June 11 in Tigers and mlb history:
1879: Hall of Famer Roger Bresnahan was born this day.
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1904: At Detroit? the Tigers beat the Senators? 8 - 3? behind Wild Bill Donovan. Donovan? batting 8th? hits a two-run homer? while his teammate Ed Gremminger clubs his only homer of the year? reportedly the first homer in 7 years to be hit over the fence.
1908: In his first start since his February operation? Walter Johnson is hammered by the St. Louis Browns in leaves in the 4th inning. He won't pitch again until the 23rd.
1912: The Detroit Tigers purchased Joe Lake from the St. Louis Browns.
1922: Ty Cobb says he will quit when he bats below .300 in the The Washington Star.
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1925: Four days after his average tops .400? Rogers Hornsby buys 1?167 shares in the Cardinals at $42.85 a share. Hornsby pays $5?000 in cash and borrows the rest from the bank with owner Sam Breadon endorsing his note. Breadon retains the right to buy back the stock at 6% interest.
1925: In pre-game ceremonies? the World Series flag is raised in Washington. Ty Cobb hits a triple and 2 doubles off Walter Johnson to lead the Tigers to a 7-4 win.
1927: The Philadelphia Athletics field a team of seven future Hall of Famers in the 9th inning: Ty Cobb (RF), Mickey Cochrane (PH), Eddie Collins (2B), Jimmie Foxx (1B), Lefty Grove (P), Al Simmons (CF) and Zack Wheat (LF). After 5 wins in a row? the A's lose to the Tigers? 5 - 4. Cy Perkins started as catcher batting seventh? but when Cochrane pinch-hit for him in the last inning? seven Cooperstown-bound players were in the lineup.
On May 24th of 1928? the A's will again field 7 HOFers and combine with the Yanks to showcase 13 Hall of Famers.
1927: In New York? Babe Ruth clouts two consecutive home runs (numbers 19 and 20) off Garland Buckeye? but in his next time up Ruth is set upon by Cleveland C Luke Sewell who demands that the umpires inspect the Bambino's bat. The umps find nothing illegal? but the crowd of 30?000 cheer the Babe? who strikes out. Tony Lazzeri adds a homer and New York wins? 6 - 4. George Burns is 3 for 3 with 2 doubles for the Tribe.
1927: The Brooklyn Robins spoil Paul Waner Day in Pittsburgh beating the Bucs? 11 - 10. Waner? whose wedding was last night? collects 3 hits? including a double? and a 7-passenger car, and teammate Clyde Barnhart has 2 triples and a double? but it's not enough. Brooklyn has 15 hits and scores 4 times in the 9th to give Dazzy Vance the win.
1928: At Detroit? Al Simmons and Jimmie Foxx belt successive solo shots in the 8th inning off Sam Gibson to break up a pitching duel with Ossie Orwoll. Orwoll and the Athletics win? 4 - 2.
1929: Babe Ruth was the first New York Yankees player to wear #3 when the team first assigned numbers.
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1935: The Detroit Tigers released Firpo Marberry.
1937: In his MLB debut, the Tigers rookie pitcher Boots Poffenberger pitches 6+ innings of relief to beat Lefty Grove and the Red Sox. Gee Walker hits a home run and has 3 RBI.
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1938: Johnny Vander Meer pitches the first of two consecutive no-hitters as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Bees, 3 - 0. Vander Meer? in his first full season? strikes out 4 to increase his league-leading total to 56. Danny MacFayden is the losing pitcher.
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1940: In Boston? the Red Sox chase Bob Feller? 9 - 2? on homers by Ted Williams and Joe Cronin. Williams adds a triple? while Lou Finney has four hits including a pair of doubles. During the game? Tribe manager Oscar Vitt openly criticizes Feller? saying "Look at him. He's supposed to be my ace. How am I supposed to win a pennant with that kind of pitching."
1947: Mel Ott makes his last appearance as a player when he pinch hits for pitcher Ken Trinkle in New York's 8 - 7 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1948: The Indians hold on to beat the Yankees? 10 - 8? as reliever Bob Feller fans Sherm Lollar with the bases full to end the game. Joe DiMaggio had led off the 9th with a homer. Game highlights include Yogi Berra getting tossed by Cal Hubbard and young Bobby Brown being replaced at 2B in the 8th by George Stirnweiss? a move that will remain permanent for the season. Lou Boudreau ends a Tribe rally in the 7th by striking out - his first K in 42 games. The game - interrupted by rain and a fans' missile barrage - ends at 12:20 a.m.
