March 14 in Tigers and mlb history:
1883: In a Northwestern League meeting, Peoria moves to ban black players in order to prevent Toledo from playing star catcher Moses Fleetwood Walker. After an "exciting discussion" the motion is withdrawn and Walker is allowed to play.
1894: A U.S. Immigration Inspector in Buffalo, NY asks the Treasury Department if baseball is a "recognized profession" in order to determine if Buffalo has violated the alien contract labor law by signing two Canadian players. Before the inspector gets a reply, Buffalo decides to play only American residents.
1931: "The Home Run Twins": Lou Gehrig & Babe Ruth pose for the cover of the Mid-Week Pictorial at New York #Yankees spring training camp in Florida!
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1932: The Cincinnati Reds acquire catcher Ernie Lombardi, outfielder Babe Herman, and infielder Wally Gilbert from the Brooklyn Dodgers for catcher Clyde Sukeforth and infielders Tony Cuccinello and Joe Stripp. Herman will bat .324 in one season in Cincinnati following the trade (he will later return to the club for two seasons), but Lombardi makes the trade a steal. Lombardi will bat .311 in 10 seasons in Cincinnati, winning a batting title and MVP Award in 1938.
1954: Hank Aaron makes his first spring training start for the Milwaukee Braves in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. Aaron, taking advantage of an injury suffered by starting outfielder Bobby Thomson, raps out three hits, including a home run. The noise of the contact is so loud that Ted Williams runs out of the Boston clubhouse to see who can make that sound with a bat. Aaron will eventually start for the Braves on Opening Day and will go on to hit a respectable .280 with 13 home runs and 58 RBI in his rookie season.
1956: 50-year-old pitching star Satchel Paige signs a contract to play for the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro National League. Paige also agrees to manage the team this season.
1960: Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett was born this day in Chicago, IL.
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1961: The National League expansion franchise in New York names future Hall of Famer George Weiss as team president. Weiss retired as general manager of the Yankees in 1960.
1969: Exactly nine days after his splashy spring debut on March 5th, indicative of a full recovery from last season's right shoulder injury, Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente injures the other shoulder. "Clemente, who played last season with a bruised right shoulder," writes Charley Feeney in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, "injured his left shoulder when he attempted a diving catch of a foul fly in Friday's game against the Red Sox in Bradenton." After waiting 10 days for the shoulder to improve with no results, Clemente will return to Puerto Rico to consult his private trainer/chiropractor, Arturo Garcia.
1995: The Players Association announces that it will not settle the strike if replacement players are used in regular season games, and if results are not voided.
2003: Milwaukee Brewers TV/Radio play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker is chosen for induction into the broadcasters' wing of the Hall of Fame as the recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award. The 68-year-old former back-up catcher, who joined the Milwaukee broadcast crew in 1971, is best known for the humor he has brought to the game through his starring role in the cult movie Major League and the beer commercial in which the phrase Must be in the front row! has become a familiar cry in ballparks around the country.
2018: Minor League Baseball announces some changes to the rules that will be used throughout the minor leagues starting this season. First, there will be a limit of six mound visits per game in AAA, similar to the rule change just introduced in Major League Baseball; lower classifications will allow more visits: 8 in AA and 10 in Class A.
A 15-second pitch clock will be introduced with the bases empty, and 20 seconds with men on base. Finally, a variation of the Schiller Rule will be used beginning in the 10th inning, as each half inning will start with the batter preceding the first batter of the inning already on second base. That last rule was already in use in some Rookie-class leagues.
2019: Commissioner Rob Manfred announces rule changes for the coming season.
While the idea of a pitch clock has been dropped, other measures adopted include: lowering the number of mound visits from six to five, following the successful introduction of the rule in 2018; a shorter break between innings; making the July 31st trading deadline a hard one, with no trades allowed for the two remaining months of the season; a shift in procedure for nominating starters in the All-Star Game and additional bonuses for participants in the Home Run Derby; beginning next season, a clear roster limit, with 26 during the first five months and 28 for September, with all teams being required to respect the limits; and a minimum of three batters faced for relief pitchers, barring injury or the end of the half-inning, also starting with the 2020 season.
2022: In a clear sign that they have given up on the possibility of re-signing team icon Freddie Freeman, who is currently a free agent, the Braves trade four players to the Athletics to acquire All-Star 1B Matt Olson.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Chase Anderson as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Miguel Diaz as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Lavarnway as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Ramon Rosso as a free agent.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Hub Pernoll. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Hub Pernoll 1910, 1912.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Marty McManus. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Marty McManus 1927-1931.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Mike Strahler. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Mike Strahler 1973.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Blaine Hardy. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Blaine Hardy 2014-2019.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Coot Veal. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Coot Veal 1958-1960, 1963.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Ron Shoop. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Ron Shoop 1959.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bob Bruce. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Bob Bruce 1959-1961.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Frankie De La Cruz. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Frankie De La Cruz 2007.
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