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1923The man who would later be nicknamed ‘Moose’ Walt dropswas born in Moosup, Conn. Dropo would grow to 6’5″, 220 pounds (gigantic for the time, still quite big today!), earning the double meaning of his nickname. He came to the White Sox in time for the 1955 season, as part of a Frank Lane attempt […]
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 […]
1923Although the team did not strive for the pennant, the White Sox made a late move that would have great consequences in the short and long term: Fielder Koopcentrum Maurice Archdeacon From the Double-A Rochester tribe in the International League, for the impressive sum of $ 50,000. The Speedster hit him .357 for the tribe […]
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 […]
1923In a competition in Comiskey Park, White Sox Pitcher Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston Threw an impeccable collection of relief (the side of only nine pitches) versus the Philadelphia Athletics. Thurston’s spotless inning came in the 12th and mowing Frank “Beauty” McGowan, Clarence “Chick” Galloway and Sam Hale. Thurston only became the fifth pitcher in MLB history […]
