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August 6 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: The Detroit Wolverines purchased Fred Dunlap from the St. Louis Maroons for $4,700.

1890: Cy Young made his major league debut.
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1905: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Disch from Marshalltown (Iowa State).
1905: The Detroit Tigers purchased John Eubank from Fort Dodge (Iowa State).

1908: Ty Cobb marries Charlotte Lombard in Augusta, Georgia.
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1912: Inspired in part by the Ty Cobb suspension and the Tigers' brief strike in May, the formation of a "Players Fraternity" is announced, headed by attorney and former player Dave Fultz. Leading players include Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Mickey Doolan, and Jake Daubert. The goals are to oppose contract violations, rowdyism, and anything that may "impair a player's ability."

1917: Veteran Eddie Plank, 41, hooks up with Washington's Walter Johnson in a brilliant 11-inning duel, won 1 - 0 by Johnson. For Plank, this is the last game of his outstanding career, and he will announce his retirement in a week, citing stomach problems as the reason. Pitching for the hapless Browns doesn't help as Plank's 1.79 ERA this season results in just a 5 - 6 record.

1938: Mickey Cochrane is fired as Detroit manager and is replaced with Del Baker.
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1941: Detroit P Al Benton collects two sacrifices in one inning, a major-league record.

1942: An editorial in The Sporting News argues for segregation on the diamond. The column states that members of each race "prefer to draw their talents from their own ranks and both groups know their crowd psychology and do not care to run the risk of damaging their own game."

1946: The Detroit Tigers signed Johnny Groth as an amateur free agent.

1947: Can a pinch runner drive in a run? Skeeter Webb of the Tigers takes the paths for Fred Hutchinson against the Indians and scores. Detroit bats around, and Webb lifts a fly ball that scores a run in the 9-run 8th. Stubby Overmire wins 13 - 6, in the first of 2. Detroit sweeps, winning the nitecap 7 - 5 behind Hutchinson.

1949: Luke Appling appears as a shortstop in his 2,154th game, surpassing Rabbit Maranville's major-league mark. Appling will finish with 2,218 games at the position.

1951: The Boston Red Sox selected Aaron Robinson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

1951: Lame duck Commissioner Happy Chandler testifies in front of the Senate committee, urging that baseball expand out of its eastern area. He adds that some owners see sport only as big business.

1952: The St. Louis Browns' Satchel Paige 46, beats Tigers Virgil Trucks 1 - 0 in 12 innings.

1953: Ted Williams is back in a Red Sox uniform after military duty in Korea. He will finish his abbreviated season with 13 homers and a .407 mark.

1961: Mickey Mantle leads the Yankees to a doubleheader sweep of the Twins, going 5 for 9 with three home runs and a double. His four RBIs give him an even 100 for the year and his homer total is now 43. In the opener, Mantle had two home runs off his favorite pitcher, Pedro Ramos, but it is Johnny Blanchard's homer in the 10th that ties the game at 6 - 6. In the 15th, Yogi Berra hits a bases-loaded grounder and just beats the throw at first to give the Yanks the win. The Yankees win the nitecap by a run as well, when Clete Boyer drives in Mantle in the 9th inning to break a 2 - 2 tie. New York now leads Detroit by 2 1/2 games.

1962: Detroit?s Steve Boros homers three times in one game, but Tigers come up short against the indians 6 - 5.

1963: Tigers beat the Red Sox 10 - 1, Rocky Colavito hits 16th home run w/ 3 RBIs.

1965: After going 7 for 11 against the White Sox, Mickey Mantle loops a homer off Mickey Lolich but Detroit tops the visiting Yankees, 5 - 4. New York will win tomorrow and Mick will add another homer.

1968: John Hiller sets a major league record by striking out his first 6 batters. The Tigers win 2 - 1 over the indians on a walk-off single by Dick Tracewski in the 17th inning.

1969: Twins manager Billy Martin punches his pitcher Dave Boswell at Detroit's Lindell AC on Michigan and Cass.

1972: Hitting his 660th and 661st career homers, Hank Aaron breaks Yankee legend Babe Ruth's record for most home runs with one team. Hammerin' Hank's second homer of the day is a 10th-inning blast which enables the Braves to beat the Reds, 4 - 3.

1973: Roberto Clemente and Warren Spahn head the list of new inductees at Cooperstown. Clemente is the first Latin-born player to achieve membership in the Hall of Fame, albeit posthumously.
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1974: Norm Cash appears in his final game with the Tigers as a PH.
He hit 373 Homeruns w/1087 RBI + over 1000 Walks, + a 139 OPS+ as a Tiger.

