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Daily Digits April 23

Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore.

11 - 9 - 20 - 23 - 99 - 44 - 12 - 14 - 23 - 33

April 23, 1937 - Number 11, Carl Hubbell a ptcher for the New York Giants, finds victory in his first start of season, a 3-0 win over the Boston Bees. What makes this special is that if going back to the previous season, it was his 17th straight win. The streak would continue for league record 24 victories in a row for the fella they called Meal Ticket and others King Carl. 

April 23, 1939 - Boston Red Sox legend, Ted Williams, Number 9 hit his first MLB Home Run. The shot was hit off of Phiadelphia Athletics ace Bud Thomas, Number 20 during the 1st inning with a man on base and 2 outs over the Right Field fence. Philadelphia would show some offensive fire power themselves as the A's won 12-8.

April 23, 1946 - Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Number 23, Ed Head  blanks the Boston Braves in a 5-0 no-hit shutout.

Top April 23 Hockey Moment

Here are a couple of items from the Vintage Hockey Jerseys website

April 23, 1997  - Number 99, Wayne Gretzky recorded a natural hat trick in a span of 6:23 during the second period of game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Florida Panthers in a 3-2 win.

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Basketball Hall of Fame Moments for April 23

The website of NBA.com offers these nuggets of history for the day.

April 23, 1969 - Hall of Fame Guard Number 44, Jerry West of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 53 points as the LA edged Boston 120-118 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, a series won by the Celtics in seven games. The 53 points by West ranked as the highest-scoring game by a guard in NBA Finals history, before Chicago’s Number 23, Michael Jordan scored 55 points against Phoenix in Game 4 of the 1993 Finals, a 111-105 Bulls win over the Suns.

April 23, 1989 -  Lakers legend Number 33, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played in the final game of his NBA-record 1,560-game career, as the Lakers downed Seattle 121-117. Abdul-Jabbar finished his career with an NBA record 38,387 points.

April 23, 1995 - After handing out eight assists in Utah’s 103-97 road win at Houston, John Stockton, Number 12 of the Jazz, captured his eighth straight NBA assist title — tying Celtic Number 14, Bob Cousy’s NBA record — after dishing off for 1,011 assists in 82 games for a 12.3 apg average. Stockton broke the tie by leading the NBA in assists for a record ninth straight season in 1995-96.

Baseball History of April 23

Here are some more events from the hardball diamonds that occured on this date from a couple of our favorite websites on the subject.

MLB APRIL 23

Baseball OTD April 23

April 23rd in 80's Baseball

J. Daniel's website 80sbaseball.com shares some exciting moments for April 23. Julio Franco makes his debut and big days for Ken Landreaux and Bill Almon. MLB April 23

This Day In Baseball April 23 - This Day In Baseball

Items from Thisdayinbaseball.com for April 23 concerning Mickey Mantle, Lou Castro, Harry Howell, Tris Speaker, Walter Johnson, Kansas City Packers, Ted Williams, and more. MLB April 23

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