TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY AUGUST 5

2007  Tom Glavine wins his 300^th game – 5^th lefthander to do so – ends with 305

2006  Reggie White, Troy Aikman, Warren Moon, and John Madden inducted into the Football Hall of Fame

2006  Trevor Hoffman sets MLB record with his 11^th 30 save season – will end with 15

2006  Rookie pitcher Fausto Carmona of Cleveland becomes only the second pitcher in MLB history to lose 4 relief games in a week

2005  Albert Pujols becomes the 1^st player in MLB history to hit 30 HRs in his 1^st 5 seasons

2002  LA Lakers broadcaster Chick Hearn died – called 3,338 consecutive Lakers games

2001  Cleveland beats Seattle 15-14 in 11 innings – 1^st team in 76 years to come back from a 12 run deficit                                                             

2001  Detroit Tigers tie MLB record by scoring only one run in their 5^th consecutive game – last done 1968

2001  Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett inducted into the Hall of Fame

1994  Braves Fred McGriff hits a HR – only 9^th player in MLB history to hit 30 or more in 7 consecutive seasons

1992  Oakland’s Jose Canseco walks in his first 2 at bats – walked 5 times yesterday – ties MLB record (1938) with 7 consecutive walks

1986  Steve Carlton gets his 4,000^th strikeout – only Nolan Ryan is in the club

1984  Blue Jays Cliff Johnson hits his 19^th pinch hit HR – MLB record

1979  Red Sox beat Milwaukee 19-5 – did not score a run in the 4^th but did it in every other inning

1979  Willie Mays inducted into Hall of Fame - .302/660/1,903

1975  Phillies 1^st 8 batters get a hit – MLB record

1936  Jesse Owens wins his 3^rd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics

1931  Cards Jim Bottomley has 6 hits in 6 at bats for the 2^nd time in his career

1921  First play-by-play baseball game was broadcast on the radio – Pittsburgh