July 25 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: With the Highlanders leading the Tigers 3 - 2 in the 8th, Detroit scores two runs on a Ty Cobb triple. With lefty Claude Rossman the next hitter, New York's new manager Kid Elberfeld moves righty pitcher Jack Chesbro to 1B and replaces him with first baseman Hal Chase. Chase allows a fly ball that scores Cobb, then goes back to 1B and Chesbro resumes his spot on the mound. It is Chase's only pitching appearance as the Tigers win, 5 - 3.
1918: Walter Johnson gives up one hit (a triple by George Sisler) in the first 11 innings of a 15-inning, four-hit, 1 - 0 win.
1921: The Detroit Tigers released Eddie Ainsmith.
1941: Forty-one-year-old Lefty Grove wins his 300th game as the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians, 10 - 6, before a Fenway Park Ladies Day crowd of 16,000. Though he will make six more starts, this will be Grove's last career win.
1944: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Metro.
1959: Against Detroit, Yankee first baseman Moose Skowron reaching for a wide throw, collides with Tiger runner Coot Veal. Skowron's arm is broken in two places and he is out for the rest of the season. Marv Throneberry will fill in at 1B. The Yanks win, 9 - 8, when Yogi Berra hits a home run in the 9th with Mickey Mantle on. Prior to the Yogi home run, Bobby Richardson and Fritz Brickell hit their first major league homers for New York. Berra's home run erases five Yankee errors, three by 3B Hector Lopez.
1961: With his four-home run performance in the doubleheader sweep over the White Sox, Roger Maris moves 25 games ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 pace. The Yankee slugger now has 40 for the year and will finish the season with a record 61 round trippers.
Mickey Mantle also homers off Frank Baumann in the first game. He ends the day with 38 home runs.
1962: Stan Musial becomes the National League's all-time leader in runs batted in with 1,862, driving in both of the Cardinal runs in a 5 - 2 loss to the Dodgers.
1966: Red Sox great Ted Williams is inducted into the Hall of Fame. In his induction speech the "Spendid Splinter" makes a strong appeal for the inclusion of Negro League stars at Cooperstown.
1967: Race riots in Detroit force postponement of a Tigers-Orioles game. The games scheduled for the 26th and 27th are shifted to Baltimore.
1993: Detroit P Mike Moore hurls a one-hit, 3 - 0 shutout over the Royals. Wally Joyner's 2nd-inning single is the only Kansas City safety.
1999: The Tigers defeat the Red Sox, 9 - 1, as 1B Tony Clark homers from both sides of the plate for the second time this season.
1999: Nolan Ryan, Robin Yount, George Brett, Nestor Chylak, Orlando Cepeda, Frank Selee and 'Smokey' Joe Williams are enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
2002: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Hiram Bocachica to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and Tom Farmer (minors). The Detroit Tigers sent Jason Frasor (September 18, 2002) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
2010: The Detroit Tigers released Billy Buckner.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Larry_Sherry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sherrla01.shtml
Larry Sherry 1964-1967.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherfr01.shtml
Fred Scherman 1969-1973.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mick_Kelleher
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellemi02.shtml
Mick Kelleher 1981-1982, coach 2003-2005.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Torey_Lovullo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovulto01.shtml
Torey Lovullo 1988-1989.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bautijo01.shtml
Jose Bautista 1997.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/preslal01.shtml
Alex Presley 2016-present.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Norm_McRae
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcraeno01.shtml
Norm McRae 1969-1970.
from baseball reference
