Sports History on 24th of April

Born April 24, 1967, in Caracas, Venezuela, was legendary MLB Shortstop Omar Visquel. 24-year Major League Baseball career, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays. baseball's all-time best fielding shortstops, Vizquel won 11 Gold Glove Awards, including nine consecutive from 1993 to 2001. Among shortstops, his .985 fielding percentage is tied for highest all-time, he is the all-time leader in games played, and the all-time leader in double plays turned. Visquel is one of the top MLB players to have worn the Number 13 Jersey.

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. 2 - 32 - 27 - 13 - 14 - 6 April 24, 1917 - New York Yankees left-hander George Mogridge, tossed a no-hit win against the...

Born April 24, 1972, in DeLand, Florida, was Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman, Chipper Jones. Chipper Jones played the positions of  Third Base, Left Field, Shortstop, and Right Field wearing the number 10 on the Atlanta Braves (1995-12) for 18 seasons as he batted 0.303 for his career, had an On Base percentage of 0.529, with 468 career Home Runs.