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November 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1935: Pitcher Bob Gibson is born in Omaha, Nebraska. Gibson will make his major league debut in 1959, marking the start of a 17-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals and an election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.

1937: St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

1950: The BBWAA name Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves as the National League Rookie of the Year. At 31 years, 2 months, 18 days of age, Jethroe becomes the oldest rookie to win the award. He has been one of the best Negro Leagues players of all time.

1950: After twenty-one years with the club, shortstop and future Hall of Famer Luke Appling is released by the Chicago White Sox allowing him to become the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League. Appling will be replaced at shortstop by Venezuelan rookie Chico Carrasquel.

1951: The Detroit Tigers released Hank Borowy.
1951: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Keller.

1953: Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, that baseball is a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws. The ruling is made in a case involving New York Yankees minor leaguer George Toolson, who refused to move from Triple-A to Double-A.

1962: Tigers get HRs from Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Dick McAuliffe in 8-1 exhibition win at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium.

1976: The Oakland Athletics give future Hall of Famer Billy Williams his unconditional release, ending his 18-year major league career. Williams, who spent all but two seasons with the Chicago Cubs, retires with 426 home runs, 1,475 RBI, 2,711 hits, and a .290 batting average.

1982: Robin Yount, who hit .331 for the Milwaukee Brewers and led the American League in hits (210), doubles (46), and slugging percentage (.578), is a unanimous choice as AL Most Valuable Player. The future Hall of Famer captures all 27 first-place votes.

1984: The Detroit Tigers signed Paul Gibson as a free agent.

1987: Mike Heath of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Bill Madlock of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Frank Tanana of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Storm Davis as a free agent.

1995: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is named National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Japanese player ever to win a Major League Baseball award. Nomo posted a 13-6 record with 236 strikeouts and a 2.54 ERA in 191.1 innings.

1998: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter announces that he is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. The fatal disease, known medically as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, attacks the nerves in the spinal cord and the brain and leads to a loss of motor skills. Hunter will succumb to the disease less than a year later.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Douglass as a free agent.

2009: Nate Bump of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Brent Clevlen of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Ruddy Lugo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Macay McBride of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Jason Waddell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: The winners of the 2010 American League Gold Glove Awards are announced. Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki wins his 10th Gold Glove in as many years, while first-time winners are 2B Robinson Cano of the Yankees, and OF Carl Crawford of Tampa Bay and Franklin Gutierrez of Seattle.
Suzuki ties legendary Tigers Rightfielder Al Kaline and Centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for the most Gold Gloves by an AL flyhawk.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Quintin Berry as a free agent.

2015: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Guido Knudson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

Tigers players birthdays:

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/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Priddy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/priddje01.shtml
Jerry Priddy 1950-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Bruton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml
Billy Bruton 1961-1964.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Whitey_Herzog
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml
Whitey Herzog 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenal01.shtml
Al Greene 1979.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gratebe01.shtml
Beiker Graterol 1999.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joel_Zumaya
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zumayjo01.shtml
Joel Zumaya 2006-2010.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Haney
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haneyfr01.shtml
Fred Haney 1922-1925.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

from Baseball Reference
 
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Brian Dozier got Ian Kinsler?s Gold Glove but no one is mad
Someday, if Detroit Tigers? second baseman, Ian Kinsler, is ever up for serious Hall of Fame consideration, the loss of the 2017 Gold Glove award isn?t going to be a determining factor. It?s a very long shot for Kinsler to begin with. Brian Dozier of the Twins won, and it?s not really something to get worked up over.

Still, Kinsler?s six defensive runs saved, with an ultimate zone rating of 6.1, easily distances him from Dozier defensively. The Twins? slugger posted a negative four defensive runs saved, with an UZR of negative 1.3. The Gold Glove isn?t a defensive award. No surprise. But perhaps they should consider creating one.

BYBTB
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/11/minor_league_free_agents.html#incart_river_index
572 minor-league free agents have hit the market (including 19 Tigers).
Mlive

Detroit Tigers (19)
RHP: R.J. Alaniz (AAA) | Jeff Ferrell (AAA) | Myles Jaye (AAA) | Logan Kensing (AAA) | Angel Nesbitt (AA)
LHP: Matt Crouse (AAA) | Kyle Ryan (AAA) | Anthony Vasquez (AAA)
C: Miguel Gonzalez (AAA)
1B: Efren Navarro (AAA)
2B: Omar Infante (AAA) | Logan Watkins (AA)
3B: Zack Cox (AA)
SS: Brendan Ryan (AAA)
OF: Jim Adduci (AAA) | Tyler Collins (AAA) | Anthony Gose (Hi A) | Jason Krizan (AAA) | Steven Moya (AA)

(That doesn't include catcher Bryan Holaday and outfielder Alex Presley, who were able to elect free agency after being outrighted off the 40-man roster).
 
