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Daily Digits May 3

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.

9 - 5 - 12 - 21 - 44 - 6 - 8 - 16 - 23

May 3, 1936 - A big event in New York Yankee history occurred. Number 9, Joe DiMaggio made his debut in the big leagues. In this iaugural game for Jumpin Joe, he had 3 hits in the game! What a way to make an entrance. In 1937 DiMaggio's uniform would read Number 5 for the balance of his career.

May 3, 1951 - Speaking about NY Yankee rookies making a splash, well how about Number 12, Gil McDougald? McDougald tied a major league record with 6 RBIs in 1 inning and ended up winning the Rookie of the Year Award for the 1951 season.

04 May 1951, Fri Panama City News-Herald (Panama City, Florida) Newspapers.com

May 3, 1961 - Veteran Milwaukee Braves pitcher, Warren Spahn, Number 21 pitched a 2 hitter after pitching a no hitter. Performances like this earned Spahn the Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player accolades. The Braves defeated the Dodgers 4-1.

04 May 1961, Thu Warren Times Mirror (Warren, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Basketball Hall of Fame Moments for May 3

The website of NBA.com offers these nuggets of history for the day.

May 3, 1974 - “Pistol” Pete Maravich, Number 44 was obtained by the expansion New Orleans Jazz from Atlanta in exchange for first-round draft picks in 1974 and 1975, second-round picks in 1975 and 1976, and the Jazz’ second and third selections in the expansion draft.

May 3, 1987 - Milwaukee beat Philadelphia 102-89 in the deciding Game 5 of their Eastern Conference First Round series, the last game of Number 6, Julius Erving’s illustrious 16-year professional basketball career in the NBA and ABA. Dr. J led the Sixers with 24 points.

Baseball History of May 3

Here are some more events from the hardball diamonds that occured on this date from The Day in Baseball History website

May 3rd 1980s baseball

J. Daniel presents 80s Baseball history for May 3 including stories centered on players like: Davey Lopes, Keith Smith, Lenny Dykstra, Willie McCovey, Fergie Jenkins, Darrell Porter, Fernando Valenzuela, and more. MLB May 3

This Day In Baseball May 3

The This Day In Baseball website introduces us to the May 3 happenings in the MLB including events centered around players like: Bobby Lowe, Jimmy Sheckard, Jack McCarthy, Lefty Grove, Vic Raschi, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and more. MLB May 3

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Top May 3 Hockey Moments

Here is an item from Hockey Writers website

May 3, 1968 - Ron Schock, Number 8 scored in double overtime to lead the Blues past the Minnesota North Stars 2-1, in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Semifinals, to advance to take on the mighty Montreal Canadiens in the championship series.

The site NHL.com website lets us in on these amazing moments ofthe day.

May 3, 1973 - Henri Richard, wearing the sweater Number 16 for Montreal set an NHL record for most career games played in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when he steps onto the ice for the Canadiens in Game 3 of the Final at Chicago Stadium.

May 3, 2004 - Calgary Flames star Number 23, Martin Gelinas became the first player in NHL history to end three playoff series with overtime goals.

May 3rd in Hockey History

The Hockey Writers let us know about May 3 Hockey history. NHL May 3

May 3 Hockey Highlights

The NHL.com let us know about May 3 Hockey history. NHL May 3

Credits

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 Boston Braves pitcher and Hall of Famer Warren Spahn from Bowman Gum.

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