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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 27

2007  Ryan Howard strikes out for the 196th time this season – MLB record
2006  40 year old Moises Alou steals home for San Francisco
2001  Arizona’s Randy Johnson gets his 20th win and 366th strikeout
2000  Angels Darin Erstad sets a record with his 99th RBI as a leadoff hitter
1998  NYY win their 114th game of the season
1998  Mark McGwire hits his 70th HR of the season
1996  Barry Bonds is the 2nd 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 2nd player in MLB history to have 70 steals and 70 RBI in the same season – Ty Cobb
1973  Nolan Ryan gets his 383rd strikeout of the season – MLB record
1972  Padres Steve Arlin loses his 21st 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 5th 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 46th 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 1st Grand Slam of Golf
1927  Babe Ruth hits his 57th HR and Lou Gehrig his 46th
1923  Lou Gehrig gets his 1st HR – ends with 493

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