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Saturday, February 2, 2013

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY FEBRUARY 2



2005  Cubs trade Sammy Sosa to the Orioles – will bat .221, 14 HRs, and 45 RBI in 102 games with them
1995  Houston Rockets end Utah Jazz 15 game road winning streak
1994  Atlanta’s Lenny Wilkens wins his 900th NBA coaching game – 2nd only to Red Auerbach
1993  Dominique Wilkins becomes all-time leading Atlanta scorer with 20,885 – passes Bob Pettit
1977  Toronto’s Ian Turnbull scores 5 goals – NHL record for a defenseman
1970  Pete Maravich is the first college player to score 3,000 points
1968  Wilt Chamberlain hands out 21 assists for the 76ers in a game vs. Detroit – club record that will last until 1982
1936  Results for the first Hall of Fame are announced
Babe Ruth: .342 average, 714 HRs, 2,213 RBI, pitching 94-46, 2.28 ERA
Ty Cobb: .366 average, 1,938 RBI, 897 stolen bases, 4,189 hits
Walter Johnson: 417 wins, 2.17 ERA in 21 seasons
Christy Mathewson: 373 wins, 2.13 ERA in 17 seasons
Honus Wagner: .328 average, 1,733 RBI, 723 stolen bases in 21 seasons

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