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Al Avila Discusses Tigers' Needs.
Tigers general manager Al Avila said this week that a ?bat? ? likely either an outfielder or a first baseman ? as well as a backup catcher are on his shopping list.
It doesn?t seem that the Tigers will be adding a shortstop from outside, though. Rather, it looks as if utilityman Niko Goodrum is the favorite to land the job. Avila?s of the belief that young shortstop Willi Castro and catcher Jake Rogers, who made their major league debuts in 2019, need more seasoning at the Triple-A level.
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https://tigersminorleaguereport.com/2019/11/15/tigers-srd-episode-298-the-tigers-go-analytical/
Tigers SRD Episode 298-The Tigers Go Analytical. 2 hours 6 minutes.

-Talking baseball awards

-Brian Sakowski takes listener questions including the importance of being Driveline Certified.

-The top JUCO pitching prospect that could go first round, Connor Phillips.

-Tigers Twitter is stoked for the new hires in the front office and so is Chris and Roger.

-What Big Ten baseball talent we all should be looking out for.

-Houston, we have a tired cliche to use for their problems.

-At the 1:22:00 mark, Mark Gorosh joins in to talk 40 man in this month?s bonus content episode.
 
November 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The Joint Rules Committee does away with the four-strike rule and with the scoring of walks as hits. Five balls for a walk remains the rule.

1912: Detroit Tigers infielder Red Corriden is sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

1914: Frank Leland, pioneer black ballplayer and founder of the Leland Giants, dies in Chicago after a brief illness. He was 45.

1916: Rube Foster of the Red Sox no-hits the Yankees 2 - 0, for the first no-hitter in Fenway Park, beating Bob Shawkey, 2 - 0. Harry Hooper leads the offense with three hits. Red Sox president Joseph Lannin hands Rube a $100 bonus and each of his Sox teammates receive a gold-handled pocket knife engraved with the date.

1941: Byron 'Whizzer' White scores 2 touchdowns for the Lions, including a 71-yard reception, in a 21-17 win over the Eagles at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
White was later appointed as a Supreme Court justice by President Kennedy. He was succeeded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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1950: Major League Presidents Ford Frick (American League) and Will Harridge (National League) vote to deposit $950,000 received for World Series TV and radio rights into the player's pension fund.

1950: The St. Louis Browns drafted Johnny Bero from the Detroit Tigers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.
1950: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bud Souchock from the Chicago White Sox in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

1952: Bobby Layne scores a touchdown run & throws a touchdown pass, a 65-yard strike to Cloyce Box, in a 43-13 win over the Dallas Texans at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. The Lions would go on to win the NFL championship.
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1954: The Chicago Cubs trade future Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Sam Jones, minor league outfielder Gale Wade, and $60,000 in cash. Kiner will hit 18 home runs for the Indians in 1955, his final major league season.

1962: Tigers rally for 3 runs in 8th to win 4-3 in exhibition in Sendai, Japan.
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1964: The Detroit Tigers signed Billy Hoeft as a free agent.

1966: Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente wins the National League MVP Award, beating out Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace Sandy Koufax by ten votes. Clemente batted .317 with 29 home runs and 119 RBI during the regular season. Koufax posted a 27-9 record with 317 strikeouts and a 1.73 ERA.

1976: The California Angels sign free agent Don Baylor. He will be become the first Angels player in franchise history to win the MVP Award, in 1979.

1977: Minnesota Twins first baseman Rod Carew is named American League Most Valuable Player. The future Hall of Famer led the AL in batting average (.388), runs (128), hits (239) and triples (16).

1988: The Detroit Tigers released Ray Knight.

1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Baez as a free agent.
1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Derrick White as a free agent.

1995: The Cincinnati Reds traded a player to be named later, Dave Tuttle (minors) and C.J. Nitkowski to the Detroit Tigers for David Wells. The Cincinnati Reds sent Mark Lewis (November 16, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1999: Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez is named the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young Award. He led AL pitchers in wins (23), strikeouts (313) and ERA (2.07). Martinez also won the award in the National League in 1997, just the third pitcher to do so in both leagues.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Julio Santana as a free agent.

