September 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889: Rain prevents every scheduled game in both major leagues. For the season the National League will have 62 rainouts and the American Association 73.
1903: A new National Agreement signed by the National Association of minor league clubs officially organizes professional baseball under one comprehensive set of rules.
1906: In Boston, New York's Christy Mathewson (19-9) shuts out the Beaneaters, 3 - 0, striking out 9. Today's game is the last one in which John McGraw, playing 3B, appears in the lineup.
1909: Christy Mathewson and catcher Chief Meyers are all that the Giants need in the opener against Brooklyn. Matty allows three hits in shutting down the Superbas, and the Chief clubs his first major league homer in the 2nd inning, a grand slam to score all the runs. New York wins, 4 - 0, beating Elmer Knetzer.
The Superbas take the nitecap, 10 - 1, behind Bugs Raymond. Rookie Zack Wheat has his first two major league hits in the nitecap, after being collared in the opener by Matty.
1912: Eddie Collins steals six bases as Philadelphia beats the Tigers. 9 - 7. The A's second baseman will steal six bases again on September 22 in St. Louis.
1915: Eddie Plank of the Federal League's St. Louis Terriers wins his 300th game as he defeats the Newark Pepper 12 - 5. The future Hall of Fame member (1946) is the ninth player and first southpaw to reach this milestone.
1917: Walter Johnson allows just two hits to beat Dutch Leonard to give the Nats a 4 - 3 win over the Red Sox. All the runs are unearned for Boston.
1918: The Red Sox win the World Series in Game six, on Carl Mays's 2nd victory, a 2 - 1 three-hitter. With two on and two out in the 3rd, utility OF George Whiteman lines a hard drive to RF. Max Flack drops it, allowing the only runs off Lefty Tyler. Righty Claude Hendrix, 20 - 7 during the year, finally makes an appearance, tossing a final inning for the Cubs. Cubs pitchers compile a 1.04 ERA, while Boston's .186 BA is the lowest ever for a World Series winner, but they compensate by making just one error, a record not beaten this century in a 6-game World Series. The Red Sox will realize $1,102 each, the Cubs $671, the smallest winner's share ever earned. The inning by inning results of the game are relayed to Fort Devans, 58 miles away, via nine homing pigeons.
1928: In the Yankees' 5 - 3 win at Yankee Stadium, Ty Cobb makes his last appearance as a batter, popping out against Yankee Hank Johnson to SS Mark Koenig as a pinch hitter in the 9th. Babe Ruth's two-run clout, off Lefty Grove in the 8th, seals the win for New York. Cobb will announce his retirement 6 days later.
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1932: The New York Yankees clinch the American League pennant with their 100th victory, as George Pipgras defeats the Indians, 9 - 3, at Cleveland.
1940: The Cincinnati Reds selected Frank Secory off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1946: The Reds and Dodgers play the longest scoreless tie game, 19 innings, at Ebbets Field. The Reds' Johnny Vander Meer pitches the first 15 innings, striking out 14.
1947: Ralph Kiner hits 3 successive home runs for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He hits 2 in the 9th against the Giants' Larry Jansen, as the Pirates lose.
1948: Tigers celebrate Harry Heilmann Day at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
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1955: Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams collects his 2000th career hit in a 5 - 3 loss to the Yankees.
1956: Yogi Berra ties the major league career record for home runs by a catcher in the Yankees' 9 - 5 victory over Kansas City. His 236th - and the Yankees' 177th of the season - ties him with Cub great Gabby Hartnett.
1956: Frank Robinson ties the National League record for home runs by a rookie with 38 in an 11 - 5 Redlegs win over New York.
1958: The Washington Senators selected Bill Fischer off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1959: Los Angeles defeats Pittsburgh and Elroy Face, 5 - 4. It is Face's first loss after 22 straight wins, 17 of them in 1959. He will end the year at 18-1.
1959: The Phillies' Robin Roberts beats the Giants, 1 - 0, on a 3-hitter. Roberts also gains revenge on Willie McCovey by ending McCovey's consecutive-game hitting streak at 22 games. Phils CF Richie Ashburn holds the rookie record of 23 games.
1961: Red Sox 8 - Tigers 7. Bruton & Colavito each have 2 Hits with a HR. Mossi: 2 IP, 8 H, 6 ER.
