July 21 in Tigers and mlb history:
1902: Roscoe Miller jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the New York Giants.
1926: Tris Speaker hits his 700th career double in the Indians' 6 - 0 win over the Athletics. Speaker will finish his career with a record 792 doubles.
1936: Mickey Cochrane has a relapse, and Del Baker again takes charge of the Tigers. Detroit takes a pair from the visiting A's winning 8 - 0 behind Tommy Bridges, and 9 - 8 as Schoolboy Rowe wins in relief. The Tigers score a pair in the 8th inning when, with the bases loaded, Mickey Owen hits into a double play. Goose Goslin scores the tying run and Gee Walker, who reaches third base on the play, scores when 1B Chubby Dean is caught napping.
1939: Toronto (International) purchased Jim Walkup from the Detroit Tigers.
1945: The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics battle to a 1 - 1 tie in 24 innings. Les Mueller hurls 19 2/3 innings for the Tigers. No hurler has matched this endurance feat.
1959: Under intense public pressure and the Massachusetts Committee Against Discrimination investigation, the Red Sox become the last club to integrate. Fourteen years after the club passes on Jackie Robinson, despite a successful tryout in 1945, Elijah 'Pumpsie' Green pinch runs and plays shortstop to become the first black to play for the Red Sox. Tomorrow Green will go 0 for 3 against Early Wynn.
1961: The Baltimore Orioles traded Frank House to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Chiti.
1969: A gala All-Star Game banquet in Washington is one of baseball's great events. An all-time team and all-time living team are announced. Babe Ruth is selected Greatest All-Time Player, and Joe DiMaggio, Greatest Living Player.
1972: The Dodgers release P Hoyt Wilhelm, ending his Hall of Fame career two days before his 49th birthday. Wilhelm appeared in 1,070 games, the most of any major league pitcher to that point.
He is also the last World War II veteran to play in the majors. He survived the Battle of the Bulge, suffering a permanent neck wound in the action.
1973: Atlanta Brave Hank Aaron hits a Ken Brett fastball into the left-centerfield stands for a two-run home run during an 8 - 4 loss to the Phillies. It is career home run number 700 for Aaron, only the second player to reach that milestone, after Babe Ruth.
1993: In Minnesota's win over Detroit, Tony Phillips goes 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against two Twins pitchers. It is his only game without a hit, walk or hit by pitch in a string of 101 games.
1997: The Detroit Tigers released Jose Bautista.
2008: The Detroit Tigers released Fernando Seguignol.
2008: The Tigers beat the Royals 19 - 4. It is their third time scoring 19 or more runs this season, the first time a major league team had done that since the 1950 Red Sox. Miguel Cabrera drives in six and Matt Joyce five in the rout.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barteki01.shtml
Kimera Bartee 1996-1999.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harride01.shtml
Denny Harriger 1998.
Tigers players or managers who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_McGarr
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgarji01.shtml
Jim McGarr 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisehu01.shtml
Hughie Wise 1930.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Houk
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/houkra01.shtml
Ralph Houk manager 1974-1978.
from baseball reference
