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September 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889: New York Giants pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out as the first pinch hitter in major league history.
1908: Detroit takes its 2nd straight extra-inning game from the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings, and the Naps beat the Browns, 5 - 2. The American League race leaves Detroit 75-52, Chicago 72-57, St. Louis 71-57.
1912: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood wins his 15th straight, with 9th-inning relief help from Charley Hall, beating the White Sox, 5 - 4. He scatters 12 hits and strikes out 5. There is some question about which pitcher should receive credit for the win, but American League president Ban Johnson will rule in favor of Wood.
1913: Honus Wagner is given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry's flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.
1915: Rogers Hornsby, brought up a week earlier from Class D Denison (Western Association), makes his major league debut for the Cardinals. With the Cards trailing the Reds, 7 - 0, after six innings, Hornsby plays SS and goes hitless in two appearances against Cincinnati rookie King Lear.
1922: The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A's, 10 - 3, in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A's in the second, 2 - 1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.
1924: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves, 22 - 1, in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes 6 for 6 before grounding out.
1930: The Washington Senators purchased Pinky Hargrave from the Detroit Tigers.
1933: The first Negro League East-West All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park. Willie Foster goes the distance in the West's 11 - 7 victory.
1934: After agonizing over whether to play on Rosh Hashanah, Hank Greenberg hits two home runs to give the Tigers a 2-1 win over the red sox.
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-10-1934-happy-new-year-hank-greenberg
1936: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later and cash and 3 players to be named to Indianapolis (American Association) for Bob Logan and Dizzy Trout. The Detroit Tigers sent Red Phillips (December 2, 1936) and Salty Parker (December 2, 1936) to Indianapolis (American Association) to complete the trade.
1938: Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox hits 2 home runs in a game for the 9th time this season, breaking a record held by Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson.
1960: In Detroit, Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot for three runs in the 6th inning, the ball clearing the RF roof and landing in the Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. New York pins a 5 - 1 loss on Paul Foytack that moves them a half game in first place ahead of Baltimore, losers today.
In June, 1985, Mantle's blow will retroactively be measured at 643 feet, and will be listed in The Guinness Book of World Records at that distance.
1962: Against Hank Aguirre, Mickey Mantle clouts a 4th-inning home run, the 400th of his career to tie the game 1 - 1. The Yanks score two in the 9th off Aguirre to beat Detroit 3 - 1.
1963: Stan Musial hits a home run in his first at bat as a grandfather, and Bob Gibson (17-8) blanks the Cubs, 8 - 0.
1963: 55 years ago today, the great Willie Horton made his major league debut in a Tigers uniform with a pinch hit single in a 9 - 8 loss to the Senators.
1967: In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox Joe Horlen no-hits the Tigers, 6 - 0. Cisco Carlos, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Bob Locker combine to shut out Detroit in the second game.
Minnesota leads the tight American League race after edging the Orioles, 4 - 2, at Baltimore.
1968: Denny McLain strikes out 12 in his 29th win, and goes 3-for-4 with a triple at the plate in the Tigers 7 - 2 win over the angels.
1974: Cardinal outfielder Lou Brock ties and breaks Maury Wills' single season stolen base record with his 104th and 105th swipes against the Phillies.
1988: Orel Hershiser shuts out the Reds, 5 - 0, to become a 20-game winner for the first time. It is his 2nd straight shutout.
1999: Umpires opposed to union chief Richie Phillips announce plans to form a new union and seek certification to represent all umpires.
2000: The Marlins defeat the Diamondbacks, 4 - 3, in 12 innings. Randy Johnson strikes out 14 Florida players in seven innings, including Mike Lowell to end the 4th for his 3,000th career strikeout. He is the 12th hurler to reach the milestone. Johnson's 1st strikeout of the game gives him 300 for the 3rd consecutive year. Only Nolan Ryan has reached 300 Ks more times (6).
2011: #Tigers win their 8th straight on a Brandon Inge walk-off home run in Tigers 3 - 2 win over the twins.
2015: The Milwaukee Brewers selected Daniel Fields off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halesa01.shtml
Sammie Hale 1920-1921.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsau01.shtml
Augie Johns 1926-1927.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robbibr01.shtml
Bruce Robbins 1979-1980.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ingrari01.shtml
Ricardo Ingram 1994.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterdu01.shtml
Dustin Peterson 2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roy_Johnson_(johnsro02)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsro02.shtml
Roy Johnson 1929-1932.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencge01.shtml
George Spencer 1958, 1960.
from Baseball Reference
1889: New York Giants pitcher Mickey Welch strikes out as the first pinch hitter in major league history.
1908: Detroit takes its 2nd straight extra-inning game from the White Sox, 6 - 5, in 11 innings, and the Naps beat the Browns, 5 - 2. The American League race leaves Detroit 75-52, Chicago 72-57, St. Louis 71-57.
