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Daily Digits October 6
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.
32 - 22 - 5 - 35 - 8 - 3
October 6, 1911 - Boston Rustlers' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young's MLB farewell appearance is a letdown; loses 13-3 to Brooklyn Dodgers in his 906th game
October 6, 1919 - Chicago White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is the 2nd man ejected from a Baseball World Series in Game 5 vs Cincinnati Reds; angered when pitchers Eddie Cicotte & Lefty Williams refuse to follow his signals during 5-0 loss
October 6, 1920 - The 1st brothers oppose each other in World Series, Cleveland's Wheeler Johnston pinch-hits as brother Jimmy Johnston played 3rd base for Brooklyn
October 6, 1923 - The 1st NL unassisted triple play occurred when Ernie Padgett did it with the Boston Braves against the Philadelphia Phillies
October 6, 1926 - Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 3 home runs in a World Series game as NY Yankees beat St. Louis Cardinals, 10-5 in Game 4 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
October 6, 1945 - The start of the Billy Goat Curse. Tavern owner Billy Goat Sianis bought a ticket for a seat for his goat for Game 4 of Baseball World Series, is escorted out and casts goat curse on Chicago Cubs. The Cubs did not appear in another World Series until they won the title in 2016. So I guess Mr. Sianis and his pet got their almost 70 years of revenge on the Chicago NL club.
October 6, 1963 - Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge NY Yankees, 2-1 at Dodger Stadium for 4-0 series sweep. The Series MVP was Dodgers pitcher Number 32, Sandy Koufax
October 6, 1966 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Number 22, Jim Palmer at 20 years old, became the youngest to record a World Series shutout as Baltimore beats LA Dodgers, 6-0 in Game 2 at Dodger Stadium
October 6, 1978 - KC Royals' Number 5, George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
October 6, 1983 - New York Islander's Number 22, Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
October 6, 1985 - New York Yankees knuckleballer Number 35, Phil Niekro becomes 18th pitcher to win 300 games; at 46 becomes oldest to pitch a shut-out, beating Toronto 8-0
October 6, 1991 - NY Met Number 44, David Cone tied a NL record by striking out 19 Phillies
October 6, 1996 - NY Jet Number 8, Nick Lowery tied Jan Stenerud who famously wore Number 3 for much of his NFL career, with 373 NFL field goals
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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 Wheeler R. "Doc" Johnston, Cleveland AL & Jimmy H. Johnston, Brooklyn NL (baseball) publlished by the Bain News Service circa 1920
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