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May 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1880: Troy City rookie Roger Connor hits his first major league home run off Boston's Tommy Bond. He adds a triple and two singles as the Trojans beat the Red Caps 8 - 1. When Connor retires in 1897, he will have 136 homers a record that will stand until Babe Ruth breaks it in 1921.
1893: Catcher Connie Mack "misses " a short pop-up in front of home plate and starts a triple play in the 4th inning. He also drives in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th to lead Pittsburgh to an 8 - 7 win over St. Louis.
1901: At the Polo Grounds Christy Mathewson wins his 8th straight beating Cincinnati's Bill Phillips 1 - 0. Matty gives up just 3 hits.
1903: The Tigers avoid Detroit's Sunday ban on baseball by playing Washington at Grand Rapids in a game that draws 6000.
Detroit wins 5 - 4 behind George Mullin with John Deering in relief.
1907: Tigers beat the Senators 9-2 for their 8th win in 11 games, to pull within 2.5 games of league-leading Chicago. The Tigers will go on to win their first pennant.
1909: Under new manager Roger Bresnahan the Cardinals finally beat Christy Mathewson after losing to the Giants' ace 24 consecutive times.
1911: An abdominal ailment sidelines Nap Lajoie. He will get into only 90 games for the year and bat .365.
1916: Babe Ruth holds the Tigers to 4 singles in a shutout and goes 2-for-3 at the plate.
1918: Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians pitches a 19-inning, complete game to defeat the New York Yankees 3 - 2. Former P 'Smokey' Joe Wood hits a home run in the 19th inning - his second of the game - to end the 3:45 marathon. For New York? Home Run Baker's 11 assists tie the American League record for a third baseman in an extra-inning game.
1919: The Boston Red Sox purchased Bill James from the Detroit Tigers.
1928: It's perhaps the game with the most prestigious dueling lineups when the Yankees and A's play today. The game includes 12 Hall of Famers, including Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Cochrane, and Tony Lazzeri.
The players in the lineups have a combined 22,356 hits.
This number does not include non-playing Hall of Famers Herb Pennock and Stan Coveleski, managers Miller Huggins and Connie Mack, nor umpire Tom Connolly.
1929: Chicago's Ted Lyons and Detroit's George Uhle go 21 innings before the Tigers get a run to win, 6 - 5, in the longest game - 3 hours and 31 minutes - ever seen to date at Comiskey Park.
Uhle is the winner tossing 20 innings with Vic Sorrell pitching the bottom of the 21st. Lyons the loser goes the distance and gives up 24 hits.
Charlie Gehringer drives in Roy Johnson with a sacrifice fly for the final run. No pitcher has matched either Lyons' or Uhle's marathon effort since. Les Mueller in 1945 will come the closest.
1930: Babe Ruth hits home runs in both games of a doubleheader, giving him nine homers in one week. New York sweeps 10 - 6 and 11 - 1. Newly-acquired Red Ruffing is the easy winner in the nitecap.
1933: Detroit's Tommy Bridges tosses a one-hitter in topping the Senators 3 - 1. Joe Kuhel's homer is the only Washington safety. It is the first time in the American League that a pitcher has allowed a home run in a one-hitter.
1935: The Cincinnati Reds host the Philadelphia Phillies in the first major league night game, winning, 2 - 1, before 25,000 fans. On the initiative of Larry MacPhail, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt throws the switch at the White House to turn on the lights. The Reds will play seven night games, one each against the other National League teams.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FThYo5aW...pg&name=medium
1936: Tony Lazzeri, batting eighth for the New York Yankees, posts an American League record with 11 RBI while hitting three home runs - two of them grand slams - and a triple in a 25 - 2 rout of the Philadelphia Athletics. Another major league record is tied when Ben Chapman draws 5 walks as the Yanks are handed 16 bases on balls.
1942: At Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo one of the most memorable games in Japanese League history takes place a 28-inning marathon that ends in a 4 - 4 tie between Nagoya and Taiyo. It takes 3 hours and 47 minutes and both starters Michio Nishizawa of Nagoya and Jiro Noguchi of Taiyo go all the way: Nishizawa throws 311 pitches and Noguchi, 344. Games are not allowed to end in a tie because the teams have to show off their fighting spirit according to historian Yoichi Nagata. Because this is the last day of the spring schedule in the three-part season (spring summer and fall) closing ceremonies and awards are scheduled so officials order the umpire to end the game. Nagoya uses only 9 players and Taiyo 10. Despite the war the game is noted in The Sporting News.
