May 15 in Tigers and mlb history:
1899: Willie Keeler, one of the smallest players and best bunters, drives the ball past startled LF Ed Delahanty of the Phillies for an inside-the-park grand slam and an 8 - 5 victory for Brooklyn.
1901: The first shutout in American League history (during its time as a major league) is recorded as Watty Lee of the Washington Senators blanks the Boston Americans, 4 - 0.
1901: Christy Mathewson (6-0) tosses his third straight shutout, outpitching Jack Taylor to beat the Orphans, 4 - 0. The Giants move into first place with the win over Chicago.
1903: At Detroit, the Tigers pick on Boston outfielder Patsy Dougherty and collect five triples and two homers in winning, 8 - 6. Dougherty misjudges a number of fly balls.
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1911: Ring Lardner writes, "They are using a new ball this year. It's livelier and that means more hitting, and more hitting means longer games, and that's the devil. It appears to be impossible to finish a game in less than two hours."
1911: With the score tied in the 10th inning, Boston's Smokey Joe Wood intentionally walks Ty Cobb, issuing one of two free passes the star will receive all season. Two batters later, Jim Delahanty drives in Cobb for Detroit's 5 - 4 win. With two safeties today, Cobb starts a 40-game hitting streak.
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1912: Ty Cobb charges into the stands at Hilltop Park in New York and attacks a crippled heckler named Claude Lueker. Other fans and Tigers mix it up before order is restored. Ban Johnson suspends Cobb indefinitely for the incident.
1918: In an 18-inning game, Senators legend Walter Johnson defeats Lefty Williams, who also pitches the entire game, and the White Sox, 1 - 0.
1922: In a 4 - 1 win at New York, Ty Cobb beats out a grounder to SS Everett Scott. Veteran writer Fred Lieb scores it a hit in the boxscore he files with the Associated Press. But official scorer John Kieran of the New York Tribune gives an error to Scott. At the season's end, the American League official records, based on AP box scores, list Cobb at .401. New York writers complain unsuccessfully, claiming it should be .399, based on the official scorer's stats. Lieb will reverse himself at the end of the year, but Ban Johnson goes with the hit call.
1926: Ty Cobb?s two home runs help Tigers down Yanks in a slug fest 14-10.
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1933: The major leagues advance the cut-down date a month, limiting rosters to 23 players today instead of June 15th.
1935: Lou Gehrig notches what will be his last career steal of home, at Navin Field. Yankees beat Tigers 4 - 0.
1941: The Detroit Tigers purchased Rip Radcliff from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.
1941: Joe DiMaggio gets a single in four at bats against Eddie Smith of the Chicago White Sox to start his 56-game hitting streak. Joe D's hit goes unnoticed as the Yankees lose, 13 - 1.
1950: The Chicago White Sox returned Bill Connelly (earlier draft pick) to the Detroit Tigers.
1951: The White Sox send lefty Bob Cain to the Tigers for hurler Saul Rogovin.
1952: The Detroit Tigers returned Alex Garbowski (earlier draft pick) to Seattle (PCL).
1952: After pitching four no-hitters in the minors, 33-year-old Virgil "Fire" Trucks of Detroit pitches his first in the major leagues, a 1 - 0 blanking of the Senators. Vic Wertz's dramatic two-out home run in the 9th off Bob Porterfield wins the game at Briggs Stadium. Due to a parade honoring General Douglas MacArthur in downtown Detroit, only 2,215 fans are on hand at Briggs Stadium.
Trucks will throw a second no-hitter later this year vs. the yankees.
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1953: Hall of Famer George Brett, born this day in Glen Dale, WV.
1954: With a pin in his shoulder, Ted Williams returns to action after breaking his collarbone in spring training and is hitless in two at bats against Baltimore. The O's win, 2 - 1, behind Joe Coleman.
1956: The Detroit Tigers traded Jim Delsing and Fred Hatfield to the Chicago White Sox for Jim Brideweser, Harry Byrd and Bob Kennedy.
1957: With today's deadline to cut rosters to 25 players, a number of veterans are handed their walking papers. Among them are: pitchers Ellis Kinder and Jim McDonald, OF Bob Kennedy (White Sox), 1B Preston Ward (Indians), and 1B Eddie Robinson (Tigers).
