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August 12 in Tigers and mlb history:

1909: The Detroit Tigers purchased Hub Pernoll from Aberdeen (Northwestern) for $4,000.

1910: The Detroit Tigers purchased Tex Covington from Evansville (Central).

1912: Three men attack Ty Cobb on his way to the Detroit rail station. Cobb sustains a cut on his shoulder, but catches one of his attackers and pistol-whips him. Cobb then travels to Syracuse and gets two hits in an exhibition game.

1915: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Cunningham from Chattanooga (Southern Association).

1932: American League president Will Harridge upholds Detroit's protest of its August 1st game against New York and orders it replayed on September 8. Detroit had protested because Tony Lazzeri's and Ben Chapman's batting order was orally reversed after the lineup cards were handed in before the game.

1934: 41,766 turn out to Fenway Park to see what will probably be Babe Ruth's last game in Boston. In game one of the doubleheader, Ruth goes 2 for 5 with a double, but misplays a Billy Werber line drive into a triple. Ruth is 0 for 1 with two walks in the second game, leaving in the 6th inning. He will in fact return to Hubtown in 1935, when he finishes his playing career with the Boston Braves.

1937: In the first of two with the Yankees‚ Jimmie Foxx hits one way out of Fenway Park‚ the ball leaving the park to the right of the CF flag pole. The shot comes off New York's Kemp Wicker and helps the Red Sox overpower the Yankees‚ 16 - 10, stopping New York's win streak at 10.

1945: In the lid-lifter at Briggs Stadium‚ pitcher Jim Tobin acquired on waivers‚ pitches 3 scoreless innings against New York and clubs a 3-run game-ending homer in the bottom of the 11th to win 9 - 6. Another former Brave Jim Turner‚ serves up the homer. The Tigers win the nitecap 8 - 2‚ behind Hal Newhouser's 18th win.
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1946: Stan Musial gets four hits in four at-bats against the Chicago Cubs, giving Musial 12 hits over three games. The St. Louis Cardinals win, 5 - 0, behind Al Brazle's three-hitter.

1947: After losing the first game to Detroit 7 - 1‚ the Browns take the nitecap 6 - 5‚ beating Hal Newhouser in relief.
For Newhouser‚ it is his first loss to the Browns after 15 consecutive wins.

1950: The Giants' Eddie Stanky is banished by umpire Lon Warneke for refusing to stop waving his arms in an attempt to distract Phillies' batter Andy Seminick. This is a reprise of a shuffle Stanky initiated on August 9th.
In the 4th‚ Stanky moves over behind second base and goes into a windup the same time as the pitcher. Giants manager Leo Durocher had agreed to await a league ruling on the tactic‚ but after Seminick knocks Hank Thompson unconscious in a collision at third base‚ Durocher turns Stanky loose.
In the 4th‚ Seminick reaches base on an error‚ then on a force at second base, he puts a linebacker block on Bill Rigney‚ Stanky's replacement‚ and both dugouts empty for a brawl. The Phils go on to win, 5 - 4, in 11 innings‚ on Stan Lopata's triple and a sac fly by Eddie Waitkus. The Giants protest Stanky's ouster to no avail.

1951: Roy Campanella breaks up a pitching duel between Don Newcombe and Boston's Johnny Sain with a three-run homer‚ his second of the game‚ and the third time in 9 games he's collected a pair of homers. Campy's 5 ribbies give the Dodgers a 7 - 2 win.

1953: The Detroit Tigers signed Ray Scarborough as a free agent.

1953: At St. Louis‚ Ray Boone smashes his 4th grand slam of the year to tie a ML record‚ as the Tigers win 7 - 3 over the Browns.
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1953: Playing without the injured Mickey Mantle - out for 10 days with a sprained knee - the Yankees explode for 28 hits off Washington pitching‚ two shy of the American League record. New York rolls to a 22 - 1 victory. Rookie Steve Kraly‚ relieving Whitey Ford‚ gives up a run to avert the largest shutout win in history. Ford has 4 hits‚ and Yogi Berra and Billy Martin each collect 5 RBIs. Hank Bauer scores 5 runs.

1953: Brooklyn slugger Duke Snider hits his second grand slam in three days‚ accounting for all the runs in the Dodgers' 4 - 0 win over the Giants. Carl Erskine allows New York just two hits.

1956: Mickey Mantle hits his 41st homer‚ and 7th in 8 days‚ to pace New York to a 6 - 2 win and a doubleheader sweep of the Orioles.