1981: The players approve a split-season format necessitated by the seven-week strike. The Yankees, A's, Phillies and Dodgers are declared the first-half champions and will be automatically qualified for the 1981 Postseason.

1984: The Tigers and Red Sox split, with Detroit outslugging Boston in the opener 9 - 7, and Boston replying 10 - 2. Aurelio Lopez (8-0) wins the first game in relief as Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish each hit homers and drive in three runs.

1985: As announced three weeks ago, the Players Association keep their word and go on strike. The second mid-season work stoppage in history will last only two days.

1989: The New York Mets purchased Mike Trujillo from the Detroit Tigers.

1996: The Detroit Tigers selected Todd Van Poppel off waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

2001: The Hall of Fame Veterans Committee, comprised of five former players, five media members and five former executives, which was established in 1953, is to be replaced by a 90-member group made up of the members of the Hall of Fame (61), the recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers (13), the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters (13) and current Veterans Committee members (3). The new committee will be able to elect players only once every two years and executives, umpires and managers only once every four years.

2010: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Rabelo.

2012: Pitching is the name of the game today. In Detroit, Justin Verlander racks up 14 strikeouts to beat the Yankees, 7 - 2, a career-best and the most in the American League this season.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Johnson as a free agent.

2015: Victor Martinez hits 2 home runs. Ian Kinsler hits a walk-off home run and the Tigers beat the royals 8 - 6.

2016: J.D. Martinez throws out Jay Bruce at home plate to win the game for the Tigers over the mets 6 - 5.

2017: Nick Castellanos homers for his 500th career hit in a loss to the orioles.

2018: The Detroit Tigers traded Mike Fiers to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later. The Oakland Athletics sent Nolan Blackwood (minors) (August 18, 2018) and Logan Shore (minors) (September 19, 2018) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2019: The Detroit Tigers selected David McKay off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.

2020: Jordy Mercer of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2021: The Detroit Tigers released Andrew Moore.
2021: Robbie Ross voluntarily retired from the Detroit Tigers.

2022: Sweet LOUUUUUU Whitaker joined legends with the No. 1 retired forever.
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Tigers players birthdays:

Tom Hughes Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Tom Hughes 1930.

Chad Kimsey Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Chad Kimsey 1936.

Van Fletcher Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Van Fletcher 1955.

Herb Moford Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Herb Moford 1958.

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Clem Labine Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Clem Labine 1960.

Duane Singleton Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Duane Singleton 1996.

Tigers players who passed away:

Bob Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Miller 1973.

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DEEPER DISCUSSIONS.
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Last week, the Detroit Tigers were unable to trade Eduardo Rodriguez at the deadline. There was controversy attached to both sides. To the Tigers and Dodgers for not getting a deal done, and to Rodriguez and his agent for the perception that they pulled the rug out from under the 2 teams at the very last minute.

After this year, he has 3 years remaining on his contract that are considered well-priced. But it is widely expected that he will opt out of his contract in order to pursue a newer, higher-priced one. If he does leave, the Tigers will receive no compensation.

We did learn that ERod is looking for a contract that will pay him at least $20 mill/year. And considering that he is already 30 years old, he will want a longer contract to take him to potentially the end of his career. Probably somewhere around 5 years with a potential option year.

Currently, he has 3 years left that averages out to $15 mill/year.

If Rodriguez does not stay with the team under the current contract conditions, there is only 1 other option remaining.

To extend ERod.

But should the Tigers?

Of course, he?s been their #1 starter. But also consider that ERod has shown his unpredictable side, first by ghosting his team for almost 2 months last year and then creating a ?me-first? moment this year by refusing to coordinate a game strategy with his catcher on a start day. And now, a botched trade deal at the last minute.

On the other hand, if the Tigers don?t extend him, do they have another veteran starting pitcher who can anchor the rotation? With Michael Lorenzen now gone, will one of the other pitchers step up? Will some of the promising younger talent come into their own in 2024? Will the Tigers be able to trade for another dependable arm to fill the hole left by ERod?

Will the pitching team of Fetter, Nieves and Lund be able to continue to work their magic with the rest of the starting pitchers?

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 also respond to other readers.

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

Should the Tigers extend Eduardo Rodriguez's contract?

1. Yes, keep him and extend the contract.

2. No, allow him to opt out and leave the team.

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Sunday Notes: Jackson Jobe Has a Jacob deGrom-like Cutter.

