August 28 in Tigers and mlb history:
1908: The Senators give some support to Walter Johnson, scoring eight runs against Cleveland to win 8 - 0. Johnson's last outing was a 1 - 0 loss to the Tigers on the 24th.
1918: Tris Speaker is suspended for the remainder of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly following a dispute at home plate in a game in Philadelphia.
1921: Despite three doubles by Babe Ruth, the Tigers drop the Yankees 7 - 3. Ruth starts a record streak in which he gets at least one extra-base hit in nine straight games. Tigers stars of the game are CF Ty Cobb, LF Bobby Veach, and P Bert Cole.
1924: Despite Babe Ruth's two home runs, the Senators beat the Yankees 11 - 6 and move into first place. The Yankees will tie them for two days in September, but otherwise the Senators stay on top till the end.
1932: Due to the anticipation of an eclipse, the Red Sox complete a game several days earlier than scheduled with the Indians and beat the Tribe in 11 innings, 4 - 3. Three days later, Fenway Park goes dark for twenty minutes during the solar event.
1938: On Connie Mack Day at Shibe Park, the A's win a doubleheader from the White Sox, setting a league record by playing their seventh successive twin bill in 8 days.
1940: Homestead Grays (Negro League) P Ray Brown earns his 27th consecutive victory over a 2-year span when he shuts out the Baltimore Elite Giants 5 - 0 on a 3-hitter. The win raises his record to 12-0 for the season.
1941: Ted Williams goes 2-for-3 against the #Tigers to raise his average to .407 but the Tigers win 8 - 7. Rudy York with the home run and 4 rbi.
1950: Earle and Roy Mack, Connie's sons by his first marriage, purchase 54 percent interest in the Athletics from Connie Mack, Jr., their younger brother from a second marriage. Earle, Roy and Connie Mack now own 1,198 shares out of 1,500. "As long as dad wants to manage," the two announce, "he will continue to manage."
1950: At Fenway Park the Red Sox come back from 10 - 0 and 12 - 1 deficits to beat the Indians 15 - 14. Bob Feller is the loser, this time in his only relief appearance of the season, coming in for starter Bob Lemon, the American League's winningest pitcher. Dom DiMaggio's two triples and a single pace the offense. It is the second day in a row the Tribe has blown a big lead, losing a seven run advantage yesterday.
1958: White Sox 2B Nellie Fox sets a record for consecutive games without striking out (98).
1961: At Washington, Rocky Colavito and Al Kaline belt 1st-inning homers as Detroit wins 7 - 3 to cut New York's lead to 1 1/2 games. Rocky now has 39 homers and 120 RBIs. Jake Wood hits a 6th inning grand slam to complete the scoring for Detroit.
1962: At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle connects for a 2-run shot in the 4th off Mudcat Grant to give the Yanks a 2 - 1 win over the Indians.
1964: Norm Cash hits a home run and a double. #Tigers score 6 in the first inning and beat the Angels 12-1.
1969: Detroit OF Jim Northrup goes 6 for 6, as the Tigers beat the A's 5 - 3. Northrup's 6th hit is a home run over the roof in the bottom of the 13th to win the game. The first 6-hit game for Detroit since June 24 1962, when the Tigers hitter with a 6 hit game was Rocky Colavito with seven hits in a 22 inning marathon.
1969: At a press conference, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces the publication of The Baseball Encyclopedia and holds up a copy of the 6 1/2 pound book.
1970: The Giants' Juan Marichal beats the Pirates 5 - 1 for his 200th ML win. Marichal joins Jim Bunning as the only active pitchers with 200 wins.
1970: Tigers suspend Denny McLain for 30 days after he dumps ice water over sportswriters from the Detroit Free Press and News in the Tiger Stadium clubhouse.
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1971: Les Cain becomes the last #Tigers pitcher to hit a home run before the adoption of the designated hitter in the Tigers 5 - 4 win over the white sox.
1984: Tigers win over the mariners 5 - 4 on Ruppert Jones' go-ahead RBI double with 2 outs in the 9th.
1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Shawn Hare as an amateur free agent.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Gardiner as a free agent.
1993: The Detroit Tigers traded Ron Rightnowar to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Nikco Riesgo (December 14, 1993) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2000: The Players' association exercises its option to extend the Collective bargaining agreement, ensuring labor peace through October 31, 2001. The expected move comes as no surprise as the players appear to be happy with the November 1996 deal, but the owners have expressed concerns the present CBA has widened the talent gap between the high and low-revenue markets due to escalating salaries.
2016: Miguel Cabrera ties Al Kaline with 972 career extra-base hits, 44th all-time in major league history with a double in a loss to the angels.
Tigers players birthdays:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/yeagejo01.shtml
Joe Yeager 1901-1903.
Tigers players who passed away:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Lush
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lushbi01.shtml
Billy Lush 1903.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jean_Dubuc
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dubucje01.shtml
Jean Debuc 1912-1916.
from Baseball Reference
