February 18 in Tigers and mlb history:
1891: American Association owners dismiss league President Allen W. Thurman and replace him with Louis Kramer of Cincinnati. The owners also denounce the National Agreement, launching a new war with the rival National League. The owners are unhappy with Thurman's decision in the Lou Bierbauer case. In his capacity as Chairman of the National Board of Control which decides disputes under the National Agreement, he ruled that the AA's Philadelphia Athletics no longer had reserve rights over Bierbauer, who jumped from the Athletics to the Players League in 1890, and then refused to return to his old team after the Players League folded.
1909: The Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, who won 21 games at age 41 last season, to the Cleveland Naps for righty pitchers Charlie Chech and Jack Ryan plus $12,500.
1909: National League president Harry Pulliam, in ill health, is granted a leave of absence. The league secretary, John Heydler, assumes his duties. The NL abolishes Ladies Days, and sets a 25-player limit from May 15th to August 20th.
1916: Major League Baseball initiates an option plan to protect minor league players.
1922: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis resigns his federal judgeship, claiming the two jobs (judge and Commissioner) take up too much time.
1946: Hank Greenberg marries Caral Gimbel daughter of Bernard Gimbel of the Gimbel's New York department store family three days after signing a $60,000 ($753,000 today) contract with the Tigers. The couple had three children?sons Glenn H. Greenberg and Stephen and a daughter, Alva?before divorcing in 1958.
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1958: Cleveland sends veteran C Jim Hegan and P Hank Aguirre to Detroit for C-OF Jay Porter and P Hal Woodeshick. Aguirre will pitch 10 years for Detroit.
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1960: Walter O'Malley, owner of the Dodgers, completes the purchase of the Chavez Ravine area in Los Angeles by paying $494,000 for property valued at $92,000.
1967: During a special softball exhibition game, pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out six consecutive major leaguers. The victims include Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Roberto Clemente and Maury Wills.
1970: Sports Illustrated releases cover story on Denny McLain's involvement with bookmakers in 1967.
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1984: Hitting coach Gates Brown says Tigers have "the potential" for a great year like 1968.
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1984: Lance Parrish stretches in spring training (Detroit Free Press photo)
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1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Harry Spilman as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Rick Renteria as a free agent.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Willis Roberts as an amateur free agent.
1994: The Detroit Tigers traded Kevin Morgan to the New York Mets for Joe Dellicarri (minors).
1998: Chicago Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray dies four days after collapsing at a Valentine's Day supper. Caray, age 84, was known, among other things, for leading the fans in a rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th-inning stretch at Wrigley Field. He previously broadcast the games of the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox in a career that spanned half a century.
1999: The U.S. Postal Service issues a Jackie Robinson stamp as part of their "Celebrate the Century" program. Robinson was selected to represent the 1940s, the second ballplayer chosen. Babe Ruth, last May, represented the 1920s.
2005: After five months of captivity in a Venezuelan jungle surrounded by explosives to keep her from escaping, Ugueth Urbina's mother, Maura Villarreal, is rescued during a daring eight-hour police raid. The kidnappers had demanded a $6 million ransom from the Tigers relief pitcher for his mom's freedom.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Johnson as a free agent.
2019: As spring training gets underway, Bruce Bochy, long-time manager of the Giants and winner of three World Series titles with the team, announces that he will retire at the end of the season.
2021: The Boston Red Sox selected John Schreiber off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
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Frank House 1950-1951, 1954-1957, 1961.
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Herm Wehmeier 1958.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Gordon
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Joe Gordon manager 1960.
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Leo Marentette 1965.
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Bob Miller 1973.
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Jerry Morales 1979.
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Isaac Paredes 2020-present.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Hub Pernoll 1910, 1912.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Marty_McManus
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Marty McManus 1927-1931.
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Luke Hamlin 1933-1934.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hostech01.shtml
Chuck Hostetler 1944-1945.
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Ben Flowers 1955.
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Eddie Mathews 1967-1968.
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Al Greene 1979.
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