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October 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: Hall of Famer Rube Marquard was born this day in Cleveland, OH.
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1886: The Detroit Wolverines are swept in a season-ending doubleheader, but finish the season at 87-36: still the best winning percentage (.707) in Detroit pro baseball history. But they finish second to the Chicago White Stockings (90-34) in the National League.

1898: Hall of Famer Joe Sewell born on this day in Titus, AL.
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1905: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants outpitches 26-game winner Eddie Plank and the Philadelphia Athletics, 3 - 0, in the first game of an all-shutout World Series.

1907: Cubs beat Tigers 3-1, take 1-0 WS lead. Bill Coughlin catches Cubs' Jimmy Slagle on 1st hidden ball trick in WS history.
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1909: Ty Cobb steals home to spark a 3-run rally; Tigers tie World Series at 1 game each in 7 - 2 win over pirates.
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1910: Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, collects eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with the St. Louis Browns. The hits were somewhat tainted, however, as St. Louis third baseman Red Corriden played back while Lajoie bunted safely six times. Cobb still wins the batting title with a .383 average.
1910: Scandal surrounds the batting title when the Browns intentionally concede 8 hits to Nap Lajoie. Ty Cobb will eventually be crowned co-champ.
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1916: Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hurls a 14-inning complete game victory vs. the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series.
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1919: Chicago White Sox starter Lefty Williams gets just one man out in the 1st inning and the Cincinnati Reds go on to a 10 - 5 victory. Cincinnati wins the best-of-nine World Series in eight games. A year after the Series ends, the White Sox will become the "Black Sox", and eight players will be barred from baseball for taking part in throwing the Series.

1921: the Detroit Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (forerunner to the NFL) make their Navin Field debut with a 10-7 win over the Dayton Triangles.
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1926: The St. Louis Cardinals' Grover Alexander scatters eight hits in Game 6 of the World Series while St. Louis tees off New York at Yankee Stadium for a 10 - 2 romp that sends the Series to a seventh game.

1928: Babe Ruth hits three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7 - 3.

1934: The St. Louis Cardinals' Dizzy Dean blanks the Detroit Tigers, 11 - 0, in Game Seven of the World Series.
Tigers fans pelt Joe Medwick with garbage and bottles after his hard slide on Marv Owen at third base in the 6th inning. Commissioner Landis ordered Medwick to leave the game for his safety.
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1938: In the World Series, the New York Yankees become the first team to win three successive World Championships, defeating the Cubs, 8 - 3. Red Ruffing posts his second victory of the Series as the Yankees sweep the Cubs for the second time in six years.

1944: The Cardinals top the Browns, 3 - 1, and win the World Series in six games.

1949: The Yankees pound the Brooklyn Dodgers, 10 - 6, to win the World Series in five games. Pinch hitter and third baseman Bobby Brown is the hitting hero, batting .500 and driving in five runs.

1956: The Brooklyn Dodgers bounce back after Don Larsen's perfect game to tie the World Series in Game 6. Clem Labine comes out of the bullpen to pitch a 1 - 0 victory over the Yankees in 10 innings.

1958: The New York Yankees' Bob Turley pitches 6 2/3 shutout innings in relief to beat the Milwaukee Braves, 6 - 2, for the World Series title. New York becomes the first team since 1925 to win the World Series after being down 3 games to 1.

1964: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Bruton.
1964: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Roarke.

1966: In the World Series, Dave McNally of the Baltimore Orioles wraps up a brilliant pitching display, and a World Championship, with a four-hit 1 - 0 victory. Frank Robinson's home run off Don Drysdale gives Baltimore a surprising sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The 33 consecutive scoreless innings pitched by Baltimore sets a World Series record.
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1968: Tigers beat Cardinals 13-1 on HRs from Jim Northrup and Al Kaline scoring 10 runs in the 3rd inning and even Series at 3-3.
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1970: The Washington Senators traded Ed Brinkman, Joe Coleman, Jim Hannan and Aurelio Rodriguez to the Detroit Tigers for Elliott Maddox, Denny McLain, Norm McRae and Don Wert.
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1984: Game 1 of the World Series tonight at Jack Murphy Stadium. Jack Morris starts for the Tigers, Mark Thurmond for the Padres #Relive84
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1984: The Detroit Tigers win the World Series opener as Jack Morris pitches a complete game 3 - 2 victory over San Diego. Larry Herndon's two-run home run in the 5th inning provides the winning margin.
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1985: The Detroit Tigers released Rusty Kuntz.
1985: The Detroit Tigers released Mickey Mahler.

