April 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1750: John Trumbull born in Watertown, Conn. Namesake of Trumbull Ave. in Detroit.
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1901: Three rain postponements give Chicago the honor of hosting the first game in American League history.
1911: The Battle Creek Crickets of the Southern Michigan League turn two triple plays in the first two innings of today's game.
1923: U.S. President Warren G. Harding witnesses the first shutout ever thrown at Yankee Stadium as Babe Ruth hits a home run in New York's 4 - 0 victory over the Senators.
1926: Unfazed by Forbes Field's ample dimensions, St. Louis Cardinals player-manager Rogers Hornsby leads by example, slugging his team to a 9 - 3 thrashing of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 3 for 3 with a single, double, sacrifice fly and home run good for 5 RBI, the Rajah's exploits are documented by Lou Wollen of the Pittsburgh Press: "Manager Rogers Hornsby is an ideal leader. Not only does he pilot the Cardinals in expert fashion, getting all the baseball possible out of his players, but he shows them on the ball field how the game should be played.
1929: The Detroit Tigers lineup for the National Anthem during Opening Day festivities @ Navin Field.
The Tigers were led by Hall of Famer Harry Heilmann who went 3-4, HR, 3 RBI.
(Tigers 7, Indians 6).
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1931: Three days before his 35th birthday, Chicago's player-manager Rogers Hornsby is again undaunted by Forbes Field's forbidding expanse. Hornsby hits three consecutive home runs to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 - 6. This is the final season in which Hornsby will allot himself significant playing time – 357 at-bats in 100 games.
1934: Under new manager Mickey Cochrane, the #Tigers score 6 runs in the 6th inning to beat the White Sox 7-2 on #OpeningDay. Hank Greenberg has a double and 2 stolen bases.
Beer sales resume at Navin Field after the repeal of Prohibition.
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1945: Happy Chandler becomes the second baseball commissioner. The major league owners unanimously elect the former governor of Kentucky on the first ballot and reward him with a seven-year contract. Chandler succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the game's first commissioner, who died in 1944.
1946: Former major leaguers Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
1947: Johnny Mize of the New York Giants becomes the first major leaguer to hit three home runs in a game on five different occasions. Mize hits his trio off Johnny Sain of the Boston Braves, but in spite of his barrage, the Giants lose to the Braves, 14 - 5.
1956: American League umpire Frank Umont is the first to wear glasses in a regular-season game when he officiates a contest between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics. A former NFL tackle for the New York Giants, Umont still presents an intimidating appearance to most players and fans.
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1961: Frank Lary (3-0) pitches a 7-hit complete game and Tigers beat the yankees 4 - 3 with help from Norm Cash's home run.
1962: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out 18 Chicago Cubs in a 10 - 2 victory at Wrigley Field.
Koufax ties the record of 18 strikeouts in a single game, matching the mark set by Bob Feller with the Cleveland Indians.
1964: Mickey Lolich pitches his first career shutout, a 3-hitter. Jerry Lumpe has 3 hits and 3 rbi for the Tigers.
1965: Casey Stengel records his 1,900th victory as a manager as the Mets beat the Giants, 7 - 6.
1968: Cleveland's Steve Hargan holds the Tigers to one hit for their 2nd loss of the season.
1978: Nolan Ryan of the California Angels strikes out 15 batters for the 20th time in his career, but leaves in the 9th inning without a decision.
1978: Mark Fidrych returns to the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1982: Larry Herndon's 3-run home run off Doyle Alexander breaks the game open in a 7-2 win at Yankee Stadium. Herndon would go on to a career-high 23 home runs in his first season with the #Tigers and lead the team with 179 hits.
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1984: Tigers sweep doubleheader vs the Twins to improve to 14-1. Tigers rally from 2 runs down in the 9th in Game 1.
Game 2: Tigers beat Twins 4-3 on a Lance Parrish 3-run HR to sweep doubleheader.
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1989: Doyle Alexander pitches a complete game shutout. Tory Lovullo's sac fly in the bottom of the 7th is the game's only run in the Tigers' win over Seattle.
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1993: Travis Fryman goes 4-for-6 with 2 doubles and John Doherty scatters 5 hits over 7 scoreless innings in a 17-1 rout of the Twins at the Metrodome.
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1994: Julio Franco and Robin Ventura hit back-to-back home runs twice in the same game, but Tigers win 7-6 with a home run and 4 rbi by Cecil Fielder.
1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Scott Fletcher as a free agent.
1995: The New York Mets selected Brian Edmondson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1996: Greg Myers and Paul Molitor each have five RBI as the Minnesota Twins set a team record for runs and rout the Detroit Tigers, 24 - 11. It is the highest run total against the Tigers in 84 years, matching the mark set in a 24 - 2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics on May 18, 1912, in a game in which Detroit did not have its regulars due to a players' strike.
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1998: The Detroit Tigers selected Jeff Manto off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
2001 - The American League celebrates its 100th anniversary as a major league.
2004: Tigers beat Cleveland 5-2 on a walk-off 3-run home run by Rondell White.
2008: Magglio Ord??ez hits 2 home runs, and Curtis Granderson, Brandon Inge, and Ryan Raburn also go deep in an 8-2 win at home against Texas.
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2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Angel Nesbitt as an amateur free agent.
2011: Max Scherzer strikes out 7 and holds the White Sox to 4 hits over 8 innings. The #Tigers get back-to-back RBI doubles from Brandon Inge and Austin Jackson and win 3-0.
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2013: Miguel Cabrera goes 2-for-3 with a double and a sac fly in the Tigers' 7-5 win over the Royals.
2014: Max Scherzer strikes out 10 in 6 innings, and Rajai Davis hits a home run and an RBI double in the Tigers' 7-4 win over the White Sox.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Howard Ehmke 1916-1917, 1919-1922.
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Bill Krueger 1993-1994.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Todd_Jones
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Todd Jones 1997-2001, 2006-2008.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mick_Billmeyer
Mick Billmeyer coach 2013-2017.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Omar_Vizquel
Omar Vizquel coach 2014-2017.
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Willi Castro 2019.
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