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September 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1845: The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club is formed, and Alexander Cartwright's 20 rules, presented on September 13th, are adopted.

1902: Cy Young eases to his 32nd win as Boston pounds the A's, 14 - 1.

1905: Detroit rookie Ty Cobb 18, hits his first home run, off Cy Falkenberg, an inside-the-park blow in an 8 - 5 loss at Washington.
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1908: The Chicago White Sox purchased Fred Payne from the Detroit Tigers.

1908: Giants P Christy Mathewson and Cubs P Three Finger Brown battle in the most controversial game ever played. The score is 1 - 1, with two outs in the last of the 9th when Fred Merkle's failure to touch second after an apparent game-winning hit by Al Bridwell scoring Moose McCormick from third costs the Giants a 2 - 1 win; the ump calls Merkle out and rules the game a tie. Merkle's 'boner' will eventually cost the Giants the flag.

1911: Walter Johnson gives up a two-run homer in the 6th inning to Joe Jackson, the 8th four-bagger the Big Train has allowed this year. Johnson had given up just two in the previous four seasons. Cleveland whips the Senators, 6 - 1.

1911: Christy Mathewson pitches the Giants to a 6 - 2 win over the Reds. New York now leads Chicago by eight games.

1912: In Boston, 100,000 fans are on hand to greet the Red Sox after their western road trip. All business stops as the players ride from South Station to the Common where Mayor John F. Fitzgerald welcomes them. The players are given the keys to the city. Extra seating is added to Fenway Park, increasing the seating capacity to 32,000 for the World Series.

1915: Before the game at Pittsburgh, manager Fred Clarke is presented with a grandfather clock and a red leather binder signed by thousands of well-wishers. Clarke plays four innings in left field and goes 1 for 2. After reaching first, Clarke is replaced by Max Carey, and the out-going manager exits to thunderous applause. Pittsburgh wins, 8 - 4, over the Braves.

1915: In Philadelphia, Detroit's Ty Cobb swipes his 90th base of the year. Only 300 fans are on hand to witness the event. Cobb will finish with 96 stolen bases, a record that will last until 1962.
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1916: Allowing only just one walk during a twin bill with the Cincinnati Reds, Phillies hurler Grover Alexander wins both ends of a doubleheader (7 - 3 and 4 - 0) to establish a National League record. The future Hall of Famer will repeat the feat on September 3, 1917 against the Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field.

1920: The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in the World Series scandal. Confessions, later repudiated, are signed by Ed Cicotte, Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, and Happy Felsch.

1922: Rogers Hornsby belts his 40th homer, a solo shot in the 6th at the Polo Grounds, but the Giants hang on to win, 7 - 5.

1930: There are 42 hits in the Phillies' 19 - 16 loss to the pennant-bound Cardinals. RF Chuck Klein makes his 44th assist, well above the record of 39 set by Mike Mitchell with the Reds in 1907.

1933: Despite the 5th-place Tigers' 5 - 3 win over the Browns, manager Bucky Harris submits his resignation. Babe Ruth's name will be prominent in the newspapers as a possible replacement. Tigers will court Babe Ruth to replace him before settling on Mickey Cochrane.

1933: The Yankees make seven errors, three by Frank Crosetti, but have enough firepower to outslug the Red Sox, 16 - 12. Including in New York's 23 hits are homers by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, number 31 for each; Lou adds two doubles and a single. Sammy Byrd, Ben Chapman and Crosetti have three hits apiece, and reliever Wilcy Moore drives in the last run with his first hit of the year. The Red Sox chase winning pitcher Herb Pennock in the 6th and make the score 13 - 9, but fall short at the end.

1936: Pitching in the 10th straight Giants game, Carl Hubbell notches his 16th consecutive victory, his 26th of the year. He will resume the streak next year to reach a record 24 wins in a row.

1938: Hank Greenberg hits 2 home runs to lift his season total to 56, within reach of Babe Ruth's record of 60.
Tigers lose two to the indians.

1947: It's "Jackie Robinson Day"at Ebbets Field! The Brooklyn Dodgers rookie and his wife Rachel are showered with gifts, including a brand new Cadillac.
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1948: The Braves clinch the National League flag by defeating the Giants, 3 - 2. They will finish 6 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers. Two days before the season is over, the Braves will lose their best hitter, OF Jeff Heath, who breaks an ankle sliding home against Brooklyn.

