TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 1

2006  Joe Mauer of Minnesota wins the AL batting title – first catcher to ever do so – hit .347

2004  Ichiro Suzuki gets 3 hits – has MLB record 259 hits, breaking 84 year old record – ends season with 262

2000  A’s clinch AL West Title – won 18 of their last 22 games to do so

2000  Shane Halter of Detroit plays all nine positions and goes 4 for 5 – 4^th MLB player to play all 9

1999  Kevin McHale is enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame

1995  Orioles have 5 straight shutout wins to end the season

1991  Wade Boggs of Boston gets his 40^th double of the season – 7^th straight season he has done so – only 2^nd in MLB history to do so

1978  Cincinnati beats Atlanta in 14 innings 10-8 – Braves pitchers issue NL record 16 walks

1977  Brazilian soccer player Pele retires

1975  Ali beat Frazier in the “Thrila from Manila”

1961  Roger Maris hits his 61^st HR to pass Babe Ruth

1960  Billy Williams of the Cubs hits his 1^st HR – ends with 426

1933  Babe Ruth made his last pitching appearance – won and hit a HR

1922  Roger Hornsby wins the Triple Crown - .401 average, 42 HRs, 152 RBI – was a career .358 hitter in 23 seasons

1903  1^st World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Americans – Cy Young gets the loss

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2009  Ricky Nolasco of Florida strikes out 9 consecutive batters

2008  White Sox win 1-0 in playoff game with Twins to win AL central

2006  Chicago and Colorado each use 10 pitchers in the game – tie MLB record

2001  Todd Helton of Colorado hits his 100^th extra base hit of the season – 1^st player in MLB history to have 100 extra base hits in back to back seasons – in 2001 he had 54 doubles and 49 HRs, in 2000 59 doubles and 42 HRs

2000  Oakland beats Texas 23-2 – 14 players score runs – MLB record

2000  Seattle beats Angels 21-9 – Alex Rodriguez had 7 RBI

1997  NYY beat Indians 8-6 in 1^st game of the playoffs – Tim Raines, Derek Jeter, and Paul O’Neill hit consecutive HRs

1995  Indians Albert Belle hits his 17^th HR of the month – ties Babe Ruth’s record for the month

1993  George Brett gets his 3,000^th hit

1989  Nolan Ryan strikes out his 300^th batter – 6^th 300 strikeout season

1988  Dave Steib throws his second straight one hitter

1984  Angels Mike Witt throws a perfect game on 97 pitches

1980  Rickey Henderson steals his 97^th base – MLB record – Ty Cobb had 96 in 1915 – ends with 100 for the year

1980  Fernando Valenzuela wins his 1^st game

1978  Dennis Eckersley wins his 20^th game of the season

1978  Orioles Rich Dauer makes his only error of the season

1972  Roberto Clemente gets his 3,000^th hit – final regular season hit

1964  Detroit’s Bill Roman hits a HR in his 1^st MLB at bat – only one of his career – ends career in 1965 with 35 at bats

1962  Mets catcher Joe Pignatano hits into a triple play in the 8^th – it is his final career at bat

1947  1^st televised World Series – Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3

1934  Dizzy Dean wins his 30^th game of the year

1934  Babe Ruth’s last game as a NYY – goes 0-3 – Lou Gehrig wins the triple crown - .363 average, 49 HRs, and 165 RBI

1927  Babe Ruth hit his 60^th HR – was first player ever to hit 30, 40, 50, and 60 today

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 29

2002  Marlins record is 79-83, 23 games behind – won World Series last year

2001  Oakland’s Miguel Tejada hits for the cycle including a grand slam

2000  U.S. basketball team wins gold at the Olympics

1999  Doug Glanville of Philadelphia gets his 200^th hit of the season – 1^st Phillie since 1979 to do so – Pete Rose

1991  Rickey Henderson goes 5 for 5 – hit safely in each of the first 5 innings – leaves game in the 7^th

1987  NYY Don Mattingly hits his MLB record 6^th grand slam of the season

1986  Cubs Greg Maddux beats brother Mike of the Phillies 8-3 – both rookies – Greg ends career with 355 wins, Mike with 39

