  Dick McAuliffe Positions: SecondbaseBats: L Throws: RHeight: 5-11 Weight: 176Born: November 29, 1939 in Hartford, CT USADied: May 13, 2016 in Farmington, CT USADebut: September 17, 1960Last Game: September 1, 1975Full Name: Richard John McAuliffe  Nine Players Who Debuted in 1960 Willie DavisRon SantoJoe TorreLeo CardenasDeron JohnsonDick McAuliffeMatty AlouPhil ReganRay Sadecki  All-TimeâŠ
Boston trades first baseman Ben Ogilvie to the Tigers in exchange for Dick McAuliffe. The former Detroit shortstop will hit only .210 in 100 games for his new team next season, but in 1975 the Hartford native will become the manager of the clubâs Double-A farm team, the Bristol Red Sox, located in his home state of Connecticut.
Oct 11, 1972 â The Detroit Tigers even the ALCS series with a 10th-inning 3-run rally to beat the Aâs 4-3. Jim Northrup bats in the game-winner after Dave Hamilton walks home the tying run. For eight innings it was a tight pitching duel between Game 1 aces Catfish Hunter and Mickey Lolich. The onlyâŠ
1969 â In addition to this yearâs lower mound and tightened strike zone, Major League Baseball tries an experimental ball with 10% more resiliency for a spring training game between the Mets and Tigers in Lakeland, Florida. It has an all-rubber center instead of a cork and rubber core, and the seams are higher than the regular ball. Mets pitcher Don Cardwell surrenders three home runs in the 4th inning to Dick McAuliffe, Norm Cash, and Gates Brown in the Tigersâ 7 â 4 victory. Tomorrow, in Phoenix, Arizona, the same ball is used in the Giantsâ 13 â 1 win over the Angels, with Bobby Bonds hitting the only two homers off George Brunet. The players agree the ball is definitely livelier and sounds louder coming off the bat.
After walking on a 3-2 count, which included pitches sailing over his head to the backstop and a ball being thrown behind him, Dick McAuliffe charges the mound and drives his knee into White Sox hurler Tommy John, causing the pitcherâs shoulder to separate. Tommy John (10-5, 1.98) will be lost for the rest of the season, and the Tigersâ shortstop is suspended for five games and fined $250 by AL president Joe Cronin as a result of the bench-clearing incident.
On the last play of the regular season, Dick McAuliffe, representing the tying run, grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, dashing Detroitâs hopes to clinch a tie for the pennant. The twin killing marks only the second time this season the Tigers shortstop has made two outs in one at-bat, and he will not hit into another DP all of next season.
On July 13, 1965, Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hits a home run, draws two walks, and scores a pair of runs, leading the National League to a 6-5 win in the All-Star Game. Juan Marichal, Maysâ teammate with the Giants, earns MVP honors by pitching three shutout innings. Traditionally, the managers ofâŠ
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