Jackson Jobe has added a cutter to the power arsenal that helps make him one of the top pitching prospects in the Detroit Tigers system. Every bit as importantly, he?s returned to full health following a back ailment that landed him on the shelf from early April to mid June. The recently-turned 21-year-old right-hander had incurred an L5 (i.e. bottom left vertebra) stress fracture, an injury he attributed to ?rotating fast and throwing hard at a young age when I wasn?t really strong enough to support that.?

The pitch now augmenting his fastball/slider/changeup combination was portended in a conversation I had with him last August. As his second full professional season was concluding, Jobe told me that he wanted to develop something new, ?probably a cutter,? and he went on to do just that.

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?I added it in the offseason, and on paper it?s a really good pitch,? the third-overall pick in the 2021 draft explained prior to his last start, which came on Friday with the High-A West Michigan Whitecaps. ?I dive into all the TrackMan stuff ? the vertical movement, horizontal movement, the spin efficiency, the tilt ? and use the data in pitch-design. The cutter has performed pretty well.?

Asking the analytically-minded hurler about the metrics on his cutter elicited a response that was preceded by a pregnant pause.

?I hate trying compare myself to this guy,? said Jobe. ?I don?t think there?s been anybody like him, and I?m nowhere close to being who he is, but my cutter is pretty similar to Jacob deGrom?s slider at times. When it?s good, I throw it at 93 [mph] with negative-two horizontal and four vert. Like I said, on paper. Obviously, he does a fantastic job of locating his. It?s not just metrics that make a pitch good, it?s how you use it. My goal is to one day be anywhere as talented as he is.?

The pitch-design process was relatively straightforward. ?One foot in, one foot out,? on adding a cutter when we spoke last summer, Jobe proceeded to broach the idea to his back-home pitching coach in January. He was then shown a grip, and being a natural supinator who finds it easy to get the ball to move glove-side, the pitch was ?pretty good right away.? All that was needed was mental cues and the fine-tuning that comes with repetition. Six months later, Jobe has full confidence in his newest offering.

He?s yet to begin featuring it extensively. Jobe estimated that he?s been throwing his cutter roughly 10-15 percent of the time, which is ?kind of what the Tigers want right now.? With just over 100 professional innings under his belt, 28 of them this year, continuing to master his fastball, slider, and changeup ? ?the core of being a starting pitcher? ? remains a top priority. Ditto being able to take the mound on a regular basis.

?Probably the biggest things I learned while rehabbing were how to take care of my body and how to dial in a good routine,? explained Jobe. ?Staying healthy is one of the hardest things to do in this game. I?ve heard many times that it?s a sport of attrition, meaning that the guys who stay healthy are the ones who have the best careers. You look at a guy like Gerrit Cole, who has hardly had any injuries, versus a guy like deGrom who arguably has the best stuff we?ve ever seen but has struggled to stay healthy. The rehab I did has me on the right track for that. Hopefully I can continue to get better.?

Jobe scattered four hits over five scoreless innings, fanning six and not allowing a free pass, in Saturday?s outing against the Lake County Captains. He picked off two of the four batters who reached base against him.

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Boxscore with Highlights and lowlights.

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Tampa Bay 10 - Detroit 6: Mental errors sink Tigers in Ray-infested waters.
A fielding error, multiple basepath goofs and a balk. Sunday?s Tigers game was a tent shy of a circus.
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Rays rough up Matt Manning, hold off Tigers, 10-6.
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Detroit Tigers' flubs hand finale, series to Tampa Bay Rays, 10-6.
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Rays batter Tigers to wrap up season series with win.
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August 7 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: Hall of Fame manager Bill McKechnie was born this day in Wilkinsburg, PA.
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1902: For the second time this year, Boston's Cy Young gives up 6 runs in the 1st inning and is lifted. This time, the Browns bomb him en route to a 12 - 4 victory in St. Louis. Young will complete 41 of 43 starts this year and win 32 games.

1904: The Detroit Tigers traded Charlie Carr to the Cleveland Naps for Charlie Hickman.

1906: On manager John McGraw's orders, umpire James Johnstone is refused admittance to the Polo Grounds, and the ump, standing outside the ballpark, forfeits the match to the Cubs. McGraw insists the game go on with a player from each team umpiring. McGraw picks reserve Sammy Strang, but Cubs manager Frank Chance refuses to go along, pointing out the game has already been forfeited.

