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January 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1946: The Chicago White Sox buy pitcher Alex Carrasquel and shortstop Fred Vaughn from the Washington Senators. Carrasquel will make only three appearances for the White Sox before being farmed out. When Chicago acquires his nephew Chico Carrasquel in 1949, Alex is traded for reliever Luis Aloma, who will act as an interpreter for the young Venezuelan shortstop.

1965: The Detroit Tigers traded Dick Egan to the St. Louis Cardinals for Glen Hobbie and Bob Lipski.

1977: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn suspends Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner for one year as a result of tampering charges in the Gary Matthews free agent signing. However, the Braves are permitted to keep the outfielder.

1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Chad Kreuter as a free agent.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Eddie Williams as a free agent.

2003: Due a conflict with the major league schedule, the annual Hall of Fame Game which has been held the day after Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will take place on a different weekend for the first time in the Hall's history. The game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Devil Rays is scheduled for June 16th, with the Hall of Fame induction taking place on July 27th.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Lance Davis as a free agent.

2014: The Detroit Tigers signed Trevor Crowe as a free agent.

Tigers players and coaches birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cranesa01.shtml
Sam Crane Detroit Wolverines N.L. 1885-1886.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boehlge01.shtml
George Boehler 1912-1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Red_Kress
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kressre01.shtml
Red Kress 1939-1940, coach 1940.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Madlock
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/madlobi01.shtml
Bill Madlock 1987.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Kid_Gleason
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gleaski01.shtml
Kid Gleason 1901-1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Gerry_Staley
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml
Gerry Staley 1961.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Howie_Koplitz
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kopliho01.shtml
Howie Koplitz 1961-1962.

from Baseball Reference
 
The Tigers pursued an extension with outfielder Nicholas Castellanos ?to no avail? following the 2017 season, Jason Beck reports. The 25-year-old slugger (26 in March) posted a very solid .272/.320/.490 batting line in a breakout campaign at the plate and gave the Tigers room for further optimism;
Castellanos ranked fifth in the Majors in hard-contact rate (among qualified hitters), and Statcast credited him for the 10th-highest number of barreled balls in MLB. He has a projected arbitration salary of $7.6MM, and is still under club control for another two seasons. Defensive question marks abound with Castellanos, as he?s rated poorly both at third base and in right field, but there?s plenty of value in his bat.
The inability to come to terms on an extension only furthers the chance that the rebuilding Tigers trade Castellanos before he reaches free agency.
MLBTR
 
January 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1911: At Laughery club house, near Rising Sun, IN, the National Commission adopts a rule that bars World Series winners from playing post-season exhibition games. This obscure rule will lead to a direct confrontation between Babe Ruth and Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis in 1921.

1920: The secret deal made on December 26th to sell Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for $125,000 (twice the amount ever paid previously for a player) is announced publicly. Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee also secures a $350,000 loan from the Yankees as part of the deal.

1946: The Boston Red Sox get Rudy York from the Detroit Tigers in a trade for Eddie Lake.

1955: The Baltimore Orioles purchase veteran outfielder Hoot Evers from the Tigers.

1962: Ground is broken for the Astrodome in Houston, TX.

1973: A group of investors, headed by shipbuilder George Steinbrenner, purchases the New York Yankees from CBS for $10 million.

1975: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jerry DaVanon from the St. Louis Cardinals.

2005: Commissioner Bud Selig approves the potential trade of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson to the New York Yankees for pitcher Javier Vazquez, catcher Dioner Navarro, outfielder Brad Halsey and $9 million dollars. Arizona will then send Navarro and much of the cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers to obtain Shawn Green, another deal approved by the commissioner's office because of the amount of money changing hands.

2005: Hoping to make the team appeal to a broader marketplace, the Angels announce the franchise will now be known as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Officials from Anaheim, CA threaten to file a lawsuit to block the change, believing the new name violates the terms of the team's 33-year lease with the city.

2006: The Detroit Tigers purchased Alex Herrera from North Shore (Can-Am).