Tigers are 87-56 (1-9 in last 10), 11.5 GB. The Tigers will finish with 101 wins and are one of a few number of teams to win at least 100 games and not win the pennant pre-expansion.
1962: Yogi Berra hits the game-winning home run for the Yankees in the top of the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium.
The Tigers tied the game at 7 in the 8th inning on a Dick McAuliffe home run and Chico Fernandez RBI triple.
1963: Whitey Ford tops the host A's, 8 - 2, as Mickey Mantle's homer in the 1st provides all the scoring Whitey needs. Mantle is 3 for 4 with four RBIs.
1964: Bob Gibson holds the Cubs to two hits, and the Cards win, 5 - 0. Ken Boyer's 22nd homer starts the Birds' scoring.
1966: Los Angeles regains first place, winning 4 - 0 and 1 - 0 behind Sandy Koufax and Larry Miller while Houston suffers its 3rd and 4th consecutive shutouts against the Dodgers.
1967: A's players agree to drop a grievance filed with the National Labor Relations Board against Charlie Finley.
Finley agrees, in writing, that he will not coerce or intimidate his players, or discriminate against them for the threatened action.
1968: Willie Horton hits two home runs in an 8-2 win in Anaheim. The Tigers sweep the Angels to cut their magic number to 8.
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1970: Sonny Siebert and Jim Palmer each pitch 12 innings, but Eddie Watt gets the win for Baltimore by pitching the 13th in the 3 - 2 win. Boston's Sparky Lyle is the loser, giving up hits to the two batters he faces.
1972: Dick Allen's club record 34th home run gives the White Sox their only two runs as they beat Kansas City, 2 - 1.
1976: Minnie Minoso comes to bat for the White Sox after a 12-year hiatus. He goes hitless in his three at bats against Frank Tanana, but his appearance makes him one of a handful of major league players to play in four decades. His at bat in 1980 will match him with Nick Altrock as a 5-decade player.
1984: At Baltimore, the Tigers cut their magic number to seven with a 9 - 2 clipping of the Orioles. Darrell Evans has four hits including a homer. Larry Herndon follows Evans' homer with one of his own, while Kirk Gibson has three hits and his 27th steal. Dan Petry wins his 17th. The Tigers pass the two million mark in road attendance tonight and become the fifth team in American League history to go over that mark at home and on the road.
Their magic number is down to 7.
1984: Feature in the Ludington Daily News: Alan Trammell emerges as team leader. #Relive84
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1985: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career hit to officially break Ty Cobb's record.
1987: Detroit's Tom Brookens homers in the 5th off Teddy Higuera, snapping the Brewer pitcher's scoreless streak of 32 innings. Tigers win 5 - 2.
1996: The Detroit Tigers sent Andujar Cedeno to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
2001: All major league baseball games are canceled due to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Flight #93, and the Pentagon. Games will not resume until September 17th. The Blue Jays take a 12-hour bus ride from Baltimore back to Toronto, and Yankee Stadium is evacuated as a precautionary measure. Former minor league players Marty Boryczewski and Brent Woodall are killed in the attacks.
2002: Yankee legends Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto unveil a monument dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The team also has a ceremonial tree planting in Monument Park in honor the of heroes and victims of horrific events of a year ago.
2008: Albert Pujols reaches 100 RBI for the 8th time in eight seasons; only Al Simmons (11 times) and Ted Williams (8) had begun their careers with as long runs of 100-RBI campaigns. Pujols' Cards still fall, 3 - 2, to Chicago.
2011: The Tigers win their 9th straight game 2 - 1 over the Twins, to cut their magic number in the AL Central to 7. Doug Fister improves to 5-1 after being acquired by the Tigers at the trading deadline; he was 3-12 with the Mariners before the trade.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released Arcenio Leon.
2017: Homers have been hit at a record pace all year, as both the Twins and Yankees have already broken the record for most home runs by a team, and the Dodgers have set a new National League mark. New records for most long balls in a month, and most homers allowed have also been set, by the Yankees and Orioles respectively.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Frank Kitson 1903-1905.
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Clay Smith 1940.
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Dave Roberts 1976-1977.
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Shannon Penn 1995-1996.
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Don Slaught coach 2006.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:
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Red McDermott 1912.
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Del Baker 1914-1916, coach 1933, manager 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938-1942.
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