April 13 in Tigers and mlb history:
1911: Tigers beat White Sox 4-2 on a snowy Opening Day at Michigan and Trumbull.
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1914: Opening Day of the Federal League - Buffalo Buffeds vs. Baltimore Terrapins at Terrapin Park, Baltimore.
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1921: With new U.S. President Warren G. Harding, former president Woodrow Wilson, and VP Calvin Coolidge watching, the Washington Senators lose their home opener, 6 - 3, to the Boston Red Sox. Senators pitcher Walter Johnson leaves after four innings, the first time he has failed to finish an Opening Game.
1921: In the season opener for the New York Yankees, Babe Ruth goes 5 for 5, as New York and Carl Mays beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 11 - 1.
1926: In one of the greatest Opening Day pitchers' duels ever, Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators defeats Eddie Rommel and the Philadelphia Athletics, 1 - 0, in a 15-inning battle. The game will set the record for longest opening day contest until 2012, when the Blue Jays and Indians play 16 innings on April 5th.
1953: For the first time in half a century, a new city is represented in the American or National league. The Braves who moved from Boston to Milwaukee over the winter, open in Cincinnati.
1954: The Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 3-0 at Briggs Stadium. It was the first broadcast in Detroit for the then-radio voice of the Orioles -- a Georgian named Ernie Harwell!
1954: The brand new Baltimore Orioles open in Detroit and lose, 3 - 0. Don Larsen takes the loss against Steve Gromek. The Tigers start fast and will win 12 of their first 18 games.
1954: Hank Aaron makes his major league debut in left field for the Milwaukee Braves and goes 0 for 5 in a 9 - 8 loss to the Cincinnati Redlegs.
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1954: Tom Alston became the first African American to play for the Cardinals.
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1962: At Wrigley Field, Stan Musial scores his 1,869th run to set a new National League record as the Cardinals beat the Cubs, 8 - 5, in 15 innings.
1962: The National League returns to NYC as the New York Mets play their first home game at the Polo Grounds.
1963: Denny McLain's 3rd game as a Tiger. He got the 7-3 win at Baltimore, a complete game win of course.
1965: Jim Northrup hits 2 doubles and Al Kaline has 5 RBIs on a single and double in an 11 - 4 win over the kansas city athletics.
1966: At Fenway Park, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson hit back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning off Dave Morehead, to lead the Baltimore Orioles to an 8 - 1 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Jim Palmer pitches a five-hit complete game and helps himself by hitting a homer in the 2nd.
1968: Looking back on his career some 30 years later, Willie Mays will recall being gunned down going from first to third exactly once: "Roberto Clemente threw me out on a bang-bang play at third. I should have remembered what a tremendous arm he had." If Willie's memory is correct, this was the play, as witnessed by James K. McGee of the San Francisco Chronicle: "Willie Mays, leading off the 7th, lined a single into left for the Giants' first hit. When Willie McCovey, the next hitter, bounced a single over Donn Clendenon's outstretched glove into right field, it appeared the dam had been broken and runs would flow. Then came the key play of the game. Mays rounded second base and slowed down to draw a throw from right fielder Roberto Clemente. Mays, either overestimating his own speed or underestimating the power and accuracy of Clemente's arm, was thrown out trying to reach third. Maury Wills tagged him as he slid by."
1968: Mickey Stanley hits a 2-run double to give the Tigers the lead in the 4th, Tigers get a double and 4 straight walks to score 2 runs in the 5th to pull away and win 5-2 over the white sox.
1968: The Yankees purchased Bill Heath from the Tigers.
1970: The Oakland Athletics use gold-colored bases during the club's home opener. The Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation.
1972: The first player strike in Major League Baseball history ends, with an abbreviated schedule to start two days later.
1980: The first Q battery in major league history occurs, when Dan Quisenberry (pitcher) and Jamie Quirk (catcher) of the Kansas City Royals face the Detroit Tigers. Detroit wins 3 - 2.
1984: Pete Rose of the Montreal Expos gets his 4,000th hit, a double off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jerry Koosman, to join Ty Cobb as the only major leaguers to reach 4,000 career hits. The hit comes exactly 21 years after Rose delivered his first hit.
