October 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1910: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jack Coombs wins his third game of the World Series, beating the Chicago Cubs, 7 - 2, as the Athletics take the championship in five games. Eddie Collins helps Coombs with three hits, including two doubles.
1920: The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell and baseball players Hal Chase and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the 1919 World Series scandal. Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams and Happy Felsch sign confessions, which they will later recant.
1923: Babe Ruth makes a postseason appearance in a New York Giants uniform as the Giants defeat the minor league Baltimore Orioles, 9 - 0. Ruth hits a home run over the right field roof at the Polo Grounds. The game is a benefit for destitute former Giants owner John Day.
1935: Gabby Hartnett is selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America as the National League MVP, with Dizzy Dean the runner-up.
1945: Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. The 26-year old Negro League star will be the first black player to play in Organized Baseball since 1899 and the first in the majors since 1884, paving the way for integration.
1961: The Detroit Tigers released Frank House.
1970: The Detroit Tigers sent Wayne Redmond to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.
1973: the Tigers trade veteran infielder Dick McAuliffe to the Boston Red Sox for outfielder Ben Oglivie.
McAuliffe had spent 14 seasons with Detroit, serving as an important part of the team as the Tigers advanced to the World Series in 1968 and 1972 Playoffs.
1979: Billy Martin is involved in a barroom altercation with Joseph Cooper, a Minnesota marshmallow salesman. Cooper requires 15 stitches to close a gash in his lip. The fight will result in Martin being fired as Yankees manager for the second time.
1983: Keith Comstock of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Dickie Noles returned to the Chicago Cubs by the Detroit Tigers as part of earlier loan.
1991: The Kansas City Royals selected Rusty Meacham off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1993: In one of the most dramatic endings in World Series history, Joe Carter hits a three-run, 9th-inning home run off Mitch Williams for an 8 - 6 win and Toronto's second straight World Championship. Paul Molitor, who hits .500 (12 for 24), is named Series MVP. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 14th greatest of the past fifty years.
1998: Geronimo Berroa of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Sullivan_(sullibi04)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullibi04.shtml
Billy Sullivan 1940-1941.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Bunning
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bunniji01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bcacaa59
Jim Bunning 1955-1963.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dwight_Lowry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowrydw01.shtml
Dwight Lowry 1984, 1986-1987.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shortch01.shtml
Chick Shorten 1919-1921.
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