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• Today in White Sox History: April 23Chet Lemon hit four of Chicago’s near team-record 21 singles in the opener of a doubleheader on this day, 43 years ago. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images South Siders make it rain singles 1919 Perhaps the most talented White Sox team ever opened the season in St. Louis and destroyed the Browns, 13-4. Lefty Williams got the win, throwing a complete game. Six months later, after win...2024Read about White Sox headline news -
• Today in White Sox History: April 16Mark Buehrle delivers a pitch during a masterpiece game against the Seattle Mariners at U.S. Cellular Field, 19 years ago today. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mark Buehrle paints another masterpiece — and fast 1940 Cleveland’s Bob Feller no-hit the White Sox on Opening Day, 1-0 — the only no-hitter in Opening Day history, and the seventh all-time no-no against the South Siders....2024See more articles White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: April 15Future Hall of Famer starter Red Faber helped the White Sox to a 2-0 start 109 years ago today. He also improved to 2-0. How? Find out below. The South Siders count the Browns down and out 1915 It was the biggest shutout in team history, as the White Sox pasted St. Louis, 16-0. The Pale Hose put up seven runs before the home Browns even got to bat, and scored in every inning but the third...2024Read about White Sox breaking news -
• Today in White Sox History: April 10Sherm Lollar did this in catching a foul pop a record six times, on this day 62 years ago. Sherm Lollar got a workout in a walk-off win 1959 The season opener to a memorable, pennant-winning year started in Detroit, where Billy Pierce faced Jim Bunning. The White Sox blew a 7-4 lead when the Tigers got three runs in the eighth inning, and matters weren’t decided until the 14th. That’s whe...2024Read about White Sox news and rumors -
• Today in White Sox History: April 2It was a very good day. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The banner is unfurled! 1900 The White Sox played their first-ever game, an exhibition win over the University of Illinois baseball team, 10-9. That season, the American League wasn’t considered a major league (the AL would band together with the National League to form MLB in 1901). However, the White Sox would win the AL’s first pe...2024Continue with White Sox news and rumors -
• Just how good was Garrett Crochet’s Opening Day start?It rarely got better than what Garrett Crochet offered this year on Opening Day. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports In White Sox history? 79th percentile ... not bad for a first career effort Yes, it’s been an incredibly long week and especially endless day, but Garrett Crochet’s surprise excellence on Opening Day — pitching at least one inning and exceedingly sharper than anyone had th...2024Click for news about Garrett Crochet breaking news today
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• Today in White Sox History: March 19On this day 54 years ago, future White Sox broadcast mainstay Ken Harrelson (No. 40) suffered what essentially became a career-ending injury. The Hawk breaks a leg 1970 Future White Sox broadcaster and raconteur Ken Harrelson broke his leg sliding into second base during a spring training game with Cleveland. The break was so bad he was unable to return until September and effectively end...2024Visit the page White Sox availability report -
• Vote for the 2024 South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!Jack McDowell came the closest to being elected, without topping the 75% threshhold, in our last Hall of Fame election. | Otto Greule Jr/Allsport/Getty Images Let’s immortalize our sixth class of the best South Siders of all time Once upon a time, the Chicago White Sox had a team Hall of Fame — until they decided to put it in mothballs, in favor of an extended gift shop. Now the Sox have ...2024See also Jack McDowell injury report -
• In 1958, Lou Boudreau predicted there would be four major leaguesLou Boudreau at Wrigley Field for the 1947 All-Star Game | Bettmann / Contributor And other words of wisdom from the Cubs radio announcer, 65 years ago. I was researching something recently — and honestly I can’t remember what it was — when I came across an article “By Lou Boudreau, as told to Jack Rosenberg” from the Chicago Tribune of April 13, 1958. At the time, Boudreau was not quite 4...2023Visit the page Wrigley Field injury -
