TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 24

2006  Boston’s David Ortiz hits his 32^nd HR on the road this year – ties AL record – Babe Ruth in 1927

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 35^th HR on the road – MLB record

1998  Tom Gordon of Red Sox gets his 42^nd consecutive save of the year

1988  Dave Stewart wins his 20^th game of the year and Oakland its 100^th

1988  Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson wins the 100 meter sprint at the Olympics – he will be disqualified three days later for steroids

1985  Montreal’s Andre Dawson hits 3 HRs, including two 3 run HRs in the 5^th inning – 6 RBI in an inning ties MLB record

1982  Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at age 26

1979  Pete Rose gets his 200^th hit for the 10^th time – breaks MLB record of 9 set by Ty Cobb

1978  NYY Ron Guidry gets the win – record now is 23-3

1974  Al Kaline of Detroit gets his 3,000^th hit – will end his career this year with 3,007

1971  Orioles Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson gets their 20^th wins in a double header vs. Cleveland

1967  Cardinal Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals in a game vs. Pittsburgh

1957  The Brooklyn Dodgers play their last game at Ebbets Field – they beat the Pirates 2-0 – in the game Sandy Koufax struck out for the 12^th consecutive time

1957  Hank Aaron hit his 1^st grand slam

1950  Pitcher Carlos Pasqual makes his MLB debut and gets the only win of his career – loses his final game 4 days later – ends career 1-1 with 2.12 ERA

1940  Jimmie Foxx gets his 500^th hit – ends with 534

1938  Don Budge becomes the first tennis player to win the Grand Slam of Tennis

1931  Lefty Grove wins his 31^st game of the season