29 June in Sports History

June 29 in sports history has some great events in athleticism. There are multiple records set on this day in the sports of baseball and soccer, and we have the memories ready for you here.

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.

11 - 20 - 10 - 24 - 6

June 29, 1897 - An early professional baseball team, called the Chicago Colts, set an MLB record for the most runs scored in a game by one team as they steam rolled the Louisville Colonels, 36 - 7 at the West Side Grounds, Chicago. In case you are wondering the record of 36 still stands for one team to this day. The highest combined score in a game is 49 runs on August 25, 1922, when the Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 26–23.

June 29, 1947 - The New York Yankees started a 19-game winning streak when they knocked off the Washington Senators 3-1.

June 29, 1950 - Striker forward Number 11, Joe Gaetjens helped to lead the US Mens Soccer team to a monumental upset win over England, 1-0 in a FIFA World Cup group match in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The next time that the USA would defeat Great Britain in the game would be 1994.

June 29, 1958 - In the FIFA World Cup Final at Råsunda Stadium, in Stockholm, Sweden, it was Vavá in the Number 20 jersey and Pelé donning his Number 10 each scoring 2 goals as Brazil handled Sweden, 5-2 to win the Cup. This was a dominating line up for Brazil especially with these two stars. At 17 years and 249 days, Pele remains the youngest player to have played in a World Cup Final.

June 29, 1961 - When you have a hot bat you are the man! San Francisco outfielder Willie Mays wearing Number 24 became the fourth player in MLB history with 3 or more home runs, twice in one season with a 10th inning blast in Giants 8-7 win over the Phillies in Philadelphia.

June 29, 1969  - On 'Billy Williams Day' at Wrigley Field, Chicago, the Cubs outfielder wearing Number 26 passed jersey Number 6, Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive MLB games played (896) as Chicago sweeps St. Louis Cardinals, 3-1 and 12-1

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 the 1970 Pelé celebrating the World Cup, taken by an unknown.