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January 21 in Tigers and mlb history:
1921: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially is signed as baseball commissioner, to a seven-year, $350,000 contract.
1933: Future Hall of Fame pitcher Waite Hoyt is signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates after being waived by the New York Giants.
1938: Outfielder Joe DiMaggio begins a contract holdout that will last for nearly three months. After meeting with New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and general manager Ed Barrow, DiMaggio rejects a one-year offer of $25,000. DiMaggio counters by asking for $45,000. The holdout will last until April 20th, two days after the start of the season.
1941: Pitcher Bob Feller signs with the Cleveland Indians for a reported $30,000.
1947: A rule change that allows voting only for players who were active after 1921 produces four new Hall of Fame members: catcher Mickey Cochrane,
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second baseman Frankie Frisch, and pitchers Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell, all former Most Valuable Players and World Series winners.
Pie Traynor misses selection by two votes.
Hubbell was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but used it to win 253 games for the New York Giants;
Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons;
Grove won 300 games, and his battery-mate Cochrane retired with a lifetime batting average of .320, the highest average of any catcher.
1953: The Baseball Writers Association of America passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to the Hall of Fame. Dean gathers 209 votes while Simmons' total of 199 is one more than needed.
The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 120 games from 1932 through 1936, including 30 wins in 1934.
Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time.
Also joining DiMaggio, who finishes 8th in the voting, are in order Bill Terry, Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons, Chief Bender (9th) and Gabby Hartnett (10th). All will eventually make it.
1960: In an unusual request, Stan Musial tells the St. Louis Cardinals management that he is overpaid and should have his salary reduced after a subpar 1959 season. He receives a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year.
1969: Roy Campanella and Stan Musial are elected by the BBWAA to join the elite group of players enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
1971: No player receives three-fourths of the necessary votes to be elected into the Hall of Fame, with Yogi Berra (242) and Early Wynn (240) coming the closest. Berra and Wynn will be elected in next year's vote.
1979: The Detroit Tigers signed Larry Pashnick as an amateur free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Richards (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Todd Haney.
1993: Hall of Fame second baseman Charlie Gehringer dies at the age of 89, one month after suffering a stroke. During a 19-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Gehringer posted a .320 batting average with 184 home runs, 1427 RBI, seven times 200 plus hits, seven times 40 or more doubles, 12 times one hundred or more runs scored, and 14 times a batting average of over .300 and in 1936 became one of six players in mlb history to hit 60 or more doubles in a season.
In 1937, he enjoyed arguably his finest season, leading the American League with a .371 average.
1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Christopher as a free agent.
2000: The National Labor Relations Board refuses to overturn the election which removed Richie Phillips and the Major League Umpires Association from power. A new union will represent the arbiters. Nomo is the last Tiger's player to wear uniform #23, which was officially retired by the team in honor of Willie Horton on July 15, 2000.
2000: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent pitcher Hideo Nomo to a one-year contract. Nomo's agent had declined a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, expecting more on the open market.
2004: Mt. Lebanon's Don Kelly added to #Tigers' 40-man roster.
2009: Jeff Kent retires. He hit 351 home runs as a second baseman in the majors, claiming the record for the position by 74 over his nearest competitor, Ryne Sandberg. A five-time All-Star and the 2000 National League MVP, he clubbed 377 homers overall and batted .290 in a 17-year career.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Brad Eldred as a free agent.
2016: Michael Fulmer accepts the AL Rookie of the Year award at the official BBWAA awards dinner tonight.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2vUstRV...pg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2vUtP9U...pg&name=medium
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Gordon Beckham as a free agent.
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Hector Sanchez as a free agent.
2020: The results of the 2020 Hall of Fame Election are in, and as expected, Derek Jeter is elected easily, falling just one vote short of repeating long-time teammate Mariano Rivera's feat of being elected unanimously on his first presence on the ballot. Joining him is Larry Walker, in his 10th and final year of eligibility by the BBWAA, who clears the 75% threshold by 6 votes. It completes a remarkable journey for his candidacy, that had fallen to only 10% support after three years. before a concerted lobbying campaign on his behalf bore fruit. Walker is only the second Canadian elected to the Hall, after P Ferguson Jenkins.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccarar01.shtml
Arch McCarthy 1902.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bolanbe01.shtml?redir
Bernie Boland 1915-1920.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moharjo01.shtml
John Mohardt 1922.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ludolwi01.shtml
Willie Ludolph 1924.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahabi02.shtml
Bill Graham 1966.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynobo01.shtml
Bob Reynolds 1975.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccurje01.shtml
Jeff McCurry 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/urbanto01.shtml
Tom Urbani 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ledezwi01.shtml
Wil Ledezma 2003-2007.
Tigers players, coaches, and executives who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Gehringer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9fe98bb6
Charlie Gehringer 1923-1942, player coach 1942, General Manager 1951, 1953, Vice President 1953-1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mandeha01.shtml
Hal Manders 1941-1942, 1946.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosleti01.shtml
Tim Hosley 1970-1971.
