28 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 28. 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.

4 - 2 - 98 - 9 - 22 - 25 - 6 - 7 - 11 - 48 - 30 - 14 - 37 - 25 - 34 - 55 - 53 - 32

September 28, 1930 - New York Yankees Number 4, Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games

September 28, 1938 - Homer in the Gloamin' - famous walk-off home run hit by Gabby Hartnett, wearing Number 2 for the Chicago Cubs against the Pittsburgh Pirates

September 28, 1940 -  Tom Harmon, Number 98 of the Michigan Wolverines had one of his finest collegiate days with runs of 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns. Check out our Roar of the Crowd post today.

September 28, 1941 - Ted Williams, Number 9 ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg

September 28, 1951 - New York's Number 22, Allie Reynolds' 2nd no-hitter of 1951, an 8-0 home victory over Boston Red Sox. The Yankees clinched pennant #18 that day with the win.

September 28, 1951 - Norm Van Brocklin, Number 25 of Rams passes for NFL record 554 yards

September 28, 1952 - St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial, Number 6 makes his only major league pitching appearance, throwing one pitch to Chicago Cubs Number 7, Frank Baumholtz

September 28, 1960 - Number 9, Ted Williams hit his final home run, the 521st of his great career off of Jack Fisher, Number 48 of the Baltimore Orioles.

September 28, 1969 - NFL Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Joe Kapp, Number 11 passes for 7 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts in 52-14 home win

September 28, 1974 - California Angel Number 30, Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Mnn Twin, 4-0

September 28, 1975 - How about this for an All-Star pitching staff! Oakland A's Vida Blue (Number 14), Glenn Abbott (Number 37), Paul Lindblad (Number 25) and Number 34 Rollie Fingers, combined to no-hit the California Angels, in a 5-0 A's shutout.

September 28, 1988 - LA Dodger Orel Hershiser, Number 55 breaks former Dodger Number 53, Don Drysdale's record by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings

September 28, 1993 - Dennis Martínez, Number 32 of the Montreal Expos became the 7th to win 100 games in each the AL and the NL

September 28, 1997 - St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire, Number 25 hit his 58th home run of 1997. There were 34 of these knocked out of the park that season when McGwire was still with the Oakland A's.

September 28, 2020 - In a COVID-19 delayed and altered season, the Stanley Cup Final was played Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta. Tampa Bay Lightning claimed their second championship in franchise history with a 2-0 Game 

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 Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs #202. PD-not-renewed..