8 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 8. 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.

19 - 27 - 1 - 21 - 31 - 44 - 14 - 5 - 12 - 45 - 

September 8, 1939 - Indians Bob Feller, wearing Number 19, at 20 years old, became youngest pitcher to win 20 games

September 8, 1943 - NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams, Number 27 set a record by working in his 62nd game of the season

September 8, 1954 - Talk about working a pitcher! With a 3-2 count, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Richie Ashburn, Number 1 fouled off the next 14 pitches, then eventually walked to get on base.

September 8, 1958 - Pittsburgh Pirate Roberto Clemente, Number 21 tied a modern day record when he recorded 3 triples in a single game

September 8, 1963 - Milwaukee Braves future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn (Number 21) tied Christy Mathewson with 13 seasons of at least 20-wins

September 8, 1965 - This man knows how to play the field! The very talented Kansas City A's Bert Campaneris, Number 19 showed off his versatility when he played all 9 positions in a game

September 8, 1972 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, Number 31 won his 20th game for 6th straight year. Ironically 8 years to the day in 1980, that Commisioner Bowie Kuhn would be suspending Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest.

September 8, 1973 - Hank Aaron, Number 44 set a record of most home runs in 1 league (709)

September 8, 1985 - Pete Rose, Number 14 tied Ty Cobb's record with 4,191 hits

September 8, 1989 - George Brett, Number 5 reached a career milestone when he achieved his 2,500th hit

September 8, 1991 - NFL Buffalo Bill QB Jim Kelly, Number 12 passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pittsburgh Steelers (52-34)

September 8, 1992 - Danny Tartabull, Number 45 had 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4

September 8, 1993 - Houston Astro's Darryl Kile, Number 57 threw a 3rd no-hitter of season in Astros' 7-1 win over NY Mets

September 8, 2002 - Rookie quarterback David Carr, wearing Number 8 throws for 2 TDs as the Houston Texans beat Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to become only the 2nd expansion team (1961 Minnesota Vikings) to win their inaugural 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 Baseball's boy wonders Washington, D.C., Aug 2. Baseball's wonder boys met for the first time as friendly enemies when Bucky Jacobs, left, Washington's rookie from Richmond, VA. And Bob Feller, taken by an unknown.