1998: Joe Siddall of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2002: Tigers hire Alan Trammell as manager.
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2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Eugenio Suarez as an amateur free agent.

2012: The Athletics avoid elimination with a 2 - 0 win over the Tigers in Game 3 of the ALDS. Brett Anderson pitches 6 shutout innings in returning to the mound after a twenty-day injury layoff, setting the tone for Oakland. Coco Crisp scores a run in the 1st and DH Seth Smith homers off Anibal Sanchez in the 5th for the only runs of the game.

2017: In the ALDS, Houston eliminates Boston with a 5 - 4 win in Game 4. Boston takes a 3 - 2 lead in the 5th on a two-run homer by Andrew Benintendi off Justin Verlander, making the first relief appearance of his career. In the 8th, Alex Bregman ties it with a solo homer off Chris Sale, also making an unexpected relief outing, before Carlos Beltran drives in the go-ahead run with a single off closer Craig Kimbrel.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hollade01.shtml
Derek Holland 2021.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schalbi01.shtml
Biff Schaller 1911.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/friedcy01.shtml
Cy Fried 1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Wingo
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Al Wingo 1924-1928.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jo-Jo_White
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Jo Jo White 1932-1938, coach 1960.

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Mark Christman 1938-1939.

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
Totally Tigers

There is no need to review the Detroit Tigers? dismal year, spending most of it in last place. However, since the hiring of Scott Harris as the team?s new President of Baseball Operations, the team went on a winning streak.

They won 11 of their final 16 games. Out of 5 series, they won 4. Two of them were sweeps.

And during that time period, the team ranked #4 in contact rate with 78.4%. For the majority of the year, they ranked at or near the bottom.

What do you believe was the catalyst for this dramatic turnabout?

Were they playing dramatically better because they were concerned about their jobs?

Were they acting as spoilers for the other teams vying for the playoffs?

Were they finally gelling as a team?

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 do you believe was the catalyst for the Tigers' significant improvement in play?

1. Job security after the hiring of Scott Harris.

2. They were playing the role of spoilers for teams in the playoff hunt.

3. They were finally coming together as a team.

VOTE
 
Filed under the category of "What took you so long?", the Detroit Tigers fired their hitting coach on Friday and moved his assistant to another position still to be determined. How bad was the team in hitting? It was truly offensive....

The team swung at more pitches outside the zone (36.7%) than any other team in MLB. Javy Baez swings outside the strike zone almost 48% of the time to rank #2 in MLB for worst plate discipline.

The Tigers were shut out 22 times which equals the record set in 1973. They had MLB's 2nd lowest walk rate with 6.5%.

Totally Tigers
 
October 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The Detroit Wolverines, champions of the National League, open a 15-game "world's championship series" with the American Association champion St. Louis Browns.
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1904: The Boston Americans clinch the American League pennant on the last day of the season when Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders throws a wild pitch in the 9th inning to allow the winning run to score from third base. Boston wins, 3 - 2, in the doubleheader opener.

1907: Cubs beat the Tigers 5-1 to take a 2-0 World Series lead.

