July 30 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909: After winning 13 in a row, Christy Mathewson loses to Pittsburgh, 3 - 1, giving up four hits and three runs in the 1st inning. Red Ames relieves in the 2nd. Mathewson's record is now 15-3.
1917: The Tigers' Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach, and Ossie Vitt follow each other in the lineup, each going 5 for 5 in a 16 - 4 win over Washington. Having three players collect five hits ties the major-league record for the century. Cobb also scores five times.
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1923: Harry Heilmann goes 0-for-4 to lower his batting average below .400, to .397. He will next reach .400 in late September, and finish the season at .403 to win the batting title and deny Babe Ruth the Triple Crown.
1933: Cardinal pitcher Dizzy Dean sets a modern major league record striking out 17 Cubs. Teammate catcher Jimmie Wilson also sets a new mark recording 18 putouts.
1936: The Yankees, with Jake Powell back in CF for the injured Myril Hoag, drop a 5 - 4 decision to Detroit. On August 1st, Powell will go to LF, with Joe DiMaggio playing CF for the first time. George Selkirk will return to RF. The Yanks loses today when Charlie Gehringer ties the match with a two-run homer in the 8th. Bill Dickey allows a ball to get by him in the 10th and Jack Burns scores the winner. Schoolboy Rowe pitches 10 innings for the win over Johnny Broaca.
1938: Hank Greenberg ties a Babe Ruth record with his ninth home run of the week. Jewish teammate Harry Eisenstat pitches scoreless innings in both games of the doubleheader to earn two wins.
Eisenstat took the field at the Tiger Stadium closing ceremony in 1999.
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1939: Hank Greenberg scores five runs in a game for the only time, helping the Tigers pummel the A?s 14-0.
1940: The Detroit Tigers purchased Tuck Stainback from the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1951: Joe DiMaggio makes a rare mental error against Detroit, catching a Steve Souchock fly ball in deep CF and, thinking it's the third out, begins trotting in. It's only the second out, and George Kell scores from second base to make the score 4 - 2 in the eighth. Despite the lapse, the Yanks win, 5 - 4, with DiMaggio knocking in the winning run in the ninth.
1951: Ty Cobb testifies in front of Congress denying the reserve clause makes 'peons' out of baseball players.
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1959: In his ML debut, Willie McCovey goes 4 for 4 with 2 triples off Robin Roberts to lead the Giants to a 7 - 2 win over the Phils. McCovey was hitting .372 with 29 home runs at Phoenix when promoted.
1961: Al Kaline?s longest hitting streak peaks today at 22 games. Kaline bats 31 for 84 .369, Slugs .619, 22 Runs, 9 2B, 4 Hr's, 10 RBI.
1962: After mysteriously disappearing off the team bus to use the rest room three days ago and trying to fly to Israel, pitcher Gene Conley returns to the Red Sox and is fined $2,000. Yesterday, he sent a telegram to manager Mike Higgins explaining he was tired and had other plans.
1962: Homers by Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito power the American League past the National League, 9 - 4, in the second All-Star Game of 1962.
1968: In the 1st inning, Washington SS Ron Hansen turns the 8th unassisted triple play in major league history and the first in 41 years. Cleveland's Joe Azcue hits a liner to Hansen, who steps on second base to double Dave Nelson, and tags Russ Snyder sliding into second base for the third out. Hansen's effort is not enough, as Washington loses, 10 - 1.
1969: Using five homers, the Braves thrash the Phils, 6 - 3, in the first game of a twinbill. Felipe Alou and Hank Aaron homer and Bob Tillman, hitting .187, hits three in a row. Aaron's blast is the 537th of his career and moves him past Mickey Mantle on the all-time list. The Phils win the nitecap, 4 - 3. Dick Allen homers in the 2nd inning and follows a Johnny Callison homer in the 8th with his second shot of the game.
1969: It is a bad day for the Mets at Shea Stadium. In the first of two games, Houston scores 11 runs in the 9th inning, eight coming home on grand slams by Jimmy Wynn and Denis Menke, to trounce the Mets, 16 - 3. This is the first time this century in the National League that two grand slams have come in the same inning, with Mets pitchers Cal Koonce and Ron Taylor teeing up the honors. The last time in the American League was July 18, 1962. Taylor also serves up a single to Houston relief pitcher Fred Gladding, the only hit of Gladding's career in 63 at bats and 450 games. The second game is no different as the Astros tally 10 runs in the 3rd inning to thrash the Mets, 11 - 5. Curt Blefary triples with the sacks full and pitcher Larry Dierker (13-8) homers with a man on.
1971: The Detroit Tigers selected Ron Perranoski off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
1977: The Chicago Cubs purchased Dave Roberts from the Detroit Tigers.
