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November 21 in Tigers and mlb history:

1888: The Pittsburgh Alleghenys purchased Ned Hanlon from the Detroit Wolverines for $2,500.

1889: The National League issues its reply to the Players League manifesto. Claiming that the League saved baseball in 1876 and that under the reserve rules players' salaries have "more than trebled," the NL denounces the Brotherhood movement as "the efforts of certain overpaid players to again control [baseball] for their own aggrandizement. . . to its ultimate dishonor and disintegration."

1893: Ban Johnson is named president, secretary, and treasurer of the recently reorganized Western League. Under Johnson's leadership the league will prosper and eventually become the American League.

1900: Given a ten-year contract to control the Baltimore franchise, John McGraw says he intends to be there a long time, and wants to lease grounds in Baltimore where he can stay. He'll be a manager for 32 more years, but not in Baltimore.

1920: Legendary St. Louis Cardinals 1b and LF Stan Musial is born in Donora, Pa. "The Man" will go on to play 22 years in St. Louis, setting many N.L. and ML records on his way to election to the Hall of Fame in 1969.

1933: Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Chuck Klein, who won the Triple Crown after hitting .368 with 28 home runs and 120 RBI, is sold to the Cubs for $125,000 and veterans Mark Koenig and Harvey Hendrick, and rookie Ted Kleinhans. Hendrick will play one year with the Phillies, while Koenig and Hendrick quickly go to the Reds. Klein, who also led the National League in hits (223), doubles (44), extra-base hits (79), total bases (365), slugging percentage (.602), on base percentage (.368) and OPS (1.025), and finished second in runs (102) and fourth in steals (15), is the only player in major league history to be traded after a Triple Crown season. Klein will have two-plus seasons at Wrigley Field before returning to Philadelphia in 1936.

1934: The Yankees purchase Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco of the Pacific Coast League. The son of Italian immigrants will be one of three DiMaggio brothers to play in the major leagues. Dom and Vince are the others.

1949: Bill Veeck sells the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million to a local syndicate headed by Ellis Ryan. Hank Greenberg will be general manager.

1956: Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe wins the National League MVP; in a few days, he will become the first-ever Cy Young Award winner.

1960: Bob Scheffing signs to manage the Detroit Tigers after the job is turned down by Casey Stengel.

1962: The Pittsburgh Pirates trade the player they call "Dr. StrangeGlove" 1B Dick Stuart and P Jack Lamabe to the Boston Red Sox for P Don Schwall and C Jim Pagliaroni.

1969: Future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey, Jr. is born in Donora, PA, the son of Ken Griffey, Sr., himself an All-Star outfielder who will not make his major league debut until 1973. The two will be the first father/son duo to play together in the major leagues, in 1990, but the younger Griffey will greatly surpass his father's accomplishments, receiving a record-high percentage of the vote when elected to Cooperstown in 2016.

1970: The Sporting News announces Gold Glove Award selections. Chicago White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio wins the ninth and final honor of his career.
Aparicio has now won a gold glove in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

1972: Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk is the first-ever unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year. Fisk hit 22 home runs and led the AL East Division with a .293 batting average.
Pitcher Jon Matlack of the New York Mets is named the National League winner.

1973: Pete Rose wins the National League MVP Award in a controversial vote, edging out Willie Stargell. Rose led the NL with 230 hits and won his third batting crown with a .338 mark. Stargell led the league with 44 home runs, 119 runs batted in, and a .646 slugging percentage while batting .299.

1977: Baltimore Orioles first baseman Eddie Murray is named American League Rookie of the Year.

1983: The Cincinnati Reds purchased Wayne Krenchicki from the Detroit Tigers.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Doug Flynn as a free agent.

1989: The Detroit Tigers released Frank Williams.

1989: Kevin Mitchell of the Giants, who led the major leagues with 47 home runs and 125 RBI, is named National League Most Valuable Player.

1991: Atlanta Braves third baseman Terry Pendleton, who hit .319 with 22 home runs and 86 RBI, wins the National League MVP Award.

2000: Citing statistics to a U.S. Senate panel, Commissioner Bud Selig states it is time for "sweeping changes" in the game's economic make-up, raising the possibility of a work stoppage after the current contract expires on October 31, 2001.

2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Jarrod Patterson as a free agent.

2002: In the earliest-scheduled season opener in major league history, the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Tokyo, Japan, on March 25, 2003. The two-game series will feature recent American League Rookies of the Year Kazuhiro Sasaki (2000) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001).

2011: The Tigers' Justin Verlander adds the American League Most Valuable Player Award to the Cy Young Award he won a week ago after a dominating season in which he led Detroit to the AL Central title. Verlander is the first pitcher to win the award in the AL since reliever Dennis Eckersley in 1992, and the first starting pitcher to do so since Roger Clemens in 1986*. Verlander secures 13 of 28 first-place votes to finish ahead of Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury, Toronto's Jose Bautista and New York's Curtis Granderson in a bunched-up vote.
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2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Jerad Head as a free agent.

