July 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1904: The Tigers purchase catcher Monte Beville from the Highlanders to replace Bob Wood, who dislocated an elbow the previous day when he slipped trying to field a bunt against the A's.
1906: The Detroit Free Press reports that young outfielder Ty Cobb is in a sanitarium.
1927: Mel Ott, 18 years old, hits his first major-league home run, an inside-the-park round-tripper. It is the only inside-the-park homer he will hit of his 511 career homers.
1928: For the last time in his career, Ty Cobb appears in the starting lineup. He singles, doubles, and is hit in the chest by a pitch against the White Sox and leaves the game hitting .332.
1938: Hank Greenberg of the Tigers, who had hit home runs his last two at bats the day before, homers his first two times up to tie the major league record of four in a row. Greenberg has a record-setting eleven two-home run games during the season. "Hammerin Hank" is on his way to another historic season leading the American League with 144 Runs, 119 Walks, and 58 Homeruns.
1946: Hal Newhouser gets his eighth straight. Newhouser's ERA is 0.99 in that span. Prince Hal is now 20 and 3 on the season and will finish 26 and 9 leading the A.L. in wins, ERA, ERA+, FIP, WHIP, Hits per 9, and K's per 9.
Newhouser finshes second for the MVP, missing a 3rd straight year as the MVP.
1953: The Tigers release former ace pitcher Hal Newhouser. He will sign with Cleveland and pitch in the 1954 World Series.
1953: Dizzy Dean and Al Simmons are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Along with them, the Veterans Committee enshrines Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, 19th-century manager Harry Wright, executive Ed Barrow, and umpires Bill Klem and Tom Connolly.
1957: Ty Cobb appears at Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium.
"The Georgia Peach" Ty Cobb feeds Joe DiMaggio a peach at Old Timers' Day!
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1958: The Philadelphia Phillies traded John Turk (minors) and cash to the Detroit Tigers for Jim Hegan.
1962: Al Kaline experiences his best-ever WPA game: 0.840 WPA. He’s 1-for-4 with a walk, reached on error and two RBIs in a Tigers 4-3 win over the Angels. He hits a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth for a walk-off win.
1966: In Los Angeles, Jim Bunning and Sandy Koufax battle for 11 innings before both exit with the score locked at 1 - 1. Koufax allows four hits and fans 16, while Bunning gives up six hits and strikes out 12. Los Angeles eventually tops the Phillies, 2 - 1, in 16 innings.
1968: In Baltimore, Denny McLain shuts out the Orioles, 9 - 0, for his 20th win of the season, against three losses, for the first-place Tigers. McLain is only the third pitcher in the 20th Century to win his 20th this early; the others were Rube Marquard on July 19, 1912 and Lefty Grove on July 25, 1931. Willie Horton hits 2 home runs.
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1969: In the team's biggest shutout victory ever, Baltimore routs the White Sox, 17 - 0, as Jim Hardin wins over Billy Wynne. Hardin allows just two hits while the Birds bang out 20, good for 39 total bases. Frank Robinson drives in five runs and hits a pair of homers.
1980: Fans at #TigerStadium feel tremors from an earthquake in Kentucky during a Sunday afternoon game with the A's.
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1982: Against California, Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 95th base but gets caught stealing three times in an 8 - 7, 13-inning California win. Not since 1916 has an American Leaguer been thrown out three times in a game. Rickey will be thrown out 42 times this year, breaking the mark of 38 caught stealings set by Ty Cobb in 1915. Bob Boone is behind the plate.
1983: While picking up his first win as a member of the Royals, Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton as the third pitcher this season to reach 3,500 career strikeouts, fanning four Indians in a 5 - 4 victory to raise his total to 3,501.
1984: The Red Sox and Tigers almost match shutouts, as the Tigers win 9 - 1 and the Red Sox come back, 4 - 0. Rich Gedman's 9th-inning homer in the opener off Dan Petry is the only Sox score.
The Tigers fall one win short of 70 through 100 games, a record set by Sparky's 1970 Reds.
1997: The Detroit Tigers retire Hal Newhouser's uniform number 16. Newhouser pitched 15 seasons for the Tigers and won an even 200 games. He is the only pitcher to win back-to-back MVP awards, in 1944 and 1945. "Prince Hal" also won successive Earned Run Titles in 1945 and 1946. Following the festivities, the Tigers lose to Milwaukee.
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2003: Catcher Gary Carter is inducted in the Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY, wearing a Montreal Expos cap on his plaque. There was some controversy over whether he would go in as an Expo or as a member of the New York Mets, but the Hall of Fame made the final decision shortly after his election was announced in January.
2008: Goose Gossage is inducted into the Hall of Fame. The reliever credits Dick Allen and Chuck Tanner for their support early in his career. He is the fifth relief pitcher enshrined in Cooperstown. Also inducted are Dick Williams, Walter O'Malley, Barney Dreyfuss, Bowie Kuhn and Billy Southworth; all but Williams are deceased. Larry Whiteside is honored with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award and Dave Niehaus with the Ford Frick Award.
2013: Max Scherzer strikes out 7 in 6 one-hit innings on his birthday in the Tigers' 10-0 romp over the Phillies. Matt Tuiasosopo's 3-run home run caps off a 5-run first inning. Torii Hunter and Victor Martinez each go 3-for-4.
2014: A huge crowd estimated at 48,000 is on hand for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. This year's class is unusually large and prestigious, featuring three players elected on the first ballot: 300-game winners Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas, a member of the 500 home run club. Joining them are three managers who stand at #3, 4, and 5 on the all-time win list in Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre.
2016: Miguel Cabrera hits a solo shot in the top of the 9th: his 14th career go-ahead home run in the 9th inning or later. Victor Martinez went 4-for-4 as the Tigers completed the sweep in Boston with a 4 - 3 win.
Tigers players, and executives birthdays:
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Harry Kane 1903.
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Charlie Hall 1918.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Boone
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Ray Boone 1953-1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Dombrowski
Dave Dombrowski President and General Manager 2001-2015.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Max_Scherzer
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Max Scherzer 2010-2014.
Tigers players, coaches, and executives who passed away:
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Hooks Dauss 1912-1926.
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Salty Parker 1936.
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George Freese 1953.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Ferrell
Rick Ferrell coach 1950-1953, General Manager 1959-1962, Assistant GM 1963-1975, special assistant to GM 1976-1978.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Tuttle
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Bill Tuttle 1952, 1954-1957.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Roarke
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Mike Roarke 1961-1964, coach 1965-1966, 1970.
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