1907: Senator hurler Walter Johnson wins his first major league game beating the Naps, 7 - 2. The "Big Train" will tally 416 victories during his 21-year career.
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1911: The match-up between Three Finger Brown and Christy Mathewson is something less than a pitching duel as Chicago bangs out 10 hits, including two singles, a double and a triple by Joe Tinker. Tinker also adds a steal of home. The Giants collect 13 hits, but Chicago wins the game, 8 - 6.

1914: Grover Cleveland Alexander (16-9) shuts out the Reds and leads the Phillies offense with four hits, including a double, and two runs scored.

1915: At Fenway Park, Smoky Joe Wood fires a one-hitter, beating Cleveland, 2 - 0. Bill Wambsganss' single is the only Cleveland hit. For Wood, it is his fifth one-hitter, and the third over regulation distance.

1920: Following an all-night drinking bout and a fight at the Lamb's Club in New York, John McGraw will be indicted for violating the Volstead (Prohibition) Act and charged with assault, but he will be acquitted. He will also be called to testify in Chicago hearings investigating gambling and bribery among players, including Hal Chase and Heinie Zimmerman.

1922: Ken Williams hits two home runs (#29 and #30) in the 6th inning, off starter George Mogridge and reliever Eric Erickson, as the Browns score nine times against Washington in a 16 - 6 win. Williams is the first to do so since the 1890s. Both homers follow doubles by Baby Doll Jacobson, also tying a major-league record, as the Browns bang out a major-league record seven extra-base hits in the frame.

1922: A record ten Pirates collect two or more hits as the Pirates tally 22 hits to pound the seventh-place Phillies, 17 - 10. The Phils knock out the Bucs ace Wilbur Cooper, scoring six runs in 2 2/3 innings, but the Pirates score eight in the 4th to take the lead. Three Pirate pitchers are 5 for 5 at the plate, including Whitey Glazner's home run, and the only Buc batter to not contribute two safeties is cleanup hitter Clyde Barnhart.

1929: For the second game in a row, Babe Ruth hits a grand slam home run as the Yanks roll to a 13 - 1 win over the A's in the lidlifter. Mickey Cochrane homers in his one at bat for the A's only run as the Yankees score 10 runs in the first two innings. George Pipgras is the winner. The A's take the nitecap, 4 - 2, as George Earnshaw goes eight innings for the win.

1930: Chet Brewer and Smokey Joe Williams duel in one of the most famous Negro League games ever. Brewer fans 19 and allows 4 hits, while Williams whiffs 25 and gives up one hit in a 12-inning, 1 - 0 victory.

1934: Dizzy Dean becomes the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season with a 2 - 0 shutout over the Reds.

1938: Hank Greenberg hits his 38th home run. It's his first of the month and will be his last until Aug. 19, but Greenberg will still threaten Babe Ruth's record of 60, finishing with 58.

1940: A crowd of 53,997, a National League record for a night game, watches the Dodgers beat the Giants, 8 - 4, on Mel Ott Night at the Polo Grounds.

1940: The Detroit Tigers traded cash plus two players to be named to the New York Giants for Dutch Meyer.

1948: Before 66,000 fans, New York's Vic Raschi (14-4) allows four singles in stopping the Indians, 5 - 0. Joe DiMaggio has a pair of doubles, drives in three runs, and swipes home on the front end of a double steal.

1950: Three white players of the Chicago American Giants are barred by police from participating in a Negro American League doubleheader against the Birmingham Black Barons.

1951: Bobby Doerr suffers a severe sacroiliac pain that forces the future Hall of Famer into early retirement. The Red Sox regular second baseman for 13 seasons, Doerr will become a Red Sox coach.

1951: In a day-night doubleheader the Dodgers sweep a pair from the Giants, taking the first game, 7 - 2, behind the solid relief of Carl Erskine. Gil Hodges, Duke Snider and Carl Furillo homer. Brooklyn takes the nitecap, 6 - 5, in 10 innings, after jumping on Sal Maglie for a 5 - 1 lead. Snider and Furillo homer again, while Bobby Thomson goes deep for the Giants. Billy Cox's RBI single wins it, giving the Dodgers an 11 1/2 game margin, the greatest lead in Brooklyn history.

1952: Umpire Bill McGowan is suspended indefinitely by the American League. In a game in St. Louis, McGowan had thrown out Tiger P Billy Hoeft, who had been heckling him from the dugout. When St. Louis writers, who have had a stormy relationship over the years with the veteran McGowan, ask him to identify the player, the umpire refuses, then adds an obscene gesture. The writers' complaint results in a suspension.

1955: After a 12-17 record in July, the Yankees are in a 4-team race. Tiger Frank Lary beats New York 4 - 2 in game one, and New York then earns a critical 3 - 2 10th-inning win on a Mickey Mantle homer off Babe Birrer.

