TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY NOVEMBER 6

2007  Greg Maddux wins his 17^th Gold Glove

2002  Barry Zito of Oakland wins the AL Cy Young award – 23-5, 2.75 ERA

2001  Greg Maddux wins his 12^th straight Gold Glove and Roberto Alomar his 10^th – most ever for a second baseman

1998  Kerry Wood of Chicago wins NL Rookie of the Year – 13-6, 3.40 ERA

1995  Mark Messier scores his 500^th goal

1993  Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight title

1992  Dominique Wilkins becomes the 17^th player in NBA history to score 20,000 points

1991  Chuck Knoblauch is named AL Rookie of the Year - .281 average, 50 RBI and 159 hits – also had 15 postseason hits

1990  David Justice of Atlanta wins NL Rookie of the Year - .282 average, 28 HRs, 78 RBI

1988  Grete Waitz wins her 9^th women’s title at the NYC marathon

1984  Willie Hernandez names AL MVP, also won Cy Young – only other reliever to win both was Rollie Fingers – Hernandez was 9-3, 1.92 ERA, 32 saves

1974  Mike Marshall of Dodgers wins Cy Young – 1^st reliever to do so – 106 appearances, 208 innings, 15-12, 2.42 ERA, 21 saves

1970  Jim Perry of Minnesota wins Cy Young – 24-12, 3.04 ERA

1969  The 1^st Cy Young award tie – Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain – Cuellar was 23-11, 2.38 ERA, 18 complete games and McLain was 24-9, 2.80 ERA, and 23 complete games

1960  NY Giants hold Jim Brown to 29 rushing yards in a 17-13 win over Cleveland