August 1993 in Sports History

Events in Sport

Aug 1 14-time MLB All Star Reggie Jackson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY

Aug 1 England wins the women's cricket World Cup for the first time since the inaugural event in 1973 with a 67 run victory over New Zealand at Lord's
Aug 2 Maryland investors led by Baltimore attorney Peter Angelos buy the Baltimore Orioles at auction in New York for $173m, nearly $50m more than ever paid for a baseball team
Aug 4 Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits in 11-10 win v Giants, 4th time this season the Padre has 5 or more hits; ties MLB record
Aug 11 NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke

Aug 11 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)

Aug 13 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24

Aug 15 75th PGA Championship Men's Golf, Inverness GC: Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia

Aug 15 Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1

Aug 23 Fred McGriff & David Justice are 6th to hit back-to-back HRs twice in same game

Aug 29 Canadian Open Women's Golf (du Maurier Classic), London Hunt GC: Brandie Burton wins in a playoff from Betsy King

Aug 1 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
Aug 24 Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101
Aug 26 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), dies at 70