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April 13 in Tigers and mlb history:

1954: The brand new Baltimore Orioles open in Detroit and lose, 3 - 0. Don Larsen takes the loss against Steve Gromek. The Tigers start fast and will win 12 of their first 18 games.

1972 - The first player strike in Major League Baseball history ends, with an abbreviated schedule to start two days later.

2009: The 1976 American league Rookie of the Year Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dies at 54 from an accident while fixing a truck on his farm in Northborough, MA.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kid_Elberfeld
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/elberki01.shtml
Kid Elberfeld 1901-1903.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ike_Brown
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownik01.shtml
Ike Brown 1969-1974.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leitema01.shtml
Mark Leiter 1991-1993.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/strando01.shtml
Doug Strange 1989.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wish_Egan
Wish Egan 1902, scout for over 40 years.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mark_Fidrych
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fidryma01.shtml
Mark Fidrych 1976-1980.

from baseball reference
 
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