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November 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1883: New York Gothams owner John B. Day proposes a resolution to prohibit a team from signing a player who has broken the reserve clause of his contract. This resolution, eventually adopted by both the American Association and National League, effectively changes the reserve clause from a device to protect owners from their own greediness to a vindictive weapon to be used against uncooperative players.

1888: The National League adopts a salary classification plan that puts all players into five categories with a standard salary for each ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. The scheme is vehemently opposed by the Brotherhood.

1934: The Chicago Cubs acquire future Hall of Fame infielder Fred Lindstrom and pitcher Larry French from the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Babe Herman and pitchers Guy Bush and Jim Weaver.

1952: Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Harry Byrd, who won 15 games and posted and a 3.31 ERA, is selected American League Rookie of the Year by BBWAA voters. Byrd will be the last Athletics player to win the Award until Jose Canseco in 1986.

1954: The Detroit Tigers drafted Ben Flowers from the Boston Red Sox in the 1954 rule 5 draft.

1954: The Pittsburgh Pirates draft outfielder Roberto Clemente from the AAA roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Although Clemente hit only .257 for the Montreal Royals last season, he will become a Hall of Fame member with the Pirates.

1957: In a controversial vote, Mickey Mantle barely edges Ted Williams, 233 to 209, to win the American League MVP Award.
Mickey Mantle is named the American League MVP for the second year in a row! (34 HR - 94 RBI - .365 BA - 146 BB - .512 OBP).
Mantle batted .365 with 34 home runs for the first-place New York Yankees, while Williams, of the third-place Boston Red Sox, led the AL with a .388 average and 38 home runs, as well as a stunning .731 slugging percentage. Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey fumes at the news, noting that two Chicago writers listed Williams in the ninth and tenth places on their ballots.
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1960: The American League proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in 1961 and begin interleague play. There will be expansion in the American League in 1961, but interleague play will not arrive until 1997.

1961: Frank Robinson becomes the first Cincinnati Reds player in 21 years to win the National League MVP Award, taking 219 of 224 possible votes.

1967: Minnesota Twins second baseman Rod Carew wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award. Receiving 19 of 20 first place votes, Carew easily outdistances Reggie Smith of the Boston Red Sox.

1967: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later to the Houston Astros for future Hall Of Famer Eddie Mathews. The Detroit Tigers sent Leo Marentette (December 10, 1968) and Fred Gladding (November 22, 1967) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

1968: Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench edges out New York Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. Bench becomes the third member of the Reds in six years to be named the top rookie.

1977: Andre Dawson of the Montreal Expos wins the National League Rookie of the Year Award by one vote over Steve Henderson of the New York Mets. Dawson hit .282 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI, while Henderson had a batting line of .297, 12, 65.

1978: Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker wins the American League Rookie of the Year Award with 21 of 28 first-place votes over Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers. Whitaker will be the youngest AL Rookie of the Year until Mike Trout passes him 34 years later.
"This is the biggest moment of my career," the rookie says, accurately.

1983: The Players' Association fires executive director Kenneth Moffett after barely a year in the job and chooses Donald Fehr as his successor.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Bobby Seay as a free agent.

2010: Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds wins the 2010 National League Most Valuable Player Award. He defeats fellow 1B Albert Pujols of the Cardinals who had beaten him in voting for both the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, by getting 31 of 32 first-place votes in recognition of his leadership role on a young Reds team that reached the postseason for the first time in 15 years. Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies finishes third.

2017: According to a report in the magazine Forbes, Major League Baseball revenues in 2017 grew for the 15th consecutive year and passed the $10 billion threshold for the first time. The growing value of television rights and increasing ratings are the primary reasons behind this growth, in spite of a slight decline in attendance at ballparks.

2022: The winners of the Comeback Player of the Year Award are Justin Verlander, who won the AL Cy Young Award after missing almost two full seasons due to Tommy John surgery, and Albert Pujols, who recently announced his retirement after an excellent final season with the Cardinals.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Rice
Harry Rice Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Harry Rice 1928-1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dick_Bartell
Dick Bartell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dick Bartell 1940-1941, coach 1949-1952.

