GO FIGURE
Edited by Richard O'Brien and Hank Hersch
June 23, 1997
6
NCAA team championships won in the 1996-97 school year by Stanford, a record.
6
NCAA team championships won in the 1996-97 school year by Stanford, a record.
5,000
Bonus, in dollars, earned by San Diego Padres leftfielder Ricky Henderson for every plate appearance he makes between 300 and 600. At week's end he had 103.
2,481
Foals sired by Albatross, a 29-year-old pacer whose offspring have won $126 million, more than the offspring of any other horse.
29.79 to 1
Ratio of career dollars fined ($185,500) to career points scored (6,225) for the Chicago Bulls' Dennis Rodman after he was zapped for $50,000 last week for disparaging remarks he made about Mormons.
200
Feet of field to be plowed by each contestant in next week's World Championship Rotary Tiller Race in Emerson, Ark.
10,000
Holes played in major tournaments by Jack Nicklaus, as of his par-4 on the 10th at Congressional in the final round of the U.S. Open.
1,127
Games since the last San Diego Padres' home rainout, which occurred in 1983.