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  • Today in White Sox History: May 31
    • Today in White Sox History: May 31
    Tony Graffanino, acquired on this day 25 years ago, was outstanding over three-plus seasons for the White Sox. | Keith Torrie/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images A win-win trade with Tampa! 1914 Joe “The Butcher Boy” Benz, (so named because he worked as a butcher in the offseason) fired a no-hitter, beating Cleveland 6-1 at Comiskey Park. The lone Naps run, scored in the fourth inning, ...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: May 26
    • Today in White Sox History: May 26
    On this day 15 years ago, clown umpire Joe West ejected Mark Buehrle (right) after he tossed his glove to the ground, exasperated after two balk calls. Joe West makes a mockery of another baseball game 1959 White Sox owner Bill Veeck was always good for a crazy stunt, but this one topped the cake. Before a game hosting Cleveland and in front of 40,018 fans, four little people dressed up as...2025
  • Today in White Sox History: May 13
    • Today in White Sox History: May 13
    LaMarr Hoyt and a boisterous White Sox offense ushered in the SportsVision era with a bang on this day, 43 years ago. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The SportsVision Era starts with a bang 1957 White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce became the first member of the team (and the first Chicago athlete) to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated, with the headline “Pride of Chicago.” In 19...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: May 6
    • Today in White Sox History: May 6
    The magic “knuckles” of Wilbur Wood earned another win on this day, 52 years ago — and nine of the first 20 White Sox decisions of the season! | Bettmann Archive/Getty Images The South Siders enjoy their best start in 61 years! 1903 The White Sox were charged with 11 errors in a game in Chicago vs. Detroit. While that’s a big story in itself, it’s not the most remarkable item to come out o...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 30
    • Today in White Sox History: April 30
    This home run by Tim Anderson, three years ago today, established a franchise record. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images TA streaks, again 1922 White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson fired a perfect game, beating the Tigers, 2-0, in Detroit. Robertson’s perfect game only took one hour and 55 minutes to complete. The 26-year-old rookie struck out six, in just the fourth start of his career. In the se...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 18
    • Today in White Sox History: April 18
    On this day 43 years ago, Tony La Russa got a significant vote of confidence from the White Sox front office. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Tony La Russa gets an oddly-timed extension 1907 The White Sox Home Opener started off inauspiciously, as the World Champions pennant was raised — and the pole flying it fell over! However, the game went more smoothly, in front of 10,000 fan...2025

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Bill Melton injury and suspension

