October 29 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889: The New York Giants (National League) defeat the Brooklyn Bridegrooms (American Association - early Dodgers) to win the World's Championship Series, a precursor to the modern-day World Series.
1899: The Free Press publishes this map for an upcoming University of Michigan football game at Bennett Park at Michigan & Trumbull.
1920: Boston Red Sox manager Ed Barrow becomes the general manager of the New York Yankees. Barrow led the Red Sox to the World Championship in 1918 and will find even greater success in New York. Hugh Duffy replaces Barrow in Boston.
1927: Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig pose with members of the Fresno Athletic Club before a barnstorming exhibition game in Fresno, California.
1931: Lefty Grove, winner of 31 games for the Philadelphia Athletics, is named American League MVP. Grove led the league in strikeouts for the seventh straight season and topped all pitchers in winning percentage, ERA and complete games.
1942: Branch Rickey, the architect of the St. Louis Cardinals minor league system, resigns as the team's vice president. The future Hall of Famer will become the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1945: Happy Chandler, who had continued to serve in the U.S. Senate after becoming commissioner, resigns his political office. He will move the commissioner's quarters to Cincinnati.
1956: The Chicago White Sox name future Hall of Famer Al Lopez as their new manager. Lopez replaces Marty Marion, who was fired after guiding the Sox to a third-place finish in the American League.
1963: The New York Yankees released Yogi Berra.
1969: Tom Seaver, who won 25 games to help lead the Mets to one of the most unlikely World Championships in major league history, is voted the National League Cy Young Award winner.
1975: Fred Lynn of the Boston Red Sox is the overwhelming choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Lynn, who helped the Red Sox to the AL championship, made the All-Star team, hit .331 with 21 home runs and 105 RBI, and led the league in runs (103), doubles (47), slugging percentage (.566) and OPS (.967). A Gold Glove winner as well, he will become the first rookie to win the Most Valuable Player Award later this off-season.
1979: Hall of Famer Willie Mays severs all ties to Major League Baseball after signing a contract with the Bally Corporation, which is involved with legalized gambling in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1983: Alan Trammell suffers a costume-related knee injury at a Halloween party. The injury will bother him throughout the 1984 season, but not keep him from winning World Series MVP.
1984: Willie Hernandez files a trade demand as part of contract renegotiations.
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1991: Mark Salas of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1992: Eric King of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1997: Groundbreaking for new ballpark to replace Tiger Stadium is held. Hal Newhouser throws out the ceremonial first pitch at groundbreaking. Later named Comerica Park, home of Detroit Tigers.
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2001: Commissioner Bud Selig says Major League Baseball is considering eliminating two teams by the start of next season. Contraction would include the Montreal Expos and either the Minnesota Twins or the Florida Marlins.
2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Jackson as a free agent.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Craig Dingman as a free agent.
2004: Al Levine of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Sean Casey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Vic Darensbourg of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Kevin Hooper of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Jason Karnuth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Anastacio Martinez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Henry Mateo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Alan Mills of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Dane Sardinha of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Dennis Tankersley of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Andres Torres of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Steve Torrealba of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Todd Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: The Detroit Tigers traded Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens to the Atlanta Braves for Edgar Renteria.
2008: The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays in five games.
2012: Gerald Laird of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Jose Valverde of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Delmon Young of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2012: Anibal Sanchez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2014: The Giants win Game 7 of the World Series, 3 - 2, over the Royals to clinch their third Championship in five years. Madison Bumgarner pitches the last five innings without giving up a run to earn the save, completing an otherworldly pitching performance that earns him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
2017: Game 5 of the 2017 World Series is another wild one, as the Astros defeat the Dodgers, 13 - 12, in 10 innings. The Astros come back from early deficits of 4 - 0 and 7 - 4, and the Dodgers are down 12 - 9 in the top of the 9th before forcing extra innings, when Alex Bregman drives in pinch-runner Derek Fisher with a hit to left field off Kenley Jansen to end the contest. The game takes 5 hours and 17 minutes and features 7 homers, for a record total of 22 in the series, with at least one more game to be played.
2018: Jose Iglesias of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2018: Francisco Liriano of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2018: Victor Martinez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2018: Jarrod Saltalamacchia of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2019: For a record 6th straight game, the visiting team is the winner in Game 6 of the World Series, as Washington defeats Houston, 7 - 2, to force a Game 7. After giving up a pair of 1st-inning runs, Stephen Strasburg pitches into the 9th inning, while Anthony Rendon drives in 5 runs. Two of these come in the pivotal 7th inning on a homer that follows a controversial interference call by home plate umpire Sam Holbrook that goes against Washington and leads to the ejection of manager Dave Martinez. For Houston, Justin Verlander is now 0-6 in 7 career World Series starts, a blight on an otherwise stellar career.
2020: The White Sox dig deep into their past to name their new manager, plucking 76-year-old Hall of Famer Tony LaRussa from retirement. He first managed the Sox from 1979 to 1986, and the 35-year gap between stints managing the same team is the longest in North American professional sports history. Observers helpfully point out that not a single current player was even born when he first began managing, the oldest current major leaguer being Albert Pujols, who was born in 1980.
Tigers players birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frank Browning. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Frank Browning 1910.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Joseph Finneran. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Happy Finneran 1918.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Kip Young. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Kip Young 1978-1979.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Darrell Brown. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Darrell Brown 1981.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Greg Gohr. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Greg Gohr 1993-1996.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Karim García. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Karim Garcia 1999-2000.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frank Fuller. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Frank Fuller 1915-1916.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Anse Moore. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Anse Moore 1946.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Harry Malmberg. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Harry Malmberg 1955.
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