1960 - US track athlete, Ralph Boston, sets the long jump record at 26.94 feet. 1963 - St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial announces that he will retire at the end of the season.1964 - Mickey Mantle hits homers from both sides of the plate in the same game for a...
1919 - The Green Bay Packers football team is founded by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun. The team is named after their sponsor, the Indian Packing Company.1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs.1961 - Future HOF pitcher,...
1901 - Frank Isbell of the White Sox sets a record by stranding 11 runners on base.1934 - Babe Ruth announces that the ‘34 season will be his final as a full-time player.1971 - Minnesota Twins slugger Harmon Killebrew becomes the 10th player in MLB history to reach...
1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspends player Hal Chase on suspicion of fixing games.1925 – Babe Ruth is subbed out of a game for a pinch hitter for the first, and only time in his career. Bobby Veach, who hit for Ruth, flew out.1936 – Jesse Owens is part of...
1976 – The White Sox debut uniforms which feature the players wearing shorts. They don’t last long.1984 – Carl Lewis wins his third gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics, winning the 200-meter dash.1985 – Major League Baseball announces that two new franchises will...
1907 - Walter Johnson gets his first of what would be 416 career pitching wins.1960 - Arnold Palmer gets his 20th PGA Tour victory at the Insurance City Open.1972 - Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Early Wynn, Josh Gibson, and others are inducted into the Baseball Hall of...
1890 - Legendary pitcher Cy Young makes his MLB debut, holding the Cubs to three hits in an 8-1 victory for the Cleveland Spiders.1937 - MLB overturns a Yankees' 7-6 win because of an umpire's mistake. 1949 - Future Hall of Famer Luke Appling appears in and MLB record...
1921 - A baseball game was broadcast on the radio for the first time as KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh calls a game between the Pirates and Philadelphia.1936 - Jesse Owens continues to dominate the Berlin Olympics, winning his third gold medal, this time in the 200-meter...
