2014 Event Third baseman Miguel Cabrera signs a 10-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for $292 million, exceeding the 10-year contract signed by Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees in 2007 for $275 million 2013 Event American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team 2011 Event In Game 5 of the American League Division Series, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, moving on to play the Texas Rangers 2010 Event Over 700 former Tamil Tigers are released by the Sri Lankan army after completing a rehabilitation program 1998 Event Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1st game they host Detroit Tigers 1997 Event Detroit Tigers retire pitching great Hal Newhouser's #16 1997 Event Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3 1997 Event Detroit Tigers bat out of order against Oakland A's in 1st inning 1996 Event New York Yankee Dwight Gooden wins his 1st AL game beating Tigers 10-3 1996 Event Greg Pavlik one-hits Tigers making the Rangers 1st AL team to pitch back-to-back one-hitters since the Washington Senators in 1917 1996 Event Highest scoring baseball game in 17 years - Twins 24, Tigers 11 1996 Event Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder steals 1st base in 1,097th career game 1995 Event Mike Mussina tosses Balt's 5th consecutive shutout 4-0 win over Tigers 1995 Event Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record 1995 Event White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium 1994 Event Tigers tie record of hitting home runs in 25th consecutive games 1993 Death Irving Torgoff, U.S. baseball player (Detroit Tigers), dies at 75 1991 Event Orioles last game at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (vs Detroit Tigers) 1991 Event Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi 1990 Event Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0 1988 Event Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home 1987 Event Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant 1987 Event Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant 1987 Event Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East 1987 Event Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator 1986 Event Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 Death Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 1985 Event Tigers Darrell Evans is 1st to hit 40 home run seasons in both leagues 1984 Event Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award 1984 Event Detroit Tigers beat San Diego Padres, 4 games to 1 in 81st World Series 1984 Event Tigers clinch AL East championship (spent all year in 1st place) 1984 Event Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins 1984 Event Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game 1984 Event Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game 1984 Event Tigers set best 30 game start record (26-4) 1984 Event Cleveland Indians beat Detroit Tigers, 8-4, in 19 innings 1983 Event Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers 1983 Event Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park home runs 1983 Event NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver 1982 Event Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive home runs 1979 Event "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers 1979 Event Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson 1975 Event Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers 1973 Event Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers 1973 Event California Angel Nolan Ryan 2nd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 6-0 1973 Event Brothers Jim and Gaylord Perry face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses 1973 Event Kansas City Royal Steve Busby no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1972 Birthday Kimera Bartee, born in Omaha, Nebraska, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1972 Event Plate ump and catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is ump and Tom Haller is Tigers catcher, Kansas City Royals win 1-0 1972 Birthday Clint Sodowsky, born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1972 Birthday Tony Clark, born in Newton, Kansas, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1972 Event Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) 1971 Birthday Melvin Nieves, San Juan Puerto Rico, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1971 Birthday Greg Keagle, born in Corning, New York, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1971 Birthday Felipe Lira, born in Miranda, Venezeula, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1971 Event Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves 1970 Event Billy Martin named manager of Detroit Tigers 1970 Birthday Robert Higginson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1970 Event Denny McLain returns, (leaves trailiing) Tigers beat Yankees in 11 1970 Event Tigers Al Kaline collides with another player and swallows his tongue 1969 Birthday Mark Lewis, Hamilton, Ohio, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1969 Birthday Andujar Cedeno, La Romana, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1969 Birthday Michael Myers, born in Illinois, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1969 Birthday Travis Fryman, born in Lexington, Kentucky, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1969 Birthday Brad Ausmus, born in New Haven, Connecticut, catcher for the Detroit Tigers 1969 Birthday Brian Williams, Lancaster, South Carolina, pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Astros 1968 Birthday Curtis Pride, Washington D.C., outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1968 Birthday Chad Curtis, Marion, Indiana, outfielder, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers 1968 Event Detroit Tigers beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3 in 65th World Series 1968 Event 1st time, 2 soon-to-be-named MVPs oppose each other Cards Bob Gibson beat Tigers Denny McLain 4-0 1968 Event Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season 1968 Event New York Yankee outfield Rocky Colavito pitches 2 2/3 innings and beats Tigers 6-5; he played right field in 2nd