July 3 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906: At Cleveland, the Naps top the Tigers in game called after six innings on account of rain. To underscore the soggy conditions, Detroit outfielder Germany Schaefer plays the last few innings wearing a raincoat over his uniform.
1912: Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Washington coasts to a 10 - 2 win over the Highlanders. Johnson will rack up an American League record 16 straight wins before he is beaten.
1912: The Giants' Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker, 2 - 1, to capture his 19th straight game this season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records.
1913: The Red Sox tally 15 hits off Washington's Walter Johnson, but lose, 1 - 0, in 15 innings. This a major league frustration record for most hits in a shutout.
1917: After managing for five games, Honus Wagner resigns as manager. Czech born Hugo Bezdek is named as his replacement, his qualifications include being the football coach at Penn State.
1924:
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George Sisler, Babe Ruth, and Ty Cobb.
1929: The Cubs and Reds turn nine double plays, tying the Detroit-Washington 1925 mark.
1931: The Philadelphia Athletics selected Waite Hoyt off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
1940: Buffalo (International) purchased Lynn Nelson from the Detroit Tigers.
1947: The Indians purchase Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles. In two days, the twenty-two-year-old will become the first black to play in the American League.
1951: Giants rookie Willie Mays blasts a 13th-inning solo homer off the Phillies' Jocko Thompson to give New York a win. It is Willie's second extra-inning homer in two weeks: he will hit another on July 7th.
1953: The Detroit Tigers purchased Eddie Kazak from the Cincinnati Reds.
1960: Before 50,556 fans in New York, the Yankees sweep two from the Tigers winning 7 - 6 and 6 - 2.
In the opener, Ryne Duren fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th. Detroit is ahead 2 - 1 in the night cap when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at first base, and finally gets tossed. When play resumes, Pete Burnside serves up a 3-run homer to Mickey Mantle, batting righty.
1966: Pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs, as the Braves rout the Giants at Candlestick Park, 17 - 3. Cloninger is the first National League player to slam two in a game, and the first pitcher ever, and his nine RBIs are a major-league record for pitchers, breaking Vic Raschi's mark of 7. The National League record for pitchers was 5, held by several; the last hurler to collect five RBIs in a game was Cloninger himself, who had five on June 16th against the Mets.
1967: In St. Louis the fans get boxing with their baseball in the Cards' 7 - 3, win over the Reds. Bob Gibson pitches inside to Tony Perez in the 5th inning, and the pair exchange words after Perez flies out. Both benches empty but there is no fighting until the Reds bullpen, led by Bob Lee, show up. It takes 12 minutes before the police are needed to restore order.
1968: Luis Tiant registers 19 K's in 10 innings, as Cleveland beats Minnesota, 1 - 0. Tiant sets two modern major league records - most strikeouts in a 10-inning game; and 32 strikeouts in consecutive games - and ties the modern major-league record of 41 strikeouts in three successive appearances. He will top the American League in ERA with 1.60.
1968: Denny McLain strikes out 10 in a 4-hitter for his 15th win as the Tigers beat the angels 5 - 2. Willie Horton and Dick Tracewski hit home runs.
1973: Brothers Gaylord Perry (Indians) and Jim Perry (Tigers) pitch against each other for the only time in their careers. Neither finishes the game, but Gaylord is charged with the 5 - 4 loss. Two Norm Cash home runs help Detroit.
1974: Pitching in his major league-record 13th consecutive game for the Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4 - 1 win over the Reds in the first game of a doubleheader. Marshall will get a rest in the second game, but will pitch in a record 106 games this year.
1976: In a game against the Orioles, Mark Fidrych tosses a four-hit shutout to defeat Baltimore ace Jim Palmer and improve his record to 9-1. A sell-out crowd of 51, 032 watches the game at Tiger Stadium. Rusty Staub hit a 3-run homer in the 1st and Jason Thompson homered in the 4th.
1977: On his 24th birthday, Angel Frank Tanana records his 14th straight complete game in beating the A's, 6 - 4, and raising his record to 12-5. His overworked arm will plague him for the rest of the season, and he will wind up 15-9.
1992: The Tigers turn their first triple play 23 years in their 6-4 win over the Mariners in the first game of a doubleheader at Tiger Stadium. With runners on first and third, Seattle’s Omar Vizquel hits a line drive to Detroit third baseman Skeeter Barnes, who catches the ball and doubles off the runner at third. Barnes proceeds to throw the ball across the diamond to first baseman Cecil Fielder, who tags the bag before that runner can return.
Lou Whitaker hits his 200th home run, becoming just the 8th second baseman in major league history to reach that milestone.
1993: Detroit's Cecil Fielder becomes the third player in history to homer onto the left field roof at Tiger Stadium, doing so in the Tigers loss to the Rangers. Harmon Killebrew and Frank Howard are the only other players to accomplish the feat.
1994: The Indians retire Larry Doby's uniform number, 47 years after he broke the American League color line.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Jose Ortega as an amateur free agent.
2009: Albert Pujols, the major league home run leader, hits his fourth grand slam of the year, a team record, as the Cardinals dispose of the Reds, 7 - 4. He now has 350 career dingers, becoming the third-youngest to reach the mark, after Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr.
2010: The Detroit Tigers released Ruddy Lugo.
2013: Max Scherzer of the Tigers gets lucky number 13, a 6 - 2 win over the Blue Jays that improves his record to 13-0 on the year. It is the best start by a pitcher since Roger Clemens began the 1986 season 14-0.
2016: Ian Kinsler hits his 200th career home run in the Tigers 5 -1 win over the rays.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Jack Dalton 1916.
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Luke Hamlin 1933-1934.
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Phil Meeler 1972.
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Frank Tanana 1985-1992.
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Logan Kensing 2016.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Rufe Gentry 1943-1944, 1946-1948.
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