- Sep 1 Baltimore Orioles pitcher Sammy Stewart fans 7 consecutive batters in his MLB debut, en route to 9-3 win v Chicago White Sox
Baseball Record
Sep 2 Yankees right fielder Reggie Jackson hits his 20th HR of the season in a 6-2 home win over Seattle; 19th MLB player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 9 US Open Women's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Chris Evert wins her 4th straight US singles title; beats fellow American Pam Shriver 7-5, 6-4; first time event played on hard courts
- Sep 10 4th game of Boston Massacre; NY Yankees beat Red Sox, 7-4 to tie for AL East 1st place; Yanks out hit arch rivals, 67-21; score 42-9
F1 World Champion
Sep 10 The single point American Lotus driver Mario Andretti earns for finishing 6th at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza is enough to clinch his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 10 US Open Men's Tennis, Flushing Meadows, NY: Jimmy Connors beats Björn Borg 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 to become the first player to win the US Open on 3 different surfaces
- Sep 13 New York Yankees recover from 14 games behind to gain sole possession of AL East 1st place with 7-3 win over the Tigers in Detroit
Sports History
Sep 14 MLB Atlanta Braves' Jim Bouton (38) beats San Francisco Giants, his 1st win since 1970
- Sep 15 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
Boxing Title Fight
Sep 15 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title
Sports History
Sep 24 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
- Sep 26 NY District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley rules that women sportswriters cannot be banned from locker rooms
- Sep 30 Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
- Sep 30 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati
- Sep 30 Phillies clinch NL East title
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