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May 3 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904: Pitcher Charles (Red) Ruffing is born in Granville, Illinois. Ruffing will win 273 games during a 22-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. He will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1967.
1936: Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut for the New York Yankees and has three hits in a 14 - 5 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
1938: Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox defeats the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 3, marking the start of a personal 20-game winning streak at his home field, Fenway Park. Grove will not lose a game there until May 12, 1941.
1952: The Cleveland Indians set a record when they use 23 players in a regular game against the Washington Senators, including the first black battery in American League history. Quincy Trouppe is the catcher when pitcher Sam Jones comes to relieve.
1959: Charlie Maxwell of the Detroit Tigers hits four consecutive home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees, 4 - 2 and 8 - 2, at Briggs Stadium. The newspapers called him "Home Run Every Sunday Charlie 'Paw Paw' Maxwell.
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1961: Another brilliant Warren Spahn performance is spoiled when left fielder Mel Roach's misplay costs the Milwaukee Braves' ace a second no-hitter in a row. Spahn settles for a two-hitter in topping the Dodgers, 4 - 1.
1966: Mickey Lolich pitches a 5-hit complete game shutout. Tigers score 6 runs in the 6th inning and pound the Red Sox 8-0.
1972: Mickey Stanley breaks a 1-1 tie in the 5th inning with a solo home run. Al Kaline triples and Willie Horton homers him home in the 6th and the Tigers go on to a 5-1 win over the Royals to take a half-game lead in the AL East.
1980: Ferguson Jenkins of the Texas Rangers becomes the fourth pitcher in major league history to win 100 or more games in each league. Jenkins beats the Baltimore Orioles, 3 - 2 at Arlington Stadium, as he joins Cy Young, Jim Bunning and Gaylord Perry in the exclusive club.
1980: Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hits his 521st and final career home runs against Scott Sanderson of the Montreal Expos, helping the Giants to a 3 - 2 win. His shot ties him with Ted Williams on the all-time list.
McCovey will enter the Hall of Fame in 1986.
1983: Tigers beat the Mariners 2-1 on a Lance Parrish home run in the top of the 11th at the Kingdome. Aurelio Lopez gets the win with 4 scoreless innings of relief.
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1995: Rookie third baseman David Bell makes his debut with the Cleveland Indians in a 14 - 7 victory over Detroit.
His appearance represents the third generation of his family to play in the major leagues. David's father, Buddy, and his grandfather, Gus, previously starred in the big leagues. The Bells become the second three-generation family in major league history, joining the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron). Gus Bell will die four days later.
2009: Carl Crawford steals 6 bases in Tampa Bay's 5 - 3 win over the Red Sox, tying a modern major league record, shared by Eddie Collins (twice), Otis Nixon and Eric Young.
2012: The great Mariano Rivera, baseball's all-time save leader, suffers a torn ligament in his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice before the Yankees' game with the Royals. He is carted off the field, and at 42, the injury may well be career-ending, but he will be back to pitch a final season in 2013.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers traded Bobby Wilson to the Texas Rangers for Chad Bell.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released Jake Brigham.
2017 - Sparks continue to fly between the Orioles and Red Sox. The whole ruckus started on April 21st, when Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia was spiked on a hard slide by Manny Machado and had to miss a few games.
On April 23rd, Matt Barnes was ejected for throwing a pitch behind Machado and was handed a four-game suspension.
When the teams meet again at Fenway Park this week, more incidents follow: on May 1st, Orioles CF Adam Jones denounces racial slurs directed at him by spectators, prompting the Red Sox to apologize and take action by banning the offending patron.
But bad blood flows again when Chris Sale throws a fastball at Machado the next day eliciting only a warning.
Major League Baseball warns both teams to be on their best behavior before today's game, but in the 2nd inning, Orioles P Kevin Gausman hits Xander Bogaerts and is tossed, even if the pitch was a curveball. Umpire Sam Holbrook explains that "there needs to be an end to this stuff". For good measure, Jones is tossed out as well in the 5th, but for arguing balls and strikes.
When the dust settles, Boston wins the game, 4 - 2, behind Drew Pomeranz and Craig Kimbrel.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Baker
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerde01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/bakerde01.shtml
Del Baker 1914-1916, coach 1933-1938, manager 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938-1942.
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1904: Pitcher Charles (Red) Ruffing is born in Granville, Illinois. Ruffing will win 273 games during a 22-year career with the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox. He will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1967.
