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 […]
1937Mike Kreevich Bond the MLB record, with four Doubles in four straight batters, in a 9-1 victory in Detroit. The 4-from-6 day of the midfielder, with three points and an RBI, moved its stroke average to .318. Three of his four Doubles came from Tiger’s starting pitcher Tommy Bridges. In his second season as a […]
Many people think that Win -likeliness added (WPA) is a useful statistics. Many coverings, including our own game wrap polls, would like to refer to them. Others think that it is simply something that is conceived in 2008 by a Fangraphs trainee to at least get something on a CV and has little goal for […]
1915White Sox Werster Jim Scott shot a 5-0 shutout over the Philadelphia A’s … and he did it alone 68 minutes! It is the fastest game ever played in Team Annals. He allowed three hits and switched off six. Scott won 24 games that year. 1930 In one of the most brilliant starts in 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 […]
1910White Sox Werster Ed Walsh Disapped the first shutout in the original Comiskey Park, when he staggered Washington 4-0. He only allowed two hits and eliminated 10 in the game. Senators Outfielder William “Wid” Conroy received both hits from Walsh that afternoon. 1932With a 1-0 loss in the second match of a Double Header against […]