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