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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...baseball-hall-of-fame-vet-ballot/69627773007/
Lou Whitaker snubbed by Hall of Fame again; Detroit Tigers great left off vet ballot.
Freep

Whitaker produced 75.1 WAR, according to Baseball Reference, tied with Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench for 82nd in MLB history.

The Hall of Fame features 340 members, including 268 former MLB players.
Of those 268, 20 were primarily second basemen, and Whitaker's WAR total sits seventh among theirs, behind only Charlie Gehringer (84.8), Rod Carew (81.2), Joe Morgan (100.4), Nap Lajoie (106.9), Eddie Collins (124.4) and Rogers Hornsby (127.3).

Whitaker will have to wait until at least December 2025 ? he'll be 68 ? when the post-1980 committee is scheduled to meet again.

POS Cheaters Bonds and Clemens with Schilling are recent additions to the veterans? ballot, as they exhausted their eligibility on the BBWAA ballot in January, passed over for the 10th straight year. Bonds received 260 of 394 votes (66%), Clemens 257 (65.2%) and Schilling 231 (58.6%). Bonds and Clemens have Hall of Fame numbers, but were accused of using performance-enhancing drugs during their later seasons.
Hate Mongerer Schilling has no PED allegations, but has seen his Hall support drop (after coming within 16 votes of induction in 2021) following hateful remarks he made in retirement toward Muslims, transgender people, reporters and others.
Cheater and Pathological Liar Palmeiro is one of just seven players with 3,000 hits and 500 homers (along with Tigers great Miguel Cabrera, who joined the club in April) but tested positive for PEDs a few months after testifying against their use in front of Congress in 2005.
 
Whitaker being snubbed again is a tragedy. And probably because the steroid guys are in.
 
November 8 in Tigers and mlb history:

1920: At a meeting to depose Ban Johnson as the American League president, a new 12-team National League, made up of the dissenting 11 teams plus one of the five teams loyal to Johnson, is agreed to. John Heydler will be its president and federal judge Kenesaw Landis the proposed chairman of the new commission. This revolutionary plan for a new senior circuit will be discarded a few days later, after four of the five American League clubs still backing Johnson agree to a joint meeting November 12th in Chicago, IL.

1928: Rick Ferrell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1934: Ford Frick, National League publicity director, is named league president. He will eventually become Commissioner.

1945: For the second consecutive season, Detroit?s Hal Newhouser is named American League Most Valuable Player.
"Prince" Hal leads the league in Wins 25, ERA 1.81 CG 29, Shutouts 8, IP 313.1 Strikeouts 212, ERA+ 195, and FIP 2.45

1950: Commissioner Happy Chandler and players' representatives agree on the split of the TV and radio rights from the World Series.

1950: The Baseball Writers Association of America announces that slugging first baseman Walt Dropo of the Boston Red Sox is the Rookie of the Year in the American League. Dropo led the league with 144 RBI.
In June of 1952 Dropo is part of a 9 player trade and goes to the Tigers and a month later on July 14 and 15 puts himself in the record books with 12 consecutive hits over 3 games.

1951: New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra wins the first of his three Most Valuable Player awards.
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1954: American League owners approve the move of the Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas City. The vote is 6-2 in favor. The transplanted Athletics will play home games at Municipal Stadium, which will be expanded from 17,000 to 36,000 seats.

1955: In a nine-player trade, first baseman Mickey Vernon is sent by the Washington Senators to the Boston Red Sox.

1961: With only one Cy Young Award given for the two leagues, Whitey Ford, the American League leader in wins (25) and innings pitched (283), wins the honor ahead of Warren Spahn, who led the National League in wins (21) and ERA (3.02). In one of the closest votes in Award history, future Hall of Famers Ford and Spahn total nine and six points respectively.

1966: Triple Crown winner Frank Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles is the unanimous choice as American League MVP. He becomes the first major league player to win the award in both leagues.

1977: Hall of Fame manager Bucky Harris dies on his 81st birthday. Harris won two World Championships and three American League pennants over a 29-year career with the Washington Senators, New York Yankees, and Detroit Tigers among other teams.

1983: Atlanta Braves outfielder Dale Murphy, who hit .302 with 36 home runs, 121 RBI and 30 stolen bases in the National League, joins Ernie Banks, Joe Morgan and Mike Schmidt as one of the players who has won the MVP Award in consecutive years. Murphy receives 21 of the 24 first-place votes cast.
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1984: Johnny Grubb of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1984: Ruppert Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1984: Dave Rozema of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1988: Geography professor Dan Dillman (left) featured for organizing Geography Awareness Week at Northern Illinois University. Dillman was a Tigers batboy in 1940s and wrote a memoir about his experiences.
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1990: Free agent slugger Darryl Strawberry signs a five-year contract with his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers, formally ending his eight-year stay with the New York Mets. He is the all-time home run leader for the Mets with 252.

