 14th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed May 28, 1991.
1990: The Detroit Tigers drafted Willie Adams in the 52nd round of the 1990 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1994: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Krueger.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Seth Greisinger in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1996.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Matt Miller in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed August 7, 1996.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Kris Keller in the 4th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 1996.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Robert Fick in the 5th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed July 5, 1996.
1996: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chris Wakeland in the 15th round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1996.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Scott Moore in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 2002.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Brent Clevlen in the 2nd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed July 23, 2002.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Curtis Granderson in the 3rd round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 28, 2002.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Luke Carlin in the 10th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 2002.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Joel Zumaya in the 11th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2002.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Anthony Reyes in the 13th round of the 2002 amateur draft, but was not signed.
2002: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jesse Carlson in the 15th round of the 2002 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 2002.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Valdez as an amateur free agent.
2013: The Kansas City Royals selected Quintin Berry off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/searcst01.shtml
Steve Searcy 1988-1991.
from baseball reference