1908: In the opener of their second straight World Series against the Cubs, the Tigers lose, 10-6 at Bennett Park. Leading 6-5 entering the ninth, for the second straight year, Detroit fails to wrap up a Game One victory. The Cubs bang out six straight singles and steal two bases to score five runs and stun the Detroit crowd.
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1920: The Cleveland Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins, 8 - 1, in Game 5 of the World Series. For Cleveland, Elmer Smith hits the first Series grand slam and Jim Bagby, the winner, hits the first Series home run by a pitcher.
Cleveland Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns the first and only unassisted triple play in World Series history! Here's Bill posing with the three Brooklyn Dodgers players he got out.
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1923: It's an all-New York World Series for the third straight year. In Game 1, a 4 - 4 tie is broken in the top of the 9th inning by the Giants as they defeat the Yankees, 5 - 4. Pitcher Rosy Ryan takes the win and Joe Bush is the loser. Casey Stengel's inside-the-park home run is the first Series home run hit at Yankee Stadium. It is the first World Series to be broadcast on a nationwide radio network.

1924: The Washington Senators win their only World Series championship by defeating the New York Giants, 4 - 3, in 12 innings. The winning run scores when a ball hit by Earl McNeely hits a pebble and bounces over third baseman Fred Lindstrom's head.

1926: One day after picking up his second complete-game victory of the Series, 39-year-old Grover Alexander saves Game 7 and the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, then proceeding to no-hit New York the rest of the way. The Series concludes with Babe Ruth being thrown out trying to steal.

1931: In the World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics rally for two runs and have two runners on base with two outs in the 9th inning when Cardinals reliever Bill Hallahan gets the final out for the 4 - 2 win in Game 7. The Athletics are denied their third consecutive World Championship.

1937: In the World Series, New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez knocks in the winning run in the 4 - 2 clincher in Game 5 against the New York Giants. It is his record fifth World Series win without a loss. Another record comes when the Yankees complete the Series without an error.

1945: The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the 1st inning of Game Seven of the World Series, and rout the Cubs, 9 - 3, behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Championship. It's the Tigers' second World Series Championship in Franchise History.
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1948: Cleveland Indians "rookie" Satchel Paige becomes the first African American player to pitch in a World Series game!
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1956: Baseball legend Jackie Robinson packs away his iconic #42 jersey in the Ebbets Field locker room after playing in his last major league game,
a Brooklyn Dodgers loss to the New York Yankees in Game 7 of the World Series.
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Pitcher Johnny Kucks sets down the Brooklyn Dodgers, 9 - 0, as the New York Yankees win the World Series in seven games. Yogi Berra hits a pair of two-run home runs and Bill Skowron hits a grand slam. It's the seventh and final time Brooklyn and the Yankees meet in the Series. In the future, it will take a jet, not a subway, to get these two teams together, as the Dodgers will move to Los Angeles in 1958.

1957: Lew Burdette's third victory of the World Series, a 5 - 0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Championship.

1968: Mickey Lolich wins the World Series for the Detroit Tigers by defeating Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 1, in Game Seven.
It is Lolich's third complete game win and comes after the Tigers had lost three of the first four games.
Lolich is voted the MVP of the Series.
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1968: Right after the 1968 World Series, Bob Gibson wrote a newspaper column. Class move all the way.
"Mickey Lolich was a better pitcher." #Tigers.
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1970: Baltimore Orioles legend Brooks Robinson makes an amazing play at third base & hits a HR in Game 1 of the World Series vs. the Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium.
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1972: Tigers defeat the Oakland A?s in Game Three of the American League Championship Series on a shutout by Joe Coleman, who sets a MLB record with 14 strikeouts in a playoff game. The win at Tiger Stadium keeps the Tigers alive in the best-of-five series.
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1973: Tom Seaver hurls the Mets into the World Series for the second time in five years with a 7 - 2 victory over Cincinnati in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series.

1978: Davey Lopes collects two home runs and five RBI to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11 - 5 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series.

