February 13 in Tigers and mlb history:
1920: Officials organize the Negro National League in a meeting held at the YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. Spearheaded by league founder Rube Foster, the NNL will become the most successful of all Negro Leagues ventures and will last until the late 1940s.
1953: The Philadelphia Athletics change the name of Shibe Park to "Connie Mack Stadium", in honor of their longtime owner and manager. Mack was part-owner and manager of the franchise for a record 50 years. The Athletics will depart Philadelphia at the end of the following season, and the Phillies will continue to inhabit Connie Mack Stadium until the end of the 1970 season, when they will move to Veterans Stadium. After being badly damaged in a fire in 1971, Connie Mack Stadium will continue to decay until being torn down in 1976.
1969: Al Kaline, Bart Starr, and Arnold Palmer visit the White House.
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1970: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces investigation into the "off-field activities" of Denny McLain.
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1974: James (Cool Papa) Bell is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Known for his legendary footspeed, Bell joins Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Monte Irvin, as Negro Leagues greats selected to the Hall.
1987: Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris is awarded a $1.85 million salary by arbitrator Richard Bloch, the highest amount awarded to date through the salary arbitration process.
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1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Willie Fraser as a free agent.
1995: The Los Angeles Dodgers sign Japanese pitching star Hideo Nomo to a contract that includes a $2 million signing bonus. Nomo won 78 games for the Kintetsu Buffaloes over the past four seasons, and he will become the National League Rookie of the Year this year.
2002: The Boston Red Sox sign 43-year-old Rickey Henderson to a minor league contract. Last season with the San Diego Padres, Henderson had his 3000th career hit and broke the major league all-time records for walks and runs.
2008: Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer Brian McNamee spend almost five hours testifying before the U.S. House oversight committee. Both Clemens and McNamee contradict themselves during the course of testimony, providing plenty of fodder for those who criticize the latter as a drug dealer and the former as a user of steroids. Clemens' denials of Human Growth Hormone use look flimsier when teammate Andy Pettitte reveals that Clemens had admitted such usage to him.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Jon Huber as a free agent.
2010: Jimmy Lanier dies in Atlanta at age 93. Former neighbor and personal batboy to Ty Cobb.
2018: New inductee Jack Morris visits the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Tigers players birthdays:
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Fritz Buelow 1901-1904.
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Ben Dyer 1916-1919.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gillge01.shtml
George Gill 1937-1939.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milleha02.shtml
Hack Miller 1944-1945.
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Jim Brideweser 1956.
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Frank Williams 1989.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ryan_Perry
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Ryan Perry 2009-2011.
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Jose Fernandez 2019.
Tigers players and bat boy who passed away:
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/james-fargo-lanier-batboy-for-cobb/gD2met61O208DKUvkZQTlK/
James Fargo Lanier personal Batboy for Ty Cobb 1925-1926.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rappea01.shtml
Earl Rapp 1949.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tito_Francona
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Tito Francona 1958.
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