November 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1910: The touring Detroit Tigers, with Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford in the lineup, play an exhibition game in Havana, Cuba. With George Mullin pitching, the Tigers beat Almendares, 4 - 0.
1941: Joe DiMaggio is named American League Most Valuable Player. His 56-game hitting streak edges out Ted Williams and his .406 batting average for the award (291 points for DiMaggio and 254 for Williams).
1947: Triple Crown winner Ted Williams (.343, 32 HR,162 RBI) is edged out by Joe DiMaggio (.315, 20, 97) for the American League MVP Award by one point. One BBWAA member fails to include Williams anywhere on his ballot.
1950: The Boston Red Sox sign veteran shortstop Lou Boudreau to a two-year contract worth an estimated $150,000. Boudreau, a player-manager for the Cleveland Indians, had asked Cleveland to give him his unconditional release after 13 years with the club.
1953: Cleveland Indians third baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named the American League Most Valuable Player with a record 336 votes. In the National League, Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella receives the honor.
1955: The Detroit Tigers drafted Joe Presko from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1955 rule 5 draft.
1955: The Detroit Tigers drafted Hal Woodeshick from the New York Giants in the 1955 minor league draft.
1955: The Brooklyn Dodgers drafted Ken Rowe from the Detroit Tigers in the 1955 minor league draft.
1956: Don Newcombe (27 wins, 3.06 ERA), pitcher for the National League pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers, becomes the first Cy Young Award winner. Only one pitcher will be selected each season for this prestigious pitching award until 1967 when each league will name a winner.
1961: The Chicago White Sox again trade fan favorite Minnie Mi?oso, this time to the St. Louis Cardinals for OF/1B Joe Cunningham.
1962: The Detroit Tigers traded Ron Nischwitz and Gordon Seyfried to the Cleveland Indians for Bubba Phillips.
1963: Chicago White Sox pitcher Gary Peters edges teammate third baseman Pete Ward and Minnesota Twins outfielder Jimmie Hall for American League Rookie of the Year honors.
1974: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for two years as a result of Steinbrenner's conviction for illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon and others.
1981: The Detroit Tigers trade OF Steve Kemp to the Chicago White Sox for OF Chet Lemon.
1984: The American League Gold Glove team is announced, and it is made up of the same nine players as the 1983 team: catcher Lance Parrish, first baseman Eddie Murray, second baseman Lou Whitaker, third baseman Buddy Bell, shortstop Alan Trammell, outfielders Dwight Evans, Dave Winfield and Dwayne Murphy, and pitcher Ron Guidry.
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1995: The Free Press shows the proposed site for the new Tigers ballpark at Grand Circus & Second.
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1997: Hall of Famer Buck Leonard dies at the age of 90. Regarded as one of the greatest players in Negro Leagues history, Leonard starred for the powerhouse Homestead Grays, who won nine consecutive pennants. Leonard consistently ranked among the league leaders in home runs and won a batting title in 1948.
2000: The Detroit Tigers released Erik Hiljus.
2012: Marvin Miller, who served as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966 to 1983, dies at 95. A veteran union organizer from the steel industry, Miller made the union highly powerful, leading to the first collective bargaining agreement in professional sports in 1968 and other breakthroughs such as salary arbitration and free agency in the 1970s.
These advances required a number of strikes, which made Miller a vilified figure among owners. Lingering bitterness explains while Miller failed to secure election to the Hall of Fame by a small margin in recent years.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Schultz
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schulbo01.shtml
Bob Schultz 1955.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beverja01.shtml
Jason Beverlin 2002.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Iván_Rodríguez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rodriiv01.shtml
Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez 2004-2008.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Babe_Herman
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hermaba01.shtml
Babe Herman 1937.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Mayo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mayoed01.shtml
Eddie Mayo 1944-1948.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/connebi01.shtml
Bill Connelly 1950.
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