October 20 in Tigers and mlb history:
1900: The St. Louis Cardinals withhold the final month's pay of all but five players, including John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson, citing late hours, dissipation, and gambling as reasons for the poor showing of the team, which finished tied for fifth place in the National League.
1901: Seven St. Louis Cardinals, including half the pitching staff and the three top hitters - Jesse Burkett, Emmet Heidrick and Bobby Wallace - jump to the new St. Louis Browns American League team.
1909: Ty Cobb surrenders to police in Cleveland on charges stemming from a felony assault earlier in the year. Accompanied by Tiger owner Frank Navin, Cobb enters a not guilty plea and pays a bond for release. Cobb would later plea guilty to a lesser charge and pay a fine. In August he?s assaulted a black man outside a Cleveland hotel.
1910: On one day of rest, Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics pitches a complete game to beat the Chicago Cubs, 12 - 5, and give the Athletics a 3-0 lead in the World Series. Coombs also collects three hits and three RBI in the game.
1910: The New York Giants win the City Series against the Highlanders in the sixth game, as Christy Mathewson is victorious over Jack Warhop, 6 - 3. Larry Doyle's 3rd-inning three-run home run is the big blow.
1924: Kansas City Monarchs manager Jose Mendez takes the mound to spin a three-hit, 5 - 0 shutout over Hilldale to win the tenth and final game of the first Negro League World Series. Loser Nip Winters had pitched the first three Hilldale wins.
1931: The legendary Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was born this day in Spavinaw, OK.
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1935: Hank Greenberg is named American League MVP. Wes Ferrell finishes second in the ballot. Another great year for "Hammerin Hank", as he leads the league in Homeruns 36, RBI with 170, and total bases with 389. Hank is also among the league leading top 3/5/10 in every offensive category.
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1936: In a pitchers' duel, Carl Hubbell (26-6) edges out Dizzy Dean (24-13) for MVP honors in the National League.
1937: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Juan Marichal, born this day in Monte Cristi Province, Dominican Republic.
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1947: Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for three years. Every franchise but Pittsburgh has sold 1948 TV rights. The New York Giants get $400,000 for radio-TV rights from Chesterfield.
1951: Joe DiMaggio accompanies Lefty O'Doul's All-Stars on a tour of Japan. They will win 13 of the 15 games played.
1955: Masaichi Kaneda of the Kokutetsu Swallows strikes out his 350th batter, surpassing the MLB season record of 348, set by Bob Feller in 1948. Kaneda already holds the single-game strikeout record in Japan with 15 in 1952 and 1954 and will go on to hold almost every Japanese pitching record before retiring in 1969.
1957: Bobby Layne's Detroit Lions win 31-27 after trailing 21-3 to Johnny Unitas and the Baltimore Colts at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. Layne throws two touchdown passes to Howard 'Hopalong" Cassady in the fourth quarter.
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1960: Coach Ralph Houk is named to succeed Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees. He briefly led the team during the season when Stengel was hospitalized.
1960: John Fetzer assumes the presidency of the Tigers after the resignation of Bill DeWitt. Fetzer will run the team until 1983.
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1964: Johnny Keane, three days after resigning as manager of the World Champions St. Louis Cardinals, replaces Yogi Berra as the Yankees' field boss.
1967: The Detroit Tigers released Jerry Lumpe.
1967: The Detroit Tigers released Johnny Podres.
1981: In a World Series rematch of the 1977 and 1978 teams, the Yankees take Game 1 over the Dodgers, 5 - 3. Bob Watson hits a three-run home run in the 1st inning as pitcher Ron Guidry goes seven innings for the win. Goose Gossage closes down a Dodgers rally in the 8th.
1982: The Milwaukee Brewers, playing in their first World Series, are unable to hold on to a 3 - 1 lead in Game 7, as the St. Louis Cardinals, thanks to Keith Hernandez's two-run 6th-inning single, rally to a 6 - 3 victory and the World Championship.
Bruce Sutter throws the final pitch as the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series vs. the Milwaukee Brewers in seven games.
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1988: Orel Hershiser pitches a four-hitter and Mickey Hatcher and Mike Davis hit two-run home runs to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5 - 2 victory over the Oakland Athletics and the World Series title in five games.