1956: The Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans, as the Red Sox edge the Yanks in 11 innings on Williams's bases-loaded walk. It's the serial spitter's third incident in three weeks; in the words of Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey: "It's got to stop, that's all." The costly saliva salvo comes after the crowd of 36,350, a record for a night game at Fenway Park, starts booing the Splendid, but sensitive Splinter, for muffing Mickey Mantle's wind-blown fly with two out in the 11th. Immediately thereafter, the jeers turn to cheers when Williams redeems himself with a leaping grab of Yogi Berra's drive against the scoreboard. The Splinter, however, is not so easily appeased.
Thus, the fickle Fenway patrons find themselves the target of Teddy's spittle repeatedly as he makes his way towards the Red Sox dugout.

1961: The Detroit Tigers signed Willie Horton as an amateur free agent.

1963: Tigers win over the red sox 5 - 4 on a 3-run home run by Al Kaline at Tiger Stadium. Tigers set a major league record with their 12th straight errorless game.

1971: Vida Blue becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season with a 1 - 0, three-hit gem over the White Sox. Joel Horlen balks in the game's only run.

1972: Sandy Koufax is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown! At just 36 years old, the Dodgers legend becomes the youngest player to be given the honor!
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1972: Yogi Berra gives his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech. "I guess the first thing I should do is thank everybody who made this day necessary."


1973: The Atlanta Braves selected Joe Niekro off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

1974: Sad day in Detroit Tigers history.
1974: The Detroit Tigers sent Jim Northrup to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.
1974: The Detroit Tigers released Norm Cash.
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1976: Mark Fidrych retires his first 12 batters and goes the distance in a 6-1 win over Cleveland at #Tiger Stadium.

1978: Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss, and Larry MacPhail are inducted at Cooperstown.

1979: On his 25th birthday, after a leadoff walk by Lou Whitaker in the bottom of the 9th, Kemp hit a walk-off home run to give the Tigers a 3-1 win over the Rangers.

1982: Jim Rice goes into the stands to aid a 4-year-old boy who was struck by a line drive. After emergency surgery and five days in the hospital, the child goes on to make a full recovery. To this day, his family believes Jim Rice saved his life.
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1984: Tigers get their second straight doubleheader split against the Red Sox. Game 2: Tigers 7 - Red Sox 5.
Tigers split a doubleheader. Dave Bergman scores in the 9th on an error by Bill Buckner to send the game into extra innings. Lance Parrish hits a 2-run home run in the 11th. Tigers are 74-40.

1985: A five-year agreement between the union and owners, which includes salary arbitration eligibility increasing from two years to three years, ends the two-day mid-season players' strike. The season will resume tomorrow.

1987: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Darnell Coles to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jim Morrison. The Detroit Tigers sent Morris Madden (August 12, 1987) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.

1994: Jack Morris makes his final career appearance, with Cleveland.

1995: The Detroit Tigers traded Buddy Groom to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later. The Florida Marlins sent Mike Myers (August 9, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1999: For the second consecutive day, a major leaguer gets his 3000th career hit as Wade Boggs homers in the 6th off the Indians' Chris Haney.
The Devil Rays' third baseman, who is the first player to reach the milestone with a home run, rounds the bases pointing skyward blowing a kiss in memory of his mom and gets down on his knees to kiss home plate.



2001: Black Betsy, Shoeless Joe Jackson's 40-ounce warped hickory bat, is won by 30-year-old businessman Rob Mitchell in a 10-day eBay auction. The $577,610 price tag is believed to be the largest amount ever paid for a baseball bat.

2002: In a historic move, major league baseball players end their long-held opposition to mandatory drug testing by agreeing to be tested for illegal steroids beginning in 2003.

2012: The Detroit Tigers released Fu-Te Ni.

2013: The Detroit Tigers released Jose Valverde.

2016: J.D. Martinez throws out Jay Bruce at home plate to win the game for the Tigers.


2016: Ichiro Suzuki of the Marlins becomes the 30th member of the 3,000 hit club with a 7th-inning triple off Chris Rusin of the Rockies in a 10 - 7 Marlins win. What makes it more remarkable is that Ichiro did not collect his first major league hit until he was 27. He is only the second player to reach the milestone with a triple.

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2020: The Cardinals announce that two more of their players - OF Austin Dean and P Ryan Helsley - and an unidentified staff member have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of infected persons on the team to 16: 9 players and 7 staff members. They played their last game on July 29th, and their week-end series against the Cubs, scheduled to start today, is postponed as well.

