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November 14 in Tigers and mlb history:

1900: The National League rejects the American League as an equal, declaring it an outlaw league outside of the National Agreement, thus inaugurating a state of war. This follows the AL's announcement two days ago that it has made arrangements to go into Washington, DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia. Two weeks later the American Association makes it a three-way battle, but that third circuit will remain a minor league.

1929: Former pitching star Joe McGinnity dies at the age of 58. McGinnity, nicknamed "Iron Man", posted 246 wins in only 10 major league seasons. He will enter the Hall of Fame in 1946.

1946: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox wins his first American League Most Valuable Player Award. Williams had hit .406 and led the league in home runs in 1941, but had lost the MVP race to Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees.
He won the Triple Crown a year later, but lost the MVP to Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees.
This time, Williams beat out Detroit Tigers ace pitcher Hal Newhouser, a two-time winner of the MVP award who finished second in the balloting.



1957: Milwaukee Braves outfielder Hank Aaron is named National League Most Valuable Player with 239 votes. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is a close second with 230, and his teammate Red Schoendienst finishes third with 221.


1961: John Fetzer buys out the interest of Fred Knorr and becomes sole owner of the #Tigers. He will own the team until 1983.
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1973: Oakland Athletics outfielder Reggie Jackson wins the American League MVP Award in unanimous fashion. The future Hall of Famer led the AL with 32 home runs, 117 RBI, 99 runs and a .531 slugging percentage, in helping the Athletics to their second straight World Series title.

1973: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer is named the 1973 American League Cy Young Award winner. Palmer collected 22 victories and led the circuit with a 2.40 ERA.

1979: Don Baylor of the California Angels wins the MVP Award in the American League. The league leader in both runs scored (120) and runs batted in (139), Baylor also hit .296 with 36 home runs, helping the Angels win the AL West Division and reach the postseason for the first time in franchise history.

1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Datz as a free agent.

1995: The San Diego Padres sent Tim Hyers to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Warren Morris as a free agent.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Durbin as a free agent.
2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Alexis Gomez as a free agent.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Steve Torrealba as a free agent.

2006: Justin Verlander becomes the fourth Tiger to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Verlander went 17-9 with a 3.63 ERA in 30 starts as a rookie, also starting Game One of the World Series. He joins Harvey Kuenn, Mark Fidrych, and Lou Whitaker as members of the Tigers to win the award.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Darin Downs as a free agent.

2012: Free agent OF Torii Hunter signs a two-year, $26-million contract with the Detroit Tigers.

2012: The Cy Young Awards are announced in both leagues. In the National League, R.A. Dickey of the Mets is the first knuckleballer ever so honored after finishing the year with a record of 20-6, 2.73 and 230 strikeouts.

2012: In the American League, David Price of the Rays edges last year's winner, Justin Verlander of the Tigers, 153 to 149. Price receives 14 first-place votes after finishing the season at 20-5, 2.56 with 205 Ks, while Verlander gets 13, after a season during which he went 17-8, 2.64 with 239 strikeouts.

2013: The MVPs in the two major league circuits are both clear-cut picks: Andrew McCutchen gets 28 of 30 first-place votes in the NL and Miguel Cabrera 23 in the AL.
Cabrera led the 2013 AL in average, slugging, OBP and OPS, was second in homers and RBI to win his second straight AL MVP.
Miggy becomes the third Tiger to win two MVP awards, joining Hank Greenberg and Hal Newhouser.
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2013: Major League Baseball owners agree to fund an expanded video review system in 2014. The plan, which would allow managers to challenge almost any call by umpires except for balls and strikes, still needs to gain approval from the Players Association and Umpires Union.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Victor Martinez as a free agent.

2016: Michael Fulmer is named A.L. Rookie of the Year, becoming the fifth player in Tigers history to earn the honor.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Niko Goodrum as a free agent.

2019: OF Mike Trout wins the AL MVP Award for the third time, beating out Alex Bregman, while OF Cody Bellinger wins for the first time in the NL, finishing ahead of Christian Yelich.

2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Jermaine Palacios as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

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Fred Carisch 1923.

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Johnny Seale 1964-1965.

