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May 27 in Tigers and mlb history:
1898: Detroit (Western) purchased John Ganzel from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1909: In an American League game featuring a major league record-setting 44 assists by both teams, the Cleveland Naps defeat the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 2. The National League-high assist marks of April 23, 1903 and May 15, 1909 (both between the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds) fall short of today's record. Addie Joss for Cleveland and Barney Pelty for St. Louis are the pitchers as each team records 22 assists.
1921: Ty Cobb signs his contract for $30,000. with owner Frank Navin.
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1937: Carl Hubbell earns his 24th consecutive victory over two seasons and Mel Ott hits a 9th-inning home run as the New York Giants defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 3 - 2. Hubbell wins the game in relief. His 24-win string started on July 17, 1936.
1939: For the first time in his career, Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle, in a 12 - 5 win against the St. Louis Browns. Gehringer does it in order - single, double, triple, home run. and becomes the 4th major league player and 2nd Tiger to hit for a natural cycle (single, 2B, 3B, & home run in order).
1960: Baltimore Orioles catcher Clint Courtney uses an oversized mitt in an effort to handle the pitches of knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. The mitt, designed by Baltimore manager Paul Richards, is 50 percent larger than the standard. Courtney handles Wilhelm's pitches flawlessly in a 3 - 2 win over the Yankees. The oversized mitt will later be banned.
1968: Major League Baseball expands outside the confines of the United States as the National League announces expansion for the first time in seven years, awarding franchises to Montreal as well as San Diego, to begin play next season.
1968: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, born this day in Columbus, GA.
1968: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell, born this day in Boston, MA.
1979: The Chicago White Sox purchased Milt May from the Detroit Tigers.
1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Jason Thompson to the California Angels for Al Cowens.
1991: The Tigers beat the Brewers 15-9 in 14 innings! Both teams scored 4x in the 6th, the Tigers 2 in the 8th, Brewers 3. Tigers got 7 in the 14th! Andy Allanson, Mickey Tettleton & John Shelby homered for Detroit. Travis Fryman had 4 hits & Cecil Fielder drew 5 walks.
1997: Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners breaks his own major league record for home runs hit through May by connecting for his 23rd of the season in an 11 - 10 loss to Minnesota. Griffey breaks the mark he set in 1994 with 22 homers.
2000: The St. Louis Cardinals pay tribute to Dizzy Dean by dedicating a statue of the Hall of Fame pitcher by sculptor Harry Weber outside Busch Stadium. Dean joins Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Bob Gibson, and Lou Brock who have also been honored in such a manner.
2000: The Cincinnati Reds retire the Number 24 jersey worn by Hall of Famer Tony Perez, making it just the sixth to be retired by the oldest professional baseball organization. The former first baseman joins Fred Hutchinson (1), Johnny Bench (5), Joe Morgan (8), Ted Kluszewski (18) and Frank Robinson (20) in this hallowed club.
2003: The Milwaukee Brewers traded Alex Sanchez to the Detroit Tigers for Chad Petty (minors) and Noochie Varner (minors).
2003: In Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a decision preventing the Florida attorney general from investigating Major League Baseball's 2001 attempt to eliminate two teams. The 11th circuit decision, by Judges Gerald B. Tjoflat, Susan H. Black and Richard W. Goldberg, is based on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and state law rather than the sport's antitrust exemption and is considered to be a major victory by the commissioner's office.
2004: Carlos Pena of the Detroit Tigers goes 6 for 6 with two home runs, five RBI and four runs in a 17 - 7 victory over Kansas City. Pena becomes the fourth Tiger to get 6 hits in a 9-inning game. Tigers tie a team record with 27 hits.
2011: The Detroit Tigers traded Scott Sizemore to the Oakland Athletics for David Purcey.
2012: Quintin Berry becomes the first Tiger since 1918 to get a hit in his first five major league games.
2016: The Detroit Tigers released Alberto Gonzalez.
2016: Michael Fulmer retires 14 of the first 15 batters he faces in 7+ shutout innings in the Tigers' 4-1 win in Oakland.
2017: Tigers draw 9 walks but are shut out by the White Sox 3-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
Buck Farmer strikes out 11 in 6 shutout innings in the Tigers' 4-3 win in Game 2.
2019: The Detroit Tigers selected Austin Adams off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
2021: The Cubs' Javier Baez is at the center of one of the wildest baserunning plays anyone has ever seen. With two outs in the 3rd inning and Willson Contreras on second base, he hits what looks like a routine inning-ending grounder to third base. However, Pirates 3B Erik Gonzalez throws wildly to first base, pulling 1B Will Craig off the bag, towards home. Baez abruptly stops running, and retreats towards home, and Craig, instead of simply touching the nearby bag to end the inning, begins to chase him. Meanwhile, Contreras has never stopped running and is about to cross home plate. Craig sees him and relays to C Michael Perez, but his throw is high and Contreras slides safely under the tag. Seeing this, Baez, who has practically returned to home plate by that point, turns around again and dashes back towards first base. Had 2B Adam Frazier thought to cover the bag, Baez would have been put out easily and Contreras' run would have been erased, but Frazier is still dashing to reach the base as well, and Perez's throw ends up in right field. Not only is Baez not put out, he makes it all the way to second base on a play that brings back fond memories of Little League baseball mayhem to everyone who witnesses it.
2022: The Detroit Tigers released Ramon Rosso.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Mike 'Pinky' Higgins 1939-1944, 1946.
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Edwin Nunez 1989-1990.
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Ron Tingley 1995.
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Isan Diaz 2023.
