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Days Of Roar Tigers Podcast: Playoffs? Here's what must happen for Detroit Tigers to win wild-card race in American League. 61 minutes.

The Detroit Tigers continue their winnings ways, clinching 15 of their last 21 games. Coming out of Labor Day, the Tigers are five games out of the third and final wild-card spot in the American League, looking up at the Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins. What will it take for the Tigers to surpass one of those teams? Regardless, does the wild-card race change anything about how the Tigers plan to approach the offseason? To get to this point, the Tigers utilized their pitching depth to win games in August despite having just two traditional starters, thanks to the strategy created by president of baseball operations Scott Harris. Manager A.J. Hinch explains the role of the bulk reliever, as well as how it helps the Tigers win games. As for one of the starters, Tarik Skubal is running away with the AL Cy Young Award, but how dominant has he been compared to pitchers of the past? (Hint: It's one of the best seasons in nearly 60 years.)
 
September 4 in Tigers and mlb history:

1907: For his 32nd birthday tomorrow, Cleveland fans give manager Nap Lajoie a wagon-load of gifts, including a live black sheep. Addie Joss pitches a one-hitter against Detroit.

1908: In New York, Walter Johnson opens a series against New York by besting Jack Chesbro, 3 - 0, allowing six hits in the Washington win.

1912: Providence (International) purchased Ralph Works from the Detroit Tigers.

1913: Providence (International) purchased Lou North from the Detroit Tigers.

1913: Cleveland lefty Vean Gregg strikes out Ty Cobb three times in a row, but Cobb doubles in the winning run in the 12th.

1916: In Detroit, the Coveleski brothers appear together in the same game for the only time in their careers. Stan starts for the Indians and gets knocked out in Detroit's 5-run first inning. Harry relieves later on in the game as Detroit wins 7 - 5.

1916: Reds player-manager Christy Mathewson, pitching his only game not in a Giant uniform, beats his long-time nemesis Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown and the Cubs, 10 - 8. In the 25 contests in which the two legends have faced one another, Matty, by winning the last decision, takes a 13-12 advantage in their final meeting.
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1922: At the start of the day, both New York teams are on top, and both Boston teams are on the bottom. But today, the Red Sox take two and knock the leaders off their perch as they sweep the Yankees, 4 - 3 and 6 - 5. Babe Ruth hits his last regular-season home run in the Polo Grounds. He gets it off Herb Pennock, who also gave up Ruth's first Yankee homer, also at the Polo Grounds.

1927: Pittsburgh Pirates legends Paul Big Poison Waner & Lloyd Little Poison Waner become the first brothers to hit a home run in the same major league game!
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1930: Rogers Hornsby returns to the Chicago lineup as the Cubs beat the Pirates. Hornsby had been absent since Memorial Day because of a broken ankle.

1935: Babe Ruth receives a lifetime pass for all National League games from NL President Ford Frick.

1945: Long-time Yankee batting practice pitcher Paul Schreiber, who last pitched in the majors in 1923 and the minors in 1931, relieves for the Yankees against Detroit in a Tiger rout. Schreiber gives up no hits in 3 1/3 innings, but the Tigers' Dizzy Trout wins 10 - 0.

1951: George "Sparky" Anderson hits an RBI double in the American Legion World Series at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.

1961: Mickey Mantle misses the Labor Day doubleheader with a painful and swollen forearm, but the Yanks don't need him as they sweep a pair from the Senators, 5 - 3 and 3 - 2. The sweep moves the Yanks six games up on the slumping Tigers, who lose, 6 - 3, to the Orioles and trail, 4 - 1, in a game that is suspended. Mantle's replacement, Johnny Blanchard, breaks a 3 - 3 tie in the opener with an 8th-inning homer.

1968: Future Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza is born in Norristown, PA. A 62nd round draft choice in 1988, he will be the lowest-drafted player to be enshrined in Cooperstown after being elected in 2016.
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1969:The Orioles lead off the 9th inning with 3 straight home runs, by Frank Robinson, Boog Powell, & Brooks Robinson, to rally to beat the Tigers and widen their division lead over Detroit to 13.5 games.

1979: Norman "Turkey" Stearnes dies at age 79 in Detroit. Here he is at Tiger Stadium months before his death. The Detroit Stars legend was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.

1981: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later to the Minnesota Twins for Ron Jackson. The Detroit Tigers sent Tim Corcoran (September 4, 1981) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

1986: Hank Greenberg dies at age 75 in Beverly Hills, California.
Greenberg is still the Tigers franchise leader in slugging percentage (.616) and OPS (1,028), and holds the team's season records for home runs, RBIs, doubles, and extra base hits.

1987: Doyle Alexander celebrated turning 37 with his 4th straight win as a Tiger, as the offense roared to an 11-2 win in Texas. A toronto win kept the Tigers AL East lead over the Jays at 1.5 games.