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Willie Hernandez – Society for American Baseball Research

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Willie Hernandez 1984-1989.

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Fu-Te Ni 2009-2010.

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Clete Thomas 2008-2009, 2012.

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Charles 'Boss' Schmidt 1906-1911.

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Gail Harris 1958-1960.

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ALWAYS A METHOD BEHIND THE MADNESS

by Holly Horning Ooohh, it looks like I need to put on my therapist’s hat again. The reason? Throughout social media, Tiger fans are upset that Scott Harris hasn’t signed a higher profi…

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ALWAYS A METHOD BEHIND THE MADNESS.
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According to Baseball America's HIT+ metric, Detroit had the best-hitting player development system in 2024. Part of their analysis: "Last year, the Tigers were a surprise addition near the top of the charts. This year, they lead the league in this metric with strong performances from Kevin McGonigle (130 HIT+) and Dillon Dingler (122). Trading Jack Flaherty helped by adding Thayron Liranzo (120) and Trey Sweeney (117). The parent club was a surprise playoff team in 2024, and it seems that there is solid hitting depth in the organization."

 

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Tigers reach local TV deal with FanDuel Sports

On the eve of parent company Diamond Sports bankruptcy discharge hearing, Detroit returns to the former Bally’s group

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Tigers reach local TV deal with FanDuel Sports.
On the eve of parent company Diamond Sports bankruptcy discharge hearing, Detroit returns to the former Bally’s group.
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Tigers News: Local TV deal update, 2025 Opening Day surprise, Josue Briceño

The future of Tigers' broadcasts has been up in the air ever since their last regular season game. Diamond Sports Group, Bally Sports' parent company, filed for

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Tigers remaining on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit in 2025, per court filing

Diamond Sports Group, which owns 16 regional-sports networks including Detroit's, said it has reached an amended deal with the Tigers.

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Tigers remaining on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit in 2025, per court filing.
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Detroit Tigers stay on FanDuel Sports Network in 2025 with revised TV rights deal

Detroit Tigers games will continue to be televised on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit, formerly known as Bally Sports Detroit, in the 2025 season.

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Detroit Tigers stay on FanDuel Sports Network in 2025 with revised TV rights deal.
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Amazon Prime will now carry Detroit Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers games for added fee

Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers games coming to Amazon, which announced deal to carry regional sports networks including FanDuel Sports Network Detroit.

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Amazon Prime will now carry Detroit Pistons, Red Wings, Tigers games for added fee.
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Rays, Tigers Reach Deals With Diamond Sports Group

Diamond Sports Group revealed in court filings on Wednesday that it has reached new broadcasting deals with the Rays and …

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Tigers Reach Deals With Diamond Sports Group.
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Detroit Tigers get spotlight, will play Opening Day on ESPN for first time since 2011

On Opening Day 2025, the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers play at 7 p.m. ET on March 27 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles — televised on ESPN.

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Detroit Tigers get spotlight, will play Opening Day on ESPN for first time since 2011.
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Tigers Rumors: Detroit has advantage in Roki Sasaki free agency sweepstakes

Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki should be a target for the Tigers in free agency.

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Tigers Rumors: Detroit has advantage in Roki Sasaki free agency sweepstakes.
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November 15 in Tigers and mlb history:

1945: The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame. A runoff election is formulated as a way to qualify more players for selection, but it fails to meet its objective as no one reaches the 75 percent requirement in the runoff. Former players Frank Chance, Johnny Evers and Ed Walsh and former manager Miller Huggins come closest.

1948: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bob Hooper from the New York Giants in the 1948 minor league draft.
1948: The St. Louis Cardinals drafted Ed Mierkowicz from the Detroit Tigers in the 1948 minor league draft.

1950: The Detroit Tigers signed Earl Johnson as a free agent.

1951: New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays is named the National League Rookie of the Year.


1951: The Baseball Writers Association of America name Gil McDougald of the New York Yankees as American league Rookie of the Year. The Chicago White Sox object to McDougald's accolade, offering the statistical accomplishments of their superlative rookie, Minnie Mi?oso.

1957: Milwaukee Braves star Hank Aaron is named National League MVP (44 HR - 132 RBI - .322 BA).

