March 24 in Tigers and mlb history:
1889: The minor league season opens with the California League in San Francisco and Stockton. This year's new rules include the first legal substitution rule and the reduction of balls for a walk from 5 to 4. The substitution rule, which allows a team to designate one man to be put into the game at the captain's discretion at the end of any inning, will soon be modified.
1893: Future hall of famer George Sisler is born in Manchester Ohio. Sisler will hit over .400 two different seasons and set a record of 257 hits in 1920 later broken by Ichiro in 2004. Six seasons of 200 or more hits and a career .340 BA Sisler gains entry in Cooperstown in 1939.
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1900: Detroit (American) purchased Dick Padden and Jack O'Brien from the Washington Senators for $1,750.
1933: Babe Ruth, another victim of the Great Depression, takes a pay cut of $23,000 from his previous salary of $75,000.
1936: Pitcher Paul Dean follows his brother Dizzy into the fold and signs with the St. Louis Cardinals for $10,000.
1959: In Havana, Cuba, the Cincinnati Redlegs and Los Angeles Dodgers play an exhibition game. For a pre-game photo, Reds outfielder Pete Whisenant swaps his glove for a Fidel Castro rebel's machine gun.
1960: Commissioner Ford Frick says he will not allow the planned Continental League to pool players in the Western Carolinas League, as it would violate existing major-minor league agreements.
1961: The New York State Senate approves $55 million in funding for a new stadium to be built at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY. The park will be called Shea Stadium. After playing their first two seasons in the Polo Grounds, the Mets will move to Shea in 1964, playing there until the end of 2008.
1970: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn orders a halt to the use of X-5 balls, which are much too lively for major league play.
1972: The Montreal Expos purchased Cesar Gutierrez from the Detroit Tigers.
1979: The Chicago Cubs traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Dillard.
The Chicago Cubs sent Ed Putman (March 24, 1979) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1980: Kirk Gibson appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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1981: The Detroit Tigers purchased Bill Fahey from the San Diego Padres.
1982: Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela ends his holdout and reports to the Dodgers spring training camp in Vero Beach, Florida. In 1981, Valenzuela captured the National League Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards after winning 13 games with a 2.48 ERA and 180 strikeouts during the strike-shortened season. After earning just $42,500 in his rookie season, Valenzuela had asked for a raise to $1 million this year. The Dodgers unilaterally renewed his contract for a reported $350,000 instead.
1983: The Texas Rangers traded Johnny Grubb to the Detroit Tigers for Dave Tobik.
1984: The Detroit Tigers acquire relief pitcher Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher John Wockenfuss and outfielder Glenn Wilson.
Hernandez will win the American League MVP and Cy Young awards after saving 32 games with an 1.92 ERA and 140.1 innings in 80 pitching appearances. His brilliant pitching during the postseason will help Detroit to the World Series Championship.
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1984: The Detroit Tigers release Rick Leach
1984: The Detroit Tigers release Jim Smith.
1987: The Detroit Tigers traded Dario Guzman (minors) to the Texas Rangers for Orlando Mercado.
1988: The Minnesota Twins traded Billy Beane to the Detroit Tigers for Balvino Galvez.
1999: The Detroit Tigers selected Jason Maxwell off waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
2002: The Detroit Tigers traded Rich Gomez (minors) and Javier Cardona to the San Diego Padres for Damian Jackson and Matt Walbeck.
2006: Minor league umpires plan to strike when the season starts next month and file an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board.
2014: The Detroit Tigers signed J.D. Martinez as a free agent.
2014: The Baltimore Orioles traded Alex Gonzalez to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Lombardozzi.
2017: The Detroit Tigers released Sean Halton.
2018: The Detroit Tigers released Alexi Amarista.
2018: The Corner Ballpark opens at Michigan & Trumbull #TigerStadium
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2020: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes the inevitable announcement that the 2020 Olympics, scheduled to be held in Tokyo in July, will be postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The unprecedented medical emergency has wreaked havoc with sporting events around the world and athletes had been clamoring for the Olympic movement to do the same, for safety reasons. Before this, only the two World Wars of the 20th Century had forced a change to the Olympic schedule since the creation of the modern games in 1896. Baseball is scheduled to make its return as a medal sport after having been last played in 2008.
Tigers players, scouts, and front office birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Saul Rogovin. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Saul Rogovin 1949-1951.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dick Kryhoski. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Dick Kryhoski 1950-1951.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Dick Egan. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Dick Egan 1963-1964, scout 2002-2006, assistant to GM 2007.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of José Valverde. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jose Valverde 2010-2013.
Tigers players and announcers who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jerry Robertson. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jerry Robertson 1970.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Birdie Tebbetts. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Birdie Tebbetts 1936-1942, 1946-1947.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of George Kell. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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George Kell 1946-1952, broadcaster 1959-1963, 1964-1996.
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