Fw: Harwell's favorite moments
Steve Bielawski
came across this e-mail from David Panian. I feel that it's appropriate
to share it today.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Panian" <dpa...@mich.com>
To: "Tigers mailing list" <tig...@lists.ibl.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 6:50 PM
Subject: Harwell's favorite moments
> Here are all of Ernie Harwell's favorite moments from Tigers history
> from his Detroit Free Press columns, according to the story in today's
> Free Press:
>
>
> For the past two months, Ernie Harwell has used his Friday columns to
> list his 10 favorite moments from each decade of Tigers history. He
> also asked fans to vote for their favorites.
>
>
> Now comes a final chance. Check one box for each decade and mail to
> Tigers Great Moments, Detroit Free Press Sports, 600 W. Fort St.,
> Detroit 48226.
>
>
> Soon, the Free Press will reveal fans' top moment from each decade and
> conduct a final vote to determine the greatest moment in Tigers
> history. The results will be announced Aug. 17 on Free Press Greatest
> Moments Night at the Tigers-Royals game.
>
>
> 1901-10
>
> *April 25, 1901: In their American League opener, the Tigers rally
> from a 13-4 deficit to overcome Milwaukee, 14-13.
>
>
> *Sept. 15, 1901: Ed Siever pitches Detroit to a 21-0, 7 1/2-inning
> rout of Cleveland.
>
>
> *Aug. 30, 1905: Ty Cobb plays his first game and doubles in his first
> at-bat.
>
>
> *Aug. 31, 1906: Sam Thompson comes out of retirement at 46 and has two
> RBIs in a 5-1 victory over St. Louis.
>
>
> *Oct. 1, 1906: Hughie Jennings resigns as Baltimore manager to manage
> the Tigers in 1907.
>
>
> *Sept. 28, 1907: The Tigers battle to a 9-9 tie in 17 innings against
> Philadelphia.
>
>
> *Oct. 8, 1907: The Tigers play in their first World Series, against
> the Cubs.
>
>
> *April 14, 1909: George Mullin pitches a one-hit masterpiece on
> Opening Day.
>
>
> *Oct. 8, 1909: Cobb, AL batting champ, meets Honus Wagner, NL batting
> king, in the World Series.
>
>
> *Oct. 9, 1910: On the last day of the season, Cobb noses out
> Cleveland's Nap Lajoie for the batting title.
>
>
> DP: Gotta go with the first game.
>
>
> 1911-20
>
> *1911: Cobb posts a 40-game hitting streak, wins the MVP award and
> hits a career-high .420.
>
>
> *June 18, 1911: The Tigers stage the biggest comeback in history,
> overcoming a 13-1 deficit against the White Sox to win, 16-15.
>
>
> *April 20, 1912: Navin Field opened with a 6-5 victory over Cleveland
> in 11 innings.
>
>
> *July 4, 1912: George Mullin, on his 32nd birthday, no-hits St. Louis.
>
>
> *1914: Harry Heilmann makes his debut.
>
>
> *Oct. 3, 1915: Cobb steals his 96th base.
>
>
> *1915: The Tigers win 100 games for the first time.
>
>
> *May 9, 1916: The Tigers draw 18 walks vs. the A's, a record that
> still stands.
>
>
> *July 25, 1920: The Tigers score 21 runs against the Browns.
>
>
> *Sept. 17, 1920: Bobby Veach becomes the first Tiger to hit for the
> cycle.
>
> DP: Cobb in 1911.
>
>
> 1921-30
>
> *July 8, 1921: Heilmann belts a 610-foot home run at Navin Field.
>
>
> *Aug. 19, 1921: Cobb collects hit No. 3,000 off Boston's Elmer Myers.
>
>
> *1921: The Tigers finish with 1,724 hits and a .316 team batting
> average, AL records that still stand.
>
>
> *1924: Charlie Gehringer makes his debut.
>
>
> *May 5, 1925: Cobb collects six hits in six at-bats, with three
> homers.
>
>
> *April 19, 1927: Ty Tyson of WWJ Radio announces the Tigers-Indians
> game, the Tigers' first on-air game.
>
>
> *May 31, 1927: First baseman Johnny Neun turns the majors' second
> unassisted triple play in two days.
>
>
> *1927: On the final day of the season, Heilmann edges Philadelphia's
> Al Simmons for his fourth batting title in seven seasons, finishing at
> .398.
>
>
> *Sept. 29, 1928: The Tigers collect 28 hits against the New York
> Yankees, a team record that still stands.
>
>
> *1930: Hank Greenberg makes his debut.
>
> DP: The 1921 season sounds pretty cool.
>
>
> 1931-40
>
> *Aug. 5, 1932: Tommy Bridges retires the first 26 Senators before
> surrendering a hit to pinch-hitter Dave Harris.
>
>
> *Aug. 25, 1934: Schoolboy Rowe earns his 16th victory in a row.