1945: The Tigers lose Al Benton who has 5 wins and 3 shutouts when he is hit on the ankle in the 4th frame by a line drive off the bat of Bobby Estalella. The A's score 4 in the 5th to win? 7 - 2. There is great confusion in the 2nd inning, when Irv Hall and George Kell bat out of turn for the A's: Kell, batting 6th in the lineup card handed to umpire Eddie Rommel, comes up in place of Hall, who is batting 5th. He strikes out, so Tigers manager Steve O'Neill does not point out the mistake, validating Kell's at-bat. But Hall then steps to the plate when the 7th hitter, 1B Dick Siebert, should have followed Kell. Hall singles, O'Neill appeals, and Rommel calls him out to end the inning. However, no one can then agree on who is to lead off the 3rd (if the rule had been properly applied, Siebert would have been the one called out to end the 2nd and number 8 hitter Frankie Hayes should have been next up). Rommel decides that Kell should be next. Both managers protest the decision, although no one seems to be sure who should have been the proper batter. When American League President Will Harridge rules on the protest filed by O'Neill (who claims, wrongly, that Siebert should have led off the 3rd), he dismisses the protest - but for the wrong reasons - indicating that he is just as confused as everyone else. The perplexing rule will be clarified in 1957.
1946: The New York Yankees announce the resignation of manager Joe McCarthy. He is replaced by Bill Dickey. McCarthy resigns because of reported gall bladder trouble. During his 15-year run with the Yankees, he guided them to eight American League pennants and seven World Series titles.
1951: Cleveland whips the Senators, 16 - 0 with Bob Feller pitching a two-hitter. Larry Doby has a homer and 4 RBIs to lead the Tribe.
1952: Jimmy Piersall and New York's Billy Martin first exchange insults before a game in Boston then exchange punches in the tunnel under the stands. It takes coaches Bill Dickey and Oscar Melillo along with starter Ellis Kinder to break up the fight. Piersall goes to the clubhouse to change his bloody shirt and gets into another brawl with teammate Mickey McDermott. He sits as Ellis Kinder stops the Yanks 5 - 2.
1955: Pittsburgh's highly touted Rule 5 acquisition, rookie outfielder Roberto Clemente, debuts his new uniform number, 21 (as reported by Pittsburgh Press beat writer Les Biederman). Originally number 13, he replaces the previous 21, outfielder Earl Smith, who was optioned to New Orleans of the Southern Association on May 3rd. Clemente is the 15th and final Pirate to wear number 21, which will be retired in 1973, following his fatal airplane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972.
1956: Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 5 with an intentional walk in an 11 - 4 win against the Tigers. Mantle is hitting .421.
1958: The Tigers buy Bob "Hurricane" Hazle from the Braves. Hazle, hitting .170, became expendable when Billy Bruton returned to action today.
Bruton, who last played on July 11 of last year, appears in the 9th inning of the Braves' 6 - 3 win over the Cardinals.
1958: The Detroit Tigers snap a nine-game losing streak and break the New York Yankees' 10-game win streak with a 3 - 2 win behind Frank Lary.
Al Kaline's RBI double in the 7th puts Detroit up for good. Frank "The Yankee Killer" Lary strikes out 6 in a complete game win. Lary is now 11-4 against the Bronx Bombers.
1962: The Tigers score their first 4 runs on homers then score the winner on a passed ball in the 11th to beat the Orioles 5 - 4. Charlie Lau misses a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckler to allow Dick McAuliffe to score.
Jim Bunning pitches the first 9 innings for Detroit and is accused by O's manager Billy Hitchcock of notching the ball with his belt buckle.
1964: Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hits the longest home run in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, a 471-foot shot to left-center off right-hander Milt Pappas.
Seven shutouts in both leagues tie the major league record for blankings in one day.
1965: Bill Freehan hits 2 home runs to drive in 5 in the Tigers' 8-3 win in Chicago.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4wv7vtX4AAxhnf.jpg
1984: Jack Morris leads the Detroit Tigers to their 17th straight road win, setting an American League record.
Morris allows four hits and Detroit beats the California Angels, 5 - 1. Morris allows 4 hits in 9 innings to win? and he is backed by homers from Lance Parrish and Alan Trammell. Almost unfathomably, the 1984 Tigers swept 12 of their first 16 series.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent.