1978: The Expos crush the Braves, 19 - 0, collecting 28 hits and a National League-record-tying eight home runs. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, Dave Cash and Dawson again homer in the 4th inning; Parrish has a single and three consecutive home runs in the game, only the third major leaguer to do it. Not till Andres Galarraga in 1995 will another hitter bang homers in three consecutive innings. The 58 total bases break an 85-year-old record held by the Reds. Woodie Fryman conducts the win over Mickey Mahler.
1985: Tigers fans are startled when a pilot swoops his twin engine Lear jet low over Tiger Stadium during a game.
The Michigan man flying the plane has his license revoked by the FAA for flying in a "careless and reckless manner"
1990: In a surprisingly harsh ruling, Commissioner Fay Vincent orders Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to resign as the club's general partner by August 20th and bans him from day-to-day operation of the team for life. The ruling is a result of Steinbrenner's $40,000 payment to confessed gambler Howie Spira for damaging information about since-traded Yankee star Dave Winfield.
1994: Detroit defeats Oakland 14 - 2, as Tiger C Chad Kreuter ties a major league record with three sacrifice flies. He is the 9th player in history to perform the feat.
1995: Mike Schmidt, Richie Ashburn, Negro League star Leon Day, former National League president William Hulbert and Vic Willis are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Pineda as a free agent.
2008: The Detroit Tigers traded Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees for Kyle Farnsworth.
2008: Curtis Granderson has 5 hits and Gary Sheffield has 4 in the Tigers 14 - 12 win over the indians in 13 innings.
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2008: The Yankees, seeking catching help after losing Jorge Posada for the remainder of the season, acquire Ivan Rodriguez from the Tigers for Kyle Farnsworth.
2009: A story in the New York Times states that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are among the 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The test results were supposed to be kept secret, but Alex Rodriguez's presence on the list of those who tested positive had already been leaked earlier this year. Ortiz states that he was not aware he had tested positive six years earlier and denies using steroids.
2010: One of the players traded yesterday makes a splash in his debut for his new team. Starting at 3B for the Tigers, Jhonny Peralta homers twice over the Green Monster as Detroit defeats Boston 6 - 5 withstanding a late-game grand slam by David Ortiz. Armando Galarraga's run of bad luck continues as he is hit on the ankle by a line drive off the bat of Kevin Youkilis with a 4 - 1 lead, and has to leave the game one out shy of qualifying for the win. Rookie Robbie Weinhardt relieves him and picks up his first major league victory.
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2011: The Seattle Mariners traded Doug Fister and David Pauley to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later, Francisco Martinez (minors), Charlie Furbush and Casper Wells.
The Detroit Tigers sent Chance Ruffin (August 17, 2011) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.
2013: As part of a 3-team trade:
The Detroit Tigers sent Avisail Garcia to the Chicago White Sox.
The Detroit Tigers sent Brayan Villarreal to the Boston Red Sox.
The Chicago White Sox sent Jake Peavy to the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Red Sox sent Jose Iglesias to the Detroit Tigers.
The Boston Red Sox sent Cleuluis Rondon (minors), Frankie Montas and J.B. Wendelken to the Chicago White Sox.
2015: In a whirlwind day of trading, the Blue Jays once again make the biggest splash, acquiring P David Price from Detroit for prospects Matt Boyd, Jairo Labourt and Daniel Norris.
2015: Detroit trades P Joakim Soria to Pittsburgh for IF JaCoby Jones.
2015: The Detroit Tigers traded David Price to the Toronto Blue Jays for Matthew Boyd, Jairo Labourt and Daniel Norris.
2016: Jose Iglesias' walk-off infield single completes a wild comeback with 2 outs in the 9th and gives the Tigers a 3 - 2 win over the astros.
2017: The 2017 class of the Hall of Fame is inducted in Cooperstown, NY.
Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are the three players honored, while executives Bud Selig and John Schuerholz were voted in by the Veterans Committee. The presence of a large number of fans wearing the gear of the defunct Montr?al Expos in honor of Raines cannot be missed among the crowd of 27,000 present for the ceremonies.
2017: Adrian Beltre becomes the 31st member of the 3,000 hit club with a double off Wade Miley of the Baltimore Orioles. The Rangers' third baseman also has over 600 doubles and 5,000 total bases, other numbers that place him high on the list of the game's all-time leaders.
2017: The Cubs obtain C Alex Avila and P Justin Wilson from the Tigers for Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes.
2020: The ripple effects of the outbreak of COVID-19 among the Marlins continue, as two members of their most recent opponents, the Phillies - one coach and one clubhouse attendant - also test positive. Both teams have been idle since completing a three-game series on July 26th, and will also sit out their planned week-end series. Foreseeing that a large number of doubleheaders will be necessary to make up these games, Major League Baseball announces that any twinbill played after August 1st will consist of two seven-inning games.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Joe Coleman Sr. 1955.
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Gus Triandos 1963.
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Mickey Mahler 1985.
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Scott Fletcher 1995.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Allen Conkwright 1920.
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