TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 3

2008  Randy Johnson passes Roger Clemens as #2 all time with 4,673 strikeouts – ends with 4,875

2004  Julio Franco hits a grand slam for Atlanta – oldest to do so – born August 23, 1958

2003  Sammy Sosa shatters his bat revealing cork in it

1999  Karl Malone named NBA MVP – 23.8 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists

1998  Roger Clemens beats Detroit 5-1 – record now 6-6 – will end season 20-6 with next loss June 6, 1999 – 19 straight

1995  Expos Pedro Martinez has his perfect game broken up in the 10^th by a double – wins 1-0

1993  Seattle chooses Alex Rodriguez #1 in MLB draft

1992  In game 1 of NBA finals, Michael Jordan scores 39 including 35 in a half and six 3 point field goals – both finals records

1989  Nolan Ryan pitches a one hitter – 11^th of his career

1989  Astros beat Dodgers in 22 innings – 7 hours 14 minutes

1987  Cubs beat Astros 22-7 – teams tie MLB record by combining for 3 grand slams

1985  Detroit Tigers take John Smoltz in the 22^nd round of MLB draft – 213 wins, 154 saves, 3.33 ERA in 21 seasons

1984  Magic Johnson has NBA finals record 21 assists in win over Boston

1980  NY Mets choose Darryl Strawberry #1 in MLB draft

1978  Davey Johnson of Philadelphia hits his 2^nd pinch hit grand slam of the season – only one ever to do so

1977  Baltimore Orioles complete a triple play to end the game

1971  Ken Holtzman of Chicago throws a no hitter vs. Red – 2^nd of his career

1969  Montreal Expos lose their 17^th straight game

1955  Stan Musial hits his 300^th HR – ends with 475

1932  Lou Gehrig hits 4 straight HRs in a 20-13 win

1930  Grover Cleveland Alexander released by Philadelphia – 373 wins, 2.56 ERA, 437 complete games in 20 seasons

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 2

2005  NYY lose 5^th straight game – 1^st time in over 2 years

2001  Cubs win 12^th straight – their longest streak in 65 years

2000  Fred McGriff of Tampa Bay hits his 400^th HR – ends with 493

2000  Rick Aguilera of Cubs gets his 300^th save – will end with 318

1999  Josh Hamilton selected #1 in MLB draft

1996  Darryl Kile of Astros ties MLB record by hitting 4 batters in the game

1996  Seattle beats Utah 90-86 in game 7 of Western Conference finals to advance to championship round

1990  Randy Johnson no hits Tigers 2-0 – had 6 walks

1986  Rod Carew announces his retirement – final game was October 5, 1985 - .328 average in 19 seasons, 7 batting titles, hit .300 or more in 15 of the seasons

1985  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores his 4,458^th playoff point to move pass Jerry West as #1 all time – will end with 5,762 – Michael Jordan will ultimately pass him

1958  Brooks Robinson hits into triple play – will set MLB record by doing it 4 times in his career

1958  Whitey Ford ties AL record by striking out 6 straight batters

1941  Lou Gehrig died - .340 average, 493 HRs, 1,995 RBI, 2 time MVP, played in 2,164 games

1935  Babe Ruth announces his retirement – final game was May 30 - .342 average, 714 HRs, 2,213 RBI in 2,503 games

1925  Lou Gehrig pinch hit yesterday, he starts today at 1^st base – goes 3 for 5 and will play in 2,130 consecutive games

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 1

2005  George Mikan died – NBA pioneer who played from 1948 to 1956

1997  Rookie pitcher John Thomson gets his 1^st MLB win also had 4 hits and 3 RBI

1997  Michael Jordan wins game 1 of NBA finals with his last second jump shot 84-82 – scored 32 points in the game

1995  Darin Erstad selected #1 in MLB draft - .282 average, 699 RBI, 1,697 hits in 1,654 games in 14 seasons

1994  Reggie Miller scored 5 three point field goals in the 4^th quarter in win over NY Knicks – total 39 points

1993  Dan Majerle of Suns gets NBA record 8 three point field goals in win over Seattle

1992  Penguins sweep Chicago for Stanley Cup

1987  Phil Niekro gets his 314^th win – with brother Joe they have 530 to pass Gaylord and Jim Perry as #1 brother combination

