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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 […]
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 […]
1906Future white SOX star and Hall-of-Famer Eddie Collins made his MLB debut, against the White Sox – as Eddie Sullivan! Collins played Semipro Baseball while he still went to Yale University, so he played under the name ‘Sullivan’. But Connie Mack loved what he saw from the young Infielder and signed him up for his […]
1906The SOX defeated Washington 4-1, for their 19th consecutive victory, a franchise record that still stands. Roy Patterson took the victory. It eventually became (bound for) the longest American League -winning series of the 20th century. This was the streak that pushed the SOX into a position to take the Al -Wimpel and finally the […]
