Today In Sports History 4/23

Our past has shaped present by many things in history including sports, here is how sports marked our history.

Baseball

1903 – New York Highlanders win their first game beating Washington Senators 7-2.
1919 – US Baseball Major Leagues open a reduced 140-game season.
1940 – New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert.
1946 – Brooklyn Dodgers’ Ed Head no-hits Boston Braves, 5-0.
1950 – First major league baseball day game completed under lights (Philadelphia Phillies 6, Boston Braves 5).
1952 – Bob Cain of Saint Louis Browns and Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter.
1952 – New York Giants’ Hoyt Wilhelm wins his first relief game and hits his only home run.
1958 – Gil Hodges hits his 300th home run and Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game.
1962 – New York Mets win their first game ever, after going 0-9, beat Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1.
1964 – Houston Colt 45’s Ken Johnson becomes first major league pitcher to lose a 9-inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0.
1978 – Cincinnati Reds’ Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 consecutive error less games at second base.
1989 – Nolan Ryan blows a no hitter in 9th inning.

Basketball

1950 – 4th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2.
1969 – Los Angeles Lakers’ Jerry West scores 53 points.
1989 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Golf

Hockey

1950 – NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3.
1987 – New Jersey Devils’ farm team Maine Mariners (AHL) move to Utica (Devils) New York.

Soccer