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 on November 15. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
15 November in Sports History
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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 - 12 - 49 - 22 - 53 - 14 - 8 - 15 - 39 - 23 - 18 - 23 - 13
November 15, 1946 - Boston Red Sox legend, Number 9, Ted Williams was selected as the American League MVP
November 15, 1951 - New York Yankee Number 12, Gil McDougald wins American League Rookie of Year
November 15, 1959 - Cleveland Browns' halfback Number 49, Bobby Mitchell set the franchise record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Wash 31-17
November 15, 1960 - Elgin Baylor, Number 22 of the LA Lakers scored 71 points vs New York Knicks
November 15, 1961 - Roger Maris, Number 9 of the New York Yankees, was voted AL MVP
November 15, 1962 - Don Drysdale, the LA Dodgers Number 53 won the Cy Young Award
November 15, 1964 - Ajax soccer star Number 14, Johan Cruyff debuted against GVAV
November 15, 1967 - Boston's Number 8, Carl Yastrzemski won the American League MVP
November 15, 1972 - Chicago White Sox Number 15, Dick Allen won the American League MVP
November 15, 1978 - Pirates outfielder Number 39, Dave Parker won the National League MVP
November 15, 1983 - 75th hat trick in Islander history was registered by future Hall of Famer, Number 22, Mike Bossy
November 15, 1988 - LA Dodgers outfielder Number 23, Kirk Gibson won the National League MVP
November 15, 1989 - Bret Saberhagen, Number 18 of the Kansas City Royals won the American League Cy Young Award
November 15, 2018 - LeBron James (Number 23) passed Wilt Chamberlain (Number 13) for 5th on the NBA's all-time career scoring list with 44 points for the LA Lakers in 126-117 victory over Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
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 New York Yankees infielder Gil McDougald. Cirac 1953 from Bowman Gum.