2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Pat McCoy as a free agent.

2013: Michael Weiner, executive director of the MLBPA, dies of brain cancer at age 51. The architect of the 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement and highly respected by players, owners and Major League Baseball top executives alike, he is succeeded by former player Tony Clark.

2014: To mark the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's enrollment at the university, UCLA announces it will retire the number 42 in his honor across all sports in which varsity teams compete and renames its athletic facilities the "Jackie Robinson Athletics and Recreation Complex."

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Bennett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bennech01.shtml
Charlie Bennett Detroit Wolverines 1881-1888.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hetligu01.shtml
Gus Hetling 1906.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/morribi01.shtml
Bill Morrisette 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul_Richards
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richapa01.shtml
Paul Richards 1943-1946.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/patteda02.shtml
Daryl Patterson 1968-1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Peters
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/peterri01.shtml
Rick Peters 1979-1981.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Quintin_Berry
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/berryqu01.shtml
Quintin Berry 2012.

Tigers players and announcers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/marrobu01.shtml
Buck Morrow 1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cookea01.shtml
Earl Cook 1941.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milleha02.shtml
Hack Miller 1944-1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mel_Ott
Mel Ott announcer 1956-1958.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/from-1919-to-2019/
FROM 1919 TO 2019.
Totally Tigers

This is not a blog about the Astros.

It is about the great risk ? the increasing risk ? that technology poses to the game.

This is a blog about cheating and preserving the integrity of the game, especially as legalized gambling and MLB?s recent deal with MGM could set the table for a Black Sox 1919 scandal redux.

It is about what needs to be done in order to prevent future problems. It is about what should be done. It is about preventing more of the same.

WHAT ACTIONS SHOULD MLB TAKE IN ORDER TO ENFORCE ITS RULES, PRESERVE ITS INTEGRITY AND PREVENT TEAMS FROM CHEATING?

1. Take away Houston's World Championship or at least put an asterisk next to that year.

2. Levy substantial fines and take away draft picks from the organization.

3. Ban or suspend executives, manager and coaches.

4. Suspend or fine all players, manager/coaches and executives involved.

5. Implement all or parts of #b., #c and #d.

6. Nothing because some 2017 Astros are now with other teams.

7. Nothing because cheating in baseball is rampant.

8. Not sure.

9. Something else.
 
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November 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1883: New York Gothams owner John B. Day proposes a resolution to prohibit a team from signing a player who has broken the reserve clause of his contract. This resolution, eventually adopted by both the American Association and National League, effectively changes the reserve clause from a device to protect owners from their own greediness to a vindictive weapon to be used against uncooperative players.

1888: The National League adopts a salary classification plan that puts all players into five categories with a standard salary for each ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. The scheme is vehemently opposed by the Brotherhood.

1934: The Chicago Cubs acquire future Hall of Fame infielder Fred Lindstrom and pitcher Larry French from the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Babe Herman and pitchers Guy Bush and Jim Weaver.

1952: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Byrd, who won 15 games and posted and a 3.31 ERA, is selected American League Rookie of the Year by BBWAA voters. Byrd will be the last Athletics player to win the Award until Jose Canseco in 1986.

1954: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ben Flowers from the Boston Red Sox in the 1954 rule 5 draft.

1954: The Pittsburgh Pirates draft outfielder Roberto Clemente from the AAA roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although Clemente hit only .257 for the Montreal Royals last season, he will become a Hall of Fame member with the Pirates.

1957: In a controversial vote, Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209, to win the American League MVP Award. Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-place Boston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging percentage. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.

1960: The American League proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play. There will be expansion in the American League in 1961, but interleague play will not arrive until 1997.

1961: Frank Robinson becomes the first Cincinnati Reds player in 21 years to win the National League MVP Award, taking 219 of 224 possible votes.

1967: Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Receiving 19 of 20 first place votes, Carew easily outdistances Reggie Smith of the Boston Red Sox.

1967: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for future Hall Of Famer Eddie Mathews. The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

1968: Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench edges out New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Bench becomes the third member of the Reds in six years to be named the top rookie.

1977: Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over Steve Henderson of the New York Mets. Dawson hit .282 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI, while Henderson had a batting line of .297, 12, 65.

1978: Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 21 of 28 first-place votes over Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers. Whitaker will be the youngest AL Rookie of the Year until Mike Trout passes him 34 years later.
“This is the biggest moment of my career," the rookie says, accurately.
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1983: The Players' Association fires executive director Kenneth Moffett after barely a year in the job and chooses Donald Fehr as his successor.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Bobby Seay as a free agent.

2010: Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds wins the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player Award. He defeats fellow 1B Albert Pujols of the Cardinals who had beaten him in voting for both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, by getting 31 of 32 first-place votes in recognition of his leadership role on a young Reds team that reached the postseason for the first time in 15 years. Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies finishes third.