1961: For the second consecutive year, New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris is named American League Most Valuable Player. The new single-season home run record holder with 61 edges his teammate Mickey Mantle by four points, 202-198. Jim Gentile of the Baltimore Orioles finishes third with 157 points.

1962: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale wins the 1962 Cy Young Award, outpolling Jack Sanford of the San Francisco Giants with 14 of 18 votes.

1967: Future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox is the overwhelming selection as American League MVP. He receives all but one first place vote in the balloting, the other vote going to Minnesota's Cesar Tovar. Yastrzemski, who led the AL in batting average (.327), home runs (44) and RBI (121), will be the last major leaguer to win the Triple Crown in the 20th Century.

1972: Dick Allen of the Chicago White Sox wins the American League MVP Award by an overwhelming margin over Joe Rudi of the Oakland Athletics. Allen led the AL in home runs (37), runs batted in (113), walks (99) and slugging average (.603).

1983: Shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Ripken, who led the league in hits and runs scored, becomes the first major league player to win the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards in back-to-back seasons.

1987: Bill Laskey of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1988: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins the National League MVP Award, edging out New York Mets OFs Darryl Strawberry.

1992: Jeff Kaiser of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Polonia as a free agent.

2001: New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, who posted a 20-3 record with 213 strikeouts and a 3.51 ERA, wins the American League Cy Young Award for an unprecedented sixth time. Previously, Clemens captured the award with the Red Sox in 1986, 1987 and 1991, and the Blue Jays in 1997 and 1998. He becomes the first Yankees pitcher to win the award since 1978 when Ron Guidry copped the honor. In the 2004 season, Clemens will win his seventh Cy Young in the National League with the Houston Astros.

2002: The San Diego Padres traded Gene Kingsale to the Detroit Tigers for Mike Rivera.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Guillermo Rodriguez as a free agent.

2004: San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds, who is the only player to be the National League Most Valuable Player more than three times, is named by the Baseball Writers Association of America for a record seventh time, including an unprecedented fourth consecutive season. Bonds finished 2004 with a .362 batting average, 45 home runs and 101 RBI. Winning the honor at the age of 40, Bonds surpasses Willie Stargell (39) as the oldest player to win the award.

2005: St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols earns the National League MVP Award, edging Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones. Pujols was among the NL leaders in most hitting categories and finished with a .330 batting average, 41 home runs and 117 RBI

2005: After months of deadlock, leaders of Major League Baseball and the players union reach an agreement to clean up a performance-enhancing drug scandal that has tarnished the nation's pastime and left lawmakers worried about young athletes imitating the wrong role models. It will require baseball players to submit to several drug tests each year, during and between seasons, and will impose lengthy suspensions for steroid and amphetamine use.
Repeat offenders can be banned for life. The agreement, which must be ratified by both the players and baseball owners, is similar to a proposal offered earlier this year by commissioner Bud Selig.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Hessman as a free agent.

2007: Barry Bonds is arraigned on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice for his involvement in the federal investigation of BALCO.

2011: Detroit's Justin Verlander is the unanimous winner of the 2011 American League Cy Young Award. Verlander won the Pitching Triple Crown by leading the AL in wins with a 24-5 record, in ERA at 2.40 and in strikeouts with 250.
Justin is the 12th pitcher to win Pitching's Triple Crown.
Verlander also threw his second career no-hitter on May 7th.

2012: In what is portrayed as a classic dispute between defenders of traditional statistics and supporters of sabermetrics, 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers wins the 2012 American League Most Valuable Player Award over Rookie of the Year OF Mike Trout of the Angels by a score of 362 to 281. Cabrera was the first winner of a Triple Crown in 45 years, but Trout finished ahead of him in more advanced measures of a player's value.
Miguel receives 22 of the 28 first-place votes. The Tiger third baseman winning the triple crown in 2012, is the first time that had happened in 45 years.
Miggy is the first Detroit position player since Hank Greenberg in 1940 to win the award.
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2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Brad Davis as a free agent.

