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November 5 in Tigers and mlb history:

1901: Ban Johnson and Charles Comiskey lease Sportsman's Park for five years for an American League team. Two weeks later it is announced the Milwaukee Brewers franchise will become the St. Louis Browns in 1902.

1914: The ban on Sunday baseball is upheld in Washington, DC by the Court of Appeals.

1922: Pitcher Jim Bagby is waived by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bagby won 31 games for Cleveland in the 1920 season.

1936: The Brooklyn Dodgers name former pitcher and future Hall of Fame member Burleigh Grimes their new manager. Grimes replaces another future Hall of Famer Casey Stengel.

1940: Former pitcher Walter Johnson, who won 416 games for the Washington Senators, goes down in defeat as a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland. Johnson entered the Hall of Fame in 1936.

1958: The Baltimore Orioles replace general manager Paul Richards with future Hall of Famer Lee MacPhail. The Orioles allow Richards to continue in another role as the team's field manager. Baltimore will end up with a 74-79 record.

1962: Dick McAuliffe's 2-run RBI single with 2 outs starts 4-run rally in the 10th that gives #Tigers 7-3 exhibition win in Osaka Japan.

1968: Pitcher Denny McLain, a 31-game winner for the American League champion Detroit Tigers, is the unanimous choice as American League Most Valuable Player.
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1976: Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer, who led the American League with 22 victories and 315 innings pitched, outpoints Detroit Tigers rookie Mark Fidrych to win the American League Cy Young Award.
Rookie Mark Fidrych finishes runner-up in American League Cy Young Award voting.
He compiled a 19-9 record with 24 complete games and a 2.34 ERA.
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1976: The Oakland Athletics make an unusual trade by sending manager Chuck Tanner to the Pittsburgh Pirates for catcher Manny Sanguillen and $100,000. Sanguillen will play only one season in Oakland before returning to Pittsburgh. Tanner will lead the Pirates to the World Championship in 1979.

1976: The new franchises, the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays, select 30 players apiece from other American League teams in the expansion draft. The Mariners take outfielder Ruppert Jones with their first choice, while the Blue Jays tab infielder Bob Bailor with their initial pick.

1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Dan Meyer from the Detroit Tigers as the 9th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Frank MacCormack from the Detroit Tigers as the 16th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Seattle Mariners drafted Bill Laxton from the Detroit Tigers as the 50th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

1976: The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Dennis DeBarr from the Detroit Tigers as the 26th pick in the 1976 expansion draft.
1976: The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Dave Lemanczyk from the Detroit Tigers as the 43rd pick in the 1976 expansion draft.

1990: Darnell Coles of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Ed Nunez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Dan Petry of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Larry Sheets of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: John Shelby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1990: Gary Ward of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1991: Lloyd Moseby of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1991: Terry Pendleton of the Atlanta Braves wins the National League Most Valuable Player Award. The third baseman led the National League in batting average (.319) and hits (187), tied for first in total bases (303) and was third in slugging average (517). Pendleton will also be named NL Comeback Player of the Year, becoming the first major player to raise his average 80 points and add 16 home runs (from 6 to 22). He also wins his third Gold Glove Award.

1992: Walt Terrell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1993: Storm Davis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1993: Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1996: New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as American League Rookie of the Year. Jeter becomes the eighth Yankees player to win the award and the fifth unanimous choice in American League history.

1997: In what Bud Selig says is Phase One of a realignment of the major leagues, his Milwaukee Brewers move from the American League to the National League. Phase 2 will have to wait until 2013, however.

1997: In an unprecedented move, Davey Johnson resigns the same day he is named American League Manager of the Year. Despite the fact that Johnson ended the Baltimore Orioles' 13-year playoff drought in 1996 and led the Orioles to the league's best record in 1997, a dispute over $10,500 in fines to second baseman Roberto Alomar ends Johnson's reign in Baltimore. Johnson directed the fines to be paid to a charity. Orioles owner Peter Angelos is upset with the way the matter is handled and Johnson resigns.

1999: Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson wins the National League Cy Young Award, his fifth overall and fourth in a row. Johnson is the first NL player since the Mets' Dwight Gooden to win the pitching triple crown, going 24-5 with 334 strikeouts and a 2.37 ERA. Johnson also led the major leagues in strikeouts for the ninth time.

2001: Roger Cedeno of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2001: The Detroit Tigers released Dave Borkowski.

2009: Adam Everett of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Aubrey Huff of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Placido Polanco of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Fernando Rodney of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Jarrod Washburn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2011: The Detroit Tigers signed Matt Young as a free agent.

2013: Mike Cervenak of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Argenis Diaz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Danny Dorn of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Shawn Hill of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jair Jurrjens of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jon Link of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Pat Misch of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Ronny Paulino of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Kevin Russo of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: Jess Todd of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Tim Adleman as a free agent.

Tigers players birthdays:

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Carl Fischer 1933-1935.

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Lloyd Moseby 1990-1991.

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Glenn Dishman 1997.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Damon
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Johnny Damon 2010.

Tigers players who passed away:

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Gene Desautels 1930-1933.

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Sam Jones 1962.

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November 6 in Tigers and mlb history:

1886: The Sporting News publishes the official National League averages, which show King Kelly as the batting champ with a .388 average, 17 points ahead of Cap Anson. The paper previously had printed its own stats showing Anson ahead, .374 to .366.

1922: Morgan G. Bulkeley, first president of the National League and later governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator, dies. As president of the Hartford Dark Blues club, Bulkeley presided over the NL's first meeting and headed the league for one year. He will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1937, in spite of his relatively short involvement in baseball.

1938: The brothers Joe, Vince and Dom DiMaggio play together for the first time, making up an outfield for an All-Star team in a West Coast charity game.

