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 on August 15. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete.
15 August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 15
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.
25 - 10 - 34 - 2 - 29 - 27 - 23
August 15, 1905 - Philadelphia A's future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings
August 15, 1912 - New York Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
August 15, 1990 - Oakland A's Number 25, Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
August 15, 1992 - Striker Brian Deane, Number 10 scored both goals for Sheffield United to open the season with a 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane. The first of Deane's goals was the first in European Premier League's inaugural season.
August 15, 1993 - Nolan Ryan, Number 34 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
August 15, 1997 - The Los Angeles Dodgers retired Tommy Lasorda's Number 2. Of course that was his number as the manager of the LA club. As a player Lasorda pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 wearing Number 29 and in 1955 as the bearer of the Number 27 jersey. He finished his playing career in 1956 as a member of the Kansas City athletics wearing Number 23. His managerial tenure lasted from 1976 through 1996 with the Dodgers as he was a 4 time manager of the Year, won two NL pennants, and two World Series championships. His Win /Loss total was 1599-1439
August 15, 2012 - Seattle Mariners' Felix Hernandez, Number 34 becomes 23rd pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Tampa Bay)
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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 a cropped (by D Hayes) version of the 1921 Exhibits baseball card of Dickey Kerr, taken by an unknown.
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