May 23 in Chicago Cubs History: Hack Wilson home run hits scoreboard (1926)

On May 23, 1926, at Wrigley Field, Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs becomes the first player to hit a home run that strikes the center field scoreboard at Wrigley Field . The blow was his fifth of the season and came in the fifth inning. According to the paper from that day, it was a prodigious drive

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