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What happened in history on this day: March 2?
On March 2 in ...
- 1874 - Baseball batter's box is officially adopted.
- 1890 - Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19).
- 1896 - George Lohmann takes 9-28 versus South Africa in cricket at Johannesburg.
- 1898 - Australia complete a 4-1 cricket series annihilation of England.
- 1902 - Jimmy Collins leaves Boston Beaneaters (National League) club to manage American League's new Boston Somersets.
- 1904 - "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" is adopted.
- 1918 - New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia Athletics.
- 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year).
- 1929 - Chicago Black Hawks are shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game.
- 1936 - Donald Bradman scores 369 in 253 minutes, South Africa versus Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes.
- 1940 - First intercollegiate track meet telecast, Madison Square Garden, New York City.
- 1951 - First NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 111-94 at Boston.
- 1952 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
- 1958 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores incredible 100 points in an NBA game.
- 1968 - World Ice Dance Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
- 1968 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR).
- 1968 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Peggy Fleming (USA).
- 1968 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva, Switzerland won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria).
- 1969 - Phil Esposito becomes first NHL Player to score 100 points in a season.
- 1974 - Greg Chappell makes 247 versus New Zealand, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six.
- 1980 - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic.
- 1980 - Mike Bratz (Phoenix Suns) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games.
- 1982 - 60th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Bryan Trottier.
- 1986 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1989 - NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game.
- 1989 - New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez.
- 1990 - Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50 metre backstroke (25.06 seconds).
- 1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1991 - Del Ballard Junior, throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history.
- 1991 - North Carolina State Chris Corchiani becomes first NCAA player to get 1,000 assists.
- 1992 - Anita Hall swims female world record 200 metre freestyle (2:05.35).
- 1992 - The highest-paid player in baseball is now Ryne Sandberg, after signing a four-year contract extension worth US$7.1 million per season.
- 1996 - Tendulkar scores 137 for India versus SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose.
- 1997 - Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters.
- 1997 - Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open.
- 2005 - President George W. Bush awards the nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, posthumously to Jackie Robinson's widow. Robinson died in 1972.
- 2007 - Mike Young signs an $80 million, five-year contract extension offered by American baseball's Texas Rangers.
- 2010 - Wade McGilberry of Alabama pitches a perfect game in video game MLB 2K10, winning $1 million in a contest sponsored by the gamemaker's company, 2K Sports.
- 2014 - The Vasaloppet 90km cross-country ski race takes place, from Sälen to Mora in Dalarna, Sweden. About 15,800 skiers participate in the 90th year of the race. Winner is Norwegian John Kristian Dahl, with time of 4 hours 14 minutes 33 seconds.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Nashville Predators by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Los Angeles Kings by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Saint Louis Blues by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Toronto Maple Leafs by score 5-1.
Births of sports figures on March 2
- 1909 - Birth of Mel Ott; first National League player to hit 500 homeruns, hall of famer (New York Giants).
- 1912 - Birth of Arthur Beaumont C Langton; cricket player (South African pace bowler of 1930s).
- 1913 - Birth of Mort Cooper; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1942).
- 1917 - Birth of Jim Konstanty; baseball player (National League Most Valuable Player 1950).
- 1923 - Birth of Don Taylor; cricket player (New Zealand 3 Tests, Auckland stands with Sutcliffe in Wisden).
- 1938 - Birth of Donald Schwall; baseball player (1961 American League rookie of year).
- 1955 - Birth of Steve Small; cricket player (stalwart New South Wales opening batsman).
- 1962 - Birth of Al Del Greco; NFL kicker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1962 - Birth of Philip Jonas in Johannesburg, South Africa; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Payless-second).
- 1962 - Birth of Terry Steinbach in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA; catcher (Oakland Athletics).
- 1965 - Birth of Ron Gant in Victoria, Texas, USA; outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1966 - Birth of Judith Wiesner in Hallein, Austria; tennis star (1994 Schenectady).
- 1967 - Birth of Allan Boyko; Canadian Football League slot back/twin of Bruce (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1967 - Birth of Bruce Boyko; Canadian Football League fullback/twin of Allan (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1967 - Birth of Leo Gomez in Canovanas, Puerto Rica; infielder (Chicago Cubs).
- 1968 - Birth of Penny "Stamper" Davis in Carlisle, England; Canadian 470 yachter (Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Miniefield; NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears).
- 1971 - Birth of James Hammerstrand in LaMesa, California, USA; volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Ray Hall; NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1971 - Birth of Ruffin Hamilton; NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1973 - Birth of John Elmore; guard (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1974 - Birth of Martine Dessureault in Montréal, Québec, Canada; 50-metre swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1976 - Birth of Lars Bruggemann; hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998).
- 1982 - Birth of Mike Nugent; American football player (New York Jets).
- 1982 - Birth of Ben Roethlisberger; American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
Deaths of sports figures on March 2
- 1985 - John B Kelly Junior, chairman US Olympics Committee, dies at age 57.
- 1991 - James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at age 87.
- 2007 - Five Bluffton University baseball players and the driver and his wife are killed in a chartered bus accident in Atlanta. The players, Zach Arend, David Betts, Scott Harmon, Cody Holp, and Tyler Williams, were en route to to Sarasota, Florida.
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