1989: Fred Lynn hits his 300th career home run to help the Tigers to a 5 - 1 win over Kansas City.

1991: Removing an asterisk which really never existed, the Statistical Accuracy Committee decides to put Roger Maris' 1961 home run season ahead of Babe Ruth's 60 mark instead of listing it separately as it was from 1962 until this year.
The eight-man panel also re-defines a no-hit game as one which ends after 9 or more innings with one team failing to get a hit, thereby removing 50 games from the list that had previously been considered hitless, including the 1959 performance of Harvey Haddix's 12 perfect innings against the Braves and Jim Maloney's 1965 1 - 0 loss to the Mets in 11 innings.

1993: New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, throws a no-hitter vs. the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium.



2011: The Tigers crush the White Sox, 18 - 2, behind Max Scherzer. Miguel Cabrera homers and drives in 4 runs, while Alex Avila has 4 hits. Over the last two days, the Tigers scored 26 unanswered runs against Chicago, coming back from 8 - 1 down yesterday to win, 9 - 8, then taking an 18 - 0 lead today before surrendering two 9th-inning runs.

2014: Battling to stay alive in the AL Central, the Indians suffer a demoralizing loss after they rally from a 4 - 0 1st-inning deficit against defending Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer of the Tigers. They manage to force extra innings, but everything goes wrong in the 11th, when they allow 7 runs to lose, 11 - 4. It's their second straight crushing loss to the Tigers, after closer Cody Allen gave up a three-run, 9th-inning homer to J.D. Martinez in a 4 - 2 loss yesterday.

2017: J.D. Martinez of the Diamondbacks becomes the 18th player in major league history - and second this season after Scooter Gennett - to hit four homers in one game. He connects for a two-run shot off Rich Hill in the 4th, solo homers off Pedro Baez and Josh Fields in the 7th and 8th, respectively, and a two-run blast off Wilmer Font in the 9th to tie the record. Arizona defeats Los Angeles, 13 - 0 for its 11th straight win, while the Dodgers have lost 9 of their last 10.

2018: Several sources report that a severe fight breaks out between the two main members of the Tigers' television broadcast team, Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, at the end of tonight's game. The two have been working together for 17 years and it is not clear what caused the altercation. Both will be let go as the result of this incident.

Tigers players birthdays:

John Terry 1902.

Red Corriden 1912.

Paul Jata 1972.

Doyle Alexander 1987-1989.

Tigers players who passed away:

Red Killefer 1907-1909.

Clyde Manion 1920-1924, 1926-1927.

Stearnes, Turkey | Baseball Hall of Fame
Norman Turkey Stearnes Detroit Stars Negro Leagues 1923-1931, 1937.

Hank Greenberg 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1946.

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
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Don’t look now but the Tigers have picked up the pace during the 2nd half of the 2024 season.
Despite trading off 4 veteran players at the end of July, they have put up above .500 play for both July and August. Through Monday’s games, they now have the 16th best record in MLB.
During those 2 months, they’ve won 6 series while only losing 3.
They’ve done this despite missing most of their starting rotation. Jack Flaherty got traded, Kenta Maeda got demoted and both Casey Mize and Reese Olson went on the IL. That left only Tarik Skubal. The Tigers promoted rookie Keider Montero to provide a 2nd SP and filled the other 3 slots using a bullpen/opener formula.
This strategy resulted in the Tigers putting up a 3.06 ERA for the month of August, 2nd only to the Houston Astros.
But which one of these results surprised you the most? That the Tigers are playing meaningful games in late summer or that their pitching strategy is holding its own?

Which performance by the team has surprised you the most?

1. Regularly winning series, playing above .500.

2. The success of 2 starting pitchers +bullpen games.

VOTE
 
Tigers miss opportunities, but Sweeney shows good signs.
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Tigers 5 - Padres 6: Tigers lost it in late-night extras.
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Tigers squander 5-0 lead, lose to Padres in 10 innings.
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Detroit Tigers lose 6-5 to San Diego Padres on walk-off hit in 10th inning, drop to .500
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September 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1874: Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie was born on this day in Woonsocket Rhode Island.
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1901: In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A's, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 - 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks.

1904 - In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.

1905: The Detroit Tigers released Duff Cooley.

1905: When Boston beats the Athletics, 3 - 2, in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.

1910: Jack Coombs begins a streak of 53 shutout innings, topping Doc White's 46 shutout innings of 1904. Three years later Walter Johnson will top Coombs record with 55 2/3 innings. Years later, Don Drysdale in 1968 breaks the Big Train's record with 58 shutout innings. Finally, Orel Hershier in 1988 sets the record with 59 shutout innings.

1914: 19-year-old Babe Ruth hits his first professional HR with the minor league Providence Grays while pitching a 9-0 shutout vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs.
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1915: Browns slugger George Sisler pitches a complete game, but the Tigers win 6-5.

