TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY MAY 30

MAY 30

2001  Barry Bonds hits his 522^nd HR to pass both Willie McCovey and Ted Williams on all time list – has 17 this month

1992  Minnesota Twins Bert Blyleven beats Angels – had wins as both a teenager and 40 year old in MLB

1991  Rickey Henderson hits a leadoff HR for the 46^th time – ends with 81

1987  Eric Davis of Cincinnati hits his 3^rd grand slam of the month to tie MLB record

1985  Edmonton wins the Stanley Cup beating Philadelphia 4 games to 1

1982  Cal Ripken Jr. begins his consecutive games played streak

1977  Dennis Eckersley no hits Angels as Cleveland wins 1-0, gave up one walk

1976  Rookie Alvan Adams scores 33 points and has 14 rebounds to beat Boston in game 3 of NBA final

1975  Willie McCovey hits his 16^th grand slam and ties Hank Aaron for most in NL all time

1972  Manny Ramirez born

1971  Willie Mays passes Stan Musial’s NL record when he scored his 1,950^th run – happened on his 638^th HR – ends with 2,062 runs and 660 HRs

1967  Whitey Ford announces his retirement – 263 wins, 2.75 ERA – Cy Young in 1961 with 25-4 record

1962  Maury Wills hits a HR from both sides of the plate – only 7^th at the time

1943  Gale Sayers born

1935  Babe Ruth plays in his final game – .342 average, 714 HRs, 2,213 RBI, 2,062 walks in 22 seasons – pitching record 94-46, 2.28 ERA, 107 complete games in 10 seasons