2013: Miguel Cabrera won the AL MVP Award, making it back-to-back MVPs for Miggy.
.348 BA .442 OBP .636 SLG 1.078 OPS 190 OPS+ 44 HR 137 RBI 193 Hits 353 Total Bases.
Prime Miggy was unbelievable.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Melville as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Dustin Molleken as a free agent.

2017: Max Scherzer repeats as the winner of the NL Cy Young Award, his third time winning the trophy, after going 16-6, 2.51 for the Nationals.

2018: The winners of the MVP Award are announced, with Mookie Betts of the Red Sox being the winner in the American League and Christian Yelich of the Brewers winning the honor in the National League. Both are first-time winners.

2022: The Detroit Tigers purchased Steele Walker from the San Francisco Giants.

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Hap Ward 1912.

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Babe Ellison 1916-1920.

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Bob Farley 1962.

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Todd Steverson 1995.

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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ryan Jackson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Ryan Jackson 2001-2002.

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Duane Below 2011-2012.

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FIVE FOR FRIDAY

by Holly Horning The 2024 season is over but that doesn’t mean the stories of that year have ended as well. In fact, much of what happened over the past year still has life. Life that w…

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FIVE FOR FRIDAY.
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The 2024 season is over but that doesn’t mean the stories of that year have ended as well.
In fact, much of what happened over the past year still has life. Life that will most likely be renewed in 2025.
Some of these issues are positive in nature, others not so much. It’s up to the Tigers whether they can or are able to harness the good factors once again for the new season and if they will take the necessary steps to finally put an end to the negative ones.
What are we talking about?
Since this is Friday, I’ve got a list of the top 5 best feel-good moments as well as the ones that brought anguish to us all. The former group is one we want to see again in greater frequency and the latter among the topics we most want to see resolved.

 

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Tigers prospect Briceño becomes Fall League's first Triple Crown winner.
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Tarik Skubal becomes first Tiger to earn All-MLB nod.
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Sign of things to come? Skubal a unanimous choice for Tiger of the Year

Lefty Tarik Skubal was named Tiger of the Year in a unanimous vote by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

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Sign of things to come? Skubal a unanimous choice for Tiger of the Year.
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Who will Tigers protect ahead of Rule 5 Draft?
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Padres Gold Glover could be perfect fit for Tigers' infield carousel

Free agent Ha-Seong Kim could be a useful addition to the Tigers' revolving infield.

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Padres Gold Glover could be perfect fit for Tigers' infield carousel.
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Tigers fans still holding out hope for changes despite Scott Harris laying out shortstop plan

Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris laid out a plan for the shortstop position in 2025 that involves ... Javier Baez.

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Tigers fans still holding out hope for changes despite Scott Harris' shortstop plan.
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Thursday's MLB: Tigers open 2025 season with nationally-televised game on ESPN

The game will begin at 7 p.m. at Dodger Stadium and is part of an Opening Day doubleheader on ESPN.

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Thursday's MLB: Tigers open 2025 season with nationally-televised game on ESPN.
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How Tigers manager A.J. Hinch brought postseason baseball back to Detroit

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch talked to the Detroit Free Press, joining a recent episode of the "Days of Roar" podcast, about a variety of topics.

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How Tigers manager A.J. Hinch brought postseason baseball back to Detroit.
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch emphasizes a culture of winning by focusing on details and making in-game adjustments.
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November 16 in Tigers and mlb history:

1887: The Joint Rules Committee does away with the four-strike rule and with the scoring of walks as hits. Five balls for a walk remains the rule.

1912: Detroit Tigers infielder Red Corriden is sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

1914: Frank Leland, pioneer black ballplayer and founder of the Leland Giants, dies in Chicago after a brief illness. He was 45.

1916: Rube Foster of the Red Sox no-hits the Yankees 2 - 0, for the first no-hitter in Fenway Park, beating Bob Shawkey, 2 - 0. Harry Hooper leads the offense with three hits. Red Sox president Joseph Lannin hands Rube a $100 bonus and each of his Sox teammates receive a gold-handled pocket knife engraved with the date.

