August 13 in Tigers and mlb history:
1900: A mechanical pitching machine is used in a game between the Memphis Chicks and the Nashvilles. The invention of Princeton professor Charles Hinton, the early pitching gun strikes out two and allows three hits in two innings.
1902: In the 6th inning of a game with the Tigers, Harry Davis of the A's attempts a double steal with Dave Fultz, who is on third base. But Davis does not draw a throw as he goes into second, and Fultz cannot score. So, on the next pitch, he "steals" first base. The next time he steals second, he does draw a throw and Fultz scores from third. This double steal maneuver will be attempted in later years by Fred Tenney (July 31, 1908), and Detroit's Germany Schaefer (September 4, 1908), before being made illegal.
1906: The Washington Senators purchased Jack Warner from the Detroit Tigers.
1908: Cy Young Day is celebrated by 20,000 in Boston. He pitches briefly against an All-Star team that includes Jack Chesbro, Hal Chase, Willie Keeler, Harry Davis and George Mullin. The game is interrupted several times for presentations to the great hurler, including a great loving cup from the American League for all his accomplishments.
1909: The Washington Senators traded Jim Delahanty to the Detroit Tigers for Red Killefer and Germany Schaefer.
1910: In the most evenly matched game ever, the Pirates and Superbas each have eight runs, 13 hits, 38 at bats, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batter, one passed ball, 13 assists, 27 putouts, two errors, and use two pitchers. Darkness ends the game before the symmetry does.
1911: Ty Cobb, apparently believing the Tigers can no longer win the pennant race, begins a vacation.
1923: Pirates OF Max Carey steals second base, third base and home versus Brooklyn. He will again lead the National League with 51 stolen bases. Equally fleet in the field, he will garner 450 putouts and 28 assists. He is the first OF to top 400 putouts 6 times. Richie Ashburn will later do it 9 times.
1930: Tommy Bridges makes his major league debut. Bridges will pitch 16 seasons in the big leagues, all with the Tigers, appearing in 4 World Series, winning two championships, with a 4 and 1 record.
Tommy will have three 20 win seasons 1934-1936, and lead the American League in Strikeouts in '35-'36.
His career record is 194 Wins and 138 losses with an ERA+ of 126.
1932: Commissioner Kenesaw Landis clears Rogers Hornsby of charges of fraudulently "borrowing" money from Cubs players. The Chicago papers said Hornsby had obtained money from players, either loaned to him to bet on horse races, or to share in joint ventures. When Hornsby is fined, the players want refunds. Hornsby wants a lump payoff by the Cubs, who refuse. Landis holds several hearings, and as he doesn't punish anyone, it is taken as exoneration.
1933: Vic Sorrell pitches a 17-inning complete game win.
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1934: In a preview of the World Series, the Cardinals play the Tigers in an exhibition game in Detroit. The Deans refuse to make the trip, having both pitched the day before. Dizzy is fined $100 and Paul $50.
1939: The Yankees beat the A's, 21 - 0, to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren each hit two home runs, one each inside-the-park. Red Ruffing collects four hits along with the victory.
1944: The West takes the 1944 East-West Game, 7 - 4, behind the Radcliffe brothers. Ted Radcliffe socks a two-run homer while Alec Radcliffe drives in two as well and flashes a good glove; the brothers combine for five hits.
1947: At Sportsman's Park, pinch-hitter Willard Brown of the Browns becomes the first black player to hit a home run in the American League. The historic homer, a pinch-hit inside-the-parker off future Hall of Fame hurler Hal Newhouser, helps the Browns beat the Tigers 6 - 5.
1948: The promise of Satchel Paige on the mound brings 51,013 to Comiskey Park to see "Ole Satch" pitch his first big league shutout as Cleveland wins, 5 - 0. He gives up five hits to run his record to 5-1. In his 12 appearances, Paige has attracted 201,829 fans.
