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March 31 in Tigers and mlb history:

1909: The National Commission rules that players who jump contracts will be suspended for five years. Players joining outlaw organizations will be suspended for three years as punishment for going outside organized baseball.

1928: Gordie Howe was born #OTD in 1928. Here he takes batting practice at Briggs (Tiger) Stadium.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DBvJG_yXgAEwRJg?format=jpg&name=small
Howe and Al Kaline were friends. Gordie went to old Briggs Stadium to take batting practice with Al and the Tigers.

1942: The Washington Senators purchased Bobo Newsom from the Detroit Tigers for $40,000. Bobo held the Reds to 4 runs in 3 complete game starts in a losing cause in the 1940 World Series.

1962: The Pacific Coast League proposal to use a designated hitter is voted down 8-1 by the Professional Baseball Rules Committee. Prompted by the Cubs' college of coaches, the committee also rules each team must name a manager 30 minutes prior to the game. The DH will not come into major league use until 1973, when it is adopted by the American League.

1968: The American League's new franchise in Seattle, WA chooses the "Pilots" as its nickname. The team will last only one season in Seattle before becoming the Milwaukee Brewers.

1972: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tom Haller. The Detroit Tigers sent Bernie Beckman (minors) (March 31, 1972) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

1988: The Detroit Tigers signed Mike Trujillo as a free agent.

1993: Bill White, the first black man to serve as a league president, resigns from his National League post. He will remain at the job until March of 1994.

1994: The Detroit Tigers traded Rico Brogna to the New York Mets for Alan Zinter.
1994: The Detroit Tigers released Jeff Grotewold.

1995: The longest strike action in sports history ends - in a courtroom. A U.S. District court order forbids owners from implementing new financial working conditions in the wake of the impasse in negotiations. The court decides that conditions will revert to the old rules from the previous season. Because of the timing of the court order, 18 games will have to be trimmed from the major league schedule.

1996: The American League unveils its new colorful red polo shirts for the umpires, part of the "What a Game" campaign to lure fans back to the parks. The last sartorial change was in the 1970s when AL umps wore red blazers for several years. National League umpires will stick with traditional blue.

1996: For the first time in major league history, the regular season opens in March with the Seattle Mariners beating the Chicago White Sox in 12 innings, 3 - 2, at the Kingdome. Five Mariners pitchers strike out 21 batters, with Randy Johnson collecting 14 Sox in seven innings.

1996: The Detroit Tigers signed Curtis Pride as a free agent.

1998: In their first game ever, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays lose to the Detroit Tigers, 11 - 6. Pitcher Wilson Alvarez takes the loss for Tampa while third baseman Wade Boggs hits the first home run in team history and drives in three runs.
Tampa Native, Luis Gonzalez hits a home run to right field, the first home run ever hit at Tropicana Field.

1999: Commissioner Bud Selig confirms that discussions are underway which could lead to advertising space being sold on the sleeves of players uniforms. Nothing will come of these, fortunately.

2000: Workers put the finishing touches Comerica Park in preparation for its opening game on April 11.
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2001: The Detroit Tigers released Eric DuBose.

2004: The Detroit Tigers released Esteban Yan.

2006: The Detroit Tigers released Reggie Taylor.

2009: The Detroit Tigers surprisingly cut slugger Gary Sheffield, who is one home run shy of 500 for his career. Sheffield, a 9-time All-Star, is 25th on the all-time home run list and 27th in RBI (1,633). He only hit .178 in spring training, but went deep in 5 of 45 at-bats. He says he is not shocked, but is surprised. Marcus Thames will replace Sheffield as Detroit's starting DH.

2011: The Yankees are successful on opening day, beating Detroit, 6 - 3, at home. Curtis Granderson, whose health was a concern before the start of the game because of a strained right oblique muscle, makes a diving catch of a line drive hit by Will Rhymes in the 1st, then breaks a 3 - 3 tie with a solo homer off Phil Coke in the 7th. Mark Teixeira had earlier hit a three-run blast to tie the score in the 3rd.

2014: With the majority of teams opening their season today, expanded instant replay is used for the first time in a major league game.

2014: Tigers walk off on an Alex Gonzalez single on #OpeningDay.

2016: The Detroit Tigers released Luke Carlin
2016: The Detroit Tigers released John Mayberry.

2017: The Detroit Tigers signed Bryan Holaday as a free agent.

2019: Tigers beat the blue jays 4 - 3 and leave Toronto with a series split thanks to Nick Castellanos' single in the 11th.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/couchjo01.shtml
Johnny Couch 1917.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/grissma01.shtml
Marv Grissom 1949.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/denehbi01.shtml
Bill Denehy 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonestr01.shtml
Tracy Jones 1989-1990.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mckayda02.shtml
David McKay 2019.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Grover_Lowdermilk
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lowdegr01.shtml
Grover Lowdermilk 1915-1916.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Schultz
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/schulbo01.shtml
Bob Schultz 1955.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Riccardo_Ingram
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/ingrari01.shtml
Ricardo Ingram 1994.