1939: In a trade of veteran shortstops - or "worn-out shortstops‚" as one newspaper describes it - the Cubs acquire Billy Rogell from the Detroit Tigers for Dick Bartell. Rogell‚ who injured his arm playing handball the previous year‚ will hit just .136 before hanging up his spikes. The Tigers will release "Rowdy Richard" 5 games into the 1941 season.

1951: Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley denies that his minor league team system constitutes a monopoly. He cites the Dodgers' deficit in 1950.

1952: The American League approves a 2-league waiver rule curbing inter-league trading after June 15th. At the Winter Meetings a new bonus rule is approved‚ replacing the one that was instituted in 1946 and repealed in 1950. This new rule sets the bonus limit at $4‚000 or the player could be lost though the draft. This second bonus rule lasts until abolished in 1957.

1958: The Senators give walking papers to 3B Eddie Yost‚ sending him to Detroit along with Rocky Bridges and OF Neil Chrisley. The Nats receive infielders Reno Bertoia and Ron Samford and OF Jim Delsing in exchange.

1962: Answering rumors that senior consultant Branch Rickey wants Stan Musial to retire, St. Louis Cardinals owner August Busch says Musial will play until it is time to become a club vice president. Further, Bing Devine is still running the club.

1962: Tigers collect 14 hits, including home runs by Norm Cash, Al Kaline, and Dick McAuliffe, in an 11-4 win over the Hanshin Tigers in Japan.
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1969: Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers and Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles finish dead even in American League Cy Young Award voting. McLain posted a record 24-9 record with 181 strikeouts and a 2.80 ERA. McLain led the AL in Wins, IP, and Shutouts.
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1970: Minnesota Twins pitcher Jim Perry wins the American League Cy Young Award in a close race. Perry receives 55 points to edge out Dave McNally (47), Sam McDowell (45) and Mike Cuellar (44).

1974: Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. Ironman Marshall set major league records with 106 appearances and 208 innings pitched in relief.

1976: The Detroit Tigers purchased Luis Alvarado from the St. Louis Cardinals.

1984: Willie Hernandez wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award, joining Rollie Fingers as the only relief pitchers to be named MVP and Cy Young Award winners in the same season. Willie was the third Tiger pitcher to win the honor, after Hal Newhouser and Denny McLain. Since, Justin Verlander has joined the group as the fourth Tigers Pitcher to win the award.
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1992: Bill Gullickson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
1992: Alan Trammell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

1996: In Chicago, the MLB owners decisively reject a proposed labor agreement that would have ended a three-year stalemate. The 18-12 vote threatens to plunge baseball back into full-fledged hostilities between the owners and players' union.

2001: Denying it is a negotiating ploy, Commissioner Bud Selig is given the authority to "begin the process" of eliminating two "to be announced" teams by the MLB owners by a 28-2 vote. Donald Fehr, the Players Association executive director, calls the action of possibly eliminating the Twins, Expos, Marlins or Devil Rays most imprudent and unfortunate and the worst manner in which to begin the process of negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement.

2001: Gold Glove Award winners are announced. Ivan Rodriguez wins his 10th straight to tie Johnny Bench for the most by a catcher, Greg Maddux wins his 12th straight to extend his National League record for pitchers, and Roberto Alomar wins for the 10th time, the most ever for a second baseman.

2001: The Detroit Tigers signed Jamie Walker as a free agent.

2007: The 2007 Gold Glove Awards are announced. Greg Maddux is honored for the 17th time, setting a new record for most Gold Gloves.

2009: Marcus Thames of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Matt Treanor of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2010: Robinzon Diaz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Jeff Frazier of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Brandon Jones of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Jay Sborz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: Max St. Pierre of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2015: Alberto Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Alexi Casilla of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Rafael Dolis of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Alberto Gonzalez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Mike Hessman of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Tim Melville of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Melvin Mercedes of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Trayvon Robinson of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Thad Weber of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2015: Josh Zeid of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2017: Jim Adduci of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: R.J. Alaniz of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Tyler Collins of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Jeff Ferrell of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Miguel Gonzalez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Anthony Gose of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Bryan Holaday of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Omar Infante of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Myles Jaye of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Logan Kensing of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Steven Moya of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Efren Navarro of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Angel Nesbitt of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Brendan Ryan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Kyle Ryan of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Anthony Vasquez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2017: Logan Watkins of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carswfr01.shtml
Frank Carswell 1953.

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Chad Curtis 1995-1996.

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Bubba Trammell 1997.

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Deivi Cruz 1997-2001.

Tigers players who passed away:

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Clarence Mitchell 1911.

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SO YOU WANT TO BE THE GM?
Totally Tigers

Once again, readers get a chance to make their own decisions about the Tigers. So You Want to Be the GM? offers you that opportunity.
The segment tests our readers in determining how they would handle decisions as the General Manager. So here is your next assignment. Let?s get to it!
(Comments may be extended for this segment, but please do not exceed 8 sentences in your response).

Al Avila has turned the tables on us! Many of us were so fooled when the Tigers bagged a high profile and accomplished manager instead of staying close to the vest.

After checking that box, what moves would you, as the GM, consider for your 2021 roster?

Free agency is sure to be a little different this year as teams must consider the bottom line more than ever given the revenue losses during 2020. As a result, 1 to 3 year deals could be the popular path for teams looking to upgrade.
Higher profile free agents may accept shorter-term contracts when normally they would be looking for much longer term.
If you are the GM heading into 2021, what does the roster tell you about the direction you should go in free agency? What position group would you target first in free agency?

As GM, what position group would you target first in free agency?
1. Infield
2. Outfield
3. Starting pitching
4. Relief pitching
5. None - save money
6. Not sure
Vote
 
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