Trivia

Hall of Famer Frank Robinson hit his 500th career home run off Detroit's Fred Scherman in the ninth-inning.

The 34-year-old Willie MaysÕs 47th home run of the season and was his 500th of his career.

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Grand Champions Cup the 7th staging of the Champions Cup was held in Nagoya and Osaka, Japan opened on this day in 2017

New York Met pitcher Dwight Gooden set a rookie strike out record at 251 strike outs in a season.

Jimmy Connors defeated Borg 6–4, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the US Open.

The 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship, the eighteenth edition of the World Championship, was hosted by Puerto Rico opens.

Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets his hit 4,192 passing the great Ty Cobb's record.

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad had 83 nations participate included Wilma Rudolph a former polio patient, winning three gold medals.

At the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup , China won the tournament and their captain Zhu Ting was the MVP.

Tennis star Maria Sharapova beat Justine Henin-Hardenne 6-4, 6-4 at the US Open, it was her 2nd career Grand Slam title, and her 1st US Open title.