- Sep 1 Middlesex beats Kent off the last ball of the Nat West Trophy cricket final in London; John Emburey hits Kent seamer Richard Ellison to square leg for 4 for the winning runs
Sports History
Sep 1 Willie Totten (Mississippi Valley State) passes for Division I-AA record 536 yards & 9 TDs in 86-0 win v Kentucky State; Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards & 5 TDs; breaks own Division I-AA record for total yardage in pass receptions
- Sep 3 MLB St. Louis Cardinals closer Bruce Sutter breaks his own NL record for saves in a season with his 45th in 7-3 win over NY Mets; record broken in 1991, by Lee Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball Record
Sep 7 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins his 4th US title and final Grand Slam singles event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
- Sep 12 NY Met Dwight Gooden sets rookie strike out record at 251
- Sep 17 Dwight Gooden ties record of 32 strikeouts in consecutive games
Baseball Record
Sep 17 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs
Sports History
Sep 18 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons
- Sep 20 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time
Sports History
Sep 23 NFL San Francisco 49er quarterback Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games
Sports History
Sep 23 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues
- Sep 24 Chicago Cubs clinch NL East title
Bowie Kuhn Retires
Sep 30 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
- Sep 30 California Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
- Sep 30 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game
Baseball History
Sep 30 New York Yankees Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
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