Today in the history of White Sox: August 23

1906
The 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 World Series Crown over the Crosstown Cubs. During the run, the White Sox Boston beat six times, Philadelphia five times, seven times seven times and Washington ever.

When the streak started on August 2, the SOX 7 was 1⁄2 games behind Philadelphia, and when it ended in Washington on 25 August, Chicago was in the first place with four games on the As.

1940
While blurry vision, and with leg balls that are unbridled, white SOX Second Honkman Jackie Hayes Prototype protection made (in fact an earflap), to become the first MLB settlement that is wearing a batting helmet.

Hayes was able to play in just nine games (usually as a late game defensive replacement) before August 21, when he started and spent his first complete game of the season. In his next start, on this day, Hayes 1-out-7 with two strikeouts in Chicago’s 3-2 loss in 13 innings in Washington. He played in seven more games in 1940, with six starts and ended the last year of his career with an average of .195 and .476 Ops.

In his nine seasons on the south side, Hayes earned 6.1 war with a .672 career.

1956
Nellie Fox Had the day before the White Sox, with seven straight hits in a Doublehead Sweep in New York. Nellie had a single to center in the first inning, an RBI single to left in the second to put the White Sox up 3-0, a single to center in the fourth, an RBI single to enter in the sixth to put the White Sox up 5-2, and a two-RBI triple to right field in the eighth to put the White Sox up 8-2 in An possible 8-3 win. Fox also wiped two bases in the game.

Even at the end of August, Fox’s 5-from-5 Flurry raised its strike average seven points, to .312. All five of the hits in the opener were rid of losing pitch Don Larsen. Six weeks later, Larsen would throw the only perfect game in the history of the World Series.

In the sleeping cap, Fox remained called, with singles to center in both the first and the second innings, giving him seven consecutive hits in what would end as a 2-out-5 match.

The great performance of Fox actually ended at eight consecutive hits in general, because he had ended the previous game (a loss for Boston on August 22) with a single in the ninth inning.

1958
Nellie Fox Tinkle up again, with another memorable achievement.

On this day, FOX came out, in the first inning of a 7-1 victory in Yankee Stadium, USA. Whitey Ford. Now you may realize that the White Sox Second Baseeman was about as difficult to whistle as every player ever got on the record. But this was something else: Fox had gone 98 games without a strikeout, in the process that established a Major League marker.

The streak started on May 17, in a 3-2 victory over Cleveland. He registered 451 plate performances and 356 official AT-Bats during those 98 games, so that the White Sox led to a record of 54-43.

What is interesting is that Fox sold out for contact, if that indeed as what he did, did not really help him in 1958. His Babip was only .292 during the streak, his stroke average itself .293. His Slappy style meant that 98 out of 116 hits were singles, and in fact his strike average fell quickly when he made consistent contact, from .367 on 17 May to .308. Pure Luck may also have played a role in the success of Fox in the early season, because the second loot was a .383 Babip to feed that average of .367.

In 1958 FOX was the 1951 season with the lowest K speed (1.6%) of his career. His entire career was 2.1%, at a time when players had three times a lot of time.

Or, in other words, FOX Piece 216 times in his 21-year career; White Sox 21st Century Hitters Adam Dunn (222 in 2012) and Yoan Moncada (217 in 2018) sprayed more than Fox’s career mark in one season.

1972
White Sox Slugger Dick Allen History written again. He hit a throw from the Yankees’Lindy McDaniel in midfield bleachers, directly under the scoreboard in Comiskey Park, and becomes the first SOX player (and the fourth player in general) who ever does this. It came in the seventh inning with a man at the base.

White SOX -broadcaster Harry Caray, Who broadcast the game of the stands, almost caught the ball into the fishing net that he kept with him for such an occasion. The SOX won, 5-2.

1982
The White Sox has taken over Reliever Jim Kern In an exemption wire trade with Cincinnati, who later sends players Leo Garcia and Wade Rowdon to the Reds on 7 September. Kern took three saves, but was generally mediocre for the White Sox in the Stretchrun. And his first game of 1983, the Righty ran a serious arm injury that loved him from the rest of the legendary season of Chicago.

The White Sox released Kern at the start of spring training in 1984, and he would throw in just 49 games for three seasons afterwards.

1983
Manager Tony La Russa moved Mike Squires (Normally a first base man) Until the third base in the eighth inning of a 10-2 loss for the royals. Squires was left -handed! It was the first time in at least 50 years that a left hover had played that position in a Major League match. Squires faced three batters of that place without handling the opportunities. Twice Mike also played left -handed catcher for a collection.

During the seasons of 1983 and 1984, Squires was moved a total of 14 times over 38 innings to third base, most ever for a left hover in the history of the great competition. His career field percentage in the hot corner: 1,000, with 12 chances.

1985
The performance is a little less remarkable because they came after the home plate 11 feet was moved before the 1983 season, but two milestone home runs were colored on the same day.

In a 6-3 Double Header opener loss to Toronto, Harold Baines District the fourth inning with a home run over the roof of the right field. Then, in the sleeping cap, George Bell A three-run, midfield grandstands shot in the seventh inning from AF Dave Wehrmeister To make a 6-3 game in a blue Jays-outburst. Bell’s explosion was the seventh and last home run in midfield stands in the history of Comiskey Park.

The next day Bell would also put a Homer about the Comiskey roof.

2002
White Sox Third Honkman Joe believes Press the 1,000th Thuis Run in the new Comiskey Park (now guaranteed tariff field), when he stopped one on the chairs of the former SOX world Tanyon Sturtze During an 8-2 loss for the devil rays. The Homer came in the ninth inning.

2005
In an unbearable game in Minnesota, Chicagos Freddy García Threw a complete game one-hitter and lost, 1-0. The only mistake he made was to allow a home run to Jacque Jones who led the eighth inning.

García and Richard Dotson (1983) are the only two pitchers in the history of White Sox who throw and lose complete game One-Hitters.

2011
White Sox First Honkman Paul KonerkoA mainstay for the team since he was taken over in an exchange before the start of the 1999 season, collected his 2,000th career hit in a 5-4 loss for the Anaheim Anaheim. The hit was a single that the game tied, 4-4. All except 48 from Konerko’s 2,000 hits had come with the White Sox; He would end with 2,340 hits during his 18-year career.