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Friday, September 23, 2011

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 23

2006  Barry Bonds hits his 734th HR to break NL record – Hank Aaron
2002  St. Louis scores 10 runs in the 7th – 9 of them were consecutive with 2 outs
2001  Sammy Sosa hits 3 HRs in the game – 3rd time he has done it this season and the first time it has been done in MLB history
2001  Alex Rodriguez hits his 48th HR – MLB record for shortstops
2000  Rafael Palmeiro hits his 400th HR – ends with 569
1998  Craig Biggio of Houston steals his 50th base – only second in MLB history with 50 doubles and 50 steals (Tris Speaker 1912)
1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 64th and 65th HRs of the season
1995  Lance Johnson of White Sox gets 6 hits – 3 of them triples
1988  Jose Canseco is the first to steal 40 bases and hit 40 HRs – Bonds, Rodriguez, and Soriano will join him
1988  Orel Hershiser beats Giants 3-0 – now has 49 consecutive scoreless innings pitched
1986  Jim Deshaies of Astros sets MLB record – strikes out the first 8 batters of the game
1984  Sparky Anderson is the 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
1983  Steve Carlton wins his 300th game – ends with 329, 3.22 ERA, 4 Cy Young awards
1979  Lou Brock steals his 938th base – last of his career
1965  Larry Jackson of the Cubs loses his 20th game of the year – won 20 last year
1962  LA Dodgers Maury Wills steals his 97th base on the way to 104 – breaks Ty Cobb’s record
1961  Whitey Ford of NYY wins his 25th game of the season – 25-4, 3.21 ERA, Cy Young winner this year
1957  Ted Williams reaches base 5 times – has reached 16 consecutive times to tie MLB record
1952  1st closed circuit televised broadcast of a sports event – Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott for the heavyweight title
1936  Carl Hubbell wins his 16th consecutive game – will win the first 8 in 1937 – record total 24
1926  Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight title
1916  Grover Cleveland Alexander wins both games of a double header vs. Cincinnati

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