February 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1896: The National League adopts changes in the National Agreement. The minor leagues are divided into six classifications based on population, and new draft fees are instituted. The league also forbids players from deliberately soiling baseballs, and declares that "a ball cutting the corners of the home plate, and being requisite height, must be called a strike." It also empowers umpires to eject players.
1904: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ed Gremminger from the Boston Beaneaters.
1917: Smoky Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, is sold by the Boston Red Sox to Cleveland for $15,000. He will become an outfielder after one last, losing start on the mound, and will play five more years.
1926: Southpaw Eddie Plank, winner of 327 games in 17 years, dies at 51 in his native Gettysburg, PA.
1943: The Texas League announces it will suspend operations for the duration of the war. The St. Louis Cardinals, with 260 farm players in the service, will reduce farm clubs from 22 to 6. Only nine minor leagues will start the 1943 season. Advertisements for players appear in The Sporting News.
1948: The Chicago White Sox trade Ed Lopat to the New York Yankees for Aaron Robinson, Bill Wight and Fred Bradley. Lopat will star for seven seasons in pinstripes, winning 21 in 1951 and going 16-4 in 1953. Robinson's main value to the Sox will come at the end of the season when he's swapped for another lefty pitcher, as the Tigers make a Top 5 worst trade in their history, by trading Billy Pierce.
1966: University of Southern California pitcher Tom Seaver is signed by the Braves. The deal will later be voided, and the USC stand-out will be selected by the New York Mets in a special draft.
1977: The Oakland A's trade Ron Fairly to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor leaguer Mike Weathers and cash. The Macon, Georgia native, who played with the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1974, will become the first major leaguer to appear with both Canadian teams.
1980: Steve Kemp awarded $210,000 in arbitration.
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1987: The Detroit Tigers signed Darrell Evans as a free agent.
1988: The Detroit Tigers traded Doug Baker to the Minnesota Twins for Julius McDougal (minors).
1990: Former Boston Red Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro dies of pneumonia and kidney failure at the age of 45. Conigliaro was the youngest American League player ever to reach 100 career home runs and then was nearly blinded by a 1967 beaning.
2000: The National Labor Relations Board certifies the results of the November election that kicked out the Major League Umpires Association and replaced it with the newly-formed World Umpires Association. About 50 of the 71 major league umpires have joined the new union. The decision ends Richie Phillips' 21-year reign as union chief.
2011: 1B Miguel Cabrera returns to the Tigers training camp, one week after his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. He apologizes to teammates, team management, family and fans for the incident and has agreed to enter a treatment program. MLB officials warn him that "any future alcohol-related incidents could involve more serious consequences".
2011: Major League Baseball announces that three of its most experienced umpires have decided to retire. They are Jerry Crawford, who umpired his first game in 1977, making him the majors' longest-serving official, and was head of the Umpires Union, along with Mike Reilly and Chuck Meriwether. To replace them, Scott Barry and Brian Knight, both with major league umpiring experience as fill-ins, are added to the umpiring staff. Three other veterans retired before the 2010 season, and four new umpires were brought on at the time as the cadre is undergoing a renewal.
2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Joba Chamberlain as a free agent.
2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Perry as a free agent.
2017: Tigers open renovated Joker Marchant Stadium and honor Mike Illitch.
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Tigers players birthdays:
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Monte Beville 1904.
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Bugs Raymond 1904.
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Wilbur Cooper 1926.
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Lynn Nelson 1940.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bubba_Phillips
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Bubba Phillips 1955, 1963-1964.
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Bryan Kelly 1986-1987.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Bennett
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bennech01.shtml
Charlie Bennett Detroit Wolverines 1881-1888.
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Marc Hall 1913-1914.
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