1985  Warren Moon of Houston is sacked NFL record 12 times by the Cowboys

1983  A’s Mike Warren pitches a no hitter vs. White Sox – the rookie will win only 9 games in his career

1979  Astros JR Richard strikes out his 313^th – NL record for a right hander

1974  Lou Brock steals his 118^th base of the season

1965  Bob Gibson hits a grand slam off of Gaylord Perry to beat Giants 8-6

1965  409 fans see Red Sox beat Cleveland at Fenway Park

1963  Stan Musial’s last game – he gets his 3,630^th hit

1962  Cleveland and California strikeout a combined 40 times in a double header

1954  Willie Mays makes his famous over the shoulder catch of Vic Wertz’ drive

1927  Babe Ruth hits his 59^th HR – his 60^th tomorrow

1920  Babe Ruth hits then record 54^th HR

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2008  Mike Mussina wins his 20^th game of the  year – his only 20 win season among his 270 career wins

2006  Rookie Jim Loney of Dodgers has 9 RBI in the game

2003  Drew Henson gets his 1^st and only MLB hit – quit to play football

2001  Alex Rodriguez hits his 50^th HR – 20^th in MLB history to do so

2000  Baltimore gets 23 hits and 23 runs to beat Toronto 23-1

2000  NY Mets end Greg Maddux’s streak of 39 1/3^rd scoreless innings

1993  Dennis Martinez wins his 100^th NL game – 7^th pitcher in history to win 100 in each league

1988  Orel Hershiser pitches 10 shutout innings – now has 59 consecutive scoreless innings – started August 30 – MLB record

1982  Minnesota pitcher Terry Felton plays in his last MLB game – record is 0-13 and career 0-16

1974  Nolan Ryan gets his 3^rd career no hitter – ends with 7 of them

1972  Steve Carlton gets his 300^th strikeout of the season – record 27-10 with a 1.91 ERA – will win Cy Young

1960  Ted Williams hits his final HR #521 – hit his 1^st 4/23/1939

1941  Ted Williams ends the season with a .406 average

1940  Michigan’s Tom Harmon runs for TDs of 72, 86, and 94 yards

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2007  Ryan Howard strikes out for the 196^th time this season – MLB record

2006  40 year old Moises Alou steals home for San Francisco

2001  Arizona’s Randy Johnson gets his 20^th win and 366^th strikeout

2000  Angels Darin Erstad sets a record with his 99^th RBI as a leadoff hitter

1998  NYY win their 114^th game of the season

1998  Mark McGwire hits his 70^th HR of the season

1996  Barry Bonds is the 2^nd player in MLB history to get 40 steals and 40 HRs in a season – Jose Canseco did it first, Rodriguez and Soriano will follow

1992  Seattle’s Randy Johnson strikes out 18 Texas Rangers

1987  Phil Niekro makes his final MLB appearance – 318 wins, 3,342 strikeouts. and a 3.35 ERA in 24 seasons

1983  Tim Raines becomes the 2^nd player in MLB history to have 70 steals and 70 RBI in the same season – Ty Cobb

1973  Nolan Ryan gets his 383^rd strikeout of the season – MLB record

1972  Padres Steve Arlin loses his 21^st game of the year – lost 19 last year, but his ERA in 1972 was 3.60 and in 1971 it was 3.48

1968  Bob Gibson beats Houston 1-0 – ends season with a 1.12 ERA, 22-9 record, 28 complete games, 13 shutouts, and 268 strikeouts

1967  Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning ties a record with his 5^th one run loss of the season – record is 17-15 with a 2.29 ERA – lowest of his career

1942  NY Giants beat the Redskins 14-7 without making a first down – Washington had 15 of them

1931  Lou Gehrig gets his 46^th HR and Babe Ruth has 46 – Gehrig has 184 RBI and Ruth 163 – most productive teammates in history – they beat 31 game winner Lefty Grove 13-1

1930  Bobby Jones completes the 1^st Grand Slam of Golf

1927  Babe Ruth hits his 57^th HR and Lou Gehrig his 46^th

1923  Lou Gehrig gets his 1^st HR – ends with 493

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2001  Raul Gonzalez gets his 1^st MLB hit – the only hit for the Reds in a 8-0 loss