1991: Dave Bergman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1991: Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles is named the American League MVP, beating out Cecil Fielder of Detroit. Second straight season that Fielder finished second in MVP vote.

1996: The Detroit Tigers released Phil Hiatt.

1999: The U.S. House of Representatives passes a resolution calling for Shoeless Joe Jackson to be honored. The resolution stops short of calling for his induction into the Hall of Fame. "It is worthy for this body to take a few minutes to stand up for fairness and right an old wrong," said Rep. Jim DeMint, the author of the resolution who represents Jackson's hometown of Greenville, SC Jackson was eligible for the Hall of Fame until 1991 but was never voted in either by the Baseball Writers Association of America or the Veterans Committee. In 1991, the Hall's board adopted a resolution prohibiting players on the permanently banned list. The resolution will now go to the US Senate.

2005: Commissioner Bud Selig has made it clear he doesn't want instant replay. Even Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who had a dreadful call go against his team in the American League Championship Series, says to leave calls to the human element of umpiring. That, however, won't stop general managers from debating the issue this week.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Jhonny Peralta as a free agent.
2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Max St. Pierre as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Alvarez as a free agent.

2012: The 2012 Silver Slugger Awards are announced. Leading the field in the American League is 3B Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, winner of the Triple Crown, alongside veteran SS Derek Jeter and Cabrera's main rival for the MVP Award, Angels rookie OF Mike Trout.

2016: The New York Yankees selected Joe Mantiply off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2016: Winners of the Gold Glove are announced in both leagues. First-time winners include SS Francisco Lindor and 2B Ian Kinsler in the AL, and 1B Anthony Rizzo and C Buster Posey in the NL.

2018: The Silver Slugger Awards are handed out today and J.D. Martinez does something unprecedented, winning the award in the American League both as a designated hitter and as an outfielder.

Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bucky_Harris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harribu01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/harribu01.shtml
Bucky Harris 1929, 1931, manager 1929-1933, 1955-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tony_Cuccinello
Tony Cuccinello coach 1967-1968.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mike_Roarke
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roarkmi01.shtml
Mike Roarke 1961-1964, coach 1965-1966, 1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Shane_Halter
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haltesh01.shtml
Shane Halter 2000-2003.

Tigers players and managers who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bucky_Harris
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harribu01.shtml
https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/harribu01.shtml
Bucky Harris 1929, 1931, manager 1929-1933, 1955-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Earl_Torgeson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/torgeea01.shtml
Earl Torgeson 1955-1957.

Baseball Reference
 
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CATS OF A DIFFERENT STRIPE.
Totally Tigers

New President of Baseball Operations (PoBO) Scott Harris has only been on the job for 5 weeks, yet he has made more changes to the team during that time than the past 3 owners combined.

Welcome to the 21st Century, Detroit Tigers!

There is much that needs to be done but I believe it?s safe to say that we can now say ?buh bye? to the Tigers of old. You know ? the ones who were always last to adopt anything new (like analytics) or stay at the forefront (the importance of the bullpen) of the sport?s trends and strategies.

The Tigers now aren?t just simply hiring new people to take the places of the ones who are no longer there. They are creating and expanding the structural and procedural parts of the franchise and taking the Tigers where they have never been before.

In fact, it appears that they are leading the way in several categories within MLB.....
 
Tigers and BlueJays also could revive the talks they had around the trade deadline. Toronto is willing to trade a catcher in the right deal, and Detroit has the swing-and-miss relievers coveted by the Jays (and other contenders).

Translation: Al Avila couldn't make a trade to save his life. Word got around that his demands were unrealistic. Scott Harris will revisit the old deal and make something happen.

Totally Tigers
 
November 9 in Tigers and mlb history:

1931: Happy Birthday Whitey Herzog. The Baseball Hall of Fame manager was born on this day.
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1935: Pitcher Bob Gibson is born in Omaha, Nebraska. Gibson will make his major league debut in 1959, marking the start of a 17-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals and an election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981.
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1937: St. Louis Cardinals Triple Crown winner Joe Medwick is named National League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

1950: The Associated Press chooses Philadelphia Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer as Manager of the Year.

1950: The BBWAA name Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves as the National League Rookie of the Year. At 31 years, 2 months, 18 days of age, Jethroe becomes the oldest rookie to win the award. He has been one of the best Negro Leagues players of all time.

1950: After twenty-one years with the club, shortstop and future Hall of Famer Luke Appling is released by the Chicago White Sox allowing him to become the manager of the Memphis Chicks of the South Atlantic League. Appling will be replaced at shortstop by Venezuelan rookie Chico Carrasquel.

1951: The Detroit Tigers released Hank Borowy.
1951: The Detroit Tigers released Charlie Keller.

1953: Reaffirming its earlier position, the United States Supreme Court rules, 7-2, that baseball is a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws. The ruling is made in a case involving New York Yankees minor leaguer George Toolson, who refused to move from Triple-A to Double-A.

