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Friday, October 26, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY OCTOBER 26


2005  White Sox sweep Houston to win their 1st World Series since 1917
2000  NYY beat NY Mets to win their 26th World Series – 3rd year in a row – Derek Jeter MVP
1997  Florida Marlins win game 7 of the World Series vs. Cleveland 3-2 in the 11th on Edgar Renteria’s single
1996  NYY win their 23rd world Series as they sweep Atlanta – John Wetteland named MVP – had 4 saves
1990  Wayne Gretzky is the 1st 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 4th 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 – 1st 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

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