1979  Seattle beats Washington 97-93 to win their only NBA championship

1977  Dennis Eckersley gives up a run in the 5^th to Seattle – had gone 22 1/3^rd without doing so

1975  Angels’ Nolan Ryan gets his 100^th win – it is his 4^th no hitter to tie Sandy Koufax

1941  Mel Ott gets his 400^th HR and 1,500^th RBI – ends 511 and 1,860

1939  1^st boxing match on TV – Lon Nova beats Max Baer

1925  Lou Gehrig pinch hits for NYY – begins his 2,130 consecutive game streak played

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 31

2008  Manny Ramirez hits his 500^th HR

2002  NJ Nets beat Celtics to advance to NBA finals

1999  Seattle ties MLB record with 58 HRs in May

1996  Atlanta beats Reds 9-1 – tie MLB record with 6 solo HRs

1991  NY Knicks name Pat Riley head coach

1989  Rookie Deion Sanders makes his MLB debut with NYY – will play in 641 games in 9 seasons - .262 average, 39 HRs, 168 RBI, 186 stolen bases

1987  Edmonton beats Flyers 4 games to 3 for Stanley Cup

1986  Wade Boggs of Red Sox goes 5 for 5 – average is .402 – ends season .357

1983  37^th NBA championship – Philadelphia sweeps LA Lakers – only lost 1 playoff game in 3 rounds

1983  George Steinbrenner is suspended 1 week for criticizing the umpires

1981  Dodgers go over 1 million in attendance in 22 games     

 

1979  Pat Underwood makes MLB debut for Tigers and gets 1-0 win beating his brother Tom of Toronto – Pat will appear in 113 games and be 13-18 with 4.43 ERA in 4 seasons, Tom 379 games 86-87, 3.89 ERA in 11 seasons

1970  White Sox beat Boston 22-13 – total 40 hits in the game

1969  Montreal loses its 15^th straight game – record 11-32

1968  Don Drysdale beats Giants 3-0 – 5^th straight shutout to tie MLB record set in 1904

1964  Mets play Giants in a double header – 2^nd game is 23 innings, 1^st is 9 – 32 innings and 47 total strikeouts is double header record – Mets struck out 22 times in 2^nd game (record)

1943  Joe Namath born – 27,663 passing yards, 173 TDs, 1^st 4,000 yard passer in 1967, Super Bowl MVP

1938  Lou Gehrig plays in his 2,000^th consecutive game

1937  Carl Hubbell loses – had won 24 straight over 2 seasons

1927  Rookie Jimmie Foxx hits his 1^st MLB HR – ends with 534

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 30

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 522^nd HR to pass both Willie McCovey and Ted Williams on all time list – has 17 this month

1992  Minnesota Twins Bert Blyleven beats Angels – had wins as both a teenager and 40 year old in MLB

1991  Rickey Henderson hits a leadoff HR for the 46^th time – ends with 81

1987  Eric Davis of Cincinnati hits his 3^rd grand slam of the month to tie MLB record

1985  Edmonton wins the Stanley Cup beating Philadelphia 4 games to 1

1982  Cal Ripken Jr. begins his consecutive games played streak

1977  Dennis Eckersley no hits Angels as Cleveland wins 1-0, gave up one walk

1976  Rookie Alvan Adams scores 33 points and has 14 rebounds to beat Boston in game 3 of NBA final

1975  Willie McCovey hits his 16^th grand slam and ties Hank Aaron for most in NL all time

1972  Manny Ramirez born

1971  Willie Mays passes Stan Musial’s NL record when he scored his 1,950^th run – happened on his 638^th HR – ends with 2,062 runs and 660 HRs

1967  Whitey Ford announces his retirement – 263 wins, 2.75 ERA – Cy Young in 1961 with 25-4 record

1962  Maury Wills hits a HR from both sides of the plate – only 7^th at the time

1943  Gale Sayers born

1935  Babe Ruth plays in his final game – .342 average, 714 HRs, 2,213 RBI, 2,062 walks in 22 seasons – pitching record 94-46, 2.28 ERA, 107 complete games in 10 seasons

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 29

2000  Randy Velarde of Oakland turns 11^th unassisted triple play in MLB history

1997  Utah beats Houston 103-100 to advance to NBA finals

1995  Pitcher Chris Hammond of Florida hits a grand slam in win over Astros – last of the 4 HRs he hits in his 14 year career

1994  Al Unser Jr. wins the Indy 500

1993  Jose Canseco pitches in the 8^th inning of a 15-1 loss to the Red Sox – gave up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks

1992  Tim Raines gets his 700^th stolen base – ends with 808 for #5 all time

1990  Rickey Henderson steals his 893^rd base to pass Ty Cobb – only Lou Brock with 938 is ahead of him – will end career with 1,406

