Today In Sports History 4/29

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

Baseball

1918 – Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of four unassisted double plays.
1931 – Cleveland Indians’ Wes Ferrell no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 9-0.
1934 – Pittsburgh is last Major Baseball League city to play a home game on a Sunday.
1936 – First pro baseball game in Japan is played; Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5.
1953 – Joe Adcock is first to homer into Polo Grounds’ center field bleachers.
1981 – Philadelphia Phillies’ Steve Carlton is first lefty to strike out 3,000 batters.
1985 – Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit three homeruns in a game in both leagues.
1986 – Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox sets the record for the most strikeouts in a nine inning Major League Baseball game, striking out 20 Seattle Mariners’ players.
1987 – Chicago Cubs’ Andre Dawson hits for the cycle.
1988 – Baltimore Orioles beat Chicago White Sox 9-0 for first 1988 win after 21 losses.
1990 – Dan Quisenberry (all-time American League save king, 238) announces his retirement.
1995 – Kansas City Royals’ player John Nonely is 70th to homerun on his first time at bat.
1996 – New York Mets’ pitcher John Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves.
1997 – Kansas City Royals’ player Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 homeruns.
2006 – Trevor Hoffman appears as a pitcher in his 803rd game for the San Diego Padres establiishing a new record for games pitched for any one team.

Boxing

Golf

Miscellaneous

1901 – 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75.
1922 – First official International Weightlifting Federation Champion (Tallinn, Estonia).
1961 – ABC-TV debuts ABC’s Wide World of Sports, hosted by Jim McKay.