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 25. As a bonus, we place the jersey number worn at the time with the athlete as well.
25 September in Sports History
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Daily Digits September 25
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.
3 - 4 - 6 - 35 - 29 - 28 - 1 - 17 - 34 - 10 - 24 - 33 - 26
September 25, 1908 - Chicago Cubs' Ed Reulbach became the only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout
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September 25, 1926 - NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks & Detroit Red Wings
September 25, 1932 - Jimmie Foxx, Number 3 of the Philadelphia Athletics hit his 58th HR in last game of season
September 25, 1934 - Lou Gehrig, Number 4 of the Yankees played in his 1,500th consecutive game
September 25, 1955 - Detroit outfielder Al Kaline, wearing Number 6, at just age 20, became the youngest batting champ
September 25, 1956 - Brooklyn Dodger Number 35, Sal Maglie tossed a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies, for 5-0 win
September 25, 1965 - Amazing feat here! 60 year old Satchel Paige, Number 29 of Kansas City Athletics pitches 3 scoreless innings
September 25, 1980 - Jerry Mumphrey (Number 28) joined legends who formerly played for the Padres organization Ozzie Smith (Number 1) and Gene Richards (Number 17) as the only players to steal 50 bases in a season, for the Padres
September 25, 1981 - Houston Astros Number 34, Nolan Ryan's 5th career no-hitter as Astros beat Dodgers 5-0
September 25, 1984 - New York Met Rusty Staub (Number 10) joined Ty Cobb, who hit home runs as both a teen and in their 40s in the MLB
September 25, 1985 - Rickey Henderson, Number 24 steals Yankee record 75th base of season
September 25, 1986 - Houston Astro Mike Scott, Number 33 threw a no-hit gem against the San Francisco Giants, for a 2-0 shutout victory
September 25, 1989 - Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs, Number 26 became the first to get 200 hits along with 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
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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 Ed Reulbach of the Brooklyn Dodgers, published by Bain News Service in 1914.
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