3. On September 17, 1939, a Boston Red Sox rookie named Ted Williams connected for his 28th home run of the season against Washington Senators hurler Thornton Lee. 21 years later, on September 2, 1960, Williams cracked his 25th homer of the season (and 517th of his career) against his son, Don Lee, also pitching for Washington. The Lees became the first father-son duo in history to surrender a home run to the same batter.
2. On September 28, 1920, St. Louis Browns first baseman George Sisler rapped his 249th hit of the season, surpassing Ty Cobb's 1911 total to become the new single-season hit king. His son, Dick, also had one of the most significant hits in history. On October 1, 1950, the Phillies played their regular season finale against the surging Brooklyn Dodgers, who were only one game back in the pennant race, having made up six games since September 21. With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the tenth, Dick Sisler hit a three-run home run which propelled the Phillies to their first World Series since 1915.
1. Hall of Famer Ed Walsh pitched from 1904 through 1917 and is best known as baseball's all-time ERA king. In 1911, he ended Ty Cobb's 40-game hit streak, and the very next year, he stopped Tris Speaker's hit streak at 30 games. His son, also named Ed Walsh, later made history by extinguishing Joe DiMaggio's minor-league record 61-game hitting streak in 1933.
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