September 7 in Tigers and mlb history:
1903: A year before the first subway is completed, the Brooklyn Superbas, later to be known as the Dodgers, play their cross-town rivals in a two-stadium, same day doubleheader. The first game played in Washington Park begins at 10:30 am with 9,300 fans watching the visiting Giants win the opener, 6 - 4 and later that afternoon in front of 23,623 fans at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, Brooklyn wins the second game, 3 - 0.
1907: In Boston, Walter Johnson tops the Red Sox, 1 - 0, for the first of his 38 career 1 - 0 wins. On the 12th, he will shut out the Highlanders 2 - 0.
1908: On Labor Day, Manager Joe Cantillon starts the Big Train in place of one pitcher who is sick, and another who returned to Washington to be with his sick wife. Only three Senators pitchers made the trip to New York.
Walter Johnson shuts out the New York Highlanders for the third time in four days, 4 - 0, topping Jack Chesbro and allowing just two hits and no walks.
In the three games, Walter allows 12 hits, walks one, and strikes out 12. Johnson will pitch 113 shutouts during his career, 23 more than runner-up Grover Alexander. This is one of a record (topped in 1972) seven shutouts tossed today, out of 16 games.
1911: The Cubs' Frank Schulte hits his 21st home run and brings in RBI No. 121 as the Cubs sweep the Reds, 3 - 0 and 4 - 2; he will lead the National League in both home runs and ribbies. He is the first player to have more than 20 doubles, triples, and home runs in one season.
In the American League, Frank Baker's nine home runs will be tops.
Ty Cobb hits eight home runs but leads in batting average, slugging, OPS, RBI, hits, doubles, triples, total bases, and stolen bases.
1911: 24-year-old Grover Alexander, winning a rookie-record 28 games, pitches the Phils to a 1 - 0 win over Boston's 44-year-old Cy Young. Alex gives up just one hit. Alexander's 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and 7 shutouts lead the National League. The American League has its own rookie sensation, lefty Vean Gregg, who breaks in for Cleveland with a 23-7 record and miserly 1.81 ERA. Gregg will win 20 his first three years, then win just 28 in the next 12 years.
1925: In an A.M.-P.M. doubleheader, the Senators win the morning contest with the A's, as Walter Johnson tops Lefty Grove, 2 - 1, and goes 3 for 4, the second consecutive game he's collected three hits.
1927: After blasting three home runs in a doubleheader split with the Red Sox the day before, Babe Ruth hits two more in a 12 - 10 win, giving him a record-tying 5 in 3 games. He leads Lou Gehrig 49 homers to 45.
1928: The stumbling Yanks drop a pair to the Senators, losing 11 - 0 and 6 - 1. Bump Hadley tosses the shutout and adds three singles. Fred Marberry wins the nitecap over Waite Hoyt, for his second win over New York in five days. New York, which led by 13 1/2 games on July 1st, is now tied with the A's.
The A's take two from Boston, winning 1 - 0 and 7 - 3, and move into a first-place tie with the Yankees. Lefty Grove is magnificent in the opener, allowing four hits and striking out 11 to win his 14th straight. Red Ruffing takes the tough loss, allowing an unearned run. Ed Rommel outguns Danny MacFayden in the nitecap.
1934: Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, heirs to Babe Ruth's home run championship role, are in battle for the title. Gehrig hits his 44th in Chicago, and Foxx, his 41st in Detroit.
1935: Jimmie Foxx breaks up Elden Auker's no-hitter in the 8th inning. But Tigers get 20 hits & win 15-1.
1950: Tiger OF Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, adds another triple, and knocks in six runs in a 13 - 13, 10-inning tie with Cleveland. The game, ended because of darkness, leaves Detroit in first place by a few percentage points ahead of New York. Al Rosen and Bob Feller both hit early 2-run homers as the Indians blow three leads in the game.
1952: In Washington, Johnny Mize pinch-hits a grand slam giving the Yankees a 5 - 1 victory over the Senators, Mize has now homered in all fifteen major league ballparks presently in use (Sportsman's Park is used by both the Cards and Browns).
1953: Billy Hoeft becomes the fourth pitcher in American League history to pitch an immaculate inning, striking out the side on 9 pitches, in game 2 of a double header sweep by the Tigers on the white sox.
Jim Bunning is the only other Tiger to record an immaculate inning, in 1959.
1955: Whitey Ford continues his mastery with his second consecutive one-hitter, beating the A's, 2 - 1. Jim Finigan hits a 2-out single in the 7th for the A's only hit. Ford is the 5th major league pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters.
