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 – 1^st 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 118^th game – AL record previously set in 1916

2003  Kevin Millar gets a double – 8^th Boston player to reach 30 doubles this year – MLB record

2002  Cubs Fred McGriff hits his 30^th HR – 1^st to have 30 with 5 different teams

1997  Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 55^th 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 300^th game

1990  Andre Dawson steals his 300^th 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 600^th 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 46^th birthday

1927  The famous “long count” – Dempsey loses to Tunney

1911  Cy Young wins his 511^th and final game – had a career ERA of 2.63, 2,803 strikeouts, and had 5 seasons winning 30 or more