THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - JULY 23RD

1866 - Cincinnati Baseball club (Red Stockings) forms.

1919 - [Harold] Pee Wee Reese, Hall of Fame shortstop (Dodgers) (d. 1999) is born.

1925 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers.

1931 - France announces they can't afford to send a team to 1932 LA olympics.

1936 - Don Drysdale [Donald Scott], Van Nuys, California, 

American MLB player (LA Dodgers-Cy Young 1962) is born.

1941 - Richie Evans, 9 time NASCAR Modified Champion (died at Martinsville 1985) is born.

1944 - Chicago Cubs Bill Nicholson hits 4 HRs in a doubleheader.

1955 - NY Yankees Bob Cerv & Elston Howard are 1st to hit consecutive pinch HRs.

1965 - Dick Stuart homers in a major league-record 23rd different park.

1976 - Baltimore Oriole Reggie Jackson homers in 6th straight game.

1978 - Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
1978 - Reggie Jackson returns & helps Yankees win their 5th straight.
1979 - George Brett gets his 1,000th hit.
1984 - KC Royals Dan Quisenberry gets his 200th career save.

1993 - James Jordan, father of NBA star Michael Jordan, found dead near McColl SC.

1993 - NY Yankee Mark Hutton is first Australian to be a starting pitcher, 

he beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st.
1994 - Don Mattingly becomes 6th NY Yankee to get 2,000 hits.
1994 - Longest baseball rain delay (3:39) as Giants beat Mets 4-2 in NYC.

1995 - Miguel Indurains wins his 5th Tour de France.

1997 - Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin 

& Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them.

2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox becomes the 18th pitcher to throw 

a perfect game in Major League Baseball history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0.