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Max Scherzer's Streak Unmatched by Any Pitcher in Tigers History
From Elias: Max Scherzer won his fifth straight start, holding the first-place White Sox scoreless over eight innings and striking out nine as the Tigers beat the Sox again, 5-1. Not only has Scherzer won five straight starts, but in each of them he has averaged more than one strikeout per inning and in none of them did he allow more than two runs. No other pitcher in Tigers history has won five straight starts with those accompanying statistics; and over the last 10 seasons, Scherzer is just the third major-leaguer to do it, joining Mike Mussina (in April and May of 2003) and Zack Greinke (in April and May of 2009, a streak of six such starts).

Scherzer compiled an ERA of 7.77 in April, followed by 4.04 in May, 3.86 in June, 3.62 in July and 2.25 in August. He's the only major-league qualifier this season whose ERA decreased in every calendar month from May through August--and with eight shutout innings on Saturday, he might maintain that ERA progression in the regular season's most important month.

 

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September 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901 - Detroit sweeps a Labor Day doubleheader from Washington, picking up an American League record 21 infield assists in game 2. This is still the AL record. SS Kid Elberfeld has 12 assists to back up Roscoe Miller.

1909: Detroit completes a sweep of every series against visiting eastern teams, winning their 14th in a row to regain first place by a half game en route to their 3rd straight pennant.

1919 - The National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series. The lengthier series is seen as a sign of greed and is abandoned after three years.

1920 - Shaken by the possible effects of the scandal surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of meetings to reform the game. Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man and minority stockholder, of the Cubs, proposes a 3-man board of non-baseball men, with the chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names mentioned: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former president William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury secretary William McAdoo.

1970: Detroit's Gene Lamont homers in his first major league at bat, but the Red Sox this time hold the lead and beat the Tigers 10 - 1 in the nitecap. Cal Koonce is the complete game winner, adding two RBI with his second hit of the year. The Tigers win the opener 6 - 4 scoring two unearned runs in the 8th.

1973: The Tigers fire Billy Martin due to continuous differences with the front office.

1987: Indians lose to Detroit, 2 - 1. Matt Nokes' single with two out in the 8th is the Tigers' only hit.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/walkelu01.shtml
Luke Walker 1974.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dusty_Ryan
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryandu01.shtml
Dusty Ryan 2008-2009.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Hoover
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoovejo01.shtml
Joe Hoover 1943-1945.

from baseball reference

 

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http://beck.mlblogs.com/2012/09/02/garcia-produces-in-first-big-league-at-bats/
Avisail Garcia produces in first big league at-bats.
from Jason Beck's Tigers blog

 

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http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/50248/hitters-cant-catch-break-vs-sale-verlander
Hitters can't catch 'break' vs. Sale, Verlander.
from espn

Heat maps with righty/lefty hot/cold spots batters vs. both pitchers.

Verlander last 3GS vs. Sox: 3ER in 22.1IP...2ER in 8IP in only GS this yr.
Sale has allowed 8ER in 12IP in 2GS v. Tigers.

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/detroit_tigers_rookie_avisail.html
Detroit Tigers rookie Avisail Garcia gets first hit, clutch RBI in win over Chicago White Sox.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201209...-first-place?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Max Scherzer stiffs White Sox, puts Tigers within game of first place.
from the freep

http://www.freep.com/article/201209...over-Chicago?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Notes, quotes from Saturday's win over Chicago.
from the freep

 

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http://www.freep.com/article/201209...duel-tonight?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers, White Sox armed for a pitchers' duel tonight.
from the freep

Jim Bunning's 1958: The more this season goes along, the more we are learning that right-hander Jim Bunning had quite an eventful 1958 season for the Tigers.
We knew all along that Bunning pitched a no-hitter that season in Boston, with Ted Williams as the final out. When Verlander struck out 14 Yankees last month, we learned that the last Tiger to strike out that many Yankees was Bunning in '58. On Thursday night, when the Tigers lost, 2-1, in Kansas City while getting 12 hits, we discovered through Baseball-Reference.com that the last time they had at least 12 hits, didn't score more than one run and lost by one run was in 1958, and the losing pitcher was ... Bunning.

