January 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1910: Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean is born in Lucas, AR. Dean will make his debut in 1930 with the St. Louis Cardinals and will win 150 games over a 12-year career with the Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Browns.
1913: The Chicago White Sox purchased Davy Jones from the Detroit Tigers for $2,500.
1952: The U.S. Standardization Board clears the way for Stan Musial to get a salary increase to $85,000. Prior to this relaxation of the rules, there was a wage freeze in effect due to the Korean War. Under the new rules, a team is free to raise individual salaries, as long as they do not exceed a complicated formula, based on total team salaries for any one year, from 1946 to 1950, plus 10 percent.
1964: American League owners vote down Charlie Finley's proposed move of the Kansas City Athletics to Louisville, Kentucky. The owners, who vote 9-1 against the proposal, also tell Finley to sign a lease with Kansas City or surrender the franchise.
1970: Gold Glove outfielder Curt Flood files a lawsuit challenging the reserve clause, which binds major league players to teams perpetually. Flood had been traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies on October 7, 1969, but has refused to report to the Phillies. Flood contends that the reserve clause violates antitrust laws. He will lose the suit but the judge will suggest changes to the reserve system, opening the door for salary arbitration and free agency.
1974: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former New York Yankees teammates Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to the Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try.
1986: The Detroit Tigers released Marty Castillo.
1986: The Detroit Tigers traded Chris Pittaro and Alejandro Sanchez to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Engle.
1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Frank Williams as a free agent.
1996: Major League Baseball's executive council approves a history-making first: interleague play for the 1997 season. The Players' Association will also give its approval, enabling geographic rivals like New York's Mets and Yankees, Chicago's Cubs and White Sox, and Los Angeles' Angels and Dodgers to play each other during the regular season.
2001: Outfielders Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett are elected to the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Scott Servais as a free agent.
2003: The Hall of Fame announces that Gary Carter will become the first player to wear a Montreal Expos cap on his plaque when he is inducted next July at Cooperstown. Although the former Montreal catcher had expressed his desire to go in with a Mets logo, for whom he won a Championship in 1986, the Hall of Fame makes the final decision.
2003: The owners establish the minimum age of 14 for bat boys. The change from not having any age requirement is prompted by a near collision at home plate during Game 5 of last year's World Series involving 4-year old bat boy Darren Baker, the son of Giants manager Dusty Baker.
2003: Trying to restore a competitive edge to the All-Star Game, the owners unanimously approve that the winning league of the Mid-Summer classic will have home-field advantage during the World Series. Approval is needed by the players to change the current rotation between the two leagues, which was put in place since the inception of the World Series in 1903.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Tom Evans as a free agent.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Guillermo Moscoso as an amateur free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Alexis Gomez as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Don Kelly as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Miller as a free agent.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Don Kelly as a free agent.
2014: At their quarterly meeting, MLB owners agree to the proposed expansion of instant replay; as the Players Association and Umpires Association have also agreed to the changes, they will be effective at the start of this season.
A manager will be able to challenge up to two decisions per game, and the umpiring crew can decide on its own to review a call from the 7th inning on. Almost all calls will be subject to review, except for balls and strikes, obstruction and interference.
2020: Carlos Beltran becomes the third manager to lose his job as a result of the sign-stealing scandal linked to the 2017 Astros. He is dismissed by the Mets after being the only player named in the investigation report made public by the Commissioner's office. His firing follows that of A.J. Hinch and Alex Cora a few days earlier. Having been named to the position after the 2019 season, he never had an opportunity to actually manage a game.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Brad Kocher 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Watson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/watsojo01.shtml
Johnny Watson 1930.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_Castillo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castima02.shtml
Marty Castillo 1981-1985.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saupowa01.shtml
Warwick Saupold 2016-2018.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paynefr01.shtml
Fred Payne 1906-1908.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rossmcl01.shtml
Claude Rossman 1907-1909.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perrycl01.shtml
Clay Perry 1908.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Baby_Doll_Jacobson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jacobba01.shtml
Baby Doll Jacobson 1915.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/funkli01.shtml
Liz Funk 1930.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithwi02.shtml
Willie Smith 1963.
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