Sept. 22
At the moment in sports activities historical past
At the moment is Sept. 22. On this date in:
1905: Willie Anderson received the n at Myopia Hunt Membership, changing into the one golfer ever to seize three consecutive U.S. Open titles and securing a document fourth U.S. Open championship.
1911: Cy Younger pitched the Boston Rustlers to a 1-0 victory over the s for his 511th and last main league win, a profession document that continues to be unsurpassed.
1912: Philadelphia Athletics star Eddie Collins stole six bases in an 8-2 victory over St. Louis, matching a feat that left him the one participant in MLB historical past to twice document a six-steal sport.
1920: A Chicago grand jury opened its investigation into sports activities playing that led to allegations that members of the White Sox conspired to throw the 1919 World Sequence.
1927: Gene Tunney retained the world heavyweight championship with a unanimous 10-round determination over Jack Dempsey at Chicago’s Soldier Subject within the legendary “Lengthy Depend” struggle.
1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers clinched the Nationwide League pennant, transferring one step nearer to a World Sequence in Jackie Robinson’s historic rookie season.
1954: Brooklyn Dodgers rookie Karl Spooner struck out 15 New York Giants in his main league debut, setting a document for strikeouts in a primary MLB look.
1959: The x clinched their first American League pennant in 40 years with a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
1966: The s defeated Kansas Metropolis to clinch the primary American League pennant since they had been the St. Louis Browns in 1944.
1968: Minnesota’s César Tovar performed all 9 positions in a 2-1 victory over Oakland, one among baseball’s most uncommon and celebrated particular person achievements.
1969: s star Willie Mays turned the second main league participant to achieve 600 profession residence runs, hitting a two-run shot off San Diego’s Mike Corkins in a 4-2 victory.
1974: The Pittsburgh Steelers and s performed to a 35-35 tie within the first regular-season extra time sport in NFL historical past.
1986: s pitcher Fernando Valenzuela earned his twentieth victory of the season, changing into the primary Mexican-born pitcher to win 20 video games in a significant league season.
1987: The NFL Gamers Affiliation started a 24-day strike that canceled one week of video games and prompted house owners to make use of alternative gamers for 3 weeks.
1988: South Korean boxing coaches attacked a referee following a controversial Olympic determination in Seoul, creating one of the crucial notorious incidents of the 1988 Video games.
1990: Illinois working again Howard Griffith rushed for an NCAA-record eight touchdowns and scored 48 factors in a 56-21 victory over Southern Illinois.
1991: Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula recorded his three hundredth profession victory (together with postseason video games) because the Dolphins rallied to defeat the Inexperienced Bay Packers 16-13.
1993: Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan made the ultimate look of his 27-season main league profession, tearing a ligament in his proper elbow in the course of the first inning towards Seattle.
1996: s shortstop Barry Larkin hit his thirtieth residence run of the season and have become the primary shortstop in main league historical past to document 30 residence runs and 30 stolen bases in a season.
2003: s second baseman Alfonso Soriano hit his thirteenth leadoff residence run of the season, establishing a significant league document.
2004: Barry Bonds drew 4 intentional walks in a nine-inning sport, tying the most important league document he had already matched a number of instances that season. The MLB document of 5 intentional walks in a sport was set by Andre Dawson over 16 innings in 1990.
2019: s pitcher Justin Verlander earned his main league-leading twentieth victory as Houston defeated the s 13-5 and clinched its third consecutive American League West championship.
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