 

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http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/37663916/
Fame in the Hall of Fame Jack Morris vs. Rick Reuschel and Bill James Hall of Fame Monitor.
joeposnanskiatsportsonearth

 

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Max Scherzer was 8-5 with 4.72 ERA at All-Star break. He's 7-1, 2.76 since break after Tigers 5-1 win over whitesox.

Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder account for 35.3% of the Tigers? RBI this season, easily the highest % for any MLB duo.?

 

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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arti...5042cb29e8fc7385984353.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Max Scherzer closes out series win for Tigers, cutting White Sox's AL Central lead to 1.
with webvideo.
from the Oakland Press

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2012/09/video-scherzer-blanks-white-sox-for-8.html
Scherzer blanks White Sox for 8 innings.
from the Oakland Press

 

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http://www.theoaklandpress.com/arti...504289068c357256530777.txt?viewmode=fullstory
Tigers respect Cabrera playing hurt, but really it's Miggy being Miggy.
from the Oakland Press

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/al_alburquerque_posts_excellen.html
Al Alburquerque posts excellent numbers for Toledo, should help bolster Detroit Tigers bullpen.
from Mlive

 

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http://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2012/08/the-stumble-to-500000-mlb-errors/
The stumble to 500,000 MLB errors.
from Baseball Reference

Please God.... do not let the player be a Tiger.

 

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Tigers pitcher of the month: Max Scherzer. Tigers player of the month: Prince Fielder.

Per ELIAS SPORTS (via Tigers), Max Scherzer is 1st pitcher in club history to avg. 1K per IP in 5 straight wins, w/o allowing more than 2 runs in any game.

Prince and Miggy were 1, 2 in the AL in OPS, wOBA, and wRC in August.

 

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Alex Avila, day off vs LHP Chris Sale, using afternoon to go through extra BP with Lloyd McClendon and Toby Harrah.

 

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http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/stor...n-verlander-felix-hernandez-cy-young-race-mlb
No Cy Young for Chris Sale.
The southpaw's been great, but Verlander and Felix have more value.
espninsider

 

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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/09/prince_fielder_max_scherzer_na.html
Prince Fielder, Max Scherzer named top player, pitcher for Detroit Tigers for month of August.
from Mlive

 

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AL RCAA Runs Created Above Average

LEADERS
1 Mike Trout 64
2 Edwin Encarnacion 48
3 Miguel Cabrera 46 ****
4 David Ortiz 38
5 Prince Fielder 37 ****
6 Robinson Cano 32
T7 Albert Pujols 31
T7 Josh Hamilton 31
T9 Adrian Beltre 29
T9 Josh Willingham 29

WORST
1 Michael Young -27
2 J.J. Hardy -24
T3 Gordon Beckham -23
T3 Jeff Francoeur -23
T5 Alexei Ramirez -21
T5 Ryan Raburn -21
7 Yunel Escobar -20
8 Robert Andino -19
9 Brian Dozier -18
10 Mike Aviles -17

TEAM TOTALS
1 Angels 118
2 Yankees 77
3 Rangers 46
4 Tigers 37
5 A's 1
6 Indians -12
7 Twins -17
8 Rays -20
9 Red Sox -21
10 Mariners -33
11 Blue Jays -37
12 White Sox -39
13 Royals -51
14 Orioles -80

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 46
Prince Fielder 37
Austin Jackson 28
Andy Dirks 16
Quintin Berry 2
Avisail Garcia 1
Hernan Perez 0
Clete Thomas 0
Bryan Holaday 0
Gerald Laird -1
Brad Eldred -1
Matt Young -2
Omar Infante -2
Alex Avila -2
Brandon Inge -2
Omir Santos -2
Danny Worth -4
Jeff Baker -4
Delmon Young -6
Jhonny Peralta -8
Don Kelly -8
Ramon Santiago -15
Brennan Boesch -15
Ryan Raburn -21

through September 1st;
from leesininsatmreports

 

