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May 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1911: The Detroit Tigers lose their first home game of the year, 6 - 2, as New York hands George Mullin his first loss.
The Tigers have a 21 - 2 record and will lead the pack until July 4th.
1913: The Yankees commit eight errors, but still end up beating the Tigers, 10 - 9 in 10 innings.
1913: Walter Johnson two-hits the White Sox to run his consecutive string of scoreless innings pitched to 52 2/3.
1916: Led by Tris Speaker's two hits and three runs, Cleveland tops the Red Sox and Babe Ruth, 6 - 2.
1926: At Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit back-to-back homers off Tiger starter Sam Gibson, and the Yankees outscore the Tigers, 13 - 9.
1927: Ty Cobb, now with the Athletics, hits a double in his return to Detroit as the Tigers lose 6 - 3.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6NM11uX4AE-VSq.jpg
1934: Lou Gehrig hits two home runs (one a grand slam) and a pair of doubles, tying the record with four long hits, and drives in seven runs, but leaves the game after five innings with a severe cold. The Yanks top the White Sox, 13 - 3. During the game Ben Chapman shouts racial remarks at a Jewish fan. In 1947, he will lead the dugout bigots in protest of Jackie Robinson.
1936: Joe Sullivan, Detroit pitcher, weakens after 12 innings of scoreless relief and Cleveland edges Detroit, 9 - 7. Sullivan takes over for Elden Auker in the 2nd and is splendid before losing in the 15th.
1936: By beating the A's, 7 - 2, at home the Yankees move into first place and will remain there the rest of the season. Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his belated home debut and hits his first home run, off George Turbeville. Lou Gehrig has four hits and two RBIs and Johnny Murphy, in his first start of the season, picks up the win.
1944: Mel Harder wins his 200th career game as Cleveland defeats the Red Sox, 5 - 4. He is the 50th to reach this mark.
1948: The Detroit Tigers released John McHale.
1953: Vic Raschi makes his first relief appearance in two years, limiting the Red Sox to three hits in four innings, as the Yankees win, 7 - 4. Billy Goodman sustains a freak rib accident, which will keep him out of action for three weeks, when Jim Piersall picks him up and lugs him from the field to break up Goody's argument with umpire Jim Duffy.
1956: At Yankee Stadium, Bob Lemon gives Cleveland a 7 - 2 win over the Yankees. Mickey Mantle has a solo homer in the 6th for New York. By the end of the month, Mantle will have hit his 20th homer and will be batting .425 with 50 RBIs.
1958: Tigers name Bill Norman as their new manager, replacing Jack Tighe.
1961: The Cincinnati Reds traded Jim Baumer to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Gernert.
1965: At Fenway Park, the 9th-place Yankees lose again, 3 - 2, when Carl Yastrzemski outhits a hobbling Mickey Mantle. Yaz hits a pair of homers and a sacrifice fly, while Mantle is 3 for 4 with a homer. After Mantle doubles with two outs in the 9th, starter Jim Lonborg is lifted and Dick Radatz gets the final out. It is Lonborg's first major league win.
1966: The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Johnny Podres to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_eFC9uXsAErHfh.jpg
1966: The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Terry Fox from the Detroit Tigers.
1967: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ethan Blackaby from the California Angels.
1968: Denny McLain pitches a CG 12 - 1 win at Washington, Al Kaline hits a single, double, and home run,
as the Tigers pass the first-place Orioles. Detroit will remain in the lead for the rest of the season.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_gjv6dXUAAN0FF.jpg
1970: The Braves' Hoyt Wilhelm becomes the first major league pitcher to appear in 1000 games. Atlanta loses 6 - 5 to the Cardinals.
1976: The Detroit Tigers signed Steve Baker as an amateur free agent.
1987: Darrell Evans hits a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to give the Tigers the 7-6 win over oakland.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_e5RJUXYAUkaFy.jpg
1988: Tigers beat the A's 8 - 2 to snap their 14-game winning streak.
1999: Pete Rose, banned from all aspects of the game by Commissioner Giamatti in 1989, appears as a special instructor for the newly created Sacramento Steelheads. The team plays in the Western Baseball League which is independent, and therefore not governed by Major League Baseball.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Rich Becker as a free agent.
2010: On the night they pay tribute to long-time broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who passed away last week, the Tigers beat New York, 5 - 4, with key contributions from three former Yankees.
Johnny Damon, signed as a free agent in the off-season, hits a home run in his first game against his former team, while Austin Jackson drives in a run and Phil Coke gets two key outs late in the game.
Jackson and Coke were both obtained in a trade for OF Curtis Granderson, who is on the disabled list.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Barrow
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/barroed99.shtml
Ed Barrow manager 1903-1904.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosleti01.shtml
Tim Hosley 1970-1971.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cummijo01.shtml
John Cummings 1996-1997.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santama01.shtml
Marino Santana 1998.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Luke_Putkonen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/putkolu01.shtml
Luke Putkonen 2012-2014.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Tuiasosopo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuiasma01.shtml
Matt Tuiasosopo 2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Brayan_Villarreal
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/villabr02.shtml
Brayan Villarreal 2011-2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/JaCoby_Jones
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesja07.shtml
JaCoby Jones 2016-present.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mujiced01.shtml
Edward Mujica 2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Willett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willeed01.shtml
Ed Willett 1906-1913.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seatsto01.shtml
Tom Seats 1940.
Baseball Reference
1911: The Detroit Tigers lose their first home game of the year, 6 - 2, as New York hands George Mullin his first loss.
