1917 – Baseball legend Honus Wagner retires at age 43. 1920 – The NFL is officially formed in Canton, OH as 12 teams pay $100 to join the American Professional Football Association. The league changes its name to the NFL in 1922. 1941 – Stan Musial makes his MLB debut, going 2-4 for the Cardinals. 1947 – Jackie Robinson is named the Rookie of…

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1869 – Reported to be Golf’s first hole-in-one, shot by Tom Morris.  1924 – Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals sets the MLB record for RBIs in a game with 12.  1953 – The American League approves the St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore, where the team would be renamed the Orioles. 1973 – Buffalo Bills running back OJ Simpson sets an NFL…

MLB Schedule - 9/15 White Sox at Guardians - 5:40Athletics at Rays - 5:40Dodgers at Reds - 5:40Brewers at Pirates - 5:40Phillies at Nationals - 5:45Tigers at Blue Jays - 6:07Orioles at Mets - 6:10Yankees at Twins - 6:40Braves at Cubs - 6:40Giants at Cardinals - 6:45Red Sox at Rangers - 7:05Royals at Astros - 7:10Padres at Rockies - 7:40Mariners at Angels - 8:38Marlins…

1946 – A game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cubs is called when players, umpires and fans are attacked by gnats. 1950 – Yankees first baseman Johnny Mize has a three homer game for a record sixth time in his career. 1952 – The Boston Braves play in their final home game before moving to Milwaukee in the off-season. 1960 – Maurice “Rocket”…

1916 – Christy Mathewson, then pitching for the Reds, picks up career victory #373. It is the only win in his 17 year career that was not with the New York Giants. 1954 – Willie Mays sets an MLB record with his 82nd extra base hit of the season. 1968 – Tigers pitcher Denny McLain picks up his 30th victory of the season. He’s the first…

1883 – One armed pitcher Hugh Daily of Cleveland throws a no-hitter against Philadelphia. 1902 – The famous Cubs trio of Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers and Frank Chance appear together for the first time. 1909 – Ty Cobb clinches the AL home run title by hitting his ninth home run of the season. All of them were inside the park homers. 1936 – 17…

1930 – Brooklyn’s Al Lopez records the last recorded bounce home run in MLB history. 1964 - The Andrean 59ers open the season with a Saturday contest at Gilroy Stadium where they get a 21-14 win over the Blue Devils of Gary Froebel.1975 - The River Forest Ingots and Wirt Troopers go to overtime before the Ingots finally score a touchdown to win 6-0.1976…

1912 – Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins sets an MLB record by stealing six bases in a game. 1927 – Babe Ruth hits his 50th homer during his record-setting 60 homerun season. 1928 – Ty Cobb plays in his final MLB game. This will not be the only notable moment for Cobb in this list. 1951 – Florence Chadwick becomes the first woman to…

1918 – Players on both the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs threaten to strike during the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 for each player on the winning team and $1,000 for each player on the losing team. 1950 – Joe DiMaggio becomes the first player to hit 3 homers in a game at Griffith Stadium. 1954 – Catcher Ray Katt of…