1989  Mike Schmidt retires - .267/548/1,595, 3 time MVP

1984  Carmelo Anthony born

1980  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wins his 6^th NBA MVP

1977  AJ Foyt wins the Indy 500 for 4^th time

1976  Phil Niekro hits the 6^th HR of his 22 season career – hit it off his brother Phil – had 7 HR, 1 triple, and 1 steal in his career

1975  Darryl Dawkins is drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers – High School player selected at #5

1971  Mets beat Padres in both games of a double header – Seaver struck out 10 in the 1^st game and Ryan 15 in the 2^nd – 9,354 strikeouts combined in their careers

1969  Hank Aaron is pinch hit for only 3^rd time in his career

1952  Willie Mays enters the Army

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 28

2006  Barry Bonds hits his 715^th HR to pass Babe Ruth

2004  Matt Clement of Cubs hits 3 batters in an inning

2003  Atlanta beats Reds 15-3 – Braves hit 3 consecutive HRs to start the game – only 2^nd time in history (1987 Padres)

1999  With Tim Wakefield on the mound, catcher Jason Varitek has 5 passed balls (3 in one inning) – Boston still wins 12-5

1998  Arizona is leading Giants 8-6 and intentionally walks Barry Bonds to allow a run to score with the bases loaded

1995  White Sox beat Detroit 14-12 in 9 innings – teams combine to for MLB record 12 HRs and AL record 21 extra base hits in the game

1992  Terry Porter of Portland sets NBA playoff record (for a 6 game series) with 18 three point field goals in the series vs. Utah                                                    

1988  Mariners beat NYY 6-1 – Seattle has MLB record 22 infield assists

 

1986  Larry Bird wins MVP – 25.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 2.0 steals – it is his 3^rd consecutive MVP award and he joins Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain as the only ones to win 3 in a row

1980  Oakland’s Dwayne Murphy and Wayne Gross both steal home in the 1^st inning – Oakland has 7 steals for the day

1979  George Brett hit for the cycle plus added one more HR in the 16^th to give KC a 5-4 win over Baltimore

1978  Al Unser wins Indy 500 for 3^rd time

1978  Dennis Johnson of Seattle blocked 7 shots in a 93-92 win over Washington – most in NBA finals by a guard

1951  Willie Mays gets his 1^st MLB hit – career .302 average, 660 HRs, 1,903 RBI, 2 time MVP

1938  Jerry West born – 25,192 points, 5,336 rebounds, 6,238 assists, 14 time All-Star in 14 seasons

1930  Grover Cleveland Alexander makes his final MLB appearance – 373 wins, 2.56 ERA, 437 complete games in 20 seasons

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 27

2009  Red Sox pitchers tie MLB record with 6 wild pitches in 4-1 loss to the Twins

2006  Curt Schilling gets his 200^th win – ends with 216, 3.46 ERA

2002  Shawn Green of Dodgers gets his 10^th HR in 7 days

2000  Reds retire #24 uniform of Tony Perez -- .279 average, 279 HRs, 1,652 RBI

2000  Maurice Richard died – 8 time Stanley Cup winner – 544 career goals

1996  Detroit loses 12^th straight game and 32 of last 36 – record 12-39

1993  Dale Murphy of Colorado announces his retirement - .265 average, 398 HRs, 1,266 RBI, 2 time MVP in 18 seasons

1988  Red Sox Dwight Evans gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,466

1985  Boston beats LA in game 1 of NBA finals 148-114 – 148 is finals record – Scott Wedman shot 11 for 11

1981  Julius Erving wins NBA MVP – 25.2 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.2 steals – only MVP in both ABA and NBA

1975  Philadelphia wins Stanley Cup beating Buffalo in 6 games

1973  Milwaukee Bucks end NBA season with 14 straight wins (60-22)

1968  Montreal and San Diego are awarded MLB franchises

1968  Frank Thomas born - .301 average, 521 HRs, 1,704 RBI, 2 time MVP

1968  Jeff Bagwell born - .297 average, 449 HRs, 1,529 RBI, MVP

1967  Reds beat Pittsburgh 6-1 – played 5 prior 1 run games and will play next 11 one run games – 8-8 record in the 16

1961  Ralph Boston is the 1^st to long jump 17’

1955  Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBI in the game

1937  Carl Hubbell wins his 24^th straight game over 2 seasons – will be 48-14 in 1936 and 1937 combined

1873  1^st Preakness won by Survivor

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 26

2009  Zach Greinke beats Detroit 6-1 – record now 8-1 with 0.84 ERA – ends with 16-8, 2.16 ERA and wins Cy Young

1999  “The Bill Russell Tribute” is held at Fleet Center to honor the all time winningest individual in team sports

