Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/March 23

Events

• 1900 - The Brooklyn Dodgers sell John McGraw, Wilbert Robinson and Bill Keister to the St. Louis Cardinals for $15,000. McGraw and Robinson refuse to report.
• 1936 - Pitcher Dizzy Dean ends a well-publicized holdout by signing a one-year, $24,000 contract with the St. Louis Cardinals.
• 1942 - The Brooklyn Dodgers purchase Frenchy Bordagaray from the New York Yankees.
• 1962 - William DeWitt buys the Cincinnati Reds from Powel Crosley for $4.625 million.
• 1974 - The New York Yankees purchase Elliott Maddox from the Texas Rangers for $60,000. Maddox proved to be a great defensive outfielder as well as hitting .303 in 1974.
• 1974 The Chicago Cubs trade Jim Hickman to the St. Louis Cardinals for Scipio Spinks.
• 1978 - The New York Mets trade Bud Harrelson to the Philadelphia Phillies for a minor leaguer.
• 1990 - Howie Spira is arrested for extorting money from New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
• 2000 - The St. Louis Cardinals trade Kent Bottenfield and Adam Kennedy to the Anaheim Angels for Jim Edmonds.
  • The Chicago Cubs trade Rodney Myers to the San Diego Padres for Gary Matthews, Jr..
• 2001 - Hal Morris announces his retirement.

Births

• 1864 - Willie Murphy, outfielder
• 1865 - Dan Shannon, infielder, manager (d. 1913)
• 1865 - Farmer Weaver, outfielder (d. 1943)
• 1868 - Elmer Smith, outfielder (d. 1945)
• 1871 - Paul Russell, infielder (d. 1957)
• 1877 - Peaches Graham, catcher (d. 1939)
• 1878 - Homer Smoot, outfielder (d. 1928)
• 1881 - Gavvy Cravath, outfielder, manager (d. 1963)
• 1885 - Danny Moeller, outfielder (d. 1951)
• 1886 - Cy Slapnicka, pitcher (d. 1979)
• 1886 - Buzzy Wares, infielder (d. 1964)
• 1893 - Ray Kremer, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1902 - Johnny Moore, outfielder (d. 1991)
• 1918 - Lou Lucier, pitcher
• 1920 - Tetsuharu Kawakami, NPB infielder, manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• 1923 - Barney Koch, infielder (d. 1987)
• 1927 - Johnny Logan, infielder; All-Star
• 1928 - Jim Lemon, outfielder, manager; All-Star
• 1931 - Stan Pitula, pitcher (d. 1965)
• 1932 - Jack Meyer, pitcher (d. 1967)
• 1939 - Sam Bowens, outfielder (d. 2003)
• 1942 - Danny Coombs, pitcher
• 1943 - Bruce Howard, pitcher
• 1943 - Lee May, infielder; All-Star
• 1944 - George Scott, infielder; All-Star
• 1947 - Pat Bourque, infielder
• 1948 - Lanny Frattare, announcer
• 1953 - Bo Díaz, catcher; All-Star (d. 1990)
• 1956 - Mike Darr, pitcher
• 1956 - Ron Johnson, infielder
• 1966 - Mike Remlinger, pitcher; All-Star
• 1967 - Jerry Brooks, outfielder
• 1969 - Chris Turner, catcher
• 1973 - Ramón Ortiz, pitcher
• 1976 - Joel Peralta, pitcher
• 1979 - Mark Buehrle, pitcher; All-Star
• 1981 - Anderson García, pitcher
• 1981 - Tony Peña, infielder

Deaths

• 1916 - Frank Graves, catcher (b. 1860)
• 1929 - Denny Williams, outfielder (b. 1899)
• 1935 - John Flynn, infielder (b. 1883)
• 1946 - George Wheeler, pitcher (b. 1869)
• 1948 - Dutch Meier, outfielder (b. 1879)
• 1950 - Slim Sallee, pitcher (b. 1885)
• 1952 - Steve Sundra, pitcher (b. 1910)
• 1958 - Harry Kelley, pitcher (b. 1906)
• 1969 - Oris Hockett, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1909)
• 1972 - Red Bird, pitcher (b. 1890)
• 1976 - Walter Murphy, pitcher (b. 1907)
• 1980 - Lou Knerr, pitcher (b. 1921)
• 1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (b. 1961)
• 1994 - Roger Wolff, pitcher (b. 1911)
• 1998 - Ray Scott, announcer (b. 1919)
• 2002 - Minnie Rojas, pitcher (b. 1933)
• 2007 - Ed Bailey, catcher; All-Star (b. 1931)