Hershiser becomes only the third player to win the MVP honors in both the League Championship Series and the World Series. The win gives the Dodgers their first World Championship since 1981, becoming the only team to win more than one World Series in the 1980s.
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1990: The Cincinnati Reds complete one of the biggest upsets in major league history, beating the heavily-favored Oakland Athletics, 2 - 1, to win the World Series in four games. Pitcher Jose Rijo, with 9th-inning help from Randy Myers, wins his second game of the series.
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1994: Tim Belcher of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1994: Eric Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1999: Boston eye doctor Carmen Puliafito offers free surgery for Major League umpires during the postseason after umpires blow three calls against the Red Sox during the ALCS.
Puliafito, who chairs the ophthalmology department at the Tufts University School of Medicine, suspects some umpires are secretly nearsighted. "That's the only explanation I have for these three horrible calls."
2000: Major league play-by-play broadcasters and black commentators select Carlos Delgado and Todd Helton as the Hank Aaron Award recipients. The new award, established last year, recognizes the Toronto Blue Jays and Colorado Rockies first basemen as the best overall hitters in each league. The same day, Toronto signs Delgado to a record four-year $68 million contract. Delgado's average salary of $17 million is the most in major league history.
2004: The Boston Red Sox become the first team in major league history to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first three games, by beating New York at Yankee Stadium, 10 - 3, in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series.
Johnny Damon hits two home runs, including a grand slam in the 4th inning, backing up the solid pitching of Derek Lowe. Boston joins the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders, both of the National Hockey League, as the only teams in the history of North American professional sports to overcome a 3-0 series deficit to win a seven-game series.
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2008: The Detroit Tigers released Angel Castro.
2017: Tigers introduce Ron Gardenhire as manager.
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2017: The Astros force a Game 7 in the ALCS by defeating the Yankees, 7 - 1, in Game 6. Justin Verlander has another great performance, with 7 scoreless innings, and Houston scores three times in the 5th against Luis Severino on a double by Brian McCann and a two-run single by Jose Altuve. Aaron Judge brings the Yankees close with a monster home run off Brad Peacock in the 8th, but Altuve leads off the bottom of the inning with a solo shot off David Robertson, starting a four-run inning that puts the game away.
2020: The Dodgers defeat the Rays, 8 - 3, in Game 1 of the World Series, in the first World Series game to be played at a neutral site, Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. The Dodgers lead 2 - 1 through the middle of the 5th, thanks to a two-run homer by Cody Bellinger countered by a solo shot by Kevin Kiermaier, but they chase Tyler Glasnow with 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th, then add two more in the 6th, with Mookie Betts in the middle of things with a homer, two stolen bases, and two runs scored. Clayton Kershaw gives up just 1 run on 2 hits in 6 innings to pick up the win.
2021: The Astros win Game 5 of the ALCS, 8 - 1 over the Red Sox, to move to within one game of the World Series. The game is actually close for the first five innings, the only run being a solo homer by Yordan Alvarez off Chris Sale in the 2nd, but the Astros break through for five runs in the 6th, with 1B Kyle Schwarber committing a costly error, and never look back. Framber Valdez tosses eight innings to get credit for the win.
2021: The Braves take a three-games-to-one lead in the NLCS with a 9 - 2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4 at Dodger Stadium. The Braves hit three homers off Julio Urias in the first three innings and never look back from there. Eddie Rosario goes 4 for 5 with three runs, four RBIs, two homers and one triple to lead the attack.
2022: Houston wins Game 2 of the ALCS, 3 - 2 over the Yankees thanks to a three-run homer by Alex Bregman off Luis Severino in the 3rd. Framber Valdez and two relievers combine to end the Yankees' record streak of 23 postseason games with at least one home run, dating back to the 2019 Division Series.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Bruce Campbell 1940-1941.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Froats
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Bill Froats 1955.
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Dave Collins 1986.
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Don Heinkel 1988.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Juan_González
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Juan Gonzalez 2000.
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Jose Veras 2013.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Paddy Greene 1903.
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John Skopec 1903.
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Tom Yewcic 1957.
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