Events in Sports History in May 1984

May 1 NFL Draft: Nebraska wide receiver Irving Fryar first pick by New England Patriots
May 2 MLB Cleveland Indians' infielder Andre Thornton ties record for most walks (6 in 16 innings)

Baseball Record

May 2 New York Yankees Don Mattingly's single breaks up Chicago White Sox pitcher Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid, at Comiskey Park

Baseball Player and Manager Don Mattingly

Sports History

May 4 Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)

Kentucky Derby

May 5 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4

May 5 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: New York Islanders beat Montreal Canadians, 4 games to 2

Sports History

May 6 Baltimore Oriole Cal Ripken Jr hits for cycle

Sports History

May 8 Minnesota Twins Kirby Puckett debuts with 4 singles

May 8 The Soviet Union announces it will not participate in Los Angeles Summer Olympics in retaliation for the American boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
May 9 Chicago White Sox beat Milwaukee Brewers, 7-6, in 25 innings (started 5/8)
May 11 Johan Cruijff quits soccer

Sports History

May 13 Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff's last competitive match

May 16 Juventus of Italy win 24th European Cup Winner's Cup against Porto of Portugal 2-1 in Basel
May 16 Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Twins in Minnesota Twins sell 51,863 tickets but only 6,346 fans show up for the game

Sports History

May 16 MLB Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton hits a grand slam homer off Fernando Valenzuela, in 7-2 win against Dodgers, in Los Angeles

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Fernando Valenzuela

May 17 Cincinnati Reds Mario Soto throws 4 strikeouts in one inning

Preakness Stakes

May 19 109th Preakness: Puerto Rican jockey Ángel Cordero Jr., aboard Gate Dancer wins his second Pimlico classic

Sports History

May 19 Pat LaFontaine scores 2 goals within 22 sec in an NHL playoff game

Stanley Cup

May 19 Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum, Edmonton, AL: Wayne Gretzky scores twice as Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 5-2 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers first SC title

Sports History

May 20 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4, for his 1st victory

May 23 Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game
May 24 Det Tigers win AL record 17th straight road game
May 25 Detroit Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
May 25 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

Indy 500

May 27 Indianapolis 500: 1979 champion Rick Mears wins second Indy 500 two laps ahead of the field after contenders Tom Sneva and Mario Andretti drop out in second half of the race

Sports History

May 27 Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day; Italian Open 1984, beats Virginie Ruzici, Carling Basset and Chris Evert in the final 6-3 6-3; only 7th player to beat Evert on clay