August 3 in Tigers and mlb history:
1914: Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker throws out three Tigers trying to steal second base. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished the feat in a single inning this century.
1923 - No games are played following the death of President Warren G. Harding in San Francisco on August 2. The schedule will also be canceled a week later on the day of his funeral.
1950 - The Pirates sell Hank Borowy to the Tigers.
1955: Frank Lary of the Tigers beats Washington 3 - 0 on a 2-hitter.
1959 - For the first time in major league history a second All-Star Game is played in the same season. The American League posts a 5 - 3 victory at the Los Angeles Coliseum as the White Sox's Nellie Fox singles in the decisive run.
1960 - Frank Lane trades managers with Detroit GM Bill DeWitt. The Indians' Joe Gordon (49-46) is dealt to the Tigers for Jimmy Dykes (44-52).
1980: Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein, and Tom Yawkey are inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
1992 - Tigers president Bo Schembechler and team chairman Jim Campbell are both fired.
1995 - The Senate Judiciary Committee sends a bill calling for the partial repeal of baseball's antitrust exemption to the full Senate. The vote is just 9-8.
1999 - The Major League Umpires Association files unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board to block the American League and National League from using minor league replacements in the wake of the union's mass resignation strategy.
2009: Justin Verlander of the Tigers gives up 5 runs to the Orioles in the 1st inning, before settling down. Brian Roberts leads off the game with a home run, and four more runs score before the second out is recorded. Detroit scores three in the bottom of the inning, on doubles by Placido Polanco and Miguel Cabrera, who then homers to tie the game in the 5th. With two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Clete Thomas homers to deepest center field off Danys Baez to give Detroit the comeback 6 - 5 win, which extends its lead over the idle White Sox to 2 games in the AL Central.
Tigers players, coaches, and announcers birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Harry_Heilmann
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heilmha01.shtml
Harry Heilmann 1914, 1916-1929, radio/tv announcer 1934-1950.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Hegan
Jim Hegan coach 1974-1978.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dan_Meyer_(meyerda01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meyerda01.shtml
Dan Meyer 1974-1976.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mageewe01.shtml
Wendell Magee 2000-2002.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/joycema01.shtml
Matt Joyce 2008.
from Baseball Reference
