TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY SEPTEMBER 27

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