April 16 in Tigers and mlb history:
1895: The name "Tigers" was given to Detroit's baseball team for the first time by the Detroit Free Press.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9iIzlhXsAA6w0Q.jpg
1903: Hall of Famer Paul 'Big Poison, Waner was born this day in Harrah, OK. Waner will hit over .300 in 14 seasons collect 200 or more hits in 8 seasons, and became a member of the 3000 hit club.
1913: Ty Cobb has a modern day holdout.
100 Years Ago, Ty Cobb Had A Very Modern Holdout
1929: The New York Yankees are the first team in major league baseball to permanently feature numbers on the backs of their uniforms. The numbers correspond to each player's position in the batting order. The numbers also allow fans and broadcasters to identify the players more easily.
1935: Babe Ruth, at age 40, has a sensational National League debut with the Boston Braves as he hits a single and home run off New York Giants legend Carl Hubbell.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ftyv1AwXsAQsOJR?format=png&name=small
1940: Working in 47-degree weather, Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians hurls the first and only Opening Day no-hitter in major league history. Feller outduels Eddie Smith of the Chicago White Sox in winning a 1 - 0 decision at Comiskey Park. During one at-bat, White Sox star Luke Appling fouls off 15 straight pitches, but fails to get a hit.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLSSdz5X0AAQtyt?format=png&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FtywB-eWAAIJeSe?format=png&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft10yPQXgAIP9tJ?format=png&name=small
1940: On Opening Day at Griffith Stadium, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt throws the ceremonial first pitch as Boston Red Sox pitcher Lefty Grove shuts outs the Washington Senators, 1 - 0.
1945: The Boston Red Sox give tryouts to three Negro League players: Sam Jethroe, Jackie Robinson, and Marvin Williams. The three players work out at Fenway Park, but none are signed to contracts. The Red Sox will be the last major league team to integrate.
Later this year, Robinson will sign a minor league contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1946: On Opening Day at the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott of the New York Giants hits his 511th and final home run in the Giants' 8 - 4 victory against the Philadelphia Phillies. Ott hits his homer off Phillies left-hander Oscar Judd. The next day Ott will injure his knee diving for a ball and play only occasionally thereafter.
1946: The world champion Tigers raise the flag at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium. Hank Greenberg homers in what will be last Opening Day as a Tiger. Reigning AL MVP Hal Newhouser strikes out 8 as the Tigers beat the Browns 2-1.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9KCozAWAAAE-87.jpg
1958: In his first Tigers at-bat, Tim Thompson hits a pinch hit single to reach base in the top of the 9th, and Frank Bolling follows with a 3-run home run to put the Tigers up for good in a 5-4 win in Chicago. Thompson lived to 97 years old and was possibly the oldest living Tiger when he died in October of 2021.
1961: Beginning his historic chase of Babe Ruth's 60 home run season-record, Roger Maris connects for his first homer in the twelfth game of the season for the Yankees. The 5th-inning solo shot is off Detroit Tigers pitcher Paul Foytack.
1966: Tigers break a 5-5 tie with Washington in the bottom of the 8th inning with an Al Kaline home run and Gates Brown RBI single to win 7-5 and improve to 5-0.
1968: Willie Horton hits 2 doubles, and the Tigers score 8 runs in the 4th inning to pound the defending AL champion Red Sox 9-2.
1978: Bob Forsch of the St. Louis Cardinals no-hits the Philadelphia Phillies, 5 - 0. Less than a year later, his brother Ken, of the Houston Astros, will pitch a no-hitter against the Atlanta Braves, making the siblings the only brothers to throw complete game no-hitters in major league baseball.
1981 Hall of Fame Negro Leagues co-owner of the Brooklyn Eagles (1935) and Newark Eagles (1936-1948) Effa Manley dies on this day.
1983: Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey appears in his 1,118th straight National League game, breaking the mark held by Billy Williams.
1987: Hall of Fame umpire Jocko Conlan dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 89. Conlan served as an American League arbiter from 1941 to 1965 after a brief major league playing career with the Chicago White Sox. He also umpired in five World Series. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974.
1992: The Tigers beat the Indians 13-4. Rob Deer homered twice in the road win for Detroit. Mickey Tettleton also homered while Milt Cuyler doubled twice and tripled.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4Xw_dRW0AIL8yq.jpg
1992: The Detroit Tigers released Steve Ontiveros.
1996: Cecil Fielder hits three home runs at SkyDome. The Tigers tie an American League record by grounding into 6 double plays, but win 13-8.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9T0fenW...jpg&name=small
1997: The Cubs' 12th straight loss to open the season breaks a National League record set by the Detroit Wolverines, who started 0-11 in 1884.
1997: The Detroit Tigers released Vince Coleman.
1999: The Detroit Tigers traded Apostol Garcia (minors), Richard Roberts (minors) and Robinson Checo to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Dave Mlicki and Mel Rojas.
2006: Chris Shelton of the Detroit Tigers becomes the first player in American League history to hit eight home runs in his team's first 12 games.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8God0MX0AAYdQq.jpg
2007: Ivan Rodriguez hits a grand slam and a 2-run double in the Tigers' 12-5 win over the Royals.
2016: Jarrod Saltalamacchia hits his 2nd game-winning home run in 3 games and the Tigers beat the astros 5 - 3.
2018: Cold, wind, snow and sleet continue to wreak havoc with the major league schedule, as three more postponements today bring the total to 24 since the start of the season. Boston's annual Patriots Day late-morning game is a victim of the elements today, and even the Blue Jays, in spite of playing in a dome, have to re-schedule a game because falling ice from the nearby CN Tower damages the roof at the Rogers Centre, potentially endangering fans.
2022: On the heels of throwing a
perfect game on
April 10th, 20-year-old Japanese sensation
Roki Sasaki almost does it again: he pitches eight more perfect innings for the
Chiba Lotte Marines against the
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, before being removed from the still scoreless game, having thrown 102 pitches. He has now set down 52 straight batters, 33 by strikeout, over the 17 innings. The Fighters eventually win the game, 1 - 0, in
extra innings.
Tigers players birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Gene Ford. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Gene Ford 1905.
www.baseball-reference.com
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dutch Leonard. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Dutch Leonard 1919-1921, 1924-1925.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bruce Taylor. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Bruce Taylor 1977-1979.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Fernando Viña. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Fernando Vina 2004.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Mal Eason. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Mal Eason 1903.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Hank Riebe. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Hank Riebe 1942, 1947-1949.
Baseball Reference
www.blessyouboys.com
totallytigers.wordpress.com