1950: The Yankees, tied for first place with the Tigers and two games ahead of Boston, open a crucial series with the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio's 1st-inning home run off Mel Parnell is all the scoring needed, as the Bombers win, 8 - 0. Ed Lopat gives up five hits, including a leadoff triple to Dom DiMaggio.

1951: Roy Campanella has four hits, including a homer off 15-game winner Bubba Church, and the Dodgers top the Phillies, 6 - 3. Preacher Roe is the winner, his record going to an amazing 22-2.

1955: The Yanks clinch the pennant by beating the Red Sox, 3 - 2.

1956: Ozzie Virgil becomes the first Dominican to reach the majors. The 23-year-old Monte Cristi native, who will also see his son Ozzie Jr. catch in the big leagues, plays third base for the Giants.

1957: The Braves clinch the National League pennant, defeating the Cards, 4 - 2, thanks to Hank Aaron's 11th-inning home run. It is the first time since 1950 that a New York team (Dodgers or Giants) hasn't finished first.
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1961: An ailing Mickey Mantle's career-high 54th home run, his last of the regular season, helps New York beat Boston, 8 - 3. Whitey Ford leaves the game in the 5th inning, but wins his 25th.

1968: Gates Brown goes 2-for-3 in a loss to the orioles to raise his season average to .384. He will finish the year at .370, the 8th-best season for a pinch hitter in major league history.

1968: Denny McLain appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Win #30 - Al Kaline congratulates Denny McLain. (Sports Illustrated - 1968) #MLB #DetroitTigers #TigersBaseball
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1973: The New York Mets purchased Bob Miller from the Detroit Tigers.

1973: Joe Coleman pitches a 3 - 0 one-hit CG shutout against the Red Sox for his 22nd win. Jim Northrup hits 2 home runs off Luis Tiant.

1979: Lou Brock steals base No. 938 to break Billy Hamilton's unofficial record in a 10-inning St. Louis victory over the Mets, 7 - 4. The Cardinal outfielder broke Ty Cobb's mark of 892 in 1977.

1983: Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher in major league history to win 300 games and the Phillies inch closer to the National League East title with a 6 - 2 win over the Cardinals.

1984: Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager ever to win 100 games in a season with two different clubs as the Tigers beat the Yankees, 4 - 1. Anderson had led the Cincinnati Reds to 100-win seasons in 1970, 1975, and 1976.
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1987: Bill Madlock collects his 2,000th career hit as the Tigers beat Boston, 4 - 0, on Doyle Alexander's 2-hitter.
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1995: Lance Parrish makes his final career appearance, with Toronto.
After 10 years with the Tigers, Parrish played for 6 teams in the next 9 years. After his retirement, Parrish will tell the baseball world he made a mistake leaving Detroit.

2000: Joining Frank Robinson, the Devil Rays' Fred McGriff becomes only the second player in major league history to hit 200 homers in both the American and National League.

2008: The Red Sox hand Cliff Lee just his third loss in 25 decisions in a 5 - 4 win to clinch a playoff spot. The win eliminates the Yankees from making the postseason for the first time since 1993 (not counting the 1994 season, when the postseason was cancelled, but during which the Yanks posted the best record in the American League).

2022: Albert Pujols, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season no matter what happened, becomes the fourth player to reach the 700-home run mark - after Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds. He does so by going deep twice, first off Andrew Heaney in the 3rd inning and then off Phil Bickford in the 4th for #700. The Cardinals win handily, 11 - 0, over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.

Tigers players birthdays:

Frank McManus Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Frank McManus 1904.

Walter Schaller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Biff Schaller 1911.

Lefty Stewart Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Lefty Stewart 1921.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Rooker
Jim Rooker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jim Rooker 1968.

Jim Morrison Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jim Morrison 1987-1988.

Joba Chamberlain Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Joba Chamberlain 2014-2015.

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Easton Lucas Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Easton Lucas. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Easton Lucas 2024.

Tigers players who passed away:

Bob Shaw Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Shaw 1957-1958.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Aurelio_Rodríguez
Aurelio Rodríguez Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Aurelio Rodriguez 1971-1979.