2001: A Minnesota judge issues a temporary injunction that orders the Twins to play their full home schedule and prevents owner Carl Pohlad from selling the team to anyone who will move it. While this ruling will be appealed, it will be difficult to get the injunction overturned in enough time to contract the Twins for a potential 2002 season.

2005: Broadcaster Ralph Edwards, dies today in Los Angeles, CA at age 92; he was considered the voice that launched the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity long favored by the Boston Red Sox.

2005: Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who was the runner-up in the American League Most Valuable Player voting this week, is second-to-none in the voting for the top two awards given by the Boston chapter of the BBWAA. Ortiz will be given the Ted Williams Award as the top hitter in the major leagues, along with the "Yawkey Award" as the Red Sox MVP at the Boston BBWAA's annual dinner on January 12, 2006. Ortiz hit .300 with 47 home runs and a major league-leading 148 RBI this season. He also had 34 RBI that put his team ahead, the most in the AL, and 8 RBI from the seventh inning on that gave Boston the lead for good.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Marte as an amateur free agent.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Casey as a free agent.

2010: Roy Halladay wins the National League Cy Young Award in his first season with the Philadelphia Phillies after leading the NL in wins, complete games, shutouts and innings pitched, throwing a perfect game, and, for good measure, adding a no-hitter in the postseason. He is the fifth pitcher to win the award in both leagues, having been honored in the American League in 2003.

2011: The Manager of the Year Awards go to Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League and the Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon in the American League. Gibson wins in his first full season as a skipper, while it's a second time for Maddon to receive the award.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Omir Santos as a free agent.

2012: The Tigers sign free agent outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million deal. Hunter will play right field and help the team to two division titles while becoming a popular veteran leader on the club.

2016: Winners of the Cy Young Awards are announced today. Max Scherzer of Washington becomes the 6th pitcher to win the award in both leagues when he prevails in the vote in the National League after going 20-7 during the season.
In the American League, Boston's Rick Porcello, who went 22-4, is the winner over Justin Verlander of the Tigers in a very close race due to two Shithead Tampa sportswriters who leave Verlander completely off their ballot.
Porcello becomes the fourth member of the Tigers' 2014 rotation to win a Cy Young.
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2017: Giancarlo Stanton wins the 2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award over Joey Votto in a very close vote, 302 points to 300, with both players receiving 10 of 30 first-place votes. The result in the American League is not as disputed, as Jos? Altuve wins easily.

2018: For the first time since 2005, the Tigers did not have a player or manager receive a yearly award vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul_Foytack
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foytapa01.shtml
Paul Foytack 1953, 1955-1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Frank_Bolling
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bollifr01.shtml
Frank Bolling 1954, 1956-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Chiti
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chitiha01.shtml
Harry Chiti 1960-1961.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/housefr02.shtml
Fred House 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/highhu01.shtml
Hugh High 1913-1914.

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THE SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

The Saturday Survey offers another way for readers to weigh in on a relevant topic. So here is a poll to gauge the pulse of our baseball-lovin? peeps.

As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

At this week?s GM meetings, Al Avila stated that his top priority is signing a veteran catcher. When asked if he knew any, he said ?Yeah, I know one.?

I think you know where we are headed with this survey, so help us out and participate.

1. Should Al re-sign his own son, Alex, how would you feel about the move?

2. Good move, the Tigers need a veteran presence.

3. If he?s the best candidate at the right price, that?s fine.

4. Tigers need to bring up the young guys, not veterans.

5. I think it?s a questionable move.

6. Absolutely unsupportable. A joke.

7. Other.

8. Not sure.

Vote.
 
November 17 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The National League meets and officially recognizes the Brotherhood by meeting with a committee of three players, Monte Ward, Ned Hanlon, and Dan Brouthers.