1912: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood wins his 15th straight, with 9th-inning relief help from Charley Hall, beating the White Sox, 5 - 4. He scatters 12 hits and strikes out 5. There is some question about which pitcher should receive credit for the win, but American League president Ban Johnson will rule in favor of Wood.
1913: Honus Wagner is given a souvenir bat carved from a piece of wood taken from naval hero Oliver Perry's flagship Niagara, which was sunk in Lake Erie 100 years earlier.
1915: Rogers Hornsby, brought up a week earlier from Class D Denison (Western Association), makes his major league debut for the Cardinals. With the Cards trailing the Reds, 7 - 0, after six innings, Hornsby plays SS and goes hitless in two appearances against Cincinnati rookie King Lear.
1922: The Yankees play their farewell home game in the Polo Grounds. An estimated 40,000 overflow the stadium with another 25,000 turned away. Joe Bush beats the Philadelphia A's, 10 - 3, in the opener, and Waite Hoyt edges the A's in the second, 2 - 1. Plans are in the works to expand the park to 56,000 capacity, but this is the last regular season American League game at the Polo Grounds. The Yanks will play their next 18 games on the road, and then open in Yankee Stadium next spring.
1924: At the Polo Grounds, the Giants rip the Braves, 22 - 1, in the opener of a doubleheader. Frankie Frisch goes 6 for 6 before grounding out.
1930: The Washington Senators purchased Pinky Hargrave from the Detroit Tigers.
1933: The first Negro League East-West All-Star Game is played at Comiskey Park. Willie Foster goes the distance in the West's 11 - 7 victory.
1934: After agonizing over whether to play on Rosh Hashanah, Hank Greenberg hits two home runs to give the Tigers a 2-1 win over the red sox.
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-10-1934-happy-new-year-hank-greenberg
1936: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later and cash and 3 players to be named to Indianapolis (American Association) for Bob Logan and Dizzy Trout. The Detroit Tigers sent Red Phillips (December 2, 1936) and Salty Parker (December 2, 1936) to Indianapolis (American Association) to complete the trade.
1938: Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox hits 2 home runs in a game for the 9th time this season, breaking a record held by Babe Ruth and Hack Wilson.
1960: In Detroit, Mickey Mantle unloads a cannon shot for three runs in the 6th inning, the ball clearing the RF roof and landing in the Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. New York pins a 5 - 1 loss on Paul Foytack that moves them a half game in first place ahead of Baltimore, losers today.
In June, 1985, Mantle's blow will retroactively be measured at 643 feet, and will be listed in The Guinness Book of World Records at that distance.
1962: Against Hank Aguirre, Mickey Mantle clouts a 4th-inning home run, the 400th of his career to tie the game 1 - 1. The Yanks score two in the 9th off Aguirre to beat Detroit 3 - 1.
1963: Stan Musial hits a home run in his first at bat as a grandfather, and Bob Gibson (17-8) blanks the Cubs, 8 - 0.
1963: 55 years ago today, the great Willie Horton made his major league debut in a Tigers uniform with a pinch hit single in a 9 - 8 loss to the Senators.
1967: In the first game of a doubleheader, White Sox Joe Horlen no-hits the Tigers, 6 - 0. Cisco Carlos, Hoyt Wilhelm, and Bob Locker combine to shut out Detroit in the second game.
Minnesota leads the tight American League race after edging the Orioles, 4 - 2, at Baltimore.
1968: Denny McLain strikes out 12 in his 29th win, and goes 3-for-4 with a triple at the plate in the Tigers 7 - 2 win over the angels.
1974: Cardinal outfielder Lou Brock ties and breaks Maury Wills' single season stolen base record with his 104th and 105th swipes against the Phillies.
1988: Orel Hershiser shuts out the Reds, 5 - 0, to become a 20-game winner for the first time. It is his 2nd straight shutout.
1999: Umpires opposed to union chief Richie Phillips announce plans to form a new union and seek certification to represent all umpires.
2000: The Marlins defeat the Diamondbacks, 4 - 3, in 12 innings. Randy Johnson strikes out 14 Florida players in seven innings, including Mike Lowell to end the 4th for his 3,000th career strikeout. He is the 12th hurler to reach the milestone. Johnson's 1st strikeout of the game gives him 300 for the 3rd consecutive year. Only Nolan Ryan has reached 300 Ks more times (6).
2011: #Tigers win their 8th straight on a Brandon Inge walk-off home run in Tigers 3 - 2 win over the twins.
2015: The Milwaukee Brewers selected Daniel Fields off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/halesa01.shtml
Sammie Hale 1920-1921.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsau01.shtml
Augie Johns 1926-1927.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robbibr01.shtml
Bruce Robbins 1979-1980.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ingrari01.shtml
Ricardo Ingram 1994.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterdu01.shtml
Dustin Peterson 2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roy_Johnson_(johnsro02)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsro02.shtml
Roy Johnson 1929-1932.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/spencge01.shtml
George Spencer 1958, 1960.
from Baseball Reference
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