2009: Philadelphia Phillies 1B Ryan Howard became the fastest player (658 GP) to reach 200 career HR in MLB history
2008: PG Brandon Jennings signed a contract with Virtus Roma (Italy) to become the very 1st American to go directly from high school to a professional European team, bypassing the NCAA which became a much more popular trend in the years that followed
2003: Future HOFers PF Karl Malone and PG Gary Payton both signed with the Los Angeles Lakers
1971: San Francisco Warriors officially changed their name to the “Golden State Warriors” after planning to play half of their home games in Oakland starting in 1972. They moved back to San Francisco full time in 2019-20 but still kept the ‘Golden State’ name
1965: St. Louis Cardinals SP Bob Gibson passed Dizzy Dean for the most career Ks (1,095) in franchise history en route to his 4th consecutive season of 200+ Ks. Gibson played his entire 17-year career for the Cardinals and recorded 3,117 Ks which still stands as the franchise record today
1941: New York Yankees OF Joe DiMaggio extended his record hitting streak to an unprecedented 56 games, which still stands today as the all-time record
1920: New York Yankees OF Babe Ruth hit his 30th HR of the season, breaking his own record set in the previous season en route to 54 HR in 1920 which he surpassed the next year with 59 and then again in 1927 with 60. Roger Maris then set the single-season HR record with 61 in a 162-game season (instead of 154) during 1961
1909: Detroit Tigers SP Ed Summers pitched all 18 innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest scoreless game in American League history