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March 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Joseph (Arky) Vaughan is born in Clifty, Arkansas. Vaughan, a hard-hitting shortstop, will make his major league debut in 1932 and will go on to hit for a .318 batting average during a 14-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers. Vaughan will be elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee in 1985..

1965: Bob Swift named the Tigers' acting manager, two days after Charlie Dressen suffered a heart attack.
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1979: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn declares that all reporters—male and female—will have equal access to all big league locker rooms.

1981: The Chicago White Sox sign prized free agent catcher Carlton Fisk. The future Hall of Fame receiver was declared a free agent in February after the Boston Red Sox failed to mail him a contract by the deadline imposed under the Basic Agreement.

1995: Major League Baseball owners unanimously approve two expansion teams: the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Each of the new clubs will pay a $130 million franchise fee and will begin play in 1998.

1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Baez as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Erik Hiljus as a free agent.

2007: The Detroit Tigers released Kevin Beirne.

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Donovan Hand as a free agent.
2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Jarrod Saltalamacchia as a free agent.

2019: The Detroit Tigers purchased Cameron Rupp from the San Francisco Giants.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Lefty_Williams
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willile01.shtml
Lefty Williams 1913-1914.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wisehu01.shtml
Hughie Wise 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ron_Kline
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klinero01.shtml
Ron Kline 1961-1962.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Landis
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/landiji01.shtml
Jim Landis 1967.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/C.J._Nitkowski
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nitkoc.01.shtml
C.J. Nitkowski 1995-1996, 1999-2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Clay_Rapada
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rapadcl01.shtml
Clay Rapada 2007-2009.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/veddelo01.shtml
Lou Vedder 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aaron_Robinson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/robinaa01.shtml
Aaron Robinson 1949-1951.
November 10, 1948: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Pierce and $10,000. bad trade by Tigers.
August 6, 1951: Selected off waivers by the Boston Red Sox from the Detroit Tigers.

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