TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MAY 22ND

1883 - Cubs' Billy Sunday's 1st at bat, begins 14 consecutive strikes out.

1902 - Al Simmons, Milwaukee, American baseball outfielder

(A's), lifetime batting avg of .334 (d. 1956) is born.

1911 - Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd game in a row.

1938 - Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field.

1957 - Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 HRs in 6th inning in 11-0 win.
1962 - Roger Maris walks 5 times (record 4 intentionally) in a 9 inn game.
1963 - Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's facade.

1968 - Pittsburgh Pirate Willie Stargell hits 3 HRs, a double & a single.

1975 - Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (b. 1900) dies.

1976 - St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HRs.

1983 - Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR.
1985 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader.
1985 - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid.

1990 - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game.

1990 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies at 71 of heart failure.
1990 - Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox

catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career.

1994 - Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" & logo.
2002 - Mike Babcock is named head coach of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
2003 - In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the

first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.