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Today's Stathead Question of the Day:
Miguel Cabrera has hit .300+ 11 times since 2000, most of any player in that span. and 3 more years batting .292 or better; lucky to get a couple of infield hits a year.
2004 - .294
2008 - .292
2018 - .299
 
1940Tigers fact #6:
AL MVP Hank Greenberg?s stats shine on their own as he batted 340/434/670 with 41 HR and 150 RBI but he really cemented his MVP case with a scorching hot end to the season. Over the last 30 games he batted 415/541/1009 with 17 HR and 42 RBI.
 
January 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1934 - Baseball commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis denies Shoeless Joe Jackson's appeal for reinstatement. Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox players banned for their part in throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.

1937 - In the second annual Hall of Fame election, the Baseball Writers Association of America elects second baseman Nap Lajoie, outfielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Cy Young to the Cooperstown shrine. The trio will be honored at the Hall's first induction ceremony in 1939.

1945: Media reports say that Stan Musial will enlist in the U.S. military for duty in World War II. Musial will miss the entire 1945 season before returning to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1946.

1959 - The Players Association orders their International League members not to sign a pact unless it includes their pension plan.

1972: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects Sandy Koufax (344 votes), Yogi Berra (339), and Early Wynn (301) to the Hall of Fame. One year earlier, the writers had failed to elect anyone to the Hall. Koufax makes it in his first try and, at 36 years of age, is the youngest honoree in history.

1977 - The BBWAA elects Ernie Banks to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. In a 19-season career, Banks hit 512 home runs, had 11 All-Star selections, and won back-to-back National League MVP Awards,

1978 - Eddie Mathews is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. The former third baseman is named on 301 of 379 ballots.

1982: The Detroit Tigers released Stan Papi.

1994 - Major league owners amend the major league agreement, giving complete power to the Commissioner on labor negotiations. Bud Selig will continue to act as interim commissioner.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Sandy Martinez as a free agent.

2006: Baseball officials are cautiously expecting good news soon from the George W. Bush administration that would clear the way for Cuba to participate in the first World Baseball Classic. Meanwhile, Fidel Castro suggests the United States doesn't want to play Cuba in the WBC. The U.S. Treasury Department last month denied MLB's application for Cuba to play its scheduled first-round games in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. Later rounds are to be played on the U.S. mainland. The license is required under 45-year-old American sanctions against Cuba. The International Baseball Federation has said it will not sanction the tournament if Cuba isn't allowed to play.

2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Beirne as a free agent.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Sam Narron as a free agent.
2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Valverde as a free agent.

2013: Two all-time greats pass away today, as long-time Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver dies at 82 and St. Louis Cardinals slugger Stan Musial is a victim of Alzheimer's disease at 92 later in the day. Both were members of the Hall of Fame.

2016: In settling a class action lawsuit filed by fans, Major League Baseball announces changes to its policy regarding the streaming of live games over the internet on MLB.TV. Fans will now be able to buy a package that covers their favorite team and that allows them to circumvent local blackouts, while the cost of the league-wide full package will be reduced by 15%.
However, the settlement does not cover certain regional networks not owned by DirecTV, MLB's principal broadcasting partner. The suit was filed because, while MLB.TV promised subscribers that they could watch all MLB games lives, local blackouts meant that in reality, fans who bought the package were often unable to follow the games of their local teams, a frustrating situation in markets where the local cable sports network is either not made available by every provider or is part of an expensive premium package.

2017: Miguel Cabrera guest conducts the Detroit Symphony.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/booneda01.shtml
Dan Boone 1921.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/radclri01.shtml
Rip Radcliff 1941-1943.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gratema01.shtml
Mark Grater 1993.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jon_Matlack
Jon Matlack coach 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Adair
Rick Adair coach 1995-1999.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Phil_Nevin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nevinph01.shtml
Phil Nevin 1995-1997.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerdu01.shtml
Dutch Meyer 1940-1942.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/streuwa01.shtml
Walt Streuli 1954-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Milt_Bolling
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bollimi01.shtml
Milt Bolling 1958.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/montema01.shtml
Manny Montejo 1961.

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1940 Detroit Tigers fact #7:
AL MVP and future HOFer Hank Greenberg was obviously a force but he was nearly unstoppable at home with a .395/.500/.814 line. Most impressive perhaps is that he hit 27 bombs and drove in an incredible 98 runs in 74 home games!
 
