April 18 in Tigers and mlb history:
1880: Sam Crawford born in Wahoo, Nebraska. Finished career 39 hits shy of 3000. Hit more triples than anyone in MLB history with 309. He averaged 20 per 162 games. Led the league 6x; also led in HR once and RBI 3x, inside-the-park home runs in a season (12). Career .309 hitter.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft8-FBjWAAANAmz?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft8-FBlXoAEmxR-?format=png&name=360x360
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4bnbiyWAAELVle.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4TLbweWAAcy7eh.jpg
1899: At age 26, John McGraw makes his managerial debut with the Baltimore Orioles of the National League. McGraw leads them to a 5 - 3 victory over the New York Giants, a team he will later manage for more than 30 years.
1905: The Detroit Tigers signed Duff Cooley as a free agent.
1914: Sam Crawford celebrated turning 34 by going 2 for 3, including a HR, and walking once as the Tigers beat the Cleveland Naps 4-3. Crawford was a 6.2 WAR player that season, which was his career high.
https://michigansportshof.org/mshof/...-0020-0001.jpg
1916: Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches his first of 16 shutouts of the season against the Boston Braves.
1923: The debut of Yankee Stadium is a huge success with an announced attendance of 74,217. Bob Shawkey of the Yankees, aided by a three-run home run by Babe Ruth, beats Howard Ehmke and the Red Sox, 4 - 1.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQoXXd5X...g&name=900x900
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQo1QmlW...png&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuAsZHdXwAkJB6W?format=jpg&name=900x900
1929: At Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth hits a home run in his first at-bat since his marriage the day before. As he rounds second base tips his hat to his new bride, Claire Merritt Hodgson.
1929: The New York Yankees wear uniform numbers in a game for the first time! Players are assigned numbers based on their order in the lineup. In this photo, Babe Ruth shows off his now iconic #3 for photographers.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft_6r62XwAEAx1O?format=png&name=900x900
1936: the Governor of Michigan declared April 18 "Detroit Champions' Day" to recognize the Tigers, Lions, and Detroit Red Wings Championship Wins.
Champions Day - Wikipedia
1939: Announcer Red Barber calls the action in the Brooklyn Dodgers' 7 - 3 loss to the New York Giants, marking the first time a regular-season Brooklyn game is broadcast on the radio.
1946: Jackie Robinson makes his minor league debut for the Montreal Royals, the International League affiliate club of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In becoming the first openly black person to play Organized Baseball in the 20th century, Robinson bangs out a home run and three singles on his way to winning the league batting championship.
Jackie Robinson is greeted by teammate George Shuba with a handshake after hitting a HR in his first game with the Montreal Royals, farm club of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The gesture is considered a historic interracial first for pro baseball. #Inspirational
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuAKZL6X0AEkgF-?format=png&name=small
1950: Vin Scully calls the first game of his illustrious 67-year career with the Dodgers.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022...superJumbo.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft8aK6mX0AkR3Ls?format=jpg&name=medium
1950: At the Polo Grounds, Sam Jethroe becomes the first black to play for the Boston Braves. A former Cleveland Buckeyes star, he goes 2 for 4, including a home run, to lead the Braves to an 11 - 4 beating of the New York Giants. Warren Spahn is the winner. Jethroe will go on to become National League Rookie of the Year after leading the majors in stolen bases.
1950: The first opening night game is held in St. Louis. The Cardinals, behind a complete game by Gerry Staley and home runs from Red Schoendienst and Stan Musial, beat the Pirates, 4 - 2, at Sportsman's Park.
1950: U.S. President Harry Truman throws out two balls at the Washington Senators opener - one left-handed and the other right-handed - then watches the Senators beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 8 - 7. When rain starts falling in the 6th inning, he puts on a raincoat and remains to the end.
1952: Stealing considerable thunder from Brooklyn's victorious home opener, a 7 - 6, 12-inning triumph, Willie Mays makes the catch he'll later call his greatest. The Associated Press reports: "Willie Mays, army-bound centerfielder of the New York Giants, astounded an opening day crowd of 31,032 fans at Ebbets Field with a sensational catch of a drive by Bobby Morgan in the 7th inning." With two out, two on and the Dodgers down by one, "the sophomore star made a diving, sliding catch of a sinking liner near the left centerfield wall that robbed Morgan of a potential triple." Unfortunately for Mays, Ebbets Field's Little League dimensions afford little leeway for such hijinks. "I go and catch the ball in the air," Mays recalls 45 years later. "I'm in the air, like this, parallel. I catch the ball, I hit the fence. Ebbets Field was so short that if you run anywhere you're going to hit a fence. So I catch the fence, knock myself out."
"As he lay motionless," reports the New York Times, "players of both sides rushed to his aid. All, that is, but the three Dodgers on the bases, who continued their wild dash for the plate, only to learn Willie had held on to the ball for the third out." Willie's impression is that the first player to reach his side has a somewhat less altruistic agenda.
"The first guy that I saw - there were two guys - when I open my eyes, was Leo Durocher and Jackie Robinson. And I'm saying to myself, 'Why is Jackie out here?' Jackie came to see if I caught the ball, and Leo came to see about me."
