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December 12 in Tigers and mlb history:
1887: A baseball reporters association is organized. It pledges to work to standardize scoring practices, especially in the gray area of stolen bases.
1900: The National League considers going back to 12 teams to counter American League moves into some cities. Club owners invite Ban Johnson to come to the NL meeting, but change their mind about compromise and leave the AL head outside the meeting room. The NL awards the AL's Minnesota and Kansas City territories to the new Western League, even before the AL officially abandons them. The NL agrees to hear the players in a public meeting, but rejects all their demands.
1906: The American League gives Ban Johnson a raise to $15,000 for the remaining four years of his contract.
1907: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ira Thomas from the New York Highlanders.
1911: A rift between the leagues develops over widespread charges of ticket speculation during the World Series, and accusations that officials of the Giants and A's were involved. The American League passes a resolution refusing to participate in another World Series until it has control of ticket sales in its own parks. The National Commission investigates the charge that speculators were given large blocks of tickets, but takes no action and releases no findings. The following spring, the Commission finds that much scalping occurred, but there is no evidence either team was involved, and peace is declared.
1922: Jake Ruppert agrees to buy out his partner Colonel Huston and gains full control of the Yankees.
1927: The National League reports more than five million attendance for the league in 1927, a new high.
1930: The Rules Committee of baseball issues a greatly revised code, reducing the number of rules by combining many. Not only is the sacrifice rule abolished but also the rule awarding a home runs when the ball bounces into the stands. "Bounce homers" will now be doubles. This had already been in effect in the American League but not the National League.
1933: At the major leagues' annual meeting, the owners vote Judge Landis another seven-year contract as commissioner. Will Harridge gets a new five-year pact as American League president.
1933: Connie Mack is still selling. First he sells Lefty Grove, the A's top winner in each of the past five seasons, along with Max Bishop and George Walberg, to the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and two players, pitcher Bob Kline and infielder Rabbit Warstler.
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Next, catcher Mickey Cochrane goes to Detroit, then George Earnshaw and backstop Johnny Pasek, just acquired from the Tigers, go to the White Sox for $20,000 and catcher Charlie Berry.
Berry once led the NFL in scoring and will become a major league umpire in the 1940s.
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The day will be known as "Black Tuesday" in Philadelphia.
1933: The Detroit Tigers traded Johnny Pasek and $100,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Mickey Cochrane. As player-manager, Cochrane will lead the Tigers to two straight pennants and their first world championship.
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1938: The Detroit Tigers traded Ed Selway (minors), George Archie, Tony Piet, Jo-Jo White and cash to Seattle (PCL) for Fred Hutchinson. He will pitch 10 seasons and manage 3 seasons for the Tigers.
1940: The Boston Red Sox purchased Pete Fox from the Detroit Tigers.
1941: The Washington Senators traded Jimmy Bloodworth and Doc Cramer to the Detroit Tigers for Bruce Campbell and Frank Croucher.
1944: The Tigers swap infielder Joe Orengo to the Red Sox for Skeeter Webb, son-in-law of Detroit manager Steve O'Neill. O'Neill denies any knowledge of trade talks, saying "I read about it in the morning paper."
1946: The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Jimmy Bloodworth from the Detroit Tigers.
1946: The Detroit Tigers released George Caster.
1949: By a 7-1 vote, the American League rejects a proposal to bring back the legal spitball. The rules committee also alters the strike zone to the space between the armpits and the top of the knees. The new rule eliminates the batter's shoulders being within the strike zone.
1950: The owners vote to drop the bonus and high school rule which was designed to prevent the wealthier clubs from buying up all of the available talent. The rule required that all "bonus players" had to stay on the major league roster after one season in the minors.
1954: Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente lead the North to victory in the Puerto Rican Winter League's annual all-star fund-raiser. The Sporting News correspondent Pita Alvarez De La Vega gives the exuberant young duo's exploits some national exposure: "The league took a break from its pennant battle to stage the annual 'Three Kings' all-star game at Mayaguez. All proceeds went into a YMCA fund to buy gifts for the island's poor children in keeping with the old Latin tradition of the Three Kings bringing gifts on January 6... The All-Star North team, made up of players from the Santurce and Mayaguez clubs, won the game, 7 to 5. Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente hit home runs for the winners."
