July 1 in Tigers and mlb history:
1901: The Detroit Tigers released Emil Frisk.
1902: Playing his first game for Connie Mack's A's, Rube Waddell faces only 27 batters, blanking the Orioles, 2 - 0. The 25-year old southpaw strikes out the side three times by whiffing Billy Gilbert, Harry Howell and Jack Cronin in the 3rd (on just nine pitches) 6th, and 9th innings.
1903: Pitcher Cy Young drives home the only run in the 10th inning as the Boston Americans beat Chicago, 1 - 0.
1911: Ty Cobb, who had an infield single off Earl Hamilton in his last game on June 29th, repeats by beating out another infield hit against the St. Louis lefty. Again Detroit wins, this time 8 - 0.
1916: At age 42 years and 4 months, Honus Wagner is the oldest player to hit an inside-the-park home run. He connects for the Pirates in the 4th inning at Cincinnati.
1920: Walter Johnson pitches a no-hitter, his first, against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. An error by Bucky Harris costs him a perfect game, but Harris's hit drives in Washington's only run. The next day, Johnson comes up with the first sore arm of his life and is useless for the rest of the year, finishing 8-10.
1934: Bill Terry is the top vote-getter in the All-Star balloting. Babe Ruth leads all American League outfielders.
1936: Detroit collects 25 hits off three White Sox pitchers. Included in the pounding are 4 hit games each from 2B Charlie Gehringer, LF Goose Goslin, and RF Gee Walker who had 7 RBI in 21 - 7 win. Tommy Bridges is the complete game pitcher.
1941: Before 52,832 at Yankee Stadium, Joe DiMaggio leads a sweep of the Red Sox, 7 - 2 and 9 - 2. The second game is called after 5 innings. DiMaggio has 2 hits in the first game and one in the second to tie Willie Keeler's major-league hitting streak of 44 games with the help of a difficult decision by the official scorer. Red Sox third baseman Jim Tabor makes a poor throw, but Joltin' Joe is given a hit by New York World Telegram's Dan Daniel. The Yankees have 25 hits in the two games but fail to hit a home run in the first game, ending their streak of 25 consecutive games with at least one dinger. The previous record, set by the Tigers in 1940, was 17 games.
1945: Away from the game for four years, Hank Greenberg makes a dramatic return in front of an emotional crowd of 47,700 at Briggs Stadium as he homers off Charlie Gassaway in his first game following being released from the Armed Forces. Hammerin' Hank's round-tripper helps the first-place Tigers beat the A's 9 - 5.
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1948: Brooklyn's Roy Campanella makes his debut, catching Ralph Branca. Campy doubles in his first at-bat, adds two singles, but the Giants win 6 - 4 over Branca.
1951: Veteran Bob Feller pitches the third no-hitter of his career, tying the record of Cy Young and Larry Corcoran, as he beats Detroit's Bob Cain, 2 - 1. Feller loses his shutout in the fourth when Johnny Lipon reaches on an error, swipes second base, goes to third on a errant pickoff, and scores on a sacrifice fly.
1951: Before 58,815 at Yankee Stadium, the Yanks top the Red Sox, 5 - 2, behind Eddie Lopat's 6-hitter. The win moves the Yankees ahead of the White Sox by four percentage points. Jerry Coleman homers off Mel Parnell, while Johnny Pesky connects for the Sox. Bobby Doerr singles for his 2,000th career hit.
1956: Mickey Mantle switch-hits home runs in the same game for the fourth time in his career. The Yankees win 8 - 6 over Washington.
1957: Cincinnati fans threaten to sue Commissioner Ford Frick unless Gus Bell, George Crowe and Wally Post are restored to the All-Star team. They finished first in the balloting thanks to vote-stuffing by Cincinnati fans, ahead of more deserving players.
1961: Rocky Colavito and Norm Cash each have 3 hits, and rookie Jake Wood's 2-run triple caps a 4-run 11th inning rally as the Tigers' win 11-8 in Baltimore to stay 2 games in front of the Yankees in the American League.
1964: It's "Taxi Day" at Yankee Stadium and nearly 5,000 cabbies and their families are on hand as Kansas City runs up the meter to win, 5 - 4.
