October 4 in Tigers and mlb history:
1887: The Detroit Wolverines beat the Pittsburgh Alleghenys to clinch the National League championship.
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1906: The Chicago Cubs win their 116th game of 152 played for a winning percentage (.763) that has not been matched since.
1907: Tigers win in St. Louis to clinch their first pennant in franchise history, closing it out by going 10-0-1 in their last 11 games.
1908: Tigers lose to the White Sox 3 - 1 in Chicago, trimming their pennant lead to one game with two to play.
1909: Ty Cobb became the first player in baseball history to win the Major League Triple Crown, batting .377, driving in 107 runs, and hitting 9 homers.
1911: Ty Cobb played his last game of the season. He surpassed Willie Keeler's 243 hits in a season with 248. He batted .420 leading the league with 83 base steals and 147 runs scored. He had 144 RBIs, 47 doubles and 24 triples. The finest performance in history of baseball!
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1919: Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Cicotte makes two errors in one inning of Game 4 of the World Series to give the Cincinnati Reds the only runs of the game. He walks none and gives up five hits, including three by Jimmy Ring, and Cincinnati wins, 2 - 0. The Reds lead the Series three games to one.
1922: For the first time, the entire World Series will be broadcast over the radio. Writer Grantland Rice does the announcing of the New York Giants-New York Yankees Series for station WJZ, in Newark, NJ, whose signal is relayed to WGY in Schenectady, NY.
1924: George Sisler, Babe Ruth, and Ty Cobb at Game 1 of the World Series in Washington.
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1925: Harry Heilmann gets six hits in Detroit's doubleheader sweep over the Browns, 10 - 4 and 11 - 6, to edge out teammate Ty Cobb for the batting crown, .393 to .389. Cobb bats over .300 for the 20th time.
In the second game, fans see the unusual spectacle of two managers, both famous hitters, pitch against each other in the season finale. George Sisler of the Browns and Ty Cobb of Detroit both pitch in relief for the two clubs.
Cobb is perfect in his one inning, while Sisler holds Detroit scoreless in two.
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1928: Game 1 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals is a swift execution before 61,425 fans at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth has a single and double, and scores two runs, one on Bob Meusel's 4th-inning home run, and Lou Gehrig is 2 for 4 with two RBI off Bill Sherdel. Pitcher Waite Hoyt sets the Cardinals down with three hits, one a solo home run by Jim Bottomley in the 7th inning, for a 4 - 1 victory.
1930: In the World Series, Bill Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals blanks the Philadelphia Athletics, 5 - 0. Jack Quinn, at age 46, pitches two innings of relief against the Cardinals, thereby becoming the oldest player to appear in a World Series game.
1933: Scoring six runs in the 6th inning, the New York Giants make it two in a row over the Washington Senators in Game 2 of the World Series. The Senators are again held to five hits.
1934: Schoolboy Rowe evens the World Series with a 12-inning, 3 - 2 victory, shutting out the St. Louis Cardinals over the final nine innings. The Detroit Tigers tie the game in the 9th inning and win on Goose Goslin's single. It's the first postseason walk-off win in franchise history.
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1935: Jo-Jo White's RBI single in the top of the 11th at #WrigleyField gives the #Tigers a 6 - 5 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series over the cubs.
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1937: The Detroit Tigers signed Harry Eisenstat as a free agent.
1938: The Detroit Tigers drafted Red Lynn from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1938 rule 5 draft.
1940: Tigers score 4 runs in the 7th inning on two 2-run home runs by Rudy York and Pinky Higgins for a 7 - 4 win to take a 2-1 lead over the Reds in the World Series.
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1940: The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Dick Conger from the Detroit Tigers in the 1940 rule 5 draft.
1945: Hank Greenberg's 3-run home run gives the #Tigers a 4-1 win over the Cubs in Game 2 of the World Series.
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1948: The Cleveland Indians beat the Boston Red Sox, 8 - 3, in a one-game playoff to decide the American League pennant. The pitching of Gene Bearden and the hitting of Lou Boudreau key the victory.
1951: In the opening game of the World Series, Monte Irvin steals home in the 1st inning and collects four hits. The New York Giants defeat Allie Reynolds and the Yankees, 5 - 1, with Dave Koslo pitching a complete game at Yankee Stadium. Irvin, Hank Thompson and Willie Mays of the Giants form the first all-black outfield in a World Series game.
1953: In Game 5 of the World Series, Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ Meyer, and the Yankees hold on to win, 11 - 7, over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1955: The Brooklyn Dodgers win their only World Series with Johnny Podres beating the New York Yankees, 2 - 0 in Game 7.
1958: In Game 3 of the World Series, New York Yankees pitchers Don Larsen and Ryne Duren combine for a shutout as New York wins 4 - 0 over the Milwaukee Braves. Hank Bauer accounts for all four runs, including a two-run home run in the 7th inning.
1958: A Tokyo schoolboy star named Sadaharu Oh is signed by the Yomiuri Giants for a bonus of Y13,000,000 (about $55,000). Oh will become one of the most famous players of all time, setting many world hitting records.
1959: Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox, 3 - 1, behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Furillo's pinch-hit two-run single in the 7th inning is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.