1999  Mark McGwire gets his 60^th HR of the season – he and Sammy Sosa become the only players to hit 60 HRs twice

1998  Curt Schilling gets his 300^th strikeout of the season – his second consecutive season doing so – 5^th in MLB history

1998  Dennis Eckersley plays in his final game, his 1,071^st breaking Hoyt Wilhelm’s record for most appearances – had 197 wins, 390 saves, and a career 3.50 ERA over 24 seasons

1997  Atlanta’s Rafael Belliard hits a HR – last one he hit was May 5, 1987 – got two in his career in 2,524 plate appearances

1993  Mariners Randy Johnson gets his 300^th strikeout of the season

1988  Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is stripped of his gold medal in the 100M for failing a drug test

1984  Rookie Juan Samuel of Philadelphia steals his 72^nd base – breaks Tim Raines rookie record

1983  St. Louis’ Bob Forsch pitches a no hitter – 2^nd of his career – 25^th pitcher to have 2 or more

1981  Nolan Ryan gets his 5^th no hitter – 1^st to do so – ends with 7

1979  Braves Phil Niekro gets his 20^th win – beat his brother Joe who also had 20 wins

1971  Jim Palmer of the Orioles gets his 20^th win – 3 other Orioles have 20 wins this season also

1971  Ernie Banks gets the last hit of his career – his 2,583^rd

1962  Maury Wills becomes the first to steal 100 bases in a season – will end with 104

1962  Chicago Cubs lose their 101^st game of the season – 903 fans show up to see it

1961  Roger Maris hits his 60^th HR to tie Babe Ruth

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 25

2003  Sammy Sosa becomes the 1^st NL player to have 100 RBI in 9 straight seasons

2003  Carlos Delgado hits 4 HRs in the game – 15^th to do so

2002  Michael Jordan announces he is returning to the NBA

2001  Chicago Cubs pitchers get their 1,250^th strikeout of the year – MLB record

2000  Cleveland plays an odd double header – beat Chicago in the first one and lose to Minnesota in the second game – only 2^nd time there was a 3 team double header in MLB history (1951)

1998  NYY win their 112^th game of the season – AL record

1996  Barry Bonds gets his 149^th walk of the season – NL record

1992  Seattle and Texas use MLB record 54 players in a 16 inning game – Rangers strand 20 and strikeout 18 times
 1984  NY Mets Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb as the only players to hit a HR in their teens and their forties

1965  Willie Mays becomes the oldest (34) to hit 50 HRs in a season – also the youngest to hit 50 ten years earlier

1965  Sandy Koufax gets his 24^th win and 365^th strikeout of the season – ERA 2.12

1962  Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in the 1^st to win the heavyweight title

1941  The Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1^st pennant in 21 years

1911 Groundbreaking begins on Fenway Park

                                           

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

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 23

2006  Barry Bonds hits his 734^th HR to break NL record – Hank Aaron

2002  St. Louis scores 10 runs in the 7^th – 9 of them were consecutive with 2 outs

2001  Sammy Sosa hits 3 HRs in the game – 3^rd time he has done it this season and the first time it has been done in MLB history

2001  Alex Rodriguez hits his 48^th HR – MLB record for shortstops

2000  Rafael Palmeiro hits his 400^th HR – ends with 569

1998  Craig Biggio of Houston steals his 50^th base – only second in MLB history with 50 doubles and 50 steals (Tris Speaker 1912)

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 64^th and 65^th 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 1^st manager to win 100 games in both leagues

1983  Steve Carlton wins his 300^th game – ends with 329, 3.22 ERA, 4 Cy Young awards

1979  Lou Brock steals his 938^th base – last of his career

1965  Larry Jackson of the Cubs loses his 20^th game of the year – won 20 last year

1962  LA Dodgers Maury Wills steals his 97^th base on the way to 104 – breaks Ty Cobb’s record

1961  Whitey Ford of NYY wins his 25^th 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  1^st closed circuit televised broadcast of a sports event – Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott for the heavyweight title

1936  Carl Hubbell wins his 16^th 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

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 22

2006  Alfonso Soriano gets a double – now has 45 HRs, 41 stolen bases, and 40 doubles – never happened before – 1^st 40-40-40 player

