6 May in Sports History

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.

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May 6, 1915 - The Sultan of Swing, Future Baseball Hall of Fame hitter, Babe Ruth smacked his first MLB home run as a member of the Boston Red Sox, ironically against his future employer the New York Yankees. Ruth pitched 12 long innings of the extra inning contest to suffer a  4-3  Red Sox loss to the Yankees.

May 6, 1925 - Detroit Tigers legend, Ty Cobb hit his fifth Home Run in just two games, whic tied a record set by Cap Anson in 1884.

May 6, 1934 - The Boston Red Sox scored 12 runs in just the 4th inning including a record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds (Number 5), rookie Moose Solters (Number 22), Rick Ferrell (Number 7), and Buck Walters (Number 8). Each of them to right center. It helped Reynolds reach a mark of having 21 RBIs in 16 ballgames.

07 May 1934, Mon The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

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

May 6, 1906 - At Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park, the Pirates become the first team to cover the grass to prevent it from getting wet during a rain storm. A canvas tarp is used to keep the infield dry for tomorrow’s contest against the Cubs.

May 6, 1984 - Cal Ripken, Number 8 became the second Oriole player to hit for the cycle, joining Brooks Robinson, who accomplished the feat in 1960. The Baltimore shortstop completes the rare event with a ninth-inning home run off Dave Tobik in the team’s 6-1 victory over Texas at Arlington Stadium.

May 6, 1982 - Seattle Mariners pitcher Number 36, Gaylord Perry beat the New York Yankees, 7 – 3, at the Kingdome and becomes the 15th player to win 300 games.

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This Day In Baseball This Day In Baseball May 6 May

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May 6 in 1980s Baseball

J. Daniel provides items of interest on May 6th in 1980s Baseball. MLB May 6

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Here is an item from Hockey Writers website

May 6, 1960 - Number 9, Gordie Howe was named winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL's MVP for a record fifth time. He would win a sixth and final Hart for the Red Wings in 1963.

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

May 6, 1976 - Flyers Right Wing, Number 27, Reggie Leach tied a single-game playoff record by scoring five goals in the Philadelphia Flyers' 6-3 series-clinching victory against the Boston Bruins at the Spectrum in Game 5 of the Semifinals.

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

May 6, 1985 - NBA legends Billy Cunningham (Number 32), Tom Heinsohn (Number 15), and Coach Red Holzman were among six men inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

May 6, 1993 - Number 32, Shaquille O’Neal of Orlando is named the NBA Rookie of the Year after averaging 23.4 points (eighth in the NBA), 13.9 rebounds (second) and 3.53 blocks per game (second), leading the Magic (41-41) to an improvement of 20 wins over the previous season.

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 1934 Goudey baseball card of Julius "Moose" Solters of the Boston Red Sox.

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