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November 21 in Tigers and mlb history:

1888: The Pittsburgh Alleghenys purchased Ned Hanlon from the Detroit Wolverines for $2,500.

1889: The National League issues its reply to the Players League manifesto. Claiming that the League saved baseball in 1876 and that under the reserve rules players' salaries have "more than trebled," the NL denounces the Brotherhood movement as "the efforts of certain overpaid players to again control [baseball] for their own aggrandizement. . . to its ultimate dishonor and disintegration."

1893: Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the league will prosper and eventually become the American League.

1900: Given a ten-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise, John McGraw says he intends to be there a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be a manager for 32 more years, but not in Baltimore.

1920: Legendary St. Louis Cardinals 1b and LF Stan Musial is born in Donora, Pa. "The Man" will go on to play 22 years in St. Louis, setting many N.L. and ML records on his way to election to the Hall of Fame in 1969.

1933: Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown after hitting .368 with 28 home runs and 120 RBI, is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and veterans Mark Koenig and Harvey Hendrick, and rookie Ted Kleinhans. Hendrick will play one year with the Phillies, while Koenig and Hendrick quickly go to the Reds. Klein, who also led the National League in hits (223), doubles (44), extra-base hits (79), total bases (365), slugging percentage (.602), on base percentage (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in runs (102) and fourth in steals (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season. Klein will have two-plus seasons at Wrigley Field before returning to Philadelphia in 1936.

1934: The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. The son of Italian immigrants will be one of three DiMaggio brothers to play in the major leagues. Dom and Vince are the others.

1956: Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe wins the National League MVP; in a few days, he will become the first-ever Cy Young Award winner.

1960: Bob Scheffing signs to manage the Detroit Tigers after the job is turned down by Casey Stengel.

1969: Future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey, Jr. is born in Donora, PA, the son of Ken Griffey, Sr., himself an All-Star outfielder who will not make his major league debut until 1973. The two will be the first father/son duo to play together in the major leagues, in 1990, but the younger Griffey will greatly surpass his father's accomplishments, receiving a record-high percentage of the vote when elected to Cooperstown in 2016.

1970: The Sporting News announces Gold Glove Award selections. Chicago White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio wins the ninth and final honor of his career.
Aparicio has now won a gold glove in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

1972: Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk is the first-ever unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. Fisk hit 22 home runs and led the AL East Division with a .293 batting average.
Pitcher Jon Matlack of the New York Mets is named the National League winner.

1977: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray is named American League Rookie of the Year.

1983: The Cincinnati Reds purchased Wayne Krenchicki from the Detroit Tigers.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Doug Flynn as a free agent.

1989: The Detroit Tigers released Frank Williams.

1989: Kevin Mitchell of the Giants, who led the major leagues with 47 home runs and 125 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player.

1991: Atlanta Braves third baseman Terry Pendleton, who hit .319 with 22 home runs and 86 RBI, wins the National League MVP Award.

2000: Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, Commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for "sweeping changes" in the game's economic make-up, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires on October 31, 2001.

2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Jarrod Patterson as a free agent.

2002: In the earliest-scheduled season opener in major league history, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Tokyo, Japan, on March 25, 2003. The two-game series will feature recent American League Rookies of the Year Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).

2011: The Tigers' Justin Verlander adds the American League Most Valuable Player Award to the Cy Young Award he won a week ago after a dominating season in which he led Detroit to the AL Central title. He is the first pitcher to win the award in the AL since reliever Dennis Eckersley in 1992, and the first starting pitcher to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986*. Verlander secures 13 of 28 first-place votes to finish ahead of Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, Toronto's Jose Bautista and New York's Curtis Granderson in a bunched-up vote.
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2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Jerad Head as a free agent.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Pat McCoy as a free agent.

2014: To mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's enrollment at the university, UCLA announces it will retire the number 42 in his honor across all sports in which varsity teams compete and renames its athletic facilities the "Jackie Robinson Athletics and Recreation Complex."

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Bennett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bennech01.shtml
Charlie Bennett Detroit Wolverines 1881-1888.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hetligu01.shtml
Gus Hetling 1906.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morribi01.shtml
Bill Morrisette 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul_Richards
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richapa01.shtml
Paul Richards 1943-1946.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteda02.shtml
Daryl Patterson 1968-1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Peters
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterri01.shtml
Rick Peters 1979-1981.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Quintin_Berry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryqu01.shtml
Quintin Berry 2012.