  • • Today in White Sox History: May 26
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 7
    • Today in White Sox History: April 7
    On this day, 48 years ago, it was time to PLAY BALL! in Toronto. It’s time to play ball — dodging flurries 1970 The worst White Sox team in history began their forgettable season by getting pounded, 12-0, at home by the Twins before just 11,473 fans. Starting pitcher Tommy John only lasted into the fifth inning by giving up six runs (five earned). The Sox would go on to lose a franchise-re...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: March 12
    • Today in White Sox History: March 12
    Did a fairly innocuous trade between the White Sox and Yankees in 1950 fuel commissioner Happy Chandler’s ouster in 1951? Could be. | Chicago Tribune A commissioner loses his job, in part due to a kerfuffle between Chicago and New York 1921 All eight Black Sox (Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Lefty Williams, Swede Risberg, Fred McMullin, Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch and even Buck Weaver) were su...2025
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  • Today in White Sox History: February 28
    • Today in White Sox History: February 28
    As pictured here during the 1924 World Tour and at the time White Sox captain about to embark on a career (4.0 WAR) year, Bibb Falk (far left) would be traded to Cleveland in a giveaway deal five years later. | Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Cleveland hoodwinks the South Siders for Bibb 1929 The White Sox traded star left fielder Bibb Falk to Cleveland for catcher...2025
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  • In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2024
    • In Memoriam: The White Sox We Lost in 2024
    A near-South Side lifer, overlooked brother, longtime minors manager, consummate prankster and cover-boy novelty are among the many we say goodbye to It’s the time of year where, as we grimace ahead into 2025 and what awaits us with the Chicago White Sox, we look back at those South Siders we lost in 2024. Included among them are two legendary sluggers, a young superstar who “got away” and a rare ...2024
  • Today in White Sox History: December 11
    • Today in White Sox History: December 11
    On this day 15 years ago, J.J. Putz signed a prove-it deal with the White Sox, in hopes of getting a closer role again in the future. J.J. Putz arrives to make the back of the South Side pen airtight 1924 White Sox superstar second sacker Eddie Collins, who had led the club to a 14-13 record as player-manager to finish out an awful 1923 season, was named the permanent player-manager of the...2024
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  • Bill Melton: 1945-2024
    • Bill Melton: 1945-2024
    First South Side home-run champ, and longtime broadcaster, passes away at 79 He was an All-Star, an American League home run champion, and later if life a rarity: an honest pre- and postgame host covering the White Sox on television. Former White Sox third baseman Bill Melton passed away after a short illness Wednesday night in Phoenix, at the age of 79. His passing stunned the White Sox family, w...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: September 28
    • Today in White Sox History: September 28
    Even a three-run clout from Bill Melton couldn’t avoid an embarrassing franchise record, on this day, 54 years ago. The 1970 club sets an infamous record ... only now broken 1902 For the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park, the Browns and White Sox used the last day of the season to throw all non-pitchers in their game. White Sox left fielder Sam Mertes got the 10-4 win, beat...2024
  • Today in White Sox History: August 21
    • Today in White Sox History: August 21
    Do these guys look tired? Well, on this day 91 years ago, they played 18 innings — and nobody won. Welcome to the game that never wins, and never ends 1901 While the most prodigious team entering the major leagues in this year, the White Sox still could not avoid major controversy before the summer was out. Two Sox players were suspended after attacking umpire Jack Haskell in the fourth in...2024
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  • For the White Sox, deja vu all over again would actually be good
    • For the White Sox, deja vu all over again would actually be good
    Roland Hemond was no Chris Getz, lucky for the White Sox. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images But don’t count on Yogi being prescient this time around As the White Sox rush toward the worst major league record of the modern era (post-1901), they are almost certain to blow by the team’s most losses ever, the 56-106 calamity of 1970. It could be history would repeat itself when it comes...2024
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Bill Melton lifestyle

  • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
    • 2024: the best, the worst, the ... last of the real ones?
      Greetings in the last few hours of what I think was the very real year of 2024.It's difficult to tell what's real and what's not these days. Just yesterday I saw a report that said the brilliant minds that run Facebook and Instagram plan to infiltrate both social media sites with AI-generated users. This kind of stuff freaks me out. I've seen very real cases of people I know being fooled by...2025
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Bill Melton added two."

  • 2024
    "White Sox All-Star third baseman and broadcaster Bill Melton died Thursday in Phoenix after a brief illness."

  • 2023
    "The 1970 White Sox had five starters with an OPS+ better than 100 (led by Ed Herrmann), Bill Melton hit 33 homers, and future Hall-of-Famer Luis Aparicio hit ."

  • 2022
    "1971 When Bill Melton smashed a home run on the last day of the season off of Milwaukee’s Bill Parsons, he became the first White Sox player to ever win a home run title."

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Bill Melton trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

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  • Today in White Sox History: February 10
    • Today in White Sox History: February 10
    Is Red Faber’s hand wet? Well, maybe not yet, as this is a 1914 (rookie) photo of the future Hall-of-Famer. On this day 105 years ago, Faber got some news that would bolster his Hall chances. Red Faber gets grandfathered 1920 Major League Baseball outlawed the spitball but grandfathered in the 17 pitchers currently using the pitch. Among those allowed to continue throwing a “wet ball” was ...2025
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Bill Melton stats and results