• Today in White Sox History: September 27With a win on this day 103 years ago, Dickie Kerr became the fourth 20-game winner in the 1920 White Sox rotation. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images An amazing feat by a doomed rotation 1920 A 2-0 win over the Tigers gave Dickie Kerr his 20th win of the season in a game that took all of 66 minutes, one of the quickest games in franchise history. But it also gave the White Sox their f...2023See more White Sox injury status -
• Today in White Sox History: July 14
Aside from one tiny little leadoff homer surrendered to his first batter of the game, Jack McDowell was essentially perfect on this day, 32 years ago. | Paul A. Souders/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images Pitching triumphs — and pitching pains 1915 In a 6-4 win over the Athletics at Comiskey Park, pitcher Red Faber stole second, third and home in the contest. He’s one of only three Sox players...2023Visit the page White Sox injury update
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• Today in White Sox History: May 15
On this day 72 years ago, Harry Dorish took a trip to Waxahachie. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images Paul Richards’ first Waxahachie Swap! 1929 White Sox outfielder Art “The Great” Shires (Shires, by the way, gave himself that nickname) and manager Lena Blackburne got into a fistfight during a game at Comiskey Park, won by the Sox 8-4 over Boston. Before the game, Blackburne had suspe...2023See also White Sox injury update
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• Ray Herbert, 1929-2022
Topps A 20-game winner and All-Star on the South Side, our tribute comes in the form of a detailed Q&A from the archives No sooner had we heard of the passing of Gary Peters on Thursday than we learned that his former teammate and rotation mate, Ray Herbert, had died back on December 20, of Alzheimer’s. As in the case of Peters, Mark Liptak has an extended interview (originally published ...2023See also Gary Peters injury
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• Gary Peters, 1937-2023
Our tribute to the Rookie of the Year and dominant 1960s pitching force comes in the form of an extended Q&A With the passing of Gary Peters, once again we are able to produce a wonderful tribute to him in the form of an extended Q&A. Peters, by WAR, was the 17th-best pitcher in the history of a very pitching-rich franchise, and tied with Ray Durham for 38th-best player overall. Our sincerely cond...2023Click for news about Gary Peters injury status
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• Today in White Sox History: September 24
Jack Brohamer joined Ray Schalk in an exclusive White Sox club, on this day 45 years ago. Move over, Ray Schalk 1919 A 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns clinched the pennant for the White Sox. Eddie Cicotte got the win. Shoeless Joe Jackson’s double in the ninth drove in the game- and pennant-clinching run. The Sox would beat out Cleveland by 3 1⁄2 games for the title, and finish with a re...2022Read about White Sox
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Major Trading Frenzy Expected at Winter Meetings
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"Here are the Top 10 and Worst 10 Opening Day starts in White Sox history: The Top 10 Frank Smith’s all-time best White Sox opener effort, in 1910, was a one-hit shutout Eddie Lopat in 1947, Wilbur Wood in 1976 and Mark Buehrle in 2005 also were shutouts Billy Pierce in 1957 and Lefty Williams in 1920 both went 11 innings to earn their top scores Only one game in the Top 10 was a loss: Bill Dietrich’s heartbreaker in 1946 Dylan Cease’s amazing Opening Day win in 2023 is tied for 11th all-time, an 81 game score The Bottom 10 Not altogether surprisingly but still a bit shocking: Five of the 10-worst Opening Days ever thrown have come in the 21st Century, despite this era comprising approximately 20% of seasons in White Sox history Indicative of how good the 1963 White Sox would turn out to be, the club won Ray Herbert’s 12 game score start, the sixth-worst in team history Poor Vern Kennedy; he not only authored the only negative game score in White Sox Opening Day history — it was the only time he got the ball to start Opening Day!" - 2023
"” Lefthander Billy Pierce had taken over from Marichal to begin the 10th for the Giants." - 2022
"White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce called Richards the smartest manager he ever had." - 2021
"2022 Golden Days Era Committee Candidate: Billy Pierce" - 2015
"Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher, Is Dead at 88" - 2014
"" The rest of the 10-person ballot: Ken Boyer, Gil Hodges, Bob Howsam, Tony Oliva, Billy Pierce and Luis Tiant."