1960: In an extremely close vote (225 points to 222), Roger Maris beats Yankees teammate Mickey Mantle for the AL MVP.

1962: Tigers get HRs from Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Dick McAuliffe and 12 strikeouts by Jim Bunning in an 8-1 exhibition win at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium.

1976: The Oakland Athletics give future Hall of Famer Billy Williams his unconditional release, ending his 18-year major league career. Williams, who spent all but two seasons with the Chicago Cubs, retires with 426 home runs, 1,475 RBI, 2,711 hits, and a .290 batting average.

1982: Robin Yount, who hit .331 for the Milwaukee Brewers and led the American League in hits (210), doubles (46), and slugging percentage (.578), is a unanimous choice as AL Most Valuable Player.
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1984: The Detroit Tigers signed Paul Gibson as a free agent.

1987: Mike Heath of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Bill Madlock of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: Frank Tanana of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1987: The Detroit Tigers released Larry Herndon.

1993: The Detroit Tigers signed Storm Davis as a free agent.

1998: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter announces that he is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease. The fatal disease, known medically as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, attacks the nerves in the spinal cord and the brain and leads to a loss of motor skills. Hunter will succumb to the disease less than a year later.

2000: Tigers decide not to pursue Ichiro Suzuki: "He's not exactly a fit for us." signed, Huge Shithead and Imbecile Randy Smith GM.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Douglass as a free agent.

2009: Nate Bump of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Brent Clevlen of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Ruddy Lugo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Brandon Lyon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Macay McBride of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Jason Waddell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: The winners of the 2010 American League Gold Glove Awards are announced. Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki wins his 10th Gold Glove in as many years, while first-time winners are 2B Robinson Cano of the Yankees, and OF Carl Crawford of Tampa Bay and Franklin Gutierrez of Seattle.
Suzuki ties legendary Tigers Rightfielder Al Kaline and centerfielder Ken Griffey Jr. for the most Gold Gloves by an AL flyhawk.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Quintin Berry as a free agent.

2015: The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Guido Knudson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2016: Michael Fulmer named MLBPA's AL Outstanding Rookie.

2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Cisnero as a free agent.
2018: The Detroit Tigers signed Pete Kozma as a free agent.

2022: The winners of the Hank Aaron Award given to the best overall hitter in the two major leagues are announced. Aaron Judge, who set a new American League record with 62 homers is the winner in the AL, while Paul Goldschmidt, who led the National League in slugging percentage and OPS, wins in the senior circuit.

2022: The Baltimore Orioles selected Daz Cameron off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jim_McGarr
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgarji01.shtml
Jim McGarr 1912.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Priddy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/priddje01.shtml
Jerry Priddy 1950-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Bruton
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brutobi01.shtml
Billy Bruton 1961-1964.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Whitey_Herzog
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml
Whitey Herzog 1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/greenal01.shtml
Al Greene 1979.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gratebe01.shtml
Beiker Graterol 1999.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joel_Zumaya
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zumayjo01.shtml
Joel Zumaya 2006-2010.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Fred_Haney
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/haneyfr01.shtml
Fred Haney 1922-1925.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Benny_McCoy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccoybe01.shtml
Benny McCoy 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Glenn_Ezell
Glenn Ezell coach 1996, 1997 minor league coach, 1998-2001 minor leagues coach.

Baseball Reference
 
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WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY.
Totally Tigers

Today, another opportunity for readers to discuss the hottest topics in a forum where thoughtful dialog and a variety of opinions are welcomed.

Let?s create some running conversational threads. And for those of you back in actual offices, here?s a question to take with you ? or use via Zoom ? as you talk to your co-workers.

Here is today?s topic??..

New PoBO Scott Harris has told us to expect significant changes over the next couple of months. Part of those changes will involve the roster.

The Tigers have a ton of needs. More starting pitching, a #1 catcher, third baseman and at least 1 new corner outfielder. Potentially, they may also have to fill 1B and 2B.

Essentially, the roster requires not just a tweaking but an actual overhaul.

Where the problems lie is threefold. There is a farm system that has little depth and few ready solutions. And there are really no viable trade pieces that will bring back the necessary solutions.

To fill the needs will require serious money and it?s unlikely Harris will have carte blanche when it comes to spending.

However, the Tigers need to greatly improve their performance in 2023.

How shall they accomplish this goal?

Should they focus on signing 1-2 higher end free agents or should they try to upgrade every position with better players who are less expensive?
What do you think?

What is the best way for the Tigers to improve their roster and performance for the 2023 season?

1. Sign 1-2 higher end free agents.

2. Improve every position with better players who are less expensive.

VOTE
 
Among Willson Contreras? potential free-agent suitors ? if he rejects the QO, as expected ? the Tigers would give up a 3rd-round pick to sign him;
the Cardinals or Astros would forfeit a 2nd-round pick and $500,000 in international bonus pool money.
 
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