November 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1888: In Detroit, MI, a club is organized to compete in the International Association next season to take the place of the disbanded Detroit Wolverines, fifth-place finishers this past season in the National League. The Wolverines sell off their stars, including Big Sam Thompson going to the Philadelphia Quakers, and the so-called "Big Four" Dan Brouthers and Hardy Richardson to the Boston Beaneaters and Jack Rowe and Deacon White to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys.

1947: The Boston Braves drafted Clint Conatser from the Detroit Tigers in the 1947 rule 5 draft.

1948: In a move that will give them a pitching ace for the next decade, the Chicago White Sox acquire young lefthander Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for All-Star catcher Aaron Robinson. The Tigers even sweeten the deal with $10,000. Pierce will win 186 games for the White Sox over the next 13 years. Robinson will last fewer than three seasons in Detroit.

1948: The Detroit Tigers drafted Marv Grissom from Sacramento (PCL) in the 1948 rule 5 draft.

1951: In Tokyo, 50,000 fans are on hand as an American All-Star team battles a Central League All-Star team. Joe DiMaggio hits a 400-foot home run in the 8th inning to tie the game at 1 - 1, then his brother Dom laces an RBI triple in the 9th and later scores to give the Americans a 3 - 2 victory. The Americans have won 12 games and tied one.

1965: San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays, who hit .312 with 52 home runs and 112 RBI, is named National League MVP. Mays receives 224 votes to 177 for Sandy Koufax, who, pitching for the Dodgers, had a 2.04 ERA, won 26 games, allowed just 5.79 hits per nine innings, and struck out 382 batters.

1976: The Detroit Tigers signed Al Greene as an amateur free agent.

1988: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, who posted a 23-8 record with 178 strikeouts and a 2.31 ERA, is a unanimous choice as Cy Young Award winner. Hershiser becomes the ninth pitcher in National League history to win the award unanimously. He receives all twenty-four first place votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Robert Ellis as a free agent.

1998: Tigers Hall of Fame pitcher Hal Newhouser dies in Detroit. Newhouser won the Most Valuable Player Award in both 1944 and 1945, leading the Tigers to the World Series title the latter year. The lefty won 29 games in 1944 and 25 more in 1945.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Karnuth as a free agent.

2005: The Toronto Blue Jays purchased John McDonald from the Detroit Tigers.

2006: The Tigers acquire Gary Sheffield from the Yankees in a trade in which they send three prospects Anthony Claggett, Humberto Sanchez and Kevin Whelan to New York. The veteran righthanded slugger spends two years with the Tigers, hitting 44 home runs primarily as their designated hitter.

2016: David Ortiz goes out a winner as he wins the Silver Slugger Award at DH in the American League for the 7th time in his final season. He is joined by another 7-time winner, 1B Miguel Cabrera.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Lush
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lushbi01.shtml
Billy Lush 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gainede01.shtml
Del Gainer 1909, 1911-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parkssl01.shtml
Slicker Parks 1921.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kernsru01.shtml
Russ Kerns 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Birdie_Tebbetts
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tebbebi01.shtml
Birdie Tebbetts 1936-1942, 1946-1947.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Lipon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liponjo01.shtml
Johnny Lipon 1942, 1946, 1948-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kingch01.shtml
Chick King 1954-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmie_Dykes
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/dykesji01.shtml
Jimmie Dykes manager 1959-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Norm_Cash
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cashno01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/b683238c
Norm Cash 1960-1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Larry_Parrish
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/parrila01.shtml
Larry Parrish manager 1998-1999, scout 2000-2002, Minors manager 1992-1996, 2003-2006, 2008-2010, 2013-2015.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmash01.shtml
Shawn Holman 1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pearste01.shtml
Terry Pearson 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kenny_Rogers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rogerke01.shtml
Kenny Rogers 2006-2008.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hal_Newhouser
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/newhoha01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/28aff78b
Hal Newhouser 1939-1953.

from Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/34933/2018-free-agent-50-part-1/
The 2018 Free Agent 50 (Part 1). Interesting. "Randy" has Tigers sign a pitcher and a closer.
BaseballProspectus

Welcome to Part 1 of Baseball Prospectus? annual list of the top 50 free agents. The goal is disarmingly simple: rate every free agent based on their expected production and expected contracts. I?ve solicited no feedback from the rest of the staff, so if you?re mad that, say, Alcides Escobar or Tyler Chatwood isn?t on this (half of the) list, please direct your anger toward me or, better yet, a brick wall. While I used as much objective data as I could muster up, this is mostly a collection of my own thoughts, opinions, and contextual information. I?ve also predicted landing spots, which undoubtedly will be proven wrong.

As always, our intern ?Randy??who is very much not an intern but rather a random number generator?has made his predictions as well. In this particular list, he agreed with me on two players, which has to be some kind of record. I thought maybe Randy might be on the same page, but unfortunately he could not resist trolling me at the end of the column. (Not only is Randy really bad at projecting the 2018 free agent decisions, he?s also kind of a jerk.)
 
