LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN A Tigers GAME

From Detroit Tigers Game Notes

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN A GAME - FOR THE TIGERS
As of SEPT 27, 2013

FOR THE TIGERS
HITTING

Five-or-more hits:
Omar Infante (5) - 9/6/13 @KC
Andy Dirks (5) - 9/6/13 @KC

Six-or-more hits:
Carlos Pena (6) - 5/27/04 @KC

Five-or-more RBI:
Omar Infante (6) - 9/6/13 @KC

Six-or-more RBI:
Omar Infante (6) - 9/6/13 @KC

Seven-or-more RBI:
Ryan Raburn (7) - 7/25/07 @CWS

Back-to-back home runs:
Victor Martinez / Omar Infante - 9/24/13 @MIN (Diamond)

Switch-hit home run:
Carlos Guillen - 9/23/09 @CLE (Masterson/Gosling)

Grand slam:
Alex Avila - 7/30/13 vs. WAS (Strasburg)

Inside-the-park home run:
]Austin Jackson - 8/10/12 @TEX (Ross)

Lead-off home run:
Austin Jackson - 9/22/12 vs. MIN (Deduno)

Back-to-back home runs to lead off game:
Omar Infante/Bobby Higginson - 9/28/04 @CWS (Contreras)

Pinch-hit home run:
Andy Dirks - 9/21/13 vs. CWS (Jones)

Pinch-hit grand slam:
Mickey Tettleton - 8/11/91 vs. NYY (Guetterman)

Walk-off home run:
Torii Hunter - 8/29/13 vs. OAK (Balfour)

Three consecutive home runs:
Victor Martinez/Jhonny Peralta/Alex Avila - 6/1/13 @BAL (Hammel)

Hitting for the cycle:
Carlos Guillen - 8/1/06 @TB


PITCHING

No-hitter:
Justin Verlander - 5/7/11 @TOR
Armando Galarraga - 6/2/10 vs. CLE (should have been a perfect game)

One-hitter:
Anibal Sanchez - 5/24/13 vs. MIN

Ten-or-more strikeouts:
Max Scherzer- (10) 9/25/13 @MIN

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
Anibal Sanchez (17) - 4/26/13 vs. ATL


MISCELLANEOUS

Steal of home:
Ryan Raburn - 8/18/09 vs. SEA

Triple play:
Damion Easley-Deivi Cruz-Shane Halter - 8/1/01 vs. SEA


AGAINST THE TIGERS
HITTING

Back-to-back home runs:
Alexis Rios/A.J. Pierzynski - 9/10/12 @CWS (Porcello)

Grand slam:
Will Middlebrooks - 9/4/13 @BOS (Alburquerque)

Inside-the-park home run:
Carlos Santana - 8/31/13 vs. CLE (Veras)

Lead-off home run:
Mike Trout - 9/9/12 @LAA (Sanchez)

Pinch-hit home run:
Jeff Keppinger - 6/30/12 @TB (Benoit)

Pinch-hit grand slam:
Dewayne Wise - 9/14/08 @CWS (Farnsworth)

Three consecutive home runs:
Tony Graffanino/Angel Berroa/Doug Mientkiewicz - 5/25/06 @KC (Maroth)

Hitting for the cycle:
Gary Matthews Jr. - 9/13/06 vs. TEX


PITCHING

No-hitter:
Matt Garza - 7/26/10 @TB

One-hitter:
Joe Kennedy - 5/2/03 vs. TB

Ten-or-more strikeouts:
Danny Salazar (10) - 8/7/13 @CLE

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
David Cone (16) - 6/23/97 vs. NYY

MISCELLANEOUS

Steal of home:
Kenji Johjima - 5/31/08 @SEA

Triple play:
Ian Kinsler-Elvis Andrus - 5/20/09 vs. TEX



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TIGERS RARE FEATS

No-hitters
Name	Opponent	Date
George Mullin	vs. STL	7/14/1912
Virgil Trucks	vs. WAS	5/15/1952
Virgil Trucks	@ NYY	8/25/1952
Jim Bunning	@ BOS	7/20/1958
Jack Morris	@ CWS	4/07/1984
Justin Verlander	vs. MIL	6/12/2007
Justin Verlander	@ TOR	5/07/2011

