November 12 in Tigers and mlb history:
1920: Owners unanimously elect Kenesaw Mountain Landis chairman for seven years. The owners' action comes in direct response to the Black Sox Scandal, which threatens the integrity of the game. Landis accepts, but only as sole Commissioner with final authority over the players and owners, while remaining a federal judge (with his $7,500 federal salary deducted from the baseball salary of $50,000).
1939: The youngest of the three DiMaggio brothers, Dom DiMaggio, is bought for $40,000 by the Boston Red Sox from the San Francisco team (Pacific Coast League).
1939: In the Japanese Professional Baseball League, pitcher Victor Starffin wins his 42nd game in a 96-game season, leading the Yomiuri Giants to the pennant, and setting a post-1900 world record for season victories that will be equaled by Kazuhisa Inao in 1961 but never broken. Born in Russia, Starffin moved to Asahikawa, Hokkaido at a young age, and was picked as part of the national baseball team for an exhibition game against the United States in 1934. From 1936 through 1955 he will win 303 games, the first pitcher in Japanese baseball to top the 300 mark.
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1944: #75YearsAgo Frankie Sinkwich runs for two touchdowns and kicks 3 extra points as the Lions win 21-7 at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
They beat the Card-Pitts, a wartime merger of the Cardinals and Steelers, nicknamed the "carpets," who went winless that year.
1952: The Baseball Writers Association of America name Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Bobby Shantz the American League Most Valuable Player. Shantz posted a 24-7 record with 152 strikeouts and a 2.48 ERA during the regular season.
1958: New York Yankees pitcher Bob Turley, who had 21 wins and 19 complete games, is named the Cy Young Award winner. With only one award given for the two leagues, Turley gathers five votes to four for last year's winner, the Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn.
1959: Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox wins the American League MVP Award. Teammates Luis Aparicio and Early Wynn finish second and third respectively.
1966: The Los Angeles Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record, the most losses ever for a major league club touring the Far East.
1969: Minnesota Twins infielder Harmon Killebrew, who led the American League with 49 home runs, 140 RBI, and a .430 on-base percentage, is voted AL Most Valuable Player.
1971: Tigers catcher Jim Price retires rather than accept a demotion to Toledo, calls for reserve clause reform.
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1975: Tom Seaver of the New York Mets wins his third Cy Young Award. He posted 243 strikeouts with a 2.38 ERA and led the National League with 22 victories.
1980: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Stone, who led the American League with 25 victories, wins the Cy Young Award over Mike Norris of the Oakland Athletics.
1985: Tom Brookens of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1985: Doug Flynn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1985: Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1985: Aurelio Lopez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1986: Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1986: Lance Parrish of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1986: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.
1996: The Anaheim Angels selected Todd Van Poppel off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1996: Pat Hentgen of the Toronto Blue Jays edges Andy Pettitte of the New York Yankees for the Cy Young Award in the closest American League voting since 1972 when Gaylord Perry topped Wilbur Wood by six points. Hentgen (with a 20-10 mark), the major league leader in complete games, outpoints Pettitte (21-8) by the narrow margin of 110-104. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera finishes third in the ballot and receives one first-place vote.
1997: Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the ninth unanimous pick for the American League MVP Award. Griffey hit .304 for Seattle, led the AL with 56 home runs, and led the majors with 147 RBI. He receives all 28 first-place votes and 392 points in balloting to become the first unanimous AL pick since Frank Thomas in 1993, and the 13th unanimous selection overall.
2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Sosa as a free agent.
2001: One year after playing Class-A baseball, Albert Pujols, who hit .329 with 37 home runs and 130 RBI, is named the National League Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA. The St. Louis Cardinals freshman set NL rookie marks in RBI, total bases (360) and extra-base hits (88) and fell one home run shy of tying the NL rookie record of 38 established by Frank Robinson in 1956 as a member of the Cincinnati Redlegs.
2003: Dave Wickersham writes a letter to umpire Bill Valentine absolving him of blame for an ejection that cost Wickersham his only 20-win season.
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2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Todd Jones as a free agent.
2007: The Detroit Tigers traded Omar Infante to the Chicago Cubs for Jacque Jones.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Shawn Hill as a free agent.
2012: Bryce Harper of the Nationals is named the National League Rookie of the Year while Mike Trout of the Angels wins the honor in the American League. The two young outfielders wowed observers with their prowess with the bat, Harper becoming only the second teenager to hit 20 home runs in the big leagues, and the 21-year-old Trout being Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera's main rival for the MVP Award after hitting .326 with 129 runs. Trout becomes the youngest AL winner, while Harper misses surpassing Dwight Gooden as the youngest NL winner by under a month.
2012: Mike Trout named Rookie of the Year: three months younger than Lou Whitaker was when he became the youngest ever ROY in 1978.
2013: Detroit pitcher Max Scherzer is named the winner of the American League Cy Young Award. Scherzer was 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA and 240 strikeouts in 2013.
2014: Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is the unanimous winner of the National League Cy Young Award after going a dominant 21-3, 1.77.
2014: The Tigers acquire OF Anthony Gose from the Blue Jays in return for prospect Devon Travis.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Ed Killian 1904-1910.
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Red McDermott 1912.
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Herm Merritt 1921.
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Gary Thurman 1993.
Tigers players and managers who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Hutchinson
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Fred Hutchinson 1939-1940, 1946-1953, manager 1952-1954.
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