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January 20 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. born in Detroit. Inherited Tigers ownership from his father in 1952 before selling the team in 1956 to a syndicate led by John Fetzer and Fred Knorr.
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1914: Ed Willett jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Terriers.

1930: Commissioner Landis bans boxing for all players following the brief boxing career of Chicago White Sox first baseman Art Shires. His challenge to slugger Hack Wilson purportedly prompts the ban. Shires fought several suspected bouts that resulted in his being suspended by the boxing commissions of 32 states but loses a desultory five-rounder to Chicago Bears center George (The Brute) Trafton. Shires did win a punch-out with Sox manager Lena Blackburne and two hotel detectives late last season.

1931: Joe Sewell, released by the Cleveland Indians after last season, signs with the New York Yankees. The future Hall of Fame shortstop will finish his 14-season career in 1933.

1940: The Detroit Tigers traded Beau Bell to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Campbell.

1947: Former Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson dies from a brain tumor at the age of 35. Considered by many to be the greatest home run hitter in the history of the Negro Leagues, Gibson will eventually gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1972, when he is selected by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.

1949: The Detroit Tigers purchased Don Lund from the St. Louis Browns for $15,000.

1951: Seattle (PCL) traded Wayne McLeland to the Detroit Tigers for Marv Grissom and Sam Vico.

1961: Byron White, who played for the Lions at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium, begins serving as deputy U.S. attorney general. The following year he will be named to the Supreme Court by President Kennedy.
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1965: The Cleveland Indians re-acquire popular slugger Rocky Colavito from the Chicago White Sox in an eight-player, three-way trade involving the Kansas City Athletics.
In the deal, the White Sox send a player to be named later (pitcher Fred Talbot) and outfielders Jim Landis and Mike Hershberger to Kansas City in exchange for Colavito.
Chicago also sends catcher Cam Carreon to the Indians and receives catcher Johnny Romano, outfielder Tommy Agee and pitcher Tommy John from Cleveland.
In 1960, the Indians had traded Colavito to Detroit for Harvey Kuenn, drawing the wrath of Cleveland fans.

1966: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the last major league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes.
He won the Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced the highest career on-base percentage of all time (.483) leading the league 6 times in Bases on Balls, even though he lost five years to military service.
Ted won 6 Batting Titles, 9 Slugging Titles, 4 Homerun and 4 RBI Titles, as well as leading the league 6 times in Runs Scored, 6 times in Total Bases, 12 times in OBP, 10 times in OPS, and 9 times in OPS+.

1970: Shortstop Lou Boudreau achieves election to the Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA. Boudreau led the American League eight times in fielding percentage, won a batting title, and was named AL Most Valuable Player as player-manager of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians.

1984: The Montreal Expos sign 42-year-old free agent Pete Rose. The veteran first baseman batted only .245 in 1983, the last of his five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. Rose will play only 95 games for the Expos before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds, where he will become player-manager.

1984: The Chicago White Sox claim 39-year-old pitcher Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Dennis Lamp to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets left Seaver off their protected list assuming (wrongly) that no team would want to select the aging star, who finished 1983 with a 9-14 record and a 3.55 ERA.
But Seaver will improve to 15-11 with the White Sox this season.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rivera as an amateur free agent.

1997: Former All-Star outfielder Curt Flood, who challenged baseball's reserve system all the way to the Supreme Court and made possible today's mega-salaries, dies at age 59.

2000: The 30 major league owners vote to give all their Internet rights to the Commissioner's office. This decision allows for the creation of mlb.com, which will become a model of success for other professional sports leagues. Bud Selig is expected to parcel out monies earned from the venture in equal amounts.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Haselman as a free agent.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Esteban Yan as a free agent.

2006: Cuba will be allowed to play in the World Baseball Classic after all. President Bush's administration issued a license allowing the Cubans to participate in the 16-team tournament.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Rincon as a free agent.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rabelo as a free agent.

2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Josh Prince as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Argenis Diaz as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Justin Upton as a free agent.

2017: Miguel Cabrera guest conducts the Detroit Symphony.
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Tigers players and executives birthdays:

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Ernie Courtney 1903.

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Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. owner 1952-1956.

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Bill James 1915-1919.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Outlaw
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/outlaji01.shtml
Jimmy Outlaw 1943-1949.

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Dave Boswell 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Scherrer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherbi01.shtml
Bill Scherrer 1984-1986.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaju01.shtml
Julio Santana 2002.

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Franklyn German 2002-2005.

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Chris Mears 2003.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiggsji01.shtml
Jimmy Wiggs 1905-1906.

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Vern Ruhle 1974-1977.

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Gus Zernial 1958-1959.

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WOULD YOU RATHER?
Totally Tigers

With another holiday weekend upon us, let?s have some more fun with our newest blog, Would You Rather.
As you will see, the choices aren?t easy ? and that?s the way it?s meant to be. But it is meant to stir up some good discussion.

As always, we welcome your comments, so please vote and then submit your reasons ( 4 sentences max!) for how you voted in the usual comment box. Don?t forget to come back later and view the results!

Would you rather....
1. Have a new owner immediately who doesn?t have the best record as a sports team owner.

2. Wait 2 years to get an owner who is guaranteed to invest in and revamp the team.

Vote.

I will wait 2 years.
 
Jorge Bonifacio stands a good shot at earning a spot in the Tigers? corner outfield mix. Bonifacio, who?ll be in camp on a minor-league deal, has struggled in recent seasons with the division-rival Royals. That said, he?s still just 26 years old and showed some promise in an extended run in 2017 with Kansas City.
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Tigers Minor League Report Podcast: Marchant Orders Season 2, Episode 1: Wake Up Chip! 73 minutes.

The group discusses ?Way Too Early Roster Projections for Lakeland?, (9:59-48:00).

Detroit Tigers prospect Anthony Castro stops by to discuss last season?s experience in Double-A Erie and the Arizona Fall League. (49:07-1:06:55).

Closing things out, Mark Gorosh stops by to discuss his new TMLR podcast: Don?t Call It A Rebuild, It?s A TEAM BUILD.(1:07:00-End).
 
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Time no longer on side of Tigers' first wave of positional player prospects.
Oakland Press

Third baseman/first baseman Jeimer Candelario hit .203 and had a .643 OPS (.757 was the MLB average). The Tigers sent him back to the minor leagues at one point. He will be 26 this season.

Outfielder Christin Stewart flashed genuine power potential in the minor leagues. He hit just 10 home runs in ?19 - a season during which more home runs were hit than any MLB season. He also batted just .233 and his OPS was a paltry .693.

Catchers Jake Rogers and Grayson Greiner presented virtually no offensive presence. Rogers hit .125 with a .481 OPS.

The Tigers gave a chance to Travis Demeritte. He didn?t make the most of it.

Harold Castro was billed as a pleasant surprise, yet his .291 batting average couldn?t be more misleading when it?s considered his OPS of .689 was well below the MLB average. How can somebody have 369 plate appearance like Castro and walk just nine times? It?s a lament familiar to that about third baseman Dawel Lugo, who walked just eight times in 269 plate appearances.

Quietly, former Rule 5 pick Victor Reyes showed promise. He had a .767 OPS. His 1.3 WAR was second on the club. It came after Reyes had a very good season for Triple-A Toledo (.815 OPS). But he is 25. Like the other above-mentioned players, he?s passed the prospect stage.

Niko Goodrum will get first shot at shortstop this season, and Jacoby Jones in center field. But they are 27.

It?s position players that need to develop. In that regard, it would benefit the Tigers if one or two or more of their prospects, who got MLB shots last season, but fell so flat, come through.
 
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