September 3 in Tigers and mlb history :
1906: Ty Cobb is back in the Detroit lineup for the first time in six weeks. He has a single and steal, but he misplays a Charlie Hemphill fly ball into a home run, and the Tigers lose 1 - 0 to the Browns'. Rain stops the game after seven innings. This might be the game he was allegedly eating popcorn in the outfield.
1928: The A's are set back as the Senators stop them twice, 6 - 1 and 5 - 4. Ty Cobb now in his second year with the Phildelphia Athletics makes the last of his 4,191 hits, the 724th double of his career, as an A's pinch hitter in the 9th inning. 22 years with the Tigers, and now finishing with 2 years with the A's, Cobb will retire holding over 90 Major League records.
1938 - Rudy York of the Tigers hits his 4th grand slam, tying the ML season record.
1967 - Before a Twins crowd of 43,494, Detroit's Earl Wilson pitches a
5 - 0 shutout to narrow the Twins' lead to half a game over the Tigers. The win is Wilson's 19th.
1995 - Tony Clark makes his big league debut.
2002: Andy Van Hekken (1-0), with a fastball topping out in the mid-80s, becomes the first American Leaguer to throw a complete game shutout in his debut since Mike Norris in 1975, and the first Tiger since Schoolboy Rowe in 1933. He stops Cleveland 4 - 0. The Holland, MI native was 5-0 at Toledo (AAA) before his promotion.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays :
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Armour
http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/armoubi99.shtml
Bill Armour manager 1905-1906.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/moorebi01.shtml
Bill Moore 1925.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Boros
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borosst01.shtml?redir
Steve Boros 1957-1958, 1961-1962.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gilbrbi01.shtml
Bill Gilbreth 1971-1972.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gonzalu01.shtml
Luis Gonzalez 1998.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roberna01.shtml
Nate Robertson 2003-2009.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dave_Clark
Dave Clark coach 2014-2015.
from baseball reference
