TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 26

2005  White Sox sweep Houston to win their 1^st World Series since 1917

2000  NYY beat NY Mets to win their 26^th World Series – 3^rd year in a row – Derek Jeter MVP

1997  Florida Marlins win game 7 of the World Series vs. Cleveland 3-2 in the 11^th on Edgar Renteria’s single

1996  NYY win their 23^rd world Series as they sweep Atlanta – John Wetteland named MVP – had 4 saves

1990  Wayne Gretzky is the 1^st NHL player to score 2,000 points

1985  Patrick Ewing makes his NBA debut – averaged 21.0 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game in his career

1984  Charles Barkley makes his NBA debut – averages 22.1 points and 11.7 rebounds in his 16 year career – MVP 1992-93

1984  John Stockton makes his NBA debut with Utah – all time leader in assists with 15,806, leader in steals with 3,265 – averaged 13.1 points and 10.5 assists for his career

1984  Michael Jordan makes his NBA debut – 32,292 career points, averaged 30.1 points per game, led NBA in scoring 10 times, 5 time MVP, 6 titles won

1982  Steve Carlton wins NL Cy Young award for the 4^th time – 23-11, 3.10 ERA, 19 complete games, and 286 strikeouts

1980  St. Louis sacks Baltimore QBs a NFL record 12 times

1977  Sparky Lyle wins AL Cy Young – 1^st reliever to win it – 13-5, 2.17 ERA, 26 saves

1971  Vida Blue wins AL Cy Young – 24-8, 1.82 ERA, 8 shutouts, 24 complete games, 301 strikeouts

1940  Detroit’s Hank Greenberg wins AL MVP - .340 average, 41 HRs, 150 RBI for the season