May 23 in Tigers and mlb history:
1888: Hall of Famer Zack Wheat was born this day in Hamilton, MO.
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1901: Nap Lajoie of the Philadelphia Athletics receives the ultimate sign of respect from an opposing team when he is intentionally walked with the bases loaded by the Chicago White Sox.
1902: Cleveland financier Charles Somers, who is also the president of the Boston club, meets with Nap Lajoie in Philadelphia and guarantees him a 4-year contract at $7,000 per year no matter what the legal outcome of his case. Lajoie has played one game, then sat in the stands. In 1903, Cleveland fans will vote to rename the club the Naps in honor of Lajoie.
1907: Before a packed house of 23,000, John McGraw uses his entire pitching staff of six against the Cubs, but Chicago still wins 5 - 2, to move into first place over New York. Hooks Wiltse lasts just one inning giving up two Chicago runs. Jimmy Sheckard's three-run homer in the 5th off Christy Mathewson pitching on a day's rest seals the win for Chicago.
1911: Detroit beats Washington's Walter Johnson 9 - 8. Detroit loads the bases in the 8th inning for Ty Cobb already 3 for 4 with 3 stolen bases and Johnson in relief of Dolly Gray walks him to force in what will be the winning run.
1911: New York's Christy Mathewson continues his mastery of the Reds beating them
7 - 2? for the 18th straight time.
1917: Grover Alexander of the Phils allows the Reds only 2 hits; he collects 3 himself including a home run and a sacrifice and wins 5 - 1 over Fred Toney.
1919: It's Hank Gowdy Day in Boston the catcher's first game after returning from the Army. He hits the first pitch he sees from Dolf Luque for a single but the Reds prevail over the Braves 10 - 4.
1920: After a week in bed with illness Babe Ruth returns to belt a two-run homer in the 6th off Carl Weilman to give the Yankees a 3 - 2 win over the visiting Browns.
1922: George Sisler and Frank Baker match homers as the Browns and Yankees go into the 7th tied, 3 - 3. Ken Williams hits his 12th home run of the year with 2 on giving St. Louis a 6 - 3 lead and the Browns add 5 more off reliever Lefty O'Doul to win 11 - 3. Urban Shocker is the winner.
1924: Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators strikes out 14 in a 4 - 0, one-hit win over the Chicago White Sox for his 103rd major league career shutout.
1926: Hack Wilson smacks a 5th-inning home run a rare blast off the Wrigley Field scoreboard?situated at ground level to start a rout of the Braves. The Cubs score 7 runs in the 8th inning to win, 14 - 8. Sparky Adams contributes 4 hits for Chicago. Later that night Wilson and a few others are arrested at a friend's apartment for drinking beer in violation of the Prohibition Act. The scoreboard will be moved to the left field corner in 1937 before one will be built atop the newly-built bleachers.
1926: In Washington Al Simmons hits a solo homer off Walter Johnson into the CF stands. The A's beat the "Big Train" 5 - 3 behind the pitching of Slim Harriss.
1930: Despite a homer by Bill Terry in the 8th and a 3-run shot by Mel Ott in the 9th Carl Hubbell loses to the Phillies, 9 - 8. Philadelphia bangs out 17 hits including a home run by Pinky Whitney against "King Carl."
1934: Boston's Lefty Grove allows 5 early runs then settles down to beat the Indians 7 - 5. Down 5 - 4 in the 9th Grove hits for himself and singles. Grove will lose his next four.
1936: Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs 2 in the nitecap good for 4 RBI as the visiting Yankees pound the Athletics 12 - 6 and 15 - 1. The crowd of 24,240 one of the largest in several seasons pelts the field with cushions bottles and other articles making play difficult. Bill Dickey Ben Chapman Red Rolfe and Frank Crosetti also homer for New York.
1945: Mort Cooper is traded by the Cardinals to the Braves. The three-time 20-game winner has twice jumped the club in a salary hassle. Threatening to run out again unless his contract is increased from $12,000 to $15,000 Cooper is swapped by owner Sam Breadon to the newly-affluent Braves for Red Barrett and $60,000 cash. Cooper will develop arm trouble while Barrett 9-16 in 1944 will win 21 games for the Cards this season.
1948: Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hits three consecutive home runs a 6 - 5 victory over the Cleveland Indians Two of his homers come off Bob Feller.
1951: Mel Parnell gives up 4 hits in shutting out the Browns while stroking 4 hits himself. Ted Williams walks 5 times in the 12 - 0 win. Vern Stephens sets an assist record for a third baseman with an assist from SS Johnny Pesky. On the last out of the game a grounder to Pesky he flips to Stephens who fires to 1B to set the record at 10 assists.
Frank Malzone will equal the record in 1957 and Ken McMullen will top it in 1966.
1953: The Detroit Tigers selected Earl Harrist off waivers from the Chicago White Sox.
