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 18. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete.
18 August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 18
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.
4 - 33 - 44 - 20 - 34 - 17
August 18, 1931 - Lou Gehrig, Number 4 hitless in Detroit, his 1,000th consecutively played game
August 18, 1943 - New York Giants future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell, Number 11 won his 253rd and final game as New York defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-2 at the Polo Grounds, NYC
August 18, 1960 - Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette, Number 33 no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0 at County Stadium, Milwaukee
August 18, 1965 - Hank Aaron, Number 44 lost a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box
August 18, 1973 - Speaking of Number 44..., Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpassed ole Number 6 Stan Musial's previous record
August 18, 1977 - Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton, Number 20 threw a National League record tying 5th one-hitter
August 18, 1981 - University of Georgia football running back, Number 34, Herschel Walker, took out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million
August 18, 1982 - Pete Rose, Number 14 set a record with his 13,941st plate appearance
August 18, 1986 - Former USFL and Miami Hurricanes QB Jim Kelly, Number 12 signed a lucrative contract with the NFL's Buffalo Bills at $75 million for 5 years.
August 18, 1987 - Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, Number 34 retired from NFL
August 18, 2021 - The Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani, Number 17 became fastest player in team history to reach 40 home runs in a season, also pitches 8 innings in 3-1 win at Detroit
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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 American baseball player Lou Gehrig when he was introduced as new player of the New York Yankees. from June 11, 1923 with Pacific & Atlantic Photos, Inc.
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