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September 5 in Tigers and mlb history:
1874: Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie ws born on this day in Woonsocket Rhode Island.
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1901: In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A's, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 - 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks.
1904 - In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
1905: The Detroit Tigers released Duff Cooley.
1905: When Boston beats the Athletics, 3 - 2, in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.
1910: Jack Coombs begins a streak of 53 shutout innings, topping Doc White's 46 shutout innings of 1904. Three years later Walter Johnson will top Coombs record with 55 2/3 innings. Years later, Don Drysdale in 1968 breaks the Big Train's record with 58 shutout innings. Finally, Orel Hershier in 1988 sets the record with 59 shutout innings.
1914: 19-year-old Babe Ruth hits his first professional HR with the minor league Providence Grays while pitching a 9-0 shutout vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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1915: Browns slugger George Sisler pitches a complete game, but the Tigers win 6-5.
1918: Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hurls a 1-0 shutout vs. the Chicago Cubs at Comiskey Park (more seating than Wrigley Field) to win Game 1 of the World Series! The "Fall Classic" started a month earlier than usual due to WWI.
1921: Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's career strikeout mark by fanning seven Yankees to run his total to 2,287.
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1926: At Baltimore, the minor league Orioles embarrass the Yankees, 18 - 9, in an exhibition game. Babe Ruth is 0 for 5 and tangles with Mark Koenig in the dugout after the 8th inning. Ruth yells at Koenig, accusing him of loafing on several plays.
1935: Trailing the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 1, Lefty Grove is lifted for pinch-hitter Wes Ferrell who hits an RBI single as the Red Sox score six runs in the 6th inning en route to 9 - 5 win. Grove is the winning pitcher.
1936: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski born this day in Wheeling, WV.
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1940: Tigers beat indians 11-3 to cut their lead in the pennant race to 2 games. Hank Greenberg hits 2 doubles, Rudy York hits a home run and a double. The Tigers will go on to win the pennant by one game but lose the World Series in 7 games.
1949: Cardinals Stan Musial - Thirty days hath September (TIME Magazine Cover).
1951: Ralph Branca, despite twinges in his arm, pitches the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Gil Hodges drives home four runs on a grand slam off Ken Johnson. It is Gil's 37th homer of year, setting a new Dodger record.
1954: Hank Aaron goes 4 for 4 in a 9 - 7 triumph over the Cubs, but breaks his ankle in the second game of a doubleheader and is lost for the remainder of the season.
1955: In an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.
1960: The first-place Pirates split with the Braves, winning, 9 - 7, before losing, 7 - 1. The Bucs rout Warren Spahn in the opener scoring seven runs in the 4th after the Braves have knocked out starter Bob Friend. Bob Buhl is the winner in the nitecap, scattering seven hits. Chuck Cottier has three doubles and three RBIs to back Buhl. Harvey Haddix is the loser and gives way to Diomedes Olivo, who makes his major league debut in relief. At age 41, or thereabouts, Olivo is the oldest rookie in major league history except for Satchel Paige. The International League MVP pitches two runless innings.
1961: The Yanks top Washington, 6 - 1, sending the Senators to their 20th defeat in their last 21 games. Mickey Mantle's homers for his 51st. The Yanks win, coupled with a Detroit doubleheader loss, puts New York ahead by 7 1/2 games.
1967: Joe Sparma pitches a 2-hit shutout vs Kansas City, Tigers remain 1.5 GB.
1968: The Tigers and the Cardinals were given the go-ahead today to print World Series tickets by the Commissioner of Baseball. William Eckert also set the ticket prices for the Series: $12 for box seats; $8 reserved; $6 for pavilion (Detroit only); $2 unreserved bleachers & standing room.
1968: Gene Mauch is named manager of the new Montreal National League club, which is officially named the Expos.
1971: Tigers manager Billy Martin uses 6 pinch hitters in the 7th inning, tying a major league record for pinch hitters in an inning. The Tigers score 4 runs but lose 6-5 to the Yankees.
1983: Jack Morris gets his 200th strikeout of the season, en route to a career high and AL-best 232 in a loss to the indians.
1984: Cal Ripken's 1st-inning error lets in Alan Trammell with a run, and that's it as the Tigers beat Baltimore 1 - 0. Juan Berenguer is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes all the way in the loss. Detroit's magic number is now 15.
