Detroit Tigers Team Notes
August 18 in Tigers history :
1907: Detroit's first Sunday game at home since 1902, and the first at Bennett Park, is a 16 - 3 win over New York.
1915: The Browns send pitchers Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk to the Tigers for 1B Baby Doll Jacobson.
1938: When Detroit's Billy Rogell walks his first time up, it is his seventh consecutive base on balls, a new American League record.
1961 - Ron Kline, purchased from the Angels on August 10, blanks the Red Sox on four hits to give the Tigers a 5 - 0 win. Bill Monbouquette fails for the 9th time to win his 9th, lasting just four innings and gives up homers to Billy Bruton and Rocky Colavito.
1972: Mickey Lolich regains first place for the Tigers as he bests the Angels and Nolan Ryan, 2 - 0. It is Lolich's 19th win.
1984 - Detroit's Juan Berenguer goes 8 1/3 innings and strikes out 12 to give the Tigers a 4 - 3 victory over the Mariners. Kirk Gibson drives in three runs with his 20th homer of the year, and becomes the first Tiger ever to reach 20 in both homers and steals. Gibson's homer is his 15th game-winning RBI this year.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Consolo
Billy Consolo coach 1979-1992, 1995.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bobby_Higginson
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/higgibo02.shtml
Bobby Higginson 1995-2005.
from baseball reference