July 22 in Tigers and mlb history:
1909: For the first of four times in his career, Ty Cobb steals second base, third, and home in an inning, doing it in the 7th against Red Sox pitcher Harry Wolter. It is also Ty's first swipe of home in his career, Ty will steal home a total of 54 times. The Tigers beat Boston 6 - 0.
1923 - Walter Johnson notches his 3,000th strikeout on the way to 3,508. He fans five in beating Cleveland, 3 - 1. The next pitcher to reach 3000 Ks will be Bob Gibson, in 1974.
1941 - Dick Wakefield becomes baseball's first "bonus baby" when he signs with the Tigers for $52,000 and a new car. The University of Michigan standout will hit .143 in seven at-bat this season but will eventually turn into a solid outfielder batting .293 over parts of 9 seasons.
1952 - Detroit's Virgil Trucks gives up one hit in beating Washington 1 - 0.
1956 - The Hall of Fame announces special rules governing elections. Writers should vote every two years, alternating with the Veterans Committee; because of criticism, this will revert back in 1962. To be eligible, players must have been retired for five years.
1969 - For the first time, the All-Star Game is postponed due to rain.
1993: Kansas City's Greg Gagne hits a home run off Detroit's Mark Leiter in the Royals' 12 - 6 victory. The home run is the 10,000th hit in the long history of Tiger Stadium, making it the first ballpark to reach that figure. During the game, Detroit 3B Travis Fryman draws a walk off KC P Enrique Burgos, then proceeds to circle the bases on three wild pitches by Burgos.
2012: The Tigers complete a three-game sweep of the White Sox with a 6 - 4 win at Comerica Park. They score all of their runs on four homers off Philip Humber in the first 3 innings; two of the homers are by Miguel Cabrera, including the 300th of his career on a huge blast to center field in the 3rd inning. Jacob Turner is the winner, earning his first major league victory. The Tigers have won 16 of their last 21 to move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Sox in the AL Central.
Tigers players birthdays:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Doc_Cramer
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cramedo01.shtml?redir
Doc Cramer 1942-1948.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/z/zeppbi01.shtml
Bill Zepp 1971.
Tigers players who passed away:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_McMahon
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmahdo02.shtml?redir
Don McMahon 1968-1969.
from baseball reference
