TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
1883 New York Giants score 13 runs in an inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand a National League record 18 men on base and lose to the Cincinnati Reds, 8-3. 1943 New York Giants pitcher Ace Adams sets a record by working in his 62nd game. 1946 The San Francisco 49ers play their first AAFC game, losing to the New York Yankees, 21-7. 1954 With a 3-2 count, Philadelphia Phillies’ Richie Ashburn fouls off the next 14 pitches, then walks. 1955 Earliest clinching of a National League pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers). 1957 Mal Anderson and Althea Gibson win the U.S. Open tennis tournament. 1965 Kansas City Athletics’ Bert Campaneris plays all nine positions in a game. 1972 Chicago Cubs’ Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for the sixth straight year. 1972 Jim Ryun (U.S.) and Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide and fall in qualifying competitions for the 1,500-metre finals, ending Ryan’s chances for gold. 1973 Billy Martin is named the manager of the Texas Rangers. 1973 Hank Aaron sets the record for the most home runs in one league with 709. 1978 In the second game of the Boston Massacre; the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 13-2. 1985 Alayson Gibbons sets a 24-hour women’s swim record of 42.05 miles in a 25-metre pool. 1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 career hits. 1988 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets a world record in the high jump, leaping 2.43 metres. 1990 Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graf to win the U.S. Open. 1991 The Buffalo Bills’ Jim Kelly passes for six touchdowns versus the Pittsburgh Steelers (52-34). 1998 St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire breaks Major League Baseball’s single-season home-run record, formerly held by Roger Maris. McGwire hits No. 62 at Busch Stadium in the fourth inning off of Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel. 2008 Roger Federer wins a fifth straight U.S. Open men’s tennis title, defeating Andy Murray 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.