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April 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: Tigers beat White Sox 4-2 on a snowy Opening Day at Michigan and Trumbull.
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1921: With new U.S. President Warren G. Harding, former president Woodrow Wilson, and VP Calvin Coolidge watching, the Washington Senators lose their home opener, 6 - 3, to the Boston Red Sox. Senators pitcher Walter Johnson leaves after four innings, the first time he has failed to finish an Opening Game.

1921: In the season opener for the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth goes 5 for 5, as New York and Carl Mays beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 11 - 1.

1926: In one of the greatest Opening Day pitchers' duels ever, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators defeats Eddie Rommel and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1 - 0, in a 15-inning battle. The game will set the record for longest opening day contest until 2012, when the Blue Jays and Indians play 16 innings on April 5th.

1953: For the first time in half a century, a new city is represented in the American or National league. The Braves who moved from Boston to Milwaukee over the winter, open in Cincinnati.

1954: The Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 at Briggs Stadium. It was the first broadcast in Detroit for the then-radio voice of the Orioles -- a Georgian named Ernie Harwell!

1954: The brand new Baltimore Orioles open in Detroit and lose, 3 - 0. Don Larsen takes the loss against Steve Gromek. The Tigers start fast and will win 12 of their first 18 games.

1954: Hank Aaron makes his major league debut in left field for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0 for 5 in a 9 - 8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.

1962: At Wrigley Field, Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run to set a new National League record as the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 8 - 5, in 15 innings.

1965: Jim Northrup hits 2 doubles and Al Kaline has 5 RBIs on a single and double in an 11 - 4 win over the kansas city athletics.

1966: At Fenway Park, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning off Dave Morehead, to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8 - 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer pitches a five-hit complete game and helps himself by hitting a homer in the 2nd.

1968: Looking back on his career some 30 years later, Willie Mays will recall being gunned down going from first to third exactly once: "Roberto Clemente threw me out on a bang-bang play at third. I should have remembered what a tremendous arm he had." If Willie's memory is correct, this was the play, as witnessed by James K. McGee of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Willie Mays, leading off the 7th, lined a single into left for the Giants' first hit. When Willie McCovey, the next hitter, bounced a single over Donn Clendenon's outstretched glove into right field, it appeared the dam had been broken and runs would flow. Then came the key play of the game. Mays rounded second base and slowed down to draw a throw from right fielder Roberto Clemente. Mays, either overestimating his own speed or underestimating the power and accuracy of Clemente's arm, was thrown out trying to reach third. Maury Wills tagged him as he slid by."

1968: Mickey Stanley hits a 2-run double to give the Tigers the lead in the 4th, Tigers get a double and 4 straight walks to score 2 runs in the 5th to pull away and win 5-2 over the white sox.

1968: The Yankees purchased Bill Heath from the Tigers.

1970: The Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club's home opener. The Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.

1972: The first player strike in Major League Baseball history ends, with an abbreviated schedule to start two days later.

1980: The first Q battery in major league history occurs, when Dan Quisenberry (pitcher) and Jamie Quirk (catcher) of the Kansas City Royals face the Detroit Tigers. Detroit wins 3 - 2.

1984: Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos gets his 4,000th hit, a double off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, to join Ty Cobb as the only major leaguers to reach 4,000 career hits. The hit comes exactly 21 years after Rose delivered his first hit.

1984: Tigers win a wild one in Boston 13 - 9. The Tigers go for 8 runs in the 1st off Red Sox starter Bruce Hurst, however, the Red Sox scores 5 in the bottom of the 1st and chase off Milt Wilcox. Doug Bair and Glenn Abbott go 6.1
of 1 run 5 K of bullpen work as the Tigers win 13-9 to go 8-0 on this date in 1984.

1985: Rollie Fingers records his 217th American League save in the Milwaukee Brewers' 6 - 5 win over Texas, breaking Sparky Lyle's record.

1988: A major league record 924 balks will be called this season after umpires are instructed to interpret the complete stop rule more strictly.

1995: The Tigers traded Tony Phillips to CAL (AL) for Chad Curtis.

1998: Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone. Griffey's 300th, a two-run shot to right off the Cleveland Indians' Jose Mesa, is his second homer of the game and sixth of the season. At 28 years, 143 days old, Griffey is second only to Jimmie Foxx, who hit his 300th at 27 years, 328 days. Foxx hit 534 homers during his Hall of Fame career.