Hit for the Cycle
Name	Opponent	Date
Bobby Veach	vs. BOS	9/17/1920
Bob Fothergill	vs. BOS	9/26/1926
Gee Walker	vs. CLE	4/20/1937
Charlie Gehringer	vs. STL	5/27/1939
Vic Wertz	@ WAS	9/14/1947
George Kell	@ PHI	6/02/1950
Hoot Evers	vs. CLE	9/07/1950
Travis Fryman	vs. NYY	7/28/1993
Damion Easley	vs. MIL	6/08/2001
Carlos Guillen	@ TB	8/01/2006

Triple Plays by Tigers (Major League record 33 times, most recent below)
Players	Opponent	Date
Easley to Cruz to Halter	vs. SEA	8/01/2001

Six-hit Games
Name	Opponent	Date
Bill Nance	@ CLE	7/13/1901
Ty Cobb	@ STL	5/05/1925
Damion Easley	@ TEX	8/08/2001
Carlos Pena	vs. KC	5/27/2005

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

No-hitter:
- Justin Verlander - 6/12/07 vs. MIL

It's sad, we almost erased the 2001 Triple play last night!

I would absolutely love to see the following broken, even though Lolich is one of my all time favorate Tigers!

Quote :

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
- Mickey Lolich (15) - 10/2/72 vs. BOS

I looked on Detroits website and Lolich has the record of 16 SO in a game twice:

Most Strikeouts -- 16

Mickey Lolich Mickey Lolich

vs. CAL vs. SEA

5/23/1969 6/09/1969

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

I would absolutely love to see the following broken, even though Lolich is one of my all time favorate Tigers!

Quote :

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
- Mickey Lolich (15) - 10/2/72 vs. BOS

Yeah, 15 isn't actually all that many for a team record.

catbox_9 wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

I would absolutely love to see the following broken, even though Lolich is one of my all time favorate Tigers!

Quote :

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
- Mickey Lolich (15) - 10/2/72 vs. BOS

Yeah, 15 isn't actually all that many for a team record.

It is hard to believe it has held since 1972. I am sure Fidrych was close to breaking it, but he is one of the last pitchers the Tigers had that could go up to 11 innings in one game.

Edit- 9 SO was Marks highest in one game in 1977.

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

It's sad, we almost erased the 2001 Triple play last night!

Here's a super crazy fact. Before I attempt to explain the play (I have no idea how it happened) think about it.

The Tigers once turned a 3U TP (that's how I'd score it - I suppose you could write L3-3U-3U TP or something instead). Anyways, the Tigers once turned an unassisted triple play by the first basemen. How in the world would that happen?

Spoiler:

Wait, nevermind - I found the play. Johnny Nuen turned an unassisted triple play on May 31, 1927 in the 9th inning. My guess above is how it actually happened.

Unassisted triple plays (there have been 13) have been turned by a few positions:
8 by shortstops
3 by 2Bmen
2 by 1Bmen
0 by anyone else (the only other position that seems even remotely possible would be 3B).

More on triple plays - see here for a list of every triple play ever turned (you'll need to know what player is what number (pitcher is 1, etc.). The * denotes an out.

The 10 most common are as follows (number of occurrences in parentheses):
5*-4*-3* (72)
6*-4*-3* (52)
4*-6*-3* (42)
3*-3*-6* (36)
6*-6*-3* (25)
4*-3*-6* (18)
1*-6*-3* (16)
4*-4*-3* (16)
6-4*-3*-2* (14)
5*-5*-3* (10)

The most common TP ever turned (happened once)? Probably this:
6-2-5-1-5*-4*-5-6-5-7*

That means ground ball to the shortstop. Throw to 2nd but the throw is not in time. Throw to third but the throw is too late. Throw to the pitcher who throws back to third and gets the runner in a rundown. Throw to 2nd to get the hitter (who tried to advance to 2nd on the ground ball). Now throw to third to try and get the other runner (he's now in a rundown). Throw to the shortstop then back to the third basemen and then throw to the left fielder who tags him out. Confused?

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

I would absolutely love to see the following broken, even though Lolich is one of my all time favorate Tigers!

