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Lucky No. 13: Haase's homer lifts Tigers, young fan.
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Boxscore.

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Webvideo Highlights of The Tigers Win Over the twins.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/1...er-baez-eric-haase-riley-greene-andrew-chafin
Tigers 3 - Twins 2: Mistakes cost Minnesota as Detroit evens the series.
Drew Hutchison and the bullpen were solid, while the Tigers took advantage of the Twins? mistakes.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...wins-on-sloppy-night-at-comerica/69533043007/
Tigers come out on top of Twins on sloppy night at Comerica.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...oit-tigers-score-minnesota-twins/69532877007/
Detroit Tigers make the most of Minnesota Twins' mistakes in 3-2 victory.
Freep
 
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October 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1908: Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps tosses a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox. The future Hall of Famer wins a 1 - 0 decision over Ed Walsh in one of the greatest pitching duels in major league history. Joss strikes out only three batters, while Walsh fans 15.

1919: The Chicago White Sox lose the second game of the World Series, 4 - 2, to the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Williams, one of eight Sox players involved in a Series-fixing scandal, walks three men in the fourth inning. After the game, he is confronted and attacked by Sox catcher Ray Schalk.

1921: The Tigers get 11 hits, and set a franchise record with 1,723 hits on the season, a record that still stands.

1927: at Navin Field: On the final day of the season, Harry Heilmann pounds out seven hits in a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland and edges Philadelphia?s Al Simmons for the batting crown .398 to .392.

1934: The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Chet Morgan from the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 rule 5 draft.

1935: The Tigers drop Game 1 of the World Series, 3-0. Pete Fox has 2 of the Tigers' 4 hits. Lon Warneke pitches the shutout for the Cubs.

1938: Hank Greenberg has 4 hits in a doubleheader in Cleveland, but none of them leave the yard. He finishes the season with 5 homerless games to remain at 58, two behind Babe Ruth's season record of 60. "I ran out of gas," he told Lawrence Ritter.
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1940: The Tigers exploded for 5 runs off starter Paul Derringer in the 2nd inning, sending him to an early shower and giving Detroit a 7-2 win in the first game of the 1940 World Series. A capacity crowd of 31,793 at Crosley Field saw the Reds' vaunted pitching and defense struggle.
Billy Sullivan Jr. starts at catcher for the Tigers. His father played for the White Sox in 1906: they become the first father-son duo in World Series history.
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1949: The New York Yankees win the American League pennant by defeating the Boston Red Sox, 5 - 3. Jerry Coleman's three-run triple provides the winning margin, while Ted Williams falls short of both the batting title and the Triple Crown.

1949: George Kell wins the batting title over Ted Williams by a margin of .3429 to .3427.
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1953: Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers sets a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in Game Three at Ebbets Field against the New York Yankees. Brooklyn wins, 3 - 2, behind Erskine's six-hit pitching.

1962: The Detroit Tigers released Sam Jones.

1963: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers sets a World Series record by striking out 15 batters in Game One against the New York Yankees, beating the record set by Carl Erskine 10 years ago on this day. The Dodgers win the game, 5 - 2, behind Koufax' six-hit pitching.

1966: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins his 27th game of the season and the final game of his career. Koufax's 6 - 3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies clinches the National League pennant for the Dodgers.

1968: In one of the most memorable World Series performances ever, Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers. Gibson sets the World Series record for most strikeouts in a single game, set on this day in 1963 by Sandy Koufax, and leads the Cardinals to a 4 - 0 victory over Tigers ace and Cy Young and MVP Awards winner Denny McLain.
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1972: Mickey Lolich strikes out 15, Al Kaline and Aurelio Rodriguez get 3 hits each. Tigers are one win away from the division title.

1974: Hank Aaron hits his final home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves, who defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 13 - 0. Phil Niekro pitches the shutout for his 20th win of the season.