1957: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jim Delsing from the Chicago White Sox.
1957: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Spencer from the Chicago White Sox.
1968: Cleveland trades pitchers Luis Tiant and Stan Williams to the Twins for 3B Graig Nettles, OF Ted Uhlaender, and pitchers Dean Chance and Bob Miller. Tiant led the American League in ERA in 1968.
1975: The Tigers trade pitcher Mickey Lolich and outfielder Billy Baldwin to the Mets in exchange for outfielder Rusty Staub and pitcher Bill Laxton.
Lolich initially vetoed the trade, but Lolich's attorney induced him to change his mind.
Lolich remains the Tigers Franchise Leader in Strikeouts 2679, Shutouts 39, and Starts 459.
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1976: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Freehan.
1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Kinney.
1985: The Detroit Tigers traded Rich Monteleone to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.
1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Bip Roberts as a free agent.
1997: The Detroit Tigers released Kevin Jarvis.
1998: After being given his last rites, Joe DiMaggio makes a miraculous recovery defying the doctors' dire predictions. He will live another four months.
1999: The Detroit Tigers sent Kimera Bartee to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Brandon Watson as a free agent.
2006: Alexis Gomez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Chad Durbin of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Aquilino Lopez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Oxspring as a free agent.
2011: Will Rhymes of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: The Tigers sign P Joba Chamberlain to a one-year deal.
2017: National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.
2019: Major League Baseball and the Players Association agree to amend the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program to include testing for opioids. The purpose is not to punish players caught, but to offer them treatment in order to prevent another tragedy like that which cost the life of P Tyler Skaggs last summer. In addition, cannabis will no longer be tested for, reflecting the fact the substance is now legal in Canada and in a growing number of jurisdictions in the United States, and does not have performance-enhancing effects.
2019: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rony Garcia from the New York Yankees in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
2020: The Detroit Tigers signed Ian Krol as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Kervin Castro as a free agent.
2023: One day after the record-breaking $700 million contract awarded to Shohei Ohtani by the Dodgers is confirmed.
2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Andrew Chafin as a free agent.
2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Trey Wingenter as a free agent.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Miller as a free agent.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Les Hennessy 1913.
www.baseball-reference.com
Flea Clifton 1934-1937.
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Sawyer Gipson-Long 2023, 2025-present.
Tigers players and announcers who passed away:
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Ty Tyson announcer 1927-1953.
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1887: A baseball reporters association is organized. It pledges to work to standardize scoring practices, especially in the gray area of stolen bases.
1900: The National League considers going back to 12 teams to counter American League moves into some cities. Club owners invite Ban Johnson to come to the NL meeting, but change their mind about compromise and leave the AL head outside the meeting room. The NL awards the AL's Minnesota and Kansas City territories to the new Western League, even before the AL officially abandons them. The NL agrees to hear the players in a public meeting, but rejects all their demands.
1906: The American League gives Ban Johnson a raise to $15,000 for the remaining four years of his contract.
1907: The Detroit Tigers purchased Ira Thomas from the New York Highlanders.
1911: A rift between the leagues develops over widespread charges of ticket speculation during the World Series, and accusations that officials of the Giants and A's were involved. The American League passes a resolution refusing to participate in another World Series until it has control of ticket sales in its own parks. The National Commission investigates the charge that speculators were given large blocks of tickets, but takes no action and releases no findings. The following spring, the Commission finds that much scalping occurred, but there is no evidence either team was involved, and peace is declared.
1922: Jake Ruppert agrees to buy out his partner Colonel Huston and gains full control of the Yankees.
1927: The National League reports more than five million attendance for the league in 1927, a new high.
1930: The Rules Committee of baseball issues a greatly revised code, reducing the number of rules by combining many. Not only is the sacrifice rule abolished but also the rule awarding a home runs when the ball bounces into the stands. "Bounce homers" will now be doubles. This had already been in effect in the American League but not the National League.
1933: At the major leagues' annual meeting, the owners vote Judge Landis another seven-year contract as commissioner. Will Harridge gets a new five-year pact as American League president.
