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December 23
The record for December 23 in baseball history — 62 births and 18 deaths.
No milestones or firsts are on record for December 23 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. December 23, 1879 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1901 to 1909.
b. December 23, 1880 · First baseman who batted .280 across five clubs, 1903 to 1911.
b. December 23, 1882 · Right fielder who batted .238 for the St. Louis Browns, 1908 to 1911.
b. December 23, 1887 · Shortstop for the Brooklyn Robins, 1916 to 1917.
b. December 23, 1888 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, 1911 to 1911.
b. December 23, 1889 · Third baseman who batted .242 across two clubs, 1913 to 1918.
b. December 23, 1900 · Left fielder who batted .297 across three clubs, 1926 to 1936.
b. December 23, 1924 · Center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds, 1953 to 1953.
b. December 23, 1925 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1951 to 1957.
b. December 23, 1929 · Pitcher across six clubs, 1957 to 1962.
b. December 23, 1933 · Shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, 1962 to 1962.
b. December 23, 1941 · Second baseman who was the first rookie to win a Gold Glove, and who died in a plane crash at twenty-two.
b. December 23, 1942 · Won two games in the 1969 World Series for a club that had never finished above ninth.
b. December 23, 1943 · Center fielder who batted .251 across five clubs, 1967 to 1978.
b. December 23, 1948 · Pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, 1969 to 1969.
b. December 23, 1956 · Pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, 1983 to 1983.
b. December 23, 1959 · Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, 1985 to 1985.
b. December 23, 1976 · Pitcher with 225 career saves across three clubs, 2002 to 2012.
b. December 23, 1978 · Batted .335 with 32 home runs and 42 strikeouts in 2014, at thirty-five.
b. December 23, 1982 · First baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers, 2008 to 2009.
b. December 23, 1983 · Was traded by Boston at twenty-one and hit .342 for Florida four years later.
b. December 23, 1988 · Catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2013 to 2014.
b. December 23, 1993 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2020 to 2024.
b. December 23, 1995 · Right fielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2022 to 2023.
62 players were born on December 23; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. December 23, 1909 · Second baseman for the Pittsburg Alleghenys, 1890 to 1890.
d. December 23, 1916 · Second baseman who batted .291 across four clubs, 1899 to 1902.
d. December 23, 1937 · Third baseman for the Louisville Colonels, 1895 to 1895.
d. December 23, 1951 · Second baseman who batted .243 across four clubs, 1915 to 1929.
d. December 23, 1955 · Pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds, 1913 to 1913.
d. December 23, 1969 · Left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1918 to 1918.
d. December 23, 1972 · Second baseman who batted .208 for the Brooklyn Superbas, 1903 to 1904.
d. December 23, 1975 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1965 to 1973.
d. December 23, 1975 · Catcher for the New York Giants, 1941 to 1941.
d. December 23, 1981 · Shortstop who batted .240 for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1937 to 1940.
d. December 23, 1986 · Second baseman who batted .271 across seven clubs, 1936 to 1947.
d. December 23, 2000 · Second baseman for the Philadelphia Stars, 1943 to 1945.
d. December 23, 2002 · Shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, 1954 to 1954.
d. December 23, 2003 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1943 to 1945.
d. December 23, 2004 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Stars, 1945 to 1948.
d. December 23, 2006 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, 1931 to 1931.
d. December 23, 2016 · Pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, 1961 to 1962.
d. December 23, 2017 · Right fielder for the Baltimore Orioles, 1955 to 1955.