1995: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Moore.
1995: Cal Ripken ties Lou Gehrig's all-time mark by appearing in his 2,130th consecutive game.
2003: Mike Maroth becomes the first major league pitcher since 1980 to tally 20 losses in a season in a Tigers loss to the blue jays.
2008: The Detroit Tigers released Anastacio Martinez.
2016: The Oakland Athletics selected Donn Roach off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2016: Miguel Cabrera homers twice to reach 300 home runs as a Tiger and moves to 42nd all-time with 439 on his career in the Tigers 5 - 3 win over the white sox.
2017: The New York Times reports that the Red Sox are being investigated for possible sign-stealing during a series against their eternal rivals the Yankees last month. The team's assistant athletic trainer is suspected of having used a smart watch to capture signs and relay them to players on the field. While trying to decode the other team's signs is a long-standing tradition in baseball, using any type of electronic equipment to do so is strictly prohibited.
2017: JaCoby Jones and John Hicks each hit 2 home runs in a 13-2 drubbing of the Royals.
2023: Giancarlo Stanton hits the 400th home run of his career off José Cisnero in the 6th inning to break a 1 - 1 tie and lead the Yankees to a 5 - 1 win over the Tigers. Having needed 1,520 games to reach the mark makes him the fourth fastest in history following Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez.
2023: José Altuve clubs three home runs in the first three innings to lead Houston to a 14 - 1 demolition of Texas, a performance that also gives him five long balls over the last two games, tying the major league record. Having gone deep in the 9th inning of yesterday's game, he is the first player since at least 1961 to homer in four consecutive innings
Tigers players birthdays:
Pete LePine Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Pete LePine 1902.
Merv Shea Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Merv Shea 1927-1929, 1939.
Bob Maier Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Maier 1945.
Gene Bearden Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Gene Bearden 1951.
Wayne Belardi Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Wayne Belardi 1954-1956.
Rob Richie Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Rob Richie 1989.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Aguirre
Hank Aguirre Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Hank Aguirre 1958-1967.
Baseball Reference
1874: Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie ws born on this day in Woonsocket Rhode Island.
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1901: In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A's, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 - 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks.
1904 - In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
1905: The Detroit Tigers released Duff Cooley.
1905: When Boston beats the Athletics, 3 - 2, in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.
1910: Jack Coombs begins a streak of 53 shutout innings, topping Doc White's 46 shutout innings of 1904. Three years later Walter Johnson will top Coombs record with 55 2/3 innings. Years later, Don Drysdale in 1968 breaks the Big Train's record with 58 shutout innings. Finally, Orel Hershier in 1988 sets the record with 59 shutout innings.
1914: 19-year-old Babe Ruth hits his first professional HR with the minor league Providence Grays while pitching a 9-0 shutout vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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1915: Browns slugger George Sisler pitches a complete game, but the Tigers win 6-5.
1918: Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hurls a 1-0 shutout vs. the Chicago Cubs at Comiskey Park (more seating than Wrigley Field) to win Game 1 of the World Series! The "Fall Classic" started a month earlier than usual due to WWI.
1921: Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's career strikeout mark by fanning seven Yankees to run his total to 2,287.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F5Mcd8JWsAkVZ9_?format=jpg&name=medium
1926: At Baltimore, the minor league Orioles embarrass the Yankees, 18 - 9, in an exhibition game. Babe Ruth is 0 for 5 and tangles with Mark Koenig in the dugout after the 8th inning. Ruth yells at Koenig, accusing him of loafing on several plays.
1935: Trailing the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 1, Lefty Grove is lifted for pinch-hitter Wes Ferrell who hits an RBI single as the Red Sox score six runs in the 6th inning en route to 9 - 5 win. Grove is the winning pitcher.
1936: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski born this day in Wheeling, WV.
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1940: Tigers beat indians 11-3 to cut their lead in the pennant race to 2 games. Hank Greenberg hits 2 doubles, Rudy York hits a home run and a double. The Tigers will go on to win the pennant by one game but lose the World Series in 7 games.
1949: Cardinals Stan Musial - Thirty days hath September (TIME Magazine Cover).
