April 4 in Tigers and mlb history:
1888: Tris Speaker is born in Hubbard, Texas and the future hall of fame center fielder is considered the greatest defensive CF'er until Willie Mays comes along. Speaker will play against Ty Cobb for most of his career trailing Cobb in many offensive numbers. He is the all-time leader in doubles, with a remarkable 792, topping the AL in two-baggers eight times and finishing second three other times. He was # 5 all-time in hits with 3514, # 6 all-time in batting average, # 6 all-time in triples, # 9 all-time in Runs Created, # 11 all-time in Runs Scored (in spite of playing during a dead-ball era when runs were scarce), and # 12 all-time in on-base percentage. Speaker gains entry into the Hall of Fame in 1937.
1911: Automobile maker Hugh Chalmers introduces the concept of a Most Valuable Player in major league baseball. Chalmers announces that he will award a new car to the player in each league who is selected MVP by a vote of baseball writers.
1937: Tigers sell future HOFer Al Simmons to Senators. Hit .327 in one season with Tigers.
1937: The Detroit Tigers signed Jack Russell as a free agent.
1948: Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack, who is 84 years old, challenges Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, who is 78, to a foot race from home plate to first base. The contest ends in a photo finish tie.
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1968: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Hank Aguirre.
The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Frederick Moulder (minors) (April 4, 1968) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1974: Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron blasts a historic three-run home run against Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jack Billingham on Opening Day. The home run is the 714th of Aaron's career, tying him with the great Babe Ruth for the most in major league history.
1975: The Detroit Tigers selected Ray Bare off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
1982: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Berenguer as a free agent.
1984: Dave Rozema cracks the Tigers' starting rotation.
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1989: On Opening Day, New York Yankees pitcher Tommy John ties a major league record by playing in 26 seasons. John beats the Minnesota Twins, 4 - 2, for his 287th win putting him 19th overall in career wins.
1991: The Detroit Tigers released Todd Haney.
1993: At Camden Yards, William Jefferson Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to throw the first pitch of the season from the pitcher's mound.
1999: Hall of Fame pitcher Early Wynn dies in Venice, Florida at the age of 79, from complications caused by a stroke. Known as one of the tough pitchers in the game, the highly-competitive Wynn won an even 300 games over a 23-year career with the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
2001: At Camden Yards, Hideo Nomo hurls a 3 - 0 no-hitter against the Baltimore Orioles in his Boston Red Sox debut. It is Nomo's second career no-hitter, making him the fourth pitcher in major league history to pitch one in both the National League and the American League, joining Jim Bunning, Nolan Ryan, and Cy Young in exclusive company. It is also the earliest no-hitter, by date, in major league history.
2005: Detroit Tigers designated hitter Dmitri Young hits three home runs to lead his team to an 11 - 2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
2005: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Rivera.
2009: The Detroit Tigers released Jon Huber.
2009: The Detroit Tigers released Timo Perez.
2009: The Detroit Tigers released Bronson Sardinha.
2013: The Tigers bring back maligned closer Jose Valverde with a minor league contract, as neither of their back-up plans going into the season - rookie Bruce Rondon and a closer-by-committee led by Phil Coke - seems to be working.
2014: Miguel Cabrera homers for his 2,000th career hit and adds 3 singles in the Tigers 10 - 4 win over the orioles.
2015: The Detroit Tigers released Daniel Schlereth.
2017: In his first at bat of the season, JaCoby Jones hits his first major league home run in the Tigers 6 - 3 win over the white sox.
2019: Willie Hernandez throws out first pitch. Spencer Turnbull strikes out 10 in 6 innings in the Tigers' 5-4 win in their home opener over the Royals. Niko Goodrum hits 2 RBI doubles.
2021: For the first time since his debut in Major League Baseball in 2018, Shohei Ohtani is in the batting order in a game in which he is also the starting pitcher. Even more remarkable, he bats second in the order, the first pitcher to do so since 1903, and in his first at-bat crushes a long homer against Dylan Cease of the White Sox. The Angels have a 3 - 0 lead entering the 5th, but Ohtani begins to show signs of fatigue and his night ends on a strange play on which the White Sox score twice on a dropped third strike to tie the game, while he collides at home plate with Jose Abreu. The Angels eventually win the game, 7 - 4, on a three-run walk-off homer by Jared Walsh.
2022: A few days before the start of the season, the Rays trade OF Austin Meadows, an All-Star in 2019, to the Tigers in return for IF Isaac Paredes and a Competitive Balance Round B pick in the 2022 amateur draft.
2024: The
Houston Astros selected
Miguel Diaz off waivers from the
Detroit Tigers.
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Cameron Maybin 2007, 2016, 2020.
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Louis Coleman 2018.
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Eduardo Jimenez 2019.
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Renato Nunez 2021.
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Beau Brieske 2022-present.
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Alex Jones 1903.
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George Suggs 1908-1909.
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Snooks Dowd 1919.
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