The history of sports is a brights-spot which graces the day September 11 in the United States. While the direct impacts by the treacherous attacks in 01′ on the sports world remain a focus, league milestones and individual accolades also come to life. Just last season, the MLB saw its richest season ever in home runs. Further, an iconic home run was hit on the same occasion an MLB icon concluded his career. Additional occurrences on 9/11 set it aside as an interesting day in the history of professional sports.

Kaivan Tabatabai also contributed to this article.

New MLB HR Record

YEAR: 2019

SIGNIFICANCE: MLB set a new record for HR in a single season with the 6,106th HR of the year

In the seventh inning of a tied Orioles-Dodgers game at Candem Yards last year, Jonathan Villar hit a historic three-run Home Run off Caleb Ferguson. That bomb by Villar was MLB’s 6,106th HR of the 2019 season, the highest tally in the history of baseball. The previous record belonged to the 2017 campaign, which saw 6,105 balls fly out the yard. What made the new record even more impressive was the fact that there were 18 more days left in the season. After the conclusion of that night’s slate of games, MLB had reached 6,125 HR. When the regular season ended on September 29th, the record was set at 6,776— a whopping 670 more than that previous record in ’17.

Pete Rose & Ty Cobb

YEARS: 1928 & 1985

SIGNIFICANCE: Pete Rose passed Ty Cobb to break the all-time hits record & Cobb made the last appearance of his career

Cincinatti Reds Player-Manager Pete Rose hit an opposite field single on September 11, 1985 to become the all-time hits leader three days after tying the record. Rose hit the iconic 4,192nd hit of his career, officially passing Ty Cobb. Interestingly enough, Cobb made his last career appearance on that exact same day of the year, almost six decades before as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics. The Georgia Peach had one AB vs the Yankees, in which he hit a pop fly to SS in a 5-3 loss. Cobb and Rose are the only two hitters in baseball history to record over 4,000 hits, combining for more than 8,440 career hits between the two all-time hitters.

Bonds' 200th Walk

#OTD in 2004 Barry Bonds becomes the first major league baseball player to walk over 200 times… https://t.co/FVth0thMKD
— 1 Mic With Big Mike (@1MicWithBigMike) September 11, 2017

YEAR: 2004

SIGNIFICANCE: Barry Bonds became the 1st player in MLB history to earn 200 walks in a single season

It was on this day in 2004, when San Francisco Giants LF Barry Bonds walked for the 200th time in the 2004 season, the first time anyone had reached that number. That season, Bonds’ on-base numbers were ridiculous, completely unheard-of. At the time, Bonds had won the last three NL MVP awards and was en route to his fourth in a row. The Giants OF was no doubt the most feared hitter in the sport. That ’04 season also saw Bonds become the first hitter ever to have an OBP above .600; and getting bases on balls were a big part of that. By season’s end, Bonds had walked 232 times, with more than half (120) being intentional.

Jeter's 2,722nd Career Hit

YEAR: 2009

SIGNIFICANCE: Derek Jeter passed Lou Gehrig as the Yankees all-time hits leader (2,722)

New York Yankees SS Derek Jeter hit his 2,722nd career hit in a loss to the Orioles on this day 11 years ago. That hit meant that Jeter moved to 63rd on the all-time hits list and surpassed Yankee legend Lou Gehrig. By breaking Lou Gehrig’s hits record, Jeter finally became the Yankees hit king and added yet another milestone to his incredible Hall of Fame resume. The Yankee captain would go on to play for five more seasons and would get all the way up to sixth on the al-time hits list with 3,465 career base hits.

Sports Cancelled on 9/11/01

9/11/2001

The sports world comes to a halt, with all Major League Baseball games cancelled, as the country and the world are shocked by the terrorist attacks in NY, VA, and PA.#TDiSH #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/xdifETKAtk
— Brandon M. Wright, J.D. (@wrightbefore) September 11, 2018

YEAR: 2001

SIGNIFICANCE: All sporting events and MLB games were suspended after the 9/11 attacks Tuesday morning

19 years ago, the United States went through the horrible attacks of September 11th in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania. Quickly after, the MLB postponed all games that were scheduled to take place later that night. The very next day, they would suspend all games happening for the next three days, until deciding to suspend everything through the 16th.

In addition, the NFL cancelled the full week of games ahead, as did NCAA Div. 1 football, MLS, NASCAR, PGA, and many more sport leagues in the country occurring at the time. Around the world, the UEFA Champions League held games that 9/11 evening, but the following day the match day was cancelled, and the league was resumed almost a month later.