2004: Tigers get 27 hits in a 17-7 drubbing of the Royals. Only one of the hits is a home run: a 3-run shot by Carlos Pena in the top of the 9th inning.
2007: Carlos Guillen hits 2 home runs and Jeremy Bonderman allows only 4 hits over 8 innings as the Tigers shut out the Angels 12-0.
2008: Magglio Ordonez hits 2 home runs and a double in the Tigers' 19-3 rout of the Twins.
2011: The Detroit Tigers released Chris Oxspring.
2013: Anibal Sanchez throws no-hit ball until the 9th inning, when Joe Mauer breaks up his bid for a no-no with a one-out single to center. He strikes out the final two hitters but has to settle for a one-hit shutout as Detroit beats Minnesota, 6 - 0, the Twins' 10th straight loss. Miguel Cabrera's streak of four straight games with a homer ends, but he has two more RBI as he pursues his bid for another Triple Crown.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1rJs8-X...pg&name=medium
2020: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Nationals decide to hold a virtual ceremony to unveil their 2019 World Series rings. The date is selected as it marked the start of the team's remarkable turnaround in 2019, as they were 19-31 that day, but began to reverse course with a 12-10 win over the Marlins. The ceremony was to be broadcast on social media and cable television, but is postponed at the last minute as players object, preferring that the ceremony be held when the team can be physically reunited.
Tigers players birthdays:
Milt Jordan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Milt Jordan 1953.
Dave Machemer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dave Machemeer 1979.
Danny Bautista Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Danny Bautista 1993-1996.
Brad Penny Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Brad Penny 2011.
Tigers players who passed away:
Charlie Grover Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Charlie Grover 1913.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Miller_(millebo03)
Bob Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Miller 1953-1956
One of four major leaguers with the name, Bob Miller was noteworthy for breaking into the Major Leagues as a $60,000 "Bonus Baby" at age 17 in 1953. He remains the youngest pitcher to start a game in Detroit Tigers history, doing so after turning 18 on September 22nd that year. Although the Tigers were not a particularly young team overall, fellow rookies on the team included Al Kaline (a reported $35,000 bonus) and Reno Bertoia, both 18 at the time. Of the three, Miller received by far the most money for signing with Detroit.
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1880: Troy City rookie Roger Connor hits his first major league home run off Boston's Tommy Bond. He adds a triple and two singles as the Trojans beat the Red Caps 8 - 1. When Connor retires in 1897, he will have 136 homers a record that will stand until Babe Ruth breaks it in 1921.
1893: Catcher Connie Mack "misses " a short pop-up in front of home plate and starts a triple play in the 4th inning. He also drives in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th to lead Pittsburgh to an 8 - 7 win over St. Louis.
1901: At the Polo Grounds Christy Mathewson wins his 8th straight beating Cincinnati's Bill Phillips 1 - 0. Matty gives up just 3 hits.
1903: The Tigers avoid Detroit's Sunday ban on baseball by playing Washington at Grand Rapids in a game that draws 6000.
Detroit wins 5 - 4 behind George Mullin with John Deering in relief.
1907: Tigers beat the Senators 9-2 for their 8th win in 11 games, to pull within 2.5 games of league-leading Chicago. The Tigers will go on to win their first pennant.
1909: Under new manager Roger Bresnahan the Cardinals finally beat Christy Mathewson after losing to the Giants' ace 24 consecutive times.
1911: An abdominal ailment sidelines Nap Lajoie. He will get into only 90 games for the year and bat .365.
1916: Babe Ruth holds the Tigers to 4 singles in a shutout and goes 2-for-3 at the plate.
1918: Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians pitches a 19-inning, complete game to defeat the New York Yankees 3 - 2. Former P 'Smokey' Joe Wood hits a home run in the 19th inning - his second of the game - to end the 3:45 marathon. For New York? Home Run Baker's 11 assists tie the American League record for a third baseman in an extra-inning game.
1919: The Boston Red Sox purchased Bill James from the Detroit Tigers.
1928: It's perhaps the game with the most prestigious dueling lineups when the Yankees and A's play today. The game includes 12 Hall of Famers, including Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Cochrane, and Tony Lazzeri.
The players in the lineups have a combined 22,356 hits.
This number does not include non-playing Hall of Famers Herb Pennock and Stan Coveleski, managers Miller Huggins and Connie Mack, nor umpire Tom Connolly.
1929: Chicago's Ted Lyons and Detroit's George Uhle go 21 innings before the Tigers get a run to win, 6 - 5, in the longest game - 3 hours and 31 minutes - ever seen to date at Comiskey Park.
