March 2 in Tigers and mlb history:
1927 - Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when the Yankees announce he will earn $70,000 per season for the next three years. Ruth will sign the historic contract on March 4.
1992 - The highest-paid player tag now belongs to Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs. The All-Star second baseman signs a four-year contract extension worth $7.1 million per season.
1995 - At a meeting in Chicago, major league owners accept the players' offer to return to work, bringing an end to the devastating strike which started last August.
1999 - Players Orlando Cepeda and Smokey Joe Williams, manager Frank Selee, and umpire Nestor Chylak are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
2005: Thirty-two years after his death, Jackie Robinson receives the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, the highest honor Congress can bestow. The medal is accepted by Rachel Robinson, his widow. Robinson joins Roberto Clemente, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens as the only athletes among about 300 Gold Medal recipients.
2012: Major League Baseball confirms that starting this year, the postseason will be expanded from 8 to 10 teams, with an extra wild card team in each league. The two wild card teams in each league will play a one game playoff to determine which one will face the team with the league's best record in the Division Series.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chico_Fernandez_(fernach01)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml
Chico Fernandez 1960-1963.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tobikda01.shtml
Dave Tobik 1978-1982.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dale_Alexander
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexada01.shtml
Dale Alexander 1929-1932.
from Baseball Reference
