Adam Everett played two seasons as a Tiger. Adam started his career with the Astros in
2001. He became the Astros starting
shortstop in 2004 and stayed the starter for three more seasons as a .250
hitting shortstop with an above average glove.
At the end of the 2007 season Adam was granted free agency and signed
with the Twins. He got in 48 games for
the Twins as back up and hit .213. At
the end of the season he was again granted free agency and this time signed
with the Tigers. He became the Tigers starting
shortstop replacing Edgar Renteria and hit .238 with 3 homers and 44
RBI’s. In 2010 he was still with the
Tiges as they still had not resolved their issue at short. But for 2010 Adam was a back up to Ramon
Santiago. Adam hit only .185 and was released
in June. He was signed in the offseason
before the 2011 season with the Indians.
He played 34 games with the Tribe hitting .217 and was released in June
of 2011 ending his baseball career
Zeb Eaton played his entire time in the majors with the Tigers. He was a minor league pitcher who worked his
way up in the Tigers farm system during the war. He started his time in the majors in 1944 in
the second game of the season. In his
first game he came in not as a pitcher but as a pinch hitter. He did not reach base. He did get into six games as a pitcher and
did not record a decision. He also
batted in 9 games and got one hit, a two run homer. He was back with Detroit in 1945 and pitched
in 17 games and compiled a record of 4-2 with a 4.05 ERA. He did beat Steve Gromek and Cleveland on
June 19th when he went 5 innings and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits. His other 3 wins came in relief. As a batter in 1945 he was in 26 games and
hit .250 with 2 homers. He was on the World
Series roster in 1945. In game 1, he came in to pinch hit for pitcher Al Benton
with the Tiges down 7-0. He faced Hank
Borowy and struck out. The was the end
of his major league time starting as it ended, a pitcher coming in as a pinch
hitter.
Ray Demmitt played one game for the Tigers in 1914. He played for the New York Highlanders in
1909 and was a starting outfielder for the future Yankees. He hit .246.
He then went to the St. Louis Browns for 1910 in a trade that sent Joe
Lake and Ray to the Browns for Lou Criger.
He was in 10 games with the Browns and got 4 hits for a .174
average. He was back in the minors and
it was there that the Tiges picked him up.
He appeared in the one game for the Tigers and appeared as a pinch
runner. He did not score nor steal a
base. He was then sold to the White Sox
for $2,500. He played the rest of 1914
with the Sox and also got in 9 games with them in 1915. He ended his career with three seasons with
the Browns from 1917 through 1919. In
1920 he was done with the big time and went back to the farm. But he did join an industrial league and
played with a former New York Yankee who played only 12 games of major league
baseball with the Yankees but would make it to the Hall of Fame. The player also has birthday today. That player was a young George Halas who also
coached a football team that year called the Decatur Staleys.
There quarterback was future Tiger Manager Chuck Dressen. The following year the Staleys would move and
become the Chicago Bears and Ray’s teammate would eventually get in the
Football Hall of Fame.
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