4 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 4. 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 4, 1916 - Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown face each other for a final time; after 25 contests Mathewson takes a 13-12 advantage with Reds 10-8 winners over Cubs

September 4, 1923 - New York Yankees pitcher "Sad" Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0

September 4, 1985 - New York Mets catcher Number 8, Gary Carter's 2 HRs in a 9-2 win in San Diego ties MLB record of 5 HRs in 2 games

September 4, 1991 - MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris' (who famousl donned the Number 9) 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth's 60).

September 4, 1993 - Penn State University plays its first football game in the Big 10, beating Minnesota 38-20; quarterback John Sacca, Number 9 threw 4 touchdown passes to Number 10, Bobby Engram

September 4, 1993 - New York Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, Number 25 no-hits Cleveland Indians, 4-0 at Yankee Stadium

September 4, 1994 - Browns Quarterback Tom Tupa, Number 7 scored the first 2-point conversion in NFL history,  by running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win at Cincinnati

September 4, 1994 - Miami quarterback Dan Marino, Number 13 throws 5 touchdown passes in Dolphins' 39-35 win over New England; sets NFL record with his 18th game of 4-or-more touchdown passes

September 4, 1995 - Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura, Number 23 hits grand slams in consecutive innings, the 4th and 5th, of a 14-3 rout of the Texas Rangers

September 4, 2005 - 20 year old Kyle Busch in the Number 5 Kelloggs' Tony the Tiger Chevrolet became the youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he out duels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway

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 A promotional poster advertising the Sept. 4, 1916 matchup between Mordecai Brown and Christy Mathewson. This game would be the last time they'd face each other, after squaring off 24 times previously.