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Norman Glaser 1920.
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Rip Collins 1923-1927.
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1898: Detroit (Western) purchased John Ganzel from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1909: In an American League game featuring a major league record-setting 44 assists by both teams, the Cleveland Naps defeat the St. Louis Browns, 5 - 2. The National League-high assist marks of April 23, 1903 and May 15, 1909 (both between the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds) fall short of today's record. Addie Joss for Cleveland and Barney Pelty for St. Louis are the pitchers as each team records 22 assists.
1921: Ty Cobb signs his contract for $30,000. with owner Frank Navin.
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1937: Carl Hubbell earns his 24th consecutive victory over two seasons and Mel Ott hits a 9th-inning home run as the New York Giants defeat the Cincinnati Reds, 3 - 2. Hubbell wins the game in relief. His 24-win string started on July 17, 1936.
1939: For the first time in his career, Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle, in a 12 - 5 win against the St. Louis Browns. Gehringer does it in order - single, double, triple, home run. and becomes the 4th major league player and 2nd Tiger to hit for a natural cycle (single, 2B, 3B, & home run in order).
1960: Baltimore Orioles catcher Clint Courtney uses an oversized mitt in an effort to handle the pitches of knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. The mitt, designed by Baltimore manager Paul Richards, is 50 percent larger than the standard. Courtney handles Wilhelm's pitches flawlessly in a 3 - 2 win over the Yankees. The oversized mitt will later be banned.
1968: Major League Baseball expands outside the confines of the United States as the National League announces expansion for the first time in seven years, awarding franchises to Montreal as well as San Diego, to begin play next season.
1968: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Frank Thomas, born this day in Columbus, GA.
1968: Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell, born this day in Boston, MA.
1979: The Chicago White Sox purchased Milt May from the Detroit Tigers.
1980: The Detroit Tigers traded Jason Thompson to the California Angels for Al Cowens.
1991: The Tigers beat the Brewers 15-9 in 14 innings! Both teams scored 4x in the 6th, the Tigers 2 in the 8th, Brewers 3. Tigers got 7 in the 14th! Andy Allanson, Mickey Tettleton & John Shelby homered for Detroit. Travis Fryman had 4 hits & Cecil Fielder drew 5 walks.
1997: Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners breaks his own major league record for home runs hit through May by connecting for his 23rd of the season in an 11 - 10 loss to Minnesota. Griffey breaks the mark he set in 1994 with 22 homers.
2000: The St. Louis Cardinals pay tribute to Dizzy Dean by dedicating a statue of the Hall of Fame pitcher by sculptor Harry Weber outside Busch Stadium. Dean joins Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter, Bob Gibson, and Lou Brock who have also been honored in such a manner.
2000: The Cincinnati Reds retire the Number 24 jersey worn by Hall of Famer Tony Perez, making it just the sixth to be retired by the oldest professional baseball organization. The former first baseman joins Fred Hutchinson (1), Johnny Bench (5), Joe Morgan (8), Ted Kluszewski (18) and Frank Robinson (20) in this hallowed club.
2003: The Milwaukee Brewers traded Alex Sanchez to the Detroit Tigers for Chad Petty (minors) and Noochie Varner (minors).
2003: In Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a decision preventing the Florida attorney general from investigating Major League Baseball's 2001 attempt to eliminate two teams. The 11th circuit decision, by Judges Gerald B. Tjoflat, Susan H. Black and Richard W. Goldberg, is based on the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and state law rather than the sport's antitrust exemption and is considered to be a major victory by the commissioner's office.
2004: Carlos Pena of the Detroit Tigers goes 6 for 6 with two home runs, five RBI and four runs in a 17 - 7 victory over Kansas City. Pena becomes the fourth Tiger to get 6 hits in a 9-inning game. Tigers tie a team record with 27 hits.
2011: The Detroit Tigers traded Scott Sizemore to the Oakland Athletics for David Purcey.
2012: Quintin Berry becomes the first Tiger since 1918 to get a hit in his first five major league games.
2016: The Detroit Tigers released Alberto Gonzalez.
2016: Michael Fulmer retires 14 of the first 15 batters he faces in 7+ shutout innings in the Tigers' 4-1 win in Oakland.
2017: Tigers draw 9 walks but are shut out by the White Sox 3-0 in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
Buck Farmer strikes out 11 in 6 shutout innings in the Tigers' 4-3 win in Game 2.
2019: The Detroit Tigers selected Austin Adams off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
2021: The Cubs' Javier Baez is at the center of one of the wildest baserunning plays anyone has ever seen. With two outs in the 3rd inning and Willson Contreras on second base, he hits what looks like a routine inning-ending grounder to third base. However, Pirates 3B Erik Gonzalez throws wildly to first base, pulling 1B Will Craig off the bag, towards home. Baez abruptly stops running, and retreats towards home, and Craig, instead of simply touching the nearby bag to end the inning, begins to chase him. Meanwhile, Contreras has never stopped running and is about to cross home plate. Craig sees him and relays to C Michael Perez, but his throw is high and Contreras slides safely under the tag. Seeing this, Baez, who has practically returned to home plate by that point, turns around again and dashes back towards first base. Had 2B Adam Frazier thought to cover the bag, Baez would have been put out easily and Contreras' run would have been erased, but Frazier is still dashing to reach the base as well, and Perez's throw ends up in right field. Not only is Baez not put out, he makes it all the way to second base on a play that brings back fond memories of Little League baseball mayhem to everyone who witnesses it.
2022: The Detroit Tigers released Ramon Rosso.
Tigers players birthdays:
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