Detroit Tigers replacement players (May 18, 1912)
American baseball player
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The Detroit Tigers replacement players represented the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB) in a May 18, 1912 game against the Philadelphia Athletics. On May 15, 1912, after a game against the New York Yankees in New York, Tigers star Ty Cobb was taunted by a fan named Claude Lueker. According to several accounts, Lueker triggered Cobb's anger by calling him "a half nigger".