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Today In Sports History: September 22, 2011
1911 – Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1920 – Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
1927 – In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight.
1934 – The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1945 – Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches
1968 – Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 – Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.
1987 – NFL players go on strike for 24 days
1991 – Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula records his 300th career NFL victory
2006 – Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron’s National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.
Major League Baseball 3,000 Hits Club
1. Pete Rose 4,256
2. Ty Cobb 4,191
3. Hank Aaron 3,771
4. Stan Musial 3,630
5. Tris Speaker 3,514
6. Carl Yastrzemski 3,419
7. y-Cap Anson 3,418
8. y-Honus Wagner 3,415
9. Paul Molitor 3,319
10. Eddie Collins 3,315
11. Willie Mays 3,283
12. Eddie Murray 3,255
13. y-Nap Lajoie 3,242
14. Cal Ripken 3,184
15. George Brett 3,154
16. Paul Waner 3,152
17. Robin Yount 3,142
18. Tony Gwynn 3,141
19. Dave Winfield 3,110
20. Craig Biggio 3,060
21. Rickey Henderson 3,055
22. Rod Carew 3,053
22. x-Derek Jeter 3,053
24. Lou Brock 3,023
25. Rafael Palmeiro 3,020
26. Wade Boggs 3,010
27. Al Kaline 3,007
28. Roberto Clemente 3,000
Source: MLB
1897 – Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
1950 – US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
1961 – Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs in a game twice in a season
1969 – On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial’s NL record for consecutive games played (896)
1984 – Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
1990 – A’s Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger’s Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
1998 – With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.
1901 – NY Giants get record 31 hits to beat Cincinnati Reds 25-13
1914 – Honus Wagner, is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1933 – Walter Johnson takes over as Cleveland manager
1946 – Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for Heavyweight boxing title
1960 – ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
1963 – 1st Sunday night game in baseball SF Giants lose to Houston Colts 3-0
1966 – 5 Minn Twins (Rich Rollins, Zolio Versailes, Tony Oliva, Don Michner, & Harmon Killebrew) all homer in 7th inning to beat A’s 9-4
1973 – Secretariat becomes 1st Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning horse racing’s Belmont Stakes
1978 – Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1979 – Phillies wear burgundy uniforms for 1st & last time
1989 – Michael Chang’s French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1990 – Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball’s switch hit HRs in 10 games
1991 – WLAF 1st World Bowl London Monarchs defeat Barlecona Dragons 21-0
1996 – Frank Thomas (Chicago White Sox) hit his 200th career home run
2008 – Ken Griffey Jr. (Cincinnati Reds) hit his 600th career home run. Only Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Sammy Sosa had more runs at the time.
1937 – Phillies trailing 8-2 to St Louis, forfeit game
1939 – NY Giants beat Reds 17-3, with 5 HRs in 4th inning
1944 – Baseball cancels all games honoring D-Day invasion
1946 – 11 Basketball of America Assn teams meet to schedule 1st season
1946 – The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.
1966 – NFL & AFL announce their merger
1969 – Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar
1971 – Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR
1975 – Nolan Ryan’s bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning
1986 – Jurgen Schull sets world discus record (74.07 m)
1987 – NY Yankees play their 13,000th game
1989 – Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
1990 – Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
1992 – NY Met Eddie Murray sets RBI record by a switch hitter
1894 – Bobby Lowe is 1st to hit 4 HRs in 1 baseball game
1911 – 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1922 – Cubs swap Max Flack for Cards Cliff Heathcote during middle of doubleheader. Both play for both teams that day
1927 – Walter Johnson records 113th & last shutout of his career
1931 – Phillies Chuck Klein homers off Ben Cantwell (Braves) in both ends DH
1935 – Babe Ruth’s final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies
1937 – 61,756, 2nd-largest crowd in Polo Grounds history, sees Dodgers ends Carl Hubbell’s consecutive-game winning streak at 24
1938 – Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
1946 – Braves Bernard Malamud HR shatters Bulova clock in Ebbets Field
1948 – Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game
1953 – 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
1967 – Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
1971 – Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
1986 – Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
1992 – Minnesota Twin Bert Blyleven is 2nd to win as teenager & 40 year old
1992 – NY Yankee Scott Sanderson becomes 9th to beat all 26 teams
1941 – NY Yankees nip Washington Senators 6-5 in 1st night game at Griffith Stadium
1951 – After going 0-for-12, Willie Mays connects for his 1st major league home run
1957 – NL approves Brooklyn Dodgers’ & NY Giants’ move to west coast
1962 – Wide World of Sports with Chris Schenkel premieres on CBS radio
1968 – NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise
1973 – Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)
1978 – Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1986 – White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces
1995 – White Sox (5) & Tigers (7) combine for record 12 HRs at Tiger Stadium
1900 – Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
1906 – After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1919 – Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
1922 – Babe Ruth suspended 1 day & fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump
