Baseball Historians

May 31, 1967 at Comiskey Park
White Sox 3, Orioles 2  (25-15)
The White Sox ended their three game winning streak with an eleven inning win over the Orioles.  Ron Hansen singled home Ken Berry in the bottom of the eleventh for the game winner.  Tommie Agee hit a solo homerun in the win and Don Buford […]

May 31, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Indians 9, Tigers 0  (26-15)
Luis Tiant complete shutdown the Tigers bats and Mickey Lolich had his second straight rough outing in a blow out loss to the Indians.  Tiant pitched a complete game shutout and struckout thirteen Tigers.
Mickey Lolich dropped to 5-5 and he gave up two runs on four […]

May 31, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 3 (22-20), Twins 2 (20-22)
The Red Sox held off a late inning surge by the Twins to win their fourth straight game.  Bucky Brandon improved to 2-5 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up two unearned runs on four hits and three walks with nine […]

In 1938, Pinky Higgins set the record for most consecutive hits with 12.  He broke Tris Speaker’s record of 11 that was back in 1920.  In 1952, a Tiger tied Pinky Higgins mark of 12 consecutive hits.
Here’s the question - Who is the Tiger who tied Pinky Higgins with twelve consecutive hits? 
It’s now 3 pm so you have […]

May 31, 1957 at County Stadium
Cardinals 4, Braves 3  (23-16)
Hank Aaron had a part in all three of the Braves runs in their 4-3 loss to the Cardinals.  He tripled, drove in two runs and scored one in the loss.  Bobby Thomson finished with two hits and he drove in a run.
Juan Pizarro took the […]

May 31, 1987 at Tiger Stadium
Twins 9, Tigers 5  (25-23)
Kent Hrbek had a big day at the plate in the Twins win over the Tigers.  He went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Gary Gaetti also went yard and he finished with two runs.
Bert Blyleven gave the Twins six decent […]

MLB.com released their first update on the American League voting for the All Star game and like the National League, there’s no major surprises.  Alex Rodriguez leads everyone in the ballot box but you have mostly Yankees at or near the top.  So this year’s All Star game could really appeal to those on the […]

This is definitely good news. 

No intro tonight.
Here’s the Question - Who is the only Tiger to hit two homeruns in the same inning? 
It’s now 10 pm so you have until 11 pm on May 30, 2007 to send your answer, as well the name of your favorite Tiger site, to trivia@tigerblog.net. For more information on the rules and the trivia contest, please […]

May 30, 1967 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 4, Twins 3  (19-21)
The Twins comeback fell just short as they lost the first game of their doubleheader with the Yankees.  Down 4-1, they scored two runs in the ninth but that’s all they’d get and they’d settle for a one run loss.
Dave Boswell took the loss and he […]

May 30, 1967 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 4 (25-14), White Sox 2 (24-14)
The Tigers doubled up the White Sox in opener of a weekday double header.  The White Sox actually got on the board first with a run in the second but the Tigers came back and scored two in the fifth and one in the […]

May 30, 1967 at Fenway Park
Red Sox 5 (20-20), Angels 4 (18-25)
Tom Horton doubled home Reggie Smith in the bottom of the eighth inning to win it for the Red Sox in the first game of their doubleheader with the Angels. The win was the Red Sox second in a row and once again they […]

May 30, 1977 at Fenway Park
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4  (26-20)
The Yankees beat the Red Sox and Reggie Jackson led the way for the Yanks at the plate.  He went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs.  Graig Nettles hit a solo homerun and he scored two runs.
Mike Torrez threw a nice game […]

May 30, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 5, Cubs 2  (23-14)
The Braves won their third straight game the front end of a double header againt the Cubs.  Ray Crone picked up the win with a nice start.  He gave up two runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in a complete game.
Bill Bruton […]

The Tigers four game losing streak came to an end last night as Gary Sheffield was the biggest of a large group of hitting stars in the teams 14-2 blowout win.  Sheffield belted two homers to bring his season total up to twelve and he drove in five runs.  His batting average has crept up […]

