August 22 in Tigers and mlb history:
1905: Umpire John Sheridan forfeits a game to Washington in the 11th when the Tigers refuse to resume play after a lengthy dispute. Washington is ahead 2 - 1 at the time of the forfeiture.
1915: In the 2nd inning of game one of a doubleheader versus Detroit, the crowd sees the Senators score a run with no times at bat, the only time it's ever happened. Chick Gandil and Merito Acosta walk; Rip Williams sacrifices, and George McBride hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Gandil, and the Tigers catch Acosta off second base when OF Bobby Veach throws to Ossie Vitt. Washington's Walter Johnson goes on to win and snap the Tigers' 9-game win streak.
1926: After three games with the Tigers are rained out at home, Connie Mack and Tom Shibe decide that Sunday baseball is entitled to be played. Armed with a court injunction preventing police from interfering, they play the first Sunday game ever seen in Philadelphia. A light rain holds the crowd to 10,000, but Lefty Grove sets down the White Sox, 3 - 2, without incident. A court later rules Sunday baseball still illegal; it will be 1934 before that law changes in Philadelphia.
1927: The Yankees lose their fourth straight for the first time, 9 - 4 to the Indians, despite Babe Ruth's 40th home run. Detroit wins its 13th straight, moving up to second, 12 1/2 games back.
1931: Newark (International) purchased George Quellich from the Detroit Tigers.
1933: Hank Greenberg has the first of 35 multi-home run games. He also gets the first of his six career walk-off home runs. Tigers beat the senators 10 - 8.
1934: Rudy York makes his big league debut with the Tigers.
1934: P Wes Ferrell hits two home runs in a 10-inning, 3 - 2 win for the Red Sox over the White Sox. It is the second time this season he has a pair of homers, and the third in his career. He will hit 2 home runs in a game 6 times before he finishes.
1938: Carl Hubbell has an arm operation for bone chips in his elbow and is finished for the season.
1939: The Detroit Tigers purchased Clay Smith from the Cleveland Indians.
1946: Clubs approve a change to a 168-game schedule, but they will rescind the decision at another meeting on September 16. Television is first recognized, with clubs given rights to their own games. Players jumping to outlaw leagues will not be allowed to apply for reinstatement for five years.
1948: The Dodgers steal eight bases, including a 5th-inning triple steal with Jackie Robinson on the front end. But the Braves win, 4 - 3, to move two games ahead of second-place Brooklyn. In the last 19 steal attempts against the Braves, no Dodger has been thrown out.
1948: In the first 1948 East-West Game, the West wins its fourth straight and 7th of the past 8, 3-0. Bill Powell, Jim LaMarque and Gentry Jessup combine on a 3-hit whitewash. Willard Brown becomes the first former big leaguer to appear in an East-West Game.
1951: The Dodgers sweep a pair of 10-inning games from St. Louis, with Clyde King picking up both come-from-behind victories. King goes three innings in game one and one inning in game two. Jackie Robinson is 5 for 6 in the nitecap including a 2-out single in the 10th off Al Brazle.
Andy Pafko has a homer in the nitecap, while Stan Musial hits his 29th in the first game. Carl Furillo has three hits on the afternoon and a pair of assists in game 1, bringing his season total to 21. The Dodgers have now won 14 straight from the Cards.
1959: The Redlegs' Frank Robinson hits three home runs in a row against St. Louis, as the Redlegs win 11 - 4. Robby has six RBIs.
1961: Roger Maris, in his record-setting season, becomes the first player to hit his 50th home run in the month of August. The 26-year old all-star outfielder connects off Ken McBride as the Yankees lose to the Angels, 4 - 3.
1965: Juan Marichal thinks Johnny Roseboro throws too close to his head returning the ball to Sandy Koufax and attacks the Dodger catcher with his bat. The Los Angeles backstop suffers cuts on the head during the 14-minute brawl.
1967: Indian pitcher Luis Tiant has 16 strikeouts in a 3 - 2 win over California.
1968: Jim Merritt loses his shutout in the 9th inning when Mickey Mantle parks a pinch homer at the Metrodome.
The Twins win, 3 - 1. Mick's homer ties him with Jimmie Foxx for 3rd place on the all-time list.
1968: In a game marred by a fight between Dick McAuliffe and Tommy John, the Tigers beat the White Sox 4-2.
Mickey Lolich won in his first start since July 28th. Back to back HRs by Kaline and Horton gave the Tigers the lead that Don McMahon made hold up.
Al Kaline and Willie Horton hit back-to-back home runs to lead the Tigers to a 4-2 win over the white sox.
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1972: The Tigers and A’s have another brawl in the 7th inning of a loss, setting up bad blood in that year’s ALCS showdown between them.
1974: Before a crowd of 35,866, the largest in 18 years at Fenway Park, the Red Sox turn back the A's, 3 - 0. Luis Tiant wins his 20th for Boston this year. Boston (70-54) now leads the American League East by seven games.
1978: Ron LeFlore sets an American League record with his 27th straight successful stolen base attempt as Detroit beats the Twins 7 - 3. He began the streak on July 16.
1982: Ernie Banks becomes the first Cub to have his uniform number (14) retired.
1984: Tigers score at least 11 runs for the 3rd straight game. Tigers score 11 without a home run and only 3 XBH and beat the a's 11 - 4.
1985: The Detroit Tigers released Doug Bair.
1989: On a 96 mph fastball, A's Rickey Henderson swings and misses to become Nolan Ryan's career 5000th strikeout. The "Ryan Express" strikes out 13 and gives up only five hits, but loses the game to Oakland, 2 - 0.
1997: The Tigers pound the Brewers 16 - 1, with the aid of 23 hits and an 11-run 7th inning. Bobby Higginson gets five hits for Detroit, while Travis Fryman and Tony Clark drive in four runs apiece.
2002: As part of a 3-team trade: The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later, Franklyn German and Carlos Pena to the Detroit Tigers.
The New York Yankees sent Jason Arnold (minors), John-Ford Griffin and Ted Lilly to the Oakland Athletics.
The Detroit Tigers sent Jeff Weaver to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics.
The Oakland Athletics sent Jeremy Bonderman (August 22, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2011: Detroit's Justin Verlander continues his dominance on the mound, earning his major league-leading 19th win in the Tigers' 5 - 2 victory over the Rays. It is his 7th consecutive winning start. Alex Avila, hitting .424 in August, hits a two-run homer off Jeff Niemann in the 2nd to send the Tigers on their way.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ned_Hanlon
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Ned Hanlon Detroit Wolverines 1881-1888.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bashaal01.shtml
Al Bashang 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schanwa01.shtml
Wally Schang 1931.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bairdo01.shtml
Doug Bair 1983-1985.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Weaver
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weaveje01.shtml
Jeff Weaver 1999-2002.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Randy_Wolf
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wolfra02.shtml
Randy Wolf 2015.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carpery01.shtml
Ryan Carpenter 2018-2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lochhha01.shtml
Harry Lochhead 1901.
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George Cutshaw 1922-1923.
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