TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - SEPTEMBER 15TH

1928 - Cards set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6.

1938 - Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner) is born.

1946 - Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats.
1950 - For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game.
1952 - Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee.

1957 - SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game.
1960 - Maurice Richard announces his retirement.

He finishes his career with 544 goals, an NHL record at the time.

1961 - Dan Marino, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins), born in Pittsburgh.

1962 - Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins).

1977 - Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls team off

field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound).
1978 - Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans.
1978 - Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
1979 - Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL & NL (Astros).

1985 - Yanks trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro.

1990 - Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves.

1991 - SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds.

1996 - Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34.

2004 - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announces a lockout of the

players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.