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What happened in history on this day: September 1?
On September 1 in ...
- 1890 - First baseball tripleheader-Boston versus Pittsburgh.
- 1906 - Joseph Harris (Boston Red Sox) and Jack Coombs (Philadelphia Athletics) pitch complete 24-inning game.
- 1918 - Baseball season ends due to world war.
- 1923 - US beats Australia in tennis, for their fourth straight Davis Cup.
- 1945 - Philadelphia Phillies' Vince DiMaggio ties National League record with fourth grand slam of season.
- 1946 - Batty Berg wins the US Open.
- 1947 - New York Giants' 183-185 home run of year breaks New York Yankees' mark of 182 in 1936.
- 1958 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record nine men in a shutout.
- 1963 - Saint Louis Cardinals' pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate.
- 1967 - San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds 1-0 in 21 innings.
- 1973 - George Foreman knocks out Jose Roman in the first round to retain heavyweight title in Japan.
- 1975 - New York Mets' Tom Seaver is first to strike out 200 in eight consecutive seasons.
- 1976 - New Jersey Meadowlands racetrack opens.
- 1978 - Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores ten straight dead center strikes on a 4-inch disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia.
- 1979 - California Angels' infielder Carney Lansford hits three consecutive home runs as California downs the Cleveland Indians, 7-4.
- 1996 - The Fitzroy Football Club (established 1883) plays its last game ever in the Australian Football League, against Fremantle at Subiaco Oval. The following season the club merges with the Brisbane Bears, ending a long history of the club in the VFL/AFL.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 5-0.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Colorado Rockies by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Texas Rangers by score 9-8.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Cleveland Guardians by score 3-0.
- 2022 - At Citi Field in New York City, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Oakland Athletics by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Kansas City Royals by score 7-1.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Detroit Tigers by score 7-0.
Births of sports figures on September 1
- 1866 - Birth of James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett; heavyweight champion boxer (1892-97).
- 1904 - Birth of Ray Flaherty; AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (New York Giants).
- 1923 - Birth of Rocco Francis Marchegiano AKA Rocky Marciano in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1952-55), 49 professional victories without a loss.
- 1937 - Birth of Al Geiberger; golfer (US PGA lowest score on 18 holes, a 59).
- 1939 - Birth of Heinrich Messner in Austria; downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972).
- 1946 - Birth of Erich Schärer in Switzerland; two man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1980).
Deaths of sports figures on September 1
- 1985 - Death of Stefan Bellof, race car driver and 1984 World SportsCars (Group C) Champion (born 1957).
- 1989 - Death of A. Bartlett Giamatti, American President of Yale University and Major League Baseball Commissioner, of a heart attack at age 51 (born 1938).
- 2013 - Death of Tommy Morrison, American boxer (born 1969).
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