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What happened in history on this day: September 22?
On September 22 in ...
- 1911 - Cy Young, at age 44, wins his 511th and final baseball game.
- 1912 - Eddie Collins steals six bases in a game, for second time in 11 days.
- 1925 - New York Yankees' Ben Paschal hits two inside-the-park homers.
- 1927 - Famous "Long count" fight (Jack Dempsey loses boxing title to Gene Tunney).
- 1927 - New York Yankees' Earle Coombs hits three triples.
- 1945 - Stan Musial gets five hits off five pitchers on five consecutive pitches.
- 1954 - Brooklyn Dodgers' Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants' players in his first game.
- 1955 - Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano knocks out Archie Moore in nine rounds.
- 1959 - Chicago White Sox clinch the American League pennant.
- 1967 - Philadelphia Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager.
- 1968 - Minnesota Twins' Cesar Tovar pitches a hitless inning and plays all nine positions.
- 1969 - San Francisco Giants' Willie Mays becomes second player to hit home run number 600.
- 1969 - San Francisco Giants' outfielder Bobby Bonds establishes a Major League of Baseball record as he strikeouts for the 176th time this season.
- 1973 - Baltimore Orioles' player Al Bumbry hits three triples versus Milwaukee Brewers.
- 1975 - World Football League folds.
- 1977 - Minnesota Twins' Bert Blyleven no-hits California Angels, 9-0.
- 1983 - Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7 feet 9.75 inches.
- 1985 - Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ. First time a light heavyweight defeats the reigning heavyweight champion.
- 1985 - Saint Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man.
- 1986 - Los Angeles Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela is first Mexican to win 20 games.
- 1987 - Second regular-season National Football League players' strike begins.
- 1987 - Boston Red Sox' Wade Boggs gets his 200th hit in five straight seasons.
- 1988 - South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision; the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in.
- 1990 - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits.
- 2002 - The last baseball game is played at Cinergy Field, where the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds, 4-3.
- 2004 - CBS-owned television stations are fined a total of $550,000 by the FCC for showing Janet Jackson's exposed right breast during the football Super Bowl halftime show.
- 2022 - At FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, National Football League regular season game: Cleveland Browns beats Pittsburgh Steelers by score 29-17.
Births of sports figures on September 22
- 1920 - Birth of Bob Lemon; pitcher (Cleveland Indians)/manager (New York Yankees).
- 1924 - Birth of Norvel Lee; American light-heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952).
- 1927 - Birth of Tom Lasorda; baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1932 - Birth of Ingemar Johansson in Sweden; world heavyweight boxing champion (1952).
- 1935 - Birth of Harriet King; American fencing athlete (Olympic-1972).
- 1949 - Birth of Harold Carmichael; NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1957 - Birth of Mark Johnson in Madison, Wisconsin, USA; NHL forward (Olympic-gold-1980, Pittsburgh Penguins, New Jersey Devils).
Deaths of sports figures on September 22
- 2015 - Death of Yogi Berra, American baseball player (born 1925).
- 2017 - Death of Paavo Lonkila, Finnish cross-country skier (born 1923).
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