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SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

The injury woes for Riley Greene continue. This time, Tommy John surgery on his elbow, after landing on it during a diving catch.

Greene has been out for 3 weeks now. Earlier in the year, he hit the IL with a left leg stress fracture and missed multiple weeks.

Last year, Riley broke his foot after fouling a ball off of it. He missed one-third of a season.

There were already plans to move Greene from CF to a corner position. Parker Meadows is the heir apparent for CF.

Manager A. J. Hinch stated that moving Riley to the corners would help diminish ? but not prevent ? the potential for future injuries. However, he did say that the Tigers do not want their player to change his mental style of playing.

But there are questions about Greene?s future and ability to regularly contribute to the Tigers.
How concerned are you about Riley?s ability to avoid going on the IL each year?

How concerned are you about Riley's ability to avoid going on the IL each year?

1. Not concerned at all.

2. Somewhat concerned.

3. Very concerned.

VOTE
 
Miguel Cabrera's double in the 4th inning was the 624th of his career, tying him with Hank Aaron for 13th place in MLB history.

The two-bagger was also his 1,151st career extra-base hit, matching Adri?n Beltr? for 14th place in big league history.
 
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Tigers look toward '24 with promising road trip, relief from Wentz.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-vs-athletics/2023/09/23/716470/final/box
Boxscore and lowlights.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...cap-oakland-athletics-joey-wentz/70947865007/
Unexpected homer, stranded runners haunt Detroit Tigers in 4-1 loss to Oakland Athletics.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/0...tarter-in-2nd-straight-loss-to-athletics.html
Tigers shut down by rookie starter in 2nd straight loss to Athletics.
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September 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1907: Christy Mathewson shuts out the Pirates, 2 - 0, while Bill Klem continues his battle with the Giants by tossing four more, including John McGraw.

1908: Washington's Walter Johnson three-hits Cleveland to win, 2 - 1. The loss stops Cleveland's win streak at 10.

1911: After 41 straight shutout innings, Grover Alexander is scored on by the Cards in the 6th inning.

1913: Christy Mathewson scatters 11 Brooklyn safeties, walks none, to beat Ed Reulbach, 2 - 1. It is Matty's 25th win. He will finish the year with 25 victories and 21 walks in over 300 innings.

1920: In the first game of a twinbill, Babe Ruth hits his 50th home run in the 1st inning, off the Senators' Jose Acosta. He then adds number 51 in a 4-for-4 second game, a 2 - 1 win, to give the Yankees a sweep.

1921: Harry Heilmann is 3 for 4 against Walter Johnson, but Washington wins the game over Detroit, 5 - 1. Ty Cobb is so incensed by the umpiring of Billy Evans that he challenges him to a fight. The two future Hall of Famers go at it with Cobb getting the best of Evans. George Hildebrand, the second umpire assigned to the game, reports the incident to American League president Ban Johnson. When Johnson fails to act, Commissioner Landis steps in and suspends Cobb, but allows him to continue as a non-playing manager.

1923: Detroit pitcher Ray Francis, with a 3 - 0 lead over the Yankees, issues a bases-loaded walk to Babe Ruth, but hangs on for the victory.

1927: Tigers lose to NY Yankees, who set a major league record with their 106th win.

1928: The Tigers draw 404 fans for their last meeting with the Red Sox, winning 8 - 0 behind Sam Gibson's 5-hitter. Pat Simmons is knocked out in the 7th when he gives up consecutive triples to Al Wingo, batting 9th, John Stone, and Charlie Gehringer. Harry Heilmann has a home run and double for Detroit.

1929: Charlie Gehringer goes 3-for-4 with a home run and 2 triples in the Tigers 9 - 4 win over the browns. He will go on to lead the American League in runs, hits, doubles, triples, and steals on the season.

1931: Lefty Grove wins his 31st, beating the Red Sox, 9 - 4, his 11th straight win over the Red Sox stretching back to May 26, 1930. Since July 25th of that year, Grove's record is 46-4, the best 50-decision streak in the century.

1932: Jimmie Foxx hits his 2nd grand slam in three days, giving him 57 homers for the season, but the A's lose in the 10th to Washington, 8 - 7.