Uhle is the winner tossing 20 innings with Vic Sorrell pitching the bottom of the 21st. Lyons the loser goes the distance and gives up 24 hits.
Charlie Gehringer drives in Roy Johnson with a sacrifice fly for the final run. No pitcher has matched either Lyons' or Uhle's marathon effort since. Les Mueller in 1945 will come the closest.
1930: Babe Ruth hits home runs in both games of a doubleheader, giving him nine homers in one week. New York sweeps 10 - 6 and 11 - 1. Newly-acquired Red Ruffing is the easy winner in the nitecap.
1933: Detroit's Tommy Bridges tosses a one-hitter in topping the Senators 3 - 1. Joe Kuhel's homer is the only Washington safety. It is the first time in the American League that a pitcher has allowed a home run in a one-hitter.
1935: The Cincinnati Reds host the Philadelphia Phillies in the first major league night game, winning, 2 - 1, before 25,000 fans. On the initiative of Larry MacPhail, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt throws the switch at the White House to turn on the lights. The Reds will play seven night games, one each against the other National League teams.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FThYo5aW...pg&name=medium
1936: Tony Lazzeri, batting eighth for the New York Yankees, posts an American League record with 11 RBI while hitting three home runs - two of them grand slams - and a triple in a 25 - 2 rout of the Philadelphia Athletics. Another major league record is tied when Ben Chapman draws 5 walks as the Yanks are handed 16 bases on balls.
1942: At Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo one of the most memorable games in Japanese League history takes place a 28-inning marathon that ends in a 4 - 4 tie between Nagoya and Taiyo. It takes 3 hours and 47 minutes and both starters Michio Nishizawa of Nagoya and Jiro Noguchi of Taiyo go all the way: Nishizawa throws 311 pitches and Noguchi, 344. Games are not allowed to end in a tie because the teams have to show off their fighting spirit according to historian Yoichi Nagata. Because this is the last day of the spring schedule in the three-part season (spring summer and fall) closing ceremonies and awards are scheduled so officials order the umpire to end the game. Nagoya uses only 9 players and Taiyo 10. Despite the war the game is noted in The Sporting News.
1945: The Tigers lose Al Benton who has 5 wins and 3 shutouts when he is hit on the ankle in the 4th frame by a line drive off the bat of Bobby Estalella. The A's score 4 in the 5th to win? 7 - 2. There is great confusion in the 2nd inning, when Irv Hall and George Kell bat out of turn for the A's: Kell, batting 6th in the lineup card handed to umpire Eddie Rommel, comes up in place of Hall, who is batting 5th. He strikes out, so Tigers manager Steve O'Neill does not point out the mistake, validating Kell's at-bat. But Hall then steps to the plate when the 7th hitter, 1B Dick Siebert, should have followed Kell. Hall singles, O'Neill appeals, and Rommel calls him out to end the inning. However, no one can then agree on who is to lead off the 3rd (if the rule had been properly applied, Siebert would have been the one called out to end the 2nd and number 8 hitter Frankie Hayes should have been next up). Rommel decides that Kell should be next. Both managers protest the decision, although no one seems to be sure who should have been the proper batter. When American League President Will Harridge rules on the protest filed by O'Neill (who claims, wrongly, that Siebert should have led off the 3rd), he dismisses the protest - but for the wrong reasons - indicating that he is just as confused as everyone else. The perplexing rule will be clarified in 1957.
1946: The New York Yankees announce the resignation of manager Joe McCarthy. He is replaced by Bill Dickey. McCarthy resigns because of reported gall bladder trouble. During his 15-year run with the Yankees, he guided them to eight American League pennants and seven World Series titles.
1951: Cleveland whips the Senators, 16 - 0 with Bob Feller pitching a two-hitter. Larry Doby has a homer and 4 RBIs to lead the Tribe.
1952: Jimmy Piersall and New York's Billy Martin first exchange insults before a game in Boston then exchange punches in the tunnel under the stands. It takes coaches Bill Dickey and Oscar Melillo along with starter Ellis Kinder to break up the fight. Piersall goes to the clubhouse to change his bloody shirt and gets into another brawl with teammate Mickey McDermott. He sits as Ellis Kinder stops the Yanks 5 - 2.
