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September 8 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: Christy Mathewson's 30th win is a gem - an 11-inning 1 - 0 win over the Superbas' Nap Rucker. A single by Al Bridwell drives home Cy Seymour with the winning tally.
1916: In front the smallest crowd in American League history, with 23 fans attending the game, A's catcher/outfielder Wally Schang becomes the first switch-hitter in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.
1917: Detroit beats the Browns 1 - 0 in 12 innings. Ty Cobb triples off the RF fence in the 12th and scores on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Veach.
1922: Detroit beats the Browns 8 - 3, on Bobby Veach's two homers off Urban Shocker. First baseman Lu Blue pulls off two unassisted double plays, tying the American League record, and both are off line drives by Johnny Tobin.
Veach has 5 rbi in the game, Cobb with 2.
1924: Washington, with a 2-game lead in the American League, beats the A's, 8 - 4. Despite giving up solo home runs by Joe Hauser and Bing Miller, Walter Johnson wins his 10th straight and his 20th of the year.
1932: The Yankees and Tigers replay their protested August 1 game as the nightcap of a doubleheader, but end in a 7 - 7 tie. After the game, Babe Ruth experiences abdominal pains he believes are an appendicitis attack. He will be out of the lineup indefinitely. Sammy Byrd, subbing for Ruth in the opener, collects five hits for the Yankees, including two home runs in a 5 - 4 win.
1935: In the second game of a twinbill, the A's Jimmie Foxx doubles in the 8th to break up Elden Auker's no-hit bid. Detroit rolls, 15 - 1 collecting 20 hits. Foxx has a pair of homers in the opener, again in vain, as the Tigers win, 7 - 5. Mickey Cochrane has three hits in each game for Detroit.
1940: Johnny Mize hits homers # 38, 39 and 40 in the first game of a doubleheader becoming the first player to hit three homers in one game four times in his career. Despite the "Big Cat"'s heroics, the Cardinals drop a pair to the Pirates, 16 - 14 and 9 - 4.
1941: The New York Yankees traded Billy Hitchcock to the Detroit Tigers for players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Tuck Stainback (December 4, 1941) and Boyd Perry (December 4, 1941) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
1946: With the Red Sox running away with the American League race, attention closes in on Bob Feller's strikeout pace. He reaches 300 today, a number reached by Walter Johnson and Rube Waddell twice each.
1946: In the minor leagues Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain League) will be credited with 456 strikeouts, breaking the former mark of 418 set by the Tigers Virgil Trucks in the Alabama-Florida League in 1938.
1948: Paul Hinrichs of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1949: First day-night doubleheader at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. #Tigers beat Cleveland 10-0 and 4-1.
1951: The pennant race heats up, as Dodger ace Don Newcombe two-hits the Giants, 9 - 0, beating Jim Hearn. Jackie Robinson has three hits and three runs, scoring one run from third base when he provokes Hearn into wild pitching. Giants pitchers contribute 10 walks.
1955: The Detroit Tigers traded Ben Flowers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Tiefenauer.
1961: The Yanks rout the Indians 9 - 1, as Mickey Mantle hits home run #52, off Gary Bell. The Yanks win for their 9th straight while Detroit loses their 8th in a row to drop 10 games back.
1961: The Detroit Tigers selected Vic Wertz off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
1962: George "Sparky" Anderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs hits a go-ahead home run off future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to break a 2-2 tie as the Leafs beat the #Bisons 5-2.
1963: For the thirteenth and final time in his career, Braves' lefthander Warren Spahn has a twenty-win season as he beats the Phillies, 3 - 2.
1967: The Tigers move into a first-place tie with the Twins, as Eddie Mathews and Jim Northrup hit home runs, and Mickey Lolich beats Tommy John 4 - 1, at Chicago.
1972: Mickey Lolich wins his 20th game of the year as Detroit tips the Orioles 4 - 3. The Tigers jump on Jim Palmer (18-8) for three runs in the 1st inning.
1972: Beating the Phils, 4 - 3, Fergie Jenkins wins his 20th, the 6th consecutive year he's reached the mark. This ties the Cubs club record set by Three Finger Brown, 1906-1911. Billy Williams' 2-run home run in the 6th ties it at 3 - 3, and a pair of doubles in the 8th wins it.
1974: Bill Freehan goes 4 for 5 with a grand slam and drives in a total of seven runs as the #Tigers beat the Yankees 11-3 at New York. 1974 was the only season from 1964-75 that the Detroit catcher was not an All-Star; he also won five Gold Gloves in that stretch.
