1 September in Sports History

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 for September 1. As a bonus we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.

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.

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September 1, 1906 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1 in 24 innings in Boston. It is the longest game in AL baseball history. Both starting pitchers went the duration as A's hurler Jack Coombs overcame Boston's Joe Harris

September 1, 1931 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig, Number 4 hit his 3rd grand slam in 4 days & 6th homer in consecutive games in NY Yankees' 5-1 win v Boston Red Sox

September 1, 1945 - Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Vince DiMaggio, Number 7 smashed his 4th grand slam of season, tying NL record, in an 8-3 win against the Boston Braves. Vince was the oldest of the three DiMaggio brothers. Of course the other two were Dom and Joe.

September 1, 1947 - Infielder Jack Lohrke, Number 16 hit the New York Giants' 183rd homer of season in 2-1 win v Boston Braves. The blast broke the New York Yankees MLB mark of 182 set in 1936.

September 1, 1958 - St Louis Cardinals pitcher Number 17, Vinegar Bend Mizell walked a NL record 9 batters in a 1-0 shutout of Cincinnati Reds

September 1, 1964 - San Francosco Giants reliever Masanori Murakami wearing Number 10, became the first Japanese-born player to appear in US MLB; on debut. The native of Osuki threw a scoreless inning in a 4-1 loss versus the New York Mets

September 1, 1967 - Cincinnati Reds reliever Bob Lee (Number 39) walked Dick Groat (Number 24)with the bases loaded in 21st inning to give SF Giants a 1-0 win at Crosley Field. The contests previosly 20 scoreless innings ties MLB mark, Pirates v Braves 1918

September 1, 1971 - The Pittsburgh Pirates started a game with what is believed to be first all-black line-up (including several Latinos) in MLB history‚ in 10-7 win v Philadelphia Phillies; includes future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente, Number 21 and Willie Stargell, Number 8.

September 1, 1975 - NewYork Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (Number 41) shut out the Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-0. With this victory he was the first to reach 200 strikeouts for a MLB-record 8th straight season

September 1, 1978 - Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sammy Stewart, wearing Number 53, sat down 7 consecutive batters in his MLB debut, en route to 9-3 win v Chicago White Sox

September 1, 1984 - The quarterback of Mississippi Valley State, Willie Totten, Number 10 passed for a Division I-AA record 536 yards and 9 TDs in 86-0 win v Kentucky State. His main receiver was none other than Jerry Rice, Number 88 who caught 17 passes for 294 yards and 5 TDs. Rice ended up breaking his own Division I-AA record for total yardage in pass receptions. The school retired the jersey numbers of both players.

September 1, 2007 - Clay Buchholz, Number 61 became the first Boston Red Sox rookie to pitch a no-hitter. In just his second MLB appearance; beats Baltimore Orioles 10-0 at Fenway Park

September 1, 2019 - Houston Astros starter Justin Verlander, Number 35 struck out 14 as he throws his third career no-hitter in a 2-0 decision against the Toronto Blue Jays

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 Jack Coombs, Philadelphia AL (baseball) illustrated by an unknown