October 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909 - The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series as rookie pitcher Babe Adams registers his third victory of the Series by beating the Detroit Tigers, 8 - 0, in Game Seven
1910 - Ban Johnson, American League president, declares Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb the league's batting champion after questioning Nap Lajoie's "suspicious" eight-hit performance in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns on the season's last day.
1921 - In defiance of a Kenesaw Mountain Landis ban on World Series participants playing post-season exhibitions, Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel and Bill Piercy launch a barnstorming tour in Buffalo. Five days later, they cut it short in Scranton. In the meantime Ruth openly challenges Judge Landis to act. The judge does, fining the players their World Series shares ($3,362.26), and suspending them until May 20 of the following season. Judge Landis also outlaws gentleman's agreements and cover-ups of players optioned to the minors without proper paperwork. He declares six players free agents, including Heinie Manush, who will ride a 17-year career .330 batting average into the Hall of Fame in 1964.
1923 - Soon after Babe Ruth receives his World Series winner's share of $6,160.46, insurance agent Harry Heilmann, who beat Ruth for the batting title by 10 points, sells him a $50,000 life insurance policy. Beneficiaries are Mrs. Ruth and adopted daughter Dorothy.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Goose_Goslin
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gosligo01.shtml
Goose Goslin 1934-1937.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Cain
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cainbo01.shtml
Bob Cain 1951.
from Baseball Reference
