TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 16

2005  46 year old Julio Franco gets 2 steals in a game vs. Reds

2001  John Olerud of Seattle hits for the cycle for the 2^nd time of his career

1999  LA Lakers name Phil Jackson as head coach

1997  Chicago Cubs beat White Sox 8-3 – 1^st meeting between them since 1906

1996  Bulls beat Seattle to win NBA title for the 4^th time in 6 years – Michael Jordan is the first player ever to win 4 NBA Finals MVP awards

1995  St. Louis Cardinals fire manager Joe Torre

1995  Andre Dawson hits his 400^th NL HR – hit #400 to 428 with Red Sox

1993  Michael Jordan scores 55 points in a Bulls win over Phoenix in game 4 of NBA finals – 2^nd most ever (61 by Elgin Baylor in 1962)

1991  Otis Nixon ties MLB record with 6 steals in the game (set in 1902)

1979  Carl Yastrzemski gets his 1,000^th extra base hit – 15^th to do so  

1978  Tom Seaver of Reds gets his 1^st and only no hitter of his 311 wins

1975  Milwaukee trades Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to LA Lakers for 4 players

1969  Rod Carew steals home for the 6^th time this season

1968  Lee Trevino (275) wins the 68^th US Open

1951  Ben Hogan (287) wins his 3^rd US open

1938  Boston’s Jimmie Foxx is walked MLB record 6 times in the game