1968: Bill Freehan hits 2 home runs and Mickey Lolich strikes out 14 in a 5-1 win over the angels at Tiger Stadium.
10 Time Gold Glove winner in RF, the legendary Al Kaline, makes his first ever start at first base, goes 1-for-3 with an RBI single.
1968: A 1st-inning wild pitch that eludes backup catcher Johnny Edwards allows a run to break Bob Gibson's streak of 47 2/3 innings of scoreless pitching (in which he allows just 21 hits). The Cards beat Don Drysdale and the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 8 - 1. Gibson will pitch 23 innings before giving up another run.
1970: The return of Denny McLain following his suspension is witnessed by a gathering of 53,863 fans and 71 writers. He is knocked out of the box in the 6th inning, but the Tigers rally to beat the Yankees in the 11th 6 - 5.
1972: Roberto Clemente's 4th and 5th (out of 6) career home runs off his friend and fellow future Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins provide the Pirates with a sudden and devastating 4 - 3 walk-off win, against the Cubs at Three Rivers Stadium. Clemente hits Fergie's first pitch in the 7th inning over the left field fence to tie the game. After the Bucs fall behind, 3 - 2, his second homer is a game-ending blast with none out in the 9th.
1972: Nolan Ryan allows five hits and strikes out 16 in pitching the Angels to a 5 - 3 victory over the Athletics. Ryan has a RBI single and is helped by homers from Ken Berry and Leo Cardenas, off Steve Hamilton.
1972: Jim Northrup makes a leaping catch at the wall to start a game-ending double play, Tigers beat the orioles 2 - 0.
Mickey Lolich with the CG shutout. Al Kaline belts a home run.
The catch will be featured on the cover of the team's 1973 yearbook.
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1973: Mickey Lolich hurls his 35th shutout for Detroit, breaking the franchise record previously held by George Mullin. Lolich twirls a masterful four-hitter in blanking the Baltimore Orioles, 1-0 at Tiger Stadium in a game that takes less than two hours to complete.
1973: Luis Aparicio of the Red Sox steals the 500th base of his career in a 9 - 5 loss to Milwaukee. It is the highest total in the American League since Eddie Collins retired in 1930.
1982: Cal Ripken, Jr. is moved from third base to shortstop by Oriole manager Earl Weaver.
1983: Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules that the 43 players who were on the disabled list during the 1981 players' strike are not entitled to their salaries for that period. The decision saves the club owners about $2.5 million.
1985: The Detroit Tigers signed Bob Stoddard as a free agent.
1997: At Tiger Stadium during the course of two games, June 30 and today, against the New York Mets, Bobby Higginson hits home runs in four consecutive official at-bats tying a big-league mark.
2005: The Detroit Tigers released Matt Roney.
2005: The Cleveland Indians sent Steve Green to the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.
2007: The Milwaukee Brewers traded Jose Capellan to the Detroit Tigers for Chris Cody (minors).
2012: Former Tiger Chris Pittaro inducted into the Professional Scouts Hall of Fame.
2014: Rick Porcello becomes the first Tiger since 1944 to throw a CG shutout without a walk or strikeout (17 groundouts, 10 flyouts) as Tigers beat the a's 3 - 0.
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2015: The Detroit Tigers released Xavier Avery.
2016: Michael Fulmer strikes out 10 over seven shutout innings, allowing just two hits and a walk to earn his eighth win
in Tigers 10 - 2 win over the rays. Victor Martinez hits 2 home runs with 6 rbi.
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2018: Josephine Gehringer, widow of Tigers Hall of Famer Charlie Gehringer, dies at age 100 in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Her husband died in 1993. He skipped his Hall of Fame induction for their wedding in 1949.
2023: The
Detroit Tigers released
Heath Hembree.
2025: The
Blue Jays celebrate Canada Day in style with a 12 - 5 win over the
Yankees.
George Springer is the hero, as he delivers a key
grand slam in the 7th inning as part of a seven-RBI day. His two homers give him an even 100 since joining the Jays.
2025:
Matt Gage of the
Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
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Bert Cole 1921-1925.
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Louis Brower 1931.
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Boots Poffenberger 1937-1938.
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Ron Nischwitz 1961-1962, 1965.
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Jamie Walker 2002-2006.
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Herb Hall 1918.
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Ray Scarborough 1953.
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