January 12 in Tigers and mlb history:
1900: Baltimore Orioles manager John McGraw threatens that if the National League drops the Orioles, which are controlled by the owners of the Brooklyn Superbas, he will form an American League team. Two weeks later the NL Circuit Committee recommends buying out Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland, and Louisville and going to an eight-team league. McGraw then organizes a Baltimore club in the AL.
1903: Detroit Tigers pitcher Win Mercer, winner of 15 games in 1902, commits suicide by inhaling gas in a San Francisco hotel. Mercer had recently been named the Tigers' manager.
1920: A plan developed by Charles Ebbets many years ago is finally adopted: the annual drafting of players from the minor leagues will be done in inverse order of the final standings.
1921: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes over his new role as Commissioner of baseball. Landis, who is given wide-ranging powers, replaces the three-man National Commission that had been running the game for nearly two decades.
1924: Left fielder Bobby Veach is sold by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox. Early days bad trade #2 next to trading Heinie Manush.
1946: Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams receives his discharge from the U.S. Marine Air Corps after a three-year stint serving in World War II. In spite of the long absence from competitive baseball, Williams will return to the major leagues by hitting .342 with 38 home runs and 123 RBI this season.
1946: The first official professional game is played in Venezuela, launching the newly-constituted four-team Liga de Beisbol Profesional de Venezuela. The league is composed of four teams: Cervecer?a Caracas, Magallanes, Vargas and Equipo Venezuela. The inaugural game is won by Magallanes over Equipo Venezuela, 5 - 2, behind the strong pitching from Alex Carrasquel, who gives up 11 hits in a complete game effort.
1972: Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer announces that the Tigers have signed a lease to build a $126 million domed stadium along the river in downtown Detroit. The complex will seat 52,000 for baseball, and 60,000 for football. Lawsuits, a failed bond issue, and the construction of the Silverdome in nearby Pontiac will eventually kill the idea.
1972: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dan Gonzales in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft (January).
1972: The Detroit Tigers drafted Art James in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January).
1981: The Atlanta Braves sign future Hall of Fame pitcher Gaylord Perry to a free agent contract. The 42-year-old Perry will be joining his sixth major league team, after splitting the 1980 season between the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers.
1982: The Detroit Tigers drafted Dana Williams in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January Secondary), but was not signed.
1983: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects two players to the Hall of Fame: Juan Marichal, the winningest Latin American pitcher in major league history, who won 20 or more games six times and had an ERA of 2.50 or less six times, and Brooks Robinson, a winner of 16 straight Gold Gloves and hero of the 1970 World Series, who becomes the 14th player elected in his first year of eligibility.
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1988: Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Willie Stargell is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Stargell, leader of two World Championships in Pittsburgh and National League co-MVP in 1979 at age 39, becomes the 17th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility.
Pitcher Jim Bunning falls four votes shy of the 321 needed for election in his 13th year on the ballot.
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1991: The Detroit Tigers obtain catcher Mickey Tettleton from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for pitcher Jeff Robinson. Robinson was released by Baltimore the following November. Tettleton played four seasons in Detroit, where he logged 112 home runs and a .387 OBP.
1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Grotewold as a free agent.
1994: Steve Carlton, winner of 329 games and four Cy Young Awards, is elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA receiving almost 96% of the vote.
Orlando Cepeda falls seven votes short of the 75% required for election.
2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Jason Karnuth as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Reggie Taylor as a free agent.
2009: Rickey Henderson, the all-time major league leader in stolen bases, runs and leadoff home runs, is elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot; at the time of his retirement, Henderson also held the all-time walk record.
Also elected is Jim Rice, the third player to go in on the 15th and final ballot (after Ralph Kiner and Red Ruffing)
2010: A devastating earthquake hits the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, located a few hundred miles off the coast of Florida. Major League Baseball quickly pledges $1 million to UNICEF to help with the relief effort. Teams like the New York Yankees and players such as Miguel Tejada also pledge their support. While Haiti is not a traditional source of players, unlike its neighbor to the east the Dominican Republic, there were 13 Haitian-born players in the minor leagues in 2009 and efforts are now directed to ascertain their well-being.
2017: Hamtramck?s historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck receives $50K grant for redevelopment.
Tigers players birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Lefty Lorenzen. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Lefty Lorenzen 1913.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bob Reed. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Bob Reed 1969-1970.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bill Madlock. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Bill Madlock 1987.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Mike Trujillo. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Mike Trujillo 1988-1989.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dontrelle Willis. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Dontrelle Willis 2008-2010.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Iván Nova. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ivan Nova 2020.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Win Mercer. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Win Mercer 1902.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Andy Bruckmiller. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Andy Bruckmiller 1905.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jim Middleton. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jim Middleton 1921.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Joe Orrell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Joe Orrell 1943-1945.
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