January 1: Lynn Jones, the late Hank Greenberg, Gene Host, Earl Torgeson, Frank Fuller, Andy Bruckmiller
January 2: Bill Madlock, the late Red Kress and George Boehler
January 3: Tom Brookens‘s cousin, Ike Brookens. He pitched in 3 games for the 1975 Tigers (0-0, 5.53 ERA). Also, John Sullivan and the late Charlie Harding
January 4: Daniel Stumpf, Paul Gibson, Scott Sizemore, Kevin Wickander, Dennis Saunders, Tito Fuentes, the late Don McMahon and Ossie Vitt
January 5: José Iglesias, Kevin Witt, Mark Redman and Bill Laxton
January 6: Casey Fossum, Bob Adams, Lenny Green and the late Ralph Branca, Bill Purtell and Joe Lake
January 7: Francisco Rodriguez, Brayan Pena, Jim Hannan and Ray Semproch, the late Johnny Grabowski, and Topper Rigney
January 8: Kevin Whelan, Randy Nosek, Brian Johnson and the late Reno Bertoia, who debuted at age 18 with 1953: 1 game, 1 AB, 1 strikeout
January 9: Freddy Dolsi, Phil Mankowski, Ivan DeJesus, Julio “Whiplash” Navarro and the late Frank Barnes
January 10: Matt Roney, Jason Jimenez, Jim Lindeman, George Korince, Jack Dittmer and the late Hal Pratt
January 11: Don Mossi, Lloyd McClendon, Warren Morris, Neil Barry and the late Schoolboy Rowe and General Crowder
January 12: Mike Trujillo, Dontrelle Willis, Bob Reed and the late Lefty Lorenzen
January 13: Orlando Miller, Jim Foor and Les Cain, and the late Jose Capellan
January 14: Erick Aybar, Mike Pelfrey, Dave “Soup” Campbell and the late Ken Johnson J
anuary 15: Armando Galarraga, George Capuzzello, Luis Alvarado, Mike Marshall, the late Steve Gromek and Grover Lowdermilk
January 16: Warwick Saupold, Marty Castillo, the late Johnny Watson and Brad Kocher
January 17: Joe Jimenez, Mike Rabelo, Jerry Turner, Jay Porter, and the late Dick Brown and Mayo Smith
January 18: Marv Lane, Chuck Cottier and the late Nolen Richardson and Danny Clark
January 19: Phil Nevin, Mark Grater (0-0, 5.40 ERA in 5 IP with ’93 Tigers) and the late Rip Radcliffe and Dan Boone
January 20: Franklyn German, Chris Mears, Julio Santana, Bill Scherrer, Dave Boswell and the late Jimmy Outlaw, Bill James and Ernie Courtney
January 21: Wil Ledezma, Jeff McCurry, Tom Urbani, Bob Reynolds and the late Bill Graham, Willie Ludolph, John Mohardt, Bernie Boland and Arch McCarthy
January 22: Leon Roberts and the late Johnny Bucha, Prince Oana, Ivey Siver, Ira Thomas and Tom Jones
January 23: Daniel Fields, Juan Rincon, Charlie Spikes and the late Billy Mullen and Red Donahue
January 24: Andy Dirks, Jay Sborz and the late Rufus Smith and Joe Cobb
January 25: Jose Macias, Richie Lewis, the late Vern Ruhle and Carl McNabb. Most important: Ernie Harwell was born on this date in 1918
January 26: Andres Torres, Tim Pugh, Rick Schu, the late Cesar Gutierrez, Bob Nieman, Charlie Gelbert and Tubby Spencer
January 27: Rusty Meacham, Phil Plantier (signed by Tigers but traded in Spring Training), the late Steve Demeter, Elijah Jones and Bill Burns
January 28: Zac Reininger, Rod Lindsey, Magglio Ordoñez, Oscar Henriquez, Jacob Cruz, Kevin Tolar, the late Emil Yde, Jack Coffey and Ducky Holmes
January 29: Alex Avila, Jair Jurrjens and the late Ray Hayworth and Hack Simmons
January 30: Dave Stegman, the late Walt Dropo and Sandy Amoros
January 31: Ted Power, the late Hank Aguirre and Duke Maas
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