1967: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Monbouquette.
1967: Hall of Famer John Smoltz born this day in Warren, MI.
1969: Willie Horton leaves the Detroit bench during a 2 - 1 win against Chicago and goes AWOL for four days.
1972: The Detroit Tigers purchased Bobby Brooks from the Oakland Athletics.
1973: California's Nolan Ryan strikes out 12, including the side in the 1st, and hurls his first career no-hitter in beating Kansas City, 3 - 0. SS Rudy Meoli preserves the no-no with a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch in the 8th. It is the first of a record seven no-hitters the "Ryan Express" will throw during his career, including another one in two months.
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1976: Mark Fidrych wins his first major league start, a complete-game 2-hit, 2 - 1 victory over the Indians. The Bird holds the Indians hitless for six innings, talks to the ball, and tamps down the mound before toeing the rubber each inning.
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1981: The Indians' Len Barker pitches the 9th perfect game in 20th century major league history, 3 - 0 over the Blue Jays before just 7,290 fans on a rainy night at Cleveland Stadium. Last year's American League strikeout leader, Barker fans 11. It is the 11th time in major league history the feat has been accomplished, and the first time in 13 years since last being done, by Catfish Hunter in 1968.
1984: Tigers 6 - Mariners 4. Tigers take a 6-1 lead and hold on for the 6-4 win over the Mariners. Willie Hernandez strikes out 5 of 6 batters he faces to earn his 5th save. Tigers are 28-5.
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2009: Juan Rincon of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2009: Ryan Raburn and Brandon Inge hit grand slams as the Tigers defeat Oakland, 14 - 1. It is the first time that Detroit has hit two grand slams in one game since Jim Northrup did it all by himself on June 24, 1968.
2010: Tigers demote Max Scherzer (13.50 ERA in his last 4 starts) to Toledo and call up Armando Galarraga.
move ahead to 2017 on the 7th anniversary of his demotion, Scherzer tossed an immaculate inning after being hit with a 100 mph liner. Tigers beat Boston on a bases-loaded walk by Ramon Santiago in the bottom of the 12th inning.
Joel Zumaya holds the Red Sox to 2 hits and a walk in 2+ innings of scoreless relief.
2012: The White Sox are ahead, 6 - 0, in the top of the 6th inning when the Tigers' bats get to work. Miguel Cabrera, Ryan Raburn and Austin Jackson all homer in an 8-run frame, as Detroit wins, 10 - 8. The Tigers get a scare in the bottom of the 9th, however, when closer Jose Valverde retires the first two Sox hitters, then begins to feel tightness in his back; he gives up a pair of hits and has to leave the game. Veteran Octavio Dotel steps in, and while he gives up a two-run double to Alexei Ramirez, he retires Dayan Viciedo to end the game and pick up his first save as a Tiger.
He has now recorded a save for 9 of the record 13 teams he has pitched for.
2014: Jim Leyland throws out the first pitch at Comerica Park, after a video tribute to his career.
2016: Miguel Cabrera and J.D. Martinez homer on consecutive pitches. Tigers snap a 7-game losing streak beating the orioles 6 - 5.
2018: The Atlanta Braves selected Chad Bell off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
2018: Tigers come back from 5-1 and 8-3 deficits to win 9-8 over the indians.
2019: Pitcher Edwin Jackson makes history by playing for his 14th team when he starts today's game for the Blue Jays against the Giants. He was tied with Octavio Dotel for the record. Jackson is not involved in the decision as Toronto loses the game, 4 - 3.
Tigers players, coaches, and managers birthdays:
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A.J. Hinch Managerial Record
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A.J. Hinch 2003, manager 2021-present.
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Jason Karnuth 2005.
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Jim Adduci 2017-2018.
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Kody Clemens 2022.
Keith Beauregard coach 2023-present.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Lou North. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Lou North 1913.
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Ken Jones 1924.
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Leon 'Goose' Goslin 1934-1937.
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Tigers 6 - Red Sox 5: The sweep smell of success.
'That's just pure joy': Tigers' Malloy delivers walk-off hit to sweep Red Sox.
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Tigers complete sweep of Red Sox with another walk-off thriller.