2004  Seattle beats Angels 16-6 – they had 24 hits – 6 by Raul Ibanez (ties AL record) and 4 by Ichiro Suzuki

2003  Detroit loses its 118^th game – AL record previously set in 1916

2003  Kevin Millar gets a double – 8^th Boston player to reach 30 doubles this year – MLB record

2002  Cubs Fred McGriff hits his 30^th HR – 1^st to have 30 with 5 different teams

1997  Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 55^th HR – most since Maris in 1961

1993  Nolan Ryan makes his final MLB appearance – debut 9/11/1966 – had 7 no hitters, 324 wins, ERA of 3.19, and 5,714 strikeouts

1991  Miami coach Don Shula wins his 300^th game

1990  Andre Dawson steals his 300^th base and is the only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 steals, 300 HRs, and 2,000 hits

1987  NFL players go on a 24 day strike

1973  Baltimore Orioles Al Bumbry hits 3 triples in the game – ties MLB record

1969  Willie Mays hits his 600^th HR – ends with 660

1968  Twins Cesar Tovar pitches a scoreless inning and plays 9 positions

1953  Satchel Paige gets his final MLB win on his 46^th birthday

1927  The famous “long count” – Dempsey loses to Tunney

1911  Cy Young wins his 511^th and final game – had a career ERA of 2.63, 2,803 strikeouts, and had 5 seasons winning 30 or more

 

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 21

2008  Final game at Yankee Stadium – they win

2004  Ichiro Suzuki gets 5 hits in the game – 4^th time this tear

2001  Brewers strikeout 10 times – now have 1,272 for the season – MLB record

1999  Pedro Martinez strikes out 12 Toronto batters – gets his 300^th strikeout of the season – only 2^nd to strikeout 300 in both leagues (Randy Johnson)

1997  Barry Bonds hits an inside the park HR

1996  Eddie Murray hits his 19^th career grand slam

1992  Dennis Eckerskey gets his 50^th save of the season – only 2^nd player to do so

1991  USA basketball announces its “Dream Team” for the Olympics

1986  Jets beat Dolphins 51-45 on OT – record 884 passing yards

1981  Steve Carlton gets his 3,128^th career strikeout – NL record previously held by Bob Gibson

1973  NY Mets go into 1^st place after being 12 games out

1971  Baltimore’s Dave McNally gets his 20^th win for the 4^th straight season

1970  Vida Blue no hits Minnesota – gave up 2 walks – it is 2^nd MLB start

1970  “Monday Night Football” debuts on ABC – Cleveland beats Jets 31-21

1966  Only 530 fans see Cubs beat Reds at Wrigley

1966  Juan Marichal wins his 23^rd – hit a HR in the 9^th for a 6-5 win over Pirates

1963  NYY Yogi Berra hits his 358^th and last HR

1954  NYY win their 101^st game – but only 1,912 saw it

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 20

2003  Marcus Giles of Braves hits his 20^th HR of the season – Braves have 6 players with 20 or more

2002  Orioles Mike Bordick sets a MLB record with his 102^nd consecutive game without an error at shortstop

1998  Cal Ripken ends his record 2,632 consecutive game streak – started 5/30/82

1992  Philadelphia second baseman Mickey Morandi gets an unassisted triple play – 9^th in MLB history

1988  Wade Boggs gets his 200^th hit in 6 straight seasons

1987  Walter Payton sets NFL record with his 107^th rushing TD

1986  Tony Gwynn steals 5 bases – ties NL record

1983  Detroit gets 10 consecutive hits in the first inning – ties AL record

1980  Spectacular Bid wins the Woodward – his only 3 rivals pulled out of the race

1978  Red Sox lose to Detroit 12-2 – Boston only had 6 hits – 4 by Jerry Remy

1973  Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in “The Battle of the Sexes” tennis match

1972  Atlanta beats Houston 13-6 – scored all 13 in the 2^nd inning

1970  Jim Palmer wins his 20^th game – Orioles now have three 20 game winners for the season

1968  Mickey Mantle hits his final HR #536 – hit his 1^st 5/1/51

1967  Johnny Bench hits his 1^st MLB HR – ends with 389

1965  812 fans see Philadelphia beat the Braves

1965  547 fans see KC beat Minnesota

1961  Roger Maris hits his 59^th HR in 155 games

1965  Willie Mays hits his 50^th HR – only 7^th to do so

1954  Warren Spahn wins his 20^th game – 6^th time he has done so  

1919  Babe Ruth is honored at “Babe Ruth Day” in a double header at Fenway – he wins the 1^st game with a HR in the 9^th and scores the winning run in the 2^nd

