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Hall of ShameA catalog of baseball's lasting mistakes

Team

Detroit Tigers

9 entries · 1934–2024

No. 1934.10.09

1934

October 9
Fan & Crowd Moments1934

Medwick and the Fruit Barrage

After a hard slide in Game 7, Detroit fans threw fruit, bottles, and vegetables at Joe Medwick until the commissioner took him out of the game.

St. Louis Cardinals · Detroit Tigers

Eddie Gaedel, 3-foot-7, in his batting stance for the St. Louis Browns as Detroit catcher Bob Swift kneels, August 19, 1951.
Promotions & Ballpark Events1951

Eddie Gaedel Walks

Bill Veeck sent 3-foot-7 Eddie Gaedel to the plate in a child's uniform. Gaedel walked on four pitches. The league voided the contract the next day.

St. Louis Browns · Detroit Tigers

Thousands of fans storm the field at Comiskey Park during the disco record-burning stunt, July 12, 1979, forcing the second game to be forfeited.
Promotions & Ballpark Events1979

Disco Demolition Night

The White Sox blew up a crate of disco records between games of a doubleheader. Fans took the field, a fire started, and the second game was forfeited.

Chicago White Sox · Detroit Tigers

Goose Gossage in August 2007. This is not the pitch to Kirk Gibson in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series.
Pitching Disasters1984

Gossage Pitches to Gibson

In the eighth inning of the 1984 World Series, Dick Williams wanted Goose Gossage to walk Kirk Gibson. Gossage talked him out of it. Gibson hit a three-run homer.

Detroit Tigers · San Diego Padres

John Smoltz at Dobbins Air Reserve Base on April 6, 2007, twenty years after Detroit traded him. This is not the day of the deal.
Front Office & Trades1987

Smoltz for Alexander

On August 12, 1987, Detroit sent a 20-year-old in Double-A to Atlanta for Doyle Alexander. Alexander went 9–0 down the stretch. The prospect was John Smoltz.

Detroit Tigers · Atlanta Braves

Steve Lyons, by then a Dodgers broadcaster, on April 20, 2013. This is not the July 16, 1990 game in which he dropped his pants.
Personalities & Off-field1990

Steve Lyons Drops His Pants

Steve Lyons beat out a bunt, slid into first, and unbuckled his pants on live television to shake the dirt out.

Chicago White Sox · Detroit Tigers

Miguel Cabrera with the Tigers on May 9, 2008. The photograph is the season after the trade, not the day of the deal.
Front Office & Trades2007

Cabrera to Detroit

At the 2007 winter meetings the Marlins sent Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit for six players, headed by Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller.

Detroit Tigers · Florida Marlins

Armando Galarraga pitching for Detroit on July 25, 2010, seven weeks after the game in this entry.
Umpire Controversies2010

Galarraga's Imperfect Game

Armando Galarraga was one out from a perfect game when Jim Joyce called Jason Donald safe. Joyce saw the replay, and said he had missed it.

Detroit Tigers · Cleveland Indians

No. 2024.09.27

2024

September 27
Front Office & Trades2024

The 121st Loss

On September 27, 2024, the White Sox lost their 121st game and passed the 1962 Mets. They finished 41–121. The season included a franchise-record losing streak of 21.

Chicago White Sox · Detroit Tigers