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Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 5.
This day in baseball ● On this day
March 23
The record for March 23 in baseball history — 50 births, 21 deaths and 1 games played.
1 regular-season game played on March 23
No milestones or firsts are on record for March 23 — but the players below were born and lost on it.
Born on this day
b. March 23, 1864 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1883 to 1884.
b. March 23, 1865 · Second baseman who batted .233 across four clubs, 1889 to 1891.
b. March 23, 1865 · Center fielder who batted .278 across two clubs, 1888 to 1894.
b. March 23, 1877 · Pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, 1903 to 1903.
b. March 23, 1881 · Right fielder who batted .287 across four clubs, 1908 to 1920.
b. March 23, 1885 · Right fielder who batted .243 across three clubs, 1907 to 1916.
b. March 23, 1886 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1911 to 1918.
b. March 23, 1895 · Second baseman who batted .256 for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1921 to 1924.
b. March 23, 1902 · Hit .323 with 194 hits for Philadelphia in 1935, and finished his career hitting .307 across ten seasons.
b. March 23, 1908 · Left-handed pitcher for the Baltimore Elite Giants and Homestead Grays, named to All-Star squads in 1939 and 1943.
b. March 23, 1909 · Second baseman who batted .226 across two clubs, 1935 to 1942.
b. March 23, 1923 · Second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1944 to 1944.
b. March 23, 1942 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1963 to 1971.
b. March 23, 1943 · Hit 354 home runs and was traded out of the Big Red Machine the winter before it won everything.
b. March 23, 1943 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1963 to 1968.
b. March 23, 1944 · First baseman who batted .268 across four clubs, 1966 to 1979.
b. March 23, 1953 · Catcher who batted .255 across four clubs, 1977 to 1989.
b. March 23, 1966 · Went to Dartmouth, failed as a starter for eight years, and became one of the best setup men in the league at thirty-three.
b. March 23, 1969 · Catcher across five clubs, 1993 to 2000.
b. March 23, 1979 · Threw a perfect game and a no-hitter, pitched 200 innings in fourteen straight seasons, and worked faster than anyone.
b. March 23, 1981 · Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, 2007 to 2007.
b. March 23, 1988 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2011 to 2021.
b. March 23, 1993 · Pitcher across two clubs, 2019 to 2022.
b. March 23, 1999 · Left fielder for the Minnesota Twins, 2024 to 2025.
50 players were born on March 23; these are the 24 best known.
Died on this day
d. March 23, 1916 · Catcher for the St. Louis Maroons, 1886 to 1886.
d. March 23, 1917 · Catcher across four clubs, 1902 to 1908.
d. March 23, 1928 · Catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1913 to 1914.
d. March 23, 1929 · Left fielder across two clubs, 1921 to 1928.
d. March 23, 1935 · First baseman across two clubs, 1910 to 1912.
d. March 23, 1948 · Left fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, 1906 to 1906.
d. March 23, 1952 · Pitcher across three clubs, 1936 to 1946.
d. March 23, 1958 · Right-hander whose major league career had a ten-year gap in the middle of it.
d. March 23, 1969 · Right fielder who batted .276 across three clubs, 1938 to 1945.
d. March 23, 1972 · Pitcher for the Washington Senators, 1921 to 1921.
d. March 23, 1976 · Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, 1931 to 1931.
d. March 23, 1979 · Left fielder who batted .303 across nine clubs, 1924 to 1940.
d. March 23, 1985 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1934 to 1943.
d. March 23, 1993 · Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1987 to 1992.
d. March 23, 1994 · Pitcher across four clubs, 1941 to 1947.
d. March 23, 1998 · Pitcher across two clubs, 1940 to 1948.
d. March 23, 2002 · Pitcher for the California Angels, 1966 to 1968.
d. March 23, 2007 · Catcher who batted .256 across six clubs, 1953 to 1966.
d. March 23, 2013 · Threw two no-hitters in 1952, a season in which he went 5-19.
d. March 23, 2016 · Catcher who batted .257 across four clubs, 1946 to 1954.
d. March 23, 2019 · Catcher who batted .214 across four clubs, 1967 to 1974.