2022: In his second start of the season after an injury cost him four months of action, Jacob deGrom wins his first game as he leads the Mets to a 5 - 2 win over the Braves. He is perfect until two are out in the 6th inning, when he issues a walk to Ehire Adrianza and a two-run homer to Dansby Swanson. He strikes out 12 batters as three pitchers combine for 19 Ks. The Mets complete the rare five-game series with four wins over their closest rivals and have now won 12 of 14 to increase their lead in the NL East to 6 1/2 games.

2022: Derek Law of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2023: The Detroit Tigers selected Isan Diaz off waivers from the San Francisco Giants.

Tigers players birthdays:

Clyde Hatter Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Clyde Hatter 1935, 1937.

Les Fleming Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Les Fleming 1939.

Art Houtteman - BR Bullpen
Art Houtteman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Art Houtteman 1945-1950, 1952-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rocky_Bridges
Rocky Bridges Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Rocky Bridges 1959-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Kemp
Steve Kemp Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Steve Kemp 1977-1981.

Édgar Rentería Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Edgar Renteria 2008.

Tigers players and broadcasters who passed away:

Bobby Veach - BR Bullpen
Bobby Veach Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bobby Veach – Society for American Baseball Research
Bobby Veach 1912-1923.

Ben Dyer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ben Dyer 1916-1919.

Wilbur Cooper Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Wilbur Cooper 1926.

Mickey McDermott Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Mickey McDermott 1958.

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Johnny Groth Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Johnny Groth 1946-1952, 1957-1960.

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Jim Price Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jim Price. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jim Price 1967-1971, broadcaster 1993-2023.

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MONDAY MUSINGS.
Totally Tigers

Throughout the week, there are so many smaller stories hitting the media. They may be bite-size, but often they are just as important as the headline-grabbing news. Sometimes, even more.

And that?s what brings me to today. A way to bring them out in the open and invite conversation about some of these subjects.

It?s the plan for Mondays. Keeping track of these mighty little bits that hit my radar throughout the week and sharing them with you today because I know one or more will also resonate with you. So, let?s kick off this week?s musings?

It?s rather ironic that given this trade deadline week, we are hearing once again about 2 former Tigers ? and 2 different experiences.
 
The Tigers have announced the following roster moves:

*Claimed INF Isan D?az off waivers from San Francisco and optioned him to Triple A Toledo
*To make room for D?az on the 40-man roster, designated LHP Zach Logue for assignment
 
https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/alex-lange-continues-to-struggle-with-strike-throwing
Lange takes one step forward, one step back in 8th.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/twins-vs-tigers/2023/08/07/717091/final/box
Boxscore and lowlights.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2023/8...ns-9-theres-no-nice-title-here-recap-august-7
Tigers 3 - Twins 9: In the Nick of time.
This game was brutal save for a heroic end from Nick Maton.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...division-leading-twins-in-opener/70540580007/
'Bad morale day': Tigers drop opener 9-3 to division-leading Twins.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...a-twins-joey-wentz-carlos-correa/70547422007/
Joey Wentz blasted by Minnesota Twins in Detroit Tigers' 9-3 loss in series opener.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/08/twins-score-4-runs-in-first-cruise-to-series-opening-win.html
Twins score 4 runs in first, cruise to series-opening win.
Mlive
 
August 8 in Tigers and mlb history:

1903: The New York Giants' Joe McGinnity repeats his feat from August 1st, when he defeats the Brooklyn Superbas in both ends of a doubleheader, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. A week earlier he beat the Boston Beaneaters, 4 - 1 and 5 - 2. McGinnity also is credited with a steal of home in the second game while Brooklyn is arguing a disputed call at third base. Brooklyn P Henry Schmidt is so upset about the steal that he throws the ball out of the park? a toss that gets him tossed from the game. On August 31st? Iron Joe will beat the Phillies twice. He has now done double work five times? including two losses on each of the two occasions at Baltimore in 1901. The combination of his 434 innings pitched and 31 wins? with Christy Mathewson's 366 innings pitched and 30 wins? will make them the century's most productive one-season duo.

1903: Furious when an old black ball is put into play when Cleveland is at bat in the last of the 11th and his objections are ignored by umpire Tom Connolly Naps manager Nap Lajoie hurls the ball over the grandstand suffering the loss of the game to Detroit by forfeit. Detroit was leading 6 - 5.