1941: Byron 'Whizzer' White scores 2 touchdowns for the Lions, including a 71-yard reception, in a 21-17 win over the Eagles at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
White was later appointed as a Supreme Court justice by President Kennedy. He was succeeded by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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1950: Major League Presidents Ford Frick (American League) and Will Harridge (National League) vote to deposit $950,000 received for World Series TV and radio rights into the player's pension fund.

1950: The St. Louis Browns drafted Johnny Bero from the Detroit Tigers in the 1950 rule 5 draft.
1950: The Detroit Tigers drafted Bud Souchock from the Chicago White Sox in the 1950 rule 5 draft.

1952: Bobby Layne scores a touchdown run & throws a touchdown pass, a 65-yard strike to Cloyce Box, in a 43-13 win over the Dallas Texans at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. The Lions would go on to win the NFL championship.

1954: The Chicago Cubs trade future Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Sam Jones, minor league outfielder Gale Wade, and $60,000 in cash. Kiner will hit 18 home runs for the Indians in 1955, his final major league season.

1960: National League batting champion Dick Groat is named league Most Valuable Player, outpolling Pirates teammate Don Hoak, 276-162.

1962: Tigers rally for 3 runs in 8th to win 4-3 in exhibition in Sendai, Japan.
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1964: The Detroit Tigers signed Billy Hoeft as a free agent.

1966: Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente wins the National League MVP Award, beating out Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace Sandy Koufax by ten votes. Clemente batted .317 with 29 home runs and 119 RBI during the regular season. Koufax posted a 27-9 record with 317 strikeouts and a 1.73 ERA.


1976: The California Angels sign free agent Don Baylor. He will be become the first Angels player in franchise history to win the MVP Award, in 1979.

1977: Minnesota Twins first baseman Rod Carew is named American League Most Valuable Player. The future Hall of Famer led the AL in batting average (.388), runs (128), hits (239) and triples (16).

1988: The Detroit Tigers released Ray Knight.

1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Kevin Baez as a free agent.
1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Derrick White as a free agent.

1995: The Cincinnati Reds traded a player to be named later, Dave Tuttle (minors) and C.J. Nitkowski to the Detroit Tigers for David Wells. The Cincinnati Reds sent Mark Lewis (November 16, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

1999: Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez is named the unanimous winner of the American League Cy Young Award. He led AL pitchers in wins (23), strikeouts (313) and ERA (2.07). Martinez also won the award in the National League in 1997, just the third pitcher to do so in both leagues.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Julio Santana as a free agent.

2001: A Minnesota judge issues a temporary injunction that orders the Twins to play their full home schedule and prevents owner Carl Pohlad from selling the team to anyone who will move it. While this ruling will be appealed, it will be difficult to get the injunction overturned in enough time to contract the Twins for a potential 2002 season.

2005: Broadcaster Ralph Edwards, dies today in Los Angeles, CA at age 92; he was considered the voice that launched the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity long favored by the Boston Red Sox.

2005: Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who was the runner-up in the American League Most Valuable Player voting this week, is second-to-none in the voting for the top two awards given by the Boston chapter of the BBWAA. Ortiz will be given the Ted Williams Award as the top hitter in the major leagues, along with the "Yawkey Award" as the Red Sox MVP at the Boston BBWAA's annual dinner on January 12, 2006. Ortiz hit .300 with 47 home runs and a major league-leading 148 RBI this season. He also had 34 RBI that put his team ahead, the most in the AL, and 8 RBI from the seventh inning on that gave Boston the lead for good.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Marte as an amateur free agent.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Casey as a free agent.

2010: Roy Halladay wins the National League Cy Young Award in his first season with the Philadelphia Phillies after leading the NL in wins, complete games, shutouts and innings pitched, throwing a perfect game, and, for good measure, adding a no-hitter in the postseason. He is the fifth pitcher to win the award in both leagues, having been honored in the American League in 2003.

2011: The Manager of the Year Awards go to Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League and the Tampa Bay Rays' Joe Maddon in the American League. Gibson wins in his first full season as a skipper, while it's a second time for Maddon to receive the award.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Omir Santos as a free agent.

2012: The Tigers sign free agent outfielder Torii Hunter to a two-year, $26 million deal. Hunter will play right field and help the team to two division titles while becoming a popular veteran leader on the club.

