July 20 in Tigers and mlb history:
1913 - The Tigers send 38-year-old George Mullin (1-6), a five times 20-game winner, to Washington. Mullin pitched a no-hitter a year ago on his birthday.
1916: The Tigers beat the 2nd-place Red Sox 3 - 2, in 13 innings when Ty Cobb scores on a Ralph Young single. Cobb reaches on an infield chop and a throwing error by Babe Ruth, who takes over for Rube Foster in the 9th with the score tied 2 - 2.
1948 - An unprecedented 10-game suspension and $500 fine of an umpire, the veteran Bill McGowan, is announced by American League President Will Harridge following a confrontation in the Washington-Cleveland game. Tired of Senator pitcher Ray Scarborough continually complaining about strike calls, McGowan threw a ball-and-strike indicator at him. After that, he ejects Nats manager Joe Kuhel and several coaches. Kuhel also lodged a protest after yesterday's 11th-inning loss when Ed Stewart was thrown out at home in the 10th. When Stewart argued the call with plate ump Joe Paparella, McGowan threw a ball at Stewart.
1958 - Jim Bunning of the Tigers pitches a 3 - 0 no-hitter over the Red Sox and strikes out 12. Only two walks and a hit batsman mar Bunning's performance as he wins his sixth game in seven decisions (8-6). Only one hard hit ball by Ted Williams was caught on the run with an amazing catch by RF Al Kaline. In game two, Ike Delock wins his 10th straight for Boston.
1979: Rusty Staub, a spring holdout who got off to a slow start, is traded by Detroit to his former team Montreal for a minor league player to be named later.
1998: The Tigers take the first game of a doubleheader against the Yankees by a 4 - 3 score in 17 innings. The New Yorkers bounce back to take the nightcap by the identical score. The 26 innings take nearly nine hours to play.
2000: Major League Baseball offers to rehire 10 of the 22 umpires let go last September. The offer stands only as part of a new labor contract, and only if the umpires' old union agrees to settle its grievance with baseball.
Tigers players and executives birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Heinie_Manush
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/manushe01.shtml
Heinie Manush 1923-1927.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Ilitch
Mike Ilitch owner 1992-present.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mickey_Stanley
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stanlmi01.shtml
Mickey Stanley 1964-1978.
from baseball reference
