16 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 on September 16. 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.

21 - 23 - 32 - 31 - 4 - 15 - 25

September 16, 1924 - St. Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Jim Bottomley set an MLB all-time single game RBI record of 12 in a 17-3 rout of Brooklyn Robins at Ebbets Field

September 16, 1960 - Milwaukee Braves' future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn, Number 21 threw a no-hit masterpiece against the Philadelphia Phillies resulting in a 4-0 at County Stadium

September 16, 1965 - Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead, Number 23 tossed a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians line up, to cruise to a 2-0 victory

September 16, 1973 - Buffalo Bill's running back Number 32, O.J. Simpson rushed for a then NFL record 250 yards in Buffalo's 31-13 win at New England

September 16, 1975 - Pittsburgh second baseman Rennie Stennett, Number 6 became the second MLB player to go 7-for-7 hitting in a 9-inning MLB game as Pirates rout Chicago Cubs, 22-0 at Wrigley Field

September 16, 1988 - Cincinnati Reds Tom Browning (Number 32) pitched a perfect game, that lead to the defeat of the LA Dodgers, by the score of 1-0

September 16, 1993 - Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield (Number 32) became the 19th MLB player to reach the career milestoneto of 3,000 hits

September 16, 1995 - Greg Maddux, Number 31 of the Atlanta Braves set a record of 17 consecutive road victories

September 16, 1996 - Paul Molitor, Number 4 of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits

September 16, 2000 - Sammy Sosa, Number 21 became just the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire, Number 25 on the exclusive list.

September 16, 2018 - Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes, Number 15 sets an NFL record of 10 touchdowns in first 2 weeks of a season, torching Pittsburgh’s secondary with 6 TD passes; leads Chiefs to 42-37 victory on the road

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 1933 Goudey baseball card of Jim Bottomley of the Cincinnati Reds.