1974: Future Hall of Famer Al Kaline announces his retirement. During a 22-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Kaline compiled in 2,834 games, 1,622 runs, 3,007 hits, 498 doubles, 75 triples, 399 home runs, 1,582 runs batted in, 972 extra base hits, 4,852 Total Bases, and a final line of .297/.376/.480/.856 along with 10 Gold Glove Awards. He also batted .379 in the 1968 World Series. Kaline was a Perennial All-Star voted to 18 mid-summer games, and most of all his final numbers ranked in the top 5/10/15/20 at the time of his retirement.
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1976: Mark Fidrych holds the Brewers to 5 hits and one run in a complete game to end an unforgettable rookie season with 19 wins.
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1984: Tigers 8 - Royals 1. Alan Trammell goes 3-for-3 with a triple and a home run. Jack Morris holds the Royals to 1 run over 7 innings.
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Tigers take a 1-0 lead in the ALCS

1985: Darrell Evans hits his 40th home run, becoming the first player to hit 40 in both leagues (hit 41 with the Braves in '73).

1987: Tigers edge the Blue Jays 4-3 to tie them for first place in the AL East with 2 games to play.
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2002: Wendell Magee of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2002: Brian Powell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2002: The Detroit Tigers released Mitch Meluskey.

2005: Warren Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2006: Colby Lewis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2006: Bobby Seay of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2011: The Tigers get a dominant outing by Max Scherzer to beat the Yankees, 5 - 3, and even their ALDS at one game each. Scherzer does not allow a hit until the 6th inning, while Miguel Cabrera puts the Tigers ahead with a two-run homer off Freddy Garcia in the 1st inning. Closer Jose Valverde struggles a bit in the 9th, giving up a home run to Nick Swisher and a triple to Jorge Posada, but ends the game with the tying run on base.

2012: the Tigers clinch the AL Central. Miguel Cabrera goes 4-for-5 with his 44th home run.

2014: The Orioles take Game 1 of their ALDS, 12 - 3, over the Tigers. The game is close until the O's score 8 times in the bottom of the 8th to run away with the score, but before that, Nelson Cruz opens the score with a two-run homer off Max Scherzer in the bottom of the 1st, and J.J. Hardy hits a solo shot off Scherzer in the 7th to make it 4 - 2. Chris Tillman is the winner.
Victor and J.D. Martinez go back-to-back in Game 1 of the ALDS, making it the 2nd time in postseason history players with the same last name went deep consecutively. Frank and Brooks Robinson had last done it in 1966.

2016: Tigers lose their season finale 1-0 to the braves, eliminating them from the wild card race.

2017: Matt den Dekker of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: John Hiller is inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

2020: Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, who spent his entire career with the Cardinals, whose 1.12 ERA in 1967 remains an iconic number, and who was only the second man to record 3,000 strikeouts, passes away from pancreatic cancer at 84.

2020: BBWAA removes ex-MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name from MVP awards.
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Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Wilson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilsoea01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Earl-Wilson/
Earl Wilson 1966-1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beardda01.shtml
Dave Beard 1989.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Matt_Walbeck
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walbema01.shtml
Matt Walbeck 1997, 2002-2003.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santovi01.shtml
Victor Santos 2001.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithch09.shtml
Chad Smith 2014.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Alex_Lange
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/langeal01.shtml
Alex Lange 2021-present.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...chubhe01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schubhe01.shtml
Heinie Schuble 1929, 1932-1935.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...lackbu01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perkicy01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/perkicy01.shtml
Cy Perkins 1934, coach 1935, manager 1937.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/blackbu01.shtml
Bud Black 1952, 1955-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perraro01.shtml
Ron Perraronski 1971-1972.

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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2022/10/01/deeper-discussions-44/
DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

The Detroit Tigers have had an extended winning streak (through Friday?s games). They have now moved out of the basement of the AL Central ? but just barely.

They have also just now been eliminated from the potential of losing 100 games but 99 losses is still a possibility.

While the team has been in the bottom 3 for most of the season, they now appear to have moved up and among the 4th ? 6th worst.