1999  Vince Carter named NBA Rookie of the Year – 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds. 3.0 assists

1997  Sammy Sosa of Cubs and Tony Womack of Pirates both hit inside the park HRs in the 6^th inning of Cubs 2-1 win – 1^st time it has happened in 20 years

1996  The White Sox hit 4 HRs in the 8^th inning in a 12-1 win over Milwaukee – 16^th time it has been done in the AL

1993  A long fly ball by Carlos Martinez bounces off the head of Jose Canseco and goes over the fence for a HR

1988  Edmonton sweeps Boston for the Stanley Cup

1987  Larry Bird steals an inbound pass from Isiah Thomas and passes to Dennis Johnson for a 108-107 win

1969  Hank Aaron hits his 500^th double – 3^rd with 500 doubles and 500 HRs – ends with 624 doubles and 755 HRs

1966  Juan Marichal pitches a 14 inning shutout to beat Philadelphia – 6 hits, 1 walk, 10 strikeouts

1925  Ty Cobb is the 1^st to get 1,000 extra base hits

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 25

2008  Omar Vizquel of Giants plays in his 2,584^th game at shortstop – passes Luis Aparicio for most all time

2002  Barry Bonds hits his 584^th HR to move pass Mark McGwire for #5 all time

2002  Shawn Green of Dodgers hits 2 HRs – has 7 in 3 games to set MLB record

2002  Robert Hernandez of KC gets his 300^th save – ends with 326

1997  Minnesota Twins retire #34 of Kirby Puckett - .318 average, 207 HRs, 1,085 RBI, 10 time All-Star in 12 seasons

1993  Charles Barkley named NBA MVP – 25.6 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists

1991  Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota 4 games to 2 to win Stanley Cup

1989  Stanley Cup won by Calgary as they beat Montreal 4 games to 2

1986  George Brett gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 3,154              
 

1984  Red Sox trade Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

1983  Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside the park HRs in the same inning

1983  Pirates pitchers combine to walk 7 straight batters in an inning – tie MLB record

1982  Ferguson Jenkins gets his 3,000^th strikeout – ends with 3,192

1982  Jim Palmer gets his 250^th win – ends with 268, 2.86ERA and 3 Cy Youngs

1981  Carl Yastrzemski plays in his 3,000^th game – joins Cobb, Musial and Aaron – ends with 3,308 in 23 seasons

1975  Dennis Eckersley of Indians beats Oakland in his 1^st MLB start – will win 197, 390 saves, 3.50 ERA in 24 seasons

1975  Golden State sweeps Washington to win NBA title

1965  Twins beat Red Sox 17-5 – 9 different players hit a HR in the game to tie MLB record

1965  Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight title

1951  Willie Mays makes his MLB debut – goes 0-5 - .302 average, 660 HRs, 1,903 RBI, 2 time MVP, 20 time All-Star

1935  Babe Ruth hits his 714^th and last HR – hit 1^st May 6, 1915

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 24

2007  John Smoltz gets his 200^th win – 1^st pitcher in MLB history with 200 wins and 150 saves – ends with 213 wins and 154 saves

2002  Shawn Green hits his 5^th HR in 2 games to tie MLB record, but Dodgers lose 14-3 to Arizona

2000  Isiah Thomas and Bob McAdoo inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

2000  Mark McGwire hits his 20^th HR in his 35^th game

1995  White Sox and Rangers play longest double header in MLB history – 7 hours 39 minutes

1995  Dennis Eckersley gets his 300^th save – 6^th to do so – ends with 390 and 197 wins

1994  Philadelphia beats St. Louis 4-0 – Cards set MLB record by stranding 16 without scoring

1993  Luis Polonia of Angels is caught stealing 3 times to tie AL record

1992  Al Unser Jr. wins the Indy 500

1990  Edmonton beats Boston 4 games to 1 to win Stanley Cup

1988  A power outage in Boston Garden occurs during NHL finals

1987  Al Unser Sr. wins the Indy 500

1984  Tigers tie MLB record with 16^th straight road win – record 35-5 – will end 104-58 and win World Series

1972  Pitcher Don Rose of Angels gets his 1^st MLB win and hits his 1^st HR – will not win or HR again – ends career 1974 with 1-4 record and will manage just one more hit

1969  Rookie Joe Sipin of San Diego makes his MLB debut and gets 2 triples – played only 68 games with 229 at bats – these are his only triples

1964  Lou Brock steals home for the 1^st time in his career

1957  Cubs rookie Frank Ernaga hits a HR and triple in his 1^st 2 at bats – will play 29 games in his career and have 2 HRs and 2 triples

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