1950In just the fourth transaction ever between the two crosstown teams, the White Sox acquired Herman Reich from the Cubs. Reich was coming off what looked like a very solid season on paper for the Ivy Bumblers, slashing .280/.305/.360 over 108 games. However, in an offensive season of 1949, those numbers were actually sub-par. Reich […]
1913Future White Sox owner Arthur Allyn was born in Chicago. By purchasing Bill Veeck‘s stake in the team in 1961, combined with buying out the founder Charles Comiskeyhis grandson, ChuckAllyn was the end point of all Comiskey involvement with the White Sox franchise. Allyn didn’t care much for baseball and bought the club mainly because […]
1946Two almost-teammates with the White Sox in the 1970s, Cy Acosta And Rich McKinneywere born. A native of Piqua, Ohio, McKinney was selected No. 14 overall by the White Sox in 1968 and made the Majors in 1970. He played third, short, second and right field in a brief two-season career on the South Side […]