1917  NBA Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach was born

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 19

2002  Bartolo Colon of Expos gets his 10^th win of the season – only 2^nd in MLB history to have 10 wins in both leagues in a single season – had 10 for Cleveland

2002  KC 1^st base coach Tom Gamboa is attacked on the field by a father and son who are arrested

2001  Rookie Albert Pujols gets his 120^th RBI of the season – breaks a 70 year old NL rookie mark

2001  Roger Clemens wins his 20^th – record is 20-1 with 3.42 ERA – season 20-3, 3.51 ERA

2000  Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 400^th HR

1998  Alex Rodriguez hits his 40^th HR – joins 40 HR and 40 steal club of Canseco and Bonds – Soriano will later join

1998  Atlanta Braves win their 100^th game of the season – won 100 last year – 1^st team since Philadelphia in 1976-1977 to have back to back 100 wins seasons

1988  U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on the diving board 

1986  Chicago’s Joe Crowley gets a no hitter – gave up 7 walks and a sacrifice fly but won 7-1 – will never win another game

1985  Vince Coleman steals his 100^th base – will end with 110

1982  Patriots get 5 first downs and -4 yards passing and 57 total yards as they lose to the Jets 31-7

1976  Catfish Hunter gets his 200^th career win – ends with 224

1968  Denny McLain wins his 31^st of the season, but Mickey Mantle gets his 535^th HR to put him into 3^rd all time

1961  Willie Mays hits a grand slam off of Warren Spahn as Giants beat Braves 11 to 10

1955  Cubs Ernie Banks hits his record 5^th grand slam of the season – surpassed only by 6 in 1987 by Don Mattingly and 6 in 2006 by Travis Hoffman

1948  Pancho Gonzalez wins the 63^rd US Men’s Tennis Open

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 18

2006  Dodgers hit 4 consecutive HRs in the 9^th inning – only 4^th time in history

2005  Donovan McNabb throws 5 TDs and 49ers are held to 142 total yards vs. 583 for Eagles as they win 42-3

2003  Tigers lose their 114^th game of the season and pitcher Mike Maroth his 21^st – will end the season 43-119

2000  Mike Maddux extends his scoreless inning streak to 29

1999  Sammy Sosa hits his 60^th HR – 1^st in MLB to hit 60 in consecutive seasons

1998  Frank Thomas gets his 100^th RBI for the 8^th straight season

1996  Roger Clemens ties his own MLB mark with 20 strikeouts in a game

1995  Gary Sheffied does 3 for 3 – was 5 for 5 yesterday

1987  Tigers Darrell Evans is the 1^st 40 year old to hit 40 HRs in a season

1986  Reggie Jackson hits his 30^th HR – at age 40 he is the 3^rd player to do so – Musial and Ruth

1984  Tigers become only the 4^th team to stay in first place since opening day

1984  Montreal’s Tim Raines steals his 70^th base – only player with 4 consecutive 70 base seasons

1977  Boston rookie Ted Cox makes his MLB debut and goes 4 for 4 – will get a hit in his first 2 at bats tomorrow – MLB record for consecutive hits to start a career

1974  Erskine Thomason of Philadelphia throws 8 pitches in an inning to retire the side – his only MLB appearance

1966  Mickey Mantle gets his 1,500^th career strikeout – 1^st player to reach that level in his career – ends with 1,710

1931  Lefty Grove wins his 30^th game – last AL pitcher to do so until 1968 (Denny McLain) – ends season 31-4, 2.06 ERA

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 17

2004  Barry Bonds hits his 700^th HR – joins Ruth and Aaron

2004  Ichiro Suzuki gets his 199^th single of the year – MLB record – ends season with 262 hits

2002  Patrick Ewing retires after 17 years in the NBA – 15 with the Knicks

1998  Denny Neagle of the Braves wins his 15^th  – 5^th 15 or more win season on the team staff this year

1996  LA Dodgers Hideo Nomo no hits the Rockies 9-0

1988  Jeff Reardon becomes the 1^st pitcher to record 40 saves in a season in both leagues – Minnesota and Montreal

1984  NY Mets Dwight Gooden becomes the 2^nd to strikeout 32 over 2 consecutive games – 16 in a 2-1 loss and 16 in a 2-0 win on 9/12

