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December 18 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: The legendary Hall of Famer Ty Cobb was born this day in Narrows, GA. Cobb set an estimated 90 major league records: his career batting average of .367 is one that still stands.

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1903: At the league meeting, Ban Johnson is reelected American League president and given a raise to $10,000.
Also, the AL votes to allow coaches at third base and first base at all times: till now, only one coach was permitted except if there were two or more baserunners.
The AL also institutes the "foul strike" rule, used by the National League since 1901: a foul will be counted as a strike unless there are already two strikes.

1920: On his 34th birthday, Ty Cobb signs to manage the Tigers for $32,500.

1940: The Detroit Tigers selected Eric McNair off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.

1950: Yankee great Tommy "Old Reliable" Henrich calls it a career as a player. He accepts a coaching position with the Yankees.

1956: Former Yankee SS Phil Rizzuto signs as a Yankee radio-TV announcer.

1991: The Blue Jays sign free agent P Jack Morris to a two-year, $10.85 million contract.

1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave McCarty as a free agent.
1998: The Detroit Tigers signed Luis Polonia as a free agent.

2002: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Walbeck as a free agent.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Difelice as a free agent.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Al Levine as a free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Phil Dumatrait as a free agent.
2009: The Chicago White Sox selected Freddy Dolsi off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Miguel Gonzalez as a free agent.

2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Aviles as a free agent.
2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Dustin Molleken as a free agent.
2015: The Detroit Tigers released Jake Brigham.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Ronny Rodriguez as a free agent.

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Nick Ramirez as a free agent.

Tigers players and managers birthdays:

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Ty Cobb Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ty Cobb. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Ty Cobb Managerial Record | Baseball-Reference.com

Ty Cobb Managerial Record

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Ty Cobb – Society for American Baseball Research

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Ty Cobb 1905-1926, manager 1921-1926.

Clay Perry Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Clay Perry. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Clay Perry 1908.

Sam Barnes Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Sam Barnes. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Sam Barnes 1921.

Les Burke Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Les Burke. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Les Burke 1923-1926.

Willie Blair Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Willie Blair. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Willie Blair 1997, 1999-2001.

Joe Randa Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Joe Randa. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Joe Randa 1998.

Eric Haase Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Eric Haase. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Eric Haase 2020-2023.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

Ned Harris Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ned Harris. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Ned Harris 1941-1943, 1946.

George Caster Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of George Caster. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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George Castor 1945-1946.

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Phil Cavarretta coach 1961-1963.

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY

The Hot Stove season officially got underway on December 8th at the Winter Meetings. Since then, only 3 free agents have signed and 7 trades were made. Most of them were minor. In gener…

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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

The Hot Stove season officially got underway on December 8th at the Winter Meetings. Since then, only 3 free agents have signed and 7 trades were made. Most of them were minor.
In general, the biggest free agents sign first and then it takes time for the rest of the market to readjust and for teams to update their target lists.
The only team in the AL Central other than the Detroit Tigers to make a move was the Guardians who traded away their 2Ber.
The Tigers have signed several players for depth reasons. For their roster, they added Alex Cobb to the starting rotation.
Scott Harris has stated they are looking for offensive power, a right-handed hitter, a reliever and potentially a Japanese player. Predictably, it is unwise of him to speak about trading players.
How do you feel right now about how quiet the Tigers have been just 10 days after the Winter Meetings started?

How do you feel right now about how quiet the Tigers have been so far during the Hot Stove season?

1. I'm fine. Good deals take time.

2. I'm getting impatient. I want to see some deals get done this month.

3. I'm worried that the Tigers won't do enough to improve the roster.

VOTE

 

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Detroit Tigers star Ty Cobb chats with Pittsburgh Pirates star Honus Wagner during the 1909 World Series!

 

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Babe Ruth poses with Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker during the first Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium! (1947).

 

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Looking at Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal’s 5 best performances in 2024 en route to a Cy Young Award.

Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal hauled in MLB’s top hardware last season after a series of superlative performances.

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Looking at Cy Young Award-winner Tarik Skubal’s 5 best regular-season performances.
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal hauled in MLB’s top hardware last season after a series of superlative performances.
BYBTB

 

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MLB.com's free agency prediction for Tigers is ignoring what front office just said

The Detroit Tigers are projected to land another starting pitcher in free agency but ... the front office has said they're done adding there.

