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Daily Digits October 17
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.
21 - 34 - 20 - 8 - 19 - 77 - 7
October 17, 1971 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 2-1 at Memorial Stadium to claim championship. 4-3; MVP: Pirates outfielder Number 21, Roberto Clemente
October 17, 1974 - World Series: Oakland A's 3-peat; beat LA Dodgers, 3-2 in Oakland for 4-1 series win; MVP: A's pitcher Rollie Fingers, wearing Number 34
October 17, 1978 - World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Number 20, Bucky Dent
October 17, 1979 - World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles, 4-1 at Memorial Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Pirates 1B Number 8, Willie Stargell
October 17, 1982 - Robin Yount, Number 19 was the first MLB player to have two 4-hit games in a World Series
October 17, 1991 - Pittsburgh Penguin Number 77, Paul Coffey sets NHL defenseman scoring record with 1,053 career points (309 goals & 744 assists)
October 17, 2015 - Star forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Number 7 becomes Real Madrid's all-time leading scorer across all competitions, overtaking club legend Raul with his 324th goal in a 3-0 win over Levante
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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 Professional baseball player Rollie Fingers circa 1977 with the San Diego Padres., taken by an unknown.
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