1984  Reggie Jackson hits his 500^th HR – hit his first exactly 17 years ago

1981  Fernando Valenzuela gets his 8^th shutout of his rookie year – ties MLB rookie mark set in 1910 and 1913

1979  George Brett gets his 20^th triple – 5^th player in MLB history to have 20 or more doubles, triples, and HRs in a season – 1^st since Willie Mays in 1957

1968  Gaylord Perry no hits the Cardinals 1-0 – gave up 2 walks

1964  Mickey Mantle gets his 2,000^th hit and 450^th HR – ends with 2,415 hits and 536 HRs

1963  Sandy Koufax gets his 11^th shutout of the season – he is 24-5 with 1.87 ERA

1955  Brooks Robinson makes his MLB debut – gets 2 hits – ends career with 2,848 of them

1953  Ernie Banks becomes the 1^st black player on the Chicago Cubs

1941  Stan Musial makes his MLB debut – goes 2 for 4 – ends career with 3,630 hits

1916  Babe Ruth wins his 20^th game of the season – will win 23 with a 1.75 ERA

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 16

2008  Derek Jeter gets his 1,270^th hit at Yankee Stadium – passes Lou Gehrig

2007  Jim Thome gets his 500^th HR

2007  Bengals beat Browns 51-45 as Carson Palmer throws 6 TDs and Derek Anderson 5 – Cleveland had 554 total yards and Cincinnati had 531

1999  Rookie Carlos Beltran gets his 100^th RBI – 1^st rookie since 1987 to do so – Mark McGwire

1998  Ken Griffey Jr. steals his 20^th base of the year – 3^rd player in MLB history to have 50 HRs and 20 steals – Willie Mays and Brady Anderson

1997  Curt Schilling gets his 300^th strikeout of the season – 1^st NL pitcher since 1986 to do so

1996  Paul Molitor gets his 3,000^th hit – ends with 3,319

1996  Lance Johnson of Mets gets his 20^th triple of the season – his 6^th year in a row with double digits – had 117 in 14 seasons

1993  Dave Winfield gets his 3,000^th hit – 19^th to do so – ends with 3,110  

1990  Pittsburgh beats Oilers 20-9 despite only getting 123 total yards – Warren Moon threw 3 interceptions

1988  Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game vs. Dodgers

1987  Bob Boone of the Angels catches in his record 1,919^th game

1979  Willie Wilson of KC hits his 5^th inside the park HR of the season

1975  Pirates beat Cubs 22-0 – Rennie Stennett is the 3^rd player to go 7 for 7 in MLB history

1965  Red Sox Dave Morehead no hits Cleveland

1960  Warren Spahn no hits Philadelphia – it is his 20^th win of the season and his 11^th 20 win season – will do it two more times before retiring with 363 wins

1948  Joe DiMaggio hits his 300^th HR – ends with 361

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 15

2009  David Ortiz hits his 270^th HR as a designated hitter – record

2004  Randy Johnson becomes the all-time strikeout leader for lefties – his 4,139 passes Steve Carlton

2003  Raphael Palmeiro hits his 35^th HR – has 35 HRS and 100 RBI or more for 9 straight seasons – only Jimmie Foxx has done so

2002  Buffalo beats Vikings 45-39 as Drew Bledsoe throws 463 yards and 3 TDs – teams combine for 917 total yards

1998  Ken Griffey Jr. gets his 1,000^th RBI

1996  Dan Marino throws one interception – a 100 yard one to Aaron Glenn, but his 3 TDs help Miami beat Jets 36-27

1996  Orioles hit 241 HRs this year – MLB record  - 1961 NYY

1991  Dallas is shutout by Philadelphia 24-0 as Troy Aikman throws 3 interceptions and Dallas manages only 90 yards

1987  Mets Keith Hernandez gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,182

1979  The Red Sox Bob Watson becomes the 1^st player to hit for the cycle in the AL and NL (Astros)

1978  The LA Dodgers become the first team to draw 3 million fans

1978  Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks to win the heavyweight title for the 3^rd time

