August 26 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: New York's Christy Mathewson allows just three hits in beating the Phils, 3 - 1.
1905: Ty Cobb makes his major league debut, as a late-inning defensive replacement in center field.
1909: Tigers complete a sweep of the Athletics to take a 2-game lead over them in the American League standings.
Detroit will lead the rest of the way to win its third straight pennant.
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1911: Pittsburgh, playing without Honus Wagner, is no match for Christy Mathewson, as the Giants win, 6 - 2. Tommy Leach makes three errors behind Howie Camnitz. The Giants announce that for the first 11 playing days at the new Polo Grounds, the average attendance was 23,864.
1912: The Detroit Tigers purchased Willie Jensen from New Haven (Connecticut State).
1912: Walter Johnson's 16-game winning streak ends under American League rules of the time. In the second game of a doubleheader against the Browns, he relieves Tom Hughes with one out and two on in the 7th inning of a 2 - 2 game. The two runners score on a Pete Compton single up the middle and the Nationals lose, 4 - 3. The two runs are charged to Johnson, not Hughes, giving him the defeat. Under the National League's rules, Johnson would not be charged with the loss. After the season, AL president Ban Johnson will change the rules to conform with the senior circuit, but he will deny he does it because of this game.
1915: Ty Cobb is honored at Navin Field on the 10th anniversary of his major league debut with bouquets of flowers and a standing ovation.
Cobb scores the winning run in the 12th inning against the first-place Red Sox.
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1923: Ty Cobb hits his 46th and final inside-the-park home run in the Tigers 5 - 4 win over the Senators.
1930: Hack Wilson has four RBIs to lead the Cubs over the Pirates, 7 - 5. Wilson cracks a 2-run single in the 5th, but then allows a Lloyd Waner liner to skip by him for an inside-the-park home run, and vows to atone. He hits his 44th home run, off young Larry French, breaking Chuck Klein's one-year-old National League record.
1933: Cleveland's Wes Ferrell stops Heinie Manush's hitting streak at 33 games, as Washington loses, 5 - 4 in 11 innings.
1934: Griffith Stadium are Schoolboy Rowe & Hank Greenberg celebrate Rowe?s 16th straight win to tie AL mark.
Down 2-1 in 9th, Hank?s 20th HR tied it then Rowe knocked in eventual GWer as Tigers beat Sens 4-2. Rowe would have his finest season (24-8) as Detroit took AL flag.
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1934 - The East wins the 1934 East-West Game, 1-0, behind the pitching of Slim Jones, Harry Kincannon and Satchel Paige. Jud Wilson drives in Cool Papa Bell in the 8th with the game's only run, off of the West's Bill Foster.
1939: A major league baseball game is telecast from Ebbets Field for the first time as the Reds play the Dodgers in a doubleheader. Red Barber broadcasts the game over W2XBS. The Dodgers take the first game, 6 - 2, and the Reds take the second, 5 - 1. Between the two games, a ceremony is held to honor Alexander Cartwright with a Hawaiian-themed celebration to mark the centennial anniversary of baseball.
1940: Bucky Walters pitches the first-place Reds to a 3 - 2 win over the lowly Phillies. Bucky wins his 18th, driving in two runs with a homer and single.
1950: Roy Campanella of the Dodgers hits three home runs in a 7 - 5 win over the Reds at Crosley Field.
1955: Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.
1957: Yankee-killer Frank Lary stops New York as Detroit wins 5 - 2. RF Al Kaline is the hitting star with his 17th home run, a three run bomb to deep leftfield.
1959: It's "Al Smith Day" at Comiskey Park, with every fan named Smith, Schmidt, Smythe or Smithe admitted free and given a button stating "I'm a Smith and I'm for Al." Smith himself doesn't help, going hitless as the White Sox lose to Boston, 7 - 6. Bill Monbouquette is the winner.
1962: The Tigers win 5-3 on home runs by Bill Bruton, Norm Cash, and Steve Boros. Jim Bunning strikes out 7 in 6 innings and goes 3-for-3 with a double at the plate.
1966: Detroit's Earl Wilson, winner of six straight, hits an 8th-inning homer to give himself a 5 - 3 lead over New York. But the Yankees batting against reliever Hank Aguirre in the 9th, tally one run on a Clete Boyer single, and win it 6 - 5, when Mickey Mantle clouts a pinch homer just over a leaping Al Kaline in RF. The win still leaves New York (57-72) in last place.
