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October 23 in Tigers and mlb history:

1945 - Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. The 26-year old Negro League star will be the first black player to play in Organized Baseball since 1899 and the first in the majors since 1884, paving the way for integration.

Tigers players birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Sullivan_(sullibi04)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullibi04.shtml?redir
Billy Sullivan 1940-1941.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_Bunning
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bunniji01.shtml?redir
Jim Bunning 1955-1963.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dwight_Lowry
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowrydw01.shtml?redir
Dwight Lowry 1984, 1986-1987.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bautide01.shtml
Denny Bautista 2008.

from Baseball Reference
 
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http://m.mlb.com/news/article/99380188/gold-glove-awards-finalists-revealed
Gold Glove Awards finalists revealed.
MLB.com

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2014/10/alex_avila_miguel_cabrera_ian.html
Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila, Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler among Gold Glove Award finalists.
mlive

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2014/10...a-ian-kinsler-rawlings-al-gold-glove-finalist
Tigers' Alex Avila, Miguel Cabrera, Ian Kinsler Rawlings AL Gold Glove Award finalists.
from bybtb

http://sabr.org/sdi/2014-09-07
Miggy is the second best defensive 1B in the AL going by SABR's formula:

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2014/10/23/detroit-tigers-gold-glove/17788167/
Tigers have three finalists for Gold Glove Award.
freep

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...insler-cabrera-gold-glove-finalists/17798295/
Avila, Kinsler, Cabrera are Gold Glove finalists.
detnews

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...ila-miguel-cabrera-among-gold-glove-finalists
Kinsler, Avila, Miggy among Gold Glove finalists.
All three looking for first career nod; Tigers haven't had winner since 2009.
Tigers official site

http://beck.mlblogs.com/2014/10/23/avila-cabrera-kinsler-named-al-gold-glove-finalists/
Avila, Cabrera, Kinsler named AL Gold Glove finalists.
from JasonBeck'sTigersBlog
 
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October 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1908 - Baseball's anthem, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, is introduced by singer Billy Murray. The songwriting team of Albert Von Tilzer (music) and Jack Norworth (words), who created the immortal tune, had never seen a game before composing the immortal number.

1939 - Joe DiMaggio is named American League MVP, with Jimmie Foxx the runner-up.

1963 - Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax is the unanimous winner of the Cy Young Award.

1972 - Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson dies of heart disease at age 53. Robinson had become the first black major league player of the 20th century with the 1947 Dodgers.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithhe01.shtml
Heinie Smith 1903.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Hugh_High
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/highhu01.shtml?redir
Hugh High 1913-1914.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/russeja01.shtml
Jack Russell 1937.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/George_Bullard
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bullage01.shtml?redir
George Bullard 1954.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsda04.shtml
Dave Johnson 1993.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rafael_Belliard
Rafael Belliard coach 2006-2013.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcbrima01.shtml
Macay McBride 2007.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Barrett
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barreji01.shtml?redir
Jimmy Barrett 1901-1905.

from Baseball Reference
 
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