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Saturday, August 20, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 20

2005 KC Royals win – snap a 19 game losing streak
2004 For the 200th time, Randy Johnson strikes out 10 or more
2000 Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship – 1st player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a year
2000 For the 7th game in a row Seattle gives up at least 9 runs – ties MLB record set in 1901
1997 Cincinnati records no assists in a win over Colorado
1986 NYY Dave Winfield hits his 300th HR – ends with 465
1985 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 11th straight game – 1st NL pitcher to have 200 strikeouts in each of his 1st 2 seasons
1980 Pirates Omar Moreno steals his 70th base – 1st player this century to have three 70 steal seasons
1978 Jerry Remy hits a HR – last of his career – will have an additional 2,321 at bats without a HR – career 7 HRs with 4,455 at bats
1965 Eddie Mathews hits a HR for the Braves – he and Aaron have now combined for 773 HRs passing Ruth and Gehrig
1963 Mets pitcher Grover Powell wins his MLB debut – will be injured in next start and never win again
1961 Phillies set then record with their 23rd straight loss – will win 2nd game of the doubleheader to end the streak
1960 Ted Williams gets his 2,000th walk – joins Ruth as the only other one – ends with 2,021
1948 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians in Cleveland – Satchel Paige gets the 1-0 win for Cleveland
1945 Tommy Brown (Brooklyn Dodgers) becomes the youngest player to hit a HR – was 17 years, 8 months, and 14 days old
1938 Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd and last grand slam – still MLB record
1915 White Sox trade for “Shoeless” Joe Jackson

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