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Some tidbits on April 23:

- Four eventual Hall-of-Famers hit their first home run on this day: Hank Aaron (1954), Ted Williams (1939), Hoyt Wilhelm (1952 in first major-league game), and Ferguson Jenkins (1966). Aaron would go on to hit 754 more, Williams 520, Wilhelm zero in 431 more at-bats and 1069 more games, and Jenkins 12 (and 6 in 1971 when he slugs .478 and has an OPS of .761).

- Fernando Tatis became the first to hit two grand slams in one inning and, in the process, set the single-inning RBI record at 8.

- The Mets and Yankees (then Highlanders) won their first regular-season game as New York teams in 1962 and 1903 respectively. Also, in 1929 on this day, the Yankees become the first team to wear numbers on their uniforms, losing 4-2 to the Red Sox at Fenway.

- No-Nos: The Colt .45's Ken Johnson in 1964 became the first man to lose a nine-inning no-hitter, 1-0 to Cincinnati. Pete Rose scored in the ninth on a Nellie Fox error, the second by Houston in the inning. Also, in 1989 Nolan Ryan missed garnering his sixth no-hitter by two outs as Nelson Liriano tripled with one out in the ninth. He would get two more no-no's a little later on. Lastly Brooklyn's Ed Head in 1946 throws a no-hitter, 5-0, against the Braves. It is his first game since returning from military service.