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January 20 in Tigers and mlb history:

1912: Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. born in Detroit. Inherited Tigers ownership from his father in 1952 before selling the team in 1956 to a syndicate led by John Fetzer and Fred Knorr.

1914: Ed Willett jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the St. Louis Terriers.

1930: Commissioner Landis bans boxing for all players following the brief boxing career of Chicago White Sox first baseman Art Shires. His challenge to slugger Hack Wilson purportedly prompts the ban. Shires fought several suspected bouts that resulted in his being suspended by the boxing commissions of 32 states but loses a desultory five-rounder to Chicago Bears center George (The Brute) Trafton. Shires did win a punch-out with Sox manager Lena Blackburne and two hotel detectives late last season.

1940: The Detroit Tigers traded Beau Bell to the Cleveland Indians for Bruce Campbell.

1947: Former Negro Leagues legend Josh Gibson dies from a brain tumor at the age of 35. Considered by many to be the greatest home run hitter in the history of the Negro Leagues, Gibson will eventually gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1972, when he is selected by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues.

1949: The Detroit Tigers purchased Don Lund from the St. Louis Browns for $15,000.

1951: Seattle (PCL) traded Wayne McLeland to the Detroit Tigers for Marv Grissom and Sam Vico.

1966: The Baseball Writers Association of America elects former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. Williams, the last major league batter to hit .400, receives 282 of a possible 302 votes.
He won the Triple Crown twice, the American League MVP Award twice, and produced the highest career on-base percentage of all time (.483) leading the league 6 times in Bases on Balls, even though he lost five years to military service.
Ted won 6 Batting Titles, 9 Slugging Titles, 4 Homerun and 4 RBI Titles, as well as leading the league 6 times in Runs Scored, 6 times in Total Bases, 12 times in OBP, 10 times in OPS, and 9 times in OPS+.

1970: Shortstop Lou Boudreau achieves election to the Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA. Boudreau led the American League eight times in fielding percentage, won a batting title, and was named AL Most Valuable Player as player-manager of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians.

1984: The Montreal Expos sign 42-year-old free agent Pete Rose. The veteran first baseman batted only .245 in 1983, the last of his five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. Rose will play only 95 games for the Expos before being traded to the Cincinnati Reds, where he will become player-manager.

1984: The Chicago White Sox claim 39-year-old pitcher Tom Seaver from the New York Mets as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Dennis Lamp to the Toronto Blue Jays. The Mets left Seaver off their protected list assuming (wrongly) that no team would want to select the aging star, who finished 1983 with a 9-14 record and a 3.55 ERA.
But Seaver will improve to 15-11 with the White Sox this season.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rivera as an amateur free agent.

2000: The 30 major league owners vote to give all their Internet rights to the Commissioner's office. This decision allows for the creation of mlb.com, which will become a model of success for other professional sports leagues. Bud Selig is expected to parcel out monies earned from the venture in equal amounts.

2003: The Detroit Tigers signed Bill Haselman as a free agent.

2004: The Detroit Tigers signed Esteban Yan as a free agent.

2006: Cuba will be allowed to play in the World Baseball Classic after all. President Bush's administration issued a license allowing the Cubans to participate in the 16-team tournament.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Juan Rincon as a free agent.

2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Rabelo as a free agent.

2015: The Detroit Tigers signed Josh Prince as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Argenis Diaz as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Justin Upton as a free agent.

2017: Miguel Cabrera guest conducts the Detroit Symphony.
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Tigers players and executives birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/courter01.shtml
Ernie Courtney 1903.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Jr.
Walter "Spike" Briggs Jr. owner 1952-1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jamesbi01.shtml
Bill James 1915-1919.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jimmy_Outlaw
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/outlaji01.shtml
Jimmy Outlaw 1943-1949.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bosweda01.shtml
Dave Boswell 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Scherrer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/scherbi01.shtml
Bill Scherrer 1984-1986.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santaju01.shtml
Julio Santana 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/germafr01.shtml
Franklyn German 2002-2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mearsch01.shtml
Chris Mears 2003.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wiggsji01.shtml
Jimmy Wiggs 1905-1906.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruhleve01.shtml
Vern Ruhle 1974-1977.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gus_Zernial
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zernigu01.shtml
Gus Zernial 1958-1959.

from Baseball Reference
 
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January 21 in Tigers and mlb history:

1921: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially is signed as baseball commissioner, to a seven-year, $350,000 contract.

