May 15 in Tigers history:
1903 - At Detroit, the Tigers pick on Boston outfielder Patsy Dougherty and collect five triples and two homers in winning, 8 - 6. Dougherty misjudges a number of fly balls that drop in front of or land over his head.
1911: With the score tied in the 10th inning, Boston's Smokey Joe Wood intentionally walks Ty Cobb, issuing one of two free passes the star will receive all season. Two batters later, Jim Delahanty drives in Cobb for Detroit's 5 - 4 win. With two safeties today, Cobb starts a 40-game hitting streak.
1912 - Ty Cobb charges into the stands at Hilltop Park in New York and attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker. Other fans and Tigers mix it up before order is restored. Ban Johnson suspends Cobb indefinitely for the incident.
1922 - In a 4 - 1 win at New York, Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to SS Everett Scott. Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it a hit in the boxscore he files with the Associated Press. But official scorer John Kieran of the New York Tribune gives an error to Scott. At the season's end, the American League official records, based on AP box scores, list Cobb at .401. New York writers complain unsuccessfully, claiming it should be .399, based on the official scorer's stats. Lieb will reverse himself at the end of the year, but Ban Johnson goes with the hit call.
1923 - Harry Heilmann rips two doubles against the Yankees at Navin Field in Detroit, stretching his hitting streak to 21 games, which includes every game he’s played in the young season. With his 12th multi-hit game, Heilmann raises his batting average to an amazing .513 on his way to his second batting title.
1941: Rip Radcliff, one of the top American League batters in 1940 for the Browns, is waived to the Tigers as a result of a sudden batting decline.
1951: In a fine trade for Chicago, the White Sox send lefty Bob Cain to the Tigers for hurler Saul Rogovin.
1952 - After pitching four no-hitters in the minors, 33-year-old Virgil "Fire" Trucks of Detroit pitches his first in the major leagues, a 1 - 0 blanking of the Senators. Vic Wertz's dramatic two-out home run in the 9th off Bob Porterfield wins the game at Briggs Stadium. Trucks will throw a second no-hitter later this year.
1957: With today's deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are 1B Eddie Robinson of the Tigers.
1969: Willie Horton leaves the Detroit bench during a 2 - 1 win against Chicago and goes AWOL for four days.
1976: Mark Fidrych wins his first major league start, a complete-game 2-hit 2 - 1 victory over the Indians. The Bird holds the Indians hitless for six innings, talks to the ball, and tamps down the mound before toeing the rubber each inning.
2009: Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge hit grand slams as the Tigers defeat Oakland, 14 - 1. It is the first time that Detroit has hit two grand slams in one game since Jim Northrup did it all by himself on June 24, 1968.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hincha.01.shtml
A.J. Hinch 2003.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Goose_Goslin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosligo01.shtml
Goose Goslin 1934-1937.
from baseball reference
