April 26 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904: Ty Cobb, making his pro baseball debut at the age of seventeen, hits a home run and double for the Augusta Tourists in the South Atlantic League.
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1906: Ty Cobb hits an RBI triple in the bottom of the 8th to give the #Tigers a 3-2 win over Cleveland.
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1931: At Griffith Stadium, a walk to Lyn Lary is followed by a Lou Gehrig home run, a smash which clears the fence, but bounces back into the hands of Senators center fielder Harry Rice. The baserunner Lary thinks the ball has been caught on the fly for the third out and returns to the dugout without crossing home plate; Gehrig, running with his head down, is ruled out for passing a runner in front of him, costing the Yankees a possible victory (they lose by two runs),
the 1931 home run crown (he ties Babe Ruth with 46) and two RBI to add to his record-setting 184 for the season.
1951: The Detroit Tigers selected Gene Bearden off waivers from the Washington Senators.
1954: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Zuverink from the Cincinnati Redlegs.
1955: 20 year old Al Kaline hits the first of his 6 career walkoff homers in a 3 - 2 Win over the orioles.
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1957: Spike Briggs is forced out of the Tigers front office, ending a connection with the Briggs family dating back to 1919.
Briggs Stadium will be re-named Tiger Stadium in 1961.
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1959: Sadaharu Oh hits the first home run of his Nippon Pro Baseball career. Oh will go on to hit 868 home runs during his stellar career in Japan, setting a record for the most documented home runs in professional baseball history.
1961: At Tiger Stadium, Roger Maris hits his first home run of the season off Paul Foytack, and Mickey Mantle adds home runs from both sides of the plate for the eighth time in his career as New York defeat Detroit.
1969: The Baseball Records Committee decides to give Babe Ruth credit for one more home run during his career for a total of 715. The committee rules that one of Ruth's home runs had been incorrectly ruled a triple. The committee will later reverse its decision, returning Ruth to a total of 714 home runs.
1980: Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies sets a modern day National League record by pitching his sixth career one-hitter. Carlton shuts out his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals, 7 - 0.
1982: Boston Red Sox rookie Wade Boggs collects his first major league hit when he singles against Rich Dotson of the Chicago White Sox. Boston wins, 3 - 2. Boggs will go on to win five American League batting championships.
1984: Tigers beat the Rangers 7-5 to improve to 16-1.
1990: Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's major league record by hurling his 12th career one-hitter. Ryan strikes out 16 batters in shutting down the Chicago White Sox, 1 - 0. The only hit allowed is Ron Kittle's 2nd-inning check-swing single to right field. The victory is the 293rd in Ryan's career.
1995: A number of Major League Baseball teams open their season, reduced to 144 games because of the strike.
1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Walker as a free agent.
2010: Miguel Cabrera and Brandon Inge hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the 9th to give the Tigers an 8-6 win in Texas.
2012: The Tigers release longtime franchise player Brandon Inge aka 'Check Swing Cringe'.
2013: Anibal Sanchez sets a new Tigers record by striking out 17 batters in 8 innings in beating the Braves, 10 - 0. Mickey Lolich held the previous record with 16. Sanchez strikes out out the side in the 8th to set the record, but having thrown 121 pitches, is not allowed to go out in the 9th to attempt to tie the all-time record of 20.
2018: Boston's Public Improvement Commission accedes to a demand spearheaded by Red Sox owner John Henry to rename Tom Yawkey Way, the street on which Fenway Park and the team's corporate address is located. Tom Yawkey's reputation has been badly damaged due to his central role in keeping the Red Sox from integrating until every other major league team had done so. The street will now revert to its former name, Jersey Street. The move is not without controversy, as the "Yawkey Foundations", set up by the late owner's estate, have provided millions to civic improvement projects in and around the city.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Dale Alexander 1929-1932.
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Virgil Trucks 1941-1943, 1945-1952, 1956.
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Felipe Lira 1995-1997, 1999.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Hack Simmons 1910.
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Yats Wuestling 1929-1930.
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