January 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1885: At a National League meeting, St. Louis is admitted, Cleveland's registration is formally accepted, and the Detroit Wolverines has its request to remain in the NL granted, leaving only one opening for 1885. However, Cleveland will fail to complete formalities, leaving the league with 8 teams.
1903: At Cincinnati peace talks, the National League proposes a consolidated 12-team league, which the American League rejects. An agreement is reached to coexist peacefully if the AL promises to stay out of Pittsburgh, PA.
In the awarding of disputed contracts, the most hotly-contested case is that of Sam Crawford, a Reds outfielder who batted .333 and led the NL with 23 triples in 1902. Signed for 1903 by both the Tigers and the Reds, Crawford is awarded to the Tigers, having signed with them first. He will lead the AL in triples this year with 25 and is still the ML all-time leader in triples with 309.
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1907: The New York Giants' John McGraw plays the role of off-the-field hero as he prevents a team of horses from injuring two women. The fiery Giants manager's heroic deed of stopping the runaway steeds takes place in Los Angeles, CA.
1918: Acknowledging that Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Eddie Collins are all good ballplayers, Cap Anson picks his all-time team, leaving them off. In the current issue of The Sporting News, Anson selects catchers Buck Ewing and King Kelly; pitchers Amos Rusie, John Clarkson and Jim McCormick; as first baseman, himself; second baseman Fred Pfeffer; third baseman Ned Williamson; shortstop Ross Barnes, and outfielders Bill Lange, George Gore, Jimmy Ryan and Hugh Duffy.
1928: The New York Giants trade second baseman Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves for catcher Shanty Hogan and outfielder Jimmy Welsh. Hornsby will lead the National League with a .387 batting average this season.
1938: Before a gathering of writers, players and executives in Baltimore, Jimmie Foxx, Chuck Klein and Charlie Keller, representing the American League, National League and International League respectively, try out the balls to be used in the new season. The Sporting News reports that "... regarding the dead ball, as adopted by the National League, and the lively ball, as retained by the American and International Leagues... the NL ball has a distinctly 'dead' sound coming off the bat, compared to the livelier AL ball".
1938: Future Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey is born in Mobile, Alabama. McCovey will hit 521 home runs during a career that includes tenures with the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, and Oakland Athletics.
1945: The Baseball Writers Association of America again fails to elect a new member for the Hall of Fame this year. Frank Chance, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh get the most votes but fall short of the necessary three-fourths of the ballots.
1957: Commissioner Ford Frick rules that singer Bing Crosby can keep his token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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1978: The Detroit Tigers drafted Chris Codiroli in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1978 amateur draft (January).
1983: A preliminary injunction is issued by New York Supreme Court barring the Yankees from playing their opening games against the Tigers in Denver, Colorado. The Yankees sought to move games fearing renovations to Yankee Stadium will not be completed on time.
1984: Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale and Harmon Killebrew are elected to the Hall of Fame. Killebrew totaled 573 home runs to rank fifth on the major league all-time list, Drysdale won 209 games with a 2.95 ERA, and Aparicio led the American League in stolen bases nine straight seasons and won nine Gold Gloves at shortstop.
Killebrew gains election in his fourth year on the ballot, Aparicio in his sixth year, and Drysdale in his 10th year.
1990: The Detroit Tigers traded Mike Brumley to the Baltimore Orioles for Larry Sheets.
1995: Arbitrator Thomas Roberts awards 11 players a total of almost $10 million as a result of collusion charges brought against the owners.
1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Williams as a free agent.
2000: The Detroit Tigers signed Billy McMillon as a free agent.
2001: In an effort to authenticate autographed and game-used merchandise sold by its licensees, Major League Baseball hires Arthur Andersen, an accounting company, to assure the authenticity of approximately 40,000 items this season. The memorabilia will have a tamper-proof hologram and an ID number with a company official observing the removal of the item being physically taken from the player or event.
2002: Commissioner Bud Selig asks the players to accept a luxury tax that would slow the increase of salaries. Selig also proposes that teams vastly increase the amount of local revenue they share.
2002: The New York Yankees sign pitcher David Wells to a two-year, $7-million contract to re-join the team. After posting a 34-14 record including a perfect game, in 1997 and 1998, Wells was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Roger Clemens. In Toronto, Wells had his only 20-win season.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Danny Klassen as a free agent.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Travis Dawkins as a free agent.
2006: Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter is elected to the Hall of Fame. With 75% of the votes cast by BBWAA members needed for election. Sutter receives 76.9%. Sutter, who is credited with perfecting the split-fingered fastball, which is a pitch many major leaguers use in some form today, joins Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers and Dennis Eckersley as the only relief pitchers in Cooperstown.
2006: In a special election, seventeen Negro Leagues players are also elected to the HOF:
Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, Jose Mendez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Crist?bal Torriente, Sol White, J.L. Wilkinson, and Jud Wilson. Manley is the first woman ever elected to the Hall, and the 18 inductees are the largest class in the Hall's history.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Lee Gardner as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Mantei as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Josh Phelps as a free agent.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Niuman Romero as a free agent.
2013: Major League Baseball announces changes to its drug testing program. Players will now be subject to unannounced in-season blood tests for human growth hormone and baseline testosterone readings will be taken for all players to make it easier to detect the use of synthetic testosterone. The new procedures, which have the support of the Players Association, go into effect immediately.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Pat Misch as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Brett Pill as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Alex Presley as a free agent.
2020: A couple of top-level stars re-sign with their teams prior to their salary arbitration hearings. Mookie Betts signs a one-year, $27 million deal with the Red Sox and Francisco Lindor agrees to a $17.5 million contract with the Indians. Betts' deal sets a new record for an arbitration-eligible player. Both players are with new teams within the next 12 months.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Del Pratt 1923-1924.
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Jack Dittmer 1957.
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George Korince 1966-1967.
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Jim Lindeman 1990.
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Jason Jimenez 2002.
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Matt Roney 2003.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Cluck
Bob Cluck coach 2003-2005.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:
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John Terry 1902.
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Vic Frazier 1933-1934.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Schultz_(schuljo05)
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Joe Schultz coach 1971-1976, manager 1973.
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