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/m...roit-tigers-justin-upton-la-angels/852915001/
Ex-Detroit Tigers LF Justin Upton named 2017 Tiger of the Year.
Freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...ot-forgotten-upton-2017-tiger-year/107534978/
Gone but not forgotten: Upton 2017 Tiger of the Year.
Detnews

http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/11/10/upton-voted-tiger-of-the-year-despite-trade/
Upton Voted Tiger Of The Year Despite Trade.
CBSDetroit

https://motorcitybengals.com/2017/11/09/detroit-tigers-justin-upton-slugger/
Detroit Tigers: Former outfielder Justin Upton among Silver Slugger winners.
MCBTB

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...iger-of-year-award-for-2017/?topicId=27118376
J-Up earns prestigious Tiger of Year award.
Castellanos, Fulmer, Kinsler also receive first-place votes.
Tigers official site
 
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The results of this year?s Gold Glove Awards voting came in earlier this week, and in the American League it was Brian Dozier taking home his first career Gold Glove at second base. Dozier took home a standard $25K bonus for that distinction, but the more notable financial component of the award is that Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler did not take home the $1MM bonus he?d have received for capturing a second Gold Glove honor. Kinsler?s 2017 option vested based on plate appearances back in September, but his salary would?ve risen from $11MM to $12MM had he landed the extra hardware.
The $1MM difference in his salary won?t have much of an impact on his overall trade stock, but it?s still of minor note for both the Tigers and interested parties as Detroit explores trade scenarios for its longtime second baseman this winter.
MLBTR
 
November 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: The Executive Council of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, formed the previous year, meets and chooses officers. Monte Ward is re-elected president, Dan Brouthers vice president, and Tim Keefe secretary-treasurer.

1889: The Joint Rules Committee of the National League and the American Association makes only minor changes in the playing rules, the most important of which is to allow two substitutes per team, up from one last season.

1891: The National League meets and dismisses the charges of collusion and game throwing against the eastern clubs brought by the Chicago Colts, thereby formally giving the Boston Beaneaters the pennant. The league also plans its strategy for conquering the American Association by consolidating the four strongest Association clubs into a 12-team league for next year.

1926: Wichita Falls (Texas) purchased Milt Steengrafe from the Detroit Tigers.

1943: The Most Valuable Player Awards for both leagues are named. Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler wins it in the American League and Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial in the National League.

1948: Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees undergoes surgery for bone spurs on his right heel. DiMaggio will miss 65 games in 1949 because of continuing problems with his heel.

1970: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Boog Powell, who batted .297 with 35 home runs and 114 RBI, is named American League Most Valuable Player, beating Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins by a 234-157 margin.

1981: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela becomes the first rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award, edging Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds by a 70-67 margin for National League honors. Valenzuela was the first rookie since Herb Score in 1955 to lead his league in strikeouts with 180.

1986: Mike Scott of the Astros beats Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers for the National League Cy Young Award, garnering 15 first-place votes to Valenzuela's 9.

1990: Pitchers Chuck Finley of the California Angels and Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners combine to pitch a no-hitter in the finale of an eight-game exhibition series between American and Japanese All-Star teams. But Japan still wins the series 4-3 with one tie, the first time since 1970 that a touring U.S. team has left Japan with a losing record.

1996: John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Young Award in a runaway. Smoltz, the NL leader in strikeouts (276), innings pitched (253.2), and winning percentage (.750), receives 26 of 28 first-place votes. Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins, the major-league ERA leader (1.89), receives the other two first-place votes. Since 1991, five of the six Cy Young winners have been Braves.

1997 Pedro Martinez of the Montreal Expos breaks the stranglehold the veteran Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves have on the National League Cy Young Award. Since 1991, either Maddux or a Braves pitcher has captured the award. Martinez posted a 17-8 record with 305 strikeouts, a 1.90 ERA, and 13 complete games, giving Canada a clean sweep of the Cy Young this year.
Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays won the American League award a day earlier. It's a bittersweet moment for Montreal, as Martinez will be traded away a few weeks later.

1997: The Detroit Tigers traded Melvin Nieves to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall.

1998: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent third baseman Dean Palmer to a five-year contract.

2008: Tim Lincecum wins the 2008 National League Cy Young Award in his first full season in the majors. Lincecum led the league in strikeouts and was second in both wins and ERA. Brandon Webb finishes second for the second consecutive season.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nessja01.shtml
Jack Ness 1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/steenbi01.shtml
Bill Steen 1915.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carroow01.shtml
Ownie Carroll 1925, 1927-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Damion_Easley
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/easleda01.shtml
Damion Easley 1996-2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grillja01.shtml
Jason Grilli 2005-2008.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Oscar_Stanage
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stanaos01.shtml
Oscar Stanage 1909-1920, 1925, coach 1914-1920, 1925.

from Baseball Reference
 
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