June 26 in Tigers and mlb history:
1912: Boston's Smoky Joe Wood outguns the Nationals' ace Walter Johnson to win, 3 - 0. Wood allows three hits to the "Big Trains"' 4. Johnson fans 10 batters in the loss.
1914: In Boston, the Giants hammer the Braves for 27 hits, winning 8 - 4 and 10 - 4, and put Boston back in the cellar. Boston had moved into 7th place with yesterday's win over New York. Christy Mathewson wins the opener over Lefty Tyler, and Art Fromme wraps up the nitecap.
1915: Phillie's ace Grover Alexander continues his masterful pitching, topping Brooklyn's Jack Coombs, 4 - 0. Zack Wheat's 8th-inning single is the only Robin safety.
1916: Cleveland players, in a game with the White Sox, wear numbers pinned to their sleeves, marking the first time players are identified by numbers corresponding to those on the scorecard. Jack Graney, leading off for the Tribe, is the first batter to wear a number in the 20th Century.
1920: Lou Gehrig gets his first national mention when, as a high school junior for New York City's School of Commerce, he steals the show in a high school championship game against Lane Tech in Chicago. His grand slam home run in the 8th gives the New York team a 12 - 8 victory. Scouts sit with open mouths as the ball sails out of the National League park (later known as Wrigley Field).
1935: Lloyd Waner has a still-standing major-league record 18 putouts in CF in a doubleheader as the Pirates take a pair from the Braves at Boston. The Bucs win, 2 - 1 and 5 - 1, behind Joe Bush and Bill Swift.
1936: 17-year-old Ted Williams signs his first pro contract with the San Diego #Padres of the Pacific Coast League.
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1938: Carl Hubbell wins his 200th game, as the Giants beat the visiting Cubs, 5 - 1, and stretch their lead over the second-place Reds to two games.
1939: In Philadelphia, the Yankees play the first night game in franchise history losing to Connie Mack's A's, 3 - 2.
1944: At the Polo Grounds, with over 50,000 fans looking on, the three New York major league teams play against each other in a six-inning three-team game (each team plays consecutive innings against the other two teams then sits out an inning). The contest, which is played to raise money for war bonds ends with the final score of Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.
1949: Pat Mullin goes 4 for 4 and hits three home runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 12 to 4 win over New York.
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1956: The Detroit Tigers signed Kent Hadley as an amateur free agent.
1960: Hoping to speed up the election process, the Hall of Fame changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The BBWAA is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.
1961: The Los Angeles Angels purchased George Thomas from the Detroit Tigers.
1962: Earl Wilson pitches a no-hitter, his first major league shutout, as Boston beats the Los Angeles Angels, 2 - 0. The righthander also hits a home run off loser Bo Belinsky, who pitched his no-hitter six weeks earlier.
1966: The Major League Executive Council decides that both the American League and National League will play 162-game schedules in 1969 and operate two 6-team divisions each.
1966: Sandy Koufax (13-2) matches his National League record of seven consecutive strikeouts in consecutive 9-inning appearances on his way to a 2 - 1 win in Atlanta.
1968: Bill Freehan and Willie Horton are named to the American League All-Star team.
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1968: Cardinal Bob Gibson pitches his 5th straight shutout in the first game of a doubleheader with Pittsburgh.
1970: Frank Robinson belts two successive grand slams during a 12 - 2 Oriole romp over the Senators, just the 7th major leaguer to ever accomplish the feat. Dave McNally, the winning pitcher, Don Buford and Paul Blair trot home ahead of him on each blow. They will be Robby's only grand slams for the O's.
1972: Detroit's Bill Slayback makes his major league debut a good one, allowing no hits for seven innings against the Yankees. Johnny Callison's single in the 8th is the first hit, but Detroit hangs on to a 4 - 3 win.
1974: Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, born this day in Pequannock Township, NJ.
1983: Baltimore's Storm Davis holds the Tigers hitless for eight innings, then needs help from reliever Tippy Martinez to complete a 3 - 1 victory. Pinch hitter Rick Leach, who had been in a 3 for 35 slump, breaks up the no-hit bid with his first home run of the year, leading off the 9th.
1983: Met Rusty Staub delivers his 8th consecutive pinch hit in the 9th inning of an 8 - 4 loss to the Phillies, tying Dave Philley for the all-time major league record. Staub's streak will be snapped by the Cards' Bruce Sutter three days from now.
1984: Tigers 9 - Yankees 7 in 10 innings. The Tigers score 3 runs with 2 outs in the 8th to tie the game. Lance Parrish hits a 2-run home run in the top of the 10th.
1987: Wade Boggs has his hitting streak snapped at 25 games and the Rocket sputters as Roger Clemens fails to hold a 9 - 0, 2nd-inning lead. Boston loses to New York, 12 - 11, in 10 innings. The 9-run comeback ties a Yankee team record: Boston, alas, has blown bigger leads.
1987: The Pittsburgh Pirates traded Pete Rice (minors) and Shawn Holman to the Detroit Tigers for Terry Harper.
1991: Mickey Tettleton repeats his feat of four days ago by again hitting a home run out of Tiger Stadium, in an 8 - 7 win over the Brewers. The Tigers break a 7 - 7 tie with two outs in the 9th.
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1992: The Detroit Tigers signed Dave Johnson as a free agent.
1992: Star second baseman Lou Whitaker is caught trying to steal twice in one game. It's the only time that ever happens to him.
1997: In Detroit's 10 - 6 walloping of the Red Sox, Tiger Brian Hunter swipes four bases. Detroit also gets a home run from Shane Mack to offset two Boston homers.
1997: San Diego Padres legend Tony Gwynn hits an inside-the-park grand slam vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2003: Edgar Martinez, who already holds the Mariners' all-time records for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, walks and runs scored, passes Ken Griffey Jr.'s mark for team career RBIs. His two-run homer in the Mariners' 10 - 6 victory over the Angels gives the All-Star designated hitter 1,153 RBIs - one more than Junior.
2004: Tigers celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1984 championship.
Eric Munson leads off the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off home run.
2007: Gary Sheffield scores his 1,500th career run. Upper Deck honors the feat with a 2008 card.
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2011: The Detroit Tigers retire Sparky Anderson's number 11, eight months after his death.
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2024:
Shohei Ohtani leads off today's game at
Guaranteed Rate Field with a homer off
Erick Fedde of the
White Sox. This gives him a RBI in a tenth straight game, setting a new
Dodgers franchise record; the previous mark of nine such games had been shared by
Eddie Brown (
1924),
Augie Galan (
1944),
Roy Campanella (
1955) and
Matt Kemp (
2011-
2012). The Dodgers never look back, winning the game, 4 - 0.
2024: The
Detroit Tigers signed
Drew Maggi as a free agent.
2025: This year's first two
All-Stars are revealed, as OF
Aaron Judge of the
Yankees and DH
Shohei Ohtani of the
Dodgers are voted in as starters after topping their respective leagues in the first round of fan voting.
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Babe Herman 1937.
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Mike Myers 1995-1997.
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Chris Shelton 2004-2006.
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Joe Sugden 1912.
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Lil Stoner 1922, 1924-1929.
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