1899
The new American League was formed in Chicago. The city did not have a team in the league at the time, but soon acquired the St. Paul, Minnesota franchise along with its player/manager, Charles Comiskey. They settled on the South Side at the 39th Street Grounds, at 39th and Princeton.
1906
By winning their second road game of the Fall Classic, the White Sox defeated the Cubs3-0, to resume a World series lead, two games to one. Ed Walsh eliminated the Cubs with a 12-K two-hitter.
The White Sox managed only four hits off Jack Pfiester, but one of them was a bases-clearing triple with two outs in the top of the sixth inning. George area that was good for all three points in the match. Walsh walked to start the sixth inning and came around to score what would end up being the decisive first run of the game.
The unremarkable Rohe (1.0 WAR in 77 games for the White Sox in 1906) got off to an excellent start in the Series, going 2-for-9 with two triples, a run, three RBIs, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in three games; he would also go 5-for-12 over the next three games. By today’s voting standards, Rohe would have had a shot at World Series MVP if that award had existed in 1906.
1917
The Giants tied the World Series with their second straight shutout against the White Sox, 5-0. Red Faber was rolled up (relatively, in 1917 Sox parlance, at least) for three runs in seven innings and took the loss.
However, things were about to take a turn for Faber and the White Sox, as he would take the next two games into account – and earn wins in both games!
1987
The White Sox hired possibly the best pitching coach in franchise history, Don Cooperfor Low-A South Bend Silver Hawks. He had moved up to the High-A Sarasota White Sox in 1989 and to the Double-A Birmingham Barons in 1992. Cooper moved up to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds in 1995 and remained there for two years, although before and after that he was named pitching coordinator for all of Chicago’s minor leagues.
In July 2002, in his 15th year with the White Sox, Cooper moved to the South Side as the club’s pitching coach – a job he held through the 2020 season.
Matt Thornton is probably Cooper’s first real success story, but his ability to help struggling poor spawned the “Coop’ll Fix ‘Em” mantra, which was repeated throughout his two decades at the helm. Other notable success stories for Cooper include Esteban Loaiza, Edwin Jackson, José Quintana, Bobby Jenks And Philip Humberamong many others.
1991
White Sox manager Jeff Torborg – who was named Manager of the Year for 1990 – resigned to take a job as manager of the New York Mets.
It was a strange move, and the real reason for it wasn’t revealed until years later: Torborg told individuals and gave examples of how White Sox GM Ron’s shells forced him to leave because he wanted to hire his own man – Gene Lamont.
2005
The White Sox started their third-ever ALCS on a disappointing note, trailing throughout and losing to the Angels 3-2 at home. Jose Contreras went 8 ½ innings and generally outscored opponent Paul Byrd, who picked up the win. The only extra-base hit of seven total hits was one Joe believes home run in the third inning.
Although the Angels taking away home field advantage felt like a major blow at the time, it would be the only White Sox loss of the entire postseason. And with Contreras getting all but two outs and Chicago romping through the next four complete games, Neal Cotts ending the game in the ninth would be the only relief appearance in the series.
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