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Saturday, September 17, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 17

2004 Barry Bonds hits his 700th HR – joins Ruth and Aaron
2004 Ichiro Suzuki gets his 199th single of the year – MLB record – ends season with 262 hits
2002 Patrick Ewing retires after 17 years in the NBA – 15 with the Knicks
1998 Denny Neagle of the Braves wins his 15th – 5th 15 or more win season on the team staff this year
1996 LA Dodgers Hideo Nomo no hits the Rockies 9-0
1988 Jeff Reardon becomes the 1st pitcher to record 40 saves in a season in both leagues – Minnesota and Montreal
1984 NY Mets Dwight Gooden becomes the 2nd to strikeout 32 over 2 consecutive games – 16 in a 2-1 loss and 16 in a 2-0 win on 9/12
1984 Reggie Jackson hits his 500th HR – hit his first exactly 17 years ago
1981 Fernando Valenzuela gets his 8th shutout of his rookie year – ties MLB rookie mark set in 1910 and 1913
1979 George Brett gets his 20th triple – 5th player in MLB history to have 20 or more doubles, triples, and HRs in a season – 1st since Willie Mays in 1957
1968 Gaylord Perry no hits the Cardinals 1-0 – gave up 2 walks
1964 Mickey Mantle gets his 2,000th hit and 450th HR – ends with 2,415 hits and 536 HRs
1963 Sandy Koufax gets his 11th shutout of the season – he is 24-5 with 1.87 ERA
1955 Brooks Robinson makes his MLB debut – gets 2 hits – ends career with 2,848 of them
1953 Ernie Banks becomes the 1st black player on the Chicago Cubs
1941 Stan Musial makes his MLB debut – goes 2 for 4 – ends career with 3,630 hits
1916 Babe Ruth wins his 20th game of the season – will win 23 with a 1.75 ERA

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