20 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 20 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.

10 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 12 - 11 - 17 - 54 - 32 - 16 - 15 - 55 - 27 - 25

October 20, 1934 - All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth (Yankees Number 3), Jimmie Foxx (Athletics Number 3) and Lou Gehrig (Yankees Number 4) sailed to Japan for 18-game series against Big-Six University League

October 20, 1935 - Detroit Tigers future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg, Number 5 was named AL MVP by the Basball Writer  of America Association. Boston Red Sox pitcher Number 12, Wes Ferrell is runner-up

October 20, 1936 - Carl Hubbell, Detroit Tigers Number 11 who as a pitcher had a season record of 26-6, edged out Dizzy Dean, Number 17 of the Crdinals and his stellar 24-13, for MVP honors in National League

October 20, 1946 - Frank Seno, Number 54 of the Chicago Cardinals returned a kickoff 105 yd, against the New York Giants

October 20, 1963 - Jim Brown, Number 32 of the Cleveland Browns set an NFL single-season rushing record, 1,863 yds

October 20, 1965 - 19th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-2; MVP: Henri Richard, Number 16, the center of the Montreal Canadiens.

October 20, 1976 - NY Nets sold the rights to a player named Julius Erving also known as "Dr J" to the  Philadelphia 76ers. Dr J wore Number 32 for the Nets and then switched to Number 6 on the Sixers.

October 20, 1982 - World Series: St. Louis Cardinals beat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-3 at Busch Stadium for 4 games to 3 series triumph; MVP: St. Louis catcher Darrell Porter, Number 15

October 20, 1984 - New York Islander's Number 22, Mike Bossy's 30th career hat trick-4 goals

October 20, 1988 - World Series: LA Dodgers beat Oakland A's, 5-2 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to clinch 4-1 series win: MVP: LA pitcher Orel Hershiser, Number 55

October 20, 1990 - World Series: Cincinnati beats A's, 2-1 at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum to sweep Oakland and win Reds' 5th title; MVP: Reds' pitcher José Rijo, Number 27

October 20, 1996 - Braves Andruw Jones, Number 25 became the youngest player to homer in World Series

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 Baseball players Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Al Simmons circa 1925 to 1932, taken by an unknown.