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 for August 30. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
30 August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 30
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.
3 - 28 - 21 - 48 - 14 - 34
August 30, 1905 - Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF center fielder Ty Cobb made his MLB debut. The Georgia Peach promptly punched his ticket to the show by doubling off Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders at Bennett Park, Detroit
August 30, 1906 - Hal Chase became the first New York Yankees batter to hit three triples in a game
August 30, 1910 - New York Yankees hurler Tom Hughes pitched 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11
August 30, 1912 - St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hit the Detroit Tigers lineup in a 5-1 win from the mound.
August 30, 1922 - Babe Ruth, future Number 3, was thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
August 30, 1939 - New York Yankee Atley Donald, Number 28 pitched a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
August 30, 1941 - St Louis Cardinals player Lon Warneke, Number 21 took the mound and threw a no-hit masterpiece against the Cincinnati Reds, for a 2-0 Cards victory
August 30, 1961 - Baltimore Oriole pitcher Jack Fisher, Number 48 walked 12 LA Angels batters in a 9 inning game
August 30, 1984 - Boston Red Sox legend Number 14, Jim Rice grounded into record 33rd double play en route to 36
August 30, 1987 - Kirby Puckett, wearing Number 34 for the Minnesota Twins went 6-for-6 with 2 HRs in Minneapolis to help aid in a 10-6 win over Milwaukee
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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 Chase, New York, American League, from the White Border series (T206) for the American Tobacco Company circa 1909.
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