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Monday, September 12, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 12

2000 Dodgers Dave Hansen gets MLB record 7th pinch hit HR of the season – was a 68 year old record
1999 Pittsburgh beats Cleveland 43-0 – held Cleveland to 2 first downs and 40 total yards – Steelers had 464 total yards
1999 Dallas beats Redskins 41-35 – teams combined for 1,045 yards
1997 Marlins catcher Charles Johnson plays in his 160th game without an error – MLB record
1996 Ellis Burks of Colorado steals his 30th base – 19th in MLB history to have 30 steals and 30 HRs
1991 Nolan Ryan wins his 10th game of the season – only 2nd pitcher to have 10 or more wins in 20 different seasons – (Don Sutton)
1990 NYY pitcher Steve Adkins makes his MLB debut – walked the first three batters he faced and 8 in 1 1/3rd innings before being taken out of the game
1988 Eddie Murray gets his 2,000th hit – ends with 3,255
1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for the 3rd straight year
1984 NY Mets Dwight Gooden sets rookie strikeout record at 251
1980 Yao Ming born
1979 Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit – ends with 3,419
1974 Cincinnati and Braves combine for 3 grand slams in the game – MLB record
1965 Washington Senators beat the Angels 7-1 – 840 fans attended
1964 Orioles beat A’s 1-0 – both teams got only one hit
1962 Washington’s Tom Cheney strikes out a record 21 Orioles in 16 innings for a 1-0 win

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