1963: Stan Musial announces his retirement, effective at the end of the season, at the St. Louis Cardinals' annual team picnic.

1964: Mickey Mantle sets a major league record when hits a home run from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hits a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert over the 461-foot marker in centerfield that lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 feet from the plate.

1965: Don Demeter drives in 7 on a single, triple, and a grand slam in the Tigers' 11-1 win over the kansas city athletics.
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1966: Willie Mays hits a game-ending home run to give Juan Marichal and the Giants a 1 - 0 win over Houston. Mike Cuellar serves up the 9th-inning homer.

1970: Judge Irving Ben Cooper rules against Curt Flood in his antitrust suit. Cooper says "Decisions of the Supreme Court are not lightly overruled... We find no general or widespread disregard of the extremely important position the player occupies... Clearly the preponderance of credible proof does not favor elimination of the reserve clause." However the judge says changes in the reserve clause should be made through negotiation, but denied Flood damages.

1974: Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford head a group of 6 inductees at Cooperstown.

1974: Nolan Ryan fans 19 batters in the California Angels' 4 - 2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan breaks the American League record of 18 strikeouts set by Bob Feller in 1938 and ties the major league record set by Steve Carlton in 1969 and Tom Seaver in 1970. He also ties the major league record with 32 Ks in his last two games.

1977: Rusty Staub & Steve Kemp hit home runs in the bottom of the 9th, but the #Tigers' rally falls short & in a 12-11 loss.

1980: Tiger Stadium is packed with 48‚361 fans to see Mark Fidrych's return to the big leagues a 5 - 4 loss to the Red Sox. The 1976 American League Rookie of the Year will go 2-3 with a 5.73 ERA in what will be his final attempt to come back from injury‚ and his last ML season.

1984: Harmon Killebrew‚ Rick Ferrell‚ Don Drysdale‚ Pee Wee Reese‚ and Luis Aparicio are inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown‚ New York.

1984: Tigers beat the royals 8 - 4. Evans triples, Rupert Jones homers.

1987: The Detroit Tigers, needing pitching help for the pennant drive, acquire Doyle Alexander from the Atlanta Braves for minor league pitcher John Smoltz. Alexander will go 10-1 for the Tigers, but Smoltz will turn out to be a perennial All-Star and hall of fame pitcher for the Braves.

1987: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Darnell Coles to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Morrison. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

1990: Alan Trammell has four extra-base hits in one game, three doubles and a homer, for one of the best games of his career, but Tigers + Jack Morris lose to the indians.

1993: The Tigers defeat the Orioles 17 - 11‚ as C Chad Kreuter hits a grand slam. It marks the third consecutive game in which a Tiger has hit a grand slam‚ tying a major league record set by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1978. The two teams combine for 37 hits. Travis Fryman is the only one with 4 hits including 3 doubles.
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1994: Major League Baseball players go on strike. For the first time in 90 years, the World Series will not be held.

2007: Magglio Ord??ez homers twice in the 2nd inning as the Tigers score eight against Dallas Braden. He becomes the second player in Detroit Tigers history to hit two home runs in an inning. All-time great Rightfielder Al Kaline was the other back on April 17, 1955.
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2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Freddy Garcia as a free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Waddell as a free agent.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Shawn Hill as a free agent.

2017: Tigers take the lead by 5, then fall behind by 5, then win on a walk-off 2-run home run by Justin Upton beating the twins 12 - 11.

2018: Jack Morris' number is retired at Comerica Park.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hallma01.shtml
Marc Hall 1913-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Hutchinson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hutchfr01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/hutchfr01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8584a2d4
Fred Hutchinson 1939-1940, 1946-1953, manager 1952-1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lugour01.shtml
Urbano Lugo 1990.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kyle_Lobstein
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lobstky01.shtml
Kyle Lobstein 2014-2015.

Baseball Reference
 
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Tigers take 10-2 loss, split four-game series vs. KC. Detroit needs six wins in final 24 home games -- including suspended game vs. Oakland -- to avoid becoming first team in modern MLB history with 60 home losses in a season.
 
https://motorcitybengals.com/2019/08/12/podcast-detroit-tigers-future/
MCBTB Podcast: Discussing the Detroit Tigers? future young core. 25 minutes.

The Detroit Tigers are going all-in on a youth movement to close out 2019, so what could the team?s future look like a couple of years down the road?
In this episode of the Motor City Bengals Podcast, we spend plenty of time discussing the future of the Detroit Tigers. This team has plenty of young guys waiting for the chance to prove their skills on the major league stage, so how can they shape the team?s future?