1933: Detroit's Tommy Bridges reaches the 9th inning with a no-hitter for the third time this season and the fourth time in two years. He yields a pair of hits, as Detroit beats the Browns 7 - 0. Despite the win, Bucky Harris resigns as manager of the Tigers.

1934: Idle Detroit wins the pennant, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 5 - 0, in the season's finale at Yankee Stadium.

1940: George Caster of the Philadelphia Athletics allows 6 home runs in one game against the Boston Red Sox. Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Joe Cronin and Jim Tabor connect in the 6th inning. Foxx's homer is his 500th.

1950: Mental lapses crush Tiger hopes. Due to heavy smoke from a Canadian forest fire, Detroit puts on the lights in a Sunday afternoon contest with the Indians. Cleveland's only score in nine innings is pitcher Bob Lemon's home run in the 4th, as the match is tied 1 - 1 on Johnny Lipon's homer. Lemon opens the 10th with a triple, and two intentional walks follow. With the bases loaded and one out, C Aaron Robinson thinks he has a shot at a double play by just stepping on home. Because of the haze, he does not see 1B Don Kolloway remove the force after fielding the ball hit by slugger Luke Easter, and the Indians win 2 - 1.

1957: Hal Griggs of the Senators gets Ted Williams to ground out, breaking the Red Sox slugger's streak of reaching first base 16 consecutive times. Williams later homers to win the game, 2 - 1. Williams holds the 20th Century record. For 50 years, it is believed to be the all-time record but research in 2007 will show a 17-appearance streak by Piggy Ward in 1893.

1957: The Brooklyn Dodgers play their final game at Ebbets Field. Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella & Sandy Koufax are honored in a pregame ceremony! #MLB #Baseball #History #Dodgers


1961: A dropped fly ball by Ken Hunt in the 10th gives the Tigers two runs and a 7 - 5 win over the Angels. Hunt had tied the game in the 8th with a home run. Rookie Howie Koplitz wins his first major league game, after going 23-3 with a no-hitter for Birmingham (Southern Association). Koplitz will win his first seven decisions in the Major Leagues over four years but an arm injury will limit him to a 9-7 record.

1963: Don Wert hits a solo home run to give the Tigers a 1-0 win over the senators at Tiger Stadium. Jim Bunning gets the CG shutout. In the offseason, Bunning is traded from Detroit to the phillies and will have continued success in the National League, matching his 100 plus wins and 1,000 Strikeouts from the Tigers in the A.L. This is one of the worst trades ever in Tigers history.

1967: The Twins crunch the Yankees, 9 - 2, as Dean Chance scatters nine hits for his 20th victory. The White Sox hold off the Indians, 5 - 1, while Boston racks up 18 hits in an 11 - 7 win over the Orioles. The Tigers lose a tough one. Going into the bottom of the 9th in Washington, Detroit nurses a 4 - 2 lead, only to lose it, 5 - 4. The loss drops Detroit to 4th, 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota, Chicago a game back, and Boston a half game.

1973: The New York Yankees selected Duke Sims off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

1974: At Memorial Stadium with his parents, family, and friends in the stands, Tigers Legendary Rightfielder Al Kaline gets his 3000th hit.
The milestone hit is a double off Oriole hurler Dave McNally in a 5 - 4 loss to the Birds. In 5 years, Kaline will become the 10th member of the Baseball Hall Of Fame voted in on the first try.


1976: The Ottawa Journal shows Mark Fidrych getting his first haircut since the All Star break. Jim Price's wife Patsy does the honors.

1982: In the completion of a game suspended on July 9th, the Tigers beat Cleveland, 4 - 3, when reliever Ed Glynn uncorks a wild pitch with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 18th inning and Alan Trammell scores the winning run.

1984: Tigers get their 101st win, tying the 1934 and 1961 teams for the second-most in franchise history in a 7 - 3 win over the brewers.

2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Jason Jimenez off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

2002: The Cincinnati Reds traded players to be named later and David Espinosa (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for Matt Boone (minors), Brian Moehler and cash. The Cincinnati Reds sent Noochie Varner (minors) (August 30, 2002) and Jorge Cordova (minors) (September 24, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2003: Tigers win their second straight with a 4 - 3 win over the royals to remain at 118 losses.
They will need to go at least 3-1 in their season-ending series with Ron Gardenhire's Twins to avoid the 1962 Mets' mark of 120 losses.