Baseball Reference
1921: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially is signed as baseball commissioner, to a seven-year, $350,000 contract.
1933: Future Hall of Fame pitcher Waite Hoyt is signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates after being waived by the New York Giants.
1938: Outfielder Joe DiMaggio begins a contract holdout that will last for nearly three months. After meeting with New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and general manager Ed Barrow, DiMaggio rejects a one-year offer of $25,000. DiMaggio counters by asking for $45,000. The holdout will last until April 20th, two days after the start of the season.
1941: Pitcher Bob Feller signs with the Cleveland Indians for a reported $30,000.
1947: A rule change that allows voting only for players who were active after 1921 produces four new Hall of Fame members: catcher Mickey Cochrane,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2YZGhnWQAA4Z8n?format=jpg&name=900x900
second baseman Frankie Frisch, and pitchers Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell, all former Most Valuable Players and World Series winners.
Pie Traynor misses selection by two votes.
Hubbell was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but used it to win 253 games for the New York Giants;
Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons;
Grove won 300 games, and his battery-mate Cochrane retired with a lifetime batting average of .320, the highest average of any catcher.
1953: The Baseball Writers Association of America passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to the Hall of Fame. Dean gathers 209 votes while Simmons' total of 199 is one more than needed.
The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 120 games from 1932 through 1936, including 30 wins in 1934.
Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time.
Also joining DiMaggio, who finishes 8th in the voting, are in order Bill Terry, Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons, Chief Bender (9th) and Gabby Hartnett (10th). All will eventually make it.
1960: In an unusual request, Stan Musial tells the St. Louis Cardinals management that he is overpaid and should have his salary reduced after a subpar 1959 season. He receives a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year.
1969: Roy Campanella and Stan Musial are elected by the BBWAA to join the elite group of players enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
1971: No player receives three-fourths of the necessary votes to be elected into the Hall of Fame, with Yogi Berra (242) and Early Wynn (240) coming the closest. Berra and Wynn will be elected in next year's vote.
1979: The Detroit Tigers signed Larry Pashnick as an amateur free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Richards (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Todd Haney.
1993: Hall of Fame second baseman Charlie Gehringer dies at the age of 89, one month after suffering a stroke. During a 19-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Gehringer posted a .320 batting average with 184 home runs, 1427 RBI, seven times 200 plus hits, seven times 40 or more doubles, 12 times one hundred or more runs scored, and 14 times a batting average of over .300 and in 1936 became one of six players in mlb history to hit 60 or more doubles in a season.
In 1937, he enjoyed arguably his finest season, leading the American League with a .371 average.
1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Christopher as a free agent.
2000: The National Labor Relations Board refuses to overturn the election which removed Richie Phillips and the Major League Umpires Association from power. A new union will represent the arbiters. Nomo is the last Tiger's player to wear uniform #23, which was officially retired by the team in honor of Willie Horton on July 15, 2000.
2000: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent pitcher Hideo Nomo to a one-year contract. Nomo's agent had declined a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, expecting more on the open market.
2004: Mt. Lebanon's Don Kelly added to #Tigers' 40-man roster.
2009: Jeff Kent retires. He hit 351 home runs as a second baseman in the majors, claiming the record for the position by 74 over his nearest competitor, Ryne Sandberg. A five-time All-Star and the 2000 National League MVP, he clubbed 377 homers overall and batted .290 in a 17-year career.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Brad Eldred as a free agent.
2016: Michael Fulmer accepts the AL Rookie of the Year award at the official BBWAA awards dinner tonight.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2vUstRV...pg&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2vUtP9U...pg&name=medium
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Gordon Beckham as a free agent.
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Hector Sanchez as a free agent.
2020: The results of the 2020 Hall of Fame Election are in, and as expected, Derek Jeter is elected easily, falling just one vote short of repeating long-time teammate Mariano Rivera's feat of being elected unanimously on his first presence on the ballot. Joining him is Larry Walker, in his 10th and final year of eligibility by the BBWAA, who clears the 75% threshold by 6 votes. It completes a remarkable journey for his candidacy, that had fallen to only 10% support after three years. before a concerted lobbying campaign on his behalf bore fruit. Walker is only the second Canadian elected to the Hall, after P Ferguson Jenkins.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccarar01.shtml
Arch McCarthy 1902.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bolanbe01.shtml?redir
Bernie Boland 1915-1920.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moharjo01.shtml
John Mohardt 1922.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ludolwi01.shtml
Willie Ludolph 1924.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahabi02.shtml
Bill Graham 1966.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynobo01.shtml
Bob Reynolds 1975.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccurje01.shtml
Jeff McCurry 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/urbanto01.shtml
Tom Urbani 1996.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ledezwi01.shtml
Wil Ledezma 2003-2007.
Tigers players, coaches, and executives who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Gehringer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9fe98bb6
Charlie Gehringer 1923-1942, player coach 1942, General Manager 1951, 1953, Vice President 1953-1960.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mandeha01.shtml
Hal Manders 1941-1942, 1946.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosleti01.shtml
Tim Hosley 1970-1971.
Baseball Reference
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