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  • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
    It’s too late for him to enjoy, but Dick Allen finally gets his due. | Ron Vesely/Getty Images Our all-time great slugger finally gets his due Almost four years ago to the day, we lost Dick Allen. Ironically, his death came on the eve of yet another Hall of Fame vote that saw him fall short. Today, FINALLY, the Hall of Fame has righted and long-wrong by electing the timeless slugger to the...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: September 18
    • Today in White Sox History: September 18
    On this day 114 years ago, the White Sox committed some Comiskey Park firsts: a two-run homer, and a triple play. | Chicago Tribune Some Comiskey Park firsts, weeks after opening! 1910 Chick Gandil clocked the first two-run homer in Comiskey Park history, a two-run shot in the seventh inning of a 6-0 whitewash of Boston. Gandil’s fourth-inning clout came off of former White Sox ace Frank S...2024
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  • • For the White Sox, deja vu all over again would actually be good
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  • Today in White Sox History: April 30
    • Today in White Sox History: April 30
    Young Bill Melton got his first call to the majors on this day, 56 years ago. | Chicago White Sox Beltin’ gets the call to Chicago, proceeds to not-belt 1922 White Sox pitcher Charlie Robertson fired a perfect game, beating the Tigers, 2-0, in Detroit. Robertson’s perfect game only took one hour and 55 minutes to complete. The 26-year-old rookie struck out six, in just the fourth start of...2024
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  • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 260-241)
    • The 1975 Topps countdown, worst to best (No. 260-241)
     The first details on 2024 Heritage, featuring the 1975 Topps design, have come out.There's nothing about the key info -- release date -- but there's enough to get people fired up. The main complaint is that the short-prints are shifting from the back fifth of the set, cards 401-500, to the front fifth, 1-100. I don't really know why Topps did this. For me, if I'm going to ignore short-p...2024
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  • What can be learned from White Sox history?
    • What can be learned from White Sox history?
    Figure out a way to bring these two guys back to life, and all shall be well. The history of the inglorious season of 1970, that is The White Sox of 1970 have been ingloriously brought to the fore by the White Sox of 2023, as 101 losses is the most for the team since that dreaded 1970 record-setter. But while there is very little hope that the current powers-that-be in Bridgeport can keep...2023
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  • Today in White Sox History: September 18
    • Today in White Sox History: September 18
    On this day 113 years ago, Chick Gandil hit the first White Sox home run in Comiskey Park history. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images More Comiskey Park, and pandemic, firsts 1910 Chick Gandil clocked the first two-run homer in Comiskey Park history, a two-run shot in the seventh inning of a 6-0 whitewash of Boston. Gandil’s clout came off of former White Sox ace Frank Smith, who had ...2023
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  • • Dave Wills shares his love for the White Sox in this 2004 interview
    Sports Talk Chicago/YouTube Mark Liptak’s Q&A reveals a lifelong passion for baseball — and the South Side He’s really just a regular guy. Seriously ... Dave Wills is no different from you or me. Dave is a Sox fan, has a long memory of the team and wants them to win — and win something important before he retires. About the only difference is that while you and I talk about the White Sox...2023
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Bill Melton parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

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  • • Today in White Sox History: December 11
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  • • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
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  • One last time before the year ends
    • One last time before the year ends
     I did my usual blog post ritual Tuesday, writing it up in the early afternoon and then setting a publish time for a few hours in the future. The post did publish and it appeared on everyone's blog rolls, but it didn't show up on the blogger dashboard/reading list. That's happened periodically over the years and eventually it does show up. I waited and waited and it still didn't. It's on...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: August 20
    • Today in White Sox History: August 20
    On this day 34 years ago, the White Sox surprised Harold Baines by retiring his No. 3. The final No. 3 in team history says goodbye ... at least until he came back again, and again, and again 1915 The White Sox acquired Shoeless Joe Jackson from Cleveland for $31,500 (almost a million today) along with pitcher Ed Klepfer, outfielder Braggo Roth and a player to be named later. Klepfer had s...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: August 19
    • Today in White Sox History: August 19
    On this day 41 years ago, Julio Cruz turned on the afterburners for an incredibly rare run scored. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Juice squeezes home an extra run 1900 Yes, it’s a pre-major league White Sox item, featuring a non-White Sox player. But this one is too funny. The White Sox lost a doubleheader to the Milwaukee Brewers, with Rube Waddell tossing two complete games, 2...2024
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Top Bill Melton news

