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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 19

2000  NYY beat Boston 22-1 – scored 9 runs in the 8^th and 7 in the 9^th

2000  Shaquille O’Neal NBA Finals MVP – averaged 38 points, 16.7 rebounds and 2.67 blocks in 6 games as Lakers win their 1^st title in 12 years’

1999  Women’s World Cup soccer opens at Giants Stadium – 78,992 fans see the US win

1999  Trevor Hoffman gets his 200^th MLB save

1996  John Smoltz of Braves beats Padres 5-1 – his 14^th straight win – record is 14-1, 2.26 ERA – ends the season 24-8, 2.94 ERA and wins Cy Young award

1992  Evander Holyfield beats Larry Holmes in 12 for heavyweight title

1989  NY Mets Dwight Gooden gets his 100^th win – record now is 100-37 – ends career 194-112, 3.51 ERA

1988  Detroit loses to LA Lakers despite 43 points by Isiah Thomas (25 in 3^rd quarter) as series is tied 3-3

1988  Jeff Reardon of Minnesota gets his 20^th save for the 7^th straight season – will do it 12 times in his 16 year career for a total of 367

1986  Len Bias, 1^st round selection of the Boston Celtics, dies of a cocaine induced seizure

1984  Chicago Bulls select Michael Jordan with the 3^rd pick in NBA draft – Hakeem Olajuwon #1 and Sam Bowie #2

1977  Red Sox hit 5 HRs in a 11-1 win over NYY – 16 in 3 days MLB record

1973  Pete Rose gets his 2,000^th hit and Willie Davis of Dodgers does the same – Rose ends with 4,256 and Davis 2,561

1969  Dave McNally of Baltimore improves his record to 10-0 – he will end the season 20-7

1961  Roger Maris hits his 25^th HR – 7 ahead of the pace Babe Ruth set in 1927

1936  Max Schmeling KOs Joe Louis

1903  Lou Gehrig born - .340 average, 493 HRs, 1,995 RBI, 2,164 games played in his career

1867  1^st running of the Belmont – was won by Ruthless and purse was $1,800

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 18

2005  Derek Jeter gets his 1^st grand slam – 5,770 at bats

2000  Colorado beats Arizona 19-2 – Mike Lansing hits for the cycle by the 4^th inning

2000  Oakland beats KC 21-3 – every starter had at least 1 hit and 1 RBI – totaled 21 hits and 10 walks

1993  Expos Dennis Martinez gets his 200^th win – ends with 245

1991  NYY pick off 3 Toronto Blue Jays runners in a 4-2 win

1990  Hale Irwin wins the US Open

1986  Don Sutton wins his 300^th game – ends with 324, 3.26 ERA in 23 seasons

1982  Reggie Jackson gets his 2,000^th hit – ends with 2,584

1975  Fred Lynn of Red Sox gets 10 RBI in a 15-1 win

1961  Boston Red Sox are down 12-5 to Washington with one out in the 9^th inning – win the game 13-12

1960  Arnold Palmer (280) wins the 60^th US Open – shot a 65

1953  Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3 – they score 17 runs in the 7^th inning – Gene Stephens ties AL record with 3 hits in an inning

1950  Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in the 1^st inning – beat A’s 21-2

1924  George Mikan was born – NBA pioneer

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 17

2009  Ivan Rodriguez catches his 2,227^th game passing Carlton Fisk

2008  Celtics beat LA Lakers to win 17^th NBA title – Paul Pierce MVP

2001  Blake Stein of KC strikes out 8 straight Milwaukee hitters to tie AL record – MLB record is 10 by Tom Seaver

1994  Patrick Ewing tied NBA finals record with 8 blocks in game 5 of NBA finals – Walton, Olajuwon, and O’Neal

1994  Ken Griffey Jr. hits his 30^th HR of the season – only 2^nd player to hit 30 before the end of June (Babe Ruth in 1928 and 1930)

1992  Philadelphia trades Charles Barkley to Phoenix – he will win MVP in 1993

1983  Bob Welch of Dodgers blanks Reds 1-0 – the one run was his 1^st MLB HR – had 2 HRs in his 17 seasons

1980  Venus Williams was born

1978  NYY Ron Guidry strikes out 18 Angels in a 4-0 win – record now is 11-0 with 1.45 ERA – ends season 25-3, 1.73 ERA and wins Cy Young award

1976  ABA (Nets, Pacers, Nuggets, and Spurs) merge with NBA

1973  Johnny Miller (279) wins 73^rd US Open

1970  Chicago Cubs beat San Francisco as Willie Mays hit his 615^th HR and Ernie Banks his 504^th

1962  Jack Nicklaus (283) wins 62^nd US Open

1960  Ted Williams hits his 500^th HR – joins Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, and Mel Ott as the only ones to do so – ends career with 521

1954  Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight championship – it is his 47^th straight win

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY JUNE 16

2005  46 year old Julio Franco gets 2 steals in a game vs. Reds

2001  John Olerud of Seattle hits for the cycle for the 2^nd time of his career

1999  LA Lakers name Phil Jackson as head coach

1997  Chicago Cubs beat White Sox 8-3 – 1^st meeting between them since 1906

1996  Bulls beat Seattle to win NBA title for the 4^th time in 6 years – Michael Jordan is the first player ever to win 4 NBA Finals MVP awards

1995  St. Louis Cardinals fire manager Joe Torre

1995  Andre Dawson hits his 400^th NL HR – hit #400 to 428 with Red Sox

1993  Michael Jordan scores 55 points in a Bulls win over Phoenix in game 4 of NBA finals – 2^nd most ever (61 by Elgin Baylor in 1962)

1991  Otis Nixon ties MLB record with 6 steals in the game (set in 1902)

1979  Carl Yastrzemski gets his 1,000^th extra base hit – 15^th to do so  

1978  Tom Seaver of Reds gets his 1^st and only no hitter of his 311 wins

1975  Milwaukee trades Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to LA Lakers for 4 players

1969  Rod Carew steals home for the 6^th time this season

1968  Lee Trevino (275) wins the 68^th US Open

1951  Ben Hogan (287) wins his 3^rd US open

1938  Boston’s Jimmie Foxx is walked MLB record 6 times in the game

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