2004: The Tigers signed Mike Difelice as a free agent.

2007: The Tigers signed Kyle Denney as a free agent.

2009: 1976 American League Rookie of the Year Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dies at 54 from an accident while fixing a truck on his farm in Northborough, MA.

2011: After four days of deliberation, the jury in the Trial of Barry Bonds returns a guilty verdict on the charge of obstruction of justice, while failing to reach a decision on the three charges of perjury the slugger was also facing. Barry Bonds faces up to 10 years in jail for the felony conviction, although probation is a more likely; Judge Susan Illston may however decide to re-try the three charges which resulted in a hung jury.

2016: Willie Horton attends groundbreaking ceremony for the new Detroit PAL facility at the site of Tiger Stadium.
It opened in March 2018.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9PAP3wXkAI9IxS.jpg

2016: Jarrod Saltalamacchia's grand slam gives the Tigers the 7 - 3 win in Pittsburgh. The Grand slam was Saltalamacchia's 100th career home run.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kid_Elberfeld
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/elberki01.shtml
Kid Elberfeld 1901-1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Herman_Long
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/longhe01.shtml
Herman Long 1903.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/killere01.shtml
Red Killefer 1907-1909.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/plattal01.shtml
Al Platte 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clarkru01.shtml
Rufe Clarke 1923-1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joneske01.shtml
Ken Jones 1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roxie_Lawson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lawsoro01.shtml
Roxie Lawson 1933, 1935-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mootyja01.shtml
Jake Mooty 1944.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ike_Brown
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownik01.shtml
Ike Brown 1969-1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strando01.shtml
Doug Strange 1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leitema01.shtml
Mark Leiter 1991-1993.

Tigers players and scouts who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wish_Egan
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eganwi01.shtml
Wish Egan 1902, scout over 40 years and signed many Star players for Tigers.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_Kitson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kitsofr01.shtml
Frank Kitson 1903-1905.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/akersbi01.shtml
Bill Akers 1929-1931.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mark_Fidrych
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fidryma01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a9b9cdb2
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4CNv2UW0AEsl7s.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4DFbItWsAA7DFt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1oiq0KX0AESfrZ.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4CwmTPWsAMcMB7.png
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Mark Fidrych 1976-1980.

from Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/jordy-mercer-headed-to-injured-list
Mercer headed to injured list.
Shortstop suffers quadriceps strain, adds to Tigers' mounting injuries.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/4...s-jordy-mercer-10-day-injured-list-right-quad
Jordy Mercer placed on the 10-day injured list.
The Tigers’ shortstop strained his right quad running to first base. Well that sucks.
BYBTB

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/04/tigers-place-jordy-mercer-on-injured-list.html
Tigers To Place Jordy Mercer On Injured List.
MLBTR

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-squander-chances-fall-to-twins
Tigers can't find big hit in loss to Twins. 2 for 15 w/ risp.
Lack of success with runners in scoring position sinks Detroit.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/4...core-christin-stewart-tyson-ross-jacoby-jones
Twins 4 - Tigers 3: Ross struggles while the offense stays snakebitten.
Ross wasn’t very good, but the Tigers drove a lot of hard hit balls into defenders’ gloves again.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...966#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=566966
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-hand-tigers-second-straight-loss/3459302002/
Mercer leaves game with quad spasm, short-handed Tigers absorb second straight loss.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...roit-tigers-minnesota-twins-score/3459065002/
Christin Stewart homers, but Detroit Tigers beaten by Twins, 4-3.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/04/tigers-issue-7-walks-as-twins-win-opener-4-3.html
Tigers issue 7 walks as Twins win opener, 4-3.
Mlive
 
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April 14 in Tigers and mlb history:

1910: William Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. President to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day. Attending the game in Washington, D.C., President Taft tosses the first ball to future Hall of Famer Walter Johnson, who pitches the first of his 14 Opening Day Washington games, striking out nine, en route to a 3 - 0 one-hit shutout against Eddie Plank and the Philadelphia Athletics.

1911: Cleveland Naps star pitcher Addie Joss dies unexpectedly in Toledo, Ohio, from meningitis at the age of 31. Beset with arm injuries, Joss made just 13 appearances last season, but his 160 wins and ERA of 1.88, compiled in nine seasons, will earn him a plaque at Cooperstown in 1978.

