August 31 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906: Beset by injuries, the Tigers call 46-year-old Sam Thompson out of retirement; he drives in two runs in a 5 - 1 win over the Browns. Thompson, who last played in the majors in 1898, appears in eight games and bats .226.
1909: The A.J. Reach Company is granted a patent for its cork-centered baseball, which will replace the hard rubber-cored one. This change will be particularly apparent in the National League in 1910 and 1911.
1916: The Browns beat the Red Sox and Babe Ruth, 2 - 1. Ruth makes two hits and scores the lone run but pops out to end the game.
1917: At Fenway Park, Babe Ruth wins his 20th, beating the A's, 5 - 3. Ruth gives up six hits and walks 5.
1918: The Red Sox clinch the pennant, winning the first of a twin bill from the A's 6 - 1, as Babe Ruth wins his ninth game in his last 11 starts.
1927: The Yankees open a home stand by beating the Red Sox, 10 - 3. Babe Ruth hits home run number 43 and leads Lou Gehrig by 2. With an 89-37 record, the Bronx Bombers now lead the second-place A's by 17 games.
1928: The Detroit Tigers purchased Frank Barnes and Heinie Schuble from Houston (Texas) for $50,000.
1931: The Detroit Tigers traded Marty McManus to the Boston Red Sox for Muddy Ruel.
1931: Wes Ferrell of Cleveland hits two home runs, as he beats the White Sox, 13 - 5, at Chicago. He will end his career with a record 37 home runs as a hurler, plus one as a pinch hitter.
1932: Detroit P Chief Hogsett hits two homers, as the Tigers end Tony Freitas' winning streak at 10 with a 5 - 4 victory over the A's.
1937: Detroit's rookie Rudy York sets a new record for home runs in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th to eclipse Babe Ruth's mark set in September 1927. He knocks in seven runs against Pete Appleton as Detroit beats Washington, 12 - 3.
1943: Detroit's Rudy York hits two home runs to bring his August home run total to 17, one less than his 1937 record for home runs in a single month, which he also set in August.
1948: The Red Sox keep their precarious hold on 1st place with an 8 - 4 win over the Tigers. Mel Parnell is the complete game winner. Ted Williams has two hits, scores two runs and steals a base.
1953: The Detroit Tigers signed Reno Bertoia as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).
1957: Steve Dalkowski, legendary minor league fastballer pitching for Kingsport (Appalachian League), strikes out 24, walks 18, hits four batters, and throws six wild pitches in a row. He loses, 9 - 8.
1959: Sandy Koufax fans 18 Giants to set a National League mark in a 5 - 2 Dodger win. The game is witnessed by a crowd of 82,974 spectators (60,194 of whom have paid admission), the largest ever for a regular-season game.
1960: The Detroit Tigers purchased Dick Gernert from the Chicago Cubs.
1963: Trailing 8-6 in the 9th, the Tigers rally on back-to-back RBI singles by Norm Cash and Bubba Phillips to win 9-8 over the indians.
1967: The New York Mets purchased Bill Graham from the Detroit Tigers.
1968: Tigers purchase Elroy Face from the Pirates the same day he ties Walter Johnson's record of 802 appearances with one team.
1968: Orioles beat the #Tigers 5-1 to cut Detroit's lead to 6 games with one month to play.
1971: The Detroit Tigers released John Hiller.
1972: The Detroit Tigers purchased Frank Howard from the Texas Rangers.
1977: Hank Aaron's mark of 755 career home runs is tied by Sadaharu Oh of the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Pro Baseball.
1988: Arbitrator George Nicolau rules against the Major League owners in the "Collusion II" case, agreeing with the players' contention that the owners conspired to fix the free agent market after the 1986 season. Twelve players will be granted no-risk free agency after the season, as well as monetary compensation.
1988: The Detroit Tigers traded players to be named later and Chris Hoiles to the Baltimore Orioles for Fred Lynn. The Detroit Tigers sent Cesar Mejia (minors) (September 9, 1988) and Robinson Garces (minors) (September 9, 1988) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.
1988: The Detroit Tigers traded Mark Lee and Rey Palacios to the Kansas City Royals for Ted Power.
1989: Arbitrator Thomas Roberts orders the Major League owners to pay $10.5 million in damages as a result of their collusion against free agents after the 1985 season.
1993: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Eric Davis to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later. The Detroit Tigers sent John DeSilva (September 7, 1993) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.
1998: Oakland OF Rickey Henderson scores the 2,000th run of his career in the Athletics' 15 - 6 loss to Cleveland. He joins Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Pete Rose, and Willie Mays as the only players to reach the milestone.
1999: #Tigers break a 6-6 tie with 8 runs in the 7th inning to beat the Rangers 14-6 at Tiger Stadium.
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2001: The Detroit Tigers sent Lyle Mouton to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
2004: The Detroit Tigers sent Mike Difelice to the Chicago Cubs as part of a conditional deal.
2012: The Detroit Tigers traded Jeff Baker to the Atlanta Braves for a player to be named later. The Atlanta Braves sent Greg Ross (minors) (September 25, 2012) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2012: Miguel Cabrera goes 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, en route to the Triple Crown and MVP in the Tigers 7 - 4 win over the white sox.
2016: JaCoby Jones becomes the first player in Tigers history to hit three doubles in his first two career games. Jones hits 2 doubles in the Tigers 3 - 2 win over the white sox.
2017: In a flurry of deals to beat the September 1 deadline for postseason eligibility, the Tigers trade All-Star OF Justin Upton to the Angels in return for Grayson Long and a player to be named later, and then send Ace Star P Justin Verlander to Houston for three prospects.
2017: The Detroit Tigers traded Justin Upton to the Los Angeles Angels for a player to be named later and Grayson Long (minors).
The Los Angeles Angels sent Elvin Rodriguez (minors) (September 15, 2017) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2017: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later, Justin Verlander and cash to the Houston Astros for Daz Cameron (minors), Franklin Perez (minors) and Jake Rogers (minors).
The Detroit Tigers sent Juan Ramirez (minors) (October 13, 2017) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.
Tigers players and coaches birthdays:
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Norman Glaser 1920.
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Jack Burns 1936.
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Bill Nahorodny 1983.
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Morris Madden 1987.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hideo_Nomo
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nomohi01.shtml
Hideo Nomo 2000.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/louxsh01.shtml
Shane Loux 2002-2003.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ramon_Santiago
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Ramon Santiago 2002-2003, 2006-2013, coach 2018.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hicksjo02.shtml
John Hicks 2016-present.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Jay Kirke 1910.
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Mutt Wilson 1920.
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Ivey Shiver 1931.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/engligi01.shtml
Gil English 1936-1937.
from Baseball Reference
