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- 2007 On June 20, 2007, Magglio Ordonez goes 3-for-4 in the Tigers
victory over the Nationals to push his batting average to .383, his
high point in an incredible season. Ordonez will finish at .363 to
win the batting title, and his 54 doubles also leads the American
League.
On June 20, 2000, seven different Tigers hit homers in Detroit’s 18-6 rout of the Blue Jays at Toronto’s SkyDome. The homers come from Juan Encarnacion, Tony Clark (2), Juan Gonzalez, Bobby Higginson, Deivi Cruz, Robert Fick, and Rich Becker. It’s just the fourth time in MLB history that as many as seven players hit homers in a game for one team.
On June 20, 1956, Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle hits two home runs into the bleachers in right-center field at Briggs Stadium, becoming the first player to hit a baseball to that section of the Detroit ballpark.
- 2007 On June 20, 2007, Magglio Ordonez goes 3-for-4 in the Tigers
victory over the Nationals to push his batting average to .383, his
high point in an incredible season. Ordonez will finish at .363 to
win the batting title, and his 54 doubles also leads the American
League.
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