game and homered 1968 Event Yankees and Tigers play 3-3 tie in 19 due to 1 AM curfew 1968 Event Jim Northrup hits 2 grand-slammers to help Tigers beat Cleveland 14-3 1968 Death Tommy Bridges, U.S. baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 1968 Birthday Tom Urbani, Santa Cruz California, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers 1967 Birthday Greg Gohr, Santa Clara California, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1967 Event Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0 1967 Death Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Detroit Tigers/534 home runs), dies at 59 1967 Birthday Omar Olivares, born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1967 Event Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers and Athletics) 1967 Birthday John Doherty, born in the Bronx, New York, John Harold Doherty, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox Major League Baseball teams 1967 Event Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers 1967 Birthday Rich Rowland, U.S. baseball catcher for the Detroit Tigers 1967 Birthday Kurt Knudsen, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1966 Birthday Gregg Olson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers 1966 Birthday Mike Walker, Brooksville, Florida, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1965 Birthday Scott Livingstone, born in Dallas, Texas, infielder, San Diego Padres, Detroit Tigers 1965 Birthday A. J. Sager, born in Columbus Ohio, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1964 Birthday Eddie Williams, born in Sheveport, Louisiana, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1964 Birthday Steve Searcy, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, William Steven Searcy, baseball player, pitcher, played for Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Major League Baseball teams from 1998 - 1992 1963 Birthday Cecil Fielder, born in Los Angeles, California, infielder, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees 1963 Event Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000 1962 Birthday Kelly Preston, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actress, Mischief, Twins, A Tigers Tale 1962 Birthday Darnell Coles, born in San Bernardino, California, professional baseball player, third baseman, outfielder, played for The Detroit Tigers, Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball Teams 1961 Birthday Tim Belcher, Sparta Ohio, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals 1961 Birthday Mark Parent, Ashland OR, catcher for the Detroit Tigers 1961 Death Ty Cobb, baseball great, Detroit Tigers, dies of cancer at 74 1961 Event Briggs Stadium is renamed Tigers Stadium 1960 Birthday Andy Van Slyke, born in Utica, New York, professional baseball player, outfielder, played for the St. Louis Cardinals, coached first base for the Detroit Tigers 1960 Event Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down 1960 Event Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers 1960 Event Cleveland Indians trade Rocky Colavito to Tigers for Harvey Kuenn 1959 Birthday Bill Gullickson, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1958 Birthday Walt Terrell, born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, professional baseball player, starting pitcher, played for the New York Mets, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates 1958 Birthday Alan Trammell, Garden Grove California, infielder for the Detroit Tigers 1957 Birthday Kirk Gibson, Michigan, outfield, Tigers, Dodgers, 1988 NL MVP 1957 Birthday Lou[is Rodman] Whitaker, 2nd baseman for the Detroit Tigers 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Event Indians' Rocky Colavito hits his 1st grand slam, Cleveland 5, Tigers 4 1956 Event Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1955 Birthday Jack Morris, St. Paul, Minnesota, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1955 Event Kansas City Athletic's 1st game, beat Tigers 6-2 1955 Event 1st game in Kansas City, Kansas City A's beat Detroit Tigers, 6-2 1954 Event Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2) 1954 Event Baltimore Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0 1952 Birthday Dusty Hare, born in Newark-on-Trent, England, professional rugby player, fullback, played for Nottingham R.F.C., Leicester Tigers 1952 Event Hal Newhouser of Tigers wins his 200th game 1951 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Feller, 3rd no-hitter beats Detroit Tigers, 2-1 1950 Event Yankees and Tigers hit record 11 home runs, Tigers win 10-9 1949 Birthday Norah Ellen O'Neill, airline pilot, Flying Tigers 1948 Event Cleveland Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1948 Event 1st night game at Briggs Stadium: Detroit Tigers beat Philadelphia A's 1947 Event Tigers shut out Yankees 2-0, end 19 game win streak 1947 Event 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) 1947 Event Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000) 1946 Event Yankees turn triple-play and defeat Tigers' 5-3 1945 Event Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1945 Event Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 3 in 42nd World Series 1945 Event Tigers and Cubs meet in World Series for 4th time 1945 Event Hank Greenberg's final day home run wins pennant for Tigers 1945 Event Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia A's play 24 inning 1-1 tie 1945 Event Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain 1945 Event NFL's Boston Yankees and Brooklyn Tigers merge 1944 Birthday Denny McLain, baseball pitcher, Detroit Tigers, 31 wins in 1968 1942 Birthday Willie Horton, baseball slugger for the Detroit Tigers 1941 Event Yankees beat Tigers 12-6 in 17 1940 Event Cincinnati Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series 1940 Event Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak 1940 Event Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run 1940 Event St. Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings 1940 Event Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1939 Event 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 1939 Event Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yankees beat Tigers 22-2 1938 Event Indian Bob Feller strikes out record 18 Tigers (Chester Laabs 5 times) 1938 Event Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941 1937 Event Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns 1935 Event White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000 1935 Event CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Ham Tigers, 18-12 at Hamilton 1935 Event 23rd CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg Winnipegs defeats Hamilton Tigers, 18-12 1935 Event Detroit Tigers beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 32nd World Series 1934 Birthday Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Hall of Fame outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1934 Birthday Al Kaline, born in Baltimore, Maryland, baseball outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1934 Birthday Norm Cash, Eldorado Texas, 1st baseman for the Detroit Tigers 1934 Event St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series 1934 Event Tigers' Goose Goslin grounds into 4 straight double plays 1934 Birthday George "Sparky" Anderson, South Dakota, baseball manager, Reds, Tigers 1933 Event Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000 1932 Event 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 1931 Birthday Monica Vitti, Ceciarelli, Rome, Italy, actress, Tigers in Lipstick 1929 Event 17th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 14-3 1929 Event Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings 1929 Event Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive home runs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9 1928 Event CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton 1928 Event New York Yankees (17) Tigers (28) set 9 inning hit record (45)-Tigers win 19-10 1928 Event Yankees score 11 runs in 12th beating Tigers 12-1 1927 Event 15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6 1927 Event Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers 1926 Event Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated) 1926 Event Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager 1926 Event Bert Gibb of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1925 Event 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1 1925 Event Tigers' Ty Cobb is 1st to collect 1,000 extra-base hits (ends 1,139) 1925 Event NHL's New York Americans (formerly Hamilton Tigers) 1st game, lose 3-1 1924 Event Yankees win by forfeit over Tigers, their 3rd forfeit win 1924 Event Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 1922 Event St. Louis Brown "Baby Doll" Jacobson hits 3 triples beating Tigers 16-0 1922 Event Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 1921 Event Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 1921 Event Toronto St. Pat Corb Denneny scores 6 goals vs Hamilton Tigers 1920 Event Tigers beat Yankees 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes 1919 Birthday Ralph Houk, baseball manager, Yankees, Tigers 1918 Event Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0 1918 Event New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia A's 1915 Event 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 1914 Event Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1914 Event Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game 1913 Event 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2 1913 Event Yankees commit 8 errors and still beat Tigers 10-9 in 10 innings 1912 Event Billy Mallett of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1912 Event St. Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 1912 Event AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb's suspension, they will be banned from baseball 1912 Event A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension 1912 Event Tiger Stadium in Detroit opens, Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 6-5 1912 Birthday Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, Waco Texas, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers 1911 Event Bill Dobbie of Calgary Tigers kicks 10 singles in a game 1911 Event Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15 1910 Event 2nd CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Hamilton Tigers, 16-7 1910 Event Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game 1910 Event Regina Rugby Club's 1st game, losing to Moose Jaw Tigers, 16-6 1910 Event Cleveland Naps play 1st game at League Park, lose to Detroit Tigers 5-0 1909 Event Canadian Football exhibition game played in Van Cortlandt Park in Bronx, Hamilton Tigers beat Ottawa Rough Riders, 11-6 before 15,000 1909 Event Ben Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks 9 singles in a game 1909 Event Pirates beat Tigers 4 games to 3 in 6th World Series 1909 Event Pirates beat Tigers, 5-4, forces 1st full 7 game world series 1909 Event Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A's beat Tigers, 2-0 in Det 1908 Event Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 1 in 5th World Series, 1st rematch 1908 Event Smallest crowd at World Series, 6,210 fans see Cubs beat Tigers 1908 Event Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant 1908 Event Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club re-organizes as the Tigers 1907 Birthday Jimmy Foxx, baseball home run hitter, 534, Detroit Tigers 1907 Event Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series 1907 Event Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 1907 Event Yankees commit 11 errors and lose 14-6 to Tigers 1905 Event Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 1903 Event Tigers play a home game in Toledo, Ohio, Yankees win 12-8 1903 Event In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park and forfeits game 1903 Birthday Charlie Gehringer, Detroit Tigers' 2nd baseman, 1924-42 1903 Event Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers 1902 Event Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0 1901 Event Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox 1901 Event In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit) 1886 Birthday Ty Cobb, batted .367, stole 892 bases, Detroit Tigers 1873 Event 1st football game between Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tigers