1980: George Brett hits an upper-deck three-run home run off relief ace Goose Gossage to give the Kansas City Royals a 4 - 2 victory and a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

1983: John E. Fetzer sells the Detroit Tigers to pizza magnate Tom Monaghan. Monaghan pays more than $50 million for a team that Fetzer invested less than $6 million in when he was part of a group that purchased the Tigers in 1956.
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1984: Padres 5 - Tigers 3. Kurt Bevacqua hits a 3-run homer in the 5th inning to put the Padres up 5-3. That score holds and the Padres take Game 2 to even the World Series. #Relive84

1987: The Tigers beat the Twins 7-6 in Game 3 of the ALCS on a 2-run home run in the 8th inning by Pat Sheridan.
It will be the Tigers' last postseason win until 2006.
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1990: The Oakland Athletics sweep the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and their third straight trip to the World Series with a 3 - 1 victory. MVP Dave Stewart wins for the eighth straight time in head-to-head match-ups with Roger Clemens, who is ejected in the 2nd inning for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney.

1999: The Boston Red Sox set an all-time postseason record by scoring 23 runs in defeating the Cleveland Indians, 23 - 7. The win ties their American League Division Series at two games apiece. Boston gets 24 hits in the contest, including five by Mike Stanley and four each by John Valentin and Jason Varitek. Valentin hits a pair of home runs with seven RBI, while Jose Offerman and Trot Nixon have two RBI each.

2001: Atlanta take a 2 games to 0 lead in their National League Division Series with the Astros behind Tom Glavine's 1 - 0 victory. Shortstop Julio Lugo's throwing error aids the winning run, which crosses the plate on a double play.

2004: The Cardinals advance to the NLCS for third time in five years, beating the Dodgers, 6 - 2, to win their first-round playoff 3 games to 1.

2005: Vic Darensbourg of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Matt Ginter of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Kevin Hooper of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Jason Karnuth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: The Cleveland Indians selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2006: Brandon Inge hits a home run and RBI double, Ivan Rodriguez also goes deep: Tigers beat the A's 5-1 in Game 1 of the ALCS.
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2009: The Los Angeles Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals with a 5 - 1 win at Busch Stadium in the NLDS. Andre Ethier has a double, triple and three-run homer, while Manny Ramirez has two doubles among his three hits to lead the Dodger offense. Vicente Padilla gets the win, over Joel Pineiro.

2011: The Rangers take a 2 - 0 lead in the ALCS on a walk-off grand slam by soon to be busted for PED's Nelson Cruz off the Tigers' Ryan Perry in the 11th inning, for a 7 - 3 win. Cruz had tied the game earlier with a solo home run in the 7th. All of Detroit's runs come on a three-run shot by Ryan Raburn in the 3rd.

2013: For the second straight year, the Tigers defeat the Athletics in the 5th game of the Division Series. The team's two biggest stars are the heroes today, as Justin Verlander gives up no runs on 2 hits, striking out 10 over 8 innings, while Miguel Cabrera hits a two-run homer off rookie Sonny Gray in the 4th. Joaquin Benoit picks up the save in the 3 - 0 win. There was really nobody better in big game situations than JV.
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2015: The Mets are cruising along with a 2 - 1 lead behind rookie Noah Syndergaard in the 7th inning of Game 2 of the NLDS when Chase Utley barrels into SS Ruben Tejada to break up a potential inning-ending double play. He not only succeeds, but also breaks Tejada's leg in the process while the Mets vainly argue for an interference call.
Major League Baseball will hand Utley a two-game suspension for his unnecessarily violent slide, but in the meantime, Los Angeles takes advantage of the controversial play to score four runs in the inning and ends up a 5 - 2 winner, evening the series.

2015: The Cubs even the other Division Series with a 6 - 3 win at St. Louis. The Cubs score five times against Jaime Garcia in the 2nd, including back-to-back successful squeeze bunts. The Cardinals hit three homers, but they are all solo shots.

2016: The Nationals win Game 3 of the NLDS, 8 - 3 over the Dodgers. Anthony Rendon homers off Kenta Maeda as part of a four-run 3rd inning, but Los Angeles comes back to within one run thanks in part to a two-run pinch homer by Carlos Ruiz off Gio Gonzalez in the 5th. The Nats put the game away with 4 runs in the top of the 9th, including a homer by Jayson Werth off closer Kenley Jansen.

