September 19 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: All games are canceled out of respect for the funeral of President William McKinley, who died September 14th from gunshot wounds.
1912: At Cleveland, the Red Sox lose an unusual doubleheader to the Cleveland Naps. Cleveland takes the lidlifter, 9 - 3, when the game is called on account of rain after five innings. The rain stops and the second game begins, only to be called after six innings because of darkness.
The Naps win, 6 - 0.
1914: Before the Phils-Cards game, Grover Cleveland Alexander is presented with a check for $1,000 for winning 25 games. Alex proceeds to win his 25th, allowing just two hits while fanning 11.
1916: At Philadelphia, the White Sox tie a major-league record when three pinch runners score in the 9th inning. The Sox win, 5 - 4, over the A's..
1917: Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox, doubleheader game one
The Tigers beat the Red Sox at Fenway Park by a score of 5-2 in the first game, in one hour and 58 minutes total.
Five Hall of Famers played in the game: Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann for the Tigers and Harry Hooper, Babe Ruth, and Herb Pennock for the Red Sox. Bill James was the lone native Detroiter. There were only three extra-base hits: two doubles and a triple. Cobb stole his 45th base of the season. The Red Sox made 9 errors.
James, the starting pitcher for Detroit, pitched a complete game, despite giving up nine hits. He faced 38 batters over nine innings.
1917: Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox, doubleheader game two
Detroit beat Boston 1-0 in the second match, with a game duration of one hour and 20 minutes. Both starting pitchers completed their games ? Hooks Dauss (he had the best name in this game by far) for the Tigers and Carl Mays for the Red Sox. Tigers third baseman Bobby Veach hit a triple, the only extra-base hit of the game. Veach also had the only stolen base.
1920: The silent film "Headin' Home" starring young New York Yankees star Babe Ruth is released!
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1922: Against the Senators' Walter Johnson, Ken Williams hit his 39th home run of the year in the 4th, and Pat Collins, subbing for George Sisler at 1B, adds another solo home run in the 7th to give the Browns a 2 - 1 lead. But the Senators rally to win, 4 - 3, with Johnson earning the win over Elam Vangilder. Sisler pinch hits and strikes out.
1925: In the second game of a twinbill, the White Sox take a 15 - 0 lead against Washington after five innings, but Chicago P Ted Lyons will have to pitch to 18 different batters as Senators manager Bucky Harris juggles his lineup and sends in pinch-hitters. With a no-hitter going, Lyons continues to bear down. Finally, with two out in the 9th, Washington's Bobby Veach gets a base hit to break the no-hitter. The final is 17 - 0 for Lyons with Tom Zachary taking the loss. Washington outfielder Sam Rice's streak of nine hits in a row is stopped, but he will end the season with 182 singles, an American League record until 1980. Washington takes the opener, 3 - 2, behind Dutch Ruether.
1926: Hall of Famer Duke Snider was born this day in Los Angeles, CA.
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1926: At Cleveland's League Park, a crowd of 31,000 watch the Yankees hold back the Indians, 8 - 3, in the final of a six-game series. In the 7th, Babe Ruth parks his 43rd homer of the year and Lou Gehrig follows with another home run, both off Emil Levsen. Gehrig adds three doubles and five RBIs to lead the Yankee charge. Dutch Ruether picks up the New York win.
1929: Joe Sewell sets a major league record by playing in his 115th consecutive game without striking out. The Indians third baseman will be fanned only four times in 578 at-bats this season.
1931: Lefty Grove becomes the first pitcher to win 30 games since Jim Bagby did it in 1920 when he beats the White Sox, 2 - 1.
1933: The Yankees pile up 34 hits and drub the White Sox twice, 10 - 1 and 10 - 3. George Uhle and Charlie Devens are the recipients of the offensive largesse. Joe Sewell has six hits for the afternoon, while Lou Gehrig has six RBIs. Gehrig hits home run #30 in the first game, following immediately after Dixie Walker hits a homer. Lou is now even with Babe Ruth, who sat out the afternoon.
1937: Tigers first baseman Hank Greenberg becomes the first player to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium. Detroit wins 8 - 1.
1937: In a benefit game played at the Polo Grounds, "Schoolboy" Johnny Taylor, pitching for a chosen All-Star Negro National League team, no-hits Satchel Paige and his "Dominican All-Stars", 2 - 0. Paige's team had won the Denver Post Tournament and had taken the Dominican League title earlier in the year.
1943: Hall of Famer Joe Morgan was born this day in Bonham, TX.
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1945: At League Park, Bob Feller threw one of his TWELVE one-hitters for the Indians, a 2-0 win over Detroit.
