Events in Sports History in August 1985

Aug 1 St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Vince Coleman steals 2 bases in 1st inning of 9-8 loss v Cubs to set a NL rookie record 74

Cricket History

Aug 2 England captain David Gower scores his 5,000th run in Test cricket during the drawn 4th Test v Australia at Old Trafford

Sports History

Aug 4 Future Hall of Fame infielder Rod Carew of the California Angels singles off Minnesota's Frank Viola to collect his MLB 3,000th career hit; Angels win, 6–5

Baseball Hall of Fame Infielder Rod Carew

Sports History

Aug 4 New York Yankees retire Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Phil Rizzuto's #10

Sportscaster and MLB Shortstop Phil Rizzuto

Aug 4 Scott Verplank beats Jim Thorpe in Western Open playoff, first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Gene Littler 1954

Sports History

Aug 4 Tom Seaver of Chicago White Sox becomes 17th pitcher to win 300 MLB career games, beating New York, 4-1; 54,032 at Yankee Stadium

Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher Tom Seaver

Aug 6 MLB Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
Aug 8 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993

Baseball Record

Aug 10 Oakland A's Dave Kingman is 21st to hit 400 HRs (off Matt Young at Seattle)

Aug 10 Uno Lindstron of Sweden juggles a soccer ball 13.11 miles

PGA Championship

Aug 11 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Cherry Hills CC: Hubert Green wins by 2 strokes from fellow American Lee Trevino

Aug 11 Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
Aug 12 Baltimore Orioles W Gross & L Sheets are 6th to hit consecutive pinch HRs

Sports History

Aug 20 1st NL pitcher to strike out 200+ in 1st 2 seasons (Dwight Gooden)

Aug 20 Met Dwight Gooden strikes out 16 on way to his 13th consecutive win
Aug 22 30th Walker Cup: US wins 13-11
Aug 23 Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games
Aug 25 Met Dwight Gooden becomes youngest pitcher to win 20 games (20y 9m 9d)

Sports History

Aug 26 Baltimore Oriole Eddie Murray knocks in 9 RBIs in a game vs California Angels

Tennis Open

Aug 27 Mary Joe Fernández at 14 years 8 days old becomes youngest player to win at the US Tennis Open; beats England's Sara Gomer 6-1, 6-4 in a 1st round match