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Monday, June 27, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 27

2008 Carlos Delgado of NY Mets has 9 RBI in 16-6 win over NYY
2007 Ryan Howard hit his 100th career HR – fastest in MLB history to do so – 325 games
2003 Boston beats Florida 25-8 – get 28 hits – score 14 in 1st inning with 10 before there was an out (MLB record) – Johnny Damon had 3 hits in the inning – the bottom of the 1st took 50 minutes
2001 Kwame Brown picked #1 in NBA draft, Tony Parker #29, Gilbert Arenas #31
1999 Last MLB game at the Kingdome in Seattle. Ken Griffet Jr. hit the last HR there today
1996 Oakland beats Angels 18-2 – they have 8 HRs in the game by 7 different hitters – the 7 different players ties MLB record
1994 Randy Meyers of Cubs gets his 200th save – ends with 347 in 14 seasons
1993 NY Mets pitcher Anthony Young loses his record 24th straight game – 2-14 in 1992 and 1-16 in 1993 – career 15-48, 3.89 ERA – 24 is MLB record
1990 Dave Parker gets his 2,500th hit – ends with 2,712
1989 Pervis Ellison selected #1 in NBA draft – career 9.5 points per game and 6.7 rebounds
1988 Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spinks in 91 seconds
1986 Robby Thompson of Giants sets MLB record caught stealing 4 times in the game – ends season with 21 steals and caught 15 times
1984 Dusty Baker of Giants steals 2nd, 3rd, and home in game vs. Reds – has 4 steals all season
1982 Braves tie MLB record with 7 double plays in a 14 inning game
1980 Jerry Reuss no hits San Francisco 8-0 – no walks, 2 errors, had only 2 strikeouts
1977 Willie McCovey hits 2 HRs in one inning – one was a grand slam his 17th which is NL record
1914 Jack Johnson beats Frank Moran in 20 for heavyweight title

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