May 22 in Tigers and mlb history:
1907 - American League umpire Billy Evans needs a police escort after argumentative Detroit Tigers manager Hughie Jennings incites a riot. Jennings will be suspended.
1937: Facing Wes Ferrell in Boston, Hank Greenberg hits a long centerfield home run out of Fenway Park. It exits to the right of the flag pole and is called the longest home run ever hit at Fenway. Gee Walker has three hits to run his hitting streak to 26 straight games, but the Red Sox win 11 - 9. Walker's streak will end on May 24th after 27 games.
1952 - The Celler committee finds legislation for government control of baseball to be unnecessary. It says that the sport can solve its own problems, and opposes legislation exempting the reserve clause from antitrust laws.
1956 - Detroit's Red Wilson belts a two-run home run in the bottom of the 9th to give the Tigers a 3 - 2 win against the Yankees. The loss goes to Whitey Ford, his first following six wins. Ford had given up just five earned runs through 54 innings before today.
1960 - With Rocky Colavito on the bench because of poor hitting, the Tigers sweep the visiting Red Sox 6 - 2 and 5 - 2. Boston has now lost nine straight and will extend that to 10 games before winning. Jim Bunning and Hank Aguirre notch the wins, as the redsox strand 15 runners in the nitecap.
2002: The Tigers defeat the Indians 2 - 0, on Jeff Weaver's one-hitter. OF Chris Magruder's double with two outs in the 8th inning in his Cleveland debut is the Tribe's only safety.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Al_Simmons
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/simmoal01.shtml
Al Simmons 1936.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mesajo01.shtml
Jose Mesa 2007.
Tigers players and coaches who passed away.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Hatfield
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hatfifr01.shtml
Fred Hatfield 1952-1956, coach 1977-1978, Tigers minor league manager 1963, 1972-1976, 1979.
from baseball reference