1951: Every one who shows up with a musical instrument is admitted free to Ebbets Field. 2,426 fans take advantage of the offer, including one with a piano. The Dodgers have a motive in countering the local musicians' union which wants to silence the non-union Sym-Phoney. The Dodgers outplay the Braves, 7 - 6, as Gil Hodges belts a three-run homer in the 8th, following an intentional walk to Roy Campanella, who had homered earlier.
1954: The White Sox top the Tigers, 1-0 in 16 innings. Al Aber goes the distance (15.1 innings) in the loss for a Game Score of 101. Jack Harshman gets a complete-game shutout win for a Game Score of 109.
1955: Larry Doby makes his first error in the OF in 167 games, a new American League record.
1957: Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 3 and drives in three runs as the Yankees edge the Red Sox, 3 - 2. Mantle improves his average to .384 while Ted Williams, with 1 for 2, is at .388. A week later, Mantle will injure himself when he angrily swings a golf club at a branch and gouges his shinbone. This will effectively take him out of the running for a second straight Triple Crown.
1961: In the first of two with the Senators, Roger Maris belts his 44th homer to tie Mickey Mantle. An inning later, Mantle hits a Bennie Daniels offering for his 45th, but that's all Daniels allows, winning, 12 - 2. Maris adds his 45th homer in the 1st inning in game two as the Yanks win, 9 - 4.
1967: Tigers win 3-2 over the orioles on a 3-run home run by light-hitting shortstop Ray Oyler: his first home run in over a year.
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1969: With a unanimous vote, the major league owners elect Commissioner Bowie Kuhn to a seven-year term.
1969: Denny McLain pitches a 3 - 0 shutout over the angels for his 18th win of the year. Denny ties Hal Newhouser's team record with his 8th shutout of the season, and will set the club record with shutout # 9 September 15 vs. the yankees.
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1972: Tigers manager Billy Martin literally picks his starting lineup out of a hat in an attempt to halt the Tigers' 4-game losing streak. The ploy works as Detroit defeats Cleveland 3 - 2. Using a regular lineup in the nightcap, the Tigers lose 9 - 2.
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1980: Aurelio Lopez comes in with the bases loaded in the 8th inning and strikes out the side, then, with the bases loaded in the 9th, gets a double play and a strikeout to win the game for the Tigers 2 - 1 over the redsox.
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1984: At Cooperstown, the Tigers beat the Atlanta Braves, 7 - 5 in the annual Hall of Fame Game.
1991: The Detroit Tigers released John Shelby.
1995: Flags fly at half-mast at Yankee Stadium as Yankee legend Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at the age of 63 in Dallas, Texas.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Jorge Toca as a free agent.
2004: The Detroit Tigers released Danny Patterson.
2004: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Jon Connolly (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Felix Sanchez. The Detroit Tigers sent Eric Eckenstahler (August 13, 2004) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
2007: Placido Polanco plays his 144th consecutive game at second base without an error. This breaks Luis Castillo's record, set earlier this season. The two streaks overlapped for many months. The Tigers still lose 7 - 2, dropping them to 8 wins in their past 25 games and a tie for first place with the Indians.
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2009: Justin Verlander pitches 8 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts to win his 13th game of the year. Ryan Raburn?s homer and RBI single score the Tigers? 2 runs.
2013: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ronny Paulino from the Baltimore Orioles.
2014: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Ramon Cabrera off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2018: Nicholas Castellanos has his first 5-hit game, with a home run and 2 doubles and the Tigers beat the white sox 9 - 5.
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Sandy Baez as a free agent.
2020: Mookie Betts leads the Dodgers to an 11 - 2 win over the Padres with a three-homer game, the 6th of his career. That ties him for most all time with Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa, although Betts has reached the total in just 813 games, whereas Mize needed 1,884 and Sosa 2,364.
Tigers players birthdays:
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George Susce 1932.
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Eddie Gaillard 1997.
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Jarrod Washburn 2009.
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Roman Colon 2005-2006.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Johnny Pesky 1952-1954.
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