Guys like Travis Demeritte, Jake Rogers, Christin Stewart, and more are showing as if they could potentially be key pieces for the Detroit Tigers going forward into the future. Also, minor leaguers like Daz Cameron should get their shot at some big league experience in the near future, as September call-up season is just on the horizon.

Also discussed is how the outfield will look with the loss of JaCoby Jones for the remainder of the season. With a big gap to fill in centerfield, Jones? absence means a few different guys will be getting a shot at proving their defensive abilities in center, which could be very important in proving their cases as key pieces in the Tigers? lineup moving forward.

We also talk a bit about how Nicholas Castellanos and Shane Greene are doing since leaving the Tigers and heading to their new teams.
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-2020-regular-season-schedule
Tigers begin 2020 with AL Central-heavy schedule.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/8...lease-detroit-tigers-game-times-dates-tv-info
Detroit Tigers release 2020 schedule.
Our first takeaway: April is going to be very repetitive.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ity-royals-complete-schedule-here/1987791001/
Tigers? 2020 home opener is March 30 vs. Royals; complete schedule here.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-tigers-2020-mlb-schedule-release/1982066001/
Detroit Tigers' 2020 schedule: Opening Day in Cleveland on March 26.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/08/tigers-2020-schedule-opening-day-will-be-in-cleveland.html
Tigers? 2020 schedule: Opening Day will be in Cleveland.
Mlive

https://motorcitybengals.com/2019/08/12/detroit-tigers-2020-schedule-announced/
Detroit Tigers: 2020 regular season schedule announced.
MCBTB
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August 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1900: A mechanical pitching machine is used in a game between the Memphis Chicks and the Nashvilles. The invention of Princeton professor Charles Hinton, the early pitching gun strikes out two and allows three hits in two innings.

1902: In the 6th inning of a game with the Tigers, Harry Davis of the A's attempts a double steal with Dave Fultz, who is on third base. But Davis does not draw a throw as he goes into second, and Fultz cannot score. So, on the next pitch, he "steals" first base. The next time he steals second, he does draw a throw and Fultz scores from third. This double steal maneuver will be attempted in later years by Fred Tenney (July 31, 1908), and Detroit's Germany Schaefer (September 4, 1908), before being made illegal.

1906: The Washington Senators purchased Jack Warner from the Detroit Tigers.

1908: Cy Young Day is celebrated by 20,000 in Boston. He pitches briefly against an All-Star team that includes Jack Chesbro, Hal Chase, Willie Keeler, Harry Davis and George Mullin. The game is interrupted several times for presentations to the great hurler, including a great loving cup from the American League for all his accomplishments.

1909: The Washington Senators traded Jim Delahanty to the Detroit Tigers for Red Killefer and Germany Schaefer.

1910: In the most evenly matched game ever, the Pirates and Superbas each have eight runs, 13 hits, 38 at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, 13 assists, 27 putouts, two errors, and use two pitchers. Darkness ends the game before the symmetry does.

1911: Ty Cobb, apparently believing the Tigers can no longer win the pennant race, begins a vacation.

1923: Pirates OF Max Carey steals second base, third base and home versus Brooklyn. He will again lead the National League with 51 stolen bases. Equally fleet in the field, he will garner 450 putouts and 28 assists. He is the first OF to top 400 putouts 6 times. Richie Ashburn will later do it 9 times.

1930: Tommy Bridges makes his major league debut. Bridges will pitch 16 seasons in the big leagues, all with the #Tigers, appearing in 4 World Series, winning two championships, with a 4 and 1 record.
Tommy will have three 20 win seasons 1934-1936, and lead the American League in Strikeouts in '35-'36.
His career record is 194 Wins and 138 losses with an ERA+ of 126.

1932: Commissioner Kenesaw Landis clears Rogers Hornsby of charges of fraudulently "borrowing" money from Cubs players. The Chicago papers said Hornsby had obtained money from players, either loaned to him to bet on horse races, or to share in joint ventures. When Hornsby is fined, the players want refunds. Hornsby wants a lump payoff by the Cubs, who refuse. Landis holds several hearings, and as he doesn't punish anyone, it is taken as exoneration.

1934: In a preview of the World Series, the Cardinals play the Tigers in an exhibition game in Detroit. The Deans refuse to make the trip, having both pitched the day before. Dizzy is fined $100 and Paul $50.