1956: Ed Rommel becomes the first major league umpire to wear glasses during a game as he arbitrates a contest between the Yankees and Senators.
1958: At the LA Coliseum, in front of a National League record crowd of 78,672, the Dodgers play their first home game on the West Coast,
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQmVCW3W...png&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ft8-WQwXsAAp75p?format=png&name=small
1960: Ted Williams becomes the first major leaguer to homer in four different decades.
https://i0.wp.com/thisdayinbaseball....80,528&ssl=1
1964: Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out the side on nine pitches, becoming the first pitcher in major league history to achieve the feat twice. ?Hitting against Sandy Koufax is like drinking coffee with a fork,? Hall of Famer Willie Stargell said.
https://baseballhall.org/sites/defau...68_act_NBL.jpg
1964: Tigers beat Angels 3-2 on a Norm Cash 3-run home run (2nd) in the 5th inning.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._Cash_1966.jpg
1965: In his major league debut, Jackie Moore catches 12 innings and singles the winning run to third in the Tigers' win over the Angels at Dodger Stadium. Ray Oyler, one of the game?s worst-hitting regulars ever, plays in his first game.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERJS85BX...pg&name=medium
1968: Al Kaline hits his 305th career homer in his 2000th game. Tigers win their 6th straight a 5 - 0 win over the indians.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9PEpgpXoAELKir.jpg
1970: Nolan Ryan strikes out 15 batters and pitches a one-hitter as the New York Mets defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7 - 0, at Shea Stadium. It is the first shutout of Ryan's career.
1981: Sporting News with Al Kaline and Iran hostage and Tiger's Fan Joe Subic.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fn2cI5La...pg&name=medium
1981: The Sporting News publishes a report finding that Ty Cobb's career hit total is 4,189, not 4,191. MLB & the HOF have yet to officially acknowledge the correction. Cobb lost 1 game, 5 at bats, 2 triples, 1 home run, 15 rbi, yet gained 5 stolen bases, when comparing from the 1975 Baseball Encyclopedia which was the complete and official record of MLB.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQpIOgrW...jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9PF2sbW...jpg&name=small
1981: Tom Seaver of the Cincinnati Reds notches the 3000th strikeout of his Hall of Fame career. Seaver strikes out Keith Hernandez of the St. Louis Cardinals, joining Bob Gibson, Walter Johnson, Gaylord Perry, and Nolan Ryan as members of the exclusive pitching club.
1984: Tigers edge Royals 4 - 3 in 10 innings, now 9-0. Jack Morris pitches 9 innings, but gives up a 3-0 lead in the 8th and the game goes to extras. Alan Trammell scores on an error in the bottom of the 10th.
1987: Tigers beat the White Sox 3-2 on a solo home run by Dave Bergman in the bottom of the 8th.
1987: Mike Schmidt became the 15th major league player to reach 500 home runs.
1991: A sellout crowd of 42,191 watches the Chicago White Sox play their first game at New Comiskey Park and sees the home team get crushed by the Detroit Tigers, 16 - 0. Jack McDowell gives up the park's first home run to Cecil Fielder.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbFcLGKWAAAIe7v.jpg
1995: Jack Morris, the winningest pitcher of the 1980s, announces his retirement.
2005: The Detroit Tigers selected Adam Peterson off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2010: Miguel Cabrera hits a 3-run home run on his birthday to give the Tigers a 4-2 win in Seattle. Max Scherzer strikes out 4 in 6 innings in his first win as a Tiger.
2011: Miguel Cabrera goes 2-for-4 with an RBI and 3 runs scored on his birthday in an 8-3 win in Seattle.
2017: Harwell Field, honoring Ernie Harwell, opens at Wayne State University.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4TMtGbW0AMMmof.jpg
2018: Miguel Cabrera hits a home run on his birthday for the third time in his career. Tigers beat the Orioles 6-5 on a walk-off home run by Dixon Machado.
2023:
Clayton Kershaw records the 200th
win of his career with a typical performance, holding the
Mets scoreless over seven innings while racking up nine strikeouts in a 5 - 0
Dodgers win. At 200-88, Kershaw is just the fourth pitcher of the modern era to record his 200th win before having 100 losses, following
Whitey Ford,
Lefty Grove and
Pedro Martinez.
Tigers players and owners birthdays:
www.baseball-reference.com
sabr.org
Frank Navin owner 1908-1935.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Sam_Crawford
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Sam Crawford. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
sabr.org
Sam Crawford 1903-1917.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Doug Flynn. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Doug Flynn 1985.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Brian Dubois. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Brian Dubois 1989-1990.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Rico Brogna. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Rico Brogna 1992.
www.baseball-reference.com
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Miguel Cabrera. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Miguel Cabrera 2008-2023.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jake Rogers. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Jake Rogers 2019, 2021, 2023-present.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Roscoe_Miller
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Roscoe Miller. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Roscoe Miller 1901-1902.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Bill Sweeney. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Bill Sweeney 1928.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jack Burns. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
www.baseball-reference.com
Jack Burns 1936.
Baseball Reference
www.nytimes.com
www.mlbtraderumors.com
www.blessyouboys.com
totallytigers.wordpress.com