2006: Tigers clinch their first playoff appearance since 1987 with their MLB-best 94th win of the season with an 11 - 4 win over the royals. Craig Monroe, Brandon Inge, and Matt Stairs hit home runs. Justin Verlander wins his 17th.

2009: Justin Verlander strikes out 11 in 7 innings as Detroit beats Cleveland, 6 - 5. It is the Indians' 11th straight loss, one short of the franchise record set in 1931.

2011: The 200,000th game in major league history (since 1876) is played today, although the total excludes certain leagues usually considered of major league caliber such as the Federal League. Officially, today's game between the Rockies and Astros at Minute Maid Park sets the historic milestone when it becomes official at 8:45 ET. The Rockies win, 4 - 2, in 13 innings.

2011: Justin Verlander falls short of 25 wins in his final start of the season, gets no decision in a loss to the Orioles.

Tigers players birthdays:

Herbert Jackson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Herbert Jackson 1905.

Joe Sargent Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Joe Sargent 1921.

Dixie Walker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dixie Walker 1938-1939.

Tom Seats Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Tom Seats 1940.

John McDonald Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
John McDonald 2005.

Nate Cornejo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Nate Cornejo 2001-2004.

Tigers players who passed away:

Izzy Goldstein Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Izzy Goldstein 1932.

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Boxscore and Highlights.

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Tigers 2 - Athletics 0: Shared shutout secures series split.
Eduardo Rodriguez had a really nice outing, and the bullpen nailed it down. But they played with fire the whole game.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...s-split-series-oakland-athletics/70953732007/
Eduardo Rodriguez sparkles as Tigers notch series split with Athletics.
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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...ncer-torkelson-eduardo-rodriguez/70954297007/
Spencer Torkelson breaks through with bases loaded as Detroit Tigers beat Oakland A's, 2-0.
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https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2023/0...tics-to-finish-final-road-trip-of-season.html
Tigers shut out Athletics to finish final road trip of season.
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September 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: At Boston, Cy Young wins his 33rd game, beating the White Stockings, 5 - 2.

1907: Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner steals four bases, including second base, third, and home in the 2nd inning against the Giants. Not to be outdone, his teammate Fred Clarke also swipes four bases for the only time in his career.

1908: Detroit's Ed Summers pitches two complete-game wins over the A's, winning the opener, 7 - 2. The second game is a 10-inning battle with another rookie, Biff Schlitzer, that ends 1 - 0 on a Claude Rossman drive for an inside-the-park home run. Summers allows just two hits. With the White Sox idle, the Tigers move to a half-game out of first.

1910: Walter Johnson tosses the first of his two career one-runner games, missing a perfect game when a grounder skips by SS George McBride for a single. Johnson's one-hitter is good for a 3 - 0 victory over the Browns.

1912: In Boston, Smoky Joe Wood fires a two-hitter at New York, winning, 6 - 0. The Boston ace strikes out 10 in winning his 33rd game.

1917: Hall of Famer Phil Rizzuto was born this day in Brooklyn, NY.
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1922: The Giants beat St. Louis, 5 - 4, in 10 innings, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant and the Giants' 10th in 41 years in the National League.

1923: Rogers Hornsby is fined $500 and suspended indefinitely by the Cardinals when, feeling ill, he refuses to take the field for a game against the Robins, despite the team doctor's opinion that he is in condition to play. Raj is not needed as Jesse Haines tops Brooklyn, 4 - 1, for his 20th win.

1925: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, Everett Spikes (minors), Dutch Leonard, Buck Redfern and cash and 3 players to be named to Vernon (PCL) for Jack Warner. The Detroit Tigers sent Bob Jones (September 25, 1925) to Vernon (PCL) to complete the trade.

1929: At Fenway Park, the game is halted during in the 5th inning as the umpires call time-out and have players from the Yankees and Red Sox gather at home plate. Bill McGowan, a respected ump, informs the teams that Bronx Bomber manager Miller Huggins has just died in New York and asks the crowd to stand for one minute of silence as the flag in center field is lowered to half-staff.