While this may be a good thing, it also puts them in a worse position for next year?s draft order. The new CBA changed the system where the 3 worst teams have the best ? and equal ? chance of selecting the #1 pick. The ones ranking #4 through #6 have slightly lower chances of scoring the top draft pick.

This process will work through a lottery system.

After the bottom 6 teams, the rest of the order (also done via lottery) will be determined by each team?s winning percentage in reverse order.

Currently, the Tigers sit as the 6th worst team, which would garner them the second-best odds. But they are close to ending up in the 7th position or higher which would further decrease their chances of receiving one of the top draft picks.

Potentially, they still have the ability to finish the year at the #3 position, which would put them into the top tier of draft selection.

After Saturday?s game, there are only 5 games left in the season.

What should the Tigers do? Play their best and go for the wins and therefore potentially lower their draft order?

Or should they finish the year by tanking in order to garner better odds in their draft selection order?

Today?s blog addresses this dilemma and allows readers to share their thoughts in more detail. And hopefully, to actively engage with others by responding to their posts and creating back-and-forth discussion threads. The more the merrier!

For this one blog only, you?ve got 6 sentences max to share your thoughts. Of course, you can respond to as many other readers as you want.

TT will supply the ammunition. One thought-provoking question. Several options provided. One hard choice to be selected. One vote.
Ready?

What should the Tigers prioritize as they finish out the year?

1. Win as many games as possible.

2. Tank in order to improve their draft order odds.

VOTE
 
I want to clarify my viewpoint on Torkeslon..am I worried about him..NO
Do I think he needs to get a ton more rhythm in his set up and swing.. 100% YES
Does he need a small tweak in his attack angle..absolutely.
Does he need to be more aggressive earlier in the count..100% yes.

Wentz has lost 3 MPH on his FB..and it hurts him..these cutter also need to be down..and either backdoor the plate away or run of the plate inside.
If I had one hope for Joey Wentz this offseason..I would truly stress conditioning..needs to not lose velocity and be prepared to throw 140 consistent innings..has as much upside and repetoire variety as anyone on the staff...player dev have optimized the hell out of him in 2022.
If Wentz can command the baseball like he has this month..he is the Tigers second best pitcher going into next year.
a tip of the cap to the Detroit Tigers player development staff on Joey Wentz..you took a marginal command intriguing stuff guy..which in the end only ends up breaking your baseball heart..and turned him into something very intriguing..one more coat of polish..and damn..

MGorosh
 
Five Tigers have played 1,000 games at Tiger Stadium: Al Kaline, Lou Whitaker, Charlie Gehringer, Alan Trammell and Norm Cash.
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/miguel-cabrera-1-000th-game-at-comerica-park
Miggy 1,000: Another game, another milestone.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-v...769#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=662769
Boxscore.

The Tigers now 65-93, took two of three from the Twins (77-82) to finish with a 36-46 record at Comerica Park in 2022. They have won 10 of their last 12 games and have four more to close out the season in Seattle next week.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/1...inal-score-joey-wentz-simeon-woods-richardson
Tigers 5 - Twins 2: Final home game ends in a nice little victory.
It was a perfect Sunday afternoon for baseball, and the Tigers sent their fans home happy after yet another series win.
BYBTB

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-v...#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=662769
Webvideo Highlights of The Tigers Win Over the twins.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...on-high-note-top-minnesota-twins/69533476007/
Tigers cap home schedule on high note, top Twins.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...core-minnesota-twins-akil-baddoo/69533639007/
Tigers have errors go their way, back them with power in 5-2 win over Twins in home finale.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/1...-another-eric-haase-homer-win-over-twins.html
Tigers finish home slate with another Eric Haase homer, win over Twins.
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Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera will turn 40 years old in April, shortly after beginning the final guaranteed season of the mega extension he signed back in 2014. Though he?s not quite the hitter he was back then, he?s still going to be a part of Detroit?s plans next season. ?We expect Miggy to be here,? manager A.J. Hinch tells Chris McCosky of The Detroit News. ?We expect him to do his part in the offseason to prepare himself to be healthy and be productive and be the icon that he is.?

