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9/16/1996 - Paul Molitor got his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 21st Major Leaguer to reach the mark and the first to do it with a triple.

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9/16/1965 - Dave Morehead of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park.

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9/12/1976 - Minnie Minoso singled in three at-bats as the DH. At age 53 he became the oldest player to get a hit in a regulation game.

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9/12/1979 - Carl Yastrzemski got his 3,000th hit - a ground single off Jim Beattie - as the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox, 9-2.

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9/12/1991 - Nolan Ryan's 4-3 victory over the Twins is his 312th career win.

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9/10/1919 - Cleveland's Ray Caldwell pitched a 3-0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees.

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9/10/1950 - Joe DiMaggio became the first to hit three home runs in one game at Griffith Stadium

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9/9/1987 - Nolan Ryan struck out sixteen to pass 4,500 for his career as the Houston Astros beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

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9/9/1992 - Robin Yount became the 17th player to reach 3,000 hits in the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians

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9/9/1965 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game, against the Chicago Cubs.

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9/9/1922 - Baby Doll Jacobson hit three triples to lead the St. Louis Browns to a 16-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

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9/9/1945 - Dick Fowler of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns.

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9/8/1993 - Darryl Kile pitched baseball's second no-hitter in five days as the Houston Astros beat the New York Mets, 7-1.

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9/8/1939 - Twenty-year-old Bob Feller becomes the youngest 20th-century pitcher to win twenty games, as Cleveland beats St. Louis 12-1.

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9/8/1916 - Wally Schang of the A's homers from both sides of the plate against the Yankees.

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9/8/1958 - Roberto Clemente tied a Major League record by hitting three triples in a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

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9/7/1998 - Ken Griffey, Jr. homered twice against Baltimore, giving baseball three 50-homer players in a season for the first time.

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9/7/1975 The Reds clinch the National League West flag with an 8-4 win over the Giants. It is the earliest clinching date in league history

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9/7/1970 - The White Sox use a Major League record 41 players in a doubleheader with Oakland, but lose both games, 7-4, and 7-5.

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9/7/1962 - Maury Wills of Los Angeles stole four bases, setting a National League record with a total of 82 for the season.