September 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1845: The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club is formed, and Alexander Cartwright's 20 rules, presented on September 13th, are adopted.
1902: Cy Young eases to his 32nd win as Boston pounds the A's, 14 - 1.
1905: Detroit rookie Ty Cobb 18, hits his first home run, off Cy Falkenberg, an inside-the-park blow in an 8 - 5 loss at Washington.
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1908: The Chicago White Sox purchased Fred Payne from the Detroit Tigers.
1908: Giants P Christy Mathewson and Cubs P Three Finger Brown battle in the most controversial game ever played. The score is 1 - 1, with two outs in the last of the 9th when Fred Merkle's failure to touch second after an apparent game-winning hit by Al Bridwell scoring Moose McCormick from third costs the Giants a 2 - 1 win; the ump calls Merkle out and rules the game a tie. Merkle's 'boner' will eventually cost the Giants the flag.
1912: In Boston, 100,000 fans are on hand to greet the Red Sox after their western road trip. All business stops as the players ride from South Station to the Common where Mayor John F. Fitzgerald welcomes them. The players are given the keys to the city. Extra seating is added to Fenway Park, increasing the seating capacity to 32,000 for the World Series.
1915: Before the game at Pittsburgh, manager Fred Clarke is presented with a grandfather clock and a red leather binder signed by thousands of well-wishers. Clarke plays four innings in left field and goes 1 for 2. After reaching first, Clarke is replaced by Max Carey, and the out-going manager exits to thunderous applause. Pittsburgh wins, 8 - 4, over the Braves.
1915: In Philadelphia, Detroit's Ty Cobb swipes his 90th base of the year. Only 300 fans are on hand to witness the event. Cobb will finish with 96 stolen bases, a record that will last until 1962.
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1920: The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the World Series scandal. Confessions, later repudiated, are signed by Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, and Happy Felsch.
1922: Rogers Hornsby belts his 40th homer, a solo shot in the 6th at the Polo Grounds, but the Giants hang on to win, 7 - 5.
1930: There are 42 hits in the Phillies' 19 - 16 loss to the pennant-bound Cardinals. RF Chuck Klein makes his 44th assist, well above the record of 39 set by Mike Mitchell with the Reds in 1907.
1933: Despite the 5th-place Tigers' 5 - 3 win over the Browns, manager Bucky Harris submits his resignation. Babe Ruth's name will be prominent in the newspapers as a possible replacement. Tigers will court Babe Ruth to replace him before settling on Mickey Cochrane.
1933: The Yankees make seven errors, three by Frank Crosetti, but have enough firepower to outslug the Red Sox, 16 - 12. Including in New York's 23 hits are homers by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, number 31 for each; Lou adds two doubles and a single. Sammy Byrd, Ben Chapman and Crosetti have three hits apiece, and reliever Wilcy Moore drives in the last run with his first hit of the year. The Red Sox chase winning pitcher Herb Pennock in the 6th and make the score 13 - 9, but fall short at the end.
1936: Pitching in the 10th straight Giants game, Carl Hubbell notches his 16th consecutive victory, his 26th of the year. He will resume the streak next year to reach a record 24 wins in a row.
1938: Hank Greenberg hits 2 home runs to lift his season total to 56, within reach of Babe Ruth's record of 60.
Tigers lose two to the indians.
1948: The Braves clinch the National League flag by defeating the Giants, 3 - 2. They will finish 6 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers. Two days before the season is over, the Braves will lose their best hitter, OF Jeff Heath, who breaks an ankle sliding home against Brooklyn.
1950: The Yankees, tied for first place with the Tigers and two games ahead of Boston, open a crucial series with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio's 1st-inning home run off Mel Parnell is all the scoring needed, as the Bombers win, 8 - 0. Ed Lopat gives up five hits, including a leadoff triple to Dom DiMaggio.
1951: Roy Campanella has four hits, including a homer off 15-game winner Bubba Church, and the Dodgers top the Phillies, 6 - 3. Preacher Roe is the winner, his record going to an amazing 22-2.
1955: The Yanks clinch the pennant by beating the Red Sox, 3 - 2.
1956: Ozzie Virgil becomes the first Dominican to reach the majors. The 23-year-old Monte Cristi native, who will also see his son Ozzie Jr. catch in the big leagues, plays third base for the Giants.
1957: The Braves clinch the National League pennant, defeating the Cards, 4 - 2, thanks to Hank Aaron's 11th-inning home run. It is the first time since 1950 that a New York team (Dodgers or Giants) hasn't finished first.
1961: An ailing Mickey Mantle's career-high 54th home run, his last of the regular season, helps New York beat Boston, 8 - 3. Whitey Ford leaves the game in the 5th inning, but wins his 25th.
1968: Gates Brown goes 2-for-3 in a loss to the orioles to raise his season average to .384. He will finish the year at .370, the 8th-best season for a pinch hitter in major league history.
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1968: Denny McLain appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1973: The New York Mets purchased Bob Miller from the Detroit Tigers.
1973: Joe Coleman pitches a 3 - 0 one-hit CG shutout against the Red Sox for his 22nd win. Jim Northrup hits 2 home runs off Luis Tiant.
1979: Lou Brock steals base No. 938 to break Billy Hamilton's unofficial record in a 10-inning St. Louis victory over the Mets, 7 - 4. The Cardinal outfielder broke Ty Cobb's mark of 892 in 1977.
1983: Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history to win 300 games and the Phillies inch closer to the National League East title with a 6 - 2 win over the Cardinals.
1984: Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager ever to win 100 games in a season with two different clubs as the Tigers beat the Yankees, 4 - 1. Anderson had led the Cincinnati Reds to 100-win seasons in 1970, 1975, and 1976.
1987: Bill Madlock collects his 2,000th career hit as the Tigers beat Boston, 4 - 0, on Doyle Alexander's 2-hitter.
1995: Lance Parrish makes his final career appearance, with Toronto.
After 10 years with the Tigers, Parrish played for 6 teams in the next 9 years. After his retirement, Parrish will tell the baseball world he made a mistake leaving Detroit.
2000: Joining Frank Robinson, the Devil Rays' Fred McGriff becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 200 homers in both the American and National League.
2008: The Red Sox hand Cliff Lee just his third loss in 25 decisions in a 5 - 4 win to clinch a playoff spot. The win eliminates the Yankees from making the postseason for the first time since 1993 (not counting the 1994 season, when the postseason was cancelled, but during which the Yanks posted the best record in the American League).
Tigers players birthdays:
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Frank McManus 1904.
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Biff Schaller 1911.
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Lefty Stewart 1921.
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Jim Rooker 1968.
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Jim Morrison 1987-1988.
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Joba Chamberlain 2014-2015.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Bob Shaw 1957-1958.
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Aurelio Rodriguez 1971-1979.
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