March 10 in Tigers and mlb history:
1857: The National Association of BaseBall Players is formed at a meeting in New York City. Twenty-two teams are represented, and William Van Cott of the Gothams is elected president.
1904: New York Giants players leave Mobile, AL ahead of the law after a local judge issues a warrant for their arrest for beating a local umpire unconscious during an exhibition game. The players were goaded by manager John McGraw.
1942: The Detroit Tigers purchased Walter Wilson from the Philadelphia Athletics.
1945: The Detroit Tigers released Boom-Boom Beck.
1948: The Yankees offer to trade Joe DiMaggio for Hal Newhouser.
1951: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover announces that he has turned down an offer to become Commissioner of baseball. The governor of California, Earl Warren, had previously rejected an offer to become baseball's leader.
1963: A little known minor league infielder named Pete Rose plays in his first spring training game. The 22-year-old Rose, who goes 2 for 2 in his debut against the Chicago White Sox, will make the Cincinnati Reds' Opening Day roster. As the team's starting second baseman, Rose will win the National League Rookie of the Year Award.
1982: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Pasley as a free agent.
1982: The Detroit Tigers purchased Mark Lee from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1982: Shortstop Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
1983: The Special Veterans Committee announces the election of Walter Alston and George Kell to the Hall of Fame. Alston managed the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles to four World Series championships, while always working under one-year contracts.
Kell, was a standout third baseman primarily for the Detroit Tigers, batted over .300 nine times, was a 10-time All-Star, and topped American League third basemen in fielding percentage seven times during a 15-season career.
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1984: After four losses, the Tigers get their first spring win, 6-3 over the Twins.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Santiago Perez as an amateur free agent.
1993: Sherry Davis becomes the first woman major league public address announcer when she is hired by the San Francisco Giants to work at Candlestick Park.
1995: Michael Jordan announces that he is leaving the Chicago White Sox organization and will return to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. Jordan struggled in his one season of minor league baseball.
2000: The Philadelphia Phillies traded Wendell Magee to the Detroit Tigers for Bobby Sismondo (minors).
Tigers players birthdays:
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Jim Curry 1918.
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Art Herring 1929-1933.
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Bill Heath 1967.
Tigers players who passed away:
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George Cunningham 1916-1919.
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Bob Nieman 1953-1954.
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