Sunday, August 17, 2014

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - AUGUST 17TH

1904 - Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0.
1933 - Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game.
1950 - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs.
1952 - Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ (US Open-1977) is born.
1963 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit for cycle.
1966 - Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time HR list.
1972 - Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game.
1973 - Willie Mays hits 660th & last HR (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati).
1980 - George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401.
1984 - Pete Rose returns to Cin Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits).
1987 - Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame.
1989 - Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game).
1990 - Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR.
1991 - Royals Warren Cromartie's 1st major league HR since 1983.
1992 - Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
2007 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982) died as a result
of a car crash as he ignored a railroad warning and went through a
barrier before striking a moving train.

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