1933: Connie Mack is still selling. First he sells Lefty Grove, the A's top winner in each of the past five seasons, along with Max Bishop and George Walberg, to the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and two players, pitcher Bob Kline and infielder Rabbit Warstler.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fjxya9BX...g&name=900x900
Next, catcher Mickey Cochrane goes to Detroit, then George Earnshaw and backstop Johnny Pasek, just acquired from the Tigers, go to the White Sox for $20,000 and catcher Charlie Berry.
Berry once led the NFL in scoring and will become a major league umpire in the 1940s.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzLG_ZbWQAEDrVK.jpg
The day will be known as "Black Tuesday" in Philadelphia.
1933: The Detroit Tigers traded Johnny Pasek and $100,000 to the Philadelphia Athletics for Mickey Cochrane. As player-manager, Cochrane will lead the Tigers to two straight pennants and their first world championship.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CzLG_ZbW...jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FGXTJj1X...pg&name=medium
1938: The Detroit Tigers traded Ed Selway (minors), George Archie, Tony Piet, Jo-Jo White and cash to Seattle (PCL) for Fred Hutchinson. He will pitch 10 seasons and manage 3 seasons for the Tigers.
1940: The Boston Red Sox purchased Pete Fox from the Detroit Tigers.
1941: The Washington Senators traded Jimmy Bloodworth and Doc Cramer to the Detroit Tigers for Bruce Campbell and Frank Croucher.
1944: The Tigers swap infielder Joe Orengo to the Red Sox for Skeeter Webb, son-in-law of Detroit manager Steve O'Neill. O'Neill denies any knowledge of trade talks, saying "I read about it in the morning paper."
1946: The Pittsburgh Pirates purchased Jimmy Bloodworth from the Detroit Tigers.
1946: The Detroit Tigers released George Caster.
1949: By a 7-1 vote, the American League rejects a proposal to bring back the legal spitball. The rules committee also alters the strike zone to the space between the armpits and the top of the knees. The new rule eliminates the batter's shoulders being within the strike zone.
1950: The owners vote to drop the bonus and high school rule which was designed to prevent the wealthier clubs from buying up all of the available talent. The rule required that all "bonus players" had to stay on the major league roster after one season in the minors.
1954: Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente lead the North to victory in the Puerto Rican Winter League's annual all-star fund-raiser. The Sporting News correspondent Pita Alvarez De La Vega gives the exuberant young duo's exploits some national exposure: "The league took a break from its pennant battle to stage the annual 'Three Kings' all-star game at Mayaguez. All proceeds went into a YMCA fund to buy gifts for the island's poor children in keeping with the old Latin tradition of the Three Kings bringing gifts on January 6... The All-Star North team, made up of players from the Santurce and Mayaguez clubs, won the game, 7 to 5. Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente hit home runs for the winners."
1957: The Detroit Tigers purchased Jim Delsing from the Chicago White Sox.
1957: The Detroit Tigers purchased George Spencer from the Chicago White Sox.
1968: Cleveland trades pitchers Luis Tiant and Stan Williams to the Twins for 3B Graig Nettles, OF Ted Uhlaender, and pitchers Dean Chance and Bob Miller. Tiant led the American League in ERA in 1968.
1975: The Tigers trade pitcher Mickey Lolich and outfielder Billy Baldwin to the Mets in exchange for outfielder Rusty Staub and pitcher Bill Laxton.
Lolich initially vetoed the trade, but Lolich's attorney induced him to change his mind.
Lolich remains the Tigers Franchise Leader in Strikeouts 2679, Shutouts 39, and Starts 459.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFnDEkEX...pg&name=medium
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1976: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Freehan.
1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Dave Stegman to the San Diego Padres for Dennis Kinney.
1985: The Detroit Tigers traded Rich Monteleone to the Seattle Mariners for Darnell Coles.
1997: The Detroit Tigers signed Bip Roberts as a free agent.
1997: The Detroit Tigers released Kevin Jarvis.
1998: After being given his last rites, Joe DiMaggio makes a miraculous recovery defying the doctors' dire predictions. He will live another four months.
1999: The Detroit Tigers sent Kimera Bartee to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
2006: The Detroit Tigers signed Brandon Watson as a free agent.
2006: Alexis Gomez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2007: Chad Durbin of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2008: Aquilino Lopez of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2010: The Detroit Tigers signed Chris Oxspring as a free agent.