1979: Kirk Gibson makes his major league debut. Strikes out as a pinch hitter.
1984: Tigers 10 - Blue Jays 4. Home runs by Darrell Evans and Johnny Grubb lead the way. Alan Trammell knocks in 3 more.
1995: The Detroit Tigers selected Steve Rodriguez off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
1995: The Detroit Tigers traded Juan Samuel to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2006: The Milwaukee Brewers selected Chris Spurling off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2008: Gary Sheffield hits a grand slam for the official 250,000th homer in major league history. The blow is Sheffield's 2nd homer of the day and his 13th career grand slam. Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Hessman also homer as the Tigers outslug the A's 14 - 8.
2016: Tigers beat the orioles 4 - 3 on a home run by Victor Martinez.
2017: The Detroit Tigers turned a triple play in the sixth inning of the Sept. 8th game vs. Blue Jays in Toronto.
With a run in and runners on first and second, Drew VerHagen entered the game to replace Buck Farmer on the mound.
The first hitter VerHagen faced was Blue Jays centerfielder Kevin Pillar, who hit a grounder to Jeimer Candelario at third. Candelario had to range to his right to field the ball, where he then stepped on third, then threw to second.
Ian Kinsler took the throw and then relayed to Efren Navarro at first, where the throw beat Pillar by a half a step.
It's the first time the Tigers have turned a triple play since Aug. 1, 2001, against the Mariners.
Nick Castellanos with the grand slam, and Ian Kinsler homers. The Tigers win the game 5 - 4 over the blue jays.
The #Tigers hit a grand slam and turn a triple play in the same game for the first time in franchise history.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sleatlo01.shtml
Lou Sleater 1957-1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiseca01.shtml
Casey Wise 1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rivermi02.shtml
Mike Rivera 2001-2002.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruffich01.shtml
Chance Ruffin 2011.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parnebo01.shtml
Bobby Parnell 2016.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willijo02.shtml
Johnnie Williams 1914.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Zuverink
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zuverge01.shtml
George Zuvernik 1954-1955.
from Baseball Reference
1908: Christy Mathewson's 30th win is a gem - an 11-inning 1 - 0 win over the Superbas' Nap Rucker. A single by Al Bridwell drives home Cy Seymour with the winning tally.
1916: In front the smallest crowd in American League history, with 23 fans attending the game, A's catcher/outfielder Wally Schang becomes the first switch-hitter in major league history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game.
1917: Detroit beats the Browns 1 - 0 in 12 innings. Ty Cobb triples off the RF fence in the 12th and scores on a sacrifice fly by Bobby Veach.
1922: Detroit beats the Browns 8 - 3, on Bobby Veach's two homers off Urban Shocker. First baseman Lu Blue pulls off two unassisted double plays, tying the American League record, and both are off line drives by Johnny Tobin.
Veach has 5 rbi in the game, Cobb with 2.
1924: Washington, with a 2-game lead in the American League, beats the A's, 8 - 4. Despite giving up solo home runs by Joe Hauser and Bing Miller, Walter Johnson wins his 10th straight and his 20th of the year.
1932: The Yankees and Tigers replay their protested August 1 game as the nightcap of a doubleheader, but end in a 7 - 7 tie. After the game, Babe Ruth experiences abdominal pains he believes are an appendicitis attack. He will be out of the lineup indefinitely. Sammy Byrd, subbing for Ruth in the opener, collects five hits for the Yankees, including two home runs in a 5 - 4 win.
1935: In the second game of a twinbill, the A's Jimmie Foxx doubles in the 8th to break up Elden Auker's no-hit bid. Detroit rolls, 15 - 1 collecting 20 hits. Foxx has a pair of homers in the opener, again in vain, as the Tigers win, 7 - 5. Mickey Cochrane has three hits in each game for Detroit.
1940: Johnny Mize hits homers # 38, 39 and 40 in the first game of a doubleheader becoming the first player to hit three homers in one game four times in his career. Despite the "Big Cat"'s heroics, the Cardinals drop a pair to the Pirates, 16 - 14 and 9 - 4.
1941: The New York Yankees traded Billy Hitchcock to the Detroit Tigers for players to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Tuck Stainback (December 4, 1941) and Boyd Perry (December 4, 1941) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
1946: With the Red Sox running away with the American League race, attention closes in on Bob Feller's strikeout pace. He reaches 300 today, a number reached by Walter Johnson and Rube Waddell twice each.