1984: Tigers win a wild one in Boston 13 - 9. The Tigers go for 8 runs in the 1st off Red Sox starter Bruce Hurst, however, the Red Sox scores 5 in the bottom of the 1st and chase off Milt Wilcox. Doug Bair and Glenn Abbott go 6.1 innings of 1 run ball with 5 K of bullpen work as the Tigers win 13-9 to go 8-0 on this date in 1984. Lance Parrish goes deep and Larry Herndon hits 2 doubles.
1985: Rollie Fingers records his 217th American League save in the Milwaukee Brewers' 6 - 5 win over Texas, breaking Sparky Lyle's record.
1988: A major league record 924 balks will be called this season after umpires are instructed to interpret the complete stop rule more strictly.
1993: Travis Fryman, Rob Deer, & Mickey Tettleton each hit 3-run home runs in a 20-4 romp over Oakland on Opening Day at Tiger Stadium.
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1995: The Tigers traded Tony Phillips to CAL (AL) for Chad Curtis.
1998: Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 300th career home run to become the second-youngest player to reach the milestone. Griffey's 300th, a two-run shot to right off the Cleveland Indians' Jose Mesa, is his second homer of the game and sixth of the season. At 28 years, 143 days old, Griffey is second only to Jimmie Foxx, who hit his 300th at 27 years, 328 days. Foxx hit 534 homers during his Hall of Fame career.
2004: The Tigers signed Mike Difelice as a free agent.
2007: The Tigers signed Kyle Denney as a free agent.
2009: 1976 American League Rookie of the Year Mark "The Bird" Fidrych dies at 54 from an accident while fixing a truck on his farm in Northborough, MA.
2011: After four days of deliberation, the jury in the Trial of Barry Bonds returns a guilty verdict on the charge of obstruction of justice, while failing to reach a decision on the three charges of perjury the slugger was also facing. Barry Bonds faces up to 10 years in jail for the felony conviction, although probation is a more likely; Judge Susan Illston may however decide to re-try the three charges which resulted in a hung jury.
2011: Miguel Cabrera hits a walk-off single with the bases loaded in the 9th.
2016: Willie Horton attends groundbreaking ceremony for the new Detroit PAL facility at the site of Tiger Stadium.
It opened in March 2018.
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2016: Jarrod Saltalamacchia's grand slam gives the Tigers the 7 - 3 win in Pittsburgh. The Grand slam was Saltalamacchia's 100th career home run.
2022: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jamie Westbrook (minors) from the Milwaukee Brewers.
2022: Spencer Torkelson goes 2 for 4 with his first ML Home Run and 2 RBI in a 9 - 7 loss to the red sox.
2023: The
Rays tie the modern major league record shared by the
1982 Atlanta Braves and
1987 Milwaukee Brewers by winning their 13th straight game since the start of the season, 9 - 3, over the
Red Sox. They actually trail for a couple of innings for one of the rare times this season, before scoring seven runs in the bottom of the 5th to run away with the win. However, it is marred by the early departure of pitcher
Jeffrey Springs, who has to leave while facing his first batter in the 4th inning with an elbow issue; he had given up his first run in three starts earlier in the game. Next up in the Rays' crosshairs are the
1884 St. Louis Maroons who won 20 straight games to start the only season in the history of the
Union Association, whose status as a
major league is controversial.
Tigers players birthdays:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Kid Elberfeld. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Kid Elberfeld 1901-1903.
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Herman Long 1903.
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Red Killefer 1907-1909.
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Al Platte 1913.
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Rufe Clarke 1923-1924.
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Ken Jones 1924.
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Roxie Lawson 1933, 1935-1939.
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Jake Mooty 1944.
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Ike Brown 1969-1974.
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Doug Strange 1989.
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Mark Leiter 1991-1993.
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Anthony Castro 2020.
Tigers players and scouts who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Wish Egan. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Wish Egan 1902, scout over 40 years and signed many Star players for Tigers.
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Frank Kitson 1903-1905.
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Mark Fidrych 1976-1980.
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