>
>
> *Oct. 7, 1935: The Tigers capture their first World Series
> championship, knocking off the Chicago Cubs, 4-3, in Game 6.
>
>
> *Oct. 20, 1935: Greenberg is named MVP.
>
>
> *April 20, 1937: Gee Walker becomes the only player to hit for the
> cycle on Opening Day.
>
>
> *Aug. 14, 1937: Pitcher Eldon Auker homers twice while beating the
> Browns. Detroit wins, 16-1 and 20-7, setting an AL record for runs in
> a doubleheader.
>
>
> *Aug. 31, 1937: Rookie Rudy York breaks Babe Ruth's record for homers
> in a month, hitting his 17th and 18th.
>
>
> *1937: Gehringer wins the batting title at .371. He is the MVP, the
> third Tiger in four years to capture the award.
>
>
> *July 27, 1938: Greenberg homers in his first two at-bats after
> homering in his last two at-bats the day before.
>
>
> *Sept. 27, 1938: Greenberg drills two homers in a game for the 11th
> time during the 1938 season.
>
> DP: Winning the World Series in '35.
>
> 1941-50
>
> *July 8, 1941: Briggs Stadium hosts its first All-Star Game; AL wins,
> 7-5.
>
>
> *1944: Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP, gathering four more votes than
> teammate Dizzy Trout.
>
>
> *July 1, 1945: Greenberg homers in his first game following his Army
> release.
>
>
> *July 21, 1945: The Tigers and the Athletics play to a 1-1 tie in 24
> innings.
>
>
> *Sept. 30, 1945: Greenberg drills a grand slam in the ninth inning,
> defeating St. Louis, 6-3, on the final day of the season and clinching
> the pennant.
>
>
> *Oct. 10, 1945: The Tigers score five runs in the first on their way
> to a 9-3 victory over the Cubs in Game 7, clinching their second World
> Series championship.
>
>
> *1945: Newhouser wins his second consecutive league MVP award.
>
>
> *June 15, 1948: The Tigers become the last AL team to go to night
> baseball.
>
>
> *May 5, 1949: Gehringer elected to the Hall of Fame.
>
>
> *Oct. 2, 1949: George Kell goes 2-for-3 at Briggs Stadium, while
> Boston's Ted Williams is hitless in two at-bats at Yankee Stadium.
> Kell edges Williams for the batting title, .3429 to .3427.
>
> DP: Winning the World Series in '45.
>
>
> 1951-60
>
> *July 10, 1951: Kell and Vic Wertz hit home runs, but the NL trounces
> the AL, 8-3, at Briggs Stadium.
>
>
> *July 14-15, 1952: Walt Dropo goes 5-for-5 against the Yankees on July
> 14 and 4-for-4 the next day against the Senators. In the second game
> of the doubleheader July 15, he gets three hits in his first three
> at-bats, running his consecutive-hits streak to 12.
>
>
> *Aug. 25, 1952: Virgil Trucks fires his second no-hitter of the
> season.
>
>
> *April 17, 1955: Al Kaline belts three home runs at Briggs Stadium
> against Kansas City, including two in the sixth inning.
>
>
> *Sept. 25, 1955: Kaline, at 20, becomes the youngest batting champion.
>
>
> *July 16, 1956: A group led by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the
> Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million.
>
>
> *April 12, 1960: The Tigers get Norm Cash from the Indians for Steve
> Demeter.
>
>
> *April 17, 1960: The Tigers get Rocky Colavito from the Indians for
> Harvey Kuenn.
>
>
> *August 1960: The Tigers and Indians swap managers in mid-season --
> Jimmy Dykes for Joe Gordon.
>
>
> *Oct. 11, 1960: Fetzer buys a controlling interest in the Tigers.
>
> DP: Kaline winning the batting title in '55.
>
>
> 1961-70
>
> *Jan. 1, 1961: Briggs Stadium is renamed Tiger Stadium.
>
>
> *June 24, 1962: Colavito has seven hits in a 9-7 loss to the Yankees
> in 22 innings.
>
>
> *June 19, 1963: Gates Brown drills a homer in the fifth inning at
> Boston, becoming the seventh player to hit a pinch-hit homer in his
> first career at-bat.
>
>
> *June 15, 1965: Denny McLain relieves in the first inning and strikes
> out the first seven batters, a record.
>
>
> *June 24, 1968: Jim Northrup drills two grand slams -- in the fifth
> off Eddie Fisher and in the sixth off Billy Rohr.
>
>
> *Sept. 14, 1968: McLain earns his 30th victory, defeating Oakland,
> 5-4.
>
>
> *Oct. 7, 1968: Trailing three games to one in the World Series, the
> Tigers defeat St. Louis, 5-3, in Game 5. Willie Horton nails Lou Brock
> as he tries to score standing up from second base.