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• Today in White Sox History: February 24On this day 58 years ago, future White Sox hurler Tom Seaver signed with Atlanta in a deal that was quickly voided; three years later with the Mets, Seaver (seen here leaping above the pile at the mound) knocked the Braves out of the first-ever NLDS. | Paul Demaria/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images A future White Sox star gets his pro career started in dubious fashion 1948 White Sox ...2024See more articles White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: November 30Sixty-eight years ago today, the White Sox bought Luis Aparicio’s contract from Triple-A Memphis; months later, he was in spring training working with manager Marty Marion [right]. The Luis Era begins 1955 It was the start of a new era at shortstop for the White Sox. On this date, the team purchased the contract of young infielder Luis Aparicio from Memphis. Aparicio would begin his Hall ...2023See more White Sox contract rumors -
• Today in White Sox History: November 10On this day 57 years ago, the White Sox made a cash-first move that did not pay off. | via Chili Dog MVP Easy money? 1948 New White Sox GM Frank “Trader” Lane made his first deal, and it was a beauty. Lane traded backup catcher Aaron Robinson to the Tigers for a young, left-handed pitcher named Billy Pierce and $10,000. Pierce would become arguably the finest lefthander in White Sox his...2023Check it out White Sox salary rumors -
• Today in White Sox History: October 6This Happy fella struck the first homer in White Sox World Series history, on this day, 106 years ago. | George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty Images The South Siders keep a World Series winning streak rolling 1905 The White Sox lost the pennant on the next-to-last day of the season when pitcher Doc White couldn’t beat the bottom-feeding St. Louis Browns. White and the Sox lost, 6-2, and handed...2023See also White Sox -
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• Another five enter the South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame!Jack McDowell leads our latest White Sox Hall of Fame class. Jack McDowell, Ray Schalk, Sherm Lollar, Magglio Ordoñez and Gary Peters join the ranks of immortals. For the third time in six elections, five players have made our South Side Sox White Sox Hall of Fame. Oddly, each of the big classes have come in even years: 2020, 2022 and 2024. This year, Jack McDowell (88.3%), Ray Schalk (83...2024Read about Jack McDowell stats -
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• Today in White Sox History: August 6Both aching and paining but also ageless, 42-year-old Luke Appling set the MLB mark for total games at shortstop on this day, 74 years ago. 1936 Twelve years before breaking a major-league record (see below), Luke Appling started a 27-game hit streak with a 2-for-5 game in a 9-6 win over at St. Louis in a doubleheader opener. Appling went 1-for-3 in a nightcap win over the Browns, and wou...2023See more articles White Sox stats -
• Today in White Sox History: June 25
Harry Dorish got Waxahachie-Swapped at least twice in his White Sox career, with Billy Pierce. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images It’s another Waxahachie Swap day! 1953 White Sox manager Paul Richards was regarded as one of the smartest people ever to lead a baseball team. With the Sox going for a series sweep of New York and leading 4-2 in the ninth inning, Richards brought in pitch...2023See more articles White Sox stats
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 19
Crime Dog bites the ball | Photo by SPX/Ron Vesely Photography via Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Cy’s 500th, the Farrell brothers go yard, and the reserve clause is challenged, plus other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric loo...2023Check it out Cy Young scores
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• Today in White Sox History: October 9On this day, young White Sox executive Chuck Comiskey made what would go down in history as a brilliant move to restore the fortunes of the franchise: Hiring Frank Lane. | Chicago Sun-Times A big hire, a huge upset — and a sad ending 1906 With flurries in the air, baseball’s third World Series (and first-ever intracity Series in baseball) kicked off at West Side Park. The 116-win Chicago ...2023See more White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: October 8Tim Raines cracks one of his White Sox record-tying four hits, in Game 3 of the 1993 ALCS, on this day 30 years ago. | Set Number: X45090 Wilson Álvarez and Tim Raines reverse the course of the ALCS 1919 The White Sox won again in Cincinnati, narrowing their World Series deficit to four games to three, taking Game 7, 4-1. The Pale Hose were in control from the jump, as Shoeless Joe Jackso...2023Continue with White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: August 19During 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...2023Continue with White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: April 15
Jerry Hairston achieves a rare Day in History two-fer, with two notable achievements in the 1980s. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The best pinch-hitter in White Sox history basks in two of his greatest achievements 1954 The White Sox helped reintroduce Major League Baseball to Baltimore (in front of a crowd of 46,354) for the first time since 1902, as they played the new Baltimo...2023See more articles White Sox
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• Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher, Is Dead at 88
Mr. Pierce, a Chicago White Sox left-hander with a blazing fastball, became one of baseball’s leading pitchers of the 1950s....2015See more White Sox
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• White Sox legend Billy Pierce dies at 88
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• Today in Cubs history: The Lindy McDaniel game
lindymcdaniel.com The Cubs reliever did it all, helping put his team in a first-place tie. 1963 was a watershed year for the Chicago Cubs. The widely-mocked College of Coaches was quietly ended. Bob Kennedy led the team for the entire year, though his title was still given as “head coach,” and the team got off to a surprisingly good start. A good 16-12 May had them in contention, led by tw...2023Read about Chicago Cubs
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• Today in White Sox History: August 17Pablo Ozuna’s leadoff home run on this day, 17 years ago, became one-quarter of an MLB first. You want leadoff homers? We got leadoff homers 1962 The final piece of the Billy Pierce-Eddie Fisher trade (involving six total players) was named, as San Francisco sent pitcher Verle Tiefenthaler to the White Sox. Tiefenthaler would pitch in just three games for the White Sox, making his major l...2023Check it out White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: July 7
Paul Konerko watches the flight of his first of three homers on this day, 14 years ago. | Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Three-homer barrages and All-Star comeuppance are the orders of the day 1931 In a 12-inning game in St. Louis won by the White Sox over the Browns, 10-8, neither team struck out. It remains the longest game ever played in the majors wi...2023Continue with White Sox
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