May 25 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906 - Martin Dihigo is born in Matanzas, Cuba. Over the course of his career, Dihigo will make seamless transitions between all nine positions and play in several countries. As a hitter he will lead the Negro Leagues in home runs in 1926 and 1935; as a pitcher he will win more than 300 games and defeat Satchel Paige while touring Cuba. He will be elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1977, becoming the only player in history to be inducted to the American, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican and Venezuelan Halls of Fame.
He will later add yet another honor as one of the inaugural inductees in the Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.
1922: After being thrown out at second base trying to stretch a single, New York's Babe Ruth throws dirt in the face of umpire George Hildebrand and then goes after a fan. Ruth is ejected, and eventually fined $500 and suspended one game by American League president Ban Johnson.
1935: Babe Ruth shows flashes of his past glory by hitting the final three home runs of his career in the Boston Braves' 11 - 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. In addition to a 5th-inning single, Ruth hits homers in the 1st inning against Red Lucas, 3rd inning against Guy Bush and 7th inning off Bush again. In addition, his final homer is the first in Forbes Field's history to clear its right field roof.
1937: Tiger catcher/manager Mickey Cochrane is beaned in the head by a pitch from New York’s Bump Hadley. Cochrane is unconscious for seven days and nearly dies as a result.
The future Hall of Famer never plays another game in the big leagues, though he returns to manage Detroit the next season.
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While his professional playing career was over, Mickey Cochrane remained active in baseball and coached the US Navy Great Lakes Bluejackets Team during WWII.
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1951: Willie Mays debuts for the New York Giants, striking out in the 1st inning against Bubba Church. Mays goes 0 for 5, but makes three good plays in the field.
1968: One day short of the six year anniversary (5-26-1962) of Al Kaline's worst injury breaking his collarbone on 9th inning game saving catch,
Oakland A's scumbag pitcher Lew Krause hits Al in his right arm fracturing it. Kaline will be lost to the Tigers until July 1.
Denny McLain strikes out 8 with 1 walk in a complete game win, his 7th of the season. Tigers win 2-1.
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1975: Mickey Lolich wins his 200th game for the Tigers, becoming just the third pitcher to win that many for Detroit. In a rain-shortened game in Chicago, Lolich beats the White Sox, 4-1 with seven innings of work. The lefty will win 207 games for the Tigers, third all-time behind Hooks Dauss and George Mullin.
1979: The Cincinnati Reds traded Champ Summers to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent Sheldon Burnside (October 25, 1979) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
1983: Kirk Gibson scores on a memorable inside-the-park home run and the Tigers beat the blue jays 6 - 2.
1984: Mariners beat the Tigers 7-3 in Seattle. The Tigers' AL-record road winning streak is snapped at 17. #Tigers are 35-6.
2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Lyle Mouton as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers released Matt Mantei.
2006: Tigers trail 6-0 after the 1st inning but rally to win 13-8 and hand the Royals their 13th straight loss.
2013: The Tigers welcome members of the 1968 team to Comerica Park to celebrate the 45th anniversary of their world championship.
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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ss...1986_worl.html
Detroit Tigers honor 1968 World Series championship team; Al Kaline: 'It seems like only yesterday'.
2014: The Tigers posthumously honor Bill Bruton with the African American Legacy Award. The outfielder played for the #Tigers from 1961-64 and died in 1995. Bruton was one of the first African American players to be a regular started for the Tigers.
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Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eischjo01.shtml
Joey Eischen 1996.
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Bill Haselman 1999.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Randall_Simon
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Randall Simon 2001-2002.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_James_(jamesbi01)
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Bill James 1915-1919.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Lakeman
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Al Lakeman 1954.
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