1960: At Crosley Field, Frank Robinson homers in the 15th inning as the Reds edge the Dodgers, 4 - 3. Marshall Bridges is the winner in relief, pitching six innings of shutout ball, and allowing two hits while striking out 7.
1961: Roger Maris lays down a bunt and also belts his 55th homer of the year in the 3rd inning as New York beats the Senators, 7 - 3. All of Washington's scores come in the 6th on an inside-the-park homer by Tito Francona, off Bill Terry. When asked by writers after the game why he bunted, a testy Maris replies, "Trying to win the game, you stupid cocksucker. Why do you think."
1961: Al Kaline goes 4-for-4 with a home run and a double, but the Tigers lose their 9th in their last 10 games to plunge to 9 games behind the Yankees. Kaline bats .421 during this stretch of gameas.
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1962: The Detroit Tigers send Jose Arcia to the Cleveland Indians for cash.
1966: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Roarke.
1971: Jim Northrup goes 5 for 5 with two home runs in a 3 - 2, 11-inning Tiger win over Washington.
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1977: In his second career start, Lance Parrish goes 3-for-4 with a single, double, and home run, in game two 12 - 5 win and double header split with the orioles.
1978: The Yankees, four games behind the Red Sox in the American League East, arrive in Boston for a crucial 4-game series. The Yanks begin the "Boston Massacre" with a 15 - 3 route as Willie Randolph drives in five of the runs.
The Yanks collect 21 hits off four Sox pitchers, including three hits apiece by Randolph, Thurman Munson and Roy White. Mike Torrez, with one inning of work, takes the loss. Ken Clay, in relief of Catfish Hunter, is the winner.
1982: The Pirates' Jason Thompson hits his 30th home run of the season in a 9 - 5 win over the Mets, becoming just the 8th player in history to hit 30 home runs in a season in each league. Thompson hit 31 home runs for the Tigers in 1977.
1984: Down 4 - 0 in the 8th, the Tigers score four runs - three on a homer by Kirk Gibson - to tie the Blue Jays in Toronto. In the 10th, Dave Bergman cracks a 3-run homer and the Tigers win 7 - 4. Willie Hernandez (9-2) wins with three innings of shutout relief.
1987: The Detroit Tigers signed John Kiely as an amateur free agent.
1993: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Eric Davis. The Detroit Tigers sent John DeSilva (September 7, 1993) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
1993: Detroit C Chad Kreuter homers from both sides of the plate in the Tigers' 10 - 6 win over California. He is the second Tiger this year to perform the feat, joining Mickey Tettleton, who did so on May 7th.
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1997: The major league mark for the most combined strikeouts in a game is tied when 33 players whiff during a 15-inning, 5 - 4, Angel victory over the Tigers.
1998: Mariners' OF Ken Griffey, Jr. has four hits, including two homers, and reaches the 50 home run level. He's the 3rd player to do so in successive seasons. Seattle defeats the Orioles, 11 - 1, as Griffey knocks in six runs.
1998: Houston's Randy Johnson strikes out 14 Reds in a 1 - 0 win. It is the 17th time this season he's struck out 10 or more and the 100th time in his career. He lowers his ERA to 1.00 since being acquired in a trade with the Mariners.
2002: The Detroit Tigers released Jose Lima.
2002: The Tigers defeat the Yankees 2 - 1. Detroit 1B Eric Munson hits a home run in his first major league at bat.
2007: Curtis Granderson of the Tigers hits his 20th home run. That gives him 20 or more doubles, triples, home runs and stolen bases on the season. The only prior players to do that in major league history were Frank Schulte (1911) and Willie Mays (1957). He will be joined by the Phillies' Jimmy Rollins in a few days.
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2011: Justin Verlander allows a pair of homers to the Indians' Shelley Duncan, but his teammates pick him up as they rally for an 8 - 6 win, his 22nd of the season. A grand slam by Victor Martinez highlights a 5-run 7th inning push by the Tigers. Jose Valverde records his 42nd save of the year.
2014: The Yankees put on a special day to honor their captain, Derek Jeter, who is retiring at the end of the year after a brilliant 20-season career. A 45-minute ceremony prior to today's game features surprise appearances by Hall of Famer Cal Ripken and NBA great Michael Jordan. However, the Royals go on to shut out the Yanks, 2 - 0, to dim their already slim postseason chances even further. This may not the last tribute to Jeter, as the Yankees are expected to retire his number 2 and put up a plaque in his name in Monument Park before the season ends.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Tommy Matchick 1967-1969.
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Jarrod Patterson 2001.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Bugs Raymond 1904.
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Earl Harrist 1953.
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Gene Michael 1975.
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