July 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1853: The New York Clipper publishes what is believed to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club, 21 - 12, on July 5th.
1887: Shoeless Joe Jackson was born. A brilliant baseball career cut short by the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" scandal.
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1897: At the age of 45, Chicago's Cap Anson becomes the first major leaguer to amass 3,000 hits when he singles off Baltimore's George Blackburn.
1901: In Cleveland, Boston's Cy Young notches his 12th straight win, staggering to a 10 - 8 victory over the Blues.
1903: The New York Highlanders traded Paddy Greene to the Detroit Tigers for John Deering.
1907: Ed Walsh sets another major league record for fielding chances for pitchers, handling 12 assists and three putouts in a 13-inning game.
1909: At Bennett Park, the Tigers and Senators play the longest scoreless game in American League history.
Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits, two walks (one intentional), while fanning 10. The Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, Bill "Dolly" Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury after eight innings. He is replaced by Bob Groom. Gray will put another entry in the record books next month when he walks seven straight batters. The 0 - 0 contest is called after the 18th inning. Ed Summers Game Score of 126 is the highest ever recorded by a Tigers pitcher.
1914: The Tigers, minus Ty Cobb who is nursing a sore thumb, knock out rookie Babe Ruth in the 4th inning and trip the Red Sox, 5 - 2. It is Ruth's first loss.
1922: George Sisler drives in the first run with a sacrifice fly against Walter Johnson and the Browns top the Senators, 2 - 0.
1940: The Detroit Tigers purchased Bob Uhl from Dallas (Texas).
1941: The Chicago Cubs purchased Frank Jelincich from the Detroit Tigers.
1941: Joe DiMaggio singles off Al Milnar in the 1st inning to extend his hitting streak to 56 games. He has three hits in the game as the Yankees beat the Indians, 10 - 3 in Cleveland. DiMaggio's streak will be snapped tomorrow night.
1948: There are three managerial changes today. Ben Chapman is fired by the Phillies (though owner Bob Carpenter insists he was "not fired" saying "I'd like to make it clear that there is a difference between firing a man and concluding business with him.") and Dusty Cooke takes over on an interim basis. Eddie Sawyer, with no major league experience as a player or manager, will get the job after Cooke goes 6-6.
But the big news is from New York. The Giants remove Mel Ott and replace him with Leo Durocher, who obtains his release from Brooklyn.
The Dodgers bring back mild-mannered Burt Shotton, who replaced Durocher once before. In a newspaper poll over the winter, an overwhelming majority voted for the gentlemanly Shotton to replace The Lip.
The changes today portend those at the end of the season: Bucky Harris of the Yankees, Ted Lyons of the White Sox, and Steve O'Neill of the Tigers will be released.
1950: Major League players connect for 37 home runs today for a new record. Leading the offense is Cincinnati with two wins over the Giants, 16 - 4 and 11 - 10.
In the American League, the Red Sox and Indians hit seven home runs in their doubleheader split: Moose Dropo collects three homers.
Arguably the most memorable of today's record-breaking home run total comes off the bat of career bench player Ted Beard, helping his cellar-bound Bucs salvage a split with the still contending Braves. At 5 foot, 8 inches, en route to a career .285 slugging percentage (albeit in the midst of his career year, with 4 HR, 12 RBI, and an OPS of nearly .700), Beard launches one over Forbes Field's 86-foot high right field grandstand roof, just the second time in the grandstand's 25-year existence this feat has been accomplished, its sole predecessor being Babe Ruth's final major league home run on May 25, 1935.
1951: While in Detroit, the Yanks option rookie Mickey Mantle to Kansas City (AA). Mantle, plagued with strikeouts - 3 on the 13th - and in a slump, will go 0-for-22 in his start with the Blues, before ending with a tear at .361. The Yankees will recall him on August 20th.
1952: Walt Dropo gets two more hits, giving him 15 in four games, which ties the American League record.
1956: A group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million.