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MLB.com's free agency prediction for Tigers is ignoring what front office just said.
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Detroit Tigers News: Catcher and pitcher signed to minor-league deals, Teoscar Hernandez contract

The Detroit Tigers signed a pitcher and a catcher to minor-league contracts, while potential free agent target Teoscar Hernández remains unsigned.

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Detroit Tigers News: 2 players signed to minor-league deals, Teoscar Hernandez update.
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Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch sets 2025 expectation: 'We want to win the AL Central'

The Detroit Tigers want to win the American League Central in 2025. The AL Central champion has won at least 90 games in 12 of 14 seasons since 2010.

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Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch sets 2025 expectation: 'We want to win the AL Central'.
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Tigers Sign Ryan Miller To Minor League Deal

The Tigers have signed right-hander Ryan Miller to a minor league deal, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. …

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Tigers Sign Ryan Miller To Minor League Deal.
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A huge congratulations to the Tigers athletic training staff on winning the 2024 PBATS MLB Athletic Training Staff of the Year Award!
Ryne Eubanks (Head Athletic Trainer)
Kelly Rhoades (Asst. Athletic Trainer)
Chris McDonald (Asst. Athletic Trainer)

PBATS Announces 2024 Season Awards - PBATS.com

PBATS recently announced its 2024 awards at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in Dallas, TX.

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PBATS Announces 2024 Season Awards.
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December 19 in Tigers and mlb history:

1928: Senators player-manager Bucky Harris is traded to the Tigers for infielder Jack Warner. The future Hall of Famer will replace George Moriarty (68-86, 6th place) as the Motor City skipper.

1934: The Yankees send five players to San Francisco as part of the payment for Joe DiMaggio. He will play another season in the Pacific Coast League and will report at the end of 1935.

1934: Al Kaline is born in Baltimore, Md. Al becomes a High School, and Legion Ball Phenom playing 2 and at times 3 games in a day. Kaline is signed by Ed Katalinas a day after graduating from high school and signs for $35K.
Al sits on the bench in 1953 between Johnny Pesky and Fred Hutchinson going in as a defensive replacement.
In 1955 Kaline becomes the youngest player to win a batting title, also leading the A.L. in Hits with 200 and Total Bases with 321.
A complete 5 tool ballplayer, Kaline becomes the greatest defensive outfielder in American League history, winning 10 Gold Gloves for fielding excellence. After 5 full years and 85 assists, opposing teams stop running on Kaline's legendary throwing arm considered to be the Most Accurate in Major League History. Kaline is voted to 18 All-Star games batting a cool .324 12 for 37 with 2 Homeruns.
Al is the runnerup in the A.L. MVP ballot in 1955 and 1963, winning the prestigious Sporting News A.L. Player of the Year Award those seasons, and a 3rd place finish in the MVP ballot in 1956 and 10 years in the top 10 voting for MVP over his career.
In the 1968 World Series, Kaline's only appearance in the Fall Classic, he batted .379, hit two home runs and drove in eight to help Detroit knock off the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
Injuries during several seasons keep Kaline from hitting 30 or home runs and several more seasons of 100+ Runs and 100+ RBI, missing 450 games to various injuries. Despite missing so many games, Kaline becomes the 12th member of the 3,000 Hit Club, and and the 10th player to become a first ballot Hall Of Famer in 1980.
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The Glory Days: Kaline the Selfless Star | Seamheads.com
Al Kaline never sought the spotlight. It found him at Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, the All-Star Game and the World Series, places the light shines brightest. Otherwise, he was Everyday Al. He could have been carrying a black lunch pail, the way he went about his job. So workmanlike, so steady...
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1936: Mickey Cochrane checks out of the hospital and goes to a Wyoming ranch to recover his health.

1968: Tigers slugger legally changes his name from William Wattison Horton to Willie Horton.

1983: The Tigers sign free agent slugger Darrell Evans, who hit .277 with 30 home runs for the Giants last season.
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1986: After finding no other clubs interested in signing him, free agent pitcher and 20-game winner Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with the Tigers while at the same time accusing the major league owners of collusion against free agents.
Morris had offered to sign a one-year contract, with salary to be determined by an arbitrator, with either the Yankees, Angels, Twins, or Phillies, but was turned down by all four.

1990: Tigers stun the baseball world with press conference announcing that 1991 season will be Ernie Harwell's last with the team.
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1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Dalton as a free agent.
1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Dan Petry as a free agent.

1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Walker as a free agent.

1992: Mark Carreon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Adam Riggs as a free agent.