1915: In the opening game at Shibe Park, Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Herb Pennock shuts out the Boston Red Sox, 5 - 0. Pennock gives up only one hit, a scratch single by Harry Hooper with two outs in the 9th inning.

1925: Two future Hall of Famers make their major league debuts with the Philadelphia Athletics in the same game.
Lefty Grove starts against the Boston Red Sox and leaves in the 4th inning after walking four and striking out nobody. He gives up five runs on six hits. In the 8th inning, Mickey Cochrane pinch-hits a single, while the Athletics go on to score nine runs in the last four innings to win, 9 - 8, in ten innings. Grove, known as Groves in Baltimore, is also listed that way in the New York Times box score. Grove will become the first pitcher to lead the American League in strikeouts and walks in the same year.

1931: At Braves Field, Jack Quinn of the Brooklyn Robins becomes the oldest pitcher to start an Opening Day game. The 47-year-old Pennsylvanian gets tagged with the lost as the Boston Braves beats Brooklyn, 7 - 4.

1955: Elston Howard becomes the first black player in New York Yankees history. The 26-year-old catcher/outfielder makes his debut against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park as he hits a single with one RBI in the Yankees' 8 - 4 loss.

1958: The Detroit Tigers signed Art Houtteman as a free agent.

1961: Frank Lary (1-0) pitches 1-hitter, Al Kaline has 3 hits and Rocky Colavito homers. The Tigers have 15 hits and beat White Sox 7-0.

1964: Tigers beat Athletics 7-3 on 2 RBIs each from Bill Bruton, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan. Bill Freehan and Jerry Lumpe have 3 hits each. Phil Regan pitches 8 1/3 for the win.

1964: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his ninth complete game without allowing a walk as he beats the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 0, in his only career start on Opening Day.

1968: Jim Bunning wins his first game for the Pittsburgh Pirates, a 3 - 0 shutout over the Dodgers. For Bunning, it is his 40th career shutout and includes his 1,000th National League strikeout, becoming the first pitcher since Cy Young to reach the 1,000 mark in both the National and American Leagues.

1968: At the Astrodome, New York Mets pitcher Nolan Ryan earns the first of his 324 major league victories. The 21-year-old right-hander hurls six and two-thirds innings of three-hit, shutout baseball to lead the Mets over the Houston Astros, 4 - 0. Danny Frisella takes the save in 2 1/3 innings of relief. Tommie Agee goes 2 for 3 with two runs and Art Shamsky 2 for 3 with two RBI. Larry Dierker is the losing pitcher.

1968: Tigers beat the White Sox 5-4 on a Bill Freehan walk-off single in the 10th inning. Fred Lasher with the win in relief.

1969: Bill Freehan appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9YTppmXYAAwuSG.jpg

1969: The expansion Montreal Expos host their first game north of the border, marking the first time a regular-season major league game is played outside of the United States. The Expos win their debut at Jarry Park, edging the St. Louis Cardinals, 8 - 7.

1990: Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles begins a streak which leads to a major league record for the most errorless games (95) and total chances (431) by a shortstop.

1991: Nolan Ryan becomes the 12th pitcher in major league history to surpass 5,000 innings pitched and gets plenty of hitting help as Texas whips Baltimore, 15 - 3.

1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Gardiner as a free agent.

2001: By scoring in their 175th consecutive game, the Cincinnati Reds set a modern National League record for not being shut out by an opponent. Coincidentally, to break the record, Cincinnati beats Al Leiter and the New York Mets, 1 - 0, the last pitcher and team to shut out the franchise.

2001: A total eleven one-run games (six in American League and five in National League) breaks a record set on May 30, 1967 when there were a combined 10 one-run contests in the major leagues.

2004: A day after Yankees teammate Mike Mussina earned his 200th career victory, Kevin Brown reaches the same plateau, beating the Devil Rays, 5 - 1. It is the first time in major league history members of the same pitching staff have won their 200th career victory in consecutive starts.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Joe Vitiello as a free agent.

2012: The Minnesota Twins selected Clete Thomas off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2013: Austin Jackson has 4 hits with a home run in the #Tigers' 10-1 rout of the A's.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doyleje01.shtml
Jess Doyle 1925-1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Brad_Ausmus
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ausmubr01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/ausmubr01.shtml
Brad Ausmus 1996, 1999-2000, manager 2014-2017.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/averyst01.shtml
Steve Avery 2003.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farnsky01.shtml
Kyle Farnsworth 2005, 2008.

