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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

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Detroit Tigers Team Notes

February 14 in Tigers and mlb history :

1911: A cork-centered ball is introduced, and the number of .300 hitters will jump from eight in 1910 to 27 this season in the American League. The league's earned run average will go from from 2.53 to 3.34.

1917 - Dave Fultz, president of the Players Fraternity, calls off a strike set to begin within the week. One of demands of the union is to abolish the ten-day clause, in which a team ceases to pay an injured player after he has been out of action for ten days. Organized Baseball officially severs relations with the union, leaving the players without representation.

1952 - The St. Louis Browns pick up 1B Dick Kryhoski and P's Gene Bearden and Bob Cain from the Detroit Tigers. Detroit receive C] Matt Batts, OF Cliff Mapes, P Dick Littlefield, and 1B Ben Taylor.

2001: According to the Detroit Free Press, Major League Baseball is informing umpires to remove pitchers from the game, without warning, who deliberately throw a beanball at a batter's head. The crackdown, according to officials, is a clarification and reinforcement of an existing rule.

2002: The Detroit Tigers sign Dmitri Young, who hit .302 with 21 home runs for Cincinnati last season, to a four-year contract. Detroit traded outfielder Juan Encarnaci
 
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