May 30, 1967 at Crosley Field
Reds 2, Cardinals 1  (24-16)
A really nice start by Dick Hughes was wasted with a lack of offense in the Cardinals 2-1 loss.  He gave up just two runs on three hits and one walk with thirteen strikeouts in eight solid innings.  The loss dropped him to 2-2 on the season.
Bobby […]

May 29, 1977 at Yankee Stadium
Yankees 5, White Sox 2  (25-20)
The Yankees won their first three game series in a couple of weeks by beating the White Sox.  Ed Figueroa threw a nice game and he improved to 6-3 on the season with another complete game. He gave up two runs on six hits and […]

May 29, 1987 at Tiger Stadium
Tigers 15, Twins 7  (24-23)
The Twins pitchers were hit hard in a blowout loss to the Tigers.  Les Straker took the loss and he gave up six runs in three innings.  Rookie Joe Klink was really hit hard and he gave up nine runs in four innings.
Lost in the beatdown […]

May 29, 1967 at Crosley Field
Cardinals 2, Reds 1  (24-14)
Bob Gibson was awesome and he improved to 6-4 with an eleven inning outing against the Reds.  He gave up just one run on six hits and three walks with twelve strikeouts in the extra inning win.
Julian Javier doubled home Tim McCarver for the winning run […]

Nine pitchers in the modern era (since 1901) have had perfect games broken up with two outs in the ninth.  The first was Hooks Wiltse in 1908 and the last was Mike Mussina in 2001.  Two of the nine pitchers were Tigers.
Here’s the question - Who are the two Tigers to have perfect games broken up with two outs in […]

MLB.com released their first update on the National League voting for the 2007 All Star Game.  So far, it’s a lot of Mets and it’s hard to argue too much with the voters’ choices.  I’ll be breaking these numbers down further as more updates are released.

May 29, 1957 at County Stadium
Braves 6, Cubs 2  (22-14)
Bob Buhl improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start against the Reds.  He gave up two runs on four hits and a walk with eight strikeouts in a complete game.
Felix Mantilla went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Bill Bruton had […]

May 28, 1987 at the Metrodome
Twins 13, Brewers 1  (24-22)
The Twins had plenty of hitting stars in the their 13-1 blowout win over the Brewers.  Tom Brunansky was a step above the rest.  He went two for two with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Dan Gladden went two for five with three runs […]

May 28, 1967 at Connie Mack Stadium
Cardinals 8, Phillies 3  (23-14)
Steve Carlton went the distance and he improved to 3-1 on the season with a nice start against the Phillies.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and he struck out six in the win.
Lou Brock had another nice game.  He went three for […]

Kyle Lohse really pitched well today.  The Reds didn’t have an error.  They actually scored two runs that were not on home runs.  Edwin Encarnacion is continuing his role as Phoenix rising from the ashes of AAA.  It’s time to focus on baby steps with this team.  Hopefully there won’t be a relapse in Houston.  […]

May 28, 1967 at Anaheim Stadium
Angels 5 (18-24), White Sox 0 (24-13)
Jim McGlothlin improved to 4-1 on the season with a six hit shutout.  The righthander walked one and he struck out six in an impressive start.  For the White Sox, John Buzhardt dropped to 2-3 with a rough start.  He gave up two runs on […]

Yeah, it’s been a few days.  I took the weekend off for a few reasons that range from a couple of deaths in the family to the Tigers just plain playing crappy against the Indians.  I went to one funeral home yesterday for the passing of a gentleman that I pretty much knew my entire life and there’s a funeral […]

In 1941, Ted Williams broke Babe Ruth’s major league record of 17 consecutive games with a walk by drawing a walk in 19 consecutive games.  That record was subsequently broken by a Tiger. 
Here’s the question - Which Tigers holds the major league record for most consecutive games with a walk?
It’s now 8 pm so you have […]

May 28, 1967 at Municipal Stadium
Twins 4, Athletics 3  (19-19)
The Twins won their third straight game behind their current ace, Dean Chance’s, right arm.  He improved to 8-2 and he gave up three runs (two earned) on six hits and three walks in 7 2/3 innings.  Al Worthington held the A’s scoreless in the final […]