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What Happened in Sports: June 18, 2022
See what happened in sports on June 18, 2022 ft. Nats retiring Zimmerman's number, Clay Holmes continuing dominant season, Trout's GW-HR, & more!
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June 18th, 2022 was highlighted by 2019 World Series Champion Ryan Zimmerman’s jersey retirement at Nationals Park as DC fans celebrated the third-basemen’s legendary career in which he set a multitude of franchise records. Clay Holmes extended his unreal dominance by breaking Mariano Rivera’s Yankees record with a 29th straight scoreless appearance, while Mike Trout hit a third GW-HR this series vs. Seattle as he continued owning the Mariners. Blue Jays Pitcher David Phelps also made a silky smooth play from the mound.
See what happened in sports on June 18th last year, headlined by Terrence Mann‘s unlikely 39-point explosion to lead LAC’s massive comeback in Game 6 and eliminate No. 1 seed Utah as Kawhi Leonard sat out, Philly forcing Game 7 after Seth Curry‘s heroics helped beat Atlanta, and Kemba Walker being traded from Boston to OKC in Brad Stevens’ first move as GM plus what happened in sports on June 18th, 2020 ft. the news that Hard Knocks will feature both the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts & records from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.
Antonio Gates' HOF resume:
– 8x Pro Bowl
– 3x All-Pro 1st Team, 2x 2nd Team
– 2000s NFL All-Decade Team
– NFL TE career REC TD (116) leader
– NFL UDFA career REC YDS (11,841) & REC TD (116) leader
– #Chargers career REC YDS (11,841) & REC TD (116) leaderpic.twitter.com/UAutkFlGpX
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Antonio Gates' NFL TE records:
– Career REC TD (116)
– Seasons (11) of 7+ REC TD
– Career GP (21) of 2+ REC TD
– Consecutive seasons (7) of 700+ REC YDS & 8+ REC TD
– Consecutive GP (9) of 1+ REC TDpic.twitter.com/mg5mv0JFvM
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Antonio Gates' #Chargers records:
– Career REC YDS (11,841), REC (955) & REC TD (116)
– Seasons (13) of 500+ REC YDS
– Playoff REC (51), REC YDS (540), & GP (7) of 30+ REC YDS
– GP of 50+ REC YDS (117) or 2+ REC TD (21)
– T-most TE season REC (89)pic.twitter.com/gg6fgIGoAm
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Most career REC TD by a TE in NFL history:
1. Antonio Gates (116)
2. Tony Gonzalez (111)
3. Rob Gronkowski (92)^
4. Jimmy Graham (85)^
5. Jason Witten (74)
pic.twitter.com/FukUtrYn3h
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Most career REC YDS by an UDFA in NFL history:
1. Antonio Gates (11,841)
2. Rod Smith (11,389)
3. Wes Welker (9,924)
4. Drew Pearson (7,822)pic.twitter.com/BOv7Nciup4
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Most career REC in #Chargers franchise history:
1. Antonio Gates (955)
2. Keenan Allen (730)^
3. Charlie Joiner (586)
4. Kellen Winslow Sr. (541)
5. LaDainian Tomlinson (530)pic.twitter.com/mdcCWblf4A
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) July 21, 2022
Ryan Zimmerman's career resume:
– 2019 World Series Champion
– 2x All-Star
– 2x Silver Slugger
– 2009 Gold Glove
– 2007 MLB GP (162) leader
– Nationals' 1st ever draft pick
– #Nats/#Expos career HR (284) & Hits (1,846) leader
– #11 retired by #Nationalspic.twitter.com/DKv200mv3a
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 19, 2022
Ryan Zimmerman’s #Nationals/Expos career records:
– HR (284)
– Hits (1,846)
– RBI (1,061)
– Runs (963)
– TB (3,159)
– XBH (723)
– GP (1,799)
– PA (7,402)
– 2B (417)
– Seasons (7) of 150+ Hits
– 1st Nats draft pick, walk-off @ Nats Park, WS HR, & # retiredpic.twitter.com/DIFXLPcZc0
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 19, 2022
Ryan Zimmerman has the most career games in #Nationals/#Expos history with:
– 1+ HR (256) or 2+ HR (27)
– 1+/2+/3+ Hits
– 1+/2+/3+/4+ RBI
– 1+ Runs (736)
– 1+/2+/3+ XBH
– 1/2/3/4/6/7/8/9/10/11+ TBpic.twitter.com/4HdAlVqALC
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 19, 2022
Most career HR in #Nationals/#Expos history:
1. Ryan Zimmerman (284)
2. Vladimir Guerrero (234)
3. Andre Dawson (225)
4. Gary Carter (220)
5. Tim Wallach (204)pic.twitter.com/oZGKUoiNh5
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 19, 2022
Most career Hits in #Nationals/#Expos history:
1. Ryan Zimmerman (1,846)
2. Tim Wallach (1,694)
3. Tim Raines (1,622)
4. Andre Dawson (1,575)
5. Gary Carter (1,427)pic.twitter.com/9cXd7uvkw3
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 19, 2022
No one's catchin' this fish.
(MLB x @SmirnoffUS) pic.twitter.com/Qy3nUXjzSF
— MLB (@MLB) June 18, 2022
David Phelps fielded this bunt as smooth as one possibly could pic.twitter.com/j88Kammw4i
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 18, 2022
[SEE MORE]
3:07 PM: New York Yankees (48-16) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (37-27)
4:10 PM: Chicago White Sox (30-32) vs. Houston Astros (40-24)
7:15 PM: Cleveland Guardians (32-27) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (39-24)
7:15 PM: St. Louis Cardinals (37-29) vs. Boston Red Sox (35-30)
NBA: PF Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers (turns 21)
NBA: SF Troy Murphy III, New Orleans Pelicans (22)
NFL: P Jake Bailey, New England Patriots (25)
MLB: OF Jake Meyers, Houston Astros (26)
NFL: CB Jason Verrett, San Francisco 49ers (31)
NFL: CB Chris Harris Jr., Free Agent (33)
MLB: SP Matt Moore, Texas Rangers (33)
MLB: C Jason Castro, Houston Astros (35)
MLB: RP Steve Cishek, Washington Nationals (36)
NFL: TE Antonio Gates, Retired after 2018 (42)
NFL: C Jeff Saturday, Retired after 2012 (47)
NFL: EDGE Bruce Smith, Hall of Fame (59)
MLB: OF Lou Brock, Hall of Fame (83)
2016: Colorado Rockies 3B Nolan Arenado became the 1st player to hit for the cycle and hit a come-from-behind walk-off HR during the same game in MLB history
2014: Los Angeles Dodgers SP Clayton Kershaw threw the only no-hitter of his career while recording the most Ks (15) of any no-hitter in Dodgers franchise history
2013: Miami Heat SG Ray Allen hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 5 seconds remaining to send Game 6 to OT after a clutch Chris Bosh offensive rebound, where Miami would prevail 103-100 over San Antonio, forcing a Game 7 for the eventual back-to-back champions
1985: New York Knicks selected future HOF C Patrick Ewing out of Georgetown with the 1st overall pick after winning the 1st lottery in NBA history
1975: Boston Red Sox rookie OF Fred Lynn drove in 10 RBI with 3 HR, a 3B, and a 1B for an AL-record tying 16 total bases in a 15-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers
1974: Los Angeles Angels SP Nolan Ryan broke the record for the most career Ks (857) in franchise history during his MLB-record 3rd consecutive season of 300+ Ks. Over his illustrious 27-year career, Ryan spent 8 seasons for the Angels and recorded 2,416 Ks which still stands as the record today
1960: World Series favorites coming into the season, the San Francisco Giants replaced MGR Bill Rigney with Tom Sheehan, who at 66 years old, became the oldest rookie Manager in MLB history
1953: Boston Red Sox rookie OF Gene Stephens became the very 1st player in AL history to record 3 hits in the same inning as the Red Sox scored a MLB Modern Era (since 1900) record 17 runs in the 7th inning to fuel a 23-3 win over the Tigers
1938: New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth officially signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers as a hitting coach through the rest of the season
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