1918: Boston Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth hurls a 1-0 shutout vs. the Chicago Cubs at Comiskey Park (more seating than Wrigley Field) to win Game 1 of the World Series! The "Fall Classic" started a month earlier than usual due to WWI.
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1921: Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's career strikeout mark by fanning seven Yankees to run his total to 2,287.
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1926: At Baltimore, the minor league Orioles embarrass the Yankees, 18 - 9, in an exhibition game. Babe Ruth is 0 for 5 and tangles with Mark Koenig in the dugout after the 8th inning. Ruth yells at Koenig, accusing him of loafing on several plays.

1935: Trailing the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 1, Lefty Grove is lifted for pinch-hitter Wes Ferrell who hits an RBI single as the Red Sox score six runs in the 6th inning en route to 9 - 5 win. Grove is the winning pitcher.

1936: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski born this day in Wheeling, WV.
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1940: Tigers beat indians 11-3 to cut their lead in the pennant race to 2 games. Hank Greenberg hits 2 doubles, Rudy York hits a home run and a double. The Tigers will go on to win the pennant by one game but lose the World Series in 7 games.
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1949: ?Cardinals? Stan Musial - Thirty days hath September? (TIME Magazine Cover).
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1951: Ralph Branca, despite twinges in his arm, pitches the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Gil Hodges drives home four runs on a grand slam off Ken Johnson. It is Gil's 37th homer of year, setting a new Dodger record.

1954: Hank Aaron goes 4 for 4 in a 9 - 7 triumph over the Cubs, but breaks his ankle in the second game of a doubleheader and is lost for the remainder of the season.

1955: In an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.

1960: The first-place Pirates split with the Braves, winning, 9 - 7, before losing, 7 - 1. The Bucs rout Warren Spahn in the opener scoring seven runs in the 4th after the Braves have knocked out starter Bob Friend. Bob Buhl is the winner in the nitecap, scattering seven hits. Chuck Cottier has three doubles and three RBIs to back Buhl. Harvey Haddix is the loser and gives way to Diomedes Olivo, who makes his major league debut in relief. At age 41, or thereabouts, Olivo is the oldest rookie in major league history except for Satchel Paige. The International League MVP pitches two runless innings.

1961: The Yanks top Washington, 6 - 1, sending the Senators to their 20th defeat in their last 21 games. Mickey Mantle's homers for his 51st. The Yanks win, coupled with a Detroit doubleheader loss, puts New York ahead by 7 1/2 games.

1967: Joe Sparma pitches a 2-hit shutout vs Kansas City, Tigers remain 1.5 GB.
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1968: The Tigers and the Cardinals were given the go-ahead today to print World Series tickets by the Commissioner of Baseball. William Eckert also set the ticket prices for the Series: $12 for box seats; $8 reserved; $6 for pavilion (Detroit only); $2 unreserved bleachers & standing room.

1968: Gene Mauch is named manager of the new Montreal National League club, which is officially named the Expos.

1971: Tigers manager Billy Martin uses 6 pinch hitters in the 7th inning, tying a major league record for pinch hitters in an inning. The Tigers score 4 runs but lose 6-5 to the Yankees.

1983: Jack Morris gets his 200th strikeout of the season, en route to a career high and AL-best 232 in a loss to the indians.

1984: Cal Ripken's 1st-inning error lets in Alan Trammell with a run, and that's it as the Tigers beat Baltimore 1 - 0. Juan Berenguer is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes all the way in the loss. Detroit's magic number is now 15.

1995: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Moore.

1995: Cal Ripken ties Lou Gehrig's all-time mark by appearing in his 2,130th consecutive game.

2003: Mike Maroth becomes the first major league pitcher since 1980 to tally 20 losses in a season in a Tigers loss to the blue jays.

2008: The Detroit Tigers released Anastacio Martinez.

2016: The Oakland Athletics selected Donn Roach off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2016: Miguel Cabrera homers twice to reach 300 home runs as a Tiger and moves to 42nd all-time with 439 on his career in the Tigers 5 - 3 win over the white sox.

2017: The New York Times reports that the Red Sox are being investigated for possible sign-stealing during a series against their eternal rivals the Yankees last month. The team's assistant athletic trainer is suspected of having used a smart watch to capture signs and relay them to players on the field. While trying to decode the other team's signs is a long-standing tradition in baseball, using any type of electronic equipment to do so is strictly prohibited.

2017: JaCoby Jones and John Hicks each hit 2 home runs in a 13-2 drubbing of the Royals.
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Tigers players birthdays:


Pete LePine 1902.

Merv Shea 1927-1929, 1939.

Bob Maier 1945.

Gene Bearden 1951.

Wayne Belardi 1954-1956.

Rob Richie 1989.

Tigers players who passed away:

Hank Aguirre 1958-1967.

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