2011: Will Rhymes of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2013: The Tigers sign P Joba Chamberlain to a one-year deal.
2017: National broadcaster Bob Costas is the winner of the Ford Frick Award while long-time writer for the Akron Beacon Journal Sheldon Ocker wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award. They will both be honored at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony next July.
2019: Major League Baseball and the Players Association agree to amend the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program to include testing for opioids. The purpose is not to punish players caught, but to offer them treatment in order to prevent another tragedy like that which cost the life of P Tyler Skaggs last summer. In addition, cannabis will no longer be tested for, reflecting the fact the substance is now legal in Canada and in a growing number of jurisdictions in the United States, and does not have performance-enhancing effects.
2019: The Detroit Tigers drafted Rony Garcia from the New York Yankees in the 2019 rule 5 draft.
2020: The Detroit Tigers signed Ian Krol as a free agent.
2022: The Detroit Tigers signed Kervin Castro as a free agent.
2023: One day after the record-breaking $700 million contract awarded to Shohei Ohtani by the Dodgers is confirmed.
2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Andrew Chafin as a free agent.
2023: The Detroit Tigers signed Trey Wingenter as a free agent.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Ryan Miller as a free agent.
Tigers players birthdays:
Les Hennessy Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More | Baseball-Reference.com
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Tigers players and announcers who passed away:
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FIVE FOR FRIDAY
by Holly Horning We’ve entered the busiest time of the off-season. Now that the Winter Meetings have concluded, let the trades and free agent signings begin! If you haven’t been l…
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We’ve entered the busiest time of the off-season. Now that the Winter Meetings have concluded, let the trades and free agent signings begin!
If you haven’t been living under a rock, the Tigers may or may not be part of a big event in the next couple months, if not by the time this blog is published. You’ve heard of Tarik Skubal, right?
We’ve been inundated with trying to figure out what will happen. And so have many others like agents, journalists, podcasters and others. Some with solid rationales and others………Well, let’s just say they’ve thrown logic and a business sense out the door and are simply running on emotional fumes.
Today, it’s my turn to vent. I just can’t take any more silly predictions and have started to dream of the opportunity to play Cher during the scene in Moonstruck when she tells Nicholas Cage “Snap out of it!”
I’ve got the 5 most way-off-base statements as they pertain to trading or keeping Tarik Skubal. Be entertained.
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The Tigers are signing RHP Cole Waites to a minor league deal, with an invite to Spring Training.
Waites missed all of 2024, recovering from Tommy John. Was rocking a 14.9 k per 9 in his minor league career. He has pitched just 8 big league innings.
Waites missed all of 2024, recovering from Tommy John. Was rocking a 14.9 k per 9 in his minor league career. He has pitched just 8 big league innings.
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Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, and Tris Speaker at Cleveland Municipal Stadium for an Old Timers game, 1941.
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Ty Cobb, 1909. He is 22 years old and won the Triple Crown that year hitting .377 with
9 HR and 107 RBI. He also led the league in runs scored (115), hits (216), stolen bases
(76), OBP (.431), slugging (.517), and OPS (.947). A pretty good year.
9 HR and 107 RBI. He also led the league in runs scored (115), hits (216), stolen bases
(76), OBP (.431), slugging (.517), and OPS (.947). A pretty good year.
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Detroit Tigers Winter Meetings Recap: All Quiet Along the Detroit River
Tigers' quiet Winter Meetings was adding depth to the relief core. Meanwhile, Akil Baddoo finds a new home.
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The Brewers have signed OF Akil Baddoo to a one-year Major League contract
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MLB News: Winter Meetings, Tarik Skubal, Pete Alonso, Tyler Glasnow
Who would the Dodgers need to deal to get Tarik Skubal?
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Who would the Dodgers need to deal to get Tarik Skubal?
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Clock is ticking for Tigers to get on Scott Boras' good side with Tarik Skubal
Scott Boras said the Tigers aren't on the clock to offer a new contract extension to Tarik Skubal ... yet.
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3 moves Tigers must make after disappointing 2025 Winter Meetings
The Tigers still have a lot of work to do after accomplishing almost nothing at the Winter Meetings.
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Former Detroit Tigers arm heading back overseas
Elvin Rodriguez will join Victor Reyes with the Lotte Giants in Korea.