As noted by McCosky, Cabrera?s 2022 got off to a nice start, as he kept his batting average above .300 into July. However, he has slumped badly since then while dealing with various nagging injuries, currently sitting on a batting line of .251/.299/.315 for the year. That production amounts to a wRC+ of 76, or 24% below league average, which is well below Cabrera?s previous low of 92 from 2017.

Going into the season, it seemed as though Cabrera was on the verge of being nudged out of the club?s plans, as they spent aggressively in the offseason to try to compete in 2022. With the promotion of first base prospect Spencer Torkelson, it was fair to wonder if an awkward situation was approaching with the club trying to compete and Miggy standing in the way. Instead, Torkelson and the Tigers both fell way shy of expectations, with the youngster hitting just .197/.281/.301 so far this year and club sporting a record of 64-93.

The fact that Cabrera is still owed $32MM next year doesn?t mean he is immune from being cut from the team if he continues to underperform. Just last year, the Angels designated Albert Pujols for assignment in May while he was playing out the final year of his contract at a $30MM salary. Both Hinch and new president of baseball operations Scott Harris voiced their support for Cabrera being a part of the 2023 club, though how much of a role he gets to play is likely to be determined.

MLBTR
 
Riley Greene and Bobby Witt Jr. are Only Getting Better.

Riley Greene was 18 years old and only three months removed from being drafted fifth-overall when he was first featured here at FanGraphs in September 2019. Harking back to our earlier conversation, I asked the Detroit Tigers rookie outfielder what he knows now that he didn?t know then.

?When I first started, I didn?t really think about much,?replied Greene, who celebrated his 22nd birthday four days ago. ?I kind of just went up there, and was free-swinging almost. I was a young kid who didn?t really know anything. Since then, I?ve come up with a routine and am more educated on what I need to do at the plate. I have a plan. Whether it works or not is up the baseball gods.?

The extent to which the baseball gods have been on his side is relative. Greene isn?t exactly setting the world on fire ? he has a 100 wRC+ and five home runs in 400 plate appearances ? but again, he?s been old enough to take a legal drink for barely over a year. He also came into the season with just 198 professional games under his belt, only 55 at the Triple-A level. His potential far exceeds his present.

In some respects, Greene is much the same player Detroit drafted in the first round out of Oviedo, Florida?s Paul J. Hagerty High School.

?My swing is kind of what it?s always been,? Greene told me this summer. ?Whatever works works, so I haven?t really tried to change much. At the same time, I?m bigger and stronger, so while it might be a little different, what I?m trying to do with my swing is essentially the same. I feel like I?ve always had a pretty good feel for the strike zone, and I want to stay in the gaps. As much as anything, I try to keep things simple.?

A player he no longer shares a clubhouse with helped educate him to the ins and outs of major-league baseball. Prior to being dealt from Detroit to Atlanta in August, Robbie Grossman served as a mentor to the young outfielder, going out of his way to share advice. Greene credits Grossman?s taking him under his wing as a valuable part of his rookie-year experience.

Fangraphs
 
Miguel Cabrera career home runs:
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???? At home: 253


Miggy's 2 singles Sunday vs. the twins were his 98th and 99th hits this season.
If he gets 100 and another 100 in 2023, he will finish with 3,187 which is 16th all time.
He would pass
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October 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1904: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 3 - 1 Giants victory. His 16 strikeouts set a new record as he finishes the game in one hour and 15 minutes.

1909: Ty Cobb becomes the first player to win the major league Triple Crown, Batting .377 with 9 Home runs and 107 RBIs. Cobb also leads the league in Runs 116, Hits 216, OBP .431 Slugging .517 OPS .947 OPS+ 193 Stolen Bases 76 Total Bases 296.
The Tigers set an American League record with 98 wins.
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1915: Ty Cobb steals third and scores on a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to provide the winning margin in Detroit?s 6-5 win on the final day of the season. The victory is the 100th for the second-place Tigers, the first time the team has won that many in a season. Sam Crawford, Bobby Veach, and Cobb finish 1-2-3 in the A.L. in RBIs.

