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Thursday, September 22, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 22

2006  Alfonso Soriano gets a double – now has 45 HRs, 41 stolen bases, and 40 doubles – never happened before – 1st 40-40-40 player
2004  Seattle beats Angels 16-6 – they had 24 hits – 6 by Raul Ibanez (ties AL record) and 4 by Ichiro Suzuki
2003  Detroit loses its 118th game – AL record previously set in 1916
2003  Kevin Millar gets a double – 8th Boston player to reach 30 doubles this year – MLB record
2002  Cubs Fred McGriff hits his 30th HR – 1st to have 30 with 5 different teams
1997  Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 55th HR – most since Maris in 1961
1993  Nolan Ryan makes his final MLB appearance – debut 9/11/1966 – had 7 no hitters, 324 wins, ERA of 3.19, and 5,714 strikeouts
1991  Miami coach Don Shula wins his 300th game
1990  Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is the only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 steals, 300 HRs, and 2,000 hits
1987  NFL players go on a 24 day strike
1973  Baltimore Orioles Al Bumbry hits 3 triples in the game – ties MLB record
1969  Willie Mays hits his 600th HR – ends with 660
1968  Twins Cesar Tovar pitches a scoreless inning and plays 9 positions

1953  Satchel Paige gets his final MLB win on his 46th birthday
1927  The famous “long count” – Dempsey loses to Tunney
1911  Cy Young wins his 511th and final game – had a career ERA of 2.63, 2,803 strikeouts, and had 5 seasons winning 30 or more

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