Quote :

Fifteen-or-more strikeouts:
- Mickey Lolich (15) - 10/2/72 vs. BOS

Yeah, 15 isn't actually all that many for a team record.

It is hard to believe it has held since 1972. I am sure Fidrych was close to breaking it, but he is one of the last pitchers the Tigers had that could go up to 11 innings in one game.

Edit- 9 SO was Marks highest in one game in 1977.

Nevermind - you already looked it up. I was going to say I doubt Fidrych came close - he never struck anybody out. Just 97 in 250 innings. That's about as low a K/9 IP ratio as you'll ever see.

Updated through 4/17/08


Five-or-more RBI:
- Miguel Cabrera (5), Edgar Renteria (5) - 4/16/08 @CLE

Grand slam:
- Edgar Renteria - 4/16/08 @CLE (Sabathia)

Updated through 4/22/08

Back-to-back home runs:
- Magglio Ordonez/Miguel Cabrera - 4/22/08 vs. TEX (Padilla)

Updated...

Back-to-back home runs:
- Brandon Inge/Ryan Raburn - 4/24/08 vs. TEX (Fukumori)

bobrob2004 wrote:

Updated...

Back-to-back home runs:
- Brandon Inge/Ryan Raburn - 4/24/08 vs. TEX (Fukumori)

* has not been officially added to the Tiger records as of 4/25/08???

They still show:
Back-to-back home runs:
- Magglio Ordonez/Miguel Cabrera - 4/22/08 vs. TEX (Padilla)

updated:

Five-or-more RBI:
- Carlos Guillen (5) - 4/23/08 vs. TEX

Lead-off home run:
- Curtis Granderson - 4/24/08 vs. TEX (Jennings)

updated:

Lead-off home run:
- Curtis Granderson - 5/4/08 @MIN (Bonser)

Updated:

For the Tigers
Five-or-more hits:
- Placido Polanco (5) - 5/7/08 vs. BOS

Aainst the Tigers
Back-to-back home runs:
- David Ortiz/Manny Ramirez - 5/6/08 (Robertson/Dolsi)

Too bad Polanco couldn't get one more hit

That would've really been something special.

5 was pretty cool, in itself, for Polanco!

And he was the last one to do it on 7/27/07 @LAA!

Updated for 5/24/08

Five-or-more RBI:
- Magglio Ordonez (6) - 5/24/08 vs. MIN

Six-or-more RBI:
- Magglio Ordonez (6) - 5/24/08 vs. MIN

When was the last time a Tigers Pitcher threw a 1-0 CG Shutout at Home?

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN A GAME - FOR THE TIGERS
As of 6/20/08

Lead-off home run:
Curtis Granderson - 5/4/08 @MIN (Bonser)
Curtis Granderson - 6/20/08 @SD (Maddux)

Pinch-hit home run:
Marcus Thames - 9/29/07 @CWS (Logan)
Ryan Raburn - 6/17/08 @SF (Sanchez)

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN A GAME - FOR THE TIGERS
As of 6/20/08

Pinch Hit Home Run
Marcus Thames - 9/29/07 @CWS (Logan)
Ryan Raburn - 6/17/08 @SF (Sanchez)

We can add another one! 6/21/08 by (who else?) Marcus Thames!

Pinch-hit home run:
Marcus Thames - 9/29/07 @CWS (Logan)
Ryan Raburn - 6/17/08 @SF (Sanchez)
Marcus Thames - 6/21/08 @SD (Hampson)

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

Pinch-hit home run:
Marcus Thames - 9/29/07 @CWS (Logan)
Ryan Raburn - 6/17/08 @SF (Sanchez)
Marcus Thames - 6/21/08 @SD (Hampson)

And what a HR it was! :thames:

Go Marcus!!!! Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I hope he gets the recognition that he deserves now.

Cabrera hit a grand slam today...and had 6 RBI.

Won't see a complete game this year

Unless someone throws a no hitter or perfect game

Thanks to Jimbo

Five-or-more RBI:
Ramon Santiago (5) - 4/19/09 @SEA

Lead-off home run:
Curtis Granderson - 4/21/09 @LAA (Weaver)

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