December 5 in Tigers and mlb history:
1905: The Detroit Tigers traded Frank Kitson to the Washington Senators for Happy Townsend.
1927: The National Board of Arbitration rules the Texas League cannot place teams in Tulsa and Oklahoma City without permission of the Western League, which now operates in those cities. This landmark decision establishes league property rights in the cities of each circuit.
In an attempt to combat "chain store" baseball, the American Association votes to bar further ownership of its clubs by the major league clubs.
1928: The Detroit Tigers traded Sam Gibson, Bill Sweeney and plus pitcher to be names to Toronto (International) for Dale Alexander and Augie Prudhomme.
1949: The New York Yankees drafted Dale Long from the Detroit Tigers in the 1949 minor league draft.
1950: Mel Ott, who has been working in the New York Giants farm system, hires on for two years in the Oakland managerial spot vacated by Charlie Dressen.
1952: Major league attendance figures released today show an 11 percent drop.
1956: The Detroit Tigers traded Wayne Belardi, Ned Garver, Gene Host, Virgil Trucks and $20,000 to the Kansas City Athletics for Jack Crimian, Jim Finigan, Bill Harrington and Eddie Robinson.
1957: The American League purchases a $1.8 million group accident policy to help clubs buy new players in case of a major disaster.
1957: The minor leagues threaten to sue Major League Baseball if it televises Sunday games in their territory.
1958: The Phils, under pressure provided by the Yankees' threat to broadcast into their territory, drop any plans for 1959 broadcasts to New York City. The Cards and Pirates follow suit.
1959: The Phillies ship Chico Fernandez and Ray Semproch to Detroit for Ken Walters, Ted Lepcio, and minor leaguer Alex Cosmidis. The Cuban-born Fernandez was the first black to play for the Phils, and will be the second black to play for Detroit. He will be the first Latino to be a regular starter for the Tigers and, in 1962, the first Tiger shortstop to hit 20 home runs in a season. Fernandez died in 2016 at age 84.
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1960: American League President Joe Cronin suggests that if the National League starts its new New York franchise in 1961, the American League will stay out of Los Angeles until 1962. The NL turned down the suggested compromise of November 22nd because Houston will not be ready in 1961.
1967: Stan Musial resigns as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals and is replaced by Bing Devine. Musial remains a senior vice-president.
1969: Chub Feeney succeeds Warren Giles as president of the National League. He is elected for a four-year term, beginning January 1, 1970.
1970: The Detroit Tigers purchased Wayne Comer from the Washington Senators.
1973: The Detroit Tigers purchased Luke Walker from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1978: After sixteen years with the Cincinnati Reds, Pete Rose signs a four-year, $3.2 million deal with the Phillies. Other teams which pursued "Charlie Hustle" include the Mets, Braves, Pirates and the Royals. The deal temporarily makes Rose the highest-paid athlete in team sports.
1979: The Minnesota Twins traded Jeff Holly to the Detroit Tigers for Fernando Arroyo.
1984: The Oakland A's send base-stealing OF Rickey Henderson and P Bert Bradley to the Yankees in exchange for pitchers Jay Howell and Jose Rijo, OF Stan Javier, and minor leaguers Tim Birtsas and Eric Plunk.
1987: The Tigers trade pitcher Dan Petry to the California Angels for outfielder Gary Pettis. Petry was an integral part of the success by Detroit in the 1980s, winning 19 games in 1983, 18 in 1984, and 15 in two other seasons.
Petry would return to the Tigers in 1990.
Pettis will play a stellar defensive center field for the Tigers for two seasons, winning a pair of Gold Gloves.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Al Pedrique as a free agent.
1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Tony Phillips as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Tony Bernazard as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Schwabe.
1990: The Blue Jays trade first baseman Fred McGriff and shortstop Tony Fernandez to the Padres for second baseman Roberto Alomar and outfielder Joe Carter.
1994: The Detroit Tigers drafted Todd Steverson from the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1994 rule 5 draft.
1996: The new collective bargaining agreement is unanimously approved by the Players' association executive committee, clearing the path for interleague play and guaranteeing no work stoppages until 2001.
1999: Major League Baseball and ESPN agree to settle their lawsuit by signing a new 6-year, $800 million deal. The suit involved ESPN's decision to give NFL football games priority over late-season Sunday night baseball games on its main channel.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Randall Simon as a free agent.
2002: The Tigers announce they will move in the left field wall at Comerica Park by 25 feet.
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They will move the bullpens from right field to left field in 2005.
2007: The Texas Rangers traded Freddy Guzman to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Shelton.
2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Bootcheck as a free agent.
2012: The Detroit Tigers traded Andy Oliver to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Ramon Cabrera.
2014: As part of a 3-team trade: The New York Yankees sent Shane Greene to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Domingo Leyba (minors) and Robbie Ray to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Didi Gregorius to the New York Yankees.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Adduci as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Enrique Burgos as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Leonys Martin as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Derek Norris as a free agent.
2017: Kirk Gibson is inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Louis Coleman as a free agent.
2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Bobby Wilson as a free agent.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Summers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summeed01.shtml
Ed Summers 1908-1912.
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Gene Harris 1994.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/livelja01.shtml
Jack Lively 1911.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Bruton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml
Billy Bruton 1961-1964.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Cliff_Mapes
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Cliff Mapes 1952.
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