1920: In a 16 - 7 win over the White Sox, George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns collects his 257th hit of the season to set a major league record that will last until the 21st century. He also pitches a scoreless 9th inning in relief for St. Louis.

1928: The Detroit Tigers drafted Frank Sigafoos from Portland (PCL) in the 1928 rule 5 draft.

1934: Dizzy Dean wins the opening game of the World Series 8 - 3. Detroit Tigers manager Mickey Cochrane held back his ace pitcher, Schoolboy Rowe, and veteran General Crowder is ineffective as Joe Medwick goes 4 for 4, including a home run. The Tigers make five errors.

1935: Tigers score 4 runs in the first inning, including a Hank Greenberg 2-run home run, to win 8-3 and even the World Series with the Cubs at one game apiece.
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1937: Hank Greenberg's RBI single gives the Tigers a 1-0 win in their season finale. Greenberg's 184th RBI sets a franchise record that still stands. #HammerinHank
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Greenberg's single-season mark is third all-time behind Lou Gehrig's 185 and Hack Wilson's 191.

1937: The Detroit Tigers released Goose Goslin.
1937: The Detroit Tigers released Jack Russell.

1939: The Detroit Tigers drafted Tom Seats from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1939 rule 5 draft.

1940: In the World Series, Jimmy Ripple's two-run home run in the third inning of Game Two provides the winning margin as the Cincinnati Reds end the National League's 10-game Series losing streak with a 5 - 3 win over the Tigers.

1945: The Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs face each other in the World Series for the fourth time. Hank Borowy pitches a six-hitter and Hal Newhouser allows eight runs in three innings as the Cubs win 9 - 0.

1948: Tigers beat the indians 7 - 1. Hal Newhouser's 5-hitter against Cleveland forces the Indians into a one-game playoff with Boston. Vic Wertz hits three doubles.

1951: Ernie Harwell calls Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round the World." His call is on NBC TV but is not recorded and is forgotten.
A dejected Jackie Robinson looks on as Giants teammates surround Bobby Thomson following the "Shot Heard Round the World".
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1951: Happy Birthday Dave Winfield! The Baseball Hall of Fame legend was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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1966: Tigers hire Mayo Smith as manager. Mayo will lead the Tigers to the 1968 World Championship.

1968: In Game Two of the World Series, Mickey Lolich of the Detroit Tigers ties the Series 1-1. Lolich pitches a six-hitter and hits his first major league home run to defeat the Cardinals 8 - 1. Homeruns also came from big bats of Willie Horton (1), Norm Cash (1). Tigers RF Al Kaline has 2 hits and scores 2 runs in the rout.
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1972: The Tigers clinch the AL East with a 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox. Woodie Fryman defeats Luis Tiant and Al Kaline delivers the game-winning hit. Kaline who is called "The Silent Assassin" by his teammates, carries the team on his back batting .376 for the month (29 for 77), 5 doubles, 4 homeruns, and 11 rbi, but more important the the last 10 games of the season, Kaline ends the year with a 10 game hitting streak (21 for 41) as the Tigers win 8 of 10 to clinch the AL East.
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1974: Frank Robinson becomes the first black manager in the major leagues, as the Cleveland Indians name him team manager to replace Ken Aspromonte for the 1975 season.
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1976: Hank Aaron singles in his last major-league at bat and drives in his 2,297th run as the sixth-place Brewers lose to the Tigers, 5 - 2.
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1976: Bill Freehan makes his final career appearance for the Tigers in Milwaukee, going 1-for-3 in the Tigers 5 - 2 win over the brewers.

1981: Brewers beat the Tigers 2 - 1 to eliminate them and clinch the second-half division title in a strike-shortened season.