1936: Joe DiMaggio makes his major league debut for the New York Yankees and has three hits in a 14 - 5 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
1938: Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox defeats the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 3, marking the start of a personal 20-game winning streak at his home field, Fenway Park. Grove will not lose a game there until May 12, 1941.
1952: The Cleveland Indians set a record when they use 23 players in a regular game against the Washington Senators, including the first black battery in American League history. Quincy Trouppe is the catcher when pitcher Sam Jones comes to relieve.
1959: Charlie Maxwell of the Detroit Tigers hits four consecutive home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees, 4 - 2 and 8 - 2, at Briggs Stadium. The newspapers called him "Home Run Every Sunday Charlie 'Paw Paw' Maxwell.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9N2McHXkAMKvex.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5pYEXEW4AIWjpt.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5p_H13W4AEnEQ7.jpg
1961: Another brilliant Warren Spahn performance is spoiled when left fielder Mel Roach's misplay costs the Milwaukee Braves' ace a second no-hitter in a row. Spahn settles for a two-hitter in topping the Dodgers, 4 - 1.
1966: Mickey Lolich pitches a 5-hit complete game shutout. Tigers score 6 runs in the 6th inning and pound the Red Sox 8-0.
1972: Mickey Stanley breaks a 1-1 tie in the 5th inning with a solo home run. Al Kaline triples and Willie Horton homers him home in the 6th and the Tigers go on to a 5-1 win over the Royals to take a half-game lead in the AL East.
1980: Ferguson Jenkins of the Texas Rangers becomes the fourth pitcher in major league history to win 100 or more games in each league. Jenkins beats the Baltimore Orioles, 3 - 2 at Arlington Stadium, as he joins Cy Young, Jim Bunning and Gaylord Perry in the exclusive club.
1980: Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hits his 521st and final career home runs against Scott Sanderson of the Montreal Expos, helping the Giants to a 3 - 2 win. His shot ties him with Ted Williams on the all-time list.
McCovey will enter the Hall of Fame in 1986.
1983: Tigers beat the Mariners 2-1 on a Lance Parrish home run in the top of the 11th at the Kingdome. Aurelio Lopez gets the win with 4 scoreless innings of relief.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D47CzkjW0AMIMvi.png
1995: Rookie third baseman David Bell makes his debut with the Cleveland Indians in a 14 - 7 victory over Detroit.
His appearance represents the third generation of his family to play in the major leagues. David's father, Buddy, and his grandfather, Gus, previously starred in the big leagues. The Bells become the second three-generation family in major league history, joining the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron). Gus Bell will die four days later.
2009: Carl Crawford steals 6 bases in Tampa Bay's 5 - 3 win over the Red Sox, tying a modern major league record, shared by Eddie Collins (twice), Otis Nixon and Eric Young.
2012: The great Mariano Rivera, baseball's all-time save leader, suffers a torn ligament in his right knee while shagging fly balls during batting practice before the Yankees' game with the Royals. He is carted off the field, and at 42, the injury may well be career-ending, but he will be back to pitch a final season in 2013.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Frazier as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers traded Bobby Wilson to the Texas Rangers for Chad Bell.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released Jake Brigham.
2017 - Sparks continue to fly between the Orioles and Red Sox. The whole ruckus started on April 21st, when Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia was spiked on a hard slide by Manny Machado and had to miss a few games.
On April 23rd, Matt Barnes was ejected for throwing a pitch behind Machado and was handed a four-game suspension.
When the teams meet again at Fenway Park this week, more incidents follow: on May 1st, Orioles CF Adam Jones denounces racial slurs directed at him by spectators, prompting the Red Sox to apologize and take action by banning the offending patron.
But bad blood flows again when Chris Sale throws a fastball at Machado the next day eliciting only a warning.
Major League Baseball warns both teams to be on their best behavior before today's game, but in the 2nd inning, Orioles P Kevin Gausman hits Xander Bogaerts and is tossed, even if the pitch was a curveball. Umpire Sam Holbrook explains that "there needs to be an end to this stuff". For good measure, Jones is tossed out as well in the 5th, but for arguing balls and strikes.
When the dust settles, Boston wins the game, 4 - 2, behind Drew Pomeranz and Craig Kimbrel.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Del_Baker
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerde01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/bakerde01.shtml
Del Baker 1914-1916, coach 1933-1938, manager 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938-1942.
Baseball Reference
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