September 5 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: In the first of two in Detroit, Tiger ace Roscoe Miller puts on a disgraceful exhibition against the A's, lobbing in the ball, grinning as the A's batters hit it, and throwing a bunt into the stands to allow three runs to score. Miller settles down in the last three innings, allowing only a single, but the Tigers lose, 11 - 9. His performance is explained by writers in that he is in one of his sulks.
1904 - In front of 37,000 fans the Giants sweep the Beaneaters, beating Boston, 6 - 1 and 4 - 3. Christy Mathewson wins the opener, beating Kaiser Wilhelm, and is not scored upon until the 9th when Jim Delahanty and Tom Needham triple. Red Ames wins the nitecap. Following the Giant sweep, excited fans hoist John McGraw up to carry him to the Polo Grounds field house. But McGraw gets dropped during the excitement, sustaining a sprained ankle.
1905: The Detroit Tigers released Duff Cooley.
1905: When Boston beats the Athletics, 3 - 2, in 13 innings, they score the first runs off Rube Waddell in 44 innings. Waddell strikes out 17.
1910: Jack Coombs begins a streak of 53 shutout innings, topping Doc White's 46 shutout innings of 1904. Three years later Walter Johnson will top Coombs record with 55 2/3 innings. Years later, Don Drysdale in 1968 breaks the Big Train's record with 58 shutout innings. Finally, Orel Hershier in 1988 sets the record with 59 shutout innings.
1915: Browns slugger George Sisler pitches a complete game, but the Tigers win 6-5.
1921: Walter Johnson breaks Cy Young's career strikeout mark by fanning seven Yankees to run his total to 2,287.
1940: Tigers beat indians 11-3 to cut their lead in the pennant race to 2 games. Hank Greenberg hits 2 doubles, Rudy York hits a home run and a double.
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1951: Ralph Branca, despite twinges in his arm, pitches the Dodgers to a 5 - 2 win over the Phillies. Gil Hodges drives home four runs on a grand slam off Ken Johnson. It is Gil's 37th homer of year, setting a new Dodger record.
1954: Hank Aaron goes 4 for 4 in a 9 - 7 triumph over the Cubs, but breaks his ankle in the second game of a doubleheader and is lost for the remainder of the season.
1955: In an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies, Dodger pitcher Don Newcombe hits his seventh homer establishing a National League record for home runs by a pitcher in a season. The victory is Newk's 20th of the season.
1961: The Yanks top Washington, 6 - 1, sending the Senators to their 20th defeat in their last 21 games. Mickey Mantle's homers for his 51st. The Yanks win, coupled with a Detroit doubleheader loss, puts New York ahead by 7 1/2 games.
1967: Joe Sparma pitches a 2-hit shutout vs Kansas City, Tigers remain 1.5 GB.
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1968: The Tigers and the Cardinals were given the go-ahead today to print World Series tickets by the Commissioner of Baseball. William Eckert also set the ticket prices for the Series: $12 for box seats; $8 reserved; $6 for pavilion (Detroit only); $2 unreserved bleachers & standing room.
1968: Gene Mauch is named manager of the new Montreal National League club, which is officially named the Expos.
1971: The Tigers tie a major-league record by using six pinch hitters in the 7th inning, but lose 6 - 5 to the Yankees anyway.
1983: Jack Morris gets his 200th strikeout of the season, en route to a career high and AL-best 232 in a loss to the indians.
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1984: Cal Ripken's 1st-inning error lets in Alan Trammell with a run, and that's it as the Tigers beat Baltimore 1 - 0. Juan Berenguer is the winner with Willie Hernandez picking up his 28th save. Mike Flanagan goes all the way in the loss. Detroit's magic number is now 15.
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1995: The Detroit Tigers released Mike Moore.
1995: Cal Ripken ties Lou Gehrig's all-time mark by appearing in his 2,130th consecutive game.
2003: Mike Maroth becomes the first major league pitcher since 1980 to tally 20 losses in a season in a Tigers loss to the blue jays.
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2008: The Detroit Tigers released Anastacio Martinez.
2016: The Oakland Athletics selected Donn Roach off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2016: Miguel Cabrera homers twice to reach 300 home runs as a Tiger and moves to 42nd all-time with 439 on his career in the Tigers 5 - 3 win over the white sox.
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2017: The New York Times reports that the Red Sox are being investigated for possible sign-stealing during a series against their eternal rivals the Yankees last month. The team's assistant athletic trainer is suspected of having used a smart watch to capture signs and relay them to players on the field. While trying to decode the other team's signs is a long-standing tradition in baseball, using any type of electronic equipment to do so is strictly prohibited.
2017: JaCoby Jones and John Hicks each hit 2 home runs in a 13-2 drubbing of the Royals.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Pete LePine 1902.
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Merv Shea 1927-1929, 1939.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/maierbo01.shtml
Bob Maier 1945.
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Gene Bearden 1951.
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Wayne Belardi 1954-1956.
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Rob Richie 1989.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Hank Aguirre 1958-1967.
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