1950 – Tiger OF Hoot Evers hits for the cycle, adds another triple, and knocks in six runs in a 13 – 13, 10-inning tie with Cleveland. The game, ended because of darkness, leaves Detroit in first place by a few percentage points ahead of New York. Al Rosen and Bob Feller both hit early 2-run homers as the Indians blow three leads in the game.
On July 2, 1950, Cleveland Indian great Bob Feller wins his 200th major league game, 5 – 3, over Detroit in the second game of a doubleheader split. Detroit wins the opener, 8 – 5, for their only win in the four-game series.@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IGp1c3QgY2xpY2sgdGhlIHRhZ3MhICAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsImxpbmtfdG9fdGVybV9wYWdlIjoib24iLCJzZXBhcmF0b3IiOiIgfCAiLCJjYXRlZ29yeV90eXBlIjoicG9zdF90YWcifX0=@
Cleveland Municipal Stadium, June 30, 1950 – A stunning photo of this enormous ballpark taken during a night game between the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians. 50,882 were on hand to see the Tribe in a 11-3 romp with slugger Luke Easter hitting two home runs and driving in four runs. The Tigers ace Hal…
Eleven home runs – a major league record – drive in all the runs scored in a 10 – 9 Tiger win over the Yankees before 51,000 Detroit fans. Detroit has four home runs in the 4th inning as Dizzy Trout, Jerry Priddy, Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers connect. Pitcher Trout’s home run, off Tommy Byrne, is his second lifetime grand slam. Evers hits another home run, an inside-the-park two-run game winner in the 9th off Joe Page to win it. For New York, Hank Bauer connects for two homers, including one in the 4th inning. Joe DiMaggio, Jerry Coleman, Yogi Berra and pinch hitter Tommy Henrich also belt round trippers. It is the first time that nine different players connect for homers in a game.
George Kell of the Detroit Tigers hits for the cycle in the 16 – 5 second-game sweep of a doubleheader with the Philadelphia Athletics. The Tigers win the opener, 8 – 2, behind the pitching of Ted Gray and home runs by Vic Wertz and Hoot Evers. Wertz has five runs batted in in the opener, and two more in the second game.
On November 10, 1948, the Chicago White Sox acquire pitcher Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for All Star catcher Aaron Robinson. Tigers even sweeten the deal with $10,000. The move that will give them a pitching ace for the next decade Pierce, who sported an ERA of 6.34 in 1948, will win…
1948 – Commissioner Happy Chandler orders free agency for ten Detroit minor leaguers for the club’s cover-up of their contracts. One of the players who will make the major leagues is Bill Serena, with a six-year career.
Joe DiMaggio’s 300th career homer is the lone run yielded by Detroit starter Fred Hutchinson in his 2-1 complete-game win over New York at Briggs Stadium. The ‘Yankee Clipper’ joins Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, Rogers Hornsby, Chuck Klein, and Hank Greenberg as the eighth major leaguer to reach the milestone.
The Red Sox rout the Tigers, 8 – 1, behind Jack Kramer’s 10th straight win. Billy Goodman’s grand slam, along with homers by Kramer and Bobby Doerr, pace the attack. The victory extends the Red Sox’s American League lead to a half-game over the idle A’s.
1948 – Detroit’s Dizzy Trout shuts out the Red Sox, 13 – 0, to stop Boston’s win streak at 13 games. Hoot Evers paces the 18-hit attack with four hits.
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