1951: Ralph Branca, despite twinges in his arm, pitches the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Gil Hodges drives home four runs on a grand slam off Ken Johnson. It is Gil's 37th homer of year, setting a new Dodger record.
1954: Hank Aaron goes 4 for 4 in a 9 - 7 triumph over the Cubs, but breaks his ankle in the second game of a doubleheader and is lost for the remainder of the season.
1955: In an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.
1960: The first-place Pirates split with the Braves, winning, 9 - 7, before losing, 7 - 1. The Bucs rout Warren Spahn in the opener scoring seven runs in the 4th after the Braves have knocked out starter Bob Friend. Bob Buhl is the winner in the nitecap, scattering seven hits. Chuck Cottier has three doubles and three RBIs to back Buhl. Harvey Haddix is the loser and gives way to Diomedes Olivo, who makes his major league debut in relief. At age 41, or thereabouts, Olivo is the oldest rookie in major league history except for Satchel Paige. The International League MVP pitches two runless innings.
1961: The Yanks top Washington, 6 - 1, sending the Senators to their 20th defeat in their last 21 games. Mickey Mantle's homers for his 51st. The Yanks win, coupled with a Detroit doubleheader loss, puts New York ahead by 7 1/2 games.
1967: Joe Sparma pitches a 2-hit shutout vs Kansas City, Tigers remain 1.5 GB.
1968: The Tigers and the Cardinals were given the go-ahead today to print World Series tickets by the Commissioner of Baseball. William Eckert also set the ticket prices for the Series: $12 for box seats; $8 reserved; $6 for pavilion (Detroit only); $2 unreserved bleachers & standing room.
1968: Gene Mauch is named manager of the new Montreal National League club, which is officially named the Expos.
1971: Tigers manager Billy Martin uses 6 pinch hitters in the 7th inning, tying a major league record for pinch hitters in an inning. The Tigers score 4 runs but lose 6-5 to the Yankees.
1983: Jack Morris gets his 200th strikeout of the season, en route to a career high and AL-best 232 in a loss to the indians.
1984: Cal Ripken's 1st-inning error lets in Alan Trammell with a run, and that's it as the Tigers beat Baltimore 1 - 0. Juan Berenguer is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes all the way in the loss. Detroit's magic number is now 15.
1995: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Moore.
1995: Cal Ripken ties Lou Gehrig's all-time mark by appearing in his 2,130th consecutive game.
2003: Mike Maroth becomes the first major league pitcher since 1980 to tally 20 losses in a season in a Tigers loss to the blue jays.
2008: The Detroit Tigers released Anastacio Martinez.
2016: The Oakland Athletics selected Donn Roach off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2016: Miguel Cabrera homers twice to reach 300 home runs as a Tiger and moves to 42nd all-time with 439 on his career in the Tigers 5 - 3 win over the white sox.
2017: The New York Times reports that the Red Sox are being investigated for possible sign-stealing during a series against their eternal rivals the Yankees last month. The team's assistant athletic trainer is suspected of having used a smart watch to capture signs and relay them to players on the field. While trying to decode the other team's signs is a long-standing tradition in baseball, using any type of electronic equipment to do so is strictly prohibited.
2017: JaCoby Jones and John Hicks each hit 2 home runs in a 13-2 drubbing of the Royals.
2023: Giancarlo Stanton hits the 400th home run of his career off José Cisnero in the 6th inning to break a 1 - 1 tie and lead the Yankees to a 5 - 1 win over the Tigers. Having needed 1,520 games to reach the mark makes him the fourth fastest in history following Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez.
2023: José Altuve clubs three home runs in the first three innings to lead Houston to a 14 - 1 demolition of Texas, a performance that also gives him five long balls over the last two games, tying the major league record. Having gone deep in the 9th inning of yesterday's game, he is the first player since at least 1961 to homer in four consecutive innings
Tigers players birthdays:
Pete LePine Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Pete LePine 1902.
Merv Shea Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Merv Shea 1927-1929, 1939.
Bob Maier Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Maier 1945.
Gene Bearden Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Gene Bearden 1951.
Wayne Belardi Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Wayne Belardi 1954-1956.
Rob Richie Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Rob Richie 1989.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hank_Aguirre
Hank Aguirre Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Hank Aguirre 1958-1967.
Baseball Reference
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