2014: Fifth Third Ballpark, home of the West Michigan Whitecaps in the Midwest League, burns down although the team announces it plans to rebuild in time for the start of the season.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Sean Halton as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hardich01.shtml
Charlie Harding 1913.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullijo07.shtml
John Sullivan 1963-1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brookik01.shtml
Ike Brookens 1975.

from Baseball Reference
 
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January 4 in Tigers and mlb history:

1902: Pitcher Bill Dineen, winner of 36 games for the Boston Beaneaters over the past two years, signs with the cross-town rival Boston Americans, for whom he will win 20 or more for the next three years.

1904: The New York Highlanders announce plans to play on Sundays at Ridgewood Park in Queens, NY, but the Brooklyn Superbas object. Sunday games are legal in Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati.

1915: Alex Main jumped from the Detroit Tigers to the Kansas City Packers.

1928: The New York Yankees buy shortstop Lyn Lary and infielder Jimmie Reese from the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League for a reported $150,000.

1932: The Great Depression deepens, and American League costs are cut by dropping an umpire from the AL staff of 11.

1936: As the second part of the December 10 deal for Jimmie Foxx, the Boston Red Sox get Doc Cramer and Eric McNair from the Philadelphia Athletics for Hank Johnson, Al Niemiec, and $75,000.
Even with the free spending, and the presence of 20-game winners Wes Ferrell and Lefty Grove, Boston will finish 6th in 1936. However, in six-plus seasons with the Sox, Foxx will hit 222 home runs, bats .300 five times, and be an All-Star six times.

1942: Rogers Hornsby becomes the 14th player selected to the Hall of Fame, getting 78 percent of the vote, while both Frank Chance (58%) and Rube Waddell (54%) miss out. Hornsby's offensive numbers rival those of any player before or since. He and Ted Williams are the only players to win the Triple Crown twice, and Hornsby's .424 mark in 1924 is the highest National League batting average in the 20th century.

1957: The Brooklyn Dodgers buy a 44-passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000, which they will use to transport the club during the season. The Dodgers are the first major league team to own their own plane.

1969: Attorney Jack Reynolds, administrator of the new umpires union, says an economic agreement has been worked out between the American League and umpires that will avert a strike this year.

1995 - Five bills aimed at ending the Major League Baseball strike are introduced in the United States Congress.

2005: Wade Boggs, a five-time batting champion, and Ryne Sandberg, a nine-time Gold Glove Award winner at second base, are elected to the Hall of Fame. Boggs becomes the 41st player elected to Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility, while receiving 474 of the record number of 516 votes cast (92%). Sandberg receives 393 votes, six more then the needed number.
Relief pitchers Bruce Sutter (66.7%) and Goose Gossage (55%), and outfielders Jim Rice (59.5%) and Andre Dawson (52%), are the only other players to be named on at least half of the ballots cast. All four will be voted in over the next five years.

2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Hector Mercado as a free agent.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Ramon Santiago as a free agent.

2012: The Detroit Tigers signed Eric Patterson as a free agent.

2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Rafael Lopez as a free agent.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Edward Mujica as a free agent.
2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Efren Navarro as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ossie_Vitt
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vittos01.shtml
Ossie Vitt 1912-1918.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Don_McMahon
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcmahdo02.shtml
Don McMahon 1968-1969.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saundde01.shtml
Dennis Saunders 1970.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fuentti01.shtml
Tito Fuentes 1977.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Paul_Gibson
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gibsopa01.shtml
Paul Gibson 1988-1991.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wickake01.shtml
Kevin Wickander 1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Scott_Sizemore
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sizemsc01.shtml
Scott Sizemore 2010-2011.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stumpda01.shtml
Daniel Stumpf 2017-present.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rensato01.shtml
Tony Rensa 1930.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Billy_Sullivan_(sullibi04)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sullibi04.shtml
Billy Sullivan 1940-1941.

from Baseball Reference
 
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