2017: According to a report in the magazine Forbes, Major League Baseball revenues in 2017 grew for the 15th consecutive year and passed the $10 billion threshold for the first time. The growing value of television rights and increasing ratings are the primary reasons behind this growth, in spite of a slight decline in attendance at ballparks.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Rice
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riceha01.shtml
Harry Rice 1928-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Bartell
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bartedi01.shtml
Dick Bartell 1940-1941, coach 1949-1952.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nathajo01.shtml?redir
Joe Nathan 2014-2015.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rominau01.shtml
Austin Romine 2020.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pat_Dobson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dobsopa01.shtml
Pat Dobson 1967-1969.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.blessyouboys.com/2019/1...t-travis-darnaud-houston-astros-sign-stealing
Bless Yoy Boys Tigers Blog Podcast 62: When Commissioner Manfred attacks. 77 minutes.
The BYB staff looks at the week in baseball news from a Tigers perspective.

We?re back with a rundown of the Tigers preparations for the Rule 5 draft.
The short version? Yeah they protected just about everyone they could on their 40-man roster.

The free agent rumor mill has been pretty quiet thus far, but we have a few ideas.

The Tigers made unhappier by hiring new player development staff and hiring a doctor to start up a performance science department within the organization.

The Astros are a problem for the league in so many ways at this point. We discuss the sign stealing scandal and wonder what?s to be done with these cheaty cheatersons. Here is Jomboy Media?s quick breakdown of the Astros sign stealing process.

Finally, Commissioner Manfred has a few decent arguments for MLB?s minor league realignment plans, but overall this feels like a big middle finger from owners to just about everyone else in the sport. Manfred said recently that the owners wouldn?t pay for labor peace, which sounds like he?s daring the union to strike. Good times will no doubt ensue.
 
November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Kansas City (American Association) purchased Tex Covington from the Detroit Tigers.
1912: Providence (International) purchased Ollie O'Mara from the Detroit Tigers.

1934: Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Frank Doljack from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Montreal (International) purchased Vic Frazier from the Detroit Tigers.

1943: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently ineligible to hold office or be employed for having bet on his own team. The Carpenter family of Delaware will buy the Philadelphia club and Bob Carpenter, at age 28, will become president.

1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sports writers visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program.
Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.

1960: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, nine-inch Howard batted 23 home runs during the regular season.

1962: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the NL with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.

1964: The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club's coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team. When asked by reporters whether he and the likewise recently acquired Yogi Berra will now become the oldest battery in MLB history, Spahn quips, "I don't know about that, but we'll probably be the ugliest."

1977: The New York Yankees sign free agent relief pitcher Rich Gossage to a six-year $2.75 million contract. Gossage had 26 saves and a 1.26 ERA for the Pirates last season. He will join Cy Young Award winner Sparky Lyle in the Yankees bullpen.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Morris Madden as a free agent.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Rob Deer as a free agent.

1998: The Detroit Tigers purchased Masao Kida from Orix (Japan Pacific).

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Ogea as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Whitmer
Dan Whitmer coach 1992-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Casper_Wells
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wellsca01.shtml
Casper Wells 2010-2011.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/ferreje01.shtml
Jeff Ferrell 2015, 2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mitchwi01.shtml
Willie Mitchell 1916-1919.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Branca
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brancra01.shtml
Ralph Branca 1953-1954.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brunswi01.shtml
Will Brunson 1998-1999.

Baseball Reference
 
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The rest of the Tigers and MLB offseason into the 2020 season.

December 2, 2019: Clubs must tender contract offers to players on their rosters who are not under contract for the 2020 season, or they will become free agents. James McCann was non-tendered at this time a year ago. Possible non-tenders for the Tigers this year could include Daniel Stumpf, Blaine Hardy, John Hicks, and Drew VerHagen, who are all eligible for arbitration. The club may attempt to reach agreement on a contract for these players before heading down the arbitration path.

December 9-12, 2019: Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif.

December 12, 2019: The Rule 5 draft will take place on the final day of the Winter Meetings. The Tigers have the first pick, provided that they have an open spot on their 40-man roster.

January 10, 2020: Clubs and arbitration-eligible players must exchange salary figures. Matt Boyd, Daniel Norris, Michael Fulmer, Buck Farmer, Blaine Hardy, Drew VerHagen, JaCoby Jones, John Hicks, and Daniel Stumpf are eligible for arbitration, if they are tendered a contract before the Winter Meetings.

January 21, 2020: Hall of Fame voting results will be announced by the BBWAA.

February 1- 20, 2020: Arbitration hearings will be held for those eligible players who do not come to terms with their clubs before their hearing date.

mid-February, 2020: Pitchers and catchers report to spring training.

February 21, 2020: Spring training games begin with the Tigers hosting Southeastern University in Lakeland, Fla. The Tigers? entire 2020 spring training schedule is here.

March 26, 2020: The regular season begins! The Tigers open with a three-game series at Cleveland.

March 30, 2020: Opening Day! The Tigers? home opener is against the Kansas City Royals.

June TBD, 2020: Amateur player draft. The Tigers have the first overall selection.
 
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