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• Today in White Sox History: June 15On this day 47 years ago, Steve Stone pitched eight innings that capped the 17th White Sox win in 19 games. | Barb Urbanek Steve Stone gets the 1978 club razor-close to .500 1950 It was only the beginning for him: White Sox pitcher Billy Pierce threw a one-hitter, the first of the four he’d have in his career. Pierce shut down the Yankees at Comiskey Park, 5-0. The only Yankees hit that af...2025Visit the page White Sox breaking news -
• Today in White Sox History: June 10On this day 46 years ago, Chet Lemon’s four hits led a 21-hit, 13-run assault on Milwaukee. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images The South Side Hit Men return two years later, for a day 1952 White Sox outfielder Sam Mele set the franchise record with six RBIs in one inning. In the fourth inning of a game at Philadelphia, Mele hit a three-run homer, then batted again and knocked in thr...2025Continue with White Sox breaking news today -
• Today in White Sox History: June 9On this day 44 years ago, Wayne Nordhagen hit an inside-the-park home run that was bizarre in numerous ways. | Kellogg’s Inside-the-park home run kismet 1947 In a game at Comiskey Park against the Yankees, a fan held up the contest for nearly an hour while he argued a call with one of the umpires. That’s right ... a fan! The Sox would eventually win the game, 9-8, in 10 innings, scoring s...2025Check it out White Sox breaking news today -
• Today in White Sox History: May 21On this day 82 years ago, Johnny Humphries was the pitching and hitting hero of the fastest nine-inning game in White Sox history. | George Burke This 1943 win was over in a blink of an eye 1905 Frank Smith tossed a one-hitter, the first of his career and fifth in White Sox history. The proceedings didn’t begin as a Smith masterpiece, as the righty actually trailed in the game after walki...2025See more articles White Sox -
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Former outfielder Chet Lemon died Thursday. He was summed up well in this 1984 Spark Anderson quote: “After watching Chester the last several years, I have to say without a doubt, he’s the best center fielder I’ve seen in my 31 years in the game,” Anderson said in 1984. “Chester is a Pete Rose type. […]...2025Visit the page Pete Rose headline news
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• Chet Lemon Q&ASteve Snowden/Getty Images Our historian, Mark Liptak, shares his 2004 conversation with the star center fielder With news of Chet Lemon’s passing on Thursday, our Mark Liptak was in touch quickly from the road, taking time out of his broadcasting work to share his interview with Chet from 2004. It follows here, in edited form. Chet Lemon is another one of those very good White Sox playe...2025See also Mark Liptak breaking news
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 9, 2025One, two, three, four, five, SIX wins in a row! | Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images One, two, three, four, five... SIX WINS IN A ROW! Anne Rogers penned a touching Mother's Day story about Daniel Lynch, thinking back on his mother now that he’s recently become a parent: Jolie Saunders Lynch died on Sept. 7, 2012, at 43 years old after a ...2025See more Anne Rogers availability report -
• Outside The Confines: The Pirates make Derek Shelton walk the plankPhoto by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Guess someone had to take the blame. It’s Friday and the Pirates have decided that they have figured out who is to blame for their rough season start, and the person they’ve fixated on is manager Derek Shelton. Managers are typically the ones to take the blame when a team is on a downward slide, but this is hardly the first time the Pirates have had a...2025Check it out Derek Shelton injury report -
• The Game I’ll Never Forget: Chet LemonSole Star: Potent with the glove and bat, Lemon was a two-time All-Star on the South Side. | Bettmann Archive An, er, active day on defense sent an all-time great out to center field [On the occasion of Chet Lemon’s passing today, we are reprinting his entertaining story of transforming into a record-breaking center fielder. This piece originally ran at South Side Sox in 2018.] *** Chet Le...2025See more Bettmann Archive injury -
• Today in White Sox History: April 7On 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...2025Read about White Sox -
• Today in White Sox History: September 2Luis Aparicio (No. 11, sliding into third) and the White Sox could not be stopped during a robust fifth inning of a doubleheader sweep on this day, 65 years ago. | Set Number: X6051 The Go-Go club can’t stop scoring 1918 In a season-ending doubleheader (the 1918 season ended early because of World War I) at Detroit, Buck Weaver rapped out eight hits in 10 at-bats. The Sox would lose the ga...2024Click for news about White Sox injury update -
• 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 ...2024Visit the page Jack McDowell injury update -
• Today in White Sox History: September 2Buck Weaver ended the 1918 season with a bang, rapping out eight hits in a doubleheader finale 105 years ago today. Another big doubleheader for a South Side hitter 1918 In a season-ending doubleheader (the 1918 season ended early because of World War I) at Detroit, Buck Weaver rapped out eight hits in 10 at-bats. The Sox would lose the games, 11-5 and 7-3. Weaver went 5-for-5 in the firs...2023Visit the page White Sox injury report -
• Baseball history unpacked, July 10
Happy birthday, Sergio Alcantara! | Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Sergio Alcantara and Andre Dawson. RIP Jim Bouton. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty ...2023Visit the page Sergio Alcantara injury update
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"Chet Lemon, a three-time All Star and World Series champion with the 1984 Detroit Tigers, has died at the age of 70." - 2024
"This time, the southpaw finished in a tie for sixth with only about 4% better polling; Sale joins Chet Lemon and Eddie Cicotte as the players on deck for enshrinement in the next election." - 2023
"After Valenzuela whiffs Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George Brett in the fourth inning, Gooden, the youngest All-Star ever at age 19, fans Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and Alvin Davis in the fifth." - 2022
"1981 It was a move criticized at the time, as White Sox GM Roland Hemond sent outfielder Chet Lemon to the Tigers for outfielder Steve Kemp." - 2021
"Plus era committee bias, Spencer Strider's slider, a Chet Lemon-Joe Mauer comp, facts and stats galore, and more." - 2016
"Chet Lemon was patrolling center field at old Tiger Stadium 32 years ago, making dazzling plays as the Tigers won the 1984 World Series."