1914: Tris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox records an unassisted double play against the Detroit Tigers - his second of the season. Tiger runner Harry Heilmann is doubled off second base in the 4th inning when a hit-and-run play becomes a line drive to Speaker. Boston wins? 5 - 2. Speaker previously accomplished the feat against the Philadelphia Athletics on April 21st. This is a record for outfielders.

1920: Detroit Tigers pitcher Howard Ehmke wins the American League's shortest game ever when he defeats the New York Yankees 1 - 0, in one hour and thirteen minutes. With no outs and two on in the 5th inning? the Yanks fail to capitalize as Ping Bodie falls for the hidden ball trick applied by 2B Ralph Young.

1924: Babe Ruth has a pair of homers - his 37th and 38th - plus a triple and 2 walks? but it is not enough as the Yankees fall to Cleveland? 10 - 8. Joe Bush and Bob Shawkey do the bleeding.

1929: Rogers Hornsby cracks a 4th-inning homer - one of his 4 hits - as Chicago edges the Reds, 1 - 0, at Wrigley Field. Charlie Root allows 7 hits in beating rookie Benny Frey.

1943: Ty Cobb - born in 1886 - came to watch a 1943 baseball game between the Ford All-Stars and the Navy Great Lakes team, coached by fellow former Tiger Mickey Cochrane.
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1945: The Detroit Tigers selected George Caster off waivers from the St. Louis Browns.

1945: A line drive of the bat of Hank Greenberg fractures the skull of pitcher Jim Wilson, resulting in two hours of surgery. Wilson will recover and pitch in the majors until 1958.

1948: In Cleveland? 73?484 fans watch the Indians and Yankees square off for 2 games. Trailing in the opener? an ailing Lou Boudreau hits a bases-loaded pinch single in the 7th to tie the game? and Satchel Paige wins it in relief? 8 - 6. Steve Gromek goes 7 innings in the nitecap to give the Indians a 2 - 1 win over rookie Bob Porterfield? making his major league debut.

1954: The Dodgers score a National League-record 13 runs in the 8th off Cincinnati in Ebbets Field to win, 20 - 7. Twelve of the runs are unearned and an NL-record 12 are tallied with two outs and no one on. Gil Hodges gets a triple and a home run in 3 at bats in the inning? while Clem Labine? who has a career .100 BA? walks twice. Jackie Robinson drives in 3 runs with a single as Duke Snider scores from first base. Roy Campanella? Jim Gilliam? and Don Hoak all homer for Brooklyn in the game to pin the loss on Karl Drews.

1954: The Yankees spot the host Tigers a four-run lead? tie it up? then watch as Detroit wins it, 10 - 8, in 10 innings. Mickey Mantle has one homer off Billy Hoeft, and just misses on a titanic opposite field drive that curves foul before leaving the stadium. A 2-run walk-off home run by Jim Delsing.

1956: Mickey Mantle's opposite-field homer? off Camilo Pascual in the 1st inning, jump starts the Yankees to a 12 - 2 win over the Senators. Mantle is now 9 games ahead of Babe Ruth's 1927 pace.

1957: Club President Walter O'Malley offically announces that the Brooklyn Dodgers will play in Los Angeles in 1958.

1963: Tigers beat Red Sox 6-5 on Rocky Colavito's RBI single off Dick Radatz (12-4) in 10th.

1964: Tigers beat the A's 4 - 3 on Jake Wood's RBI single in the 13th inning.

1966: Tigers win 4 - 3 over the senators on a Willie Horton 2-run single in the 12th inning.

1968: Tigers rout Cleveland 13-1 for their 5th straight win. Denny McLain improves to 23-3. Called upon to pinch hit while eating a hot dog, Gates Brown stuffs it in his back pocket, then ruins it by sliding into second base.

1969: The Detroit Tigers traded Don McMahon to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later. The San Francisco Giants sent Cesar Gutierrez (September 2, 1969) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1969: Tigers beat the white sox 7 - 3 on a home run by Willie Horton and a 2-run triple by Bill Freehan.

1970: The New York Yankees honor Casey Stengel at Old Timers Day in Yankee Stadium. Stengel's number 37 is retired.

1972: Frank Howard goes 3-for-4 with a double and a home run on his birthday to lead the Tigers to a 6-5 win.

1977: "Sunshine, fresh air, we got the team behind us. So, let's play two!" ~ Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.



1991: The Detroit Tigers fan a team record 21 times in a 14-inning 4 - 0 win over the Blue Jays. Mark Salas hits a 3-run pinch homer off Tom Henke in the top of the 14th. Mickey Tettleton follows one out later with another homer. Starters Bill Gullickson and Tom Candiotti match zeroes for 7 innings.

