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1919A day after she sold Babe Ruth to the Yankeescash-strapped Boston owner Harry Frazee could promise no further cuts to his roster. (The Red Sox were coming off a 66-71-1 season, but were just a year removed from a World series title.) Frazee made one exception: Superstar outfielder Harry Hooper stayed put. That promise lasted […]
1890Harry Grabinerthe White Sox’s first and longest-serving general manager, was born in Chicago. He was an employee of the team for forty years and literally rose from peanut salesman to vice president. Grabiner served under three Comiskey owners: Karel, J. LouisAnd Elegance. Back then, “general manager” wasn’t really a standalone position, so Grabiner was the […]
1927Nellie Vos – the second-best second baseman, fourth-best hitter and 11th-best player in White Sox history by WAR (47.4) – was born in St. Thomas, Pennsylvania. While certainly more in line with the players of his era, Fox was an undersized 5’9″, who achieved his stardom with the grit that came to personify the Go-Go […]
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 […]
There was still plenty of laughter around Rate Field after Munetaka Murakami’s signing as the White Sox hung another, much smaller ornament on the tree. While most front offices went into inactive mode leading up to the holidays, Chris Getz stayed on top of things. On Tuesday morning, all that energy coalesced into more activity: […]
1914Clarence ‘Pants’ Rowland was named White Sox manager, replacing him Jimmy Callahan after a 70-84-3 season in sixth place in 1914. Rowland, who got his nickname because he wore oversized pants during his minor league playing days, had been a minor league captain for about a decade, without any particular distinction. It was somewhat of […]
1914Charles Comiskey paid to keep an opposing star pitcher in the American League? The White Sox owner feared that Walter Johnson would jump from the Washington Senators of the AL to the Chifeds (Chicago Whales) of the new Federal League and create a second legitimate rival for Chicago fan dollars beyond the borders of the […]
1931The White Sox changed outfielders Carl Reynolds And John Kerr to Washington for second baseman Jackie Hayes and jars Bump Hadley And Sam Jones. Hayes played the remainder of his days with the White Sox, compiling 6.1 WAR over nine seasons, with real standout campaigns in 1933 and 1936. “Sad Sam” also finished his career […]
1937It was a deal that was met with outrage from Detroit fans, as the Tigers sent an outfielder Gee Walkercatcher Mike Three and third baseman Marv Owen to the White Sox as starting pitcher Vern Kennedyoutfielder Dixie Walker and third baseman Tony Pete. Dixie was still a promising youngster, but only put up 2.8 total […]
