October 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907: Detroit hosts their first World Series game, at Bennett Park. Unfortunately, the Tigers lose to the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, to fall behind in the Series, 3 games to none.
1909: Honus Wagner has 3 hits and steals 3 bases, Pirates win Game 3 in Detroit to take a 2-1 series lead.
1911: Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Wildfire Schulte of the Chicago Cubs win the newly established Chalmers Awards, which go to the league's most valuable players. Cobb batted .420 with an American League-leading 127 RBI. Cobb led the league in nearly every offensive category; runs 147, hits 248, doubles 47, triples 24, stolen bases 83, slugging .621, ops 1.088, ops+ 196, and total bases 367. Cobb just finished second in homeruns to homerun baker.
Using a point system - 8 for a first-place vote, seven for second, and so on - the eight voting writers give Cobb the maximum 64 points. Winners receive Chalmers automobiles.
1913: The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series as Eddie Plank outduels New York Giants pitching great Christy Mathewson in Game 5. Plank allows only two hits in the Athletics' 3 - 1 victory, giving Philadelphia its third World Championship in the last four seasons.
1934: Cameras get a bird's-eye view of the 1934 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.
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1943: The Philadelphia Athletics traded Don Heffner and Bob Swift to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.
1948: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 - 3, to win the World Series in six games. Joe Gordon hits a home run in support of future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon, who earns a 4 - 3 victory and his second of the Series. After pitching a five-hit shutout in Game 3, rookie Gene Bearden retires the last five batters and gets the save.
1960: John E. Fetzer purchases shares from his partners that gives him majority control of the Detroit Tigers. Fetzer will be an owner of the team until 1983.
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1963: The Los Angeles Angels purchased Leo Marentette from the Detroit Tigers.
1964: The St. Louis Cardinals' Ken Boyer hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series, capping off a 4 - 3 comeback win over the New York Yankees. The Cardinals had trailed, 3 - 0, before Boyer's blast against Al Downing.
1967: Boston Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli hits a pair of home runs, highlighting an 8 - 4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth game of the World Series. The Red Sox's win forces a seventh and deciding game, which the Cardinals will win.
1968: Hudsons "Pennant Meter" sign #50YearsAgo
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1971: Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles sets a World Series record by reaching base five consecutive times against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Robinson's barrage helps Baltimore to an 11 - 3 win in Game 2 of the World Series.
1972: The Tigers rally for a thrilling victory over the Oakland A?s in Game Four of the American League Championship Series. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium, Detroit tallies three runs, the last on a single by Jim Northrup, to tie the best-of-five series.
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1973: The Tigers hire Ralph Houk to be their manager.
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1987: Tigers lose 5-3 to the Twins at #TigerStadium to fall behind 3-1 in the ALCS. Darrell is Evans picked off at third base to snuff out a rally in the 6th inning.
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2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Pedro Feliciano off waivers from the New York Mets.
2004: The Houston Astros post a 12 - 3 triumph over the Atlanta Braves in the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series. Winning a postseason series for the first time in the 43-year history of the franchise, the Astros earn a spot in the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.
2006: Tigers take a 2-0 ALCS lead with an 8-5 win in Oakland. Alexis Gomez and Curtis Granderson hit home runs, Placido Polanco has 3 hits.
2011: The Tigers win Game 3 of the ALCS, 5 - 2 over Texas, but still trail the Rangers, 2 games to 1. Doug Fister allows a 1st-inning run, but then settles down, not giving up another score until the 8th. But by that time, Detroit has put five runs across the plate, on solo homers by Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta off Colby Lewis, another by Miguel Cabrera off Koji Uehara, and a two-run single by Austin Jackson.
2012: Detroit Tigers Ace Right Hander Justin Verlander manhandles the A?s in Game Five of the AL Division Series, pitching a four-hit shutout to advance the Tigers to the next round of the playoffs. The win comes one day after the Tigers blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Ginsberg
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Joe Ginsburg 1948, 1950-1953.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Fischer
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Bill Fischer 1958, 1960-1961.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanbi01.shtml
Bill Roman 1964-1965.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsongr01.shtml
Gregg Olson 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dmitri_Young
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Dmitri Young 2002-2006.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Larish
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larisje01.shtml
Jeff Larish 2008-2010.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greingr01.shtml
Grayson Greiner 2018-2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ira_Thomas
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Ira Thomas 1908.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dean_Chance
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chancde01.shtml
Dean Chance 1971.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Champ_Summers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summech01.shtml
Champ Summers 1979-1981.
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