November 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1912: Kansas City (American Association) purchased Tex Covington from the Detroit Tigers.
1912: Providence (International) purchased Ollie O'Mara from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Milwaukee (American Association) purchased Frank Doljack from the Detroit Tigers.
1934: Montreal (International) purchased Vic Frazier from the Detroit Tigers.
1943: Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis rules that Philadelphia Phillies owner William D. Cox is permanently ineligible to hold office or be employed for having bet on his own team. The Carpenter family of Delaware will buy the Philadelphia club and Bob Carpenter, at age 28, will become president.
1944: Five groups totaling 23 players, managers, umpires and sports writers visit war theaters as part of the United Service Organizations program.
Included are Mel Ott, Dutch Leonard, Frankie Frisch, Bucky Walters, Harry Heilmann, Carl Hubbell, Freddie Fitzsimmons, Bill Summers, Beans Reardon, Johnny Lindell, Tuck Stainback, Steve O'Neill, Leo Durocher, Joe Medwick, Nick Etten, Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Rip Sewell.
1951: The New York Yankees send young catcher Clint Courtney to the St. Louis Browns for pitcher Jim McDonald. Courtney, the first major league catcher to wear eyeglasses, has appeared in one game for New York.
1960: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, nine-inch Howard batted 23 home runs during the regular season.
1962: Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills, whose 104 stolen bases broke a major league season-record set by Ty Cobb, wins the NL Most Valuable Player Award. In a controversial vote, Wills beats out teammate Tommy Davis, who led the NL with a .346 batting average and 153 RBI.
1964: The New York Mets purchase future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn from the Milwaukee Braves. In addition to serving on the club's coaching staff, Spahn will post a 4-12 record in twenty appearances before being released. Spahn will then sign with the San Francisco Giants, his last major league team. When asked by reporters whether he and the likewise recently acquired Yogi Berra will now become the oldest battery in MLB history, Spahn quips, "I don't know about that, but we'll probably be the ugliest."
1977: The New York Yankees sign free agent relief pitcher Rich Gossage to a six-year $2.75 million contract. Gossage had 26 saves and a 1.26 ERA for the Pirates last season. He will join Cy Young Award winner Sparky Lyle in the Yankees bullpen.
1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Morris Madden as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Rob Deer as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers purchased Masao Kida from Orix (Japan Pacific).
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Ogea as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Tommy Phelps as a free agent.
2010: Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers, the American League batting champion at .359, wins the AL MVP Award, outpolling Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers.
2010: The Tigers sign C Victor Martinez to a 4-year, $50 million contract, leaving the Red Sox scrambling to find a replacement backstop in a thin market.
2013: After making do with makeshift solutions at catcher all of last year, the Yankees decide to sign seven-time All-Star Brian McCann to a five-year, $85 million contract.
2015: The Dodgers hire Dave Roberts as their new manager, to replace Don Mattingly. With the highest salary mass in the major leagues, the Dodgers take a chance on the first minority manager in team history, whose experience as a skipper consists of one game in an interim capacity with the Padres last season.
2016: Ralph Branca, most famous for giving up the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" to Bobby Thomson while pitching for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1951 three-game playoff, passes away in Rye, NY at the age of 90. Branca was an All-Star in his own right, and a twenty-game winner, but observers usually reduced his career to one unfortunate moment.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Michael Papierski as a free agent.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
Dan Whitmer coach 1992-1994.
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Casper Wells 2010-2011.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jeff Ferrell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jeff Ferrell 2015, 2017.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Willie Mitchell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Willie Mitchell 1916-1919.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ralph Branca. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ralph Branca 1953-1954.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Will Brunson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Will Brunson 1998-1999.
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