TODAY 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.
1914 - Cleveland 2nd baseman Nap Lajoie collects his 3,000th hit.

1919 - Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Washington

(1st in every park in league in one season).
1923 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 1st of his 493 HRs.

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 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 & 7-5.

1949 - Mike Schmidt, Dayton Ohio, MLB third baseman & HR hitter (Phillies) is born.

1950 - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats

Joe Louis in 15 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx NY.
1953 - St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game.

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

1968 - Cardinals' super pitcher Bob Gibson's 13th shutout of year.
1970 - Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error.
1973 - Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season.
1977 - Phillies clinch 2nd straight NL East Division title.
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.

1990 - Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House.
1991 - First scheduled NHL exhibition game in St Petersburg Fla,

is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (NY Islanders vs Boston Bruins).

1992 - LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place.
1992 - Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title.
2005 - Atlanta Braves clinch their 14th straight division title thanks to

Philadelphia's loss to the New York Mets.
2008 - Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355).



2010 - George Blanda, American football player (b. 1927) dies.