Today In Sports History 4/19

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

• 1900 - Highest-scoring opening game, Philadelphia Phillies beat Boston Braves 19-17 in 10 innings.
• 1928 - New York Yankees are out of first place in Major League Baseball for first time since May 1926.
• 1938 - Philadelphia Phillies' Emmett Mueller and Brooklyn Dodgers' Ernie Koy both homer in their first at bat.
• 1946 - New York Yankees switch from third base to first base dug out.
• 1949 - New York Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth.
• 1956 - First major league baseball game in New Jersey: Brooklyn Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies in Roosevelt Stadium.
• 1960 - Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs.
• 1960 - Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating.
• 1966 - In first regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, California Angels lose 3-1 to Chicago Cubs.
• 1968 - National League owners approve expansion for two new teams.
• 1973 - George Steinbrenner replaces Mike Burke with Gabe Paul as New York Yankees' president.
• 1974 - Baltimore Orioles' player Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park homerun against the New York Yankees
• 1979 - Following a 6-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees' Goose Gossage and Cliff Johnson brawl, Gossage sustains a sprained ligament in his left thumb.
• 1981 - With a 6-1 opening day victory over the Seattle Mariners, the Oakland Athletics establish a major league record by winning eleven consecutive season openers.
• 1987 - Milwaukee Brewers score five runs in 9th to win 6-4 and record 12th straight American League win.
• 1989 - Kevin Elster (New York Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73.
• 1996 - Texas Rangers score 16 in 8th inning versus Baltimore Orioles.

Basketball

• 1987 - Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record.
• 1990 - Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 in fines (an NBA record).

Boxing

• 1986 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
• 1991 - Battle of the Ages: Heavyweight champion Evander Hollyfield beats 42-year old George Foreman in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

Golf

• 1953 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open.
• 1959 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
• 1964 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational.
• 1970 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
• 1981 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf.
• 1987 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Santa Barbara Golf Open.
• 1992 - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sega Women's Golf Championship.

Hockey 

• 1947 - NHL Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2.

Running

• 1897 - John J. McDermott of New York wins the first Boston Marathon (15 runners, 24.5 miles) with a time of 2:55:10.
• 1898 - Second Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Massachusetts in 2:42:00.
• 1899 - Third Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Massachusetts in 2:54:38.
• 1900 - 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4.
• 1901 - 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6.
• 1902 - 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12.
• 1904 - 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4.
• 1905 - 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4.
• 1906 - 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Massachusetts in 2:45:45.
• 1907 - 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24.
• 1909 - 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8.
• 1910 - 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4.
• 1911 - 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:21:39.6.
• 1912 - 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2.
• 1913 - 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8.
• 1915 - 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2.
• 1916 - 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Massachusetts in 2:27:16.4.
• 1917 - 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2.
• 1919 - 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Massachusetts in 2:29:13.4.
• 1920 - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31.
• 1921 - 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6.
• 1922 - 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:18:10.
• 1923 - 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:23:37.4.
• 1924 - 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:29:40.2.
• 1926 - 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4.
• 1927 - 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:40:22.2.
• 1928 - 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Massachusetts in 2:37:07.8.
• 1929 - 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6.
• 1930 - 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar (his 7th win) of Massachusetts in 2:34:48.2.
• 1932 - 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4.
• 1933 - 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:31:01.6.
• 1934 - 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8.
• 1935 - 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:32:07.4.
• 1937 - 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20.
• 1938 - 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:35:34.8.
• 1939 - 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:28:51.8.
• 1940 - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:28.6.
• 1941 - 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of Rhode Island in 2:30:38.
• 1942 - 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Massachusetts in 2:26:51.2.
• 1943 - 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:28:25.8.
• 1945 - 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Massachusetts in 2:30:40.2.
• 1947 - 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39.
• 1948 - 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Coté of Canada in 2:31:02.
• 1949 - 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8.
• 1950 - 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39.
• 1951 - 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45.
• 1952 - 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53.
• 1954 - 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39. Seven-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th.
• 1955 - 59th Boston Marathon won b
• 1956 - 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14.
• 1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.
• 1958 - 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54.
• 1960 - 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54.
• 1961 - 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39.
• 1962 - 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48.
• 1963 - 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58.
• 1965 - 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33.
• 1966 - 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11.
• 1967 - 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45.
• 1968 - 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 (first American to win since 1957).
• 1971 - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45.
• 1976 - 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wisconsin in 2:47:10.
• 1976 - 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Washington DC in 2:20:19.
• 1982 - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery.
• 1982 - 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33.
• 1982 - 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oregon in 2:08:51.
• 1993 - 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27.
• 1993 - 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33.