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

Austin Romine Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Austin Romine 2020.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pat_Dobson
Pat Dobson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Pat Dobson 1967-1969.

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
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Last week, the Detroit Tigers non-tendered pitcher Spencer Turnbull. This after a year of drama in which he did not agree with the team about a demotion to Toledo.

Without a doubt, stats were heavily in favor of the Tigers. Turnbull had not pitched well at all.

From all appearances, Spencer was focused on earning his service time in order to become a free agent in a year. There was also the issue of the 5-year service mark which allows players to refuse demotions.

And just yesterday, it appears that the 2 sides resolved a legal filing by Turnbull giving him a full year of service time despite pitching only 31 innings at the MLB level.

For those of you who wish to read all the details about what transpired, here is the link to yesterday?s blog:

The question now to ask is whether Turnbull was right to do what he did.

Is it OK for a player to take whatever necessary steps (as long as they are legal) in an attempt to protect and promote his career?

Or is there a limit to one?s actions that may be deemed either appropriate or inappropriate?
What do you think about Turnbull?s actions as he tried to earn service time?

Do you approve of how Spencer Turnbull tried to manage his career?

1. Yes, he was within his rights.

2. No, his moves were inappropriate.

VOTE
 
November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Kansas City (American Association) purchased Tex Covington from the Detroit Tigers.
1912: Providence (International) purchased Ollie O'Mara from the Detroit Tigers.

1934: Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Frank Doljack from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Montreal (International) purchased Vic Frazier from the Detroit Tigers.

1943: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently ineligible to hold office or be employed for having bet on his own team. The Carpenter family of Delaware will buy the Philadelphia club and Bob Carpenter, at age 28, will become president.

1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sports writers visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program.
Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.

1951: The New York Yankees send young catcher Clint Courtney to the St. Louis Browns for pitcher Jim McDonald. Courtney, the first major league catcher to wear eyeglasses, has appeared in one game for New York.

1960: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, nine-inch Howard batted 23 home runs during the regular season.

1962: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the NL with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.

1964: The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club's coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team. When asked by reporters whether he and the likewise recently acquired Yogi Berra will now become the oldest battery in MLB history, Spahn quips, "I don't know about that, but we'll probably be the ugliest."

1977: The New York Yankees sign free agent relief pitcher Rich Gossage to a six-year $2.75 million contract. Gossage had 26 saves and a 1.26 ERA for the Pirates last season. He will join Cy Young Award winner Sparky Lyle in the Yankees bullpen.

1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Morris Madden as a free agent.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Rob Deer as a free agent.

1998: The Detroit Tigers purchased Masao Kida from Orix (Japan Pacific).

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Ogea as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.

2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.

2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.

2013: After making do with makeshift solutions at catcher all of last year, the Yankees decide to sign seven-time All-Star Brian McCann to a five-year, $85 million contract.

2015: The Dodgers hire Dave Roberts as their new manager, to replace Don Mattingly. With the highest salary mass in the major leagues, the Dodgers take a chance on the first minority manager in team history, whose experience as a skipper consists of one game in an interim capacity with the Padres last season.

2016: Ralph Branca, most famous for giving up the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to Bobby Thomson while pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 three-game playoff, passes away in Rye, NY at the age of 90. Branca was an All-Star in his own right, and a twenty-game winner, but observers usually reduced his career to one unfortunate moment.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Michael Papierski as a free agent.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Whitmer
Dan Whitmer coach 1992-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Casper_Wells
Casper Wells Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Casper Wells 2010-2011.

Jeff Ferrell Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Jeff Ferrell 2015, 2017.

Tigers players who passed away:

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

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ralph_Branca
Ralph Branca Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Ralph Branca 1953-1954.

Will Brunson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Will Brunson 1998-1999.

Baseball Reference
 
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