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Detroit Tigers add former Giants prospect on minor-league deal
Right-hander Cole Waites missed most of the last two seasons after a second Tommy John surgery.
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Tigers are getting LHP prospect Johan Simon in exchange for RHP Chase Lee.
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Tigers trade RHP Chase Lee to the Blue Jays.
The Tigers dealt the siderarmer to open a 40-man roster spot for Kyle Finnegan.
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Tigers trade top prospect to Blue Jays after bizarre treatment in 2025.
A pitching prospect reset.
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Detroit Tigers trade reliever Chase Lee to Blue Jays for Johan Simon.
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Detroit Tigers trade rookie reliever to Blue Jays.
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Another "doesn't move the needle move".
Tigers trade RHP Chase Lee to the Blue Jays
The Tigers dealt the siderarmer to open a 40-man roster spot for Kyle Finnegan.
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The Tigers dealt the siderarmer to open a 40-man roster spot for Kyle Finnegan.
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Tigers trade top prospect to Blue Jays after bizarre treatment in 2025
The Detroit Tigers are sending right-handed pitcher Chase Lee to the Toronto Blue Jays for a minor league prospect, according to Ken Rosenthal. The Athletic's M
A pitching prospect reset.
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Detroit Tigers trade reliever Chase Lee to Blue Jays for Johan Simon.
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Detroit Tigers trade rookie reliever to Blue Jays
Chase Lee pitched well at the start of his debut season but had a rough July.
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Another "doesn't move the needle move".
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December 13 in Tigers and mlb history:
1906: The Detroit Tigers purchased Claude Rossman from the Cleveland Naps.
1922: Alarmed at the increase in home run hitting (1,054 in the major leagues, up from 936), some American League owners back a zoning system setting a minimum of 300 feet for a ball to be called a home run. The motion dies.
1922: The league requires each club to furnish two home uniforms per player, plus extra caps and stockings on the road, to improve the players' appearance. In National League meetings, Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps. It's left to each club to do as it wishes.
1927: Senators president Clark Griffith gains approval to have Washington open the American League season one day before the rest of the league, to celebrate a "National Day" with the U.S. president throwing out the first ball. The AL also installs Ernest S. Barnard as its president.
1927: The St. Louis Browns traded Harry Rice, Elam Vangilder and a player to be named to the Detroit Tigers for Lu Blue and Heinie Manush. The St. Louis Browns sent Chick Galloway (December 24, 1927) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1930: The 15-year career of George Sisler ends as the Boston Braves release him. A lifetime .340 hitter who twice led the American League with averages above .400, Sisler will be among the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, enshrined in 1939.
1940: Veteran umpire and ex-Tiger George Moriarty is removed from the active staff and transferred to the American League promotional department.
1942: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, born this day in Chatham-Kent, Canada.
1956: The Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the cross-town rivals, the Giants, for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000. Jackie, according to some accounts had already decided privately to leave the game to work for Chock Full of Nuts, publicly retires from baseball rather than accept the trade.
1961: Mickey Mantle signs a 1962 contract for $82,000. Only Joe DiMaggio has been paid more by the Yankees.
1969: The Tigers trade Tom Matchick to the Red Sox for Dalton Jones.
1978: The Detroit Tigers released Mickey Stanley. Stanley played 15 seasons, all with the Tigers, and won a world championship in 1968, and 4 Gold Gloves for his superior defense in Centerfield.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed David Wells as a free agent.
1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Parent as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Johnson from the New York Yankees in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
1999: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Chad Ogea from the Detroit Tigers in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
2001: The Tigers sign IF-OF Craig Paquette to a 2-year contract.
2001: The Detroit Tigers purchased Joe Valentine from the Montreal Expos.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jeff Farnsworth from the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
2001: The New York Mets traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for C.J. Nitkowski and cash. The New York Mets sent Kyle Kessel (minors) (December 13, 2001) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2001: Writing a 24-page pun-filled opinion, U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III upholds most of an arbitrator's decision declaring nine of 22 umpires who lost their jobs following a 1999 mass resignation must be reinstated. To make his point, the judge said it was his job to make sure the arbitrator hadn't "missed the ball" and both parties "make(s) a pitch that all or part of the arbitrator's ruling should be scored as an error and set aside".
