July 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906: Detroit Free Press writer Joe. H. Jackson nicknames young Ty Cobb the Georgia Peach.
1914: Boston Red Sox rookie Ernie Shore makes an impressive debut, pitching a two-hitter to beat the Cleveland Naps, 2 - 1, at Fenway Park.
1915: Chicago White Sox P Red Faber steals three bases in the 4th inning against the Philadelphia A's. With the White Sox leading 4 - 2 in the 4th and rain threatening, the A's try to delay the game. Joe Bush purposely hits Faber with a pitch, and Faber, trying to speed up the game, tries to get thrown out by stealing. Little effort is made to retire him, and he scores Chicago's 5th run. His "steal" of home turns out to be the winning run, as rain never materializes, and Chicago wins, 6 - 4.
1934: After trailing the Yankees 9-1 in the 4th and 11-8 in the 9th, the #Tigers win 12-11 to take over first place.
At Navin Field in Detroit, MI. in an effort to keep the consecutive game streak intact, the Yankees have lumbago-stricken Lou Gehrig bat lead-off and list him as the shortstop in the lineup. After singling in the first inning, the "Iron Horse" leaves the game without fielding as the Detroit Tigers pound out 11 doubles to edge the Yankees 12 - 11.
The Tigers will stay in the lead the rest of the season and win their first pennant in 25 years.
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1939: The New York Yankees tie the American League record with only one assist, as Red Ruffing wins 8 - 3 over the Detroit Tigers.
1943: Ty Cobb is on hand as Mickey Cochrane's Great Lakes Naval team plays the Ford All-Stars in Dearborn.
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1946: Player-manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one home run, but Ted Williams wallops three homers and drives in eight runs, as the Boston Red Sox top the Tribe, 11 - 10. In the Sox's second-game win, the famous Boudreau Shift is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the 3B and LF, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift.
1950: The Boston Red Sox produce a second 11-run inning this year, as they score 11 in the 2nd inning against the Chicago White Sox to win at home, 13 - 1. Vern Stephens hits his 19th homer and now leads the American League in RBI with 84, one ahead of teammates Walt Dropo and Ted Williams.
1952: Detroit Tigers slugger Walt Dropo goes 5 for 5 against the New York Yankees in an 8 - 2 win. All five hits are singles. The 5-for-5 begins a streak of hits in 12 straight at-bats.
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1953: The National League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5 - 1 in Cincinnati's Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. St. Louis Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets two hits, scores twice, and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base blow.
1956: Boston Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park, winning 4 - 0. It is only Parnell's third win against two losses and is the sixth straight loss for second-place Chicago. The no-hitter is the first for the Red Sox since 1923. Parnell will go 4-4 before a torn muscle in his pitching arm ends his career as the Red Sox's winningest southpaw.
1957: The St. Louis Cardinals traded Herb Moford to the Detroit Tigers for Bob Thorpe.
1957: Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles' Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins 10 - 2.
1966: Interim Detroit Tigers skipper Bob Swift is hospitalized, and 3B coach Frank Skaff takes over.
1967: Against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park, Eddie Mathews hits home run #500 while playing for the Houston Astros. The former Milwaukee Braves third baseman, who hit 493 homers playing for the franchise in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta, becomes the seventh major leaguer to reach this plateau. Later in the season, Mathews is traded to the Detroit Tigers and play infrequently as a 1st and 3rd baseman with occasional pinch hitting and is a member of the 1968 World Series Champs when he retires.
1968: Hank Aaron hits home run #500 off Mike McCormick, becoming the eighth major leaguer to reach this milestone. "Hammerin' Hank"'s three-run homer over the left center field fence proves to be the difference as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 4 - 2.
1970: In the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, Pete Rose bowls over Ray Fosse at the plate to score the deciding run on Jim Hickman's single in an exciting 5 - 4 National League victory at Riverfront Stadium. Fosse, who never had the ball, hurts his right shoulder and is taken to the hospital; the Cleveland Indians catcher entertained "Charlie Hustle" as a dinner guest the previous night. The game is scoreless until the 6th, with the National League limited to three hits in the first eight innings. In the 9th, the NL tees off on Catfish Hunter, driving in three runs to tie. Dick Dietz hits a leadoff home run in the inning. Claude Osteen pitches the 10th for the win.
1972: In a major league first, the plate umpire and the catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is the ump and Tom Haller is the Detroit Tigers catcher during a game with the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City wins.
1977: In Cincinnati, George Foster cracks three home runs to drive in five runs in the Cincinnati Reds' 7 - 1 whipping of the Atlanta Braves. Tom Seaver pitches a two-hitter for the win, and doesn't give up a hit until the 7th inning.
