11 October in Sports History

We cover the greatest moments in sports history on a daily basis recognizing the athletes that performed them and the uniform numbers they wore for the date of October 11 in 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.

5 - 3 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 19 - 35 - 44 - 21 - 24 - 23

October 11, 1911 - Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs. The prize for such an honor was a car. Each of these players took home a Ford Model T. Shulte, whose nickname was "Wildfire," did not enjoy his "tin lizzy" for very long as it ironically caught on fire near his plantation sometime later.

October 11, 1923 - A pair of Babe Ruth home runs in the 4th and 5th innings is the difference; NY Yankees beat NY Giants, 4-2 at the Polo Grounds to tie World Series, 1-1

October 11, 1927 - New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, Number 5 was named as the American League MVP. Oddly enough, his teammate, despite hitting a MLB record 60 HR's, Babe Ruth as a former winner was not eligible

October 11, 1967 - World Series record 3 consecutive home runs hit by Carl Yastrzemski (Number 8), Reggie Smith (Number 7) and Rico Petrocelli (Number 6) to guide the Boston Red Sox over the St Louis Cardinals, 8-4 in Game 6 at Fenway Park

October 11, 1971 - Baltimore 3B Brooks Robinson, Number 5 set a Baseball World Series record when he reached base 5 straight at-bats in the Orioles 11-3 win over Pittsburgh Pirates in Game 2 at Memorial Stadium.

October 11, 1975 - New York Islander's Number 19, Bryan Trottier's completed his first career hat trick

October 11, 1978 - Dodgers future Cy Young Award winner, Number 35, Bob Welch had a high pressure strike out of  New York Yankees Number 44 , Mr. October, Reggie Jackson in 9th

October 11, 1992 - Deion Sanders, played in a game two different major sports. He suited up in jersey Number 21 for  the Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and later in the Number 24 uni of the Atlanta Braves.

October 11, 2020 - In a special COVID delayed NBA Finals it was the LA Lakers knocking off the Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win record equalling 17th title. The man that made the diffference was MVP: LeBron James, Number 23 who became the first to win the award with 3 different teams

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 1912,  Jas. T. Sheckard/F. M. Schulte, Chicago Cubs, baseball card portrait from the sponsorship of the American Tobacco Company