November 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1886: The Executive Council of the Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, formed the previous year, meets and chooses officers. Monte Ward is re-elected president, Dan Brouthers vice president, and Tim Keefe secretary-treasurer.
1889: The Joint Rules Committee of the National League and the American Association makes only minor changes in the playing rules, the most important of which is to allow two substitutes per team, up from one last season.
1891: The National League meets and dismisses the charges of collusion and game throwing against the eastern clubs brought by the Chicago Colts, thereby formally giving the Boston Beaneaters the pennant. The league also plans its strategy for conquering the American Association by consolidating the four strongest Association clubs into a 12-team league for next year.
1926: The Chicago White Sox fire one future Hall of Famer and replace him with another. Second baseman-manager Eddie Collins is released by the White Sox, despite his record of 81-72 and .344 batting average. He will rejoin the Philadelphia Athletics as a player-coach. In his place, Chicago hires catcher Ray Schalk, who will guide the White Sox to a record of 70-83 next season.
1926: Wichita Falls (Texas) purchased Milt Steengrafe from the Detroit Tigers.
1943: The Most Valuable Player Awards for both leagues are named. Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler wins it in the American League and Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial in the National League.
1948: Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees undergoes surgery for bone spurs on his right heel. DiMaggio will miss 65 games in 1949 because of continuing problems with his heel.
1958: The American League announces that the Kansas City Athletics will play 52 night games in 1959, a new AL mark.
1970: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Boog Powell, who batted .297 with 35 home runs and 114 RBI, is named American League Most Valuable Player, beating Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins by a 234-157 margin.
1981: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela becomes the first rookie ever to win a Cy Young Award, edging Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds by a 70-67 margin for National League honors. Valenzuela was the first rookie since Herb Score in 1955 to lead his league in strikeouts with 180.
1984: Sparky Anderson's "Bless You Boys" debuts on the New York Times bestseller list.
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1986: Mike Scott of the Astros beats Fernando Valenzuela of the Dodgers for the National League Cy Young Award, garnering 15 first-place votes to Valenzuela's 9.
1990: Pitchers Chuck Finley of the California Angels and Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners combine to pitch a no-hitter in the finale of an eight-game exhibition series between American and Japanese All-Star teams. But Japan still wins the series 4-3 with one tie, the first time since 1970 that a touring U.S. team has left Japan with a losing record.
1996: John Smoltz, who won a major league-high 24 games for the Atlanta Braves, wins the 1996 National League Cy Young Award in a runaway. Smoltz, the NL leader in strikeouts (276), innings pitched (253.2), and winning percentage (.750), receives 26 of 28 first-place votes. Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins, the major-league ERA leader (1.89), receives the other two first-place votes. Since 1991, five of the six Cy Young winners have been Braves.
1996: Milwaukee Brewers owner Bud Selig meets with Don Fehr, the players' labor leader, in a futile attempt to convince Fehr to accept the owners' demands. With the deadline for an agreement at midnight on the 14th, there is virtually no hope that the two sides will agree. If the two sides reach the deadline without an agreement, the interleague schedule for next year will be wiped out, and a traditional schedule follow.
1997 Pedro Martinez of the Montreal Expos breaks the stranglehold the veteran Greg Maddux and the Atlanta Braves have on the National League Cy Young Award. Since 1991, either Maddux or a Braves pitcher has captured the award. Martinez posted a 17-8 record with 305 strikeouts, a 1.90 ERA, and 13 complete games, giving Canada a clean sweep of the Cy Young this year.
Roger Clemens of the Toronto Blue Jays won the American League award a day earlier. It's a bittersweet moment for Montreal, as Martinez will be traded away a few weeks later.
1997: The Detroit Tigers traded Melvin Nieves to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul Bako and Donne Wall.
1998: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent third baseman Dean Palmer to a five-year contract.
2008: Tim Lincecum wins the 2008 National League Cy Young Award in his first full season in the majors. Lincecum led the league in strikeouts and was second in both wins and ERA. Brandon Webb finishes second for the second consecutive season.
2019: Winners of the Rookie of the Year Award are announced, with Mets 1B Pete Alonso, who led the majors with 53 homers, receiving the honor in the NL and Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez doing so in the AL. Alonso receives 29 of 30 first-place votes, while Alvarez is a unanimous choice.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Jack Ness 1911.
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Bill Steen 1915.
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Ownie Carroll 1925, 1927-1930.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Damion_Easley
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Damion Easley 1996-2002.
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Jason Grilli 2005-2008.
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Chuck Hernandez coach 2006-2008.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away:
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Oscar Stanage 1909-1920, 1925, coach 1914-1920, 1925.
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