November 25 in Tigers and mlb history:
1914: Future Hall of Fame outfielder Joe DiMaggio is born in Martinez, California. The son of Italian immigrants, DiMaggio will make his major league debut in 1936 after starring in the Pacific Coast League and will spend his entire big league playing career with the New York Yankees.
1930: The Sporting News, acting to fill the Most Valuable Player void, announces its selection of New York Giants first baseman Bill Terry as the MVP in the National League, and Washington Senators shortstop Joe Cronin in the American League.
1941: With only three years of major league experience, shortstop Lou Boudreau is named as the Cleveland Indians' manager. At the age of 24 years, four months, and eight days, Boudreau becomes the youngest skipper to pilot a team in the 20th century.
1944: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the first Major League Baseball Commissioner, dies of a heart attack at age 78 in Chicago. Landis had ruled over baseball since November 1920 in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, and wielded authority perhaps unparalleled in any other industry. Landis had entered the hospital on October 2nd. He will elected to the Hall of Fame on December 9th in a special ballot.
1949: Ted Williams, who lost the Triple Crown when his batting average was .0002 below that of George Kell, wins the American League MVP Award vote in a landslide. Phil Rizzuto and Joe Page finish second and third in the voting.
1958: The Baseball Writers Association of America names Chicago Cubs slugger Ernie Banks as the National League Most Valuable Player. Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants is the runner-up.
1981: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first relief pitcher ever to win the AL Most Valuable Player Award, edging Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics, 319-308. Fingers saved 28 games while posting an outstanding 1.04 ERA.
1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Denny Harriger as a free agent.
2002: The Detroit Tigers traded Randall Simon to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later and Adrian Burnside (minors). The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Roberto Novoa (December 16, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2002: The Boston Red Sox hire 28-year-old Theo Epstein as their new general manager. Epstein, a life-time Red Sox fan who grew up about a mile away from Fenway Park, becomes the youngest GM in major league history.
2004: After spending $67 million to acquire its former president's shares of the Seattle Mariners, Nintendo's U.S. subsidiary now owns more than 50 percent of the franchise. Due to the presence of superstar Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle is one of the favorite major league teams in Japan.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Hessman as a free agent.
2014: Ezequiel Carrera of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Huffman as a free agent.
Tigers players and announcers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Narleski
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/narlera01.shtml
Ray Narleski 1959.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rathbun
Bob Rathbun Tigers radio announcer 1992-94.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wayne_Redmond
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/redmowa01.shtml
Wayne Redmond 1965, 1969.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_Leshnock
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leshndo01.shtml
Don Leshnock 1972.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veresra01.shtml
Randy Veres 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Octavio_Dotel
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doteloc01.shtml
Octavio Dotel 2012-2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baezsa01.shtml
Sandy Baez 2018.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carrch01.shtml
Charlie Carr 1903-1904.
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