April 29 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: The Philadelphia Athletics purchased Harry Lochhead from the Detroit Tigers.
1902: Baltimore Orioles infielder John McGraw is hit by pitches five times, but home plate umpire Jack Sheridan refuses to allow him to take first base. In the 9th inning, McGraw is hit for the last time and sits down in the batter's box in protest. American League president Ban Johnson will suspend McGraw for five games.
1910: Ralph "Sailor" Stroud pitches a 5-hit shutout in his major league debut.
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1918: Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker executes the fourth unassisted double play of his career.
1923: The New York Yankees sign 20-year-old prospect Lou Gehrig to a contract paying him a salary of $2,000 and a bonus of $1,500. Yankees scout Paul Krichell had watched the Columbia University star blast a 450-foot home run against New York University one day earlier.
1930: In seven major league games played today an average of over 17 runs a game are scored. After the dust settles 123 players have crossed the plate.
1931: Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians pitches a 7 - 0 no-hitter over the St. Louis Browns, whose roster includes his brother, Rick. Wes helps his own cause with a home run, a double, and four RBI.
1934: Luis Aparicio is born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Aparicio will begin a distinguished 18-year major league career in 1956, when he debuts with the Chicago White Sox. Aparicio will help to redefine the role and expectations of major league shortstops with agile fielding, spray hitting and speedy baserunning. Named Rookie of the Year in his first season, he will collect nine Gold Glove Awards, lead the American League in stolen bases nine seasons and play the All-Star Game 10 times. When he retires in 1973, he will hold the major league career record for shortstops for games played, double plays and assists. In 1984, Aparicio will become the first - and only - Venezuelan player to gain election to the Hall of Fame with 341 votes on 403 BBWAA ballots (84.62%).
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1935: Tommy Bridges pitches the shutout in an 18-0 win over the Browns. Hank Greenberg and Goose Goslin homer for the Tigers, Charlie Gehringer hits 2 doubles.
1936: In the first professional baseball game ever played in the Japanese Baseball League, Nagoya defeats Dai Tokyo, 8 - 5.
1938: Boots Poffenberger wins his first start of 1938 for the Tigers in a complete game victory over the White Sox, 5-1.
1945: The Detroit Tigers traded Dutch Meyer and Don Ross to the Cleveland Indians for Roy Cullenbine.
1953: Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves becomes the first player in major league history to blast a home run into the center field bleachers at the Polo Grounds. Adcock's titanic shot against the New York Giants travels an estimated 475 feet.
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1958: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox becomes the tenth major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits.
1961: Tigers 9 - Red Sox 5:
Dick Brown hits a grand slam. Jake Wood & Rocky Colavito also hit home runs.
Tigers are 9-3, up 1 game in the AL.
1962: Tigers pound Angels 13-6. Six Tigers have 2 hits. Jake Wood, Bill Bruton, Al Kaline, and Dick Brown go deep for Detroit.
1964: Don Demeter hits a game-winning home run in the 10th inning in Kansas City.
1967: Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees earns his final major league victory. His 236th win comes against the Chicago White Sox, an 11 - 2 decision at Yankee Stadium. Ford will enter the Hall of Fame in 1974.
1968: Norm Cash is safe at home after Don Wert?s single in the bottom of the 9th to give the Tigers the 2-1 win over the athletics. Mickey Lolich pitches a 4-hit complete game for his first win of the season.
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1969: With the Tigers trailing 4-2 to Washington in the bottom of the 9th, Mickey Stanley hits a 3-run walk-off double for a 5-4 win.
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1978: Jason Thompson & Steve Kemp appear on the cover of The Sporting News.
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1981: Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the sixth major league pitcher - and first left-hander - to strike out 3,000 batters in the Phillies' 6 - 2 victory over the visiting Montreal Expos. Carlton strikes out three in the 1st inning as Tim Wallach is his 3,000th victim.
1984: Dan Petry loses a no-hitter with 2 outs in the 8th inning, throws one-hitter as the Detroit Tigers beat Indians, 6-1. Kirk Gibson has 3 rbi and the Tigers finish April with a record of 18-2: they could go .500 the rest of the season and still tally 88 wins.
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1986: Mike Laga hits a solo home run in the bottom of the 7th to lead the Tigers to a 2-1 win over the Royals. Frank Tanana strikes out 8 in a complete game.
1986: The Detroit Tigers released Nelson Simmons.
