2002 Ted Williams, athlete, last person to hit .400 for a season as a major leaguer, dies at 83
2001 Jason Miller, playwright/actor, That Championship Season, dies at 62
1998 Mark McGwire breaks Roger Marris' 62 home run record for a season, and goes on to hit 70 home runs for the 1998 season
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
1998 NHL resumes season since Feb 8th to accomodate the Olympics
1998 NHL stops season until Feb 24th to accomodate the Olympics
1997 Jerry Seinfeld says this is the final season of his TV show
1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season
1997 Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)
1997 Yanks clinch 37th appearance in post season, 3rd consecutive
1996 Last game at Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams hits record tying 7th post season HR, as Yanks tie record of 6th straight post season road win (en route to 8)
1996 New York Yankee Bernie Williams switch hits home runs in a post season game
1996 Baltimore Orioles end season with record 257 HRs
1996 A's Mark McGwire is 13th player to hit 50-HRs in a season
1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire
1996 New York Yankees sweep complete season series in Baltimore for 1st time
1996 Chicago Bulls win record 72 games in a season
1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld vs. Western Prov)
1995 Browns and Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleveland for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles
1995 Baseball season begins after lengthy strike
1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
1995 Baseball season opener delayed until April 26
1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26
1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
1994 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89
1994 Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland vs. Tasmania)
1994 All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season
1994 New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1994 New Jersey Devils club record 41st win of the season
1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0
1993 Houston's Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets
1993 Tickets for Indians 1st season in Jacobs Field go on sale
1992 New Jersey Devils organization announces that it will change its colors to black, red, and white for the 1992-93 season
1992 Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season and it marks the 5th time he's blown a potential win for Greg Harris
1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, a 2-0
1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
1992 NHL New York Rangers clinch 1st NHL regular season championship in 50 years
1992 2nd WLAF season begins
1992 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
1991 Brigham Young Ty Detmer finishes NCAA career with record 4,031 yards passed in a season and 15,031 for career
1991 Joe Coleman 3rd 100 RBI season in a row 3 teams (Cleve, SD and Toronto)
1991 John Stockton breaks his own NBA season assist record at 1,136
1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars)
1991 St. Louis Blue Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 80 goals in a season
1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
1990 1st time in New York Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
1990 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
1990 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
1990 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
1989 Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards
1989 Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Philadelphia if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broadcaster
1989 Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season and 11th overall
1989 New York Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
1989 Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick and 10th 40+ goal season
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance
1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 home runs and 30 steals in a season
1988 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
1988 In just Oakland's 39th of the season, pitcher Dave Stewart breaks record with his 12th balk en route to 16
1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season
1988 NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season
1988 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds vs. Cards)
1987 New Orleans Saints win, assuring their 1st winning NFL season
1987 Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season
1987 Eric Davis is 7th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in one season
1987 Don Mattingly hits his 4th grand slam of season and ties AL record of homers in 6 straight games (on way to tie major league record of 8)
1987 Milwaukee Brewers lose after 13th straight victory to start season
1987 Los Angeles Clippers end season with a terrible 12-70 record
1987 Michael Jordon, becomes 2nd NBA to score 3000 points in a season
1986 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 and win NL pennant
1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
1986 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to Dallas, his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season
1986 Don Baylor gets hits by a pitch for a record 25th time in a season
1986 Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1985 Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless inn to start season
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1985 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1985 Jari Kurri of Edmonton Oilers scores 100th pt of season in game 39
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1985 Flames set NHL record 264th regular season game without being shut-out
1984 LA Ram Eric Dickerson rushes 215 yards for season record 2,003 yards
1984 Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL short handed season scoring record at 11
1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in season
1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
1983 Oakland's Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
1983 Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal
1983 U.S. Football League begins its 1st season
1982 Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
1982 Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season
1982 Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season
1982 Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season
1982 Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season
1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
1982 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season
1981 Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
1980 Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1980 Oakland A's pitch record 78th complete game of season
1980 Pitts Omar Moreno steals record 70 bases for 3rd consecutive season
1980 Gordie Howe completes a record 26th season
1980 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st teenager to score 50 goals in a season
1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1979 Astros' J R Richard strikes out NL season righty record of 313
1979 Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
1979 Royals George Brett is 6th to have 20 doubles/triples/HRs in a season
1979 Baseball exhibition season opens with semipro and amateur umpires
1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1977 Texas' Russell Erideben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season
1974 A's Ken Holtzman, who hasn't batted all season, belts 3rd inning home run in Game 4 and gets the win, 5-2
1973 O. J. Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
1973 Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season
1973 Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season
1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1973 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win
1972 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
1972 Jason Miller's "That Championship Season," premieres in New York City
1972 Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
1971 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
1971 Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
1970 1st regular season Giants-Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea
1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season
1969 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season
1969 New York Jets beat New York Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season)
1969 Rod Carew ties record with his 7th steal of home in a season
1969 Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of season
1967 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season
1966 Sandy Koufax pitches 3rd 300-strikeout season
1966 In 1st regular season game at Anaheim Stadium, Angels lose 3-1 to Chic
1966 Bobby Hull's 51st goal of season, sets record
1965 Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season
1965 Phillies catcher Pat Corrales sets record by reaching base twice on catcher's interference in one game and 6 times in one season
1965 New York World's Fair reopens for 2nd and final season
1964 Phillies tie major league record with season's 3rd triple play (Reds)
1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
1962 New York Giant YA Title sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 Dodgers set major league-record season attendance of 2,755,184
1962 New York Mets tiea NL record by losing 9 straight to start season
1962 Pirates tie then record of 10 straight wins to start season
1962 Wilt Chamberlain is 1st to score 4,000 pts in an NBA season
1961 Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1961 Roger Maris hits home run # 59 and barely misses # 60 in game 154 of the season. Yanks clinch pennant #26
1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season
1960 Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again
1960 Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, and record 193 HRs
1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets
1958 George Yardley (Pistons) is 1st NBAer to score 2,000 points in season
1957 Ted Williams becomes 1st ALer to have 2, 3-HR games in a season
1956 Yanks Mickey Mantle hits his 52nd HR of season
1956 AL umpire Frank Umont is 1st to wear glasses in a regular season game
1955 Washington Senators lose their 99th and 100th games of season
1955 Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 50 HRS in a season
1955 Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits record 5th grand slam of season
1955 Phillies Don Newcombe hits NL pitcher record 7th HR of season
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers win, then record 10th straight game to begin a season
1954 Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season
1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
1950 Constance Forslund, born in San Diego, California, actress, Shining Season
1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16
1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season
1947 New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1946 Bob Feller 348th strikeout of season
1946 Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs
1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season
1945 Joe Kuhel hits inside-the-park HR, only HR hit by a Senator all season at Washington's Griffith Stadium
1945 Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season
1945 Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1943 Teams agrees to start season later due to WW II
1942 NHL abolishes regular season OT until WW II is over
1942 New York Yankees Frank Crosetti shoves ump Bill Summers in World Series, he is fined $200 and suspended for 1st 30 days of 1943 season
1942 St. Louis Cardinals win NL pennant on last day of season
1941 Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting avg
1941 New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1939 Janet Suzman, South Africa, actress, Dry White Season, Nuns on the Run
1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season
1938 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
1938 Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1938 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer, Furious Season
1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
1936 Victoria need 442 to win against NSW, but lose, all out for 415 They pick "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season
1935 Andre P. Brink, South African writer, Dry White Season
1934 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
1933 Bill Veeck, urges midsummer inter-league games and a split season
1932 Jimmie Foxx hits his 58th HR in last game of season
1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game (.3486) Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1930 Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season
1929 James Brosnan, baseball player/writer, Long Season
1929 Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0
1928 Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season
1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1927 Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke)
1925 Salt Lake City (PCL) Tony Lazzeri hits his 60th HR of the season
1923 Harry Heilmann goes 2-for-2, sit out rest of season, except for a pinch single on final day, hitting .403
1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
1920 Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season
1920 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1919 Babe Ruth's 29th HR is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season)
1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey
1919 Major leagues open a reduced 140-game season
1919 Mason Adams, New York City, actor, Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season
1918 Baseball season ends due to WW I
1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1918 Tris Speaker suspended for season due to assault on ump Tom Connolly
1918 Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season
1912 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
1912 Yanks lose game #100 en route to a 50-102 season
1912 Roy Fuller, England, poet and novelist, Lost Season
1908 New York Giants set season attendance record at 910,000 (broken in 1920)
1908 Yanks lose 100th game of year go 51-103 for season
1907 Miran Bux, cricketer, his one season of Test and 1st-class play 1954-55
1906 William C Pahlmann, interior decorator, 4 Season restaurant, New York City
1905 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor, High Season, Ace of Spades, Caste
1905 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW vs. Qld)
1904 New York Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12)
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
1900 Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
1899 Cincinnati closes season with 16-1 and 19-3 victories over Cleveland Spiders
1895 W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1894 Pittsburgh issues free season tickets for ladies on Tuesday and Friday
1885 Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season
1885 Hoss Radbourne pitches his 60th win of season
1882 Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the Amer Assn
1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
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