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