2007: The Mitchell Report is released, naming 89 players as having used or been in possession of steroids. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Miguel Tejada, David Ortiz, and Jason Giambi are among those named. The report calls for tighter regulation of performance-enhancing drugs.
2010: Canada Post announces that it will feature Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins on a postage stamp that commemorates black history month next February.
2011: The Associated Press reports a few more features of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement signed earlier this month. The All-Star break will go from three days to four beginning in 2013*, with the Mid-Summer Classic being played on a Wednesday; teams will no longer be allowed to have players on the 40-man roster share a room during spring training; and players are forbidden from displaying tattoos with corporate logos.
2013: Reds 1B Joey Votto is named recipient of the Tip O'Neill Award, given to the best player in Canada, for a record fourth straight year.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Joba Chamberlain as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Waldis Joaquin as a free agent.
2017: The Tigers trade All-Star 2B Ian Kinsler to the Angels for two prospects, P Wilkel Hernandez and OF Troy Montgomery, as they continue a rebuilding trend begun late last season when they traded J.D. Martinez, Justin Upton and Justin Verlander.
2018: The Detroit Tigers drafted Reed Garrett from the Texas Rangers in the 2018 rule 5 draft.
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Austin Romine as a free agent.
2020: The New York Times reports that the Cleveland Indians have decided to bite the bullet and drop their controversial nickname, after years of pressure from Native American activists and others. They had already dropped their caricatural "Chief Wahoo" mascot last year, and pressure only increased after the Washington Redskins of the NFL became the "Washington Football Team" earlier this year. It is not yet clear when the change will take effect, and what the new team name will be. They will eventually be called the "Guardians".
2022: The beneficiary of the latest free agent mega-deal is SS Carlos Correa, who decided to opt out of the final two years of the three-year deal he had signed with the Twins following last year's lockout. His bet pays off handsomely as the Giants offer him a 13-year deal worth $350 million - the biggest in team history. However, the story comes with the usual caveat that a formal announcement will be made after a physical exam, but it will fall apart on December 20th, when the said exam reveals a problem that makes the Giants back out only hours before a scheduled press conference meant to introduce Correa to the media.
2023: At a ceremony in the nation's capital held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Hall of Famer Larry Doby's birth, his family receives the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor that was awarded to him by Congress in 2018. He is only the third baseball player to receive the highest honor that Congress can bestow, after Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson, in recognition for his role as a pioneer for integration as the first African-American player in the history of the American League.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Serven as a free agent.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Brendan White as a free agent.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Rube Kisinger 1902-1903.
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Frank 'Scat' Metha 1940.
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Larry Doby 1959.
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Bubba Morton 1961-1963.
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Carson Fulmer 2020.
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Gleyber Torres 2025-present.
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1906: The Detroit Tigers purchased Claude Rossman from the Cleveland Naps.
1922: Alarmed at the increase in home run hitting (1,054 in the major leagues, up from 936), some American League owners back a zoning system setting a minimum of 300 feet for a ball to be called a home run. The motion dies.
1922: The league requires each club to furnish two home uniforms per player, plus extra caps and stockings on the road, to improve the players' appearance. In National League meetings, Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players' sleeves or caps. It's left to each club to do as it wishes.
1927: Senators president Clark Griffith gains approval to have Washington open the American League season one day before the rest of the league, to celebrate a "National Day" with the U.S. president throwing out the first ball. The AL also installs Ernest S. Barnard as its president.
1927: The St. Louis Browns traded Harry Rice, Elam Vangilder and a player to be named to the Detroit Tigers for Lu Blue and Heinie Manush. The St. Louis Browns sent Chick Galloway (December 24, 1927) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
1930: The 15-year career of George Sisler ends as the Boston Braves release him. A lifetime .340 hitter who twice led the American League with averages above .400, Sisler will be among the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, enshrined in 1939.
1940: Veteran umpire and ex-Tiger George Moriarty is removed from the active staff and transferred to the American League promotional department.
1942: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, born this day in Chatham-Kent, Canada.
1956: The Dodgers trade Jackie Robinson to the cross-town rivals, the Giants, for pitcher Dick Littlefield and $35,000. Jackie, according to some accounts had already decided privately to leave the game to work for Chock Full of Nuts, publicly retires from baseball rather than accept the trade.