January 20 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. born in Detroit. Inherited Tigers ownership from his father in 1952 before selling the team in 1956 to a syndicate led by John Fetzer and Fred Knorr.
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1914: Ed Willett jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Terriers.

1930: Commissioner Landis bans boxing for all players following the brief boxing career of Chicago White Sox first baseman Art Shires. His challenge to slugger Hack Wilson purportedly prompts the ban. Shires fought several suspected bouts that resulted in his being suspended by the boxing commissions of 32 states but loses a desultory five-rounder to Chicago Bears center George (The Brute) Trafton. Shires did win a punch-out with Sox manager Lena Blackburne and two hotel detectives late last season.

1940: The Detroit Tigers traded Beau Bell to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Campbell.

1947: Former Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson dies from a brain tumor at the age of 35. Considered by many to be the greatest home run hitter in the history of the Negro Leagues, Gibson will eventually gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1972, when he is selected by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.

1949: The Detroit Tigers purchased Don Lund from the St. Louis Browns for $15,000.

1951: Seattle (PCL) traded Wayne McLeland to the Detroit Tigers for Marv Grissom and Sam Vico.

1961: Byron White, who played for the Lions at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium, begins serving as deputy U.S. attorney general. The following year he will be named to the Supreme Court by President Kennedy.
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1965: The Cleveland Indians re-acquire popular slugger Rocky Colavito from the Chicago White Sox in an eight-player, three-way trade involving the Kansas City Athletics.
In the deal, the White Sox send a player to be named later (pitcher Fred Talbot) and outfielders Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City in exchange for Colavito.
Chicago also sends catcher Cam Carreon to the Indians and receives catcher Johnny Romano, outfielder Tommy Agee and pitcher Tommy John from Cleveland.
In 1960, the Indians had traded Colavito to Detroit for Harvey Kuenn, drawing the wrath of Cleveland fans.

1966: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the last major league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes.
He won the Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced the highest career on-base percentage of all time (.483) leading the league 6 times in Bases on Balls, even though he lost five years to military service.
Ted won 6 Batting Titles, 9 Slugging Titles, 4 Homerun and 4 RBI Titles, as well as leading the league 6 times in Runs Scored, 6 times in Total Bases, 12 times in OBP, 10 times in OPS, and 9 times in OPS+.

1970: Shortstop Lou Boudreau achieves election to the Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA. Boudreau led the American League eight times in fielding percentage, won a batting title, and was named AL Most Valuable Player as player-manager of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians.

1984: The Montreal Expos sign 42-year-old free agent Pete Rose. The veteran first baseman batted only .245 in 1983, the last of his five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. Rose will play only 95 games for the Expos before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds, where he will become player-manager.

1984: The Chicago White Sox claim 39-year-old pitcher Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Dennis Lamp to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets left Seaver off their protected list assuming (wrongly) that no team would want to select the aging star, who finished 1983 with a 9-14 record and a 3.55 ERA.
But Seaver will improve to 15-11 with the White Sox this season.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rivera as an amateur free agent.

1997: Former All-Star outfielder Curt Flood, who challenged baseball's reserve system all the way to the Supreme Court and made possible today's mega-salaries, dies at age 59.

2000: The 30 major league owners vote to give all their Internet rights to the Commissioner's office. This decision allows for the creation of mlb.com, which will become a model of success for other professional sports leagues. Bud Selig is expected to parcel out monies earned from the venture in equal amounts.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Haselman as a free agent.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Esteban Yan as a free agent.

2006: Cuba will be allowed to play in the World Baseball Classic after all. President Bush's administration issued a license allowing the Cubans to participate in the 16-team tournament.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Rincon as a free agent.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rabelo as a free agent.

2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Josh Prince as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Argenis Diaz as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Justin Upton as a free agent.

2017: Miguel Cabrera guest conducts the Detroit Symphony.
https://twitter.com/i/status/822148113137803264

Tigers players and executives birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/courter01.shtml
Ernie Courtney 1903.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Jr
Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. owner 1952-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesbi01.shtml
Bill James 1915-1919.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Outlaw
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/outlaji01.shtml
Jimmy Outlaw 1943-1949.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bosweda01.shtml
Dave Boswell 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Scherrer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherbi01.shtml
Bill Scherrer 1984-1986.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaju01.shtml
Julio Santana 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/germafr01.shtml
Franklyn German 2002-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mearsch01.shtml
Chris Mears 2003.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiggsji01.shtml
Jimmy Wiggs 1905-1906.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruhleve01.shtml
Vern Ruhle 1974-1977.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Zernial
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zernigu01.shtml
Gus Zernial 1958-1959.