1955: Pittsburgh's highly touted Rule 5 acquisition, rookie outfielder Roberto Clemente, debuts his new uniform number, 21 (as reported by Pittsburgh Press beat writer Les Biederman). Originally number 13, he replaces the previous 21, outfielder Earl Smith, who was optioned to New Orleans of the Southern Association on May 3rd. Clemente is the 15th and final Pirate to wear number 21, which will be retired in 1973, following his fatal airplane crash on New Year's Eve, 1972.
1956: Mickey Mantle goes 5 for 5 with an intentional walk in an 11 - 4 win against the Tigers. Mantle is hitting .421.
1958: The Tigers buy Bob "Hurricane" Hazle from the Braves. Hazle, hitting .170, became expendable when Billy Bruton returned to action today.
Bruton, who last played on July 11 of last year, appears in the 9th inning of the Braves' 6 - 3 win over the Cardinals.
1958: The Detroit Tigers snap a nine-game losing streak and break the New York Yankees' 10-game win streak with a 3 - 2 win behind Frank Lary.
Al Kaline's RBI double in the 7th puts Detroit up for good. Frank "The Yankee Killer" Lary strikes out 6 in a complete game win. Lary is now 11-4 against the Bronx Bombers.
1962: The Tigers score their first 4 runs on homers then score the winner on a passed ball in the 11th to beat the Orioles 5 - 4. Charlie Lau misses a Hoyt Wilhelm knuckler to allow Dick McAuliffe to score.
Jim Bunning pitches the first 9 innings for Detroit and is accused by O's manager Billy Hitchcock of notching the ball with his belt buckle.
1964: Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hits the longest home run in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, a 471-foot shot to left-center off right-hander Milt Pappas.
Seven shutouts in both leagues tie the major league record for blankings in one day.
1965: Bill Freehan hits 2 home runs to drive in 5 in the Tigers' 8-3 win in Chicago.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4wv7vtX4AAxhnf.jpg
1984: Jack Morris leads the Detroit Tigers to their 17th straight road win, setting an American League record.
Morris allows four hits and Detroit beats the California Angels, 5 - 1. Morris allows 4 hits in 9 innings to win? and he is backed by homers from Lance Parrish and Alan Trammell. Almost unfathomably, the 1984 Tigers swept 12 of their first 16 series.
1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent.
2004: Tigers get 27 hits in a 17-7 drubbing of the Royals. Only one of the hits is a home run: a 3-run shot by Carlos Pena in the top of the 9th inning.
2007: Carlos Guillen hits 2 home runs and Jeremy Bonderman allows only 4 hits over 8 innings as the Tigers shut out the Angels 12-0.
2008: Magglio Ordonez hits 2 home runs and a double in the Tigers' 19-3 rout of the Twins.
2011: The Detroit Tigers released Chris Oxspring.
2013: Anibal Sanchez throws no-hit ball until the 9th inning, when Joe Mauer breaks up his bid for a no-no with a one-out single to center. He strikes out the final two hitters but has to settle for a one-hit shutout as Detroit beats Minnesota, 6 - 0, the Twins' 10th straight loss. Miguel Cabrera's streak of four straight games with a homer ends, but he has two more RBI as he pursues his bid for another Triple Crown.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E1rJs8-X...pg&name=medium
2020: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Nationals decide to hold a virtual ceremony to unveil their 2019 World Series rings. The date is selected as it marked the start of the team's remarkable turnaround in 2019, as they were 19-31 that day, but began to reverse course with a 12-10 win over the Marlins. The ceremony was to be broadcast on social media and cable television, but is postponed at the last minute as players object, preferring that the ceremony be held when the team can be physically reunited.
Tigers players birthdays:
Milt Jordan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Milt Jordan 1953.
Dave Machemer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Dave Machemeer 1979.
Danny Bautista Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Danny Bautista 1993-1996.
Brad Penny Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Brad Penny 2011.
Tigers players who passed away:
Charlie Grover Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Charlie Grover 1913.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bob_Miller_(millebo03)
Bob Miller Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Miller 1953-1956
One of four major leaguers with the name, Bob Miller was noteworthy for breaking into the Major Leagues as a $60,000 "Bonus Baby" at age 17 in 1953. He remains the youngest pitcher to start a game in Detroit Tigers history, doing so after turning 18 on September 22nd that year. Although the Tigers were not a particularly young team overall, fellow rookies on the team included Al Kaline (a reported $35,000 bonus) and Reno Bertoia, both 18 at the time. Of the three, Miller received by far the most money for signing with Detroit.
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