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Thursday, November 8, 2012

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY NOVEMBER 6

2007  Greg Maddux wins his 17th Gold Glove
2002  Barry Zito of Oakland wins the AL Cy Young award – 23-5, 2.75 ERA
2001  Greg Maddux wins his 12th straight Gold Glove and Roberto Alomar his 10th – 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 500th goal
1993  Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe in 12 for heavyweight title
1992  Dominique Wilkins becomes the 17th 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 9th 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 – 1st 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 1st 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

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