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February 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1913: Native American Olympic hero and all-around amazing athlete Jim Thorpe begins his major league baseball career by signing with the New York Giants!
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1914: An exhibition game involving major league teams takes place in Cairo, Egypt. The game is part of a special 56-game world tour. The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play to a 10-inning, 3 - 3 tie.
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1928: Former standout Hughie Jennings dies at the age of 58. The future Hall of Famer batted .311 over a 17-year career, including a career-high .401 in 1896. Jennings also managed the Detroit Tigers to three consecutive American League pennants from 1907 through 1909.

1942: Hank Greenberg re-enlists as sergeant in Army Air Forces.

1947: Commissioner Happy Chandler announces the creation of a pension plan for major league players. Players who have accumulated five seasons in the major leagues will receive $50 a month starting at the age of 50. For each year of additional service, a player will receive an extra $10 per month, up to a maximum of $100.

1959: Zack Wheat, a Brooklyn Robins favorite of the 1910s and 1920s, is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Wheat, a .317 hitter over his 19-year career, batted .300 or better 14 times.

1962: The National League releases its first 162-game schedule.

1965: The National League clubs adopt an emergency team replacement plan to restock any club struck by disaster.

1969: The Detroit Tigers drafted John Young in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

1970: The Veterans Committee selects former Commissioner Ford Frick and former players Earle Combs and Jesse Haines to the Hall of Fame.
Haines won 210 games for the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched in four World Series.
Although he played 100 games in a season just nine times, Combs accumulated 1,866 hits and batted .325.
Frick was commissioner from 1951 to 1965, but he is best remembered for suggesting that an asterisk be placed next to the name of anyone who broke Babe Ruth's home run record during the eight additional games on the schedule in 1961.

1973: Monte Irvin is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues. Irvin becomes the fourth player to gain election through the committee, joining Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard. Irvin won two batting crowns for the Newark Eagles before joining the New York Giants.
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1975: The Detroit Tigers signed Gene Michael as a free agent.

1977: Fire destroys the press box on the third deck at Tiger Stadium.
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1995: Talks resume between the major league owners and the Players' Association in attempt to resolve the on-going strike. The owners agree to drop their demand for a salary cap, replacing it with a proposal for a luxury tax.

2000: Baseball Reference launched 23 years ago today. We've come a long way since then.
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2000: The Detroit Tigers released Willis Roberts.

2002: The New York Mets selected Endy Chavez off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Craig Monroe off waivers from the Texas Rangers.

2005: A web site claims Yogi Berra has filed a $10 million lawsuit against TBS due to a Sex and the City promotion which used Berra's name as a possible answer concerning the definition of yogaism. The choices included (a) a type of yo-yo trick, (b) sex with Yogi Berra and (c) what Samantha has with a guy from yoga class.

2010: Jon Miller, who has been broadcasting San Francisco Giants games since 1997, is this year's Ford Frick Award winner. Widely respected for his work, Miller broadcast games for four teams prior to working for the Giants, including those of the Baltimore Orioles from 1983 to 1996. Since 1990, he has described ESPN's nationally-televized Sunday night game in partnership with Joe Morgan.

2013: More trouble for Alex Rodriguez in the wake of earlier reports of the superstar being a client of a clinic in Boca Raton, FL, Biogenesis Laboratories, which is under investigation for supplying PEDs. ESPN reports today that he has been receiving weekly injections at home from the director of the suspect clinic, Anthony Bosch.

2021: Major League Baseball announces that the Players Association has rejected its proposal to delay the start of both spring training and the regular season by one month, reducing the season to 154 games, for health and safety reasons.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Castillo as a free agent.

2023: The Detroit Tigers signed DJ Peters as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

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Billy Sullivan 1916.

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Dave Madison 1952-1953.

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Bob Smith 1959.

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Ron Woods 1969.

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Rich Becker 2000.

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Austin Jackson 2010-2014.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

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Hughie Jennings 1907, 1909-1910, 1912, 1918, manager 1907-1920.

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Razor Ledbetter 1915.

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Tubby Spencer 1916-1918.

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Red Phillips 1934, 1936.

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Jake Wade 1936-1938.

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Paul Calvert 1950-1951.

Baseball Reference
 
https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/degrees-of-expertise/
DEGREES OF EXPERTISE.
Totally Tigers

With just a little over a year of observation, it’s become apparent that the Detroit Tigers have completely changed how they operate from a business perspective. The Colt Keith contract is just the latest example.

Part of the reason lies in the backgrounds of the Tigers’ PoBO, Scott Harris and GM Jeff Greenberg. They are part of the sweeping changes that have come to professional sports, esp. baseball.

Gone are the days when top baseball executives came from the game, scouted, managed or coached. Today, almost every single President and GM has a degree from an elite college with majors that are directly applicable to the sport – psychology, business, sports economics, finance, etc.?Almost none of them played baseball outside of college.

This applies to both Harris and Greenberg, however they also belong to an even higher level of baseball executives.

They have advanced degrees as well. Greenberg has a law degree and Harris has an MBA. A perfect match of both fields that helps a team make bigger and smarter decisions.

