October 2 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: Addie Joss of the Cleveland Naps tosses a perfect game against the Chicago White Sox. The future Hall of Famer wins a 1 - 0 decision over Ed Walsh in one of the greatest pitching duels in major league history. Joss strikes out only three batters, while Walsh fans 15.
1919: The Chicago White Sox lose the second game of the World Series, 4 - 2, to the Cincinnati Reds. Lefty Williams, one of eight Sox players involved in a Series-fixing scandal, walks three men in the fourth inning. After the game, he is confronted and attacked by Sox catcher Ray Schalk.
1921: The Tigers get 11 hits, and set a franchise record with 1,723 hits on the season, a record that still stands.
1927: at Navin Field: On the final day of the season, Harry Heilmann pounds out seven hits in a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland and edges Philadelphia?s Al Simmons for the batting crown .398 to .392.
1934: The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Chet Morgan from the Detroit Tigers in the 1934 rule 5 draft.
1935: The Tigers drop Game 1 of the World Series, 3-0. Pete Fox has 2 of the Tigers' 4 hits. Lon Warneke pitches the shutout for the Cubs.
1938: Hank Greenberg has 4 hits in a doubleheader in Cleveland, but none of them leave the yard. He finishes the season with 5 homerless games to remain at 58, two behind Babe Ruth's season record of 60. "I ran out of gas," he told Lawrence Ritter.
1940: The Tigers exploded for 5 runs off starter Paul Derringer in the 2nd inning, sending him to an early shower and giving Detroit a 7-2 win in the first game of the 1940 World Series. A capacity crowd of 31,793 at Crosley Field saw the Reds' vaunted pitching and defense struggle.
Billy Sullivan Jr. starts at catcher for the Tigers. His father played for the White Sox in 1906: they become the first father-son duo in World Series history.
1949: The New York Yankees win the American League pennant by defeating the Boston Red Sox, 5 - 3. Jerry Coleman's three-run triple provides the winning margin, while Ted Williams falls short of both the batting title and the Triple Crown.
1949: George Kell wins the batting title over Ted Williams by a margin of .3429 to .3427.
1953: Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers sets a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in Game Three at Ebbets Field against the New York Yankees. Brooklyn wins, 3 - 2, behind Erskine's six-hit pitching.
1962: The Detroit Tigers released Sam Jones.
1963: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers sets a World Series record by striking out 15 batters in Game One against the New York Yankees, beating the record set by Carl Erskine 10 years ago on this day. The Dodgers win the game, 5 - 2, behind Koufax' six-hit pitching.
1966: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins his 27th game of the season and the final game of his career. Koufax's 6 - 3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies clinches the National League pennant for the Dodgers.
1968: In one of the most memorable World Series performances ever, Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals strikes out 17 Detroit Tigers. Gibson sets the World Series record for most strikeouts in a single game, set on this day in 1963 by Sandy Koufax, and leads the Cardinals to a 4 - 0 victory over Tigers ace and Cy Young and MVP Awards winner Denny McLain.
1972: Mickey Lolich strikes out 15, Al Kaline and Aurelio Rodriguez get 3 hits each. Tigers are one win away from the division title.
1974: Hank Aaron hits his final home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves, who defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 13 - 0. Phil Niekro pitches the shutout for his 20th win of the season.
1974: Future Hall of Famer Al Kaline announces his retirement. During a 22-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Kaline compiled in 2,834 games, 1,622 runs, 3,007 hits, 498 doubles, 75 triples, 399 home runs, 1,582 runs batted in, 972 extra base hits, 4,852 Total Bases, and a final line of .297/.376/.480/.856 along with 10 Gold Glove Awards. He also batted .379 in the 1968 World Series. Kaline was a Perennial All-Star voted to 18 mid-summer games, and most of all his final numbers ranked in the top 5/10/15/20 at the time of his retirement.
1976: Mark Fidrych holds the Brewers to 5 hits and one run in a complete game to end an unforgettable rookie season with 19 wins.
1984: Tigers 8 - Royals 1. Alan Trammell goes 3-for-3 with a triple and a home run. Jack Morris holds the Royals to 1 run over 7 innings.
Tigers take a 1-0 lead in the ALCS
1985: Darrell Evans hits his 40th home run, becoming the first player to hit 40 in both leagues (hit 41 with the Braves in '73).
1987: Tigers edge the Blue Jays 4-3 to tie them for first place in the AL East with 2 games to play.
2002: Wendell Magee of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2002: Brian Powell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2002: The Detroit Tigers released Mitch Meluskey.
2005: Warren Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2006: Colby Lewis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2006: Bobby Seay of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2011: The Tigers get a dominant outing by Max Scherzer to beat the Yankees, 5 - 3, and even their ALDS at one game each. Scherzer does not allow a hit until the 6th inning, while Miguel Cabrera puts the Tigers ahead with a two-run homer off Freddy Garcia in the 1st inning. Closer Jose Valverde struggles a bit in the 9th, giving up a home run to Nick Swisher and a triple to Jorge Posada, but ends the game with the tying run on base.
2012: the Tigers clinch the AL Central. Miguel Cabrera goes 4-for-5 with his 44th home run.
2014: The Orioles take Game 1 of their ALDS, 12 - 3, over the Tigers. The game is close until the O's score 8 times in the bottom of the 8th to run away with the score, but before that, Nelson Cruz opens the score with a two-run homer off Max Scherzer in the bottom of the 1st, and J.J. Hardy hits a solo shot off Scherzer in the 7th to make it 4 - 2. Chris Tillman is the winner.
Victor and J.D. Martinez go back-to-back in Game 1 of the ALDS, making it the 2nd time in postseason history players with the same last name went deep consecutively. Frank and Brooks Robinson had last done it in 1966.
2016: Tigers lose their season finale 1-0 to the braves, eliminating them from the wild card race.
2017: Matt den Dekker of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: John Hiller is inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
2020: Hall of Famer Bob Gibson, who spent his entire career with the Cardinals, whose 1.12 ERA in 1967 remains an iconic number, and who was only the second man to record 3,000 strikeouts, passes away from pancreatic cancer at 84.
2020: BBWAA removes ex-MLB commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name from MVP awards.
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Earl Wilson 1966-1970.
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Victor Santos 2001.
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Chad Smith 2014.
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Heinie Schuble 1929, 1932-1935.
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Cy Perkins 1934, coach 1935, manager 1937.
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Bud Black 1952, 1955-1956.
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