1913: Future Hall of Famer Wilbert Robinson is named as the Brooklyn Dodgers' new manager in replacement of Bill Dahlen. The Dodgers will become known as the "Robins" in honor of their new skipper. Robinson will compile a 1375-1341 (.506) record during his 18-year tenure in Brooklyn, twice taking the team to the World Series.

1920: San Francisco (PCL) traded Bert Cole to the Detroit Tigers for Babe Ellison.

1947: The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns engineer a blockbuster eight-player deal. The key player is shortstop Vern Stephens, who comes to Boston after hitting .279 with 15 home runs and 83 RBI. The Red Sox also acquire 11-game winner Jack Kramer while giving the Browns $300,000 in cash and six players, including pitchers Jim Wilson and Al Widmar. Stephens will lead the American League in RBI in two of the next three seasons while averaging 33 home runs each year.

1949: The Chicago White Sox drafted Bill Connelly from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.
1949: The Chicago White Sox drafted Joe Erautt from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 rule 5 draft.

1950: Redford beats St. Gregory 7-6 in the annual Goodfellow Game at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
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1953: The St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc. The Baltimore franchise board officially changes its name to the Orioles, the traditional name for baseball teams from the city.

1957: Bobby Layne throws a touchdown pass and kicks four extra points in the Lions 31-10 win over the 49ers before a record crowd at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
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1959: San Francisco Giants slugger Willie McCovey is selected as the National League Rookie of the Year, after hitting .354 with 13 home runs and 38 RBI in just 52 games. McCovey gets all 24 votes to make him the second Giants player in a row to win the award unanimously. Teammate Orlando Cepeda ran away with the award in 1958.

1964: The New York Mets name former New York Yankees great Yogi Berra to their coaching staff. Berra signs a two-year contract and will work under another former Yankee legend, Casey Stengel, who is now the Mets' manager.

1965: Major League Baseball owners unanimously elect William D. Eckert as Commissioner, succeeding Ford Frick, who leaves office after 14 years. Eckert, a retired Lt. General in the United States Air Force, becomes baseball's fourth commissioner. He will serve only one term before being replaced by Bowie Kuhn.

1971: At age 22, Oakland Athletics pitcher Vida Blue becomes the youngest player ever to win the Most Valuable Player Award and only the fourth to capture both the Cy Young Award and the MVP in the same season.
Tigers' workhorse pitcher Mickey Lolich finishes in second place while leading the league in Wins 25, Innings Pitched 376, and Strikeouts 308. Vote totals were 98 for Blue and 85 for Lolich.

1979: On a flight to Austin, Texas, Daniel Okrent sketches out the first draft of rules for what will become Rotisserie League Baseball. Had the friends he was seeing not ignored these rules, the Rotisserie League would have been called Pit League, after the Austin barbecue joint where Okrent first unveiled them. Two weeks later in New York, he pitches the idea to a more receptive group with whom Okrent lunches monthly at La R?tisserie Fran?aise.

1982: Center fielder Dale Murphy wins the National League MVP Award, becoming the first Braves player to be so honored since Hank Aaron in 1957, when the team played in Milwaukee.

1984: Tigers pitching coach Roger Craig announces his retirement. Would return to manage the Giants.
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1987: George Bell becomes the first Toronto Blue Jays player ever to win the American League MVP Award, edging Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers, 332-311. Bell hit .308 with 47 home runs and a league-leading 134 RBI.
Trammell hit .343 with 28 home runs, 105 RBI, 205 hits, 329 Total bases, Slugged .551 with an OPS of .953 and an OPS+ of 155.

1992: Major League Baseball holds the expansion draft to stock the rosters of the National League's two new teams, the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies. A total of 72 players are chosen.

