September 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1885: The Detroit Wolverines purchased Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe, Deacon White and Dan Brouthers from the Buffalo Bisons for $7000 (sum was for entire team). These are the players who were known as "The Big Four" and led the Detroit Wolverines to win the 1887 World Series.
1904: The Giants sweep two from Brooklyn as Christy Mathewson wins the opener, 2 - 1, allowing just four hits. Two of the hits, a triple and homer, are by rookie Emil Batch. Joe McGinnity wins the nitecap, 5 - 3.
1905: The Highlanders find themselves a little short on infielders so RF Willie Keeler, who is lefthanded, plays 2B in both games of a twin bill. The talented Keeler played two games at shortstop for New York in 1893.
1910: Christy Mathewson stops the Bucs on five hits, as the Giants top Pittsburgh, 3 - 1, to move a half-game behind the 2nd-place Pirates.
1911: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood and rookie Buck O'Brien toss back-to-back shutouts to beat Cleveland. Wood wins, 6 - 0, and O'Brien follows with a 3 - 0 win.
1911: At Forbes Field, Rube Marquard, with relief from Christy Mathewson, beats the Pirates, 6 - 2. Before the game the Giants' mascot, Victory Faust, strikes out Honus Wagner on three pitches, to the delight of the 20,000 fans.
1912: The Detroit Tigers drafted Claud Derrick from Baltimore (International) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
1912: The Detroit Tigers drafted Marc Hall from Omaha (Western) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
1912: The Detroit Tigers drafted Fred House from Kewanee (Central Association) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
1912: The Detroit Tigers drafted Al Klawitter from Portland (PCL) in the 1912 rule 5 draft.
1915: In the first of an important four-game series at Fenway Park, the Tigers (90-48) and Red Sox (90-44) square off. Detroit knocks out starter Rube Foster, then rookie reliever Carl Mays keeps throwing at Ty Cobb till he hits the Tiger star on the wrist. Cobb slings his bat at Mays in retaliation, and the crowd reacts by throwing bottles at Cobb. The next inning, Cobb catches a fly ball for the final out and then needs a police escort to leave the field. The Tigers win 6 - 1.
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1922: George Sisler ties Ty Cobb's 1911 record by hitting in his 40th straight game. The streak will end at 41.
1924: Jim Bottomley goes 6 for 6, including two homers, and bats in a record twelve runs as the Cardinals beat the Dodgers, 17 - 3. The previous mark of 11 RBIs in one game was established in 1892 by today's opposing Dodger manager, Wilbert Robinson.
1926: Charlie Gehringer hits his 17th triple: still a Tigers rookie record.
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1937: Future Hall of Fame member Martin Dihigo pitches the first professional no-hit, no-run game on Mexican soil, a 4 - 0 victory against Nogales at Veracruz. In 1938, Dihigo will lead the Mexican League in four categories: ERA (0.90), wins (18-2), strikeouts (184), and batting (.387).
1946: The Detroit Tigers released Tommy Bridges.
1948: Joe DiMaggio hits his 300th career home run, joining Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein and Hank Greenberg as the only major leaguers to reach this milestone.
1950: Rookie Whitey Ford tosses a six-hitter to give the Yankees the rubber game in Detroit, 8 - 1, and move them back into first place. Joe DiMaggio hits his 30th homer and the Yanks score seven runs in the 9th as Ford drives to his seventh win without a loss. The Red Sox will follow the Yankees into Detroit and sweep three from the Tigers.
1951: At Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio's long triple off Bob Feller scores two runs in the 5th and Allie Reynolds holds on for a 5 - 1 New York win. The Yanks take over first place for good by a margin of .003 points over Cleveland.
1958: "The Yankee Killer" Frank Lary is the 3rd pitcher to beat them seven times in the same season, as the Tiger star defeats them, 4 - 2. Ed Walsh (9-1 in 1908) and Ed Cicotte (7-1 in 1916) were the others.
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1960: At the age of 39, Warren Spahn pitches a no-hitter beating the Phillies, 4 - 0. The crafty lefty sets an all-time Braves record with 15 strikeouts.
1960: With Ty Cobb among the 49,055 fans in attendance at Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle cracks a two-run homer, his 35th, off the O's Chuck Estrada to give New York a 2 - 0 lead in the 1st. Yogi Berra adds a home run. In the last of the 8th, Bobby Richardson's hit off Estrada's glove drives in two runs for a 5 - 3 New York win.
