TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY NOVEMBER 13

2008  Cliff Lee of Indians wins Cy Young – 22-3, 2.54 ERA

2007  CC Sabathia wins AL Cy Young – 19-7, 3.21 ERA, 209 strikeouts

2005  Minnesota beats NY Giants 24-21 despite only having 137 total yards on offense – 92 yard interception for a TD, 86 yard kickoff return for a TD, and a 71 yard punt return for a TD does it all

2003  Eric Gagne of Dodgers wins Cy Young – 1.20 ERA, 55 saves

2001  Randy Johnson wins NL Cy Young for 3^rd consecutive season – 21-6, 2.49 ERA, 372 strikeouts

2000  Pedro Martinez of Boston wins AL Cy Young – 18-6, 1.74 ERA, 284 RBI

1997  Larry Walker of Colorado wins NL MVP - .366 average, 49 HRs, 130 RBI, 208 hits

1996  Ken Caminiti is named NL MVP - .326 average, 40 HRs, 130 RBI

1995  Greg Maddux of Atlanta wins Cy Young for 4^th consecutive year – 19-2, 1.63 ERA, 10 complete games

1995  Barry Larkin of Cincinnati wins NL MVP - .319 average, 15 HRs, 66 RBI, 51 stolen bases

1990  Bob Welch of Oakland wins AL Cy Young – 27-6, 2.95 ERA

1990  Magic Johnson becomes only the 2^nd player in NBA history to have 9,000 assists (Oscar Robertson) – both will be passed by John Stockton    

1984  Ryne Sandberg of Cubs is NL MVP - .314 average, 19 HRs, 84 RBI, 19 triples, 36 doubles

1979  Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh (.281 average, 32 HRs, 82 RBI) and Keith Hernandez of St. Louis (.344 average, 11 HRs, 105 RBI) share NL MVP

1977  John Havlicek of Celtics passes Jerry West to become 3^rd all-time NBA scorer

1974  Steve Garvey of Dodgers is NL MVP - .312 average, 21 HRs, 111 RBI

1968  Bob Gibson of St. Louis wins NL MVP – 22-9, 1.12 ERA, 13 shutouts, 28 complete games, 268 strikeouts

1964  Bob Petit becomes the 1^st NBA player to score 20,000 points