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 6. As a bonus we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
7 August in Sports History
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Daily Digits August 7
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 - 8 - 32 - 11 - 24 - 11 - 41 - 12 - 31 - 25 - 80 - 22 - 93 - 68 - 57 - 44 - 51
August 7, 1907 - MLB Washington Senators legendary pitcher Walter Johnson wins first of his 416 career wins, 7-2 v Cleveland
August 7, 1929 - New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth, the eventual Number 3 tied an MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games for the second time in 13-1 win v Philadelphia A's
August 7, 1972 - Yogi Berra (Number 8), Sandy Koufax (Number 32), Lefty Gomez (Number 11), Early Wynn (Number 24), Josh Gibson (Number 11), Will Harridge, Buck Leonard (Number 32) and Ross Youngs were all inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
August 7, 1978 - Eddie Mathews (Number 41), Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
August 7, 1992 - The Orlando Magic signs NBA No. 1 draft pick Shaquille O'Neal who wore Number 32 that season
August 7, 1999 - Tampa Bay 3rd baseman Wade Boggs, Number 12 became the first MLB player to hit a home run for his 3,000th hit in Devil Rays' 15-10 loss v Cleveland
August 7, 2004 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux, Number 31 entered his name in the history record books with his 300th career win in the Chicago's 8-4 triumph v San Francisco at SBC Park
August 7, 2007 - San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, Number 25 hit his 756th career home run, it was a monumental one too as it broke Hank Aaron's long-standing MLB record
August 7, 2010 - Jerry Rice (Number 80), Emmitt Smith (Number 22), John Randle (Number 93), Russ Grimm (Number 68), Rickey Jackson (Number 57), Floyd Little (Number 44) and Dick LeBeau (Number 44) were enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
August 7, 2016 - Miami Marlins veteran Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki wearing Number 51 becomes the 30th member of the 3,000 hit club in a 10 - 7 win v Rockies
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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 ofYogo Berra in 1957 with the Yankees, taken by an unknown.
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