Events in Sports History in October 1989

Oct 1 Dallas Cowboy defensive end, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle in a 30-13 defeat to the New York Giants at Texas Stadium

Sports History

Oct 1 MLB batting titles are decided on final day of regular season: AL, Kirby Puckett goes 2-for-5 edges Carney Lansford .339 to .336; NL, Tony Gwynn's 3-for-4 beats Will Clark .336 to .333

Baseball Hall of Fame Outfielder Tony Gwynn

Hockey Hall of Fame

Oct 3 Darryl Sittler, Vladislav Tretiak, and Herbie Lewis are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players, along with builders Alan Eagleson and Father David Bauer

Sports History

Oct 3 Oakland Raiders promote 42-year-old Art Shell as the first African-American to be an NFL head coach in modern times; takes over from Mike Shanahan

Oct 4 MLB San Francisco Giants 1st baseman Will Clark hits first NLCS grand slam since 1977 in 11-3 win v Chicago Cubs; Clark goes 4-for-4 with 2 HRs to tie NLCS RBI record (6) for an entire series in less than 4 innings

Sports History

Oct 7 Howard Stern's "US Open Sores" tennis match against his producer Gary Dell'Abate. at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Baseball Record

Oct 7 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a playoff series (5 games) against Toronto Blue Jays

Oct 8 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
Oct 8 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
Oct 9 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
Oct 9 First NFL game coached by an African American (Art Shell), his LA Raiders beat NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
Oct 9 MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1

Sports History

Oct 12 Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson

Oct 13 Bob Quinn resigns as NY Yankee VP/GM & replaced by Harding Peterson
Oct 14 MLB Oakland A's Dave Stewart is 1st MLB pitcher to start consecutive World Series openers since Cincinnati Reds Don Gullett in 1976
Oct 14 Texas A&I University running back Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards

Sports History

Oct 15 Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howe as NHL's all time top scorer

Oct 17 Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
Oct 21 Betram Lee & Peter Bynoe purchase the Denver Nuggets for $65m - 1st African American owners of a major sports team,
Oct 22 Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open

F1 World Champion

Oct 22 Over-competitive McLaren teammates Alain Prost & Ayrton Senna famously collide and skid into an escape road during Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka; Prost retires from race and claims 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship

Oct 24 After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
Oct 28 Baseball World Series: Oakland A's beat San Francisco, 9-6 at Candlestick Park to sweep Giants in earthquake affected "Bay Bridge Series"; MVP: A's pitcher Dave Stewart
Oct 29 Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions