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November 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1926: Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager after leading his team to a record of 79-75 and a sixth-place finish. Umpire and former Tigers infielder George Moriarty replaces him.
Moriarty is the first man to hold baseball's four principal jobs: player, umpire, scout and manager. Cobb will sign a playing contract with the Philadelphia Athletics and will bat .357 during the 1927 season.
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1928: Voters in Massachusetts approve Sunday baseball in Boston, provided that Braves Field is more than 1,000 feet from a church. This leaves Pennsylvania as the only state with no Sunday baseball in the major leagues.

1934: Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees won the American League Triple Crown after hitting .363 with 49 home runs and 165 RBI. Nevertheless, Detroit Tigers C Mickey Cochrane, who hit .320 with 2 home runs and 76 RBI, is named AL Most Valuable Player.

1934: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Dizzy Dean, who posted a 30-7 record with 195 strikeouts and a 2.66 ERA, is chosen as National League MVP.

1942: Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams was the Triple Crown winner in the American League, but the Baseball Writers Association of America selects Joe Gordon as AL Most Valuable Player. Williams finished with a .356 average, 36 home runs and 137 RBI. Gordon of the New York Yankees, though he batted .322 with a .900 OPS, led the AL in strikeouts (95), most ground balls hit into double plays (22) and the most errors at second base (28).

1953: The baseball rules committee restores the 1939 sacrifice fly rule, which says a sac fly is not charged as a time at bat.
1953: MLB?s rules committee formally ended the practice of fielders leaving their gloves on the field while their teams batted. Henceforth they would be required to carry their leather back to the dugout between innings.

1960: Vern Law, who finished 20-9 with 18 complete games for the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates, is voted Cy Young Award winner. Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves finishes second.

1965: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax, who posted a 26-8 record, a 1.73 ERA, and a record-shattering 382 strikeouts, is named Cy Young Award winner by a unanimous vote and for the third time.

1967: Boston Red Sox pitcher Jim Lonborg, who was 22-9 with 246 strikeouts for the American League champions, is named the 1967 American League Cy Young Award winner.

1970: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson wins the National League Cy Young Award by a 118-51 margin over Gaylord Perry of the San Francisco Giants. Gibson posted a 23-7 record with 274 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA.

1979: The American League and National League All-Star teams depart on an exhibition tour of Japan. The NL squad will take four of seven from its AL counterparts, but the teams will combine to split a pair of games with the Japanese All-Stars.

1981: Milwaukee Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers, with a 6-3 record, 28 saves and a 1.04 ERA, wins the 1981 American League Cy Young Award, collecting 22 of 28 possible first-place votes.

1991: Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell is named the National League Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Houston player to win the award. Bagwell hit .294 with a team-leading 15 home runs and 82 RBI. His 82 walks also led the Astros. Bagwell was picked in the fourth round of the 1989 amateur draft by the Boston Red Sox, then traded in the 1990 stretch drive for relief pitcher Larry Andersen.

1992: The New York Yankees make one of their best trades ever by acquiring outfielder Paul O'Neill from the Cincinnati Reds for OF Roberto Kelly. O'Neill will help the Yankees win World Championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Alan Trammell as a free agent.

2000: Willie Blair of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2001: In Game 6 of the World Series, the Diamondbacks get 21 hits in the first six innings against the Yankees to set a record for hits in a World Series game. The previous record of 20 was established by the New York Giants against the Yankees in Game 3 of the 1921 World Series, and St. Louis in Game 4 of the the 1946 World Series against the Red Sox. The Diamondbacks win, 15 - 2, forcing a decisive Game 7. Randy Johnson is the winning pitcher and Andy Pettitte the loser.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed John Ennis as a free agent.

2008: Erick Almonte of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Yorman Bazardo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Kyle Farnsworth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Casey Fossum of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Freddy Guzman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Blaine Neal of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Timo Perez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2012: Collin Balester of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Chris Bootcheck of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Brooks Brown of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Brad Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Danny Dorn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Jerad Head of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: John Lindsey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Zach Miner of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Niuman Romero of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Zack Segovia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2013: Brad Ausmus introduced as Tigers manager.

2014: Don Kelly of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2014: The Tigers hire former catcher Brad Ausmus as their new manager, in replacement of the recently retired Jim Leyland. It will be Ausmus's first managerial assignment at any level.

2015: Joe Nathan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2016: In the first trade of the off-season, the Tigers send OF Cameron Maybin to the Angels in return for P Victor Alcantara.
2016: Erick Aybar of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2016: Casey McGehee of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2016: Jarrod Saltalamacchia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: Alex Presley of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2019: The Major League awards season opens with the announcement of the Gold Glove winners, with 3B Nolan Arenado winning one for the 7th straight year in the NL, and LF Alex Gordon winning his 6th (non-consecutive) in the AL. In a strange quirk, both pitchers who win the award were traded to the other league during the season: Mike Leake in the AL and Zack Greinke in the NL.

