April 15 in Tigers and mlb history:
1911: Tigers beat the White Sox 2-0 in a blizzard-shortened game at Michigan & Trumbull. Despite the cold, the Tigers will get out to a hot 21-2 start on the season.
Bennett Park, Detroit, MI, April 15,1911 – White Sox and Tigers play season opener in a heavy snowstorm | Baseball History Comes Alive
1915: Rube Marquard of the New York Giants no-hits the Brooklyn Robins, winning, 2 - 0.
1918: The American League season opens with Babe Ruth pitching a four-hit, 7 - 1, victory over the Philadelphia Athletics. Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow will start Ruth's conversion to slugger later that season by working him into 72 games in the outfield and at first base.
1930: The Detroit Tigers (striped stirrups) and St. Louis Browns remove their caps for the flag raising ceremony on Opening Day. Tigers RHP George Uhle picks up the win and slugs a 2-R HR for the Detroiters.
Tigers 6 - Browns 3 Navin Field, Detroit.
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1933: Lynwood 'Schoolboy' Rowe, standout pitcher for the Tigers, makes his big league debut memorable with a
6-hit 3 - 0 shutout victory over the white sox.
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1947: Tigers shut out the Browns 7-0 on Opening Day in St. Louis. Eddie Mayo goes 2-for-4 with a double on his birthday.
1947: In his debut with the Pirates at Wrigley Field, Hank Greenberg's RBI double scores the game's only run.
1947: 28-year-old Jackie Robinson makes a historic debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first African-American to play major league baseball in the 20th century. Robinson goes 0 for 3 in his debut, but scores the deciding run in a 5 - 3 victory over the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field. He handles 11 chances at first base, a new position for him. Coach Clyde Sukeforth, interim manager and the man credited with first scouting Robinson, guides the Dodgers to two victories before stepping down. Robinson is the first black player to appear in the majors since 1884.
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1954: Hank Aaron collects the first hit of his major league career. The Milwaukee Braves' rookie goes 2 for 5 in a win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
1954: After a 51-year absence, big league ball returns to Baltimore as a crowd of 46,354 watch the Orioles beat the White Sox, 3 - 1, in the first game played at Memorial Stadium. A Baltimore ownership group, which includes Clarence Mills, Jim Keelty, Jerry Hoffberger and Zanvyl Krieger, bought the former St. Louis Browns and brought the franchise to the Charm City.
1957: U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially opens the season by tossing out the first ball at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The ball is the 10 millionth Spalding baseball to be used in major league play.
1957: The Detroit Tigers released Bob Kennedy.
1958: Major League Baseball comes to California as the transplanted Giants and Dodgers play the first game on the Pacific Coast.
Rare footage of the first official major league game played on the West Coast! The San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 8-0 at Seals Stadium.
1961: Bill Bruton's first hit as a Tiger is a 3-run home run at Tiger Stadium in a 6-2 win over the White Sox.
Norm Cash goes 2-for-3 with a double and triple, and Dick Brown also hit a home run for Detroit.
1966: Dick McAuliffe hits a grand slam and Al Kaline adds a home run and a double as the Tigers win their home opener vs. the washington senators 8 - 3.
1968 - At the Astrodome, the New York Mets and Houston Astros play the longest game in National League history.
The six-hour and six-minute contest, in which each team has 79 at-bats and 11 hits, ends in the 24th inning when
Bob Aspromonte's grounder goes through the legs of shortstop Al Weis as the Astros win, 1 - 0.
It sets the mark as the longest NL game played to completion, the longest major league night game, and the first 23 innings are the longest major league scoreless game. The game ties the American League's longest complete game (Philadelphia Athletics 4, Boston Americans 1, in 24 innings on September 1, 1906).
1972: Reggie Jackson sports a mustache as the Oakland Athletics top the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 3, in 11 innings. Jackson is the first major league player with facial hair since Frenchy Bordagaray in 1936. Jackson starts a trend with Oakland, as owner Charlie Finley eventually encourages all of his players to grow mustaches.
1972: Tigers finally open the season after a players strike. Mickey Lolich strikes out 9 in a CG 3 - 2 win over the red sox. The Tigers would go on to edge the Red Sox for the division title that season by a half game.
1976: The New York Yankees defeat the Minnesota Twins, 11 - 4, in the first game at the newly-renovated Yankee Stadium. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, and the widows of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth take part in pre-game ceremonies at the Stadium, which had been closed for the 1974 and 1975 seasons.