Tigers players, coaches, scouts, and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ned_Hanlon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hanlone01.shtml
Ned Hanlon Detroit Wolverines NL 1881-1888.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Leinhauser
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leinhbi01.shtml
Bill Leinhauser 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Benton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bentoal01.shtml
Al Benton 1938-1942, 1945-1948.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Gordon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/gordojo01.shtml
Joe Gordon scout 1953-1956, coach 1956, manager 1960.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/matt-moore-to-have-right-knee-surgery
Matt Moore to undergo right knee surgery.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/4/14/18310296/detroit-tigers-matt-moore-injury-update-knee-surgery
Tigers’ Matt Moore to have knee surgery on Wednesday.
The veteran left-handed pitcher has opted for surgery on his right knee in lieu of rehab progress.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...oit-tigers-recall-ronny-rodriguez/3466063002/
Matt Moore opts for surgery; Tigers recall Ronny Rodriguez to fill Jordy Mercer void.
Detnews
 
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April 15 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: Tigers beat the White Sox 2-0 in a blizzard-shortened game at Michigan & Trumbull. Despite the cold, the Tigers will get out to a hot 21-2 start on the season.
http://www.baseballhistorycomesalive.com/?p=9833

1918: The American League season opens with Babe Ruth pitching a four-hit, 7 - 1, victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow will start Ruth's conversion to slugger later that season by working him into 72 games in the outfield and at first base.

1930: The Detroit Tigers (striped stirrups) and St. Louis Browns remove their caps for the flag raising ceremony on Opening Day. Tigers RHP George Uhle picks up the win and slugs a 2-R HR for the Detroiters.
Tigers 6 - Browns 3 Navin Field, Detroit.
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1933: Lynwood 'Schoolboy' Rowe, standout pitcher for the Tigers, makes his big league debut memorable with a
6-hit 3 - 0 shutout victory over the white sox.
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1947: 28-year-old Jackie Robinson makes a historic debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play major league baseball in the 20th century. Robinson goes 0 for 3 in his debut, but scores the deciding run in a 5 - 3 victory over the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. He handles 11 chances at first base, a new position for him. Coach Clyde Sukeforth, interim manager and the man credited with first scouting Robinson, guides the Dodgers to two victories before stepping down. Robinson is the first black player to appear in the majors since 1884.

1954: Hank Aaron collects the first hit of his major league career. The Milwaukee Braves' rookie goes 2 for 5 in a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

1954: After a 51-year absence, big league ball returns to Baltimore as a crowd of 46,354 watch the Orioles beat the White Sox, 3 - 1, in the first game played at Memorial Stadium. A Baltimore ownership group, which includes Clarence Mills, Jim Keelty, Jerry Hoffberger and Zanvyl Krieger, bought the former St. Louis Browns and brought the franchise to the Charm City.

1957: U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially opens the season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The ball is the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.

1957: The Detroit Tigers released Bob Kennedy.

1958: Major League Baseball comes to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers play the first game on the Pacific Coast.

1961: Bill Bruton's first hit as a Tiger is a 3-run home run at Tiger Stadium in a 6-2 win over the White Sox.

1966: Dick McAuliffe hits a grand slam and Al Kaline adds a home run and a double as the Tigers win their home opener vs. the washington senators 8 - 3.

1968 - At the Astrodome, the New York Mets and Houston Astros play the longest game in National League history.
The six-hour and six-minute contest, in which each team has 79 at-bats and 11 hits, ends in the 24th inning when
Bob Aspromonte's grounder goes through the legs of shortstop Al Weis as the Astros win, 1 - 0.
It sets the mark as the longest NL game played to completion, the longest major league night game, and the first 23 innings are the longest major league scoreless game. The game ties the American League's longest complete game (Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Americans 1, in 24 innings on September 1, 1906).

1972: Reggie Jackson sports a mustache as the Oakland Athletics top the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 3, in 11 innings. Jackson is the first major league player with facial hair since Frenchy Bordagaray in 1936. Jackson starts a trend with Oakland, as owner Charlie Finley eventually encourages all of his players to grow mustaches.

