May 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1902: Two deaf-mutes face each other for the first time when Dummy Hoy leads off for the Reds against Dummy Taylor of the Giants. The Reds win, 5 - 3, with a five-run rally in the 9th. Hoy goes 2 for 4.
1903: A record 31,500 at the Polo Grounds see the Giants beat Pittsburgh, 7 - 3, behind Christy Mathewson. Matty allows eight hits in beating Brickyard Kennedy, who is bricked for 13 safeties.
1909: National League President John Heydler calls a meeting with the league's umpires to discuss ways that the new two-umpire system can prevent fighting by the players. A serious incident occurred several days earlier in Boston when Reds catcher Frank Roth attacked umpire Steve Cusack after a play at home. Several other Reds players threatened the umpire with baseball bats.
1912: Due to his assault on Claude Luecker, a handicapped fan and a regular heckler, Ty Cobb is suspended. Although today's game is rained out, the Tigers meet in Philadelphia, voting to boycott future games if the "Georgia Peach" is not allowed to play.
1914: Harry Heilmann makes his MLB debut. Strikes out as a pinch hitter.
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1916: Behind the pitching of Babe Ruth, the Red Sox stop the Browns, 3 - 1. The only St. Louis score comes on a double steal.
1929: In Boston, Mel Ott hits for the cycle in New York's 5 - 4, 10-inning loss to the Braves in a doubleheader nightcap. Ott's home run in the 7th lands half-way up in the right field bleachers, the longest home run to that section since 1915.
1931: The A's move into first place to stay with a 12 - 5 win over the Indians at Cleveland. Philadelphia scores nine runs in the last two innings to give the win to Lefty Grove.
1931: At Detroit, Tommy Bridges gives up three hits in stopping the Yankees 3 - 1, and dropping the Bombers to second place as they will not retake first.
1932: The Yankees record their fourth straight shutout to equal the record set by Cleveland and Boston in 1903 and 1906 respectively. Johnny Allen, George Pipgras, Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez were the hurlers. Lefty stops Cleveland on five hits to win, 8 - 0, New York's fifth shutout in seven games.
1937: In Kansas City, Hilton Smith pitches a no-hitter as the Kansas City Monarchs beat the Chicago American Giants, 4 - 0. Smith allows only one Chicago batter to reach base when he walks Melvin Powell in the 4th. Powell is erased on a double play and Smith faces the minimum 27 men. Sug Cornelius pitches a three-hitter in a losing cause.
1937: Browns 3B Harlond Clift equals the American League record at the hot corner with nine assists in a 5 - 4 loss to the Tigers. A fumble and late throw in the 1st inning would have given him a 10th assist. By the end of the season, Clift will set a new record for total chances and the still-standing mark of 405 assists.
1937: The Tigers' Gee Walker has a single to run his hitting streak to 21 games.
1939: With half the expected crowd on hand due to the cold weather, only 15,109 fans at Shibe Park see the Indians defeat the A's, 8 - 3, in 10 innings, in the first night game ever played in the American League. Johnny Humphries is the winner over Roy Parmelee.
1945: Mort Cooper goes AWOL from the Cardinals, returning to St. Louis. A 20-game winner for three previous seasons, Cooper, along with his brother Walker Cooper, has had his salary frozen at $12,000 for three years, and is in a salary dispute with owner Sam Breadon. Without Cooper, the Cards drop a pair to the Braves, losing 5 - 4 in 14 innings and 4 - 1.
1946: The Washington Senators purchased Billy Hitchcock from the Detroit Tigers.
1947: New York's Johnny Mize scores a run in his 16th straight game, helping his team beat the Cubs, 5 - 3. Mize, who will lead the National League in runs, eclipses the NL mark of Max Carey and Freddie Lindstrom. Ted Kluszewski will better the league mark in seven years.
1951: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle drives in four runs and scores three as New York routs the Indians, 11 - 3. Mantle connects for the first of his 206 homers at the Stadium, the blast coming off Dick Rozek.
1953: The Detroit Tigers purchased Al Lakeman from the Philadelphia Phillies.
1953: After the Braves' Billy Bruton's leadoff single in the 1st, Phillies P Curt Simmons retires the next 27 batters to win, 3 - 0, at Milwaukee. The loss snaps the Braves six-game win streak.
1954: Ted Williams is back from recent injury, though grimacing with each swing, and goes 8 for 9 with two home runs and seven RBI in a doubleheader against the Tigers. Williams has three hits in game one, a 7 - 6 loss. He goes 5 for 5 in the nightcap, including both home runs, but Boston loses, 9 - 8, in 14 innings.
