1887Two small players for the White Sox who just missed who play together on the same South Side team were born on this day. Left outfielder Finners Quinlanwho played for the White Sox in 1915, was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Further east in Indianapolis, 1911 short stop Roy Korhan arrived. Corhan had the better career, […]
1905The White Sox lost the pennant on the penultimate day of the season when Werper Doc White Could not beat the lower nourishing St. Louis Brown. Wit and the SOX lost, 6-2, and handed the flag to the Philadelphia Athletics. The SOX would finish two games from the pace the season. That year they had […]
1901While the most wonderful team that introduced the big competitions this year, the White Sox still couldn’t prevent a big controversy before the summer was out. Two SOX players were suspended after attacking referee Jack Haskell in the fourth inning of an 8-0 loss in Washington. When the third Honkman Bill Coughlin Senators took a […]
1936Twelve years before he breaks a Major-League record (see below), Luke Appling Started a 27-game hit streak with a 2-out-5 match in a 9-6 victory over St. Louis in a Double Header opener. Appling went 1-out-3 in a sleeping cap victory on the BrownAnd would not stop the rest of August. Appling’s line was broken […]