1939: The Yankees beat the A's, 21 - 0, to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren each hit two home runs, one each inside-the-park. Red Ruffing collects four hits along with the victory.

1947: At Sportsman's Park, pinch-hitter Willard Brown of the Browns becomes the first black player to hit a home run in the American League. The historic homer, a pinch-hit inside-the-parker off future Hall of Fame hurler Hal Newhouser, helps the Browns beat the Tigers 6 - 5.

1954: The White Sox top the Tigers, 1-0 in 16 innings. Al Aber goes the distance (15.1 innings) in the loss for a Game Score of 101. Jack Harshman gets a complete-game shutout win for a Game Score of 109.

1957: Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox, 3 - 2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1 for 2, is at .388. A week later, Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second straight Triple Crown.

1967: Tigers win 3-2 over the orioles on a 3-run home run by light-hitting shortstop Ray Oyler: his first home run in over a year.
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1969: With a unanimous vote, the major league owners elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a seven-year term.

1969: Denny McLain pitches a 3 - 0 shutout over the angels for his 18th win of the year. Denny ties Hal Newhouser's team record with his 8th shutout of the season, and will set the club record with shutout # 9 September 15 vs. the yankees.
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1972: Tigers manager Billy Martin literally picks his starting lineup out of a hat in an attempt to halt the Tigers' 4-game losing streak. The ploy works as Detroit defeats Cleveland 3 - 2. Using a regular lineup in the nightcap, the Tigers lose 9 - 2.

1980: Aurelio Lopez comes in with the bases loaded in the 8th inning and strikes out the side, then, with the bases loaded in the 9th, gets a double play and a strikeout to win the game for the Tigers 2 - 1 over the redsox.
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1984: At Cooperstown, the Tigers beat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 5 in the annual Hall of Fame Game.

1991: The Detroit Tigers released John Shelby.

1995: Flags fly at half-mast at Yankee Stadium as Yankee legend Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Jorge Toca as a free agent.
2004: The Detroit Tigers released Danny Patterson.
2004: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Jon Connolly (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Felix Sanchez. The Detroit Tigers sent Eric Eckenstahler (August 13, 2004) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

2007: Placido Polanco plays his 144th consecutive game at second base without an error. This breaks Luis Castillo's record, set earlier this season. The two streaks overlapped for many months. The Tigers still lose 7 - 2, dropping them to 8 wins in their past 25 games and a tie for first place with the Indians.
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2009: Justin Verlander pitches 8 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts to win his 13th game of the year. Ryan Raburn’s homer and RBI single score the Tigers’ 2 runs.

2013: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ronny Paulino from the Baltimore Orioles.

2014: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Ramon Cabrera off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2018: Nicholas Castellanos has his first 5-hit game, with a home run and 2 doubles and the Tigers beat the white sox 9 - 5.

2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Sandy Baez as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suscege01.shtml
George Susce 1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gailled01.shtml
Eddie Gaillard 1997.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/washbja01.shtml
Jarrod Washburn 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colonro01.shtml?redir
Roman Colon 2005-2006.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Pesky
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peskyjo01.shtml
Johnny Pesky 1952-1954.

Baseball Reference
 
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There?s still no timetable for the return of Tigers right-hander Tyson Ross.
Ross hasn?t pitched since May 10 because of a nerve issue in his neck.
He?s continuing to deal with ?tightness? there, Tigers head athletic trainer Doug Teter said Sunday. In Teter?s estimation, there?s a connection between Ross? neck problems and the thoracic outlet syndrome surgery he underwent as a Padre in 2016. ?According to the doctors, these aren?t Thoracic Outlet symptoms,? Teter said. ?But that is a large surgery, a huge process, and it makes you wonder. I am going under the assumption that, yes, it does have something to do with it.?
Ross? TOS procedure helped knock what was an impressive career off the rails. The 32-year-old bounced back somewhat between San Diego and St. Louis in 2018, leading Detroit to hand him a $5.75MM guarantee in free agency last winter. Ross has given the Tigers just 35 1/3 innings of 6.11 ERA/5.99 FIP ball, though.

The Tigers have halted concussed outfielder Christin Stewart?s rehab assignment as a result of ?another setback,? according to manager Ron Gardenhire. Stewart, already down since July 29, will have to restart the concussion protocol. This adds to a tough rookie season for the 25-year-old Stewart, who has batted .239/.321/.393 with minus-0.6 fWAR in 327 trips to the plate.

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