2016: Winners of the Cy Young Awards are announced today. Max Scherzer of Washington becomes the 6th pitcher to win the award in both leagues when he prevails in the vote in the National League after going 20-7 during the season.
In the American League, Boston's Rick Porcello, who went 22-4, is the winner over Justin Verlander of the Tigers in a very close race due to two Shithead Tampa sportswriters who leave Verlander completely off their ballot.
Porcello becomes the fourth member of the Tigers' 2014 rotation to win a Cy Young.
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2017: Giancarlo Stanton wins the 2017 National League Most Valuable Player Award over Joey Votto in a very close vote, 302 points to 300, with both players receiving 10 of 30 first-place votes. The result in the American League is not as disputed, as Jos? Altuve wins easily.

2018: For the first time since 2005, the Tigers did not have a player or manager receive a yearly award vote from the Baseball Writers? Association of America.

2021: The Detroit Tigers signed Eduardo Rodriguez as a free agent.

2022: Both winners of the Cy Young Award this year are chosen by unanimous vote. In the American League, Justin Verlander wins the award for the third time by going 18-4, 1.75 after missing the entire 2021 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. In the National League, Sandy Alcantara is chosen after posting a 2.28 ERA and 6 complete games, the highest total in years.

2023: The voting for the MVP Award results in two unanimous selections. In the American League, Shohei Ohtani wins for the second time, after leading the circuit in homers in spite of missing the final month of the season with an injury, while incidentally also being the best pitcher on the Angels. In the National League, Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves, who had a 40-40 season and led the league in a half-dozen offensive categories, is honored.

2023: By unanimous vote, MLB owners approve the relocation of the Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas, NV, to be effective in 2028.

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Paul Foytack Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Paul Foytack. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Paul Foytack 1953, 1955-1963.

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Frank Bolling Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frank Bolling. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Frank Bolling 1954, 1956-1960.

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Harry Chiti Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Harry Chiti. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Harry Chiti 1960-1961.

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Fred House Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Fred House. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Fred House 1913.

Hugh High Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Hugh High. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Hugh High 1913-1914.

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SATURDAY SURVEY

Earlier this week, Detroit Tigers’ PoBO Scott Harris met briefly with the press, answering questions about payroll, a Tarik Skubal contract extension, Alex Bregman and Javier Baez. Tiger fans…

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SATURDAY SURVEY.
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Earlier this week, Detroit Tigers’ PoBO Scott Harris met briefly with the press, answering questions about payroll, a Tarik Skubal contract extension, Alex Bregman and Javier Baez.
Tiger fans were not thrilled. In fact, many read the comments as less than inspiring.
But Harris plays his cards close to the vest. He doesn’t give anything away. Even when he knows that fans really want to know the details on some of the team’s hottest issues.

For the record, he answered no questions about Skubal’s contract extension. Boras injected his own opinion. Nor did Scott explain why the Tigers are not pursuing (at the moment) Alex Bregman. As for Baez, he outlined what the Tigers need to see from him while adding qualifiers for what may happen at SS.
In the business world, it is said that the more you talk, the more leverage you lose. Identifying anything about your strategy gives others an advantage.

Harris’ predecessor, Al Avila, had problems keeping his mouth shut. And the results were reflected in his struggles to trade and sign free agents. Dave Dombrowski was very similar to Harris in keeping everything secret until transactions became official. He usually surprised us with moves no fans saw coming.

So how do you feel about Harris’ method of communicating?
How do you feel about Scott Harris' style of communication?

1. I understand and support the need for a lack of details.

2. He needs to give fans more details.

3. I miss Al Avila.

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Tigers should target these 2 AL Central trades to take massive leap in 2025

The Tigers could attempt two blockbuster trades for Carlos Correa, and Garrett Crochet if the Twins and White Sox are willing to deal.

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Tigers should target these 2 AL Central stars via trade to take massive leap in 2025. no thanks.
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The Tigers are sounding a bit delusional with their former first-round pick

Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris seems to believe that former top prospect Matt Manning is going to compete for a '25 starting role.

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The Tigers are sounding a bit delusional with their former first-round pick.
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Which position groups have the best free agents? Let's rank 'em.
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