2020: The winners of the Gold Gloves are announced and given the shortened season, this year's winners were determined solely by analytics, leading to some surprises, although there are also a number of familiar names, such as 3B Nolan Arenado, RF Mookie Betts and LF Alex Gordon, who has announced his retirement. Two rookies who had not played a game before this season, CF Luis Robert and 1B Evan White, are among the more surprising winners.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkuji01.shtml
Jim Walkup 1927.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillre01.shtml
Red Phillips 1934, 1936.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Larry_Herndon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herndla01.shtml
Larry Herndon 1982-1988, coach 1992-1998.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chrismi02.shtml
Mike Christopher 1995-1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoal01.shtml
Alex Wilson 2015-2018.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eubanjo01.shtml
John Eubank 1905-1907.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/russeja01.shtml
Jack Russell 1937.

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November 4 in Tigers and mlb history:

1889: After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a "Manifesto" in which it claims that "players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens." This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League.

1899: Michigan beats Virginia 38-0 at Bennett Park at Michigan & Trumbull
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1912: Miller Huggins is named manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, beginning his 17-year career as a skipper.

1935: Cal Hubbard, pro football tackle with the Green Bay Packers, joins the American League umpiring staff.

1957 - With a new balk rule, the batter now has an option after the call is made. If a player gets a hit, he can accept the outcome of the pitch, instead of being only limited to the advance of the baserunner(s).

1959 - Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs.
Eddie Mathews finishes second.

1962: Dick McAuliffe's 2-run RBI single with 2 outs starts a 4-run rally in the 10th inning that gives the Tigers a 7-3 exhibition win in Osaka, Japan.

1975 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins his second Cy Young Award, after pacing the American League in wins (23), shutouts (10), and ERA (2.09).

1976: The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position.

1980: Japan's all-time home run hitter, Sadaharu Oh, retires from professional baseball. The Tokyo Yomiuri Giants' first baseman hit a record 868 home runs in his 22-year playing career.

1980: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave Gumpert as an amateur free agent.

1980: Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies joins Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver and Jim Palmer, as pitchers with three Cy Young Awards. Carlton garners all but one of the 24 first-place votes to take National League honors. He posted a 24-9 record with a 2.34 ERA and a league-leading 286 strikeouts.

1988: Dave Bergman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1988: Darrell Evans of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1988: Ted Power of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1988: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.

1996: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Jeter becomes the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous choice in American League history.

1999: Luis Polonia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2001: In Game 7 of a classic World Series, the Arizona Diamondbacks rally for two runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to defeat the New York Yankees and their usually unbeatable closer, Mariano Rivera, 3 - 2. The four-year-old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World Championships.

2010: Eddie Bonine of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: The Detroit Tigers traded Brent Dlugach to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later. The Boston Red Sox sent Pedro Perez (minors) (April 2, 2011) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2010: Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson dies in Thousand Oaks, California at 76. Nicknamed "Captain Hook" for his tendency to remove his starting pitchers early in the game - now standard practice - he was the first manager to win over 100 games in a season in both leagues, and the first to lead teams from both leagues to World Championships, doing so with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and with Detroit in 1984.

2014: Bryan Augenstein of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Duane Below of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Casey Crosby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Shawn Hill of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Justin Miller of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Jose Ortega of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: Daniel Schlereth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2016: Five million fans turn out for the Cubs' World Series victory parade in downtown Chicago, IL, 108 years in the making. The Chicago River is dyed in blue to celebrate the long-awaited title.

2016: Eddie Carnett, the Oldest Living MLB Player dies in Ringling, OK, a couple of weeks after turning 100. His title passes on to 98-year-old Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr.

2019: Tim Adleman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Jose Fernandez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Eduardo Jimenez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Pete Kozma of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Mikie Mahtook of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Dustin Peterson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Zac Reininger of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Jake Thompson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: Matt Wotherspoon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays :

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Leinhauser
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leinhbi01.shtml
Bill Leinhauser 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Skeeter_Webb
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/webbsk01.shtml
Skeeter Webb 1945-1947.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/francti01.shtml
Tito Francona 1958.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whillja01.shtml
Jack Whillock 1971.

Tigers players and managers who passed away :

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lefty_Williams
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willile01.shtml
Lefty Williams 1913-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gillebo01.shtml
Bob Gillespie 1944.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paredjo01.shtml
Johnny Paredes 1990-1991.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sparky_Anderson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/andersp01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/8762afda
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Sparky Anderson manager 1979-1995.

