January 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Moriarty from the New York Highlanders.
1928: Alfred J. Reach, founder of the A.J. Reach sporting goods firm, dies at 87. Before 1860, Reach became the first ballplayer to receive a regular salary when he signed as a catcher with the Philadelphia Athletics for $25 a week.
1932: Babe Ruth rejects a Yankees offer of $70,000, as the major leagues vow to cut salaries by $1 million.
1940: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers players and farm hands.
Citing cover-ups of the movement of players within its organization, Landis hands freedom to Roy Cullenbine, Benny McCoy, Dutch Dietz, and Steve Rachunok from the parent roster and orders $47,250 paid as compensation to 14 players.
Ed Albosta of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Roy Cullenbine of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Guy Curtright of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Dutch Dietz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Cal Dorsett of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Al Gardella of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Danny Gardella of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Paul Gillespie of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Buddy Hancken of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Jim Hickey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Johnny Johnson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Dale Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Pat McLaughlin of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
George Metkovich of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Bill Mueller of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Dee Phillips of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Steve Rachunok of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Johnny Sain of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Bryan Stephens of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Tommy Tatum of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Ed Weiland of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Benny McCoy of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
Johnny Sain is one of the 23 players who will later make it to the major leagues. Landis's edict also nullifies a deal that would have brought the Philadelphia Athletics' Wally Moses to the Tigers.
Both players will later become coaches for the Tigers in the late 1960's on the 1968 World Series Champion Tigers team.
1947: The Detroit Tigers purchased Saul Rogovin from the Washington Senators.
1954: Former Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe.
1963: In a blockbuster seven-player trade, the Chicago White Sox send shortstop Luis Aparicio and outfielder Al Smith to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, outfielder Dave Nicholson, third baseman Pete Ward and shortstop Ron Hansen. In the upcoming season, Wilhelm will save 21 games while Aparicio will lead the American League in stolen bases with 40.
1981: Frank Robinson is named manager of the San Francisco Giants. In 1975, Robinson became the first African-American manager in major league history when he was hired by the Cleveland Indians.
1985: The Detroit Tigers released John Martin.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jerry Nielsen in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Kevin Higgins in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January), but was not signed.
1986: The Detroit Tigers drafted Wayne Housie in the 8th round of the 1986 amateur draft (January).
1987: Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA.
1991: The Detroit Tigers signed John Cerutti as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers traded Mark Persails (minors), Carlos Villalobos (minors), Paul Bako, Dean Crow and Brian Powell to the Houston Astros for Brad Ausmus and C.J. Nitkowski.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Bobby Estalella as a free agent.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Greg Norton as a free agent.
2006: Dontrelle Willis, Mark Teixeira and Alfonso Soriano are among the 100 players who file for salary arbitration, the often acrimonious negotiating process that rankles baseball management every winter. Mark Prior, Josh Beckett, Brad Lidge, Adam Dunn, Morgan Ensberg, Brian Roberts, Travis Lee and Scot Shields are some of the other players who file before the deadline. Last year, players in arbitration averaged a 123 percent salary increase.
2010: The Tigers agree to terms with free agent reliever Jose Valverde, who played for the Houston Astros last season. As a result of the signing, the Tigers will give up their first pick in the 2010 amateur draft, the first time the team has surrendered its top pick since signing Rob Deer as a free agent in 1991.
2020: The sign-stealing scandal claims another victim, as one day after Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch lost their job, Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who was fingered by Major League Baseball for his participation in the scheme when he was Hinch's bench coach in 2017, is let go as well before MLB can complete its investigation on his role in a similar scheme concocted by the Sox in 2018. This does not close the book on the matter, however, as he and the team will also likely be issued harsh penalties at some later date.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnske01.shtml
Ken Johnson 1952.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campbda01.shtml
Dave Campbell 1967-1969.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Pelfrey
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pelfrmi01.shtml
Mike Pelfrey 2016.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aybarer01.shtml
Erick Aybar 2016.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hardy_Richardson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/richaha01.shtml
Hardy Richardson Detroit Wolverines 1886-1888.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vicoge01.shtml
Sam Vico 1948-1949.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mortobu01.shtml
Bubba Morton 1961-1963.
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