1946: In the minor leagues Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (Coastal Plain League) will be credited with 456 strikeouts, breaking the former mark of 418 set by the Tigers Virgil Trucks in the Alabama-Florida League in 1938.
1948: Paul Hinrichs of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1949: First day-night doubleheader at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. #Tigers beat Cleveland 10-0 and 4-1.
1951: The pennant race heats up, as Dodger ace Don Newcombe two-hits the Giants, 9 - 0, beating Jim Hearn. Jackie Robinson has three hits and three runs, scoring one run from third base when he provokes Hearn into wild pitching. Giants pitchers contribute 10 walks.
1955: The Detroit Tigers traded Ben Flowers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bobby Tiefenauer.
1961: The Yanks rout the Indians 9 - 1, as Mickey Mantle hits home run #52, off Gary Bell. The Yanks win for their 9th straight while Detroit loses their 8th in a row to drop 10 games back.
1961: The Detroit Tigers selected Vic Wertz off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
1962: George "Sparky" Anderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs hits a go-ahead home run off future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins to break a 2-2 tie as the Leafs beat the #Bisons 5-2.
1963: For the thirteenth and final time in his career, Braves' lefthander Warren Spahn has a twenty-win season as he beats the Phillies, 3 - 2.
1967: The Tigers move into a first-place tie with the Twins, as Eddie Mathews and Jim Northrup hit home runs, and Mickey Lolich beats Tommy John 4 - 1, at Chicago.
1972: Mickey Lolich wins his 20th game of the year as Detroit tips the Orioles 4 - 3. The Tigers jump on Jim Palmer (18-8) for three runs in the 1st inning.
1972: Beating the Phils, 4 - 3, Fergie Jenkins wins his 20th, the 6th consecutive year he's reached the mark. This ties the Cubs club record set by Three Finger Brown, 1906-1911. Billy Williams' 2-run home run in the 6th ties it at 3 - 3, and a pair of doubles in the 8th wins it.
1974: Bill Freehan goes 4 for 5 with a grand slam and drives in a total of seven runs as the #Tigers beat the Yankees 11-3 at New York. 1974 was the only season from 1964-75 that the Detroit catcher was not an All-Star; he also won five Gold Gloves in that stretch.
1979: Kirk Gibson makes his major league debut. Strikes out as a pinch hitter.
1984: Tigers 10 - Blue Jays 4. Home runs by Darrell Evans and Johnny Grubb lead the way. Alan Trammell knocks in 3 more.
1995: The Detroit Tigers selected Steve Rodriguez off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
1995: The Detroit Tigers traded Juan Samuel to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named later. The Kansas City Royals sent Phil Hiatt (September 14, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2006: The Milwaukee Brewers selected Chris Spurling off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2008: Gary Sheffield hits a grand slam for the official 250,000th homer in major league history. The blow is Sheffield's 2nd homer of the day and his 13th career grand slam. Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Hessman also homer as the Tigers outslug the A's 14 - 8.
2016: Tigers beat the orioles 4 - 3 on a home run by Victor Martinez.
2017: The Detroit Tigers turned a triple play in the sixth inning of the Sept. 8th game vs. Blue Jays in Toronto.
With a run in and runners on first and second, Drew VerHagen entered the game to replace Buck Farmer on the mound.
The first hitter VerHagen faced was Blue Jays centerfielder Kevin Pillar, who hit a grounder to Jeimer Candelario at third. Candelario had to range to his right to field the ball, where he then stepped on third, then threw to second.
Ian Kinsler took the throw and then relayed to Efren Navarro at first, where the throw beat Pillar by a half a step.
It's the first time the Tigers have turned a triple play since Aug. 1, 2001, against the Mariners.
Nick Castellanos with the grand slam, and Ian Kinsler homers. The Tigers win the game 5 - 4 over the blue jays.
The #Tigers hit a grand slam and turn a triple play in the same game for the first time in franchise history.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sleatlo01.shtml
Lou Sleater 1957-1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiseca01.shtml
Casey Wise 1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rivermi02.shtml
Mike Rivera 2001-2002.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruffich01.shtml
Chance Ruffin 2011.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/parnebo01.shtml
Bobby Parnell 2016.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willijo02.shtml
Johnnie Williams 1914.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Zuverink
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zuverge01.shtml
George Zuvernik 1954-1955.
from Baseball Reference
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