1984: Tigers beat the Royals 5-3 in 11 innings to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the ALCS.
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1987: Alan Trammell singles in Jim Walewander with the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning to move the Tigers one game ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East. The next day Detroit will clinch the division crown.
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1990: Cecil Fielder becomes the 11th player to hit 50 homers in a season. The big Tiger slugger belts two homers against New York in Yankee Stadium, as Detroit wins 10-3 in the final game of the season.
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1990: George Brett of the Kansas City Royals becomes the first player in major league history to win a batting title in three different decades. Brett goes 1 for 1 in Kansas City's 5 - 2 loss to the Cleveland Indians to win the American League batting title with a .329 average. Brett also won AL batting titles in 1976 and 1980.
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1995: Rudy Pemberton of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1996: The Detroit Tigers selected Glenn Dishman off waivers from the Philadelphia Phillies.

2002: The Detroit Tigers released Jacob Cruz.

2005: The Tigers introduce Jim Leyland as their new manager. Leyland, who came up through the Detroit organization as a player and minor league manager, replaces the fired Alan Trammell. The Tigers will win the pennant in Leyland?s first season.

2005: Jason Smith of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2006: Don Kelly of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2007: Magglio Ord??ez and Pl?cido Polanco had 216 and 200 hits respectively to finish first and third in the 2007 A.L. batting race.

2011: Detroit takes a 2-1 lead in their ALDS with a 5 - 4 win over the Yankees. Justin Verlander gives up two runs in the 1st inning, but then settles down. The Tigers score twice in the 3rd off CC Sabathia, then Jhonny Peralta puts them ahead with an RBI double in the 5th. The Yankees tie the game at 4 in the 7th on Brett Gardner's two-run double, but Delmon Young hits a solo homer off Rafael Soriano in the bottom of the inning to make Verlander a winner.

2012: Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for 2 in a 1 - 0 Tigers win to end the season but still winds up as Major League Baseball's first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. Cabrera led the American League with a .330 average, 44 homers and 139 RBI. 103 years to the day that Ty Cobb clinched his Triple Crown.
He survives a late charge by Curtis Granderson.
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2014: The Orioles once again victimize the Tigers' bullpen in the 8th inning to win Game 2 of the ALDS, 7 - 6. Trailing 6 - 3, they score four runs against Joba Chamberlain and Joakim Soria after scoring 7 off three relievers in the same inning the previous night and now lead the series, two games to none.

2015: Max Scherzer of the Nationals pitches his second no-hitter of the season, 2 - 0 over the Mets, also striking out 17 batters. Only an error by SS Yunel Escobar keeps him from a perfect game. He is only the fifth pitcher, and the first since Nolan Ryan in 1973, to throw two no-hitters in a season, and his game score of 104 is the highest since Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout performance in 1998. The 17 Ks set a new Nationals team record, and tie Ryan's record for most in a no-hitter.

2016: End of an era. Vin Scully calls his final Dodgers game after 67 MLB seasons.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1444323843586285572

2016: Logan Kensing of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2016: Alex Presley of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: Edward Mujica of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: The Tigers reject two Detroit locations for a new stadium, triggering speculation about a move to the suburbs. In 1991
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2018: Dixon Machado of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2018: Jacob Turner of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/housefr02.shtml
Fred House 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/woodjo03.shtml
Joe Wood 1943.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scrivch01.shtml
Chuck Scrivener 1975-1977.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foucast01.shtml
Steve Foucault 1977-1978.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/felixju01.shtml
Junior Felix 1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hyersti01.shtml
Tim Hyers 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eric_Munson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/munsoer01.shtml
Eric Munson 2000-2004.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngma02.shtml
Matt Young 2012.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/drakede01.shtml
Delos Drake 1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hargrpi01.shtml
Pinky Hargrave 1928-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Cerutti
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cerutjo01.shtml
John Cerutti 1991.

Baseball Reference
 
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Gregory Soto became the first left-hander to have 30 saves since Willie Hern?ndez in 1985 and the 9th Tigers' pitcher to hit 30 saves in a season. Detroit wins 5-2.
 
The Tigers announced the following roster moves:

? Following yesterday?s game, optioned LHP Joey Wentz to the Lakeland Complex.

? Recalled RHP Bryan Garcia from Triple A Toledo.
 
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