29 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 29. 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.

25 - 20 - 6 - 10 - 32 - 8 - 26 - 6 - 26 - 50 - 11 - 43 - 1 - 31 - 44 - 23 - 16 - 37 

September 29, 1913 - MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson won his 36th game of the season

September 29, 1920 - New York Yankees slugger Babe Ruth set a then-MLB home run season record at 54 with a 9th inning shot off Dave Keefe in New York's 7-3 win at the Philadelphia A's

September 29, 1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games; New York's 7-4 win v Philadelphia A's and 15-4 rout of Washington Senators

September 29, 1954 - Willie Mays, Number 25 of the New York Giants made his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Baltimore Orioles Number 20, Vic Wertz's 460' drive during Game One of the World Series

September 29, 1963 - The St Louis Cardinal's celebrate Stan Musial Day in St Louis, for Number 6 Stan Musial's final game, where he hits his 3,629th & 3,630th total hits (475 HRs)

September 29, 1965 - Philadelphia Phillies catcher Number 10, Pat Corrales set a record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and a total of 6 times in one season

September 29, 1966 - LA Dodgers' pitcher Number 32 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season

September 29, 1968 - Boston Red Sox Number 8, Carl Yastrzemski .3005 avg wins his 2nd straight batting crown

September 29, 1968 - Chuck Latourette, Number 26 of the St Louis Cardinals football team set an NFL record 47.7 yd punt return avg of 3 punts.

September 29, 1969 - Boston Red Sox Number 6, Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season

September 29, 1969 - Steve O'Neal, Number 20 of NY Jets, kicks longest NFL punt; 98 yards vs Denver

September 29, 1976 - San Francisco Giant Number 26, John Montefusco no-hits Atlanta Braves, 9-0

September 29, 1979 - Houston Astros' Number 50,  J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313

September 29, 1979 - LA Dodger Number 11, Manny Mota hits record 146th pinch hit

September 29, 1983 - Oakland A's Number 43, Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

September 29, 1985 - Houston Oilers' QB Warren Moon, Number 1 was sacked NFL tying record 12 times by the Dallas Cowboys defense

September 29, 1986 - Chicago Cubs Greg Maddux, Number 31 defeated his sibling Phillies Mike Maddux, Number 44. In a first for the MLB where two rookie brothers faced each other in a game as opposing pitchers. Mike Maddux was the elder by about 5 years but it was his first season in the Bigs.

September 29, 1986 - Cleveland Indians Number 16, Jay Bell a rookie became the 10th player to hit a home run on 1st major league pitch he sees

September 29, 1987 - New York Yankee Don Mattingly, Number 23 hits record 6th grand slam of year

September 29, 1996 - The Houston Astros organization has a ceremony to retire Nolan Ryan's Number 34

September 29, 2002 - Seattle running back Shaun Alexander, Number 37 sets NFL record for most touchdowns in a half with 5 in 1st half of 48-23 win v Minnesota Vikings at Seahawks Stadium; runs for 4 plus 80-yard reception

September 29, 2018 - New York Yankees Venezuelan 2nd baseman Gleyber Torres, Number 25 smashed a 2-run homer in 8-5 win v Boston at Fenway Park; Yankees MLB record 265th homer of the season; Giancarlo Stanton adds #266 in 7th

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 the Big Train, Walter Johnson, is pictured here during his 1914 campaign with the Washington Senators in which he paced the American League in wins, complete games, shutouts, innings pitched and strikeouts. Taken by Mr. Charles M. Conlon.