1984: Dave Bergman hits a pinch hit game-tying home run and drives in the winning run in extra innings a 6 - 5 win over the twins.
1985: Walt Terrell and Willie Hernandez combine on a one-hitter as the Detroit Tigers blank the Minnesota Twins 8 - 0. Tom Brunansky's double in the 7th is the only hit. Larry Herndon and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back homers in the 4th.
1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Slaton as a free agent.
1987: The BBWAA votes to rename the Rookie of the Year Award in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier on the way to winning the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1947.
1987: Tim Raines caps a 3 for 3 performance in the 1987 All-Star Game with a 2-run triple in the top of the 13th inning, giving the National League a 2 - 0 victory.
1988: Mike Schmidt hits his 537th career home run in the Philadelphia Phillies' 7 - 5 loss to the Houston Astros, moving past Mickey Mantle into 7th place all-time. Schmidt slugs 11 more home runs to finish his career with 548 home runs.
1992: Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. homers off Chicago Cubs hurler Greg Maddux, making it the first time in history a father and a son have hit All-Star home runs. His dad hit one off the New York Yankees' Tommy John in the 1980 All-Star Game. The American League pounds out a record 19 hits in defeating the National League by a score of 13 - 6 in the 1992 All-Star Game. It's the AL's 5th straight win. Griffey Jr., who strokes a single, double, and home run, is named the game's MVP, 12 years after his dad wons the same honor. Travis Fryman gets a base hit in the All-Star Game in San Diego. It's the 18th hit of the game, setting an All-Star Game record.
1993: The American League defeats the National League, 9 - 3, in the 1993 All-Star Game. Kirby Puckett, Roberto Alomar, and Gary Sheffield hit home runs, while the win goes to Jack McDowell. Craig Biggio is at 2B for the NL: last year, he was on the team as a catcher, the first player ever to make it at those two positions. A highlight of the game is Randy Johnson firing a 95-MPH fastball over John Kruk's head. Kruk bails out on the next two pitches, saying afterwards: "he's going to kill somebody".
1999: In an ill-conceived move, umpires union chief Richie Phillips announces that 57 umpires will resign on September 2. Among other things, the umps reportedly are upset at the 3-day suspension Tom Hallion received for bumping Rockies C Jeff Reed on July 2.
2000: A report presented to owners, "The Commissioner's Initiative: Women and Baseball", finds women make up 46 percent of the average crowd at a big league game and urges major league franchises to make more of an effort to market to women patrons. According to the same report, forty-three percent of women could not name a player on their home team's roster.
2000: Major League owners decide to return to playing an unbalanced schedule (teams play more games against teams in their own division) rather than the presently-used balanced schedule in which they play approximately the same number of games against all teams within the league. The American League has used a balanced schedule since 1977 and the National League started in 1993.
2009: Brandon Inge appears in the All-Star Game after becoming the first Tiger to win the All-Star Final Vote.
The American League runs its unbeaten streak to 13 games (12 wins and a tie) by defeating the National League, 4 - 3, in the 80th All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The win enables the AL to finish the 2000s without losing any All-Star Game (9-0-1) in the decade, the first time either league has ever accomplished this feat. Carl Crawford of the Rays earns MVP honors by climbing over the left field fence to deprive Brad Hawpe of a home run in the 7th inning.
2011: In a loss to the blue jays, SS Derek Jeter and DH Jorge Posada appear together in a game for the 1660th time, the all-time record for the Bronx Bombers, beating out Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeremy Bonderman as a free agent.
2013: Justin Verlander of the Tigers takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning until Mitch Moreland hits a two-out double for the Rangers. Verlander's teammates back him with three homers - by Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta - as Detroit cruises to a 5 - 0 win.
2015: Mike Trout leads the American League to a 6 - 3 win in the 2015 All-Star Game by starting off the game with a homer against Zack Greinke, then scores the go-ahead run in the 5th to earn MVP honors for the second straight year. David Price is the winner over Clayton Kershaw.
2017: The Red Sox put an end to a disastrous episode when they designate 3B Pablo Sandoval for assignment. Signed to a $95 million five-year contract before the 2015 season, he played only 161 games over two and a half seasons, with little production. Boston's decision leaves them on the hook for over $48 million, the second largest buy-out in major league history.
Tigers players birthdays:
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John Peters 1915.
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Enrique Gonzalez 2010-2011.
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Tyler Alexander 2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Matt Batts 1952-1954.
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Mike Strahler 1973.
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