1987: Andre Dawson collects five hits and hits for the cycle to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8 - 4 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
1987: Tigers win 2-1 on a Darnell Coles double that scores Larry Herndon in the top of the 10th in Anaheim. Eric King blows the save but gets the win, allowing one hit in three innings of relief.
1988: Tigers score 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, on back-to-back doubles by Alan Trammell and Larry Herndon and a sac fly by Tom Brookens, to beat the Mariners 9-6.
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1988: The Baltimore Orioles end their 21-game losing streak by winning their first game of the season, 9 - 0, over the Chicago White Sox on a combined four-hitter by Mark Williamson and Dave Schmidt.
2003: The Detroit Tigers released Craig Paquette.
2004: The Detroit Tigers released Ariel Prieto.
2004: The Detroit Tigers traded a player to be named later and Jon Connolly (minors) to the Chicago Cubs for Felix Sanchez. The Detroit Tigers sent Eric Eckenstahler (August 13, 2004) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
2005: In the first matchup between 300-game winners in almost 18 years, Greg Maddux outduels Roger Clemens in the Chicago Cubs' 3 - 2 victory over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The last such showdown occurred in 1987 when Don Sutton of the California Angels defeated Steve Carlton of the Minnesota Twins.
2005: Managers Terry Francona and Lou Piniella are included as part of the six members of the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays who are suspended for their roles in the two bench-clearing incidents during the beanball contest played on April 24th at Tropicana Field. Both managers are suspended one game each. Boston's 11 - 3 victory, which featured six ejections, also results in multi-game suspensions for Bronson Arroyo (six games), Dewon Brazelton (five games), Lance Carter (five games) and Trot Nixon (two games). The Red Sox and Devil Rays have a history of beanballs and bench-clearing incidents dating back several years. In 108 meetings between the teams since the start of the 2000 season, 120 batters have been hit by pitches. Over the same span, the Boston and Tampa Bay pitching staffs each have beaned 495 batters, easily tied for the most in the majors.
2006: Albert Pujols sets a major league record with his 14th home run in April, a tiebreaking shot in the 8th inning that sends the St. Louis Cardinals to a 2 - 1 victory over the visiting Washington Nationals.
2006: At Comerica Park, Carlos Guillen homers twice and drives in five runs as the Detroit Tigers record their most lopsided win in 13 years with an 18 - 1 hammering of the Minnesota Twins. Magglio Ord??ez and Curtis Granderson also hit home runs for the Tigers, who last won a game by 17 runs in 1993. For Ord??ez, it is his 200th career home run; he will hit his 300th on this day in 2010.
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2007: Brandon Inge leads off the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off home run. Magglio Ord??ez hits a 2-run home run and a double in the Tigers' 4-3 win over the Twins.
2007: Troy Tulowitzki turns the 13th unassisted triple play in major league history. In the 7th inning, Braves hitters Kelly Johnson and Edgar Renteria reach base. They run with the pitch on a full count delivery to Chipper Jones. Jones lines the ball behind second base, which Tulowitzki catches. He then steps on second to retire Johnson and tags out Renteria to complete the rare feat.
2010: Dontrelle Willis's comeback continues as he pitches his best game since joining the Detroit Tigers before the 2008 season. He gives up only 4 hits and no runs in 7 innings as Detroit blanks Minnesota, 3 - 0. He picks up his first win of the year - which is only his second for the Bengals. In the contest, Magglio Ordonez hits the 300th home run of his career, four years to the day after hitting number 200.
2014: Bryan Holaday's 2-out bunt single in the top of the 9th scores Austin Jackson to give the Tigers a 4-3 win in Chicago.
2015: Miguel Cabrera hits 2 home runs and a double in the Tigers' 10-7 win over the Twins.
2016: Michael Fulmer strikes out 4 and gets a 9 - 2 win over the twins in his MLB debut.
2019: In his first start in AA for the Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League, Casey Mize, the top pick in the 2018 amateur draft pitches a nine-inning no-hitter to defeat the Altoona Curve, 1 - 0. He had been 2-0, 0.35 in 4 dominant starts for the Class A Lakeland Flying Tigers to start the season, earning the quick promotion.
2020: The Hall of Fame announces the cancellation of its annual induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY, scheduled for the last week-end of July, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the ceremony will be combined one year later with the one for the Class of 2021.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Mickey McDermott 1958.
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Omir Santos 2011-2012.
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Zach Mckinstry 2023.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Elijah Jones 1907, 1909.
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Johnny Watson 1930.
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