1977: Hank Aaron becomes the first player to have his uniform number retired by two teams. The Atlanta Braves retire his No. 44 during a pre-game ceremony. The Milwaukee Brewers had previously retired Aaron's number.
1982: Fans cross at Michigan and Trumbull for the Tigers' home opener at Tiger Stadium (Det. News photo).
Tigers beat the Blue Jays 4-2.
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1983: Detroit Tigers pitcher Milt Wilcox is one out away from a perfect game when pinch-hitter Jerry Hairston singles, and Wilcox settles for a 6 - 0 one-hitter over the Chicago White Sox. This is only the third time in major league history a perfect game bid has been stopped with one out to go.
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1993: Sparky Anderson earns his 2,000th victory as a manager as the Detroit Tigers rally to beat the Oakland Athletics, 3 - 2.
1997: The 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's breaking the color barrier in major league baseball is celebrated before 54,047 at Shea Stadium during a game between the Mets and the Dodgers. U.S. President Bill Clinton and Jackie's widow, Rachel Robinson, both speak during the 35-minute presentation, but the surprise of the evening occurs when acting Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Robinson's number 42 will be retired in perpetuity for every team.
1999: The Detroit Tigers selected Rob Sasser off waivers from the Texas Rangers.
2000: In the 2,800th game of his career, Baltimore Orioles infielder Cal Ripken, Jr. lines a base hit off Minnesota Twins pitcher Hector Carrasco to become the 24th major leaguer to reach the 3,000 career hit milestone.
2004: Fifty-seven years after the historic event, major league baseball begins the tradition of Jackie Robinson Day, an annual celebration marking the day the color line was broken. At big league parks across the country there are ceremonies honoring the ground-breaking Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman, including Commissioner Bud Selig joining his widow, Rachel Robinson, for a Shea Stadium tribute.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Eric Owens as a free agent.
2005: To commemorate the 58th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's first game in the big leagues, the Los Angeles Dodgers wear replicas of the old road uniforms worn by the 1947 team which played in Brooklyn. Derek Lowe throws a three-hitter blanking the host San Diego Padres, 4 - 0.
2008: Tigers get home runs from each of the 3-6 hitters in their lineup: Gary Sheffield, Magglio Ord??ez, Miguel Cabrera, and Carlos Guillen, to beat the Twins 6-5.
2009: Every player in Major League Baseball wears number 42 today, in honor of the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line. The practice will be repeated in future years.
2011: Jim Leyland savors his 1,500th win as a manager when the Tigers defeat the Athletics, 8 - 4, with a wild 10th inning. Oakland is cruising to a 1 - 0 victory after a solid start by Brandon McCarthy when Miguel Cabrera homers off Brian Fuentes to tie the game in the 9th. In the 10th, the A's commit three errors and the Tigers score 7 runs, two on a bases-loaded double by Brennan Boesch that breaks the tie. The A's then rally for 3 runs on their own in the bottom of the frame, but it is not enough to cancel Detroit's outburst. Leyland is the 19th manager in history to reach the 1,500-win milestone.
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2014: Tigers and Indians are snowed out after 3 inches of snow falls in Detroit, breaking the city's seasonal record with a total of 95 inches.
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2019: Today we honor the man who broke the color barrier when he made his historic MLB debut. Today we say, "Thank you, 42."
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2021: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Centeno as a free agent.
2022: Jackie Robinson Day is celebrated across North America on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in Major League Baseball. In New York, NY, the city temporarily renames part of 42nd Street and Broadway "Jackie Robinson Way" and installs a large marker in a ceremony attended by a number of Hall of Famers and other former players, and the Empire State Building is illuminated in the colors of the Brooklyn Dodgers with a rotating 42 in Jackie's honor. The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inaugurates an exhibition dedicated to Robinson, with a special emphasis on the 1946 season he spent with the Montreal Royals of the International League and on other trailblazing Black Canadian teams and players, while tributes are held around the major leagues, including the now traditional wearing of his iconic uniform number by all players.
Tigers players birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Joe Hoover. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Joe Hoover 1943-1945.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Eddie Mayo. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Eddie Mayo 1944-1948.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dick Sharon. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Dick Sharon 1973-1974.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ray Bare. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ray Bare 1975-1977.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Trey Wingenter. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Trey Wingenter 2023.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jack Coombs. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jack Coombs 1920.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jess Doyle. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jess Doyle 1925-1927.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Reno Bertoia. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Reno Bertoia 1953-1958, 1961-1962.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bobo Osborne. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Bobo Osborne 1957-1959, 1961-1962.
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