1961: Whitey Ford's third straight World Series shutout, with home runs by Elston Howard and Bill Skowron, gives the Yankees a 2 - 0 win in Game 1 of the 1961 World Series against Cincinnati at Yankee Stadium.
1965: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, George Smith and George Thomas to the Boston Red Sox for Bill Monbouquette. The Detroit Tigers sent Jackie Moore (October 13, 1966) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.
1967: At Fenway Park, St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Lou Brock collects four hits, two stolen bases and two runs as St. Louis defeats the Boston Red Sox, 2 - 1, in Game 1 of the World Series. Bob Gibson has 10 strikeouts and outduels Jose Santiago, whose home run is Boston's only score.
1968: Here are the starting lineups of the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals, who meet in the 1968 World Series.
A computer has predicted the Tigers will win, although bookies make the Cards slight favorites.
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1969: Major League Baseball holds its first league championship games. In the National League Championship Series, the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves, 9 - 5, and the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 3, in the American League Championship Series.
1971: Baltimore wins its second straight game in the American League Championship Series, beating the Oakland Athletics, 5 - 1, on four home runs by Boog Powell (two), Brooks Robinson and Elrod Hendricks against Catfish Hunter.
1972: Ted Williams manages his final game as the Texas Rangers lose to the Kansas City Royals, 4 - 0, in the last game played at Municipal Stadium. Williams will be replaced by Whitey Herzog.
1975: The Boston Red Sox, behind Luis Tiant's three-hitter, beat Oakland, 7 - 1, in the ALCS opener.
1978: Steve Garvey hits two home runs and a triple to pace the Dodgers to a 9 - 5 victory over the Phillies in Game 1 of the NLCS. Davey Lopes and Steve Yeager also homer at Veterans Stadium.
1978: The Kansas City Royals notch 16 hits off three Yankees pitchers to even the ALCS with a 10 - 4 triumph. A two-run home run by Freddie Patek seals the victory.
1980: Mike Schmidt's two-run home run off Stan Bahnsen in the top of the 11th inning gives Philadelphia a 6 - 4 win over Montreal and the NL East title. The home run is Schmidt's 48th of the season, breaking Eddie Mathews' single-season record for third basemen set in 1953.
1987: The Detroit Tigers take advantage of one of the great collapses in history to win the A.L. East title, beating the Toronto Blue Jays, 1 - 0, behind the six-hit pitching of Frank Tanana. Toronto lost its last seven games of the season, including three straight in the season-ending series at Detroit.
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1989: Will Clark goes 4 for 4 with six RBI and two home runs on four hits, including the first National League Championship Series grand slam since 1977, to lead the Giants to an 11 - 3 win over the Cubs in Game 1 of the NLCS.
1989: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Beard.
1990: Jim Lindeman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2001: Tim Raines plays left field and his son Tim Jr. plays center in the Orioles' 5 - 4 loss to Boston. They become the second father-son duo to play in the same game, matching the feat turned by Ken Griffey, Sr. and his son Ken Jr. for the Seattle Mariners. The Orioles acquired the senior Raines yesterday from the Montreal Expos.
2001: Rickey Henderson of the San Diego Padres hits a home run to become major league baseball's all-time career runs scored leader with 2,246 passing the legendary Ty Cobb as San Diego defeat the Dodgers, 6 - 3.
2004: Chris Mears of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2004: Greg Norton of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Tigers hire Jim Leyland as manager. Leyland will lead the Tigers to 4 playoff appearances, 3 division titles, and 2 pennants.
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2009: Tigers win their season finale, a 5 - 3 win over the white sox to finish in a tie for first place, setting up a one-game playoff in Minnesota.
2011: The Yankees tie their ALDS with Detroit at 2 games each with a 10 - 1 rout at Comerica Park. Due to the suspension of Game 1 which cost the two teams an off-day, the Yankees have to start the unpredictable A.J. Burnett against Rick Porcello, but he responds with a solid performance. Burnett gives up a run in 5 2/3 innings after issuing three walks in the 1st. New York puts the game away by beating up Detroit's bullpen for 6 8th-inning runs.
2011: The Detroit Tigers released Timo Perez.
2013: The Tigers win Game 1, 3 -2, over Oakland, as Max Scherzer allows only 3 hits over 7 innings.
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2015: Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers becomes the first pitcher since teammates Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson in 2002 to strike out 300 batters in a season. He picks up 7 K's in an abbreviated start against the Padres to finish with 301.
2019: In the first of four postseason games played today, Justin Verlander turns in a dominant performance as the Astros defeat the Rays, 6 - 2, in Game 1 of the ALDS. Verlander allows just 1 hit in 7 innings while striking out 8, and Jose Altuve breaks a scoreless tie with a two-run homer off Tyler Glasnow in the 5th. Two more runs score that inning when 2B Brandon Lowe drops a pop-up with two on and two out, and the Rays never have a chance to come back.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Don Lenhardt 1952.
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John Kiely 1991-1993.
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Joe Boever 1993-1995.
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Mike Walker 1996.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Walt Justis 1905.
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Augie Prudhomme 1929.
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