June 5 in Tigers and mlb history:
1916: In Cleveland, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox shuts out the Indians, 5 - 0, on five hits, and has now thrown 24 straight scoreless innings. He is 2 for 3 at the plate.
1923: Birmingham (Southern Association) purchased Roy Moore from the Detroit Tigers.
1936: Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,700th consecutive game, as the Yankees beat the Indians, 4 - 3. By May 2, 1939 when Gehrig takes himself out of the Yankee's lineup he will have set a ML record of 2,130 consecutive games played.
A record that will be broken by Cal Ripken's 2,632.
1949: Commissioner Happy Chandler lifts the ban on all players who jumped to the Mexican League, starting in 1946. Only Sal Maglie will make a significant mark after the exile. Lou Klein will be the first jumper to make a major-league box score, successfully pinch-hitting on June 16.
1954: Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams catches pneumonia, sidelining him for three weeks.
1957: In Jersey City, Don Drysdale pitches the first of his 49 major-league shutouts, as the Dodgers win, 4 - 0, over the Cubs.
1959: In a 10 - 5 loss to the Cubs, Pittsburgh's Dick Stuart becomes, in the words of Les Biederman, "the first player in the 50-year history of Forbes Field to ride a ball over the centerfield fence, a few feet to the left of the flagpole."
While Stuart is perhaps the first major leaguer to literally clear the wall, mention must be made of both Negro League great Josh Gibson, who did it twice, in 1930 and 1946, and Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby, who actually hit the flagpole on April 24, 1924.
Biederman continues: "Stuart faced Glen Hobbie with Smoky Burgess aboard and rifled a shot straight over George Altman's head. Altman raced back and watched the flight of the ball. It disappeared over the 457-foot mark on the centerfield fence, longest part of Forbes Field. Nobody could quite accurately estimate how far the ball traveled and by how far it cleared the wall. Altman guessed 25 to 30 feet but Walt Moryn, who had a side view of the ball from left field, went on record that the ball cleared the wall by about 40 to 50 feet."
1961: The Detroit Tigers traded Chuck Cottier to the Washington Senators for Hal Woodeshick.
1963: At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Mickey Mantle fractures a bone in his left foot and suffers ligament and cartilage damage to the left knee running into the chain link fence chasing down a Brooks Robinson drive. Mantle will be out for 61 games.
1967: Al Kaline appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1969: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bill Gilbreth in the 3rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
1969: The Detroit Tigers drafted Lerrin LaGrow in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
1969: The Detroit Tigers drafted Doug Konieczny in the 23rd round of the 1969 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1970: Al Kaline singles for his 2,500th career hit,in a 4 - 2 loss to the 'effin athletics.
He will finish his career with 3,007.
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1973: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Adams in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
1973: The Detroit Tigers drafted Charlie Puleo in the 13th round of the 1973 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1974: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rob Picciolo in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (June Secondary), but was not signed.
1974: The Detroit Tigers drafted Lance Parrish in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
1974: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dan Morogiello in the 8th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1974: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Fidrych in the 10th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
1974: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Sykes in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
1977: The Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston's uniform number, 24, on Old-Timer's Day.
1979: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rick Leach in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft.
1979: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Warren in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
1979: A would-be home run by former Tiger Willie Horton bounces off the Kingdome roof for a single. John Hiller cites divine intervention.
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1981: Houston Astros pitcher Nolan Ryan passes Early Wynn as major leagues' all-time walks leader, walking two batters in a 3 - 0 win over the Mets to raise his total to 1,777. Ryan also strikes out 10 batters while pitching a five-hitter.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Dwayne Murphy as a free agent.
1989: The Toronto SkyDome opens, but the Blue Jays lose 5 - 3 to the Milwaukee Brewers. Baseball's newest and most modern stadium features a $100 million fully retractable roof, a hotel, the world's largest video display board, and a Hard Rock Cafe.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Greg Gohr in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1989.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Paul Carey in the 4th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Doug Mirabelli in the 6th round of the 1989 amateur draft, but was not signed.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted John DeSilva in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 9, 1989.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted John Doherty in the 19th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 10, 1989.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ivan Cruz in the 28th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1989.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Ettles in the 33rd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
1989: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Garcia in the 55th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
1994: In Detroit, the Twins' Chuck Knoblauch leads off the game with a homer off Mike Moore, then adds a second long ball in the 7th. Not to be outdone, the Tigers' lead-off hitter, Tony Phillips goes deep against Scott Erickson in his first at-bat, and also add a second homer, in the 8th inning. It is the first time in major league history this has happened, and the feat won't be repeated until August 13, 2013, when Brad Miller and Ben Zobrist are the two protagonists. Detroit wins the game, 5 - 3.
1997: With the first overall selection in the amateur draft, the Tigers select pitcher Matt Anderson out of Rice University. It’s the first overall #1 pick the Tigers have ever had in the June draft. Armed with a 100-MPH fastball, Anderson will be in the Detroit bullpen the next year.
2000: The Detroit Tigers drafted Nook Logan in the 3rd round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed July 8, 2000.
2000: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Woodyard in the 4th round of the 2000 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2000.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jack Hannahan in the 3rd round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mike Rabelo in the 4th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ryan Raburn in the 5th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 20, 2001.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Don Kelly in the 8th round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2001.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Humberto Sanchez in the 31st round of the 2001 amateur draft. Player signed May 27, 2002.
2001: The Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 4 - 3, in 18 innings on Shea Hillenbrand's home run over the Green Monster. Tim Wakefield, with a scoreless inning, is the winner. Boston DH Manny Ramirez receives four intentional walks, tying the American League mark set by Roger Maris, on May 22, 1962. Maris did it in a 12-inning game. The major league record is five, set by Andre Dawson, in a 16-inning game, on May 22, 1990.
2008: Chipper Jones hits his 400th career home run, becoming the third switch-hitter to reach this level. Eddie Murray and Mickey Mantle had reached the mark previously. Ricky Nolasco gives up the homer. Jones has a four-hit game to move his average to .418, the top mark in the majors at this point of the season.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ryan Perry in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed July 10, 2008.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Alex Avila in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Andy Dirks in the 8th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Robbie Weinhardt in the 10th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2008.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Thad Weber in the 16th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 2008.
2008: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ryan Lollis in the 20th round of the 2008 amateur draft, but was not signed.
2009: Over objections from preservationists, the second phase of the demolition of #TigerStadium begins. Possibly more infuriating than the first phase, with even less cause and more possibilities for reuse of this portion, the original Navin Field section of the stadium.
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2012: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jake Thompson in the 2nd round of the 2012 amateur draft.
2012: The Detroit Tigers drafted Drew VerHagen in the 4th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed June 19, 2012.
2012: The Detroit Tigers drafted Devon Travis in the 13th round of the 2012 amateur draft. Player signed July 3, 2012.
2014: The Detroit Tigers drafted Spencer Turnbull in the 2nd round of the 2014 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2014.
2016: Chet Lemon is honored with the Willie Horton African American Legacy Award.
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2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Hunter Cervenka as a free agent.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Frank Huelsman 1904.
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Herb Hall 1918.
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Duke Sims 1972-1973.
Tigers players who passed away:
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John Sullivan 1905.
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