Baseball Record
Oct 2 NY Yankees win 3rd straight AL East title beating Boston Red Sox, 5-4 in a dramatic single playoff game; Ron Guidry wins #25 aided by Bucky Dent's 3-run homer
Baseball Record
Oct 6 Royals' George Brett hits 3 HRs, Yanks win championship game 3, 6-5
- Oct 7 LA Dodgers win the pennant
- Oct 7 MLB American League Championship: New York Yankees beat Kansas City Royals, 3 games to 1
- Oct 7 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 1
F1 World Champion
Oct 8 American Mario Andretti in a Lotus finishes 10th in the season ending Canadian Grand Prix at Île Notre-Dame Circuit, but wins his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 13 points from Ronnie Peterson
- Oct 8 Yanks win 3rd straight AL Championship, all against Kansas City
Baseball Record
Oct 11 Dodgers Bob Welch dramatically strikes out Reggie Jackson in 9th
- Oct 13 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectacular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
Sports History
Oct 14 Despite Denis Potvin hat trick in 3:21 NY Islanders lose 7-10 making Islander record when scoring a hat trick-22-2-1
- Oct 14 NY outfielder Reggie Jackson causes World Series controversy; interferes with a throw to 1st, deflects ball away during Yankees, 4-3 Game 4 win over LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium
- Oct 17 Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent
- Oct 17 NY Islanders start a streak of 23 undefeated games at home (15-0-8)
- Oct 17 Yanks win 22nd World Championship capping their great comeback year
- Oct 18 NY Islanders 1st scoreless tie, vs LA Kings
- Oct 22 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8)
New York City Marathon
Oct 22 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12
- Oct 24 NHL Toronto Maple Leafs set own team record of 28 pts vs NY Islanders
Sports History
Oct 25 San Diego Padres pitcher Gaylord Perry wins NL Cy Young, 1st to do so in both leagues (AL, 1972)