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Michael Fulmer?s rehab from Tommy John surgery is on track, and the Tigers right-hander would likely be ready for a minor league rehab stint in early July if play has resumed by that point. Fulmer?s 2018 season was cut short due to knee surgery, and he sustained the UCL tear that led to his Tommy John surgery last spring. A late start to the year and an pushed-back end date would give Fulmer some additional innings, though he?s quick to say that he ?[doesn?t] think there are any positives to take out of? the COVID-19 pandemic, even while acknowledging that it could allow him to get in more work in 2020. Fulmer, the 2016 American League Rookie of the Year (159 innings, 3.06 ERA, 5.4 rWAR), hasn?t pitched since September 2018 and will be arbitration-eligible for the third time next winter. He?s a Super Two player and remains under club control through the 2022 season.
MLBTR
 
https://www.blessyouboys.com/2020/3...eive-pay-during-shutdown-covid-19-coronavirus
Minor league players to receive pay during coronavirus shutdown.
Eligible minor league players will receive $400 per week until play resumes.
BYBTB

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2020/03/baseball-extends-minor-league-benefits-through-may-31.html
Baseball extends minor-league benefits through May 31.
Mlive

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28976252/mlb-pay-minor-leaguers-400-per-week-31
MLB to pay minor leaguers $400 per week until May 31.
espn

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/03/mlb-announces-minor-league-salary-plan.html
MLB Announces Minor-League Financial Support.
MLBTR
 
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April 1 in Tigers and mlb history:

1914: Rube Waddell dies from tuberculosis in San Antonio, TX, at the age of 37. One of the top lefthanded pitchers in major league history, Waddell led the American League in strikeouts for six years in a row, collected four consecutive 20-win seasons from 1902 to 1906, including the Triple Crown in 1905 with 27 wins, 287 strikeouts and a 1.48 ERA, leading the league in all pitching categories. Waddell, who dies in a sanitarium, had seen his condition weakened by his efforts to contain a winter flood in Kentucky. He will be selected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee in 1946.

1939: Phil Niekro is born in Blaine, Belmont County, Ohio. "Knucksie" will make his major league debut in 1964 with the Milwaukee Braves. He will win 318 games over a 24-year career and will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1997.

1942: Major league owners decide not to allow furloughed players in the military to play for their clubs if based near a game site.

1957: Called by Les Biederman of The Sporting News "one of the most unusual games in modern spring training history," Kansas City and Pittsburgh battle through 18 innings to a scoreless tie "before probably one of the smallest crowds of the season anywhere, only 432 paid admissions." Starting at 1:30 p.m., the game is called by mutual agreement at 5:27 because of impending darkness and high winds.

1962: The Detroit Tigers sign University of Detroit basketball star Dave DeBusschere. He will pitch effectively in 1962 and 1963 with the Chicago White Sox, but will gain much more notoriety as a key member of the New York Knicks' NBA championship teams of 1970 and 1973.

1963: The New York Mets purchase veteran outfielder Duke Snider from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Snider, one of the most popular players in the New York City area, starred for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1957.

1970: An ownership group headed by automobile dealer Bud Selig buys the Seattle Pilots for $10.8 million. Selig will immediately move the Pilots to Milwaukee, WI and rename the team the "Brewers." The Pilots lost $1 million during their lone season in Seattle, WA.

1972: The Major League Players Association, led by Executive Director Marvin Miller, stages the first strike in major league history. The strike will last 13 days and lead to salary arbitration being added to the Collective Bargaining Agreement and to owners increasing their contribution to the pension fund. The 86 games that are eventually cancelled as a result of the labor action will not be replayed.

1981: The Detroit Tigers purchased Mick Kelleher from the Chicago Cubs.

1985: Today's issue of Sports Illustrated contains a fictitious article about a New York Mets pitching prospect named Sidd Finch, whose fastball has been timed at 168 miles per hour. Author George Plimpton offers bogus quotes from real-life members of the Mets, as well as several staged photos, and fools readers nationwide.

1988: For the first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Hall of Fame. Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon, and Gil Hodges are among the candidates passed over.

1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Ed Nunez as a free agent.

1994: The Detroit Tigers traded Rich Rowland to the Boston Red Sox for John Flaherty.

1999: The Detroit Tigers signed Alejandro Freire as a free agent.

2004: The Los Angeles Dodgers traded Steve Colyer to the Detroit Tigers for Cody Ross.

2008: The Detroit Tigers signed Aaron Fultz as a free agent.

2009: The Detroit Tigers released Yurendell de Caster.

2013: Clayton Kershaw turns in a great all-around performance on Opening Day, pitching a four-hit shutout and homering off George Kontos in the 8th to break a scoreless tie as the Dodgers defeat the Giants, 4 - 0. Don Drysdale, back in 1965, was the last major league pitcher to pitch a shutout and homer on opening day, also for the Dodgers.

2018: The Tigers and Pirates play a doubleheader, the earliest in the season by date in major league history.
The Tigers lose 1-0 and 8-6 to fall to 0-3.

Tigers players and executives birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wadeja01.shtml
Jake Wade 1936-1938.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frankmo01.shtml
Moe Franklin 1941-1942.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ron_Perranoski
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perraro01.shtml
Ron Perranoski 1971-1972.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rusty_Staub
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/staubru01.shtml
Rusty Staub 1976-1979.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bo_Schembechler
Bo Schembechler President 1990-1992.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castifr01.shtml
Frank Castillo 1998.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Will_Rhymes
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rhymewi01.shtml
Will Rhymes 2010-2011.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/smithbo03.shtml
Bob Smith 1959.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ed_Farmer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/farmeed01.shtml
Ed Farmer 1973.

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