Today In Sports History 5/1

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

Baseball

• 1883 – National League Baseball returns to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; first National League game since 1876. The Providence Grays beat the Philadelphia Quakers 4-3.
• 1883 – New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as first American pro sports trainer.
• 1891 – Cy Young pitches first game played in Cleveland’s League Park: Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3.
• 1901 – Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox.
• 1906 – Philadelphia Phillies’ pitcher John Lush no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 6-0.
• 1920 – Babe Ruth’s first New York Yankees’ homerun and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds.
• 1920 – Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings.
• 1922 – Chicago White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson pitches a perfect no-hit, no-run game against Detroit Tigers, 2-0.
• 1926 – Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in US Negro Southern League.
• 1947 – Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stadium.
• 1949 – Philadelphia Athletics’ Elmer Valo is first American League player to hit two bases-loaded triples in a game.
• 1955 – Bobby Feller’s 15th one-hit or less game (12 one-hitters, three no-hitters).
• 1959 – Chicago White Sox’s player Early Wynn beats Boston Red Sox 1-0 on his own home run.
• 1962 – Bo Belinsky pitches a no-hitter, in his fourth start.
• 1968 – Philadelphia Phillies’ J Boozer is ejected for throwing spitballs during his warm up.
• 1969 – Houston Astros’ Don Wilson second no-hitter, beats Cincinnati Reds, 4-0.
• 1973 – San Francisco Giants score seven runs with two outs in 9th inning to beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7.
• 1987 – 46 home runs hit in 13 baseball games.
• 1991 – Oakland Athletics’ Rickey Henderson breaks Lou Brock’s record with his 939th base steal (vs New York Yankees).
• 1991 – Milwaukee Brewers beat Chicago Cubs, 10-9, in 19 innings.
• 1991 – Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitches his seventh career no-hitter (breaking his own record), beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0.
• 1992 – Los Angeles Dodgers postpone three games due to racial riots resulting from the Rodney King incident.
• 1992 – New York Rangers win their first ever 7th game of a playoff (vs New Jersey Devils).
• 1992 – Rickey Henderson steals his 1,000th base.
• 1996 – Gerald Williams is first New York Yankees’ player since 1934 to get six hits in a game.
• 2002 – Tevor Hoffman of the San Diego Padres establishes a new major league record for the most saves for one team: 321.
• 2004 – Barry Bonds sets a major league record by being walked four times intentionally in a nine-inning game.

Boxing

• 1959 – Floyd Patterson knocks out Brian London in 11 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

Football

• 1969 – Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000.

Golf

• 1955 – Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament.
• 1966 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational.
• 1977 – Debbie Austin wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
• 1983 – Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament.
• 1988 – Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic.
• 1994 – Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament.
• 1994 – Sherri Steinhauer wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship.

Hockey

• 1965 – Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadians beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3.

Miscellaneous

• 1927 – Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam.
• 1928 – Rotterdam soccer team Black White ’28 forms.
• 1940 – The 1940 Olympics are cancelled.
• 1986 – Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph.

Soccer

• 1912 – Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms.