ON THIS DATE / OCT. 9 1910

* 1910 -- Nap Lajoie, in a batting race with Ty Cobb, collected eight hits for Cleveland in a season-ending doubleheader with the Browns. The hits were somewhat tainted, however, as St. Louis third baseman Red Corriden played back as Lajoie bunted safely six times. Regardless, Cobb was awarded the batting title by a fraction of a point.

* 1916 -- Babe Ruth outpitched Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Boston Red Sox won the longest World Series game, 2-1, in 14 innings.

* 1928 -- Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 7-3.

* 1934 -- Dizzy Dean of St. Louis blanked the Detroit Tigers, 11-0, in the seventh game of the World Series.

* 1958 -- Bob Turley of the Yankees pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings in relief to beat the Milwaukee Braves, 6-2, for the World Series title. New York became the first team since 1925 to win the World Series after being down, 3-1.

* 1977 -- The New York Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals, 5-3, and take the American League pennant in the fifth game of the playoffs.

* 1988 -- The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep in the ALCS by beating the Boston Red Sox, 4-1. Jose Canseco tied an AL playoff record with his third home run of the series and Dennis Eckersley set a major league playoff mark with his fourth save.

* 1996 -- Bernie Williams homered in the 11th inning to give New York a 5-4 victory over Baltimore in Game 1 of the AL championship series. The Yankees got a lot of help from a fan when Jeff Maier, 12, created a game-tying homer by Derek Jeter in the eighth when he reached out and grabbed a ball that was about to be caught by Tony Tarasco.