July 17 in Tigers and mlb history:
1902: The Detroit Tigers signed Erve Beck as a free agent.
1903: Rube Waddell is arrested for assaulting a fan who had criticized his pitching. Connie Mack bails him out of jail.
1908: In another classic match-up, Three-Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson pair off with Brown winning, 1 - 0.
The Cubs pitcher allows 6 hits, with Matty giving up 7. The only run comes on a 5th-inning inside-the-park home run by Matty's nemesis, Joe Tinker, who runs through the arms of third base coach Heinie Zimmerman to score. In the 12 match-ups between the two pitchers, Brown has won eight. A tragic occurrence happens during Tinker's home run dash when a boy, standing on the roof of a nearby building to view the game, falls 50 feet to his death.
1908: It is Honus Wagner Day in Pittsburgh, as players from both teams line up to pay homage. Wagner's tribute was originally scheduled for the 16th, but Honus asked that it be moved a day so it does not conflict with the annual benefit picnic for orphans. Wagner is presented with a $700 gold watch. Pittsburgh beats Boston, 4 - 0.
1914: At Forbes Field, Rube Marquard and Babe Adams each go a marathon 21 innings before Larry Doyle's two-run home run gives the Giants a 3 - 1 win over the Pirates. Adams yields no walks and 12 hits, the longest non-walk game in major league history. Marquard walks two (one intentionally) and yields 15 hits.
In the 6th, Honus Wagner goes from first to third base on a hit by Jim Viox. When New York CF Bob Bescher throws to 3B Milt Stock, the ball bounces out of his hands and disappears. Wagner scores before it's discovered that the ball bounced up under his arm and stayed there as he ran home. Wagner is called out for interference, and the Bucs protest. Manager Fred Clarke is then ejected by umpire Bill "Lord" Byron. In a fitting ending to this unusual game, Giants OF Red Murray is knocked unconscious by a bolt of lightning after catching a fly ball for the final out. Murray is uninjured. Marquard's win is his last in 1914. He will lose 10 straight on his way to a 12-22 record.
1922: At Boston, Ty Cobb gets five hits (and a walk) in a game for the 4th time this year, setting an American League mark. His previous 5-hit contests were on May 7th, July 7th, and July 12th. Only Willie Keeler has done it before.
The Tigers roar, 16 - 7. overcoming a 5 - 0 deficit after one inning.
1934: Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland. He will retire with a walk record of 2,062. Rickey Henderson will break the record.
1936: Carl Hubbell starts his 24-game winning streak, beating Pittsburgh, 6 - 0. The Giants hit a National League record-tying four triples in the 1st inning: Jo-Jo Moore, Mel Ott and Hank Leiber hit them in succession, and Eddie Mayo adds one later in the inning to equal the major league record.
1941: In front of more than 60,000 fans at Cleveland, Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak is ended at 56 games. Indians P Al Smith and Jim Bagby Jr., plus sensational plays by 3B Ken Keltner, stop the Yankee Clipper, but New York edges the Indians, 6 - 5.
1942: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jack Wilson from the Washington Senators.
1947: Less than two weeks after Larry Doby's debut with the Indians, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown become the second and third black players in the American League and first for the Browns. The former Kansas City Monarchs standouts will play in less than 30 games for St. Louis because their presence does not significantly raise attendance.
1954: With Jim Gilliam (2B), Jackie Robinson (3B), Sandy Amoros (LF), Roy Campanella (C) and Don Newcombe (P) in the starting lineup against the Braves, the Dodgers field the first team which consists of a majority of black players.
The historic five helps Brooklyn beat Milwaukee at County Stadium, 2 - 1.
1955: Earl Torgeson of the Tigers steals home in the 10th to beat the Yankees 6 - 5.
1960: Frank Lary gets win as Tigers beat Yankees 12-2. Lary the "Yankee Killer": 27-10 mark vs NY 1955-61.
Al Kaline draws four walks in four plate appearances.
1961: Following a year-long illness, Ty Cobb succumbs to cancer at age 74 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
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1962: Sandy Koufax leaves after one inning of a 7 - 5 loss at Cincinnati. The 14-game winner has a circulatory problem in the index finger and palm of his pitching hand and will be sidelined until late September.
1976: Walter Alston wins his 2,000th game as Dodger manager.
1979: The National League wins its 8th straight All-Star Game, 7 - 6, at Seattle. Lee Mazzilli homers to tie the game in the 8th, and walks in the 9th to bring in the winning run. Dave Parker, with two outstanding throws, is named the game's MVP, and Pete Rose plays a record 5th All-Star position. The Red Sox provide the starting OF for the American League in Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski, and Fred Lynn, though Yaz has played 1B most of the season.
1989: The Detroit Tigers traded Bill Bean to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Steve Green (minors) and Domingo Michel (minors).
1990: Minnesota becomes the first team in history to turn two triple plays in the same game. Both are started on grounders to 3B Gary Gaetti, who has started five of the Twins' last six triple killings. The Twins' triple killings aren't enough as the team loses to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, 1 - 0.
1991: Rob Deer homers in the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium to give the Tigers 6 - 4 win and their third straight walk-off win in a sweep of Texas.
2000: The Detroit Tigers traded Gabe Alvarez to the San Diego Padres for Dusty Allen.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Boehringer as a free agent.
2012: The Tigers are shut out for the first time in 364 days in a 13-0 throttling by the Angels.
2018: The American League defeats the National League, 8 - 6, in the 89th edition of the All-Star Game, played at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. A record ten home runs are hit, including a pair in the 10th inning, by teammates Alex Bregman and George Springer of the Astros off Ross Stripling, as the AL wins its 6th straight and 18 of the last 21 (with one tie) to edge ahead of the NL overall. Bregman is named the winner of the Ted Williams Award as the game's MVP.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Guy Tutwiler 1911, 1913.
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Hal Erickson 1953.
Tigers players and managers who passed away:
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Sport McAllister 1901-1903.
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Rube Kisinger 1902-1903.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ty_Cobb
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cobbty01.shtml
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Ty Cobb 1905-1926, manager 1921-1926.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chief_Hogsett
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Chief Hogsett 1929-1936, 1944.
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