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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/lou-whitaker-modern-era-committee-hall-of-fame-ballot
Lou Whitaker named to Modern Era HOF ballot.
MLB.com

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/11/4/20947838/mlb-news-hall-of-fame-modern-era-ballot-lou-whitaker
Lou Whitaker is on the Modern Era Hall of Fame ballot.
This is an opportunity for Whitaker to get into the Hall.
BYBTB

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id...t-evans-lou-whitaker-include-hof-panel-ballot
Lou Whitaker include on HOF panel's ballot.
espn

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...hitaker-baseball-hall-fame-ballot/4159299002/
Getting his due? Tigers great Lou Whitaker among 10 on Hall of Fame ballot.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...r-baseball-hall-modern-era-ballot/4158575002/
Detroit Tigers' Lou Whitaker gets one more crack at Baseball Hall of Fame. Here's how.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2019/1...lou-whitaker-for-hall-of-fame-next-month.html
Committee will consider Lou Whitaker for Hall of Fame next month.
Mlive
 
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November 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1914: The ban on Sunday baseball is upheld in Washington, DC by the Court of Appeals.

1936: The Brooklyn Dodgers name former pitcher and future Hall of Fame member Burleigh Grimes their new manager. Grimes replaces another future Hall of Famer - Casey Stengel.

1940: Former pitcher Walter Johnson, who won 416 games for the Washington Senators, goes down in defeat as a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland. Johnson entered the Hall of Fame in 1936.

1962: Dick McAuliffe's 2-run RBI single with 2 outs starts 4-run rally in the 10th that gives the Tigers a 7-3 exhibition win in Osaka Japan.

1968: Pitcher Denny McLain, a 31-game winner for the American League champion Detroit Tigers, is the unanimous choice as American League Most Valuable Player.
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1970: Former major league pitcher Charlie Root dies at the age of 71. Root posted a 201-160 record over 17 major league seasons, but was best known for an incident in the 1932 World Series. Root was on the mound for the Chicago Cubs when Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees allegedly "called his shot" before hitting a home run.

1976: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer, who led the American League with 22 victories and 315 innings pitched, outpoints Detroit Tigers rookie Mark Fidrych to win the American League Cy Young Award.

1976: The new franchises, the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays, select 30 players apiece from other American League teams in the expansion draft. The Mariners take outfielder Ruppert Jones with their first choice, while the Blue Jays tab infielder Bob Bailor with their initial pick.

1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Dan Meyer from the Detroit Tigers as the 9th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Frank MacCormack from the Detroit Tigers as the 16th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Bill Laxton from the Detroit Tigers as the 50th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

1976: The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Dennis DeBarr from the Detroit Tigers as the 26th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Dave Lemanczyk from the Detroit Tigers as the 43rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

1990: Darnell Coles of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Ed Nunez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Dan Petry of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Larry Sheets of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: John Shelby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Gary Ward of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1991: Lloyd Moseby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1992: Walt Terrell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1993: Storm Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1993: Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1996: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Jeter becomes the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous choice in American League history.

1997: In what Bud Selig says is Phase One of a realignment of the major leagues, his Milwaukee Brewers move from the American League to the National League. Phase 2 will have to wait until 2013, however.

1999: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson wins the National League Cy Young Award, his fifth overall and fourth in a row. Johnson is the first NL player since the Mets' Dwight Gooden to win the pitching triple crown, going 24-5 with 334 strikeouts and a 2.37 ERA. Johnson also led the major leagues in strikeouts for the ninth time.

2001: Roger Cedeno of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2001: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Borkowski.

2009: Adam Everett of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Aubrey Huff of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Placido Polanco of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Fernando Rodney of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Jarrod Washburn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Young as a free agent.

2013: Mike Cervenak of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Argenis Diaz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Danny Dorn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Shawn Hill of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jair Jurrjens of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jon Link of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Pat Misch of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Ronny Paulino of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Kevin Russo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jess Todd of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

20119: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Adleman as a free agent.

2020: Winners of the Silver Slugger Awards are announced, and while there are a number of familiar names in the American League, led by eighth-time winner Mike Trout, the National League presents a completely different picture. In the senior circuit, there are five first-time winner, three second-timers and only one multiple-time previous winner, OF Mookie Betts, whose three previous awards came when he played in the AL.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischca01.shtml
Carl Fischer 1933-1935.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lloyd_Moseby
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mosebll01.shtml
Lloyd Moseby 1990-1991.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dishmgl01.shtml
Glenn Dishman 1997.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Damon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/damonjo01.shtml
Johnny Damon 2010.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/desauge01.shtml
Gene Desautels 1930-1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sam_Jones_(jonessa02)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonessa02.shtml
Sam Jones 1962.

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