In this edition of the Sports Break, we cover the top events in sports history along with the players and athletes that were a part of them onAugust 14. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete.
14s August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 14
Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.
22 - 3 - 20 - 14 - 25 - 49 - 44 -32
August 14, 1919 - Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties MLB record of 4 outfield assists in a game in 15-6 loss to Boston Red Sox
August 14, 1932 - Brooklyn Dodgers reliever John Quinn Number 22, at age 49, became the oldest pitcher to win a MLB game in a 2-1, 10th inning victory over New York Giants at the Polo Grounds
August 14, 1933 - Number 3, of the Philadelphia Athletics, Jimmie Foxx hit for the cycle and set a new American League record with 9 RBIs in a game
August 14, 1939 - The very first night MLB game in the City of Chicago is played at Comiskey Park; White Sox beat St. Louis Browns, 5-2
August 14, 1981 - Philadelphia Phillies Mike Schmidt, Number 20 hit his 300th career HR off NY Met Mike Scott
August 14, 1982 - Pete Rose, Number 14 then of the Philadelphia Phillies, reaches a milestone of 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
August 14, 1987 - The Oakland A's new player, Mark McGwire, Number 25 set a rookiehome run record with 39 blasts, en route to a grand total of 49 by season's end
August 14, 1991 - MLB California Angels outfielder Dave Winfield, Number 32 became the 23rd player in history to reach the 400 HR mark
August 14, 1993 - Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th uniform number with Jackson's Number 44
August 14, 2021 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert, Number 49 threw a no-hitter in his MLB debut, defeating San Diego Padres, 7-0 in Phoenix; record equalling 8th no-hitter of the season.
Credits
A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: On This Day Sports, the Sports Reference's family of website databases & Stathead.com.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Baseball player Happy Felsch resting bat on shoulder standing in Comiskey Park (1916 Aug. 23) on the backdrop of Chicago Daily News Baseball diamond rendition done in 2017 by cactus cowboy.
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