  • • White Sox All-Star 'Beltin' Bill' Melton dies at 79
    White Sox All-Star third baseman and broadcaster Bill Melton died Thursday in Phoenix after a brief illness. He was 79....2024
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  • • 'Beltin Bill' Melton, 1971 AL home run champ, dies
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  • Former White Sox player, broadcaster Bill Melton dies at 79: All-Star led American League in home runs in 1971
    • Former White Sox player, broadcaster Bill Melton dies at 79: All-Star led American League in home runs in 1971
    Melton retired after the 1977 season with more than 1,000 hits to his name...2024
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  • Today in White Sox History: August 20
    • Today in White Sox History: August 20
    It was a weak hit, but still one that stopped Bobby Jenks’ record-tying streak on this day, 16 years ago. | Chuck Rydlewski/WireImage Big “Days” for two legends — 60 years apart 1915 The White Sox acquired Shoeless Joe Jackson from Cleveland for $31,500 (almost a million today) along with pitcher Ed Klepfer, outfielder Braggo Roth and a player to be named later. Klepfer had seen scant tim...2023
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  • • Dick Allen is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame!
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  • South Side Sox Summary: Week 21
    • South Side Sox Summary: Week 21
    The Sox lose the Crosstown Cup this week | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images This team really is one of the worst ever Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in-between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened, sorry, we will tell you anyway. ...2023
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  • Today in White Sox History: August 19
    • Today in White Sox History: August 19
    During his impressive 1953 campaign, Billy Pierce had a run of nearly 40 scoreless innings to begin August. | Set Number: X1324 Billy Pierce finally gives up a run 1900 Yes, it’s a pre-major league White Sox item, featuring a non-White Sox player. But this one is too funny. The White Sox lost a doubleheader to the Milwaukee Brewers, with Rube Waddell tossing two complete games, 2-1 and 1...2023
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Bill Melton schedule, game

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  • Royals Rumblings - News for December 9, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for December 9, 2024
    Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Let’s begin the Winter Meetings! Jaylon Thompson previews the Winter Meetings, which begin today. The Royals don’t have a pressing need for a starting pitcher. The club has solid depth in returnees Kris Bubic, Alec Marsh, Daniel Lynch IV, Kyle Wright and Noah Cameron. The competition for a couple of vacant spots in the rotation figures to...2024
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Bill Melton rumors, scandals

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  • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1973
    • A look at Cubs trades in the expansion era: 1973
    Bill Madlock at third base for the Cubs in 1976 | Getty Images It was a year of great change for the team. You surely know the story of the last gasp of the great Cubs teams of the late 1960s and early 1970s that never won anything. This team roared out to a great start, then at one point went on an 8-31 run that took them out of contention. Later they struggled back and still had a chance...2023
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  • • Today in White Sox History: December 11
    Moody, delusional, and terrible: the story of Jaime Navarro’s White Sox tenure. Bringing in two of the worst players in team history 1973It was one of the worst deals ever made by GM Roland Hemond. The White Sox acquired Cubs star Ron Santo after Santo refused a deal to the Angels. Santo, who may have been able to be picked up on waivers, was acquired for pitchers Steve Stone and Ken Frail...2022
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  • • Today in White Sox History: August 20
    “The Great” Art Shires had a helluva debut in the majors on this day, 94 years ago. | George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images Shoeless Joe and Art the Great arrive on the South Side 1915 The White Sox acquired Shoeless Joe Jackson from Cleveland for $31,500 (almost $900,000 today) along with pitcher Ed Klepfer, outfielder Braggo Roth and a player to be named later. Klepfer had seen scant ti...2022
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