1968: Tigers play their first ever game at Milwaukee County Stadium, against the White Sox. Pitcher Earl Wilson is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded for the go-ahead run and Tigers win 3 - 0.
1969: Al Kaline and Mickey Stanley each hit 2 homers and each drives in 3 RBI in the Tigers 9 - 6 win over the a's.
1972: The Tigers win on an Aurelio Rodriguez 2-run home run in the top of the 11th in Minnesota, the first of three straight 11-inning wins that will give them the lead in the AL East.
1975: The Cleveland Indians selected Bob Reynolds off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1978: The Detroit Tigers signed Howard Bailey as an amateur free agent.
1979: Steve Kemp leads off the bottom of the 10th inning with a walk-off home run, his second of the month, and the Tigers beat the mariners 4 - 3.
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1980: At Milwaukee's County Stadium, George Brett strokes four singles and a double in 5 at-bats as the Royals edge the Brewers, 7 - 6. The Kansas City third baseman's 5 for 5 performance raises his league-leading batting average to .407
1984: In Anaheim, the Tigers use the long ball to beat the Angels 12 - 6. Kirk Gibson has two homers and four runs scored, Marty Castillo hits a homer and scores three times, and Chet Lemon belts the first grand slam of his career. Tommy John goes just 2 2/3 inning in losing to Milt Wilcox (15-7). Detroit leads the AL East by 12 games.
Tigers (86-45) remain 12 games ahead of the Blue Jays in the AL East, with a key series coming up in Toronto in early September.
Sparky: "If we win 14 of our next 31 games, it's a lock. We might even get by with 12". #Relive84
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1987: Paul Molitor's 39-game hitting streak comes to an end as he waits in the on-deck circle watching pinch hitter Rick Manning single home the winning run in a 1 - 0, 10-inning victory over the Indians.
1995: Atlanta P Greg Maddux ties a major league record by notching his 16th consecutive road win, a 7 - 2 victory over his former team, the Cubs. Maddux now shares the record with Denny McLain, Cal McLish, and Rich Dotson.
1996: The Detroit Tigers traded Gregg Olson to the Houston Astros for players to be named later. The Houston Astros sent Kevin Gallaher (minors) (August 27, 1996) and Pedro Santana (August 27, 1996) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1999: The Seattle Mariners traded players to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Brian Hunter. The Seattle Mariners sent Andy Van Hekken (June 27, 1999) and Jerry Amador (minors) (August 26, 1999) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2015: Detroit's Justin Verlander comes up just short in his bid for a third career no-hitter, as he has to settle for a one-hit, 5 - 0 shutout after Chris Iannetta leads off the 9th for the Angels with a double that lands on the left field foul line. Verlander retires the final three batters in order to earn only his second win of the year, after missing the start of the season to an injury and suffering from a lack of run support all season. It is the second time he loses a no-hit bid in the 9th inning.
2017: A memorial for Mark Fidrych is dedicated in his hometown of Northborough, Mass.
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2017: The Tigers take the lead on back-to-back home runs by Justin Upton and Miguel Cabrera and beat the White Sox 6-3.
2020: Following the lead of the NBA, three major league games are postponed today as teams elect not to play in the wake of protests over the latest police shooting of an African-American man, Jacob Blake, shot seven times in the back in Kenosha, WI a few days ago. Protests take place all over the sports world, with games also cancelled in the Women's National Basketball Association, Major League Soccer, and professional tennis. The Brewers' players are the first to announce their decision not to play, following the lead of the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Their opponents, the Reds, decide to join in, and when they hear of the decision, players on four west coast teams join the movement in solidarity. A number of players also decide to sit out games on an individual basis, including Jason Heyward, Dexter Fowler and Matt Kemp. In a statement, MLB expresses understanding and support for the players' position.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Chad Kreuter 1992-1994.
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Alex Sanchez 2003-2004.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Luis_Marte
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Luis Marte 2011-2012.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/David_Price
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David Price 2014-2015.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Wakefield
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Dick Wakefield 1941, 1943-1944, 1946-1949.
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Ed Rakow 1964-1965.
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