May 18 in Detroit Tigers History: 19 Tigers go on strike in protest of Cobb suspension – Tigers Field Replacement team (1912)

[adrotate banner=”32″] On May 18, 1912 — As a replacement player, Allan Travers, a St. Joseph’s College pitcher, takes the mound for the Tigers, who are fielding an amateur team, as 19 players went on strike to protest and refused to play the A’s in support of suspended teammate Ty Cobb . Hughie Jen

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