They are among the very few in MLB who possess those double degrees.

Who would have thought the Tigers would be leading the way?

Best of all, it’s paying off.

More in the link.....
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiger-talk-1-30-24/id902522346?i=1000643683805
Detroit Tigers Podcast: Tiger Talk. 50 minutes.

Dan Dickerson sits down with Tigers prospect, Colt Keith to get his thoughts on his freshly inked contract extension. Keith also recounts improvements he’s made on both sides of the ball since being drafted.

Later in the show, Pat Caputo and Dickerson discuss the implications of the Keith signing, Tigers prospects, and the challenges of player development.
 
All ranking sites are not created equal with some being better than others. However, it should be noted that in all the lists - and the most important takeaway - there are more and more Detroit Tigers appearing in the top 100 rankings.

Top 100 was just released at ESPN

10: Jobe
15: Clark
40: Keith
45: Meadows (?!)
63: Jung
95: McGonigle

Interesting…..but great seeing this many names make the list
 
What was interesting about A.J. Hinch’s comments about the Tigers 3rd base situation heading into the season is how it pertains to production. So I did some research.

I understand the sentiment here — they haven’t added a 3B — but they aren’t *really* running it back.

Last year Maton, Nevin, Short, and Schoop played in 111 games at 3rd for -1.8 fWAR, -11 OAA, and -16 DRS.

Vierling, McKinstry, and Ibanez? 1.1 WAR, 1OAA, - 1DRS in 85 games.

MCBTB
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...ations-offseason/id1623601003?i=1000643705873
MLB Podcast A.J. Hinch Talks Tigers Expectations, Offseason. 58 minutes
The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman
Baseball.
MLB.com

On a new episode of “The Show” podcast, Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman open up talking about worries for the Mets this season. They also talk about expectations for the Yankees and what changes they would make to the Hall of Fame voting process.

At the 21 minute mark, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch then joins the guys. Hinch talks about whether they can make the playoffs and end the drought, hiring Joey Cora, Javy Baez’s struggles last year, their top prospects, the Lions season ending, their third base situation, how their rotation might pan out and where Mark Canha will play.

Hinch talks for nearly 30 minutes.
 
February 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1876: The National League is formed in New York City at the instigation of William Hulbert, owner of the Chicago White Stockings, in reaction to the lack of central direction in the fledgling National Association. The new circuit will field eight teams in its inaugural season and will become the blueprint for professional team sports in North America.

1923: Red Schoendienst is born in Germantown, Illinois. Playing mostly as a second baseman, Schoendienst will bat .289 during a 19-year career mainly with the St. Louis Cardinals, who he will later manage to a World Championship. He will win election to the Hall of Fame in 1989.
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1936: Ty Cobb is named to the inaugural class of baseball's Hall of Fame with more votes than any other former player.
The Georgia Peach Gets 222 Votes, 4 Short of Perfect Score and 7 More Than Ruth and Wagner.
Mathewson and Johnson Only Others With Enough Ballots to Be Named in Nation-Wide Poll.
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1936: The Baseball Writers Association of America announces the results of the first Hall of Fame vote. Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Honus Wagner comprise the inaugural class of Hall of Fame members. Several other stars like Cy Young fail to make the grade, but will enter the Hall in later elections.

1978: Day of Infamy: The San Diego Padres signed Mickey Lolich as a free agent.

1987: The Detroit Tigers signed Nate Snell as a free agent.

1989: Former All-Star first baseman Bill White is elected president of the National League. White succeeds Chub Feeney, becoming the first African-American to be named president of either league and the highest-ranking black executive in the four major sports.

2004: The Tigers introduce new free agent signing Iván Rodríguez. #Pudge #HOF
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2017: The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2017 inductees. Leading the way are P Roy Halladay and OF Vladimir Guerrero, who respectively starred for the Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos, as well as former Baseball Canada President Ray Carter, amateur umpire Doug Hudlin, and the edition of Team Canada which won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Tigers players birthdays:

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Ray Demmitt 1914.

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Zeb Eaton 1944-1945.

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Adam Everett 2009-2010.

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Matt Boyd 2015-2021, 2023.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Bergman
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Dave Bergman 1984-1992.

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https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2024/02/01/five-for-friday-102/
FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
Totally Tigers

With the news of the Colt Keith contract, there has been discussion about what other Tigers may be signed to an extended contract while their careers are still in the early stages.

Of course, Spencer Torkelson’s name has come up. If you discount the concerns over his defensive skills, there is one huge reason why the Tigers won’t give him a similar deal.

Scott Boras, his agent.

Boras is on the record saying that he is against what are considered to be team-friendly contracts. His job is to get his clients as much money as he can.

And he’s very, very good at it. Boras takes almost every single client of his to free agency. His m.o. is to create demand and a bidding war between multiple teams in order to drive the price up.

You know the Tigers have to be thinking which of their perceived building blocks will be leaving the team once they hit free agency.

There are a couple, like Kerry Carpenter and Parker Meadows who do not have agents as of yet. But that can change.

But if we look at the current 40-man roster, as well as a list of their top prospects, which of these players is repped by Scott Boras?

Here is a list of the top 5:.....
 
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