September 25 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: At Boston, Cy Young wins his 33rd game, beating the White Stockings, 5 - 2.
1907: Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner steals four bases, including second base, third, and home in the 2nd inning against the Giants. Not to be outdone, his teammate Fred Clarke also swipes four bases for the only time in his career.
1908: Detroit's Ed Summers pitches two complete-game wins over the A's, winning the opener, 7 - 2. The second game is a 10-inning battle with another rookie, Biff Schlitzer, that ends 1 - 0 on a Claude Rossman drive for an inside-the-park home run. Summers allows just two hits. With the White Sox idle, the Tigers move to a half-game out of first.
1910: Walter Johnson tosses the first of his two career one-runner games, missing a perfect game when a grounder skips by SS George McBride for a single. Johnson's one-hitter is good for a 3 - 0 victory over the Browns.
1912: In Boston, Smoky Joe Wood fires a two-hitter at New York, winning, 6 - 0. The Boston ace strikes out 10 in winning his 33rd game.
1922: The Giants beat St. Louis, 5 - 4, in 10 innings, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant and the Giants' 10th in 41 years in the National League.
1923: Rogers Hornsby is fined $500 and suspended indefinitely by the Cardinals when, feeling ill, he refuses to take the field for a game against the Robins, despite the team doctor's opinion that he is in condition to play. Raj is not needed as Jesse Haines tops Brooklyn, 4 - 1, for his 20th win.
1925: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, Everett Spikes (minors), Dutch Leonard, Buck Redfern and cash and 3 players to be named to Vernon (PCL) for Jack Warner. The Detroit Tigers sent Bob Jones (September 25, 1925) to Vernon (PCL) to complete the trade.
1929: At Fenway Park, the game is halted during in the 5th inning as the umpires call time-out and have players from the Yankees and Red Sox gather at home plate. Bill McGowan, a respected ump, informs the teams that Bronx Bomber manager Miller Huggins has just died in New York and asks the crowd to stand for one minute of silence as the flag in center field is lowered to half-staff.
1932: Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in the last game of the season to finish two short of Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60. Foxx adds two singles but the A's lose, 2 - 1, to the Senators' Alvin Crowder. Crowder wins his 26th and 15th straight game, one short of the American League record held by Walter Johnson, Smoky Joe Wood and Lefty Grove. Foxx finishes with 169 RBIs while teammate Al Simmons ties for 2nd with 151.
1932: Paul Waner sets a new National League record with his 62nd double, as the Pirates defeat the Cardinals 7 - 1.
1934: The Detroit Tigers signed Cy Perkins as a free agent.
1934: Hank Greenberg removes himself from the #Tigers lineup on Yom Kippur. He gets a standing ovation at his synagogue.
1936: Joe Medwick sets a still-standing National League record with his 64th double.
1940: Bobo Newsom wins a clutch doubleheader for the Tigers, pitching 2 innings of relief in the opener against the White Sox, and going the distance in the nightcap for his 21st win.
1944: Going into the final Monday of the season, the Tigers hold a one-game lead over the Browns with the Yankees now out of the running. Russ Christopher of the A's beats the Tigers 2 - 1, to produce a tie for the lead.
1952: Hal Newhouser of the Tigers wins his 200th game. It is his last win for Detroit, who will release him in early 1953.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKlUYqoWsAEAw9f.jpg Great picture of 'Prince Hal'.
1954: A crowd of 14,175 Fenway faithful fans pays tribute to retiring Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams who is playing his last game at home. The Splendid Splinter's retirement will only last until May when his divorce is finalized with his contract being excluded from the settlement.
1955: Detroit Tigers Rightfielder Al Kaline becomes the youngest batting champ in history, as he takes the American League Batting Crown at age 20 with a .340 average. The future all-time great will also lead the league in hits with 200, and total bases with 321. Kaline will finish 2nd in the MVP vote to Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, and win the Sporting News' American League Player of the year award.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dni00xFUYAA80Eu.jpg Great Pictures of a 20 year old Al Kaline.
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1963: Stan Musial is named a vice president of the St. Louis Cardinals by owner August Busch. His number 6 is retired.
1965: At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season. The Giants center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat, hitting 51 homers in 1955.
1967: In an afternoon game, the Angels top the leading Twins, 9 - 2 in Minnesota, to move the idle Red Sox into a first-place tie. Detroit loses, 2 - 0, to Yankee lefty Al Downing.
1968: In Mickey Mantle's last appearance at Yankee Stadium, he slices a two-out 1st-inning single off Cleveland's Luis Tiant, the only hit for the Yankees. Tiant tosses his 9th shutout of the year, tops in the American League, to win, 3 - 0. El Tiante's ERA drops to 1.60
1968: #Tigers set a franchise record with their 103rd win a 4 - 3 win over the orioles.
With the pennant in the bag, the Tigers will drop the last 3 games of the season.
The 1984 Tigers will break the franchise record with 104 wins.
1971: The Detroit Tigers signed Ed Glynn as an amateur free agent.
1971: With rookie C Tim Hosley hitting two homers and driving in five runs, the Tigers trip the Yankees, 10 - 7. Les Cain pitches six innings for the win. Cain finishes with a 10-9 record with 145 innings, but contends he is forced to pitch by Manager Billy Martin while he has a sore arm. Cain later claims that it did permanent damage to his arm and he sues the Tigers. In a landmark decision, the Michigan Bureau of Workman's Compensation will order the Tigers to pay Cain $111 a month for the rest of his life. A lump sum payment is later agreed upon.
1977: Detroit pounds out 18 hits against Boston's Reggie Cleveland, but they still lose 12 - 5.
1978: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Spikes.
1979: Kirk Gibson hits his first career home run in a 3 - 2 win over the orioles.
1984: Tigers get their 102nd win 9 - 1 over the brewers. Howard Johnson hits a grand slam.
1984: Ex-Tiger Rusty Staub becomes the second player in major league history to hit a home run in both his teens and his 40s, joining Ty Cobb.
1989: Boston's Wade Boggs goes 4 for 5 in a 7 - 4 win over the Yankees to become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. It is Boggs's 7th straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern major league record.
1998: Tigers hit 3 home runs in 4 at bats, by Juan Encarnacion, Frank Catalanotto, and Tony Clark in a 7 - 5 win over the blue jays.
2010: Miguel Cabrera jacks a two-run home run to right field, giving the Tigers a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Game is tied and into extra innings when Brandon Inge hits a walk-off single in the 13th inning for an 11 - 10 win over the twins.
2012: The Atlanta Braves traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Jeff Baker. The Atlanta Braves sent Greg Ross (minors) (September 25, 2012) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2014: In his last-ever home game Derek Jeter provides a storybook ending with an opposite-field, game-ending single in the bottom of the 9th that gives the Yankees a 6 - 5 win over the Orioles.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Dick Harley 1902.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Sain
Johnny Sain pitching coach 1967-1969.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/putmaed01.shtml
Ed Putman 1979.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/butersa01.shtml
Sal Butera 1983.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wapnist01.shtml
Steve Wapnick 1990.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanky01.shtml
Kyle Ryan 2014-2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holloke01.shtml
Ken Holloway 1922-1928.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Hayworth
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haywora01.shtml
Ray Hayworth 1926, 1929-1938.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richano01.shtml
Nolen Richardson 1929, 1931-1932.
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