1938: Outfielder Joe DiMaggio begins a contract holdout that will last for nearly three months. After meeting with New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and general manager Ed Barrow, DiMaggio rejects a one-year offer of $25,000. DiMaggio counters by asking for $45,000. The holdout will last until April 20th, two days after the start of the season.

1941: Pitcher Bob Feller signs with the Cleveland Indians for a reported $30,000.

1947: A rule change that allows voting only for players who were active after 1921 produces four new Hall of Fame members: catcher Mickey Cochrane, second baseman Frankie Frisch, and pitchers Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell, all former Most Valuable Players and World Series winners.
Pie Traynor misses selection by two votes.
Hubbell was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit's farm system, but used it to win 253 games for the New York Giants;
Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons;
Grove won 300 games, and his battery-mate Cochrane retired with a lifetime batting average of .320, the highest average of any catcher.

1953: The Baseball Writers Association of America passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons to the Hall of Fame. Dean gathers 209 votes while Simmons' total of 199 is one more than needed.
The colorful Dean had a .644 career winning percentage and won 120 games from 1932 through 1936, including 30 wins in 1934.
Simmons, who drove in 100 runs in each of his first eleven major league seasons, was one of the most feared hitters of his time.
Also joining DiMaggio, who finishes 8th in the voting, are in order Bill Terry, Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons, Chief Bender (9th) and Gabby Hartnett (10th). All will eventually make it.

1960: In an unusual request, Stan Musial tells the St. Louis Cardinals management that he is overpaid and should have his salary reduced after a subpar 1959 season. He receives a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year.

1969: Roy Campanella and Stan Musial are elected by the BBWAA to join the elite group of players enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

1971: No player receives three-fourths of the necessary votes to be elected into the Hall of Fame, with Yogi Berra (242) and Early Wynn (240) coming the closest. Berra and Wynn will be elected in next year's vote.

1979: The Detroit Tigers signed Larry Pashnick as an amateur free agent.

1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Skeeter Barnes as a free agent.
1991: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Richards (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Todd Haney.

1993: Hall of Fame second baseman Charlie Gehringer dies at the age of 89, one month after suffering a stroke. During a 19-year career with the Detroit Tigers, Gehringer posted a .320 batting average with 184 home runs, 1427 RBI, seven times 200 plus hits, seven times 40 or more doubles, 12 times one hundred or more runs scored, and 14 times a batting average of over .300 and in 1936 became one of six players in mlb history to hit 60 or more doubles in a season.
In 1937, he enjoyed arguably his finest season, leading the American League with a .371 average.

1994: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Christopher as a free agent.

2000: The National Labor Relations Board refuses to overturn the election which removed Richie Phillips and the Major League Umpires Association from power. A new union will represent the arbiters. Nomo is the last Tiger's player to wear uniform #23, which was officially retired by the team in honor of Willie Horton on July 15, 2000.

2000: The Detroit Tigers sign free agent pitcher Hideo Nomo to a one-year contract. Nomo's agent had declined a multi-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, expecting more on the open market.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Brad Eldred as a free agent.

2016: Michael Fulmer accepts the AL Rookie of the Year award at the official BBWAA awards dinner tonight.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccarar01.shtml
Arch McCarthy 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bolanbe01.shtml?redir
Bernie Boland 1915-1920.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moharjo01.shtml
John Mohardt 1922.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ludolwi01.shtml
Willie Ludolph 1924.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grahabi02.shtml
Bill Graham 1966.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reynobo01.shtml
Bob Reynolds 1975.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccurje01.shtml
Jeff McCurry 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/urbanto01.shtml
Tom Urbani 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/ledezwi01.shtml
Wil Ledezma 2003-2007.