1960: Tigers beat the Yankees 3-2 on a Rocky Colavito RBI single in the bottom of the 8th.
1961: Detroit regains first place with two complete game victories from Phil Regan and Don Mossi.
Homeruns by Al Kaline and Don Mossi in the 11 to 1 win over the Kansas City Athletics. Then in the second game, homeruns by Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash lead Detroit to an 8 - 3 win. The Tigers have a record of 58 and 31.
1971: Vida Blue boosts his record to 18-3 with a one-hit, 4 - 0, victory over Detroit. Tony Taylor's single in the 4th is the only hit.
1975: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term.
1976: Mark Fidrych pitches an 11-inning complete game for his 10th win. #Tigers win 1-0 on a Willie Horton's walk-off single.
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1984: Tigers beat the White Sox 7 - 1. Glenn Abbott with the CG 5 hitter. Kirk Gibson with a 3 run homer.
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1985: At the All-Star Game Lou Whitaker forgets his Tigers jersey, buys a replica from stadium gift shop, w/ "1" added in Magic Marker.
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In the 1985 All-Star Game, the National League beats the American League, 6 - 1, at Minnesota's Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games.
1990: Alan Trammell hits walk-off HR to give Tigers 5-4 win over whitesox at Tiger Stadium.
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1994: Detroit defeats Kansas City 13 - 7. Travis Fryman's grand slam powers the Tigers.
1997: The San Diego Padres traded Earl Johnson (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Hajek.
1997: The San Francisco Giants traded Marcus Jensen to the Detroit Tigers for Brian Johnson.
1998: The Detroit Tigers released Joe Oliver.
2002: Damion Easley ties a major league record by getting hit by a pitch 3 times in one game in a loss to the red sox.
2003: At the age of 77, Minnie Minoso becomes the first player to play professional baseball in seven decades. The Cuban native, who had a 16-year big league career which ended in 1964 (with brief resumptions in 1976 and 1980), walks as the designated hitter for the St. Paul Saints against the Gary SouthShore RailCats in independent Northern League action.
2006: Chipper Jones collects an extra-base hit for the 14th consecutive game, tying the major league record held by Paul Waner for 79 years.
2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Danny Dorn as a free agent.
2013: The American League wins the All-Star Game, 3 - 0, over the National League, as batters from the senior circuit only manage three hits.
Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, is named the MVP.
2017: Miguel Cabrera draws a walk-off bases loaded walk in the 11th inning and the Tigers beat the blue jays 6 - 5.
2019: Four Indians pitchers combine on a one-hitter in an 8 - 0 win over the Tigers. Reliever Tyler Clippard allows the sole hit, a single by Nicholas Castellanos in the 5th. Rookie Zach Plesac starts the game and allows just one walk in three innings, but has to give way to the bullpen after a rain delay of 2 hours and 7 minutes. Nick Goody and Tyler Olson, with two innings of work each, are the other two pitchers in the feat.
2021: After a year and a half of wanderings, the Blue Jays receive permission to reintegrate their normal digs at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON starting on July 30th. This is thanks to soaring vaccination rates in Canada, and the easing of restrictions on public gatherings. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jays had been forced to play their home games either on the road, or in temporary homes in Buffalo, NY and Dunedin, FL. The Jays then celebrate the good news by defeating the Rangers, 10 - 2, hitting five homers in the process, two of them by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Tigers players and managers birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Marv Peasley. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Marv Peasley 1910.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Johnnie Williams. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Johnnie Williams 1914.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Don Ross. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Don Ross 1938, 1942-1945.
Bill Norman Managerial Record
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Bill Norman Minor league manager 1955-1958, scout 1955, manager 1958-1959.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jim Lentine. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jim Lentine 1980.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Whit Wyatt. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Whit Wyatt 1929-1933.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Carl McNabb. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Carl McNabb 1945.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Tony Taylor. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Tony Taylor 1971-1973.
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