Tigers players and announcers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marrobu01.shtml
Buck Morrow 1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cookea01.shtml
Earl Cook 1941.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milleha02.shtml
Hack Miller 1944-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mel_Ott
Mel Ott announcer 1956-1958.

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November 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1883: New York Gothams owner John B. Day proposes a resolution to prohibit a team from signing a player who has broken the reserve clause of his contract. This resolution, eventually adopted by both the American Association and National League, effectively changes the reserve clause from a device to protect owners from their own greediness to a vindictive weapon to be used against uncooperative players.

1888: The National League adopts a salary classification plan that puts all players into five categories with a standard salary for each ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. The scheme is vehemently opposed by the Brotherhood.

1954: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ben Flowers from the Boston Red Sox in the 1954 rule 5 draft.

1954: The Pittsburgh Pirates draft outfielder Roberto Clemente from the AAA roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although Clemente hit only .257 for the Montreal Royals last season, he will become a Hall of Fame member with the Pirates.

1957: In a controversial vote, Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209, to win the American League MVP Award. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-place Boston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging percentage. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.

1960: The American League proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play. There will be expansion in the American League in 1961, but interleague play will not arrive until 1997.

1961: Frank Robinson becomes the first Cincinnati Reds player in 21 years to win the National League MVP Award, taking 219 of 224 possible votes.

1967: Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Receiving 19 of 20 first place votes, Carew easily outdistances Reggie Smith of the Boston Red Sox.

1967: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for future Hall Of Famer Eddie Mathews. The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967)
to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

1968: Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench edges out New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Bench becomes the third member of the Reds in six years to be named the top rookie.

1977: Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over Steve Henderson of the New York Mets. Dawson hit .282 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI, while Henderson had a batting line of .297, 12, 65.

1978: Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 21 of 28 first-place votes over Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers. Whitaker will be the youngest AL Rookie of the Year until Mike Trout passes him 34 years later.

1983: The Players' Association fires executive director Kenneth Moffett after barely a year in the job and chooses Donald Fehr as his successor.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Bobby Seay as a free agent.

2010: Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds wins the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player Award. He defeats fellow 1B Albert Pujols of the Cardinals who had beaten him in voting for both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, by getting 31 of 32 first-place votes in recognition of his leadership role on a young Reds team that reached the postseason for the first time in 15 years. Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies finishes third.

2017: According to a report in the magazine Forbes, Major League Baseball revenues in 2017 grew for the 15th consecutive year and passed the $10 billion threshold for the first time. The growing value of television rights and increasing ratings are the primary reasons behind this growth, in spite of a slight decline in attendance at ballparks.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Rice
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riceha01.shtml
Harry Rice 1928-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Bartell
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartedi01.shtml
Dick Bartell 1940-1941, coach 1949-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nathajo01.shtml?redir
Joe Nathan 2014-2015.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pat_Dobson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dobsopa01.shtml
Pat Dobson 1967-1969.

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November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Kansas City (American Association) purchased Tex Covington from the Detroit Tigers.
1912: Providence (International) purchased Ollie O'Mara from the Detroit Tigers.

1934: Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Frank Doljack from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Montreal (International) purchased Vic Frazier from the Detroit Tigers.

1943: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently ineligible to hold office or be employed for having bet on his own team. The Carpenter family of Delaware will buy the Philadelphia club and Bob Carpenter, at age 28, will become president.

1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sports writers visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program.
Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.

1960: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, nine-inch Howard batted 23 home runs during the regular season.

1962: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the NL with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.

1964: The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club's coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Morris Madden as a free agent.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Rob Deer as a free agent.

1998: The Detroit Tigers purchased Masao Kida from Orix (Japan Pacific).

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Ogea as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Whitmer
Dan Whitmer coach 1992-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Casper_Wells
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsca01.shtml
Casper Wells 2010-2011.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferreje01.shtml
Jeff Ferrell 2015, 2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mitchwi01.shtml
Willie Mitchell 1916-1919.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Branca
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brancra01.shtml
Ralph Branca 1953-1954.

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