1932: Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th home run in the last game of the season to finish two short of Babe Ruth's 1927 record of 60. Foxx adds two singles but the A's lose, 2 - 1, to the Senators' Alvin Crowder. Crowder wins his 26th and 15th straight game, one short of the American League record held by Walter Johnson, Smoky Joe Wood and Lefty Grove. Foxx finishes with 169 RBIs while teammate Al Simmons ties for 2nd with 151.

1932: Paul Waner sets a new National League record with his 62nd double, as the Pirates defeat the Cardinals 7 - 1.

1934: The Detroit Tigers signed Cy Perkins as a free agent.

1934: Hank Greenberg removes himself from the Tigers lineup on Yom Kippur. He gets a standing ovation at his synagogue.

1936: Joe Medwick sets a still-standing National League record with his 64th double.

1940: Bobo Newsom wins a clutch doubleheader for the Tigers, pitching 2 innings of relief in the opener against the White Sox, and going the distance in the nightcap for his 21st win.

1944: Going into the final Monday of the season, the Tigers hold a one-game lead over the Browns with the Yankees now out of the running. Russ Christopher of the A's beats the Tigers 2 - 1, to produce a tie for the lead.

1952: Hal Newhouser of the Tigers wins his 200th game. It is his last win for Detroit, who will release him in early 1953.
Newhouser is one of 4 pitchers to win 200 games with the Tigers (Dauss, Mullin, & Lolich).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKlUYqoWsAEAw9f.jpg Great picture of 'Prince Hal'.

1954: A crowd of 14,175 Fenway faithful fans pays tribute to retiring Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams who is playing his last game at home. The Splendid Splinter's retirement will only last until May when his divorce is finalized with his contract being excluded from the settlement.

1955: Detroit Tigers Rightfielder Al Kaline becomes the youngest batting champ in history, as he takes the American League Batting Crown at age 20 with a .340 average. Ty Cobb was older by one day when he won in 1907.
The future all-time great will also lead the league in hits with 200, and total bases with 321. Kaline will finish 2nd in the MVP vote to Yankees catcher Yogi Berra, and win the Sporting News' American League Player of the year award.
Great Pictures of a 20 year old Al Kaline.
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1963: Stan Musial is named a vice president of the St. Louis Cardinals by owner August Busch. His number 6 is retired.

1965: At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest player to slug 50 home runs in a season. The Giants center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat, hitting 51 homers in 1955.

1965: Sandy Koufax blanks the Cardinals, 2 - 0. He fans 12 along the way, raising his record season total to 356. His shutout of St. Louis keeps Los Angeles a game behind the Giants.

1965: Satchel Paige baseball's oldest performer. At 59, Paige hurls the first three innings, garners one strikeout, and allows just one hit, to Carl Yastrzemski, in his first major league appearance since 1953. The Red Sox then jump on reliever Don Mossi for a 5 - 2 win.

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1967: In an afternoon game, the Angels top the leading Twins, 9 - 2 in Minnesota, to move the idle Red Sox into a first-place tie. Detroit loses, 2 - 0, to Yankee lefty Al Downing.

1968: In Mickey Mantle's last appearance at Yankee Stadium, he slices a two-out 1st-inning single off Cleveland's Luis Tiant, the only hit for the Yankees. Tiant tosses his 9th shutout of the year, tops in the American League, to win, 3 - 0. El Tiante's ERA drops to 1.60

1968: Tigers set a franchise record with their 103rd win a 4 - 3 win over the orioles.
Gates Brown's 3-run go-ahead home run in the 9th inning gives the Tigers the franchise-record 103rd win.
With the pennant in the bag, the Tigers will drop the last 3 games of the season.
The 1984 Tigers will break the franchise record with 104 wins.

1971: The Detroit Tigers signed Ed Glynn as an amateur free agent.

1971: With rookie C Tim Hosley hitting two homers and driving in five runs, the Tigers trip the Yankees, 10 - 7. Les Cain pitches six innings for the win. Cain finishes with a 10-9 record with 145 innings, but contends he is forced to pitch by Manager Billy Martin while he has a sore arm. Cain later claims that it did permanent damage to his arm and he sues the Tigers. In a landmark decision, the Michigan Bureau of Workman's Compensation will order the Tigers to pay Cain $111 a month for the rest of his life. A lump sum payment is later agreed upon.

