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July 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1906: Ty Cobb, suffering from stomach cramps, leaves the Tigers and returns to Detroit. He will undergo an operation for ulcers, and be out of the lineup until September.

1927 - The greatest of the Detroit Tigers now with the Philadelphia A's, Ty Cobb makes his 4,000th hit ironically a double off Sam Gibson of Detroit. Detroit wins 5 - 3 over Lefty Grove.

1947: Freddie Hutchinson of the Tigers shuts out the Yankees 8 - 0, stopping their winning streak at 19.

1959 - The Tigers drop game one to the Orioles 5 - 2, their 13th loss in 15 games, then win the nitecap 2 - 0, despite getting just two hits off Hoyt Wilhelm. Hoyt allows two singles, but his knuckler proves elusive to Joe Ginsberg, who allows four passed balls to tie the American League record held by Gus Triandos and two others. O's catchers Ginsberg and Triandos will set the modern major-league record for passed balls this season with 49.

1961: A day after the Georgia Peach passed away, at Busch Stadium Bill White ties Ty Cobb's 49-year old record by collecting 14 hits in consecutive doubleheaders as the Cardinal first baseman goes 3 for 4 in both games of a doubleheader sweep over the Cubs. Yesterday, the future National League president had gone 8 for 10 in twin bill action also against Chicago.

1990: Arbitrator George Nicolau rules in favor of the Players Association saying that the 26 major league owners colluded and were aware of a databank that detailed 1987 salary offers. The owners will be forced to pay significant damages to the affected players.

1994: The Major League Baseball Players Association rejects the owners' salary cap proposal as baseball moves a step closer to a strike.

1997 - The Mariners, seeking pitching help, trade Scott Sanders (3-6) and two minor leaguers (pitcher Dean Crow and 3B Carlos Villalobos) to the Detroit Tigers for right-handers Omar Olivares (5-6) and Felipe Lira (5-7).

2000: The Tigers purchase veteran 1B Hal Morris from the Reds.

2001: In response to the grievance filed by the umpires earlier in the week, the commissioner's office announces pitch counts will not be used as an evaluation technique.

2001: Players notify stadium security when a fan, reaching for a foul ball, drops and then retrieves a gun on the field at Comerica Park. It turns out to be a Glock pistol belonging to an embarrassed off-duty three-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, who had his weapon fall out of its holster as he went for the ball.

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Ed Killian 1904-1910.

from baseball reference
 
Cubs right-hander Ryan Dempster is receptive to being traded and would prefer to go to a contender, with first the Dodgers and then the Braves topping his list of desired landing spots, writes Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com. There are are only a few teams to which he wouldn't accept a trade, adds Rosenthal.

The Tigers, a team with a hefty payroll, have managed to qualify for MLB's new Competitive Balance Lottery, explains Jason Beck of MLB.com. It's an interesting read, especially if you're unfamiliar with this new wrinkle to the draft, which will begin next year. (Posted on previous page).

from mlbtraderumors
 
From Elias Sports: Mike Trout went 4-for-6 with two RBI in the Angels' 13-0 win over the Tigers on Tuesday night. It was the fourth time Trout has had at least four hits in a game this season. Since 1950, only three other players have had that many four-hit games in one season at age 20 or younger: Al Kaline (five in 1955), Orlando Cepeda (four in 1958) and Claudell Washington (four in 1975).

From Elias Sports: The Tigers lost to the Angels by a score of 13-0 at Comerica Park on Tuesday night. It was Detroit's largest shutout loss since the team was beaten 15-0 by the Blue Jays at Tiger Stadium on July 6, 1996.
 
Tigers are said by executives to be among most active teams in pursuit of a starting Pitcher and their search presumably intensified after Tuesday's game.

Leyland just admitted that they had ... in particular with Porcello, organization's getting sick of rushing players.
 
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