1956: On a blustery day in Cleveland, the Yankees top the Indians, 4 - 1. Mickey Mantle hits a homer off Bud Daley, while his pal Billy Martin is benched for the first time. Bobby Richardson takes his place at 2B.
1957: The Yankees top Kansas City, 3 - 0, behind Bob Turley's four-hit shutout. Mickey Mantle has a homer off Alex Kellner, the 11th time in his last 12 at-bats he's reached base safely. That night a group of Yankees celebrate Billy Martin's 29th birthday in raucous fashion. An ensuing fight at Manhattan's Copacabana Club leads to $5,500 in fines
and the eventual trade of Billy to Kansas City. Hank Bauer allegedly starts the fight by hitting a patron, although Bauer denies it. The Yanks fine Whitey Ford, Bauer, Yogi Berra, Mantle and Martin $1,000 each and Johnny Kucks $500.
1961: Frank "The Yankee Killer" Lary pitches a 6-hitter for his 100th career win. Norm Cash and Rocky Colavito hit home runs for #Tigers. Tigers are 22-9, with a 4-game lead over the Yankees.
1965: Oriole teenager Jim Palmer picks up his first major league win, topping the Yankees, 7 - 5. Palmer also bangs his first major league homer, a two-run drive off Jim Bouton, to give himself the victory margin.
1966: Chuck Dressen suffers his second heart attack in two years. Coach Bob Swift again takes the helm of the Tigers.
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1971: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Mike Adams to the Minnesota Twins for Bill Zepp.
The Detroit Tigers sent Arthur Clifford (minors) (May 16, 1971) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.
1978: The Tigers top Seattle, 4 - 2, in 16 innings, winning on a home run by Lance Parrish. Steve Foucault, who pitches the last three innings, gets the win. Relief ace John Hiller tosses 6 2/3 shutout innings.
1983: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Ivie.
2000: After a fan steals Los Angeles catcher Chad Kreuter's hat and hits him in the back of the head, many Dodgers, including coaches John Shelby and Rick Dempsey, go into the stands and start fighting with the Wrigley Field faithful. When the melee ends, several fans are arrested as the game is delayed nearly ten minutes, and there is litter all over the field. The Dodgers defeat the Cubs, 6 - 5.
2001: Rickey Henderson leads off with a home run, extending his major-league record for leadoff home runs to 79. This is more than the combined total for the #2 and #3 players on the list: Brady Anderson (44), and Bobby Bonds (35).
2002: The Detroit Tigers traded Jose Macias to the Montreal Expos for Chris Truby.
2002: The New York Times reports that October 1st, which is the first day of the postseason, is also being considered as a possible strike date. In yesterday's edition, the newspaper had indicated an early August date was being considered for a labor action by the Players Association if a new Collective bargaining agreement can't be reached.
2006: The Tigers beat the Twins 7-4 to move into a tie with the White Sox for first place in the Central. Chris Shelton's 3-run double caps a 5-run third inning.
2015: Miguel Cabrera hits the 400th home run of his career against Tyler Lyons in the 1st inning of a game against the Cardinals. With the blast, he passes both Andres Galarraga, who held the record for most homers by a player from Venezuela, and Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline, who both finished with 399 homers. The homer comes one night after Adrian Beltre also reached the 400 mark. The Tigers win, 4 - 3, in 10 innings.
2016: Tigers blow an 8-0 lead against the Twins but win 10-8. Ian Kinsler and J.D. Martinez each have 3 hits.
2016: The Detroit Tigers released Lucas Harrell.
2016: Tigers players join Eminem and Jay-Z at Comerica Park in May 2010. Phil Coke, Ryan Perry, and Joel Zumaya have gone Mohawk, and Jim Leyland might be considering it.
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2017: After trailing 7-1 to the orioles, Tigers take an 8-7 lead on J.D. Martinez's grand slam, but lose 13-11 in 13 innings.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
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John O'Connell 1902.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Stubby_Overmire
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Stubby Overmire 1943-1949, Tigers minor league coach/manager 1954-1963, 1966-1975, Tigers coach 1963-1966, scout 1976.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Philley
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml
Dave Philley 1957.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Martin
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martibi02.shtml
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Billy Martin 1958, manager 1971-1973.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Bruce
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brucebo01.shtml
Bob Bruce 1959-1961.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Morris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morrija02.shtml
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Jack Morris 1977-1990, announcer 2003, 2005, 2014-present.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brocado01.shtml
Doug Brocail 1997-2000.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Germany_Schaefer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schaege01.shtml
Germany Schaefer 1905-1909.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hankido01.shtml
Don Hankins 1927.
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Jim Finigan 1957.
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