1935 – Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
1939 – Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
1941 – Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1951 – NY Giants Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
1953 – Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1959 – Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1963 – Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
1965 – Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for Heavyweight boxing title
1972 – Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1981 – Bobby Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1981 – Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)
1983 – Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1984 – Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
1984 – Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
1986 – KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1992 – NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
1997 – Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett’s uniform #
1902 – Cleveland’s Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1929 – Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings
1935 – 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)
1940 – 1st night game at NY’s Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
1940 – 1st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
1940 – NY Giants rip Boston Bees 8-1 in 1st night game at Polo Grounds
1951 – Willie Mays begins playing for NY Giants
1967 – AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals
1976 – Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for Heavyweight boxing title in Munich
1979 – Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1981 – Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1984 – Detroit Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
1987 – Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
1988 – Power outage in Boston Garden in NHL’s Stanley Cup finals
1989 – NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1990 – Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
1992 – Despite trailing 7-1, NY Yankees tie Milwaukee Brewers & then score 1 in 9th to avoid 5th straight extra inning game
1953 – NY Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 HRs & a triple
1955 – Mickey Mantle hits 3 consecutive HRs of at least 463′
1958 – Stan Musial, is 8th to get 3,000 hits
1960 – Phillies lose 3rd consecutive 1-0 game
1967 – NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller
1967 – Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1972 – Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
1980 – Cincinnati Red Ray Knight hits 2 HRs in 5th inning vs NY Mets
1982 – Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros)
1983 – Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
1989 – Minnesota Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
1992 – Frank Stallone beats Geraldo Rivera in boxing on Howard Stern Show
1993 – KC Royal George Brett hits his 300th HR
1997 – Eddie Murray is 6th baseball player to play in 3,000 games
1893 – Henri Desgrange establishes 1st bicycle-world record (35.325 km)
1919 – Yanks’ Jack Quinn & Senators’ Walter Johnson, 12 inning 0-0 tie
1923 – 10 HRs hit in Phillies 20-14 victory over St Louis Cardinals
1946 – 1st night game at Boston Braves Field (Giants 5, Braves 1)
1959 – Yankee catcher Yogi Berra’s errorless streak of 148 games ends
1963 – LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 2nd no-hitter beats NY Giants, 8-0
1972 – Giants trade Willie Mays to Mets for pitcher Charlie Williams & cash
1977 – Ted Turner manages an Atlanta Braves game
1980 – Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for Phillies
1985 – Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Reds teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez & Cesar Cedeno
1990 – NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
1997 – NY Mets C Everett & Butch Huskey are 9th to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1863 – Joe Coburn KOs Mike McCoole for US boxing title in 63rd round
1904 – Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A’s (3-0)
1925 – Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
1938 – Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
1956 – World championships of Judo are 1st held, in Tokyo
1966 – Willie Mays hit his 512th HR
1978 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1987 – Detroit Tigers are 11 games back in AL, but go on to win AL East
1995 – Last basketball game at Boston Garden (Magic beats Celtics)
1871 – 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1918 – Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox’s Babe Ruth 5-4
1919 – 1st legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (Phillies beat Giants 4-3)
1929 – Lou Gehrig hits 3 consecutive HRs, Yankees 11, Tigers 9
1965 – Willie Mays 512th HR breaks Mel Ott’s 511th NL record
1973 – Longest game in Veterans’ Stadium, Phillies beat Braves 5-4 in 20
1975 – Houston’s Bob Watson scores baseball’s one-millionth run of all time
1980 – White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958
2002 – Barry Bonds hits his 400th home run as a Giant, leading his team to a 3-0 win over Cincinnati. Bonds is the first player to hit 400 homers for one team and 100 with another
1887 – 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10
1905 – 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4)
1916 – Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds
1953 – Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League
1958 – Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits
1961 – SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game
1967 – NY Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game
1970 – Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games
1976 – Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for Heavyweight boxing title
1982 – Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1989 – US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1997 – Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April