2002: The Detroit Tigers signed Seth Greisinger as a free agent.
2002: The Detroit Tigers signed Warren Morris as a free agent.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Fernando Vina as a free agent.
2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Rondell White as a free agent.

2005: The Detroit Tigers signed Max St. Pierre as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers released Adam Wilk.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Travis Blackley as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Jake Brigham as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Brendan Ryan as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Logan Watkins as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Thad Weber as a free agent.

2018: Major League Baseball and the Cuban Baseball Federation reach a historic deal that will allow players from the island to be scouted and signed without having to defect. This recognizes the fact that there should be no going back to the days when players had to put their life and the well-being of their families at risk, and deal with unsavory criminal elements, in order to come to the United States. It creates a situation that is akin to that which prevailed before the Cuban Revolution in 1959. However, the Administration of President Donald Trump will kill the deal on April 8th as part of a policy of maintaining as hard a line as possible in dealing with Cuban authorities.

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Eduardo Paredes as a free agent.
2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Smith as a free agent.

2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Zack Godley as a free agent.

2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Brenan Hanifee as a free agent.

Tigers players, coaches, announcers, and executives birthdays:

Al Kaline - BR Bullpen

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Al Kaline Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Al Kaline. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Al Kaline – Society for American Baseball Research

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Kaline, Al | Baseball Hall of Fame

Al Kaline was the Detroit Tigers for more than two decades. Through last place finishes and World Series triumphs, the Motor City knew it had its sweet swinging right fielder to cheer for throughout the summer. Chuck Dressen, a big league skipper for 16 seasons, the last four with the Tigers...

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Al Kaline 1953-1974, announcer 1975-2001, spring training coach 1975-2020, executive 2002-2020.

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Tony Taylor Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Tony Taylor. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Tony Taylor 1971-1973.

Clay Parker Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Clay Parker. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Clay Parker 1990.

Mark Woodyard Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Mark Woodyard. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Mark Woodyard 2005.

Rony García Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Rony García. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Rony Garcia 2020-2022.

Tigers and Negro Leagues Detroit Stars Players who passed away:

Art Griggs Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Art Griggs. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Art Griggs 1918.

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Pete Hill Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com

Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Pete Hill. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com

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Pete Hill - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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Pete Hill - Wikipedia
Pete Hill Detroit Stars 1919-1921. Equally mentioned as date of death 11/19 and 12/19.

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MR. TIGER

by Holly Horning Today is the birthday of one of the greatest Detroit Tigers ever. Certainly the most loved one of all. Al Kaline. Mr. Tiger. He would have been 90 years old today, passing aw…

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MR. TIGER December 19, 2024

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest Detroit Tigers ever. Certainly the most loved one of all.
Al Kaline.
Mr. Tiger.
He would have been 90 years old today, passing away 4 years ago.

 

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The Detroit Tigers have re-signed Brendan White to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training.

 

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Tigers and Twins Winter Meetings Notes

Derek Falvey, Scott Harris, A.J. Hinch and Rocco Baldelli address questions from the media.

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Tigers and Twins Winter Meetings Notes.
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The Detroit Tigers are not a small market team. According to Baseball Almanac, they rank just behind the Red Sox and slightly ahead of the Rangers as one of the larger markets in the sport. The Ilitch family is also tied for the 8th largest net worth among MLB owners.

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3 untouchable Tigers prospects in offseason trade talks, 2 who aren't

As the Tigers build toward another playoff run, they may have to trade some of their prized prospects. Who could be on the trade block?

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3 untouchable Tigers prospects in offseason trade talks, 2 who aren't.
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Tigers player gets returned to organization after clearing waivers post-DFA

The Detroit Tigers outrighted outfielder Akil Baddoo to Triple-A Toledo just a week after designating him for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.

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Tigers player gets returned to organization after clearing waivers post-DFA.
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Detroit Tigers' Tyler Holton locked into bullpen in 2025, won't transition to starter role

Detroit Tigers reliever Tyler Holton posted a 2.15 ERA in the 2023-24 seasons, which ranked first among 148 pitchers with at least 160 innings.

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Detroit Tigers' Tyler Holton locked into bullpen in 2025, won't transition to starter role.
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Tigers Rumors: Detroit may have hefty offer on table for slugging free agent

The Tigers' silence on the offseason free agent market has been deafening, but the fact that two of the league's most coveted outfield bats remain unsigned offe

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Tigers Rumors: Detroit may have hefty offer on table for slugging free agent.
MCBTB

 

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