2016: The Indians complete a sweep of the Red Sox in the ALDS with a 4 - 3 win in Fenway Park. A two-run single by Tyler Naquin and a two-run homer by Coco Crisp give them an early lead, but Boston claws back in David Ortiz's final game to close the lead to a single run; they have two men on board in the bottom of the 9th when closer Cody Allen registers the final out to earn his second save of the series.

Tigers players birthdays:

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John Stone 1928-1933.

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Harry Eisenstat 1938-1939.

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Hank Riebe 1942, 1947-1949.

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Jim Weaver 1985.

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Brian Powell 1998, 2002.

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Ramon Martinez 2005.

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Placido Polanco 2005-2009.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Klippstein
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Johnny Klippstein 1967.

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Wally Moses coach 1967-1970.

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Detroit Tigers: A.J. Hinch to manage during the Korea Series next month.
MCBTB

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Tigers' Hinch to manage MLB squad in South Korea series next month.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...b-team-manager-2022-korea-series/69552976007/
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch to lead MLB team in 2022 Korea Series this offseason.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/10/tigers-manager-will-lead-mlb-squad-in-korea-next-month.html
Tigers manager will lead MLB squad in Korea next month.
Mlive
 
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October 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The Detroit Wolverines score 5 unearned runs and win 5-3 in Game 2 of a championship series with St. Louis.

1907: Detroit hosts their first World Series game, at Bennett Park. Unfortunately, the Tigers lose to the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, to fall behind in the Series, 3 games to none.

1909: Honus Wagner has 3 hits and steals 3 bases, Pirates win Game 3 in Detroit to take a 2-1 series lead.

1911: Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Wildfire Schulte of the Chicago Cubs win the newly established Chalmers Awards, which go to the league's most valuable players. Cobb batted .420 with an American League-leading 127 RBI. Cobb led the league in nearly every offensive category; runs 147, hits 248, doubles 47, triples 24, stolen bases 83, slugging .621, ops 1.088, ops+ 196, and total bases 367. Cobb just finished second in homeruns to homerun baker.
Using a point system - 8 for a first-place vote, seven for second, and so on - the eight voting writers give Cobb the maximum 64 points. Winners receive Chalmers automobiles.

1913: The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series as Eddie Plank outduels New York Giants pitching great Christy Mathewson in Game 5. Plank allows only two hits in the Athletics' 3 - 1 victory, giving Philadelphia its third World Championship in the last four seasons.
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1915: At Fenway Park, an unprecedented 42,300 are on hand for Game 3 of the World Series and see another 1 - 1 duel, which is decided in the 9th when Duffy Lewis singles home Harry Hooper for a 2 - 1 hometown win. Dutch Leonard walks none, yields three hits, and sets down the last 20 Phillies to face him.

1924: The First Negro League World Series ~ Kansas City Monarchs vs. Hilldale (Muehlebach Park, KC.
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1934: Cameras get a bird's-eye view of the 1934 World Series between the Tigers and Cardinals at Sportsman's Park.
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1943: The Philadelphia Athletics traded Don Heffner and Bob Swift to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.

1943: New York Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler shuts out the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 - 0, as the Yankees win the World Series in five games. Chandler gives up 10 hits and strands 11 runners. Bill Dickey's two-run homer in the 6th inning is the difference.

1948: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 - 3, to win the World Series in six games. Joe Gordon hits a home run in support of future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon, who earns a 4 - 3 victory and his second of the Series. After pitching a five-hit shutout in Game 3, rookie Gene Bearden retires the last five batters and gets the save.
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1960: John E. Fetzer purchases shares from his partners that gives him majority control of the Detroit Tigers. Fetzer will be an owner of the team until 1983.
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1963: The Los Angeles Angels purchased Leo Marentette from the Detroit Tigers.

1964: The St. Louis Cardinals' Ken Boyer hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series, capping off a 4 - 3 comeback win over the New York Yankees. The Cardinals had trailed, 3 - 0, before Boyer's blast against Al Downing.