The Tigers have a 21 - 2 record and will lead the pack until July 4th.
1913: The Yankees commit eight errors, but still end up beating the Tigers, 10 - 9 in 10 innings.
1913: Walter Johnson two-hits the White Sox to run his consecutive string of scoreless innings pitched to 52 2/3.
1916: Led by Tris Speaker's two hits and three runs, Cleveland tops the Red Sox and Babe Ruth, 6 - 2.
1926: At Yankee Stadium, Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit back-to-back homers off Tiger starter Sam Gibson, and the Yankees outscore the Tigers, 13 - 9.
1927: Ty Cobb, now with the Athletics, hits a double in his return to Detroit as the Tigers lose 6 - 3.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6NM11uX4AE-VSq.jpg
1934: Lou Gehrig hits two home runs (one a grand slam) and a pair of doubles, tying the record with four long hits, and drives in seven runs, but leaves the game after five innings with a severe cold. The Yanks top the White Sox, 13 - 3. During the game Ben Chapman shouts racial remarks at a Jewish fan. In 1947, he will lead the dugout bigots in protest of Jackie Robinson.
1936: Joe Sullivan, Detroit pitcher, weakens after 12 innings of scoreless relief and Cleveland edges Detroit, 9 - 7. Sullivan takes over for Elden Auker in the 2nd and is splendid before losing in the 15th.
1936: By beating the A's, 7 - 2, at home the Yankees move into first place and will remain there the rest of the season. Rookie Joe DiMaggio makes his belated home debut and hits his first home run, off George Turbeville. Lou Gehrig has four hits and two RBIs and Johnny Murphy, in his first start of the season, picks up the win.
1944: Mel Harder wins his 200th career game as Cleveland defeats the Red Sox, 5 - 4. He is the 50th to reach this mark.
1948: The Detroit Tigers released John McHale.
1953: Vic Raschi makes his first relief appearance in two years, limiting the Red Sox to three hits in four innings, as the Yankees win, 7 - 4. Billy Goodman sustains a freak rib accident, which will keep him out of action for three weeks, when Jim Piersall picks him up and lugs him from the field to break up Goody's argument with umpire Jim Duffy.
1956: At Yankee Stadium, Bob Lemon gives Cleveland a 7 - 2 win over the Yankees. Mickey Mantle has a solo homer in the 6th for New York. By the end of the month, Mantle will have hit his 20th homer and will be batting .425 with 50 RBIs.
1958: Tigers name Bill Norman as their new manager, replacing Jack Tighe.
1961: The Cincinnati Reds traded Jim Baumer to the Detroit Tigers for Dick Gernert.
1965: At Fenway Park, the 9th-place Yankees lose again, 3 - 2, when Carl Yastrzemski outhits a hobbling Mickey Mantle. Yaz hits a pair of homers and a sacrifice fly, while Mantle is 3 for 4 with a homer. After Mantle doubles with two outs in the 9th, starter Jim Lonborg is lifted and Dick Radatz gets the final out. It is Lonborg's first major league win.
1966: The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Johnny Podres to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_eFC9uXsAErHfh.jpg
1966: The Philadelphia Phillies purchased Terry Fox from the Detroit Tigers.
1967: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ethan Blackaby from the California Angels.
1968: Denny McLain pitches a CG 12 - 1 win at Washington, Al Kaline hits a single, double, and home run,
as the Tigers pass the first-place Orioles. Detroit will remain in the lead for the rest of the season.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_gjv6dXUAAN0FF.jpg
1970: The Braves' Hoyt Wilhelm becomes the first major league pitcher to appear in 1000 games. Atlanta loses 6 - 5 to the Cardinals.
1976: The Detroit Tigers signed Steve Baker as an amateur free agent.
1987: Darrell Evans hits a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to give the Tigers the 7-6 win over oakland.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_e5RJUXYAUkaFy.jpg
1988: Tigers beat the A's 8 - 2 to snap their 14-game winning streak.
1999: Pete Rose, banned from all aspects of the game by Commissioner Giamatti in 1989, appears as a special instructor for the newly created Sacramento Steelheads. The team plays in the Western Baseball League which is independent, and therefore not governed by Major League Baseball.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Rich Becker as a free agent.
2010: On the night they pay tribute to long-time broadcaster Ernie Harwell, who passed away last week, the Tigers beat New York, 5 - 4, with key contributions from three former Yankees.
Johnny Damon, signed as a free agent in the off-season, hits a home run in his first game against his former team, while Austin Jackson drives in a run and Phil Coke gets two key outs late in the game.
Jackson and Coke were both obtained in a trade for OF Curtis Granderson, who is on the disabled list.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Barrow
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/barroed99.shtml
Ed Barrow manager 1903-1904.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosleti01.shtml
Tim Hosley 1970-1971.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cummijo01.shtml
John Cummings 1996-1997.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santama01.shtml
Marino Santana 1998.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Luke_Putkonen
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/putkolu01.shtml
Luke Putkonen 2012-2014.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Tuiasosopo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tuiasma01.shtml
Matt Tuiasosopo 2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Brayan_Villarreal
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/villabr02.shtml
Brayan Villarreal 2011-2013.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/JaCoby_Jones
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesja07.shtml
JaCoby Jones 2016-present.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mujiced01.shtml
Edward Mujica 2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Willett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willeed01.shtml
Ed Willett 1906-1913.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seatsto01.shtml
Tom Seats 1940.
Baseball Reference
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