1992: The Colorado Rockies drafted Scott Aldred from the Detroit Tigers as the 15th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.
1992: The Colorado Rockies drafted Kevin Ritz from the Detroit Tigers as the 46th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

1998: Tom Glavine of the Atlanta Braves edges San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman for the National League Cy Young Award. It is the sixth time in the past eight seasons that a Braves pitcher has won the award.

1999: Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones, who hit .319 with 45 home runs and 110 RBI, wins the National League MVP Award. Jones becomes the fifth Braves player to be so honored, joining Johnny Evers (1914), Bob Elliott (1947), Hank Aaron (1957) Dale Murphy (1982 and 1983) and Terry Pendleton (1991).

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Carlos Mendez as a free agent.

2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Jackson as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Carlos Mendez as a free agent.

2004: After being wined and dined by Detroit Tigers legend Al Kaline and team owner Mike Ilitch, free agent Troy Percival signs a two-year, $12 million deal, surprising everyone, including his agent, by announcing he wants to play in Detroit next season. Before the preliminary meeting in the Motor City, the former Angels closer had been scheduled to meet with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs later in the week. Bothered by arm problems in 2005, Percival will finish 1-3 with eight saves and a 5.76 ERA in just 26 games pitched.

2005: Major League Baseball owners vote unanimously to approve the toughened steroids policy agreed to with the players' association earlier this week.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Byrdak as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Hooper as a free agent.

2008: Albert Pujols is named 2008 National League MVP, his second time as MVP. Despite missing some time to injury, Pujols led the National League in total bases. He also led in slugging and OPS.
The win is a bit ironic as Pujols had criticized the selection of Ryan Howard in 2006 when Howard's team failed to make the playoffs; this time, Howard (the runner-up) and the Phillies did make the playoffs while Pujols' Cardinals did not.

2009: Kansas City Royals pitcher Zack Greinke wins the American League Cy Young Award in a landslide. Greinke went 16-8 in spite of pitching for a last-place team and posted a league-leading 2.16 ERA, with 242 strikeouts.

2009: In his last major television appearance, Ernie Harwell is interviewed by Bob Costas on MLB Network.
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2010: The Tigers sign free agent reliever Joaquin Benoit, coming off a sensational year with Tampa Bay, to a three-year deal worth $16.5 million.

2011: Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers is the winner of the National League Cy Young Award, gathering 27 of 32 first-place votes and finishing ahead of the two aces of the Phillies, Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee. The 23-year-old lefthander went 21-5, tied with Ian Kennedy for the most wins in the NL, and finished first with a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts.

2011: Major League Baseball announces major structural changes for 2013 as a result of its approval of the sale of the Houston Astros to a group headed by Jim Crane. The Astros will move from the NL Central to the AL West, giving both leagues 15 teams split into three five-team divisions. As a result, teams will play a more balanced schedule and there will be interleague play during the entire season to accommodate the odd number of teams in each circuit. There will also be two additional playoff teams, but the new postseason format will be annouced at a later date as it is tied to current negotiations with the Players Association regarding the new collective bargaining agreement.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Jefry Marte as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed William Cuevas as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Logan Kensing as a free agent.

2016: OF Mike Trout of the Angels wins his second AL MVP Award, finishing ahead of Boston's Mookie Betts. In the National League, second-year 3B Kris Bryant of the Cubs is a runaway winner one year after being named the league's Rookie of the Year.

Tigers players, managers,and announcers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Stallings
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/stallge01.shtml
George Stallings manager 1901.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jensewi01.shtml
Willie Jensen 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clairda01.shtml
Davey Claire 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weikdi01.shtml
Dick Weik 1953-1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/penaor01.shtml
Orlando Pena 1965-1967.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/havenbr01.shtml
Brad Havens 1989.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rizzs
Rick Rizzs announcer 1992-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmilbi01.shtml
Billy McMillon 2000-2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Shane_Greene
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greensh02.shtml
Shane Greene 2015-2019.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hamilea01.shtml
Earl Hamilton 1916.

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
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It?s time again to hear from our readers! Today is the day to let us know what you?re thinking on a selected topic.