1961: At Detroit, Roger Maris connects for #57, off Frank Lary, to stay a game ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 home run pace. But Lary wins his 21st, 10 - 4, over Ralph Terry, with help from Norm Cash, who belts his 37th homer and a triple. Al Kaline adds four hits and a sac fly.
1964: The Detroit Tigers signed Dick Drago as an amateur free agent.
1964: Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning (17-4), starting on two days' rest after pitching 10 innings in Houston, loses to the Colt .45s, 6 - 5.
Bunning had won eight in a row. Manager Gene Mauch will be highly criticized for his overuse of his top pitchers down the stretch as Philadelphia blows its season-long lead.
1967: Norm Cash drives in five runs and John Hiller goes the distance, enabling Detroit to take the American League lead with a 9 - 1 win over the Yankees.
1968: Tigers top Yankees 9-1; John Hiller (9-5) scatters 8 hits, strikes out 7. Norm Cash hits a single, double, and a home run.
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1968: One day after seeing their team mathematically eliminated, Candlestick Park's patrons show up in "record" numbers, the smallest crowd to see a game since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. The story of today's 8 - 4 Giants win over Cincinnati, the latest installment in the two teams' ongoing battle for second-best, will itself be second best (at least as judged by tomorrow's sports page editors) as compared to the following unfortunate incident.
UPI reports: "A gathering of only 2,361, the smallest in San Francisco's major league history, was on hand and witnessed the rare sight of Willie Mays engaged in a shouting match with two spectators. Mays, in fact, had to be restrained from charging into the stands to confront the two hecklers, both Air Force sergeants dressed in civilian clothes. 'Nice catch, Willie,' they jeered from the front row after Mays made a spectacular catch in the 4th.
'For a $100,000 bum you're finally earning your money'". "Mays was approaching the dugout in the middle of the 4th when he went after the two men," adds AP. "He was intercepted by Bobby Bonds and manager Herman Franks and the sergeants were ejected from the park."
1972: Joe Coleman wins his 17th game and Dick McAuliffe clouts two home runs and drives in four to lead Detroit to a 6 - 2 win in Milwaukee. This is Detroit's 5th win in a row and keeps them a percentage point behind Boston.
1983: Lou Whitaker goes 3-for-5 with 2 doubles, en route to a career-high 40 doubles on the season in a loss to the red sox.
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1984: Tigers get their 95th win 8 - 3 over the blue jays. Home runs by Castillo, Brookens, and Herndon.
1985 - Detroit's Nelson Simmons hits a home run from each side of the plate, the first Tiger to do so. But the Orioles answer with six homers of their own in overpowering the Tigers, 14 - 7. Cal Ripken hits his 2nd homer of the game in the 8th, and Eddie Murray and Fred Lynn follow with successive homers.
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1993: At the age of 41, the Twins' Dave Winfield becomes the 19th major leaguer to collect 3000 hits as he singles to left off A's ace Dennis Eckersley in a 5 - 1 home victory over Oakland.
1996: A 5th-inning triple off Royals pitcher Jose Rosado gives the Twins' Paul Molitor 3000 hits. He will become the first major leaguer to accomplish this milestone in a season in which he collects 200 hits. It is the first time a three-bagger is a career 3000th hit.
1998: Detroit rookie P Sean Runyan makes his 84th appearance of the season in the Tigers' 2 - 1 loss to Toronto.
He breaks Mike Myers' rookie record of 83 set in 1996.
1998: Ken Griffey, Jr. steals his 20th base of the season in a 4 - 1 victory over Oakland. He becomes just the third player in history to record at least 50 home runs and at least 20 stolen bases in the same season. Willie Mays and Brady Anderson are the others.
2009: Ernie Harwell delivers a farewell address at Comerica Park.
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2011: Tigers clinch their first division title since 1987 in a 3 - 1 win over the a's.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Vito Valentinetti 1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mickey_Tettleton
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Mickey Tettleton 1991-1994.
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Chris Pittaro 1985.
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Mark Parent 1996.
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Gordon Beckham 2019.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Herman Long 1903.
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Charlie Deal 1912-1913.
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Frank Walker 1917-1918.
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