1967: Boston Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli hits a pair of home runs, highlighting an 8 - 4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth game of the World Series. The Red Sox's win forces a seventh and deciding game, which the Cardinals will win.

1968: Hudsons "Pennant Meter" sign #50YearsAgo
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1971: Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles sets a World Series record by reaching base five consecutive times against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Robinson's barrage helps Baltimore to an 11 - 3 win in Game 2 of the World Series.

1972: The Tigers rally for a thrilling victory over the Oakland A?s in Game Four of the American League Championship Series. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium, Detroit tallies three runs, the last on a single by Jim Northrup, to tie the best-of-five series.
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1973: The Tigers hire Ralph Houk to be their manager.
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1987: Tigers lose 5-3 to the Twins at Tiger Stadium to fall behind 3-1 in the ALCS. Darrell is Evans picked off at third base to snuff out a rally in the 6th inning.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpOu1_JWwAUHWEz.jpg

2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Pedro Feliciano off waivers from the New York Mets.

2004: The Houston Astros post a 12 - 3 triumph over the Atlanta Braves in the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series. Winning a postseason series for the first time in the 43-year history of the franchise, the Astros earn a spot in the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

2006: Tigers take a 2-0 ALCS lead with an 8-5 win in Oakland. Alexis Gomez and Curtis Granderson hit home runs, Placido Polanco has 3 hits.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FA9DvzFU...ng&name=medium

2011: The Tigers win Game 3 of the ALCS, 5 - 2 over Texas, but still trail the Rangers, 2 games to 1. Doug Fister allows a 1st-inning run, but then settles down, not giving up another score until the 8th. But by that time, Detroit has put five runs across the plate, on solo homers by Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta off Colby Lewis, another by Miguel Cabrera off Koji Uehara, and a two-run single by Austin Jackson.

2012: Detroit Tigers Ace Right Hander Justin Verlander manhandles the A?s in Game Five of the AL Division Series, pitching a four-hit shutout to advance the Tigers to the next round of the playoffs. The win comes one day after the Tigers blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning. Tigers win 6-0 in Oakland to advance to the ALCS. Austin Jackson drives in two on a single and a double.
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2020: Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, iconic member of the "Big Red Machine" in the 1970s as the back-to-back National League MVP winner in 1975 and 1976, passes away at the age of 77. He is the fifth Cooperstown enshrinee to die since August 31st.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Ginsberg
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml
Joe Ginsburg 1948, 1950-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Fischer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischbi01.shtml
Bill Fischer 1958, 1960-1961.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanbi01.shtml
Bill Roman 1964-1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsongr01.shtml
Gregg Olson 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dmitri_Young
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngdm01.shtml
Dmitri Young 2002-2006.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Larish
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larisje01.shtml
Jeff Larish 2008-2010.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greingr01.shtml
Grayson Greiner 2018-2021.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ira_Thomas
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomair01.shtml
Ira Thomas 1908.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jay_Porter
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porteja01.shtml
Jay W. Porter 1955-1957.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Norm_Cash
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cashno01.shtml
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Norm-Cash/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpPFWLJW0AAZEik.jpg
Norm Cash 1960-1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dean_Chance
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chancde01.shtml
Dean Chance 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Champ_Summers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summech01.shtml
Champ Summers 1979-1981.

Baseball Reference
 
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New PoBO of the Detroit Tigers has taken over and within a day of officially making decisions, he started the firings. Two the first day, 1 the second.
When was the last time the Tigers actually fired anyone?

Before the firing of Al Avila recently, it's been 5 years since anyone was terminated. Chris Bosio back in 2018. Not for his performance but for something he said. In 8 years as GM, Avila fired only 1 person.

A. J. Hinch said that he and Harris will be reviewing the training, conditioning and medical staffs this week. They may finally be the ones to come to the same conclusions that most fans knew quite a while ago.

Totally Tigers
 
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