Sunday is the one day of the week where we open up the comment parameters for you, so you can get those juices flowing.

Comments on THIS DAY ONLY can be expanded to a maximum of 8 sentences.

We can?t wait to get your thoughts on the following topic:

If you had a vote, what would you take into consideration when choosing the
Most Valuable Player?
 
November 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1882: The case of the Allegheny Club versus Charlie Bennett is won by Bennett. Prior to the 1882 season, Allegheny signed Bennett to a $100 agreement which stated that he would sign an 1883 contract with the club after the season. Instead, Bennett re-signed with the Detroit Wolverines. This case will later have bearing on the fight over the reserve rule during the 1889-1890 Players League war.

1887: The National League adopts a new contract that spells out reserve provisions for the first time. The NL refuses to accept the players' demand that the salary be written out on all contracts, however.

1917: The Detroit Heralds beat the Racine Regulars 19-0 in Ohio League football at Navin Field (Tiger Stadium)
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1949: Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson, who hit 16 home runs with 124 RBI and led the National League with a .342 batting average, becomes the first black to win the Most Valuable Player Award. Stan Musial, Ralph Kiner, and teammate Pee Wee Reese are the runner-ups.

1951: Former Chicago Cubs first baseman and future star of the TV series The Rifleman Chuck Connors becomes the first player to refuse to participate in the major league draft. Currently the 1B for the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League, Connors wants to stay in California, instead of going to whatever team might draft him for the major leagues. The PCL views his refusal in a positive manner, allowing them to ask for higher prices for minor league players than what the major leagues usually offers.

1954: In an enormous two-part trade begun on November 14th, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles complete an exchange of 17 players. Included are first baseman Dick Kryhoski, pitchers Bob Turley and Don Larsen, catcher Darrell Johnson and shortstop Billy Hunter, from Baltimore. To the Orioles go outfielder Gene Woodling, shortstop Willie Miranda, pitchers Harry Byrd and Jim McDonald, and catchers Gus Triandos and Hal Smith. The trade will help both teams.

1962: Dick McAuliffe hits a home run, Tigers play to 3-3 tie in last scheduled game of goodwill tour of Japan.

1963: The Detroit Tigers send outfielder Rocky Colavito, pitcher Bob Anderson, and a reported $50,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for second baseman Jerry Lumpe and pitchers Dave Wickersham and Ed Rakow.
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1964: Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson is voted American League Most Valuable Player, outpolling Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees 269 to 171.

1966: Los Angeles Dodgers ace pitcher Sandy Koufax announces his retirement, due to increasing pain in his arthritic left elbow. Just three weeks earlier, Koufax won a record third Cy Young Award.

1970: Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench wins the National League MVP Award with 326 points, 108 more than Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs. Bench hit for a .293 average with 45 home runs and 148 RBI, while Williams finished with .322, 42, 109.

1974: The Tigers shake things up with a big trade, sending shortstop Eddie Brinkman, outfielder Dick Sharon, and pitcher Bob Strampe to the Padres for slugger Nate Colbert, a three-time all-star first baseman. Colbert had averaged 27 homers for San Diego over six seasons, often launching impressive home runs, but he’ll struggle in Detroit where he lasts less than a season.

1977: The Free Press reports on the sale of the old green Tiger Stadium seats, which were being replaced with plastic ones.
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1980: Despite having missed 45 games with injuries, George Brett is named American League Most Valuable Player. The 27-year-old third baseman's .390 batting average was the highest in the major leagues since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941.

1981: Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt wins his second consecutive National League MVP Award, joining Ernie Banks and Joe Morgan as the only NL players to take the award back-to-back. In the strike-shortened season, Schmidt hit .316 and led the league in home runs (31), RBI (91), runs (78), walks (73), on-base percentage (.435) and slugging percentage (.644).

1985: Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets (National League) and Bret Saberhagen of the Kansas City Royals (American League) win the Cy Young Award in their respective leagues.