1972  Steve Carlton gets his 24^th win of the season – the rest of the pitching staff has 26 wins – he will finish the season with 27 wins and a 1.97 ERA out of the 59 total wins Philadelphia has

1969  Philadelphia’s Steve Carlton strikes out 19 NY Mets – loses the game 4-3

1960  Willie Mays ties MLB record with 3 triples in the game

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 14

2008  Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs no hits Houston

2003  Detroit loses its 110^th game of the season – ends with 43-119 record

2002  Barry Bonds gets his 100^th RBI – 11^th time in his career

2002  Red Sox Derek Lowe wins his 20^th game – had 20 saves last season

1999  Royals Mark Quinn makes his MLB debut – hit 2 HRs – only 3^rd in MLB history to hit 2 in his debut – also had a double

1999  NYY beat Toronto 10-6 – Bernie Williams hit a grand slam in the 8^th and Paul O’Neill hit one in the 9^th

1996  NY Mets Todd Hundley sets a record of 41 HRs by a catcher

1994  On the 34^th day of the strike, Bud Selig announces the end of the season

1990  Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. hit back to back HRs in the 1^st inning vs. the Angels

1990  A’s Dave Stewart wins his 20^th game for the 4^th straight year

1989  Jeff Reardon gets his 30^th save – 1^st pitcher to have 30 or more saves in 5 straight seasons

1987  Blue Jays hit a MLB record 10 HRs vs. Baltimore

1986  Bo Jackson hit his 1^st HR – had 141 in 8 seasons

1978  Angels beat Texas 16-1 – had 13 unearned runs in the 9^th inning

1972  San Diego’s Steve Arlin loses his 20^th game of the season – lost 19 last year – ends career 34-67

1968  Denny McLain wins his 30^th game – 1^st 30 game winner since 1934

1961  St. Louis and Chicago combine to use 72 players in a double header

1958  NYY win their 24^th pennant and 9^th under Casey Stengel

1951  Rookie Bob Nieman made his MLB debut and hit a HR his first two times at bat – only time in MLB history it has been done

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 13

2009  Lions start where they left off last year – lose to New Orleans 45-27 – Drew Brees threw 6 TDs

2009  Ichiro Suzuki gets his 200^th hit for the 9^th straight year – MLB record

2007  The NFL fines Bill Belichick $500,000 and the Patriots $250,000 for illegal videotaping of the Jets during the game

2004  Sammy Sosa hits his 30^th HR – only 3^rd player in history to hit 30 or more 10 seasons in a row

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 61^st and 62^nd HR to pass Maris and pull into a tie with Mark McGwire

1997  Tom Candiotti of the Dodgers hits 3 batters in the 1^st inning and one in the 2^nd to tie MLB record

1992  Buffalo beats the 49ers 34-31 as Buffalo has 488 total yards and SF 598 – Jim Kelly throws for 403 yards and 3 TDs and Steve Young 449 and 3 TDs

1987  White Sox beat Seattle 2-0 – Chicago had 2 hits and the Mariners had one

1983  Rickey Henderson steals his 100^th base for the 3^rd consecutive year 

1982  Joe Niekro beats his brother Phil 5-3 – only Phil’s 4^th loss of the season

1974  Philadelphia uses a NL record 27 players in the game and St. Louis uses 24 tying a MLB record 51 – Philadelphia won 7-3 in 17 innings

1971  Frank Robinson hits his 500^th HR – ends with 586

1969  Barry Bonds is the 4^th player in MLB history to have 30 steals and 30 HRs – will do it 4 more times in his career including a 40-40 year

1965  Willie Mays hits his 500^th HR – ends with 660

1964  Minnesota beats Baltimore 34-24 – outran them 313 yards to 40 – Unitas and Tarkenton both throw 2 TDs

1951  Cardinals play an unusual double header – beat Giants in the afternoon and lose to the Braves at night

1942  Cubs shortstop Lennie Merullo makes 4 errors in the 2^nd inning (MLB record) – also made one in the 1^st game of the double header

1936  Cleveland’s Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 batters – he was only 17 years old

1909  Ty Cobb hits his 9^th HR of the season – all inside the park