Jimmy Outlaw had the only Tiger hit as Rapid Robert struck out 7 and walked 4.
1951: The Yankees are victorious when Mickey Mantle hits a three-run homer off Chicago's Lou Kretlow to win, 5 - 3. A small crowd of 12,127 watch the game at the Stadium. The two teams have been tied now for 11 days. The Yanks now have nine games left, eight against Boston.
1955: Cubs infielder Ernie Banks hits his fifth grand slam of the season to establish a new major league mark, but Rip Repulski's 12th-inning homer off Jim Davis proves to be the difference as the Cardinals beat Chicago, 6 - 5.
1956: For the third time in his career, P Don Newcombe hits two home runs in one game, in a 17 - 2 laugher. The win puts the Dodgers a half game in front of the Braves.
1960: Chicago's pennant hopes are damaged with a nitecap 7 - 6 loss to the Tigers, after they win the opener 8 - 4. Pinch-hitter Norm Cash scores the decisive run in game 2. Cash thus ends his year by grounding into no double plays, the first American Leaguer to do this since league records on this were started in 1940.
Future Teammate with the Tigers Dick McAuliffe and Roger Repoz will duplicate this in 1968.
1961: The Giants clobber Warren Spahn for four home runs, one of them a grand slam by Willie Mays, and then rally in the 8th and 9th to top the Braves, 11 - 10. The two teams combine for eight home runs and 57 total bases, but the short ball wins it - Harvey Kuenn's tie-breaking single in the 8th, and Ed Bailey's sacks-full single in the 9th.
1967: Boston rallies again to beat Detroit, 4 - 2, scoring three runs in the 9th inning. Jose Santiago (10-4) wins for the second time in two days.
The loss drops Detroit from 1st place down to 4th. Dave Boswell throws a two-hitter to give the Twins an 8 - 2 win over the Athletics. Joel Horlen wins his 18th game, a 3 - 0 blanking of the Angels, to leave the White Sox in 3rd place, a half-game behind the co-leaders, Boston and the Twins.
1968: Denny McLain's 31st win is overshadowed by Mickey Mantle's 535th homer. McLain allegedly calls C Jim Price out and tells him to inform Mantle he's throwing the slugger nothing but fastballs. The home run gives Mantle undisputed hold of 3rd place on the all-time home run list. Mantle tips his cap to Denny as he rounds third base.
Joe Pepitone, the next batter, signals where he would like the ball, and McLain dusts him.
The Tigers win the game 6 - 2, the 12th straight complete game for the Tigers staff.
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1976: Catfish Hunter notches his 200th career victory as the Yankees stop Milwaukee, 2 - 1. Since 1901, only Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander have hit the 200 mark before their 31st birthday, but arm trouble will limit Catfish to 224 wins. He'll win 17 this year, after five straight 20-win seasons.
1980: At Tiger Stadium, Al Kaline becomes the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The First Ballot Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, and played Right field like he invented it for Detroit from 1953 to 1974.
1984: Tigers get their 98th win beating the brewers 4 - 2. Nelson Simmons goes 3-for-4.
1998: Tigers win 8 - 7 over the twins on a Damion Easley home run, their third straight walk-off win in which they trailed in the 9th inning.
2001: Major League Baseball and the Players Association announce the creation of the MLB-MLBPA Disaster Relief Fund. The organizations will each donate $10 million to aid the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
2002: The Tigers take batting practice with a temporary fence in left field at Comerica Park. They will move the left field wall closer during the offseason.
Their game is rained out in the second inning, erasing a 9-run 1st by the Twins.
2011: Mariano Rivera throws a perfect 9th inning in the Yankess' 6 - 4 win over the Twins, striking out rookie Chris Parmelee for the final out, to record the 602nd save of his career. He passes Trevor Hoffman for the all-time lead in the category.
2012: Derek Jeter collects his 200th hit of the season, tying Lou Gehrig who also recorded 200 hits eight times for the Yankees.
2015: Ian Kinsler has his winning run in the 9th overturned on replay, then homers in the 11th for a walk-off 6 - 5 win
over the royals.
2018: The Oakland Athletics traded players to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Fiers. 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.
2020: Shortly before his Tigers are to play a game against the Indians, veteran manager Ron Gardenhire announces his retirement, effective immediately, claiming he is stressed and not feeling well. Lloyd McClendon will complete the season as interim manager.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Ralph Young 1915-1921.
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Frank Reiber 1933-1936.
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Ron Shoop 1959.
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Russ Nagleson 1970.
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Andrew Good 2005.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Marv Grissom 1949.
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