Portal:Baseball/Anniversaries/February 23
Events
- 1888 - Pud Galvin signs with Pittsburg Alleghenys for $3,000, including $1,000 in advance.
- 1921 - The Pittsburgh Pirates trade Billy Southworth, Fred Nicholson, Walter Barbare, and $15,000 to the Boston Braves for Rabbit Maranville.
- 1934 - Casey Stengel signs a two-year deal to manage the Brooklyn Dodgers.
- 1954 - The Cards purchase Vic Raschi from the Yankees for $85,000.
- 1960 - Demolition of Ebbets Field begins.
- 1974 - The California Angels send Vada Pinson to the Kansas City Royals for a minor leaguer and cash.
- 1979 - The Philadelphia Phillies trade Barry Foote, Jerry Martin, Ted Sizemore, and two minor leaguers to the Chicago Cubs for Manny Trillo, Greg Gross, and Dave Rader.
- 1986 - Although he loses his arbitration case, Boston Red Sox Wade Boggs receives the largest amount ($1.35 million) ever awarded by this process.
- 1988 - A committee of Chicago aldermen vote 7-2 to allow the Chicago Cubs to install lights and play up to 18 night games a year at Wrigley Field.
- 2000 - The San Diego Padres obtain Al Martin from the Pittsburgh Pirates for John Vander Wal, Jim Sak and Geraldo Padua.
Births
- 1865 - Barney Dreyfuss, owner (d. 1932)
- 1868 - Lew Camp, infielder (d. 1948)
- 1877 - Rudy Hulswitt, infielder (d. 1950)
- 1877 - Grant Thatcher, pitcher (d. 1936)
- 1887 - Lou Lowdermilk, pitcher (d. 1975)
- 1890 - John Black, infielder (d. 1962)
- 1890 - Lee Gooch, outfielder (d. 1966)
- 1893 - Jim O'Neill, infielder (d. 1976)
- 1905 - Les Barnhart, pitcher (d. 1971)
- 1914 - Lynn Myers, infielder (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Mike Tresh, catcher; All-Star (d. 1966)
- 1916 - Eddie Kearse, catcher (d. 1968)
- 1918 - Hillis Layne, infielder
- 1924 - Phil Haugstad, pitcher (d. 1998)
- 1929 - Elston Howard, catcher; All-Star (d. 1980)
- 1941 - Ron Hunt, infielder; All-Star
- 1941 - Gordy Lund, infielder
- 1944 - Don Shaw, pitcher
- 1946 - Ken Boswell, infielder
- 1953 - Fred Kuhaulua, pitcher
- 1957 - Jim Anderson, infielder
- 1958 - Juan Agosto, pitcher
- 1958 - John Shelby, outfielder
- 1959 - Eddie Vargas, infielder
- 1963 - Bobby Bonilla, infielder; All-Star
- 1969 - Frank Charles, catcher
- 1972 - Rondell White, outfielder; All-Star
- 1973 - Jason Boyd, pitcher
- 1975 - Dave Maurer, pitcher
- 1976 - Scott Elarton, pitcher
- 1978 - Luke Prokopec, pitcher
- 1979 - Chris Aguila, outfielder
- 1983 - Édgar González, pitcher
Deaths
- 1900 - Nate Berkenstock, outfielder (b. 1831)
- 1922 - Pickles Dillhoefer, catcher (b. 1894)
- 1922 - C.I. Taylor, Negro League infielder and manager (b. 1875)
- 1947 - George Brickley, outfielder (b. 1894)
- 1955 - Bill Tozer, pitcher (b. 1882)
- 1961 - Davey Crockett, infielder (b. 1875)
- 1969 - Bubbles Hargrave, catcher (b. 1892)
- 1969 - Bill Swift, pitcher (b. 1908)
- 1978 - Vic Harris, Negro League outfielder and manager (b. 1905)
- 1988 - Pete Donohue, pitcher (b. 1900)
- 1993 - Joe Hutcheson, outfielder (b. 1905)
- 1996 - Gordon Goldsberry, infielder (b. 1927)