1961: Mickey Mantle signs a 1962 contract for $82,000. Only Joe DiMaggio has been paid more by the Yankees.
1969: The Tigers trade Tom Matchick to the Red Sox for Dalton Jones.
1978: The Detroit Tigers released Mickey Stanley. Stanley played 15 seasons, all with the Tigers, and won a world championship in 1968, and 4 Gold Gloves for his superior defense in Centerfield.
1993: The Detroit Tigers signed David Wells as a free agent.
1995: The Detroit Tigers signed Mark Parent as a free agent.
1999: The Detroit Tigers drafted Mark Johnson from the New York Yankees in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
1999: The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Chad Ogea from the Detroit Tigers in the 1999 rule 5 draft.
2001: The Tigers sign IF-OF Craig Paquette to a 2-year contract.
2001: The Detroit Tigers purchased Joe Valentine from the Montreal Expos.
2001: The Detroit Tigers drafted Jeff Farnsworth from the Seattle Mariners in the 2001 rule 5 draft.
2001: The New York Mets traded a player to be named later to the Detroit Tigers for C.J. Nitkowski and cash. The New York Mets sent Kyle Kessel (minors) (December 13, 2001) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.
2001: Writing a 24-page pun-filled opinion, U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III upholds most of an arbitrator's decision declaring nine of 22 umpires who lost their jobs following a 1999 mass resignation must be reinstated. To make his point, the judge said it was his job to make sure the arbitrator hadn't "missed the ball" and both parties "make(s) a pitch that all or part of the arbitrator's ruling should be scored as an error and set aside".
2007: The Mitchell Report is released, naming 89 players as having used or been in possession of steroids. Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, Miguel Tejada, David Ortiz, and Jason Giambi are among those named. The report calls for tighter regulation of performance-enhancing drugs.
2010: Canada Post announces that it will feature Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins on a postage stamp that commemorates black history month next February.
2011: The Associated Press reports a few more features of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement signed earlier this month. The All-Star break will go from three days to four beginning in 2013*, with the Mid-Summer Classic being played on a Wednesday; teams will no longer be allowed to have players on the 40-man roster share a room during spring training; and players are forbidden from displaying tattoos with corporate logos.
2013: Reds 1B Joey Votto is named recipient of the Tip O'Neill Award, given to the best player in Canada, for a record fourth straight year.
2013: The Detroit Tigers signed Joba Chamberlain as a free agent.
2016: The Detroit Tigers signed Waldis Joaquin as a free agent.
2017: The Tigers trade All-Star 2B Ian Kinsler to the Angels for two prospects, P Wilkel Hernandez and OF Troy Montgomery, as they continue a rebuilding trend begun late last season when they traded J.D. Martinez, Justin Upton and Justin Verlander.
2018: The Detroit Tigers drafted Reed Garrett from the Texas Rangers in the 2018 rule 5 draft.
2019: The Detroit Tigers signed Austin Romine as a free agent.
2020: The New York Times reports that the Cleveland Indians have decided to bite the bullet and drop their controversial nickname, after years of pressure from Native American activists and others. They had already dropped their caricatural "Chief Wahoo" mascot last year, and pressure only increased after the Washington Redskins of the NFL became the "Washington Football Team" earlier this year. It is not yet clear when the change will take effect, and what the new team name will be. They will eventually be called the "Guardians".
2022: The beneficiary of the latest free agent mega-deal is SS Carlos Correa, who decided to opt out of the final two years of the three-year deal he had signed with the Twins following last year's lockout. His bet pays off handsomely as the Giants offer him a 13-year deal worth $350 million - the biggest in team history. However, the story comes with the usual caveat that a formal announcement will be made after a physical exam, but it will fall apart on December 20th, when the said exam reveals a problem that makes the Giants back out only hours before a scheduled press conference meant to introduce Correa to the media.
2023: At a ceremony in the nation's capital held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Hall of Famer Larry Doby's birth, his family receives the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor that was awarded to him by Congress in 2018. He is only the third baseball player to receive the highest honor that Congress can bestow, after Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson, in recognition for his role as a pioneer for integration as the first African-American player in the history of the American League.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Brian Serven as a free agent.