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AL FRAA Fielding Runs Above Average

LEADERS
T1 Adrian Gonzalez 18
T1 J.J. Hardy 18
3 Alex Rios 17
4 Adam Jones 16
5 Brett Lawrie 15
6 Mike Moustakas 14
T7 Brendan Ryan 13
T7 Josh Willingham 13
T7 Gordon Beckham 13
T10 Jarrod Dyson 12
T10 Sean Rodriguez 12

WORST
1 Alcides Escobar -20
T2 Jeff Francoeur -18
T2 Derek Jeter -18
4 Mark Reynolds -16
5 Brennan Boesch -14 ***
T6 Mark Trumbo -13
T6 Curtis Granderson -13
T8 Chris Carter -12
T8 Adrian Beltre -12
T10 Wilson Betemit -11
T10 Trevor Plouffe -11
T10 Alex Rodriguez -11
T10 Jhonny Peralta -11 ***

TEAM TOTALS
1 Blue Jays 53
2 White Sox 47
3 Rays 25
4 Twins 16
5 Angels 8
6 Mariners 7
7 Red Sox 2
8 Royals 1
T9 Rangers -5
T9 Indians -5
11 Orioles -10
12 Yankees -23
13 A's -36
14 Tigers -71 ***

TIGERS
Brandon Inge 2
Matt Young 2
Omar Infante 1
Bryan Holaday 0
Quintin Berry 0
Hernan Perez 0
Avisail Garcia 0
Clete Thomas 0
Brad Eldred 0
Don Kelly 0
Alex Avila -1
Austin Jackson -1
Ramon Santiago -1
Gerald Laird -2
Omir Santos -2
Miguel Cabrera -3
Jeff Baker -3
Prince Fielder -5
Danny Worth -7
Delmon Young -8
Ryan Raburn -9
Andy Dirks -9
Jhonny Peralta -11
Brennan Boesch -14

through September 1st;
from leesininsatmreports

 

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AL TRAA Total Runs Above Average -- RCAA plus/minus FRAA = TRAA

LEADERS
1 Mike Trout 68
2 Edwin Encarnacion 44
3 Miguel Cabrera 43
4 Josh Willingham 42
5 Albert Pujols 41
6 Robinson Cano 38
7 David Ortiz 37
8 Prince Fielder 32
9 Shin-Soo Choo 30
10 Adam Jones 29

WORST
1 Jeff Francoeur -41
2 Michael Young -33
3 Ryan Raburn -30
4 Brennan Boesch -29
T5 Robert Andino -24
T5 Jemile Weeks -24
T7 Yuniesky Betancourt -21
T7 Alcides Escobar -21
T7 Justin Smoak -21
10 Mike Aviles -20

TEAM TOTALS
1 Angels 126
2 Yankees 54
3 Rangers 41
4 Blue Jays 16
5 White Sox 8
6 Rays 5
7 Twins -1
8 Indians -17
9 Red Sox -19
10 Mariners -26
11 Tigers -34
12 A's -35
13 Royals -50
14 Orioles -90

TIGERS
Miguel Cabrera 43
Prince Fielder 32
Austin Jackson 27
Andy Dirks 7
Quintin Berry 2
Avisail Garcia 1
Hernan Perez 0
Clete Thomas 0
Bryan Holaday 0
Matt Young 0
Brandon Inge 0
Brad Eldred -1
Omar Infante -1
Alex Avila -3
Gerald Laird -3
Omir Santos -4
Jeff Baker -7
Don Kelly -8
Danny Worth -11
Delmon Young -14
Ramon Santiago -16
Jhonny Peralta -19
Brennan Boesch -29
Ryan Raburn -30

through September 1st;
from leesininsatmreports