July 6 in Tigers and mlb history:
1905: The Washington Senators purchased Charlie Hickman from the Detroit Tigers.
1915: Pete Alexander fires his third one-hitter of the season, with the Giants' Fred Merkle getting the lone hit. Merkle doubles in the 2nd for New York's only baserunner in the game.
1917: Ty Cobb's hitting streak ends at 35 games as White Sox pitchers Red Faber and Jim Scott hold him hitless.
His streak began May 31. Cobb holds the American League mark of 40 straight games, set in 1912, but George Sisler will ring up 41 games in 1922.
1929: After watching the Tigers belt eight home runs on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, by Dale Alexander 1B, Earl Whitehill P, Roy Johnson LF, Dale Alexander again, Merv Shea C, Roy Johnson again, and Marty McManus 3B, the Browns use the off day to erect a screen in front of the RF pavilion. The screen stretches 156 feet from the foul pole toward CF, 310 feet down the line from home. In the next day's game, Heinie Manush will hit three balls off the screen against the Yankees' Waite Hoyt, while Babe Ruth will hit two off it in the series. This screen will remain in place into the 1940s, the only stadium with extended OF seating where it is impossible to catch a home run ball.
1933: At Chicago's Comiskey Park, the first ever All-Star Game is played. Babe Ruth's two-run home run helps the American League defeat the Senior Circuit, 4 - 2. John McGraw comes out of retirement to manage the NL squad.
Charlie Gehringer bats second for the American League in the inaugual All-Star Game at Comiskey Park. The Mechanical Man gets a single and a stolen base in the AL's 4-2 win. Gehringer plays in 6 consecutive all-star games batting .500 10 for 20.
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1935: Hank Greenberg hits his 100th RBI of the year. He sets a record for the earliest to ever do it—in the 75th game of the season for the Tigers.
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1936: After the first batter is thrown out trying to bunt, Bob Feller, a 17-year old farm boy from Van Meter, Iowa, strikes out 8 consecutive batters in three innings during an All-Star break exhibition game against the Cardinals' Gas House Gang. It is the rookie's first appearance in a major league uniform.
1938: The National League wins the sixth All-Star Game, 4 - 1, with the aid of fine pitching and four American League errors. Starter Johnny Vander Meer gets the win. Yankees hurler Lefty Gomez is defeated for the first time in four All-Star starts. National League shortstop Leo Durocher becomes the first Dodger to start in an All-Star Game.
1941: A center field monument dedicated to Lou Gehrig is unveiled by the Yankees. The memorial is a tribute by his teammates of their beloved captain who died last month of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
1942: Powered by first-inning home runs by Indians shortstop Lou Boudreau and Tigers first baseman Rudy York, the American League All-Stars defeats the National League at the Polo Grounds 3 - 1.
1955: The Detroit Tigers released Ferris Fain.
1956: Ford Frick inaugurates the Cy Young Award, to honor the outstanding pitcher each year. The BBWAA will do the voting. Only one pitcher will be honored each year until 1967, when a pitcher will be selected in each league.
1964: The National League and its umpires settle on a contract lasting until December 1969. The league provides increased pension and insurance payments.
1968: The Detroit Tigers released Lenny Green.
1971: Norm Cash belts a pair of 3-run homers to power the Tigers to a 12 - 7 win over the Yanks. Catcher Bill Freehan and Shortstop Ed Brinkman each have 2 hits and 5 rbi between them. Mickey Lolich goes all the way allowing just 2 of the runs as earned for the win.
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1980: Steve Carlton (14-4) becomes the major leagues' left-handed strikeout king, fanning seven Cardinals in a 8 - 3 Phillies win to bring his career total to 2,836. Mickey Lolich had held the record with 2,832.
1983: In the 50th anniversary All-Star Game at Chicago's Comiskey Park, the American League routs the National League 13 - 3 for its first win since 1971. The AL breaks the game open with seven runs in the 4th inning, highlighted by Fred Lynn's grand slam - the first ever in All-Star competition.
1990: Jack Morris nearly throws a perfect game. He permits just one base runner, a one-out first inning single by Kurt Stillwell, who is immediately gobbled up in a double play.
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1994: At Tiger Stadium: Matthew Duprey 11 of Novi, is selected as the team’s 100 millionth fan. He throws out the first pitch, receives free merchandise, and sits in the dugout and the owner’s suite as the Tigers lose to the White Sox.
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1997: In Detroit, the Tigers top the Orioles, 14 - 9, their 3rd straight win after 11 consecutive losses. Brian Johnson and Travis Fryman homer for the Tigers while teammate Bobby Higginson adds a two-run inside-the-park homer, his fifth round tripper this week. For Scott Erickson (11-4), it is the worst start of his career for Baltimore, allowing all 12 runs, 11 earned, and 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings. Willie Blair (6-4) takes the win in relief.
2001: Cubs beat the #Tigers 15-8 in their first game at Comerica Park. It's the 101st stadium the Cubs franchise has played in over its 125-year history, and their first win in Detroit since Game 5 of the 1945 World Series.
2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Avisail Garcia as an amateur free agent.
2011: The trial of Roger Clemens on accusations of perjury in his testimony to Congress in February 2008, opens today in Washington, DC with jury selection. Among the witnesses which prosecutors are planning to call on are Commissioner Bud Selig, former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, former teammates Andy Pettitte and Jorge Posada and slugger Sammy Sosa. Clemens' attorneys also plan to call on former managers and teammates - albeit different ones - to testify on behalf of the former pitcher.
2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Eduardo Jimenez as an amateur free agent.
2015: The Detroit Tigers selected Marc Krauss off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays.
2017: With two hits in a 4 - 3 loss to the Cardinals, Marlins OF Ichiro Suzuki becomes the all-time leader in the category for players born outside the United States with 3,054 hits, passing Rod Carew.
2018: At age 45, Bartolo Colon pitches a complete game for the Rangers in a 3 - 1 loss to the Tigers. Colon was the last active player to have played at Tiger Stadium.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
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Steve O'Neill coach 1941-1942, manager 1943-1948.
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Karl Olson 1957.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jason_Thompson_(thompja01)
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Jason Thompson 1976-1980.
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Omar Olivares 1996-1997.
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Greg Norton 2004.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Ray Francis 1923.
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