Events in Sports History in July 1988

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 2 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Germany's Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 for the 3rd leg of her Golden Slam

Canadian Women's Open

Jul 3 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), Vancouver GC: Sally Little wins by 1 stroke from Laura Davies of England

Jul 3 Gene Nelson of the Oakland A's becomes first AL pitcher to steal a base since 1973 in 9-8 win over Toronto Blue Jays

Sports History

Jul 4 After a poor start to the season Kansas City Royals release Dan Quisenberry (record 5-time AL saves leader)

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 4 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Boris Becker 4-6, 7-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a rain-affected final

Jul 5 Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford

Sports History

Jul 9 Nolan Ryan is 7th to win 100 game on 2 teams, as Astro beat Mets 6-3

Sports History

Jul 11 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

Jul 12 59th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Riverfront Stadium, Cin
Jul 12 All star MVP: Terry Steinbach (Oakland A's)
Jul 12 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her
Jul 13 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan

Sports History

Jul 14 Mike Schmidt passes Mickey Mantle with his 537th HR into 7th place

Sports History

Jul 16 Carl Lewis runs a wind-assisted 100m in 9.78 sec

Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis

Jul 16 Florence Joyner runs 100m in women's world record 10.49 seconds

Women's Heptathlete Record

Jul 16 Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets women's heptathlete record of 7,215 pts

Track and Field Athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Sports History

Jul 17 Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 100m woman's record (10.49)

British Golf Open

Jul 18 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Spaniard Seve Ballesteros wins his 3rd Open title by 2 shots from Nick Price of Zimbabwe

Golfer and Five-Time Major Winner Seve Ballesteros

Jul 24 75th Tour de France won by Pedro Delgado of Spain
Jul 24 US and Jamaica play scoreless tie, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 24 US Open Women's Golf, Baltimore CC: Liselotte Neumann of Sweden wins her only major title, 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Patty Sheehan

Jul 26 Mike Schmidt sets NL record appearing in 2,155 games at 3rd base, as Phillies & NY Mets end that game at 2:13 AM

Sports History

Jul 27 Baseball star Tommy John commits record 3 errors on 1 play as Yanks rout Brewers 16-3

Jul 29 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
Jul 29 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home
Jul 30 Cincinnati Reds pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month
Jul 30 MLB Pitcher John Franco saves a record 13th game during the month of July
Jul 31 Miami Dolphins beat San Francisco 49ers, 27-21 in the American Bowl at London's Wembley Stadium

Baseball Record

Jul 31 Oakland DH Jose Canseco smacks 2 home runs off Scott Bankhead in A's 6-2 win over Seattle Mariners; becomes first MLB player to hit 30 HRs in first 3 years