May 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1913: At Sportsman's Park, Walter Johnson tops Jack Coombs' record of 53 consecutive scoreless innings when he stretches the mark to 56 innings. But after the Washington Senators back him with six runs, Johnson gives up a run in the 4th inning against the St. Louis Browns to end his streak of 56 scoreless innings.
1916: At Robison Field, St. Louis Cardinals rookie Rogers Hornsby hits his first major league home run, off Brooklyn Robins pitcher Jeff Pfeffer. At the conclusion of his great career, 'The Rajah' will have won 7 batting titles, 2 Triple Crowns, a .358 career BA, and considered the greatest right handed batter all time.
1920: Walter Johnson wins his 300th game. He’s the 10th member of the club, with a record of 300-194.
1939: Charlie Gehringer hits his 500th double. He’s the 14th member of the club.
1939: On Mother’s Day, Mother and Father Feller come watch their son Bob pitch. They get more than they bargained for when a foul ball off the bat of Marv Owen catches Mother Feller flush in the face. She needs six stitches over her right eye.
1940: Jimmie Foxx of the Boston Red Sox hits what is believed to be the longest home run in the history of Comiskey Park in the 7 - 6 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lefty Grove is the winning pitcher and Johnny Rigney, who gives up the titanic blast that clears the left-field roof, is the loser.
1950: The Browns and Tigers played 10 scoreless innings before the Tigers finally broke through against Ned Garver in the 11th, winning 1-0. Virgil Trucks pitched 11 shutout innings for the win. Both he & Garver allowed 5 hits.
1956: Al Kaline and Harvey Kuenn appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated: "Detroit's Mr. Outfield and Mr. Infield"
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1965: Boston Red Sox left fielder Carl Yastrzemski hits for the cycle against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. Yastrzemski's historic day includes two home runs and five runs batted in, but does not prevent Boston from losing the game, 12 - 8. Willie Horton hits two home runs for the Tigers.
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1966: Roberto Clemente's sixth and final career home run off Sandy Koufax is another no-doubter. It comes during Koufax's final season, the net result being one less shutout for Sandy and one more moon shot for Clemente. There was "only Bob Clemente's 9th-inning home run spoiling Sandy's bid for his 36th career shutout," writes Frank Finch of the Los Angeles Times.
1967: Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees joins the 500 home run club when he connects against Stu Miller of the Baltimore Orioles. Mantle becomes the sixth major leaguer to reach 500.
1968: Willie Horton hits 2 home runs and Earl Wilson pitches a 4-hit complete game as the Tigers shut out the Orioles 4-0 at Tiger Stadium.
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1972: Willie Mays, playing his first game with the New York Mets, hits a game-winning home run against his former teammates, the San Francisco Giants. Just three days earlier, the Mets had acquired Mays from the Giants for a player, pitcher Charlie Williams, and cash.
1973: The Atlanta Braves traded Bob Didier to the Detroit Tigers for Gene Lamont.
1980: It’s the best WPA game Alan Trammell ever had: 0.924 WPA. 4-for-5, one double, three runs, and two RBI. Tigers 6 - A’s 5.
1984: Tigers beat the Mariners 7-5 to improve to 27-5. Alan Trammell goes 3-for-5 with a home run and an RBI single.
1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Greg Granger (minors) to the Cleveland Indians for John Farrell.
2000: Tigers win 2 - 1 and sweep the Yankees: first time since 1937 (A's) that the Yankees are swept by the team with the worst record in the major leagues.
2003: Tigers win 2 - 1 on a Brandon Inge walk-off sac fly to score Craig Monroe: a rare highlight in an abysmal season, coming against a oakland a's team that will win 96 games.
2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Erick Almonte as a free agent.
2012: Major League Baseball fires arbitrator Shyam Das after 13 years on the job. The Commissioner's office was incensed at Das for overturning Ryan Braun's suspension for PED use on a technicality on February 23rd, and the last straw comes when the same ruling is used today to justify ending Eliezer Alfonzo's 100-game suspension early.
2016: In his final season, David Ortiz is still a master of the clutch hit. Today, he hits a two-out 9th-inning triple off Luke Gregerson to drive in Xander Bogaerts and tie the game for the Red Sox against the Astros, then hits a two-out double in the 11th off Michael Feliz that again drives in Bogaerts and gives the Sox a 6 - 5 win. The double is the 600th of his career, making him only the third player after Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds to hit 500 homers and 600 doubles; he had hit homer #513 in the 3rd inning.
2017: The Yankees officially retire uniform number 2 in honor of Derek Jeter and unveil a plaque in his name in Monument Park at New Yankee Stadium between games of a doubleheader against the Astros.
2018: Niko Goodrum hits two home runs to drive in 5 and lead the Tigers to a 6-3 win over the indians.
2019: The Detroit Tigers released Taylor Motter.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
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Les Moss manager 1979.
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Efren Navarro 2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
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John O'Connell 1902.
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Frank O'Rourke 1924-1926.
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Harry Byrd 1957.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Sparma
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sparmjo01.shtml
Joe Sparma 1964-1969.
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