Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/April 23

Events

• 1946 - Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ed Head hurls a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field.
• 1952 - New York Giants pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm hits a home run in his first Major League at-bat.
• 1954 - In his seventh Major League game, Milwaukee Bravesrookie Hank Aaron hits the first of his 755 career home runs.
• 1954 - Brooklyn Dodgers infielder Jackie Robinson steals second, third and home in one inning.
• 1962 - The expansion New York Mets win their first game in franchise history after nine consecutive losses defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9 - 1 at Forbes Field.
• 1964 - Houston Colt .45s hurler Ken Johnson becomes the first pitcher in Major League history to hurl a nine-inning no-hitter and lose the game.
• 1968 - The Chicago Cubs trade Ted Savage and Jim Ellis to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jim Hickman.
• 1978 - Cincinnati Reds second baseman Joe Morgan makes an error, bringing his Major League record of 91 consecutive errorless games to an end.
• 1999 - Fernando Tatís of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes the first player in Major League history to hit two grand slams in one inning off of Chan Ho Park.
• 2000 - New York Yankees Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada become the first teammates to hit a home run from both sides of the plate in the same game.
• 2002 - Hanwha Eagles pitcher Jin-woo Song sets the Korea Baseball Organization record for victories by winning his 147th game.
• 2008 - The Chicago Cubs become the second franchise in MLB history to 10,000 wins.

Births

• 1861 - John Peltz, outfielder (d. 1906)
• 1875 - Bob Ganley, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1879 - Harry Cheek, catcher (d. 1927)
• 1886 - Harry Coveleski, pitcher (d. 1950)
• 1888 - Jim Scott, pitcher (d. 1957)
• 1896 - Elam Vangilder, pitcher (d. 1977)
• 1900 - Jim Bottomley, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1959)
• 1905 - Belve Bean, pitcher (d. 1988)
• 1906 - Ray Starr, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1963)
• 1907 - Dolph Camilli, infielder; All-Star (d. 1997)
• 1916 - Jack Creel, pitcher (d. 2002)
• 1917 - Tony Lupien, infielder (d. 2004)
• 1921 - Warren Spahn, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2003)
• 1924 - Chuck Harmon, infielder
• 1937 - Duke Carmel, outfielder
• 1939 - Chico Fernández, infielder
• 1949 - Bob O'Brien, pitcher
• 1955 - Tom Dixon, pitcher
• 1957 - Darryl Cias, catcher
• 1967 - Rheal Cormier, pitcher
• 1977 - Andruw Jones, outfielder; All-Star
• 1977 - Jason Tyner, outfielder
• 1979 - Carlos Silva, pitcher
• 1979 - Rich Thompson, outfielder
• 1981 - Sean Henn, pitcher
• 1983 - Fernando Perez, outfielder
• 1984 - Dave Davidson, pitcher
• 1985 - Emilio Bonifacio, infielder

Deaths

• 1895 - John Ewing, pitcher (b. 1863)
• 1913 - Charlie Pabor, outfielder, manager (b. 1846)
• 1925 - Ad Gumbert, pitcher (b. 1868)
• 1926 - Henry Schmidt, pitcher (b. 1873)
• 1928 - Joe Miller, infielder (b. 1861)
• 1930 - Rube Manning, pitcher (b. 1883)
• 1932 - Lon Knight, outfielder, manager (b. 1853)
• 1933 - Tim Keefe, pitcher; Hall of Famer (b. 1857)
• 1943 - Cliff Curtis, pitcher (b. 1881)
• 1950 - Bill Hallman, outfielder (b. 1876)
• 1950 - Dike Varney, pitcher (b. 1880)
• 1961 - Jack Barry, infielder, manager (b. 1887)
• 1963 - Harry Harper, pitcher (b. 1895)
• 1969 - Freddie Moncewicz, infielder (b. 1903)
• 1974 - Cy Williams, outfielder (b. 1887)
• 1985 - Bob Wilson, outfielder (b. 1925)
• 1985 - Whitey Wistert, pitcher (b. 1912)
• 1989 - Howie Krist, pitcher (b. 1916)
• 1990 - Pete Wojey, pitcher (b. 1919)
• 1992 - Deron Johnson, infielder (b. 1938)
• 1996 - Jake Daniel, infielder (b. 1911)
• 2005 - Earl Wilson, pitcher (b. 1934)
• 2006 - Billy Queen, outfielder (b. 1928)
• 2007 - David Halberstam, author (b. 1934)