Baseball Reference
 
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Joy In Tigertown, by Mickey Lolich (with Tom Gage), contains an interesting what-could-have-been-trade story. According to the former pitcher, his longtime team was intent on trading Jim Bunning following the 1963 season. They ultimately did, and it turned out to be a disastrous deal. Detroit swapped Bunning to the Phillies in exchange for Don Demeter and Jack Hamilton.

That less-then-dynamic duo wasn?t who the Tigers were originally targeting. Per Lolich, the Detroit front office was looking to acquire Felipe Alou from the Giants, only to have San Francisco trade him to the Milwaukee Braves instead. A few days later, Bunning went to Philadelphia for what turned out to be pennies on the dollar. Alou went on to have several stellar seasons with the Braves.

Which brings us to Felipe Alou?s autobiography, which he co-wrote with Peter Kerasotis. Chapter One of Alou: My Baseball Journey begins with the sentence: ?My last name is not Alou.?

The native of Santo Domingo explained that when he began his professional career in 1956, ?the Latin tradition of placing the mother?s maiden name after the family name wasn?t well known.? As a result, he received a uniform with ?F. Alou? on the back. The son of Jose Rojas didn?t yet know enough English to explain the error.

Ozzie Virgil became the first Dominican-born player to reach the big leagues when he debuted with the New York Giants in September 1956. Alou debuted with Giants ? newly relocated to San Francisco ? in June 1958.

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RANDOM FACTS AND STATS:

Jackie Robinson had 1,518 hits, a 132 adjusted OPS, and was worth 57.2 WAR. He was an All-Star six times.
Larry Doby had 1,515 hits, a 136 adjusted OPS, and was worth 51.1 WAR. He was an All-Star seven times.

Josh Gibson, who some feel is the greatest catcher in baseball history, died on this date in 1947. The Negro League legend was just 35 years old.
Fifty years later, on January 20, 1997, Curt Flood died at age 59. Every free agent who signs a contract owes a debt of gratitude to the seven-time Gold Glove outfielder.

Tony Lazzeri had 7,315 plate appearances and 1,840 hits. Dick Allen had 7,315 plate appearances and 1,848 hits. Lazzeri had 178 home runs and a 121 adjusted OPS.
Allen had 351 home runs and a 156 adjusted OPS. Lazzeri is in the Hall of Fame. Allen isn?t in the Hall of Fame.

Andruw Jones had 3,690 total bases, a 111 adjusted OPS, 10 Gold Gloves, and was worth 66.9 WAR. He received 7.3% support in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot.
Dwight Evans had 4,230 total bases, a 127 adjusted OPS, eight Gold Gloves, and was worth 65.1 WAR. He topped out at 10.4% before falling off the ballot after his third year.

Scott Rolen had 2,077 hits, 316 home runs, seven All-Star berths, and was worth 69.9 WAR.
Graig Nettles had 2,225 hits, 390 home runs, six All-Star berths, and was worth 65.7 WAR. Nettles topped out at 8.3% in his four years on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Reggie Jackson had 563 home runs and a 139 adjusted OPS.
David Ortiz had 541 home runs and a 141 adjusted OPS.
Jackson had 18 home runs and an .885 OPS in the postseason.
Ortiz had 17 home runs and a .947 OPS in the postseason.

Kirby Puckett played 1,783 games and had a 124 adjusted OPS.
Bill Madlock played 1,806 games and had a 123 adjusted OPS.
Puckett played 24 post-season games and batted .309 with an .897 OPS.
Madlock played 17 post-season games and batted .308 with an .898 OPS.

John Olerud had 500 doubles and a 129 adjusted OPS.
Goose Goslin had 500 doubles and a 128 adjusted OPS.

In 1996, Mariano Rivera fanned a career-high 130 batters in 107-and-two-thirds innings.
In 1999, Billy Wagner fanned a career-high 124 batters in 74-and-two-thirds innings.

A total of 247 players made their big-league debuts in 2018. Per our friends at B-Ref, there have now been 19,420 players in MLB history.

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