June 12 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907: The New York Highlanders commit 11 errors in a 16-4 loss to the #Tigers.
The New York Times calls it "one of the weirdest, most wretched exhibitions of baseball seen on a major league diamond in years".
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1920: The Tigers beat the new york highlanders 8 - 3. Ty Cobb is 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and 3 runs scored.
1922: Hub Pruett of the St. Louis Browns strikes out Babe Ruth three consecutive times as St. Louis beat the New York Yankees, 7 - 1.
1928: Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees collects 14 total bases with two triples and two home runs in a 15 - 7 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
1932: #Tigers trade Dale "Moose" Alexander to the Red Sox in a 3-player deal. Alexander would finish the season with a .367 batting average to win the AL batting title.
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1939: The Hall of Fame is officially dedicated at Cooperstown, New York.
The greatest-ever gathering of members and future inductees of the Hall of Fame accept their plaques: Grover Alexander, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Nap Lajoie, Connie Mack, Babe Ruth, George Sisler, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner and Cy Young.
1950: Major League Baseball names Connie Mack as the Honorary American League manager of the All-Star Game.
1959: The Detroit Tigers signed Aubrey Gatewood as an amateur free agent.
1971: The Philadelphia Phillies traded Tony Taylor to the Detroit Tigers for Carl Cavanaugh (minors) and Michael Fremuth (minors).
1979: Tigers abruptly fire Les Moss and hire Sparky Anderson as their new manager.
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1981: Thirteen games are canceled in the major leagues due to the players' strike.
1983: All-Time great Detroit Tigers and Hall of Famers Charlie Gehringer and Hank Greenberg have their uniform numbers retired by the Detroit Tigers in a ballpark ceremony. The digits #2 and #5, respectively, will join Al Kaline's #6 retired in 1980, as the only numbers retired by the Tigers thus far.
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1986: The Detroit Tigers released Harry Spilman.
1997: After 126 years of major league play tradition, the first interleague game is played as the San Francisco Giants beat the host Texas Rangers, 4 - 3. Glenallen Hill becomes the National League's first regular season designated hitter.
1998: The Detroit Tigers released Jeff Manto.
2000: The Detroit Tigers sent Karim Garcia to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
2006: The Detroit Tigers released Tony Fiore.
2007: Justin Verlander throws the sixth no-hitter in Detroit Tigers history. Hitting 100 mph on the radar gun in the 9th inning, he shuts down the Brewers with 12 strikeouts, walking four. Magglio Ordonez makes a sliding catch on a shot by Corey Hart in the 7th to keep hope alive and later catches the final out of the contest. It is Detroit's first no-hitter in 23 years, the second no-hitter of the season and the first ever at Comerica Park.
2008: With the game tied at 1 in the bottom of the 9th, Miguel Cabrera hits his first walk-off home run as a Tiger in a 2 - 1 win over the white sox.
2011: Realignment is on the table again as Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in discussions to renew the collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 11. One of the options being discussed would see one team moving from the National League to the American League to create two 15-team leagues, with the Houston Astros the likeliest candidate for a move.
2014: Max Scherzer outdueled Chris Sale in what was his first career complete game and shutout to propel the Tigers to a 4-0 win.
2016: Michael Fulmer extends his scoreless innings streak to 28 ⅓. Ian Kinsler hit a two-run shot to lead the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Yankees.
2018: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera suffers a season-ending injury when he tears a biceps tendon while swinging at pitch in the 3rd inning of a game against the Twins. He had already missed all but one game of May with a hamstring injury.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Matty McIntyre 1904-1910.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Scott_Aldred
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Scott Aldred 1990-1992, 1996.
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Avisail Garcia 2012-2013.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Jim Walkup 1927.
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