>
>
> *Oct. 10, 1968: Northrup's two-run triple breaks a 0-0 duel between
> Mickey Lolich and Bob Gibson in the seventh, bringing a 4-1 victory in
> Game 7 and first World Series title since 1945.
>
>
> *Nov. 1, 1968: McLain unanimously wins the Cy Young. Four days later,
> he wins the MVP in another unanimous vote.
>
>
> *June 21, 1970: Cesar Gutierrez matches the Tigers' record of seven
> hits in an extra-inning game.
>
> DP: Gotta go with Game Five of the '68 World Series over Game Seven.
> That's a tough choice, but without the win in Game Five, there is no
> Game Seven.
>
>
> 1971-80
>
> *Oct. 3, 1972: Kaline singles home the winning run and the Tigers
> clinch the AL East title, defeating Boston, 3-1.
>
>
> *July 11, 1973: Northrup drives in eight runs in a 14-2 victory over
> Texas.
>
>
> *Sept. 13, 1974: John Hiller gets his 17th victory of the season,
> setting the AL record for a reliever. He lost 14.
>
>
> *Sept. 24, 1974: Kaline doubles off Baltimore's Dave McNally for his
> 3,000th hit.
>
>
> *May 15, 1976: Mark Fidrych wins his first start, a two-hitter against
> Cleveland.
>
>
> *June 28, 1976: Fidrych wins his eighth straight start, 5-1 over New
> York, before 47,855 at Tiger Stadium on national TV.
>
>
> *Nov. 22, 1978: Lou Whitaker is named the AL rookie of the year.
>
>
> *June 12, 1979: Sparky Anderson hired.
>
>
> *Jan. 10, 1980: Kaline becomes the 10th player elected to the Baseball
> Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
>
> DP: The best moment is when Trammell and Whitaker made their debut,
> Sept. 9, 1977, in the seocnd game of a doubleheader at Boston.
> However, from this list I'd go with the Fidrych win over the Yankees
> on national TV.
>
>
> 1981-90
>
> *Sept. 28, 1982: Lance Parrish drills his 31st homer, breaking the AL
> record by a catcher.
>
>
> *Sept. 20, 1983: Detroit hammers 10 straight hits during an 11-run
> first inning against Baltimore.
>
>
> *April 7, 1984: Right-hander Jack Morris pitches a no-hitter at
> Comiskey Park.
>
>
> *May 11, 1984: With an 8-2 victory over the Angels, the Tigers improve
> to 26-4, baseball's best record after 30 games.
>
>
> *May 24, 1984: The Tigers win their 17th consecutive road game,
> defeating California, 5-1, breaking the AL record set by Washington in
> 1912 and tying the record set by the 1916 Giants.
>
>
> *Sept. 18, 1984: Randy O'Neal earns his first victory as the Tigers
> clinch the AL East with a 3-0 victory over the Brewers.
>
>
> *Oct. 14, 1984: Kirk Gibson drills two upper-deck homers at Tiger
> Stadium in Game 5 of the World Series, including a three-run blast off
> Rich Gossage in the eighth inning. The Tigers win, 8-4, to take their
> first World Series championship since 1968.
>
>
> *Oct. 4, 1987: On the season's final day, the Tigers win the AL East
> behind Frank Tanana's 1-0 victory over Toronto.
>
>
> *Sept. 20, 1988: Darrell Evans drills his 400th career homer.
>
>
> *Oct. 3, 1990: Cecil Fielder blasts his 50th and 51st homers in the
> final game.
>
> DP: No contest, it's Oct. 14, 1984.
>
> 1991-2000
>
> *July 3, 1992: Skeeter Barnes and Cecil Fielder team up to turn the
> 32nd triple play in Tigers history.
>
>
> *Aug. 26, 1992: Mike Ilitch buys the Tigers from Tom Monaghan.
>
>
> *July 28, 1993: Travis Fryman hits for the cycle against the Yankees.
>
>
> *May 28, 1995: The Tigers and White Sox combine for a major
> league-record 12 homers in a 14-12 loss at Tiger Stadium.
>
>
> *Sept. 13, 1995: Whitaker and Alan Trammell make their 1,915th
> appearance together, breaking the AL record of 1,911 by Kansas City's
> George Brett and Frank White.
>
>
> *July 17, 1997: The Tigers play their 15,000th game, losing at
> Anaheim, 9-4.
>
>
> *Sept. 27, 1999: Robert Fick drills a grand slam into the upper deck
> in the bottom of the eighth inning, climaxing the final game at Tiger
> Stadium.
>
>
> *April 11, 2000: Brian Moehler throws Comerica Park's first pitch at
> 1:18 p.m.
>
>
> *Sept. 17, 2000: Todd Jones picks up his 39th save.
>
>
> *Oct. 1, 2000: Shane Halter plays all nine positions against the
> Twins.
>
> DP: No contest, it's Fick's slam in the last game at The Corner.
>
>