THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 27TH

1881 - Chicago Cubs beat Troy 10-8 before record small "crowd" of 12.
1905 - Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0.

1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th HR is first of year in Washington 

(First in every park in league in one season).
1923 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits first of his 493 HRs.

1930 - White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball 

at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns.
1931 - Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, 

playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481).

1934 - Dick Schaap, sportscaster/author (Bo Knows Bo, Instant Replay) is born.
1935 - Chicago Cubs win 21st consecutive game & clinch NL pennant.
1936 - 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game.
1939 - White Sox host first "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleveland, 5-2 & 7-5.

1939 - Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year) is born.

1949 - Mike Schmidt, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies) is born.

1953 - St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game.

1956 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, American Hall of Fame athlete, dies of colon cancer at 45.

1967 - Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year.
1973 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season.

1980 - Marvin Hagler defeats Alan Minter to claim boxing's world Middleweight 

championship in London. They have to be escorted away by police after a riot forms.

1983 - Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 & drive in 70 runs.

1992 - LA Dodgers for first time in history clinch last place.

2005 - Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title 

thanks to Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets.