The Chicago Cubs acquire outfielder Jim Hickman and relief pitcher Phil Regan from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for outfielder Ted Savage and starting pitcher Jim Ellis. Regan will lead the National League with 25 saves this season.
Two days after putting on a Chicago Cubs uniform, Ferguson Jenkins hits his first major league home run, off Don Sutton, drives in a second run, and shuts out the Dodgersto win, 2 – 0. For rookie Sutton, it is the first of 13 straight losses the Cubs will hand him.
1965 04 23 New York Mets at SF Giants
On April 23, 1964, Ken Johnson of the Houston Colt .45s becomes the first major leaguer to hurl a nine-inning no-hitter and lose the game. The knuckleballing right-hander goes down to defeat, 1-0. Second baseman Nellie Fox, usually a reliable defensive player, commits a critical run-scoring error on Vada Pinson’s groundball.
On April 23, 1962, the expansion New York Mets win their first game-after nine consecutive losses. Right-hander Jay Hook earns a 9-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. The Mets’ 0-9 start had tied a National League record for futility. The victory also snaps Pittsburgh’s record-tying winning streak of 10 games from the…
Art Mahaffey strikes out at least a batter in each inning, setting a club record with 17, while shutting out the Chicago Cubs, 6 – 0, in the second game of a doubleheader at Shibe Park. The Phillies win the first game behind a 1 – 0 shutout by Frank Sullivan.
At the Los Angeles Coliseum, Dodgers first baseman Gil Hodges hits his 300th career home run and shortstop Pee Wee Reese plays in his 2000th game in a 7 – 6 loss to the Cubs.
On April 23, 1956 – manager Walt Alston (left) enjoys a victory smile with 19-year-old rookie pitcher Don Drysdale after the young right-hander won his first major league game as starting hurler against the Phillies, The Dodgers dumped the Phillies, 6-1. Drysdale pitched a complete game striking out 9, including the side in the first…
At Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium, the White Sox tie a modern major league mark for most runs scored by a single team in a game as they drub the A’s, 29-6. The Red Sox also scored 29 runs against the Browns in 1950.
Jackie Robinson steals second and third base, then steals home on the front end of a triple steal with Gil Hodges and Sandy Amorós in the 6th inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Brooklyn Dodgers win, 6 – 5, in 13 innings, when Robinson doubles home Junior Gilliam with the winning run.
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