Tigers players, coaches, and executives who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Charlie_Gehringer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gehrich01.shtml
http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/9fe98bb6
Charlie Gehringer 1923-1942, player coach 1942, General Manager 1951, 1953, Vice President 1953-1960.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mandeha01.shtml
Hal Manders 1941-1942, 1946.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hosleti01.shtml
Tim Hosley 1970-1971.

from Baseball Reference
 
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In MLB history 308 players have struck out 1,000 or more times. Only 118 players have walked 1,000 or more times.
Fangraphs
 
How many pitchers in last 50 years have started 500+ games and won more than half of them? This seems to me a good measure for the current era of five-man rotations, fewer starts, and fewer decisions per pitcher.
Answer: Steve Carlton, Roger Clemens, Jim Palmer, Jack Morris, and Mike Mussina.
 
January 22 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: Philadelphia Athletics manager-GM Connie Mack signs a 10-year lease on grounds at 29th and Columbia to be called Columbia Park. A contract is set for construction of single-deck stands to hold 7,500.

1904: William H. Yawkey, the 28-year-old heir to a lumber and mining fortune, buys the Detroit Tigers from S.F. Angus for $50,000. New money and Frank Navin's shrewd management will bring three straight pennants to the franchise
starting in 1907.

1913: The New York Giants give the Yankees permission to use the Polo Grounds for this season only, as the lease on the Hilltop grounds has expired. The team will no longer be known as the "Highlanders" as a result of the move and will remain as a tenant through 1922.

1929: The New York Yankees announce they will put numbers on the backs of their uniforms, becoming the first baseball team to start continuous use of the numbers.
The first numbers are based on positions in the batting order; thus, Babe Ruth will wear number 3 and Lou Gehrig number 4.
In a few weeks, the Cleveland Indians announce that they too, will put numbers on the uniforms.
By 1931, all American League teams will use them. It will be 1933 before all National League players are numbered.

1973: The Detroit Tigers traded Jack Whillock to the Montreal Expos for Don Koonce (minors).

1976: Pitchers Robin Roberts and Bob Lemon are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Roberts led the National League in starts and innings pitched for five straight seasons and was tops in victories for four consecutive years on his way to 286 career wins. Lemon earned 20 victories six times and won 207 career games.

1988: As a result of the Players Association's 1985 collusion suit against the owners, arbitrator Thomas Roberts declares seven players no-risk free agents until March 1st, giving them a chance to sign with other clubs despite already having contracts. The seven are Juan Beniquez, Tom Brookens, Kirk Gibson, Carlton Fisk, Donnie Moore, Joe Niekro and Butch Wynegar. Gibson will jump to the Dodgers and become the National League MVP and a World Series hero to boot.

1990: The Detroit Tigers signed Dan Petry as a free agent.

1992: The New York Mets trade outfielder Mark Carreon and relief pitcher Tony Castillo to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for pitcher Paul Gibson and Randy Marshall.

1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Bautista as a free agent.

1997: All-Star first baseman Don Mattingly officially announces his retirement at a media conference in Yankee Stadium.

1998: Free agent outfielder Rickey Henderson signs on for a fourth tour of duty with the Oakland Athletics.

2002: Tigers sign pitcher Jeff Weaver to four-year, $22-million deal. In July, he will be traded to the Yankees as a part of the Carols Pena deal.

2003: Former Minnesota Twins backup David Ortiz is signed by the Boston Red Sox, where he will start a successful and productive career over the coming years.

2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Henry Mateo as a free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Brandon Lyon as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Bronson Sardinha as a free agent.
2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Scott Williamson as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomair01.shtml
Ira Thomas 1908.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shiveiv01.shtml
Ivey Shiver 1931.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/oanapr01.shtml
Prince Oana 1943, 1945.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/buchajo01.shtml
Johnny Bucha 1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberle01.shtml?redir
Leon Roberts 1974-1975.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/César_Gutiérrez
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gutiece01.shtml
Cesar Gutierrez 1969-1971.

from Baseball Reference
 
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https://www.thenationalpastimemuseu...baseball-s-bad-trade-band-1910-2010-volume-iv
THE GREATEST HITS OF BASEBALL?S BAD TRADE BAND,
1910?2010, VOLUME IV. Miggy trade here.
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In Steve Goldman?s 10-part series on the worst trades in baseball history, every two series entries will cycle through the last 100 years by decade, one trade for each period of 10 years beginning in 1910, then begin again until 50 trades have been accounted for. This is part 4 in this series on lopsided swaps.
 
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