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• Today in White Sox History: June 15
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• Chet Lemon: 1955-2025An all-time White Sox great succumbs after relentless health challenges A tough day that most of knew was on the horizon finally came, as baseball great and former Chicago White Sox star center fielder Chet Lemon passed away today at his home in Apopka, Fla. “He was sleeping on his reclining sofa,” Gigi, his wife, told the Detroit Free Press. “He just wasn’t responsive.” Lemon suffered a seeming e...2025See more articles White Sox -
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• Today in White Sox History: February 12On this day 44 years ago, Marc Hill arrived on the South Side — and ended up as Carlton Fisk’s backup for the next six seasons. | Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images Booter comes a-callin’ 1955 Chet Lemon, who would become the best defensive center fielder in White Sox history, was born in Jackson, Miss. Moving to Los Angeles at a young age, Lemon played youth baseball with Hall-of-Fame...2025Visit the page White Sox salary -
• Today in White Sox History: December 14Jim Delsing saw just a short stint on the South Side before being shipped away on this day, 76 years ago. | Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images A minor swap with New York that turned out about as even as can be 1948 The White Sox dealt young center fielder Jim Delsing to the Yankees for first baseman-left fielder Bud Souchock. And by any account the deal was a draw between 0.1 WAR players...2024See more White Sox salary rumors
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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...2024See more Jack McDowell scores -
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 14
I still have no idea what this team is doing 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. Oh, South Side Sox friends, it’s been a week. The Pale Hose went 3-4 since t...2023See also SSS Summary scores
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Old news moves slowly. Over my many years as a baseball, and sports fan, I’ve accumulated an alarmingly large collection of memorabilia and other stuff. My children have other interests, so I’ve began to sell off and give away some items to reduce my hoard to a more manageable level. Going through my pile has given me a chance to re-examine things I haven’t seen in decades. For those of you who gr...2023See more articles Baseball Digest stats
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• Sunday Notes: Graham Spraker Was a Breakout Blue Jay in Double-A
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• Outside The Confines: A happy reunionJunfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK The ‘84 Tigers celebrate an anniversary and Chet Lemon makes it there. The ‘62 Mets react to the ‘24 White Sox. Winners and losers from the Trade Deadline. And other news from around MLB. Chet Lemon may not be in the Hall of Fame, but he’s certainly a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of the Very Good. Jeff Seidel writes of former Tigers and White Sox grea...2024See also White Sox -
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• Honored by Tigers, Lemon reflects on 1984 season
Chet Lemon was patrolling center field at old Tiger Stadium 32 years ago, making dazzling plays as the Tigers won the 1984 World Series. Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park, he was honored with the Willie Horton African-American Legacy Award before the Tigers' 5-2 win over the rival White Sox....2016Continue with World Series
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• Lemon, WS champ and 3-time All-Star, dies at 70
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• Chet Lemon, 1984 Tigers World Series champion, dies at 70: 'The kindest of men'The Tigers remembered Lemon for "his biggest impact" off of the baseball field...2025See more articles World Series -
• Chet Lemon, three-time All-Star and World Series champion, dead at 70Chet Lemon, 16-year MLB veteran and 1984 World Series champion, passed away on Thursday at 70 years old....2025Check it out World Series -
• Chet Lemon Passes Away
Former White Sox and Tigers great Chet Lemon has passed away at the age of 70, per an obituary from Jeff Seidel of the Detroit Free Press. A specific cause of death wasn’t listed but Lemon’s ongoing health problems have been previously documented. He was diagnosed with polycythemia vera, a rare blood disorder, while still…...2025See also White Sox
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• Royals Rumblings - News for September 2, 2024Photo by Kyle Rivas/MLB Photos via Getty Images Happy Labor Day! The Royals were frustrated after a sweep in Houston, writes Jaylon Thompson. “The whole series was frustrating,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We didn’t come out of here with any wins. That’s what we play for, is to win every day. So, it stinks.” Cole Ragans tied a club record with eight consecutive strikeouts, but stil...2024Check it out MLB Photos -
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