The Indians played a doubleheader that day against the Tigers at Briggs Stadium and lost both games.
It reopened in 1938 as Briggs Stadium, with a seating capacity of 58,000.
The conference championship game was played on December 21, 1952 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
Nighttime baseball wouldn't return to Detroit until June 15, 1948, when the first game under the lights was played at Briggs Stadium.
Kimbro once hit a home run out of Briggs Stadium in Detroit.
He dropped his first major league start at Briggs Stadium in a 6-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers.
The Tigers set a major league attendance record with 1,112,693 fans attending games at Briggs Stadium during the 1940 season.
In Game 3, the Tigers won, 7-3, before a crowd of almost 53,000 at Briggs Stadium.
He went 2-for-4 in his major league debut and 4-for-4 a week later in his first game at Briggs Stadium.
The game was played at Briggs Stadium.