1984 – San Diego Padres pitchers tie a World Series record by issuing 11 bases on balls in a 5 – 2 loss to the Detroit Tigers in Game 3. Detroit takes a 2-1 Series lead.
1984 – At Detroit, the Tigers draw 36,496 to break their attendance mark of 2,031,847 set in 1968. They also top the Mariners, 6 – 2, behind Milt Wilcox. Alan Trammell returns to SS for the first time in 39 games and adds two hits.
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia On June 20, At Tiger Stadium, Yankee reliever Jose Rijo falls to 1-7 when he serves up a 2-out three-run homer to Howard Johnson in the 13th inning. Detroit wins, 9 – 6. Alan Trammell, Lance Parrish and Chet Lemon also hit homers for the Tigers, who draw…
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia June 4, 1984, At Tiger Stadium Dave Bergman hits a walk-off 3 run home run vs the Toronto Blue Jays. The second-place Jays entered play just 4.5 behind the Tigers with ace Dave Stieb on the mound. Up 3-0 in the 7th, Howard Johnson hit a one-out 3…
VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia June 1, 1984 – At Tiger Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles‚ the Tigers slap Scott McGregor for six runs in the 2nd and coast to a 14-2 win. Dan Petry tosses six shutout innings and Alan Trammell‚ Chet Lemon and Lance Parrish go deep to thrill the 47‚252…
On April 19, 1984, the Detroit Tigers suffer their first loss of the season after nine consecutive wins. The Tigers fall to the Kansas City Royals and Bret Saberhagen, who earns his first major league victory.
Martha and the Vandellas’ iconic hit Dancing in the Streets, which was recorded a couple of miles north of the ballpark twenty years ago at the Motown Studios, finally is played over the public address system at Tiger Stadium. Jim Campbell, the Detroit’s GM who thought the lyrics might cause rowdiness in the stands, finally gives into the wishes of his younger fans, resulting in a ballpark tradition of the crowd cheering when Martha Reeves belts out the immortal words,“Can’t Forget the Motor City.”
on June 14, 1983 Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers broke up a no-hit bid by Boston’s Mike Brown Tuesday night with a home run that completely cleared the right field roof at Tiger Stadium and hit the top of a lumber yard across the street — an estimated 540 feet from home plate. In…
“The Yankee pin stripes belong to New York like Central Park, like the Statue of Liberty, like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, like the Metropolitan Opera, like the Stock Exchange, like the lights of Broadway, etc.” – RICHARD S. LANE, ruling against the Yankees’ bid to play their first home games in Denver.A ruling by Acting Justice Richard S. Lane of State Supreme Court in Manhattan bars the Yankees from playing their opening series of the season against the Tigers at Denver’s Mile High Stadium. George Steinbrenner sought to move the three games fearing the renovations to the Bronx ballpark would not be completed on time, but the judge dismissed the rescheduling the games to Colorado, citing the owner ignored the obvious solution of playing the contests at Shea Stadium, the home of the Mets located seven miles away, or at Detroit’s Tiger Stadium.
At Tiger Stadium, Al Kaline becomes the first player in franchise history to have his uniform number retired. The Hall of Famer, who wore the number 6, roamed the outfield for Detroit from 1953 to 1974.
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