1987: Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson becomes the first player from a last-place club ever to win an Most Valuable Player Award, taking National League honors with a .287 batting average and as the league leader in home runs (49) and RBI (137).

1997: The Detroit Tigers traded Travis Fryman to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Matt Drews (minors), Gabe Alvarez and Joe Randa.

1997: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Bubba Trammell from the Detroit Tigers as the 22nd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

1997: The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Bryan Corey from the Detroit Tigers as the 63rd pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

1999: The Detroit Tigers released Luis Garcia.

2000: The Seattle Mariners sign Japanese star outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to a three-year contract, making him the first Japanese position player in major league history.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Troy Percival as a free agent.

2007: For the first time ever, Team USA beats the Cuban national team in the Gold Medal game of a Baseball World Cup. They become the first non-Cuban team to win since the South Korean national team in 1982 (when Cuba sat out). Cuba had won every time they had entered since 1951. Yadel Marti and several relievers fail to shut down the US in a 6 - 3 defeat. Steven Shell gets the win and Jeff Stevens wraps up the game. Jayson Nix drives in two and will be named Baseball World Cup Most Valuable Player.

2010: Commissioner Bud Selig states that Major League Baseball is considering expanding the postseason by two teams, by adding a second wild card in each league. The two wild card winners would face each other in a best-of-three series to open the postseason, with the three division winners getting a bye. The proposal will now be discussed at the December Winter Meetings and would need to be accepted by the Players Association.

2010: Felix Hernandez of Seattle wins the 2010 American League Cy Young Award. In spite of a won-loss record of only 13-12 - the fewest wins by a starting pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in a full season -, "King Felix" draws voters' attention with his 2.27 ERA in 249.2 innings and 232 strikeouts

2011: Major League Baseball owners and the Players Association reach a tentative deal on a new five-year collective bargaining agreement. The agreement signed in Rosemont, IL near Chicago's O'Hare Airport, includes a ceiling for bonuses paid to picks in the amateur draft and international free agents. It also provides for testing for human growth hormone and a raise in the minimum salary to $480,000. The agreement will be finalized on November 22nd.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Gerald Laird as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Russo as a free agent.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Jhan Marinez as a free agent.

2015: The Milwaukee Brewers traded Francisco Rodriguez to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and Javier Betancourt (minors). The Detroit Tigers sent Manny Pina (December 10, 2015) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Deacon_McGuire
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcguide01.shtml
Deacon McGuire Detroit Wolverines 1885, 1888, Detroit Tigers 1902-1903, 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coombja01.shtml
Jack Coombs 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fuchsch01.shtml
Charlie Fuchs 1942.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stidhph01.shtml
Phil Stidham 1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Luis_Pujols
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/pujollu01.shtml
Luis Pujols coach 2002, manager 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gary_Sheffield
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sheffga01.shtml
Gary Sheffield 2007-2008.

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https://www.mlb.com/news/2020-hall-of-fame-ballot
Here's the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot.
MLB.com

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-big-questions-about-the-2020-bbwaa-hall-of-fame-ballot/
The Big Questions About the 2020 BBWAA Hall of Fame Ballot.
Fangraphs

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28108560/derek-jeter-18-newcomers-hall-fame-ballot
18 newcomers on Hall of Fame ballot.
espn

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...0-hall-of-fame-ballot-derek-jetet/4230830002/
Derek Jeter heads 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot; ex-Tigers, local products make cut.
Freep

The full ballot:
Below is a list of every player on the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot, with first timers bolded.

Bobby Abreu, Josh Beckett, Heath Bell, Barry Bonds, Eric Ch?vez,
Roger Clemens, Adam Dunn, Chone Figgins, Rafael Furcal, Jason Giambi,
Todd Helton, Ra?l Iba?ez, Derek Jeter, Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, Paul Konerko, Cliff Lee, Carlos Pe?a, Brad Penny, Andy Pettitte, J.J. Putz, Manny Ram?rez, Brian Roberts, Scott Rolen, Curt Schilling, Gary Sheffield, Alfonso Soriano Sammy Sosa, Jos? Valverde, Omar Vizquel, Billy Wagner, Larry Walker.