1974: Dr. Frank Jobe performs the first reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament of the left elbow on Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John. The revolutionary procedure will become known as "Tommy John Surgery"
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1977: Detroit pounds out 18 hits against Boston's Reggie Cleveland, but they still lose 12 - 5.

1978: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Spikes.

1979: Kirk Gibson hits his first career home run in a 3 - 2 win over the orioles.

1984: Tigers get their 102nd win 9 - 1 over the brewers. Howard Johnson hits a grand slam.

1984: Ex-Tiger Rusty Staub becomes the second player in major league history to hit a home run in both his teens and his 40s, joining Ty Cobb.

1989: Boston's Wade Boggs goes 4 for 5 in a 7 - 4 win over the Yankees to become the first player in major league history to achieve both 200 hits and 100 walks in four consecutive seasons. It is Boggs' 7th straight 200-hit season overall, extending his own modern major league record.

1998: Tigers hit 3 home runs in 4 at bats, by Juan Encarnacion, Frank Catalanotto, and Tony Clark in a 7 - 5 win over the blue jays.

2001: Tim Raines joins the odd couple of Ted Williams and Rickey Henderson as the only players in major league history to steal a base in four different decades as the Expos are shut out by the Mets, 2 - 0.

2007: Curtis Granderson hits an RBI triple. It's his 23rd 3-bagger of the season, the most in the major leagues since Dale Mitchell's 23 in 1949. Tigers beat the twin 8 - 0.

2008: Caral Gimbel, former wife of Hank Greenberg, dies in New York City at age 93. An accomplished equestrian rider, Caral was the daughter of the Gimbel family that owned Gimbels department stores made infamous in "Miracle on 34th Street".

2010: Miguel Cabrera jacks a two-run home run to right field, giving the Tigers a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Game is tied and into extra innings when Brandon Inge hits a walk-off single in the 13th inning for an 11 - 10 win over the twins.

2012: The Atlanta Braves traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Jeff Baker. The Atlanta Braves sent Greg Ross (minors) (September 25, 2012) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

2014: In his last-ever home game Derek Jeter provides a storybook ending with an opposite-field, game-ending single in the bottom of the 9th that gives the Yankees a 6 - 5 win over the Orioles.


Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

Dick Harley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dick Harley 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Sain
Johnny Sain pitching coach 1967-1969.

Ed Putman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ed Putman 1979.

Sal Butera Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Sal Butera 1983.

Steve Wapnick Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Steve Wapnick 1990.

Kyle Ryan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Kyle Ryan 2014-2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ray_Hayworth
Ray Hayworth Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ray Hayworth 1926, 1929-1938.

Nolen Richardson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Nolen Richardson 1929, 1931-1932.

Baseball Reference
 
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GENERAL MANAGER MONDAY.
Totally Tigers

Every once in awhile, our regular schedule gets interrupted as big news breaks. And today, it?s a good thing.

The end of the year brings us another change to the Detroit Tigers? organization. A move that has been long overdue.

The Tigers now have a new GM.

Yesterday, I blogged about the hiring of Jeff Greenberg. His background, his history and the skills he brings to the table. Most importantly, how he will improve the team.

If you didn?t read it, here is the link:


Now that you?ve read about him, what is your first impression of the hire?

What is your first impression about the hiring of Jeff Greenberg as the Tigers' GM?

1. Impressed

2. Optimistic

3. Not sure

4. Not impressed

VOTE
 
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/tarik-skubal-is-pitching-like-an-ace/
Tarik Skubal Is Pitching Like an Ace.
Fangraphs

It was a masterful start, the best in a season that has the left-hander looking like he?s taken a stride toward joining the league?s upper echelon of starting pitchers. After undergoing flexor tendon surgery last summer, Skubal started 2023 on the 60-day injured list. But since his July 4 debut, he?s been lights out in 14 starts, with a 2.95 ERA, 2.34 xERA, 2.15 FIP, 2.70 xFIP, 31.8% K%, 4.7% BB%, 0.92 WHIP, and .201 opponent average over 76.1 innings. In that time, he?s also led all pitchers with 3.0 WAR.
 
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