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Chicago Cubs history unpacked — September 30

On this day in baseball history, numerous legendary milestones and dramatic late-season showdowns unfolded across the decades. Most notably in 1972, Roberto Clemente secured his three thousandth hit against Jon Matlack before his tragic passing later that year.

Meanwhile in 1927, Babe Ruth launched his sixtieth home run off Tom Zachary while Walter Johnson made his final career appearance as a pinch-hitter, and many other historic pennant races and World Series openers played out on September thirtieth.

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