2001: Tigers P Nate Cornejo makes his major league debut against Rangers P Joaquin Benoit. It is the first time since August 21, 1990 that both starting pitchers are making their big league debuts. The Tigers tie a modern record by scoring 13 runs in the 9th inning to snap a 6 - 6 tie and roll 19 - 6. Damion Easley gets 6 hits? including 2 in the 9th to tie an American League and team record last done by Ty Cobb. The winning pitcher is former Ranger Danny Patterson who faces one batter in the 8th.

2004: The Red Sox defeat the Tigers 11 - 9 despite 7 Detroit home runs. Tim Wakefield records the win for Boston despite tying a major league record by allowing 6 of the homers. Wakefield is the 6th modern pitcher to yield 6 round-trippers but the first since Philadelphia's George Caster did so 64 years ago against the Red Sox. The last pitcher to give up 6 homers and still win the game was Brooklyn's Hollis Thurston in 1932.

2005: The Tigers defeat the Blue Jays 9 - 8 in 12 innings despite getting out hit 20 to 15. DH Rondell White, and RF Magglio Ordonez both have 2 rbi. SS Carlos Guillen hits a homerun. Tigers win on a Vance Wilson basers-loaded infield single in the 12th inning.

2009: Albert Pujols is the first player in the majors to reach 100 RBI this year with a three-run double in St. Louis' 5 - 3 win over Pittsburgh. Pujols reaches the milestone for the 9th straight season. Only Hall of Famer Al Simmons has had a longer such streak, with 11 seasons of 100 or more RBI from the start of his career.

2013: Detroit wins its 12th straight game, 10 - 3 over Cleveland, completing a four-game sweep of its closest rivals in the AL Central. Max Scherzer improves to 17-1. The last pitcher to have such a mark was Roger Clemens in 2001, and only two others, Don Newcombe (1955) and Roy Face (1959), who both had records of 18-1 at one point, have done it since Rube Marquard started the 1912 season 19-0.

2020: The Tigers start off their game against the Pirates with a roar, as Niko Goodrum, Miguel Cabrera, C.J. Cron and Jeimer Candelario all homer off Derek Holland before an out is recorded in the 1st inning, leading to five runs. There is a scary moment in the 6th, as RF Gregory Polanco and 1B Phillip Evans collide at full speed while going after a foul ball hit by Cabrera. Evans gets the worst of it and has to be evacuated from the field on a stretcher.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Smith_(smithja02)
Jack Smith Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jack Smith 1912.

Ken Holloway Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ken Holloway 1922-1928.

Marlin Stuart Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Marlin Stuart 1949-1952.

Frank Howard - BR Bullpen
Frank Howard Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Frank Howard 1972-1973.

Mike Ivie Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Mike Ivie 1982-1983.

Alexis Gómez Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Alexis Gomez 2005-2006.

Tigers players who passed away:

Ralph Works Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ralph Works 1909-1912.

Red Wilson - BR Bullpen
Red Wilson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Red Wilson 1954-1960.

Wayne Redmond Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Wayne Redmond 1965, 1969.

Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/jim-price-tigers-broadcaster-dies
Tigers mourn loss of longtime broadcaster Jim Price.
Tigers official site

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...o-voice-jim-price-dies-at-age-81/70552675007/
Tigers radio voice Jim Price dies at age 81.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-announcer-jim-price-dies-age-81/70552984007/
Detroit Tigers radio announcer Jim Price, role player for 1968 World Series team, dies at 81.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/08/longtime-tigers-broadcaster-passes-away-at-81.html
Longtime Tigers broadcaster Jim Price passes away at 81.
Mlive
 
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https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/jim-price-tigers-broadcaster-dies
Tigers mourn loss of longtime broadcaster Jim Price.
Tigers official site

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2023/8...son-mickey-lolich-al-kaline-1968-world-series
Tigers former catcher and radio analyst Jim Price dies at age 81.
After a nice playing career, including winning a ring with the classic ?68 squad, Price became a key part of Tigers radio broadcasts for 30 years.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...o-voice-jim-price-dies-at-age-81/70552675007/
Tigers radio voice Jim Price dies at age 81.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...-announcer-jim-price-dies-age-81/70552984007/
Detroit Tigers radio announcer Jim Price, role player for 1968 World Series team, dies at 81.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/08/longtime-tigers-broadcaster-passes-away-at-81.html
Longtime Tigers broadcaster Jim Price passes away at 81.
Mlive

With Jim's passing, just 9 players are still with us from the '68 champs.
 
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