1961: Norm Cash Steve Boros and Dick Brown hit consecutive homers and Al Kaline also goes deep for the Tigers in a 5 - 2 win over Minnesota.
1963: Baltimore veteran Robin Roberts two-hits the Senators to win, 6 - 0. Both hits are by weak-hitting Eddie Brinkman.
1969: Mickey Lolich sets a Detroit record with 16 strikeouts while defeating Andy Messersmith and the Angels, 6 - 3. Mickey Stanley's grand slam is the difference. Lolich's mark breaks the record of 15 set by Paul Foytack in 1956. Lolich's record was broken the 2013 season by Anibal Sanchez with 17 Strikeouts.
1971: With 53,337 on hand, Mickey Lolich and Les Cain with 3 innings from Joe Niekro notch shutouts as the Tigers sweep a doubleheader from the Senators, 5 - 0 and 11 - 0. The loser in the opener is Denny McLain making his first appearance in Detroit since being traded. Al Kaline and Norm Cash each hit two-run homers off Denny with Cash adding another pair one with the sacks full in the nitecap.
1980: Five hours after the midnight deadline, Major League players and owners avert a strike by announcing a new four-year basic agreement.
The new deal raises the minimum salary from $21,000 to $30,000 and increases the clubs' contributions to the players' pension fund, but the major issue of free agent compensation remains unresolved.
1981: The Detroit Tigers signed Paul Gibson as a free agent.
1984: At Anaheim 41,205 watch as Dan Petry and the Tigers clip the Angels 4 - 2 to run Detroit's record to 34-5. Detroit has now won 16 straight on the road to tie the American League record of the 1912 Senators. The win goes to Petry. The losing pitcher is reliever Frank LaCorte who takes his last major league loss when he gives up a two-run homer in the 7th to Lance Parrish.
1987: Lou Whitaker hits his 100th career home run in a loss to the twins.
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1989: The Cleveland Indians lose to the Detroit Tigers, 7 - 2, to drop their record to 21-22, but remain in first place in the AL East by percentage points. It marks the latest point in a season a sub-.500 team has been in first place.
1989: The Detroit Tigers signed Brad Havens as a free agent.
1991: Andre Dawson became the third member of the 300-300 club.
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1996: In the Red Sox's 11 - 4 sinking of the Mariners Roger Clemens tosses a complete game win and bounces his first major league hit and the first by a Sox pitcher since 1972. Clemens gets to bat when DH Jose Canseco moves to LF in the 8th inning.
2002: At Miller Park, Shawn Green of the Los Angeles Dodgers becomes the 14th man in major league history to hit four home runs in a game and also sets a big league record with 19 total bases. Green goes 6 for 6, scores six runs (both franchise records), and has seven RBI in a 16 - 3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Green is the second player this year to hit four home runs in a game. He also surpasses Joe Adcock's former mark of 18 total bases, set in 1954. Green also is the first major league player to collect six hits while hitting four homers, and his four homers plus a double tie the National League mark for extra-base hits. The Dodgers hit eight homers in the game, another franchise record. Before today's power display, Green had gone 0 for 15, and had been benched on May 18th.
2002: The Detroit Tigers released Bill Simas.
2012: Quintin Berry's first major league hit is a bunt double. The Tigers give up 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th to lose to Cleveland 4-2.
2016: The Detroit Tigers released Nate Schierholtz.
2016: Miguel Cabrera goes 3-for-3 with 2 home runs and a double in the Tigers' 5-4 win over the Phillies.
2016: The family of late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn files a wrongful death lawsuit against the tobacco industry. Gwynn died in 2014 at age 44 of salivary gland cancer caused by using smokeless tobacco for over three decades.
2021: There are two very hot teams in the majors right now. In the American League, the Rays win their 10th straight, 6 - 4 over the Blue Jays, when they rally for 4 runs in the top of the 9th thanks to the generosity of Tyler Chatwood and Travis Bergen, who walks three consecutive batters with the bases loaded.
In the National League, the Padres win their 9th straight, completing a perfect homestand, with Fernando Tatis Jr. leading the charge with 2 homers, including a grand slam, and 6 RBIs, in a 9 - 2 win over the Mariners.
2024: The
New York Mets selected
Ty Adcock off waivers from the
Detroit Tigers.
Tigers players birthdays:
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Frosty Thomas 1905.
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Charlie Sullivan 1928, 1930-1931.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Jordan Zimmermann. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Jordan Zimmermann 2016-2020.
Tigers players who passed away:
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Danny Clark. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Danny Clark 1922.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Johnny Grabowski. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Johnny Grabowski 1931.
Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Earl Webb. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Earl Webb 1932-1933.
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Rip Radcliff 1941-1943.
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Check out the latest Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More of Charlie Keller. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, bats, throws, school and more on Baseball-reference.com
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Charlie Keller 1950-1951.
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Jose Lima 1994-1996, 2001-2002.
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