1972: Tigers finally open the season after a players strike. Mickey Lolich strikes out 9 in a CG 3 - 2 win over the red sox. The Tigers would go on to edge the Red Sox for the division title that season by a half game.

1976: The New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins, 11 - 4, in the first game at the newly-renovated Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and the widows of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth take part in pre-game ceremonies at the Stadium, which had been closed for the 1974 and 1975 seasons.

1977: Hank Aaron becomes the first player to have his uniform number retired by two teams. The Atlanta Braves retire his No. 44 during a pre-game ceremony. The Milwaukee Brewers had previously retired Aaron's number.

1982: Fans cross at Michigan and Trumbull for the Tigers' home opener at #TigerStadium (Det. News photo).
Tigers beat the Blue Jays 4-2.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9KBnf_W0AIOpFz.jpg

1983: Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox is one out away from a perfect game when pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston singles, and Wilcox settles for a 6 - 0 one-hitter over the Chicago White Sox. This is only the third time in major league history a perfect game bid has been stopped with one out to go.

1993: Sparky Anderson earns his 2,000th victory as a manager as the Detroit Tigers rally to beat the Oakland Athletics, 3 - 2.
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1997: The 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in major league baseball is celebrated before 54,047 at Shea Stadium during a game between the Mets and the Dodgers. U.S. President Bill Clinton and Jackie's widow, Rachel Robinson, both speak during the 35-minute presentation, but the surprise of the evening occurs when acting Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Robinson's number 42 will be retired in perpetuity for every team.

1999: The Detroit Tigers selected Rob Sasser off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

2000: In the 2,800th game of his career, Baltimore Orioles infielder Cal Ripken, Jr. lines a base hit off Minnesota Twins pitcher Hector Carrasco to become the 24th major leaguer to reach the 3,000 career hit milestone.

2004: Fifty-seven years after the historic event, major league baseball begins the tradition of Jackie Robinson Day, an annual celebration marking the day the color line was broken. At big league parks across the country there are ceremonies honoring the ground-breaking Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman, including Commissioner Bud Selig joining his widow, Rachel Robinson, for a Shea Stadium tribute.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Eric Owens as a free agent.

2008: Tigers get home runs from each of the 3-6 hitters in their lineup: Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ord??ez, Miguel Cabrera, and Carlos Guillen, to beat the Twins 6-5.

2009: Every player in Major League Baseball wears number 42 today, in honor of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line. The practice will be repeated in future years.

2011: Jim Leyland savors his 1,500th win as a manager when the Tigers defeat the Athletics, 8 - 4, with a wild 10th inning. Oakland is cruising to a 1 - 0 victory after a solid start by Brandon McCarthy when Miguel Cabrera homers off Brian Fuentes to tie the game in the 9th. In the 10th, the A's commit three errors and the Tigers score 7 runs, two on a bases-loaded double by Brennan Boesch that breaks the tie. The A's then rally for 3 runs on their own in the bottom of the frame, but it is not enough to cancel Detroit's outburst. Leyland is the 19th manager in history to reach the 1,500-win milestone.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NSO-sXkAAjdRj.jpg

2014: Tigers and Indians are snowed out after 3 inches of snow falls in Detroit, breaking the city's seasonal record with a total of 95 inches.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4NMjGDWAAA_STe.jpg

2019: Today we honor the man who broke the color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. Today we say, "Thank you, 42."
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4MsVMoWsAAX733.jpg

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Hoover
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoovejo01.shtml
Joe Hoover 1943-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Mayo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayoed01.shtml
Eddie Mayo 1944-1948.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sharodi01.shtml
Dick Sharon 1973-1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barera01.shtml
Ray Bare 1975-1977.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coombja01.shtml
Jack Coombs 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/doyleje01.shtml
Jess Doyle 1925-1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Reno_Bertoia
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bertore01.shtml
Reno Bertoia 1953-1958, 1961-1962.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobo_Osborne
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/osborbo02.shtml
Bobo Osborne 1957-1959, 1961-1962.

Baseball Reference
 
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Locked On Tigers Podcast April 15th, 2019. 18 minutes.

Episode Info:
Chris recaps the weekend sweep at the hands of the Twins while managing to cram in ten Game of Thrones episode titles, and then finishes by looking at which of the many struggling Tiger hitters have been unlucky, and which have just been bad. Please rate and review the show, and send questions or comments to [email protected].
 
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