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April 24 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: Three rain postponements give Chicago the honor of hosting the first game in American League history.

1923: U.S. President Warren G. Harding witnesses the first shutout ever thrown at Yankee Stadium as Babe Ruth hits a home run in New York's 4 - 0 victory over the Senators.

1926: Unfazed by Forbes Field's ample dimensions, St. Louis Cardinals player-manager Rogers Hornsby leads by example, slugging his team to a 9 - 3 thrashing of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 3 for 3 with a single, double, sacrifice fly and home run good for 5 RBI, the Rajah's exploits are documented by Lou Wollen of the Pittsburgh Press: "Manager Rogers Hornsby is an ideal leader. Not only does he pilot the Cardinals in expert fashion, getting all the baseball possible out of his players, but he shows them on the ball field how the game should be played.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWqoI3jX0AAvX5W.jpg
1929: The Detroit Tigers lineup for the National Anthem during Opening Day festivities @ Navin Field.
The Tigers were led by Hall of Famer Harry Heilmann who went 3-4, HR, 3 RBI.
(Tigers 7, Indians 6).

1931: Three days before his 35th birthday, Chicago's player-manager Rogers Hornsby is again undaunted by Forbes Field's forbidding expanse. Hornsby hits three consecutive home runs to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 10 - 6. This is the final season in which Hornsby will allot himself significant playing time – 357 at-bats in 100 games.

1945: Happy Chandler becomes the second baseball commissioner. The major league owners unanimously elect the former governor of Kentucky on the first ballot and reward him with a seven-year contract. Chandler succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the game's first commissioner, who died in 1944.

1946: Former major leaguers Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh are inducted into the Hall of Fame.

1956: American League umpire Frank Umont is the first to wear glasses in a regular-season game when he officiates a contest between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Athletics. A former NFL tackle for the New York Giants, Umont still presents an intimidating appearance to most players and fans.

1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Scott Fletcher as a free agent.

1995: The New York Mets selected Brian Edmondson off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

1996: Greg Myers and Paul Molitor each have five RBI as the Minnesota Twins set a team record for runs and rout the Detroit Tigers, 24 - 11. It is the highest run total against the Tigers in 84 years, matching the mark set in a 24 - 2 loss to the Philadelphia Athletics on May 18, 1912, in a game in which Detroit did not have its regulars due to a players' strike.

1998: The Detroit Tigers selected Jeff Manto off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.

2001 - The American League celebrates its 100th anniversary as a major league.

2009: The Detroit Tigers signed Angel Nesbitt as an amateur free agent.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Howard_Ehmke
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/ehmkeho01.shtml
Howard Ehmke 1916-1917, 1919-1922.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Andy_Cooper
http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=coope01and
https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/cooper-andy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Cooper
Andy Cooper Detroit Stars 1920-1927, 1930.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kruegbi01.shtml
Bill Krueger 1993-1994.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Todd_Jones
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesto02.shtml
Todd Jones 1997-2001, 2006-2008.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Omar_Vizquel
Omar Vizquel coach 2014-present.

from Baseball Reference
 
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April 25 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: At Bennett Park, the Detroit Tigers make an incredible comeback in their American League debut. Trailing 13 - 4 in the bottom of the 9th inning, the Tigers score 10 runs in their last at-bat to defeat the visiting Milwaukee Brewers, 14 - 13. Frank Dillon drives in the game-winning run with a double, his fourth of the game. Dillon's four doubles is an opening day record that will be matched in 1954.

1922: In a 5 - 3 win over Detroit, Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hits his sixth home run in four days, off Howard Ehmke, tying Babe Ruth's 1921 feat. Williams will take the American League home run and RBI titles and become the first 30-30 man in major league history, with 39 home runs and 37 stolen bases.

1939: Dizzy Trout, star pitcher for the World War II Tigers, makes his debut in the major leagues.

1957: The major leagues adopt a new rule that prohibits baserunners from interfering with batted balls in the field of play. The rule is adopted in reaction to recent actions by several Cincinnati Redlegs baserunners. Earlier in the week, Don Hoak and Johnny Temple had intentionally interfered with batted balls as a way of preventing double plays.

1962: Catcher Harry Chiti is traded for himself when the Cleveland Indians send him to the New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later. On June 15th, the Mets will sell Chiti back to Cleveland to complete the deal.

1970: Earl Wilson of the Tigers does something rare: he reaches third base on a dropped third strike. After he whiffs, the Twins entire team pulls a Josh Paul and starts trotting off the field, so Detroit's third base coach tells Wilson to run.

1976: Chicago Cubs centerfielder Rick Monday rescues an American flag from two spectators who try to set it on fire in the outfield of Dodger Stadium. The incident happens in the 4th inning of a 5 - 4, 10-inning loss to Los Angeles.

1984: The Detroit Tigers signed Butch Benton as a free agent.

1986: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Harper and Pat Sheridan as a free agents.

1995: Major League Baseball returns after a 257-day layoff as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins, 8 - 7. Players had gone on strike the previous August.

2009: The Detroit Tigers released Scott Williamson.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

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

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/daviswo01.shtml
Woody Davis 1938.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pashnla01.shtml
Larry Pashnick 1982-1983.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Tony_Phillips
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillto02.shtml
Tony Phillips 1990-1994.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesja05.shtml
Jacque Jones 2008.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Daniel_Norris
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/norrida01.shtml
Dan Norris 2015-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jack_Rowe
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/roweja01.shtml
Jack Rowe Detroit Wolverines 1886-1888.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Hazle
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hazlebo01.shtml
Bob Hazle 1958.

from Baseball Reference
 
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