1948: Cliff Mapes becomes the last player to wear #3 with the New York #Yankees! He?s shown bringing a jersey to Babe Ruth?s old locker at Yankee Stadium in preparation for a ceremony to retire The Babe?s legendary number on June 13th.
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1953: Behind the pitching of Jim McDonald and Allie Reynolds? first-place New York beats Detroit, 6 - 3, to run its win streak to 14 games. New York gets a game-winner from Mickey Mantle off Art Houtteman that crowns the roof in right center at Detroit. Mantle has now hit in 16 straight games? but will go hitless tomorrow? when he pulls a thigh muscle. Hitting .353 at the end of today? Mantle will hit just .255 the rest of the year.
1954: The Tigers hit 6 home runs in a game against the Athletics? winning 16 - 5? to get them back to the .500 level. Both 3B Ray Boone and teammate RF Al Kaline hit grand slams. For Kaline? he becomes the youngest player to hit a grand slam since Joe DiMaggio, and is one of 3 grand slams he will hit in his career.
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1955: The Detroit Tigers signed Jim Small as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).
1956: The discussion over the cork-center baseball continues. At this point? there have been 745 homers in the majors? hit by 192 players; at this point in the 1927 season? there were 320 homers? hit by 140 ball players. National League President Warren Giles will retort that bigger players? not livelier balls? account for the present-day hitting feats.
1957: Brooklyn Dodgers legend Roy Campanella hits career HR #237, breaking Gabby Hartnett's National League record for home runs by a catcher!
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1960: At Fenway Park? the White Sox set an American League record with just 7 assists in a twi-night doubleheader split against the Red Sox? losing 5 - 4 and winning 8 - 4.
With 2 assists in the first game and 5 in the 2nd? Chicago also sets an AL record for fewest assists in 2 consecutive games. Don Buddin hits a leadoff home run in the day game off Early Wynn? who allows just one more hit till the 6th.
After a Pete Runnels single? Wynn knocks down Ted Williams with an inside pitch. Ted then belts his 497th homer? a 450-foot shot. Vic Wertz follows a walk to Williams in the 8th with a home run.
1961: At Tiger Stadium, Norm Cash becomes the first Detroit player to hit a fair ball over the right field roof.
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1964: After a 2-week absence? Mickey Mantle is back in the lineup and clouts 2 home runs at Fenway Park off Bill Monbouquette. The Yankees win easily, 8 - 4.
1966: Ernie Banks ties a modern major league record with 3 triples? as Chicago wins, 8 - 2 in the Astrodome. Chicago OF Adolfo Phillips also ties a record by striking out 9 straight times in 2 consecutive games (more than 18 innings).
1969: Jim Price hits a walk-off double in the bottom of the 10th against Seattle.
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1984: Tigers edge Toronto 5-4 at Exhibition Stadium. With the game tied at 3 in the 4th, Lou Whitaker hits a 2-run home run.
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1990: Nolan Ryan pitches the sixth no-hitter of his career, extending his major league record, as the Texas Rangers beat Oakland, 5 - 0. Ryan was the first to pitch no-hitters in three different decades, to accomplish the feat for three different teams and, at age 43, the oldest to throw one.
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1991: The Detroit Tigers signed Jeff Kaiser as a free agent.
1994: Detroit defeats California by a score of 11 - 5 as OF Kirk Gibson hits a grand slam and a 3-run homer.
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1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Victor Santos as an amateur free agent.
1995: Cincinnati defeats Houston? 3 - 2? in 10 innings on Ron Gant's homer. It is Gant's 4th extra-inning homer of the season? tying him with Willie Mays for the National League record. Charlie Maxwell hit 5 for the Tigers in 1960.
2011: The Tigers catch the Indians atop the AL Central with an 8 - 1 win over Seattle. Max Scherzer picks up his 8th win, tied for the AL lead, defeating Michael Pineda.
2013: The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a game-tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers P Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke's head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, Los Angeles wins the game, 5 - 3. Major League Baseball will hand out 8 suspensions and 12 fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a 10-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches.
2014: The Detroit Tigers released Luis Exposito.
2014: The Detroit Tigers released Eduardo Sanchez.
2014: The Seattle Mariners traded Manny Pina to the Detroit Tigers for player to be named.
2017: Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark.
2018: The Detroit Tigers released Brayan Pena.
2022: The Detroit Tigers purchased Michael Mariot from the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Archie Yelle 1917-1919.
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John Doherty 1992-1995.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Adam_Pettyjohn
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Adam Pettyjohn 2001.
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Ezequiel Carrera 2014.
Tigers players who passed away:
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Dan Boone 1921.
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Dave Boswell 1971.
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Chico Fernandez 1960-1963.
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