There, too, players must appear on 75% of ballots submitted by a 16-member voting body, and whoever is selected will join the BBWAA class on Induction Day next July.
 
November 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1885: The Detroit Wolverines returned Dan Casey, Deacon McGuire, Mox McQuery, Stump Weidman and George Wood to league control.

1885: At a National League meeting, it is decided that the Buffalo Bisons "Big Four" (Dan Brouthers, Hardy Richardson, Jack Rowe and Deacon White) can play for the Detroit Wolverines next season.

1921: Future Hall of Famer Roy Campanella is born in Philadelphia, PA. Campanella will begin his professional career in the Negro Leagues in 1937 before arriving in the major leagues in 1948 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1928: In one of their most important acquisitions ever, Cleveland Indians general manager Billy Evans sends $40,000 and two players to the San Francisco Seals (Pacific Coast League) for outfielder Earl Averill. A future Hall of Famer, Averill will play 11 years in Cleveland.

1951: The Detroit Tigers drafted Alex Garbowski from Seattle (PCL) in the 1951 rule 5 draft.
1951: The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Clem Koshorek from the Detroit Tigers in the 1951 rule 5 draft.

1952: American League President Will Harridge says there will be greater fines for managers who use abusive language while arguing with umpires.

1975: By the most overwhelming margin ever, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Joe Morgan is named National League Most Valuable Player. Morgan batted .327 with 67 stolen bases and a league-leading 132 walks.

1979: The Houston Astros sign free agent pitcher Nolan Ryan. The former California Angels ace and future Hall of Fame member signs a four-year deal worth $4.5 million, making him the highest-paid player in major league history. Ryan also becomes the first player to earn a $1 million annual salary.

1984: Hope you remembered to put these on your 1984 Christmas list! - Ad in the Detroit Free Press, 11/19/1984.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJwNEcZWoAEEJ1f?format=png&name=small

1986: Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award, joining Stan Musial and Roy Campanella as the only three-time NL award winners. Schmidt led the NL with 37 home runs and 119 RBI.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Dan Gakeler as a free agent.

1997: The Detroit Tigers traded Ryan Balfe (minors), Dan Miceli and Donne Wall to the San Diego Padres for Trey Beamon and Tim Worrell.
1997: Tigers trade Travis Fryman to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Matt Drews. Fryman would be traded to Cleveland two weeks later.

2001: San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America with 30 of 32 first-place votes. Bonds, who hit .328 with an all-time record 73 home runs and 137 RBI, wins the award for an unprecedented fourth time.
Previously, he was awarded as a Pittsburgh Pirates member in 1990 and 1992 and with the Giants in 1993.
Three-time MVP Award winners include Yogi Berra, Roy Campanella, Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial and Mike Schmidt, all of them Hall of Famers.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Oscar Henriquez as a free agent.

2002: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Schmack as a free agent.

2007: Alex Rodr?guez is named American League MVP. He set the all-time major league record for home runs by a third baseman, having already held the record for homers by a shortstop.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Al Alburquerque as a free agent.
2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Joaquin Benoit as a free agent.

2012: Quintin Berry is named #Tigers Rookie of the Year by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Xavier Avery as a free agent.

2015: OF Bryce Harper of the Nationals is a unanimous winner of the 2015 National League Most Valuable Player Award after leading the major leagues in both on-base percentage and slugging percentage.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Edward Paredes as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolesdi01.shtml
Dickie Noles 1987.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bryan_Holaday
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holadbr01.shtml
Bryan Holaday 2012-2015, 2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Babe_Birrer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/birreba01.shtml
Babe Birrer 1955.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stumpji01.shtml
Jim Stump 1957, 1959.

Baseball Reference
 
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