2024: The Detroit Tigers signed Brendan White as a free agent.
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You’re familiar with the scenario. Skoobs has 1 more year left before he becomes a free agent and has Scott Boras representing him. Almost all of his clients go to free agency and…
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You’re familiar with the scenario. Skoobs has 1 more year left before he becomes a free agent and has Scott Boras representing him. Almost all of his clients go to free agency and many of them set new salary records.
Skubal, a LHP, is expected to receive a new contract over $400 mill and up to $500 mill. He has simply been the best pitcher in baseball for 2 straight years now.
When he has pitched, the Tigers had a 21-10 record. When others were on the mound, that win-loss record was much less impressive and closer to .500.
However, let’s look at his last 5 starts in 2025:
– 6 innings, 1 ER, 9 K’s
– 6 innings, 1 ER, 8 K’s
– 7 2/3 innings, 1ER, 14 K’s
– 7 innings, 2 ER, 9 K’s
– 6 innings, 1 ER, 13 K’s
The Tigers won only 1 of those games and lost the other 4. It is an indicator that the rest of the roster failed him.
Let’s play a game now. Let’s say that the Tigers do meet Boras/Skubal’s asking price and shell out something between $400 – $500 mill. That means Tarik would be taking home somewhere between $50 – $55 mill per year.
If you could keep Skubal, would you? You’d have MLB’s best pitcher to continue to watch and enjoy for the rest of his career.
However, the signing would leave very little money to spend on the rest of the roster.
Would you rather that the Tigers take that money instead and spread it out among the rest of the roster, upgrading at least several positions?
If you could extend Tarik Skubal, would you?
1. Yes, he's worth every penny.
2. No, I'd rather spread the money and upgrade the rest of the roster.
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Active saves leader Kenley Jansen joining Tigers on 1-year deal.
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Tigers To Sign Kenley Jansen. At 38 years old it is only for 1 year $11 million, but get ready for homeruns allowed.
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Tigers agree to a one-year contract with RHP Kenley Jansen.
The deal includes a club option for 2027 as the Tigers land the greatest active reliever in the game.
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Detroit Tigers sign Kenley Jansen to 1-year contract with club option.
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Detroit Tigers sign veteran closer to bolster bullpen.
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Tigers To Sign Kenley Jansen
One of baseball's most accomplished closers is heading to Motown. Visit MLB Trade Rumors for more details on the one-year contract.
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Tigers agree to a one-year contract with RHP Kenley Jansen
The deal includes a club option for 2027 as the Tigers land the greatest active reliever in the game.
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The deal includes a club option for 2027 as the Tigers land the greatest active reliever in the game.
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Tigers' Kenley Jansen signing raises (good) questions about 2026 bullpen
The Tigers signed free agent closer Kenley Jansen to a one-year deal with a club option for 2027.
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Detroit Tigers sign Kenley Jansen to 1-year contract with club option
Detroit Tigers reliever Kenley Jansen needs 24 saves to reach 500 in his 16-year MLB career – only accomplished by Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman.
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We'll see what happens, but almost every metric from 2025 suggests Kenley Jansen is in for huge regression this year. Career low K rate: 24.4% Career low BABIP: .195
2nd highest FIP: 3.98 3rd worst K/BB: 3.00 Highest strand rate since 2017: 85.2%
Feels like a 2012 signing.
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2nd highest FIP: 3.98 3rd worst K/BB: 3.00 Highest strand rate since 2017: 85.2%
Feels like a 2012 signing.
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Johan Simon from the Chase Lee trade: Averaged 94.0 MPH with the fastball in A that had a 26.4% Whiff%. Changeup with an insane 53.5% Whiff%. Didn’t give up a lot of barrels, but also stayed out of the zone a lot. 46.2% In-Zone%.
10 pitch at bat by Kevin McGonigle vs. Johan Simon in August.
10 pitch at bat by Kevin McGonigle vs. Johan Simon in August.
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Riley Greene, Colt Keith, and Javy Baez all homered against Kenley Jansen on May 2. After that he put up a 1.97 ERA/3.59 FIP. Not as good as he once was, particularly in the strikeout department, but still pretty good. Will be wild seeing that delivery in a Tigers' uniform.
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