1919
The White Sox won again in Cincinnati, narrowing their World Series deficit to four games to three, taking Game 7, 4-1. The Pale Hose were in control from the jump, as Shoeless Joe Jackson had RBI singles in the first and third innings, and Happy Felsch knocked in two with a single in the fifth. Eddie Cicotte went the distance and got his first win of the Series; despite being a member of the Black Sox conspiracy, Cicotte finished his work against the Reds with a 2.91 ERA.
1926
Ted Blankenship tossed a 3-0 shutout to lift the White Sox to a 4-3 win over the Cubs in the City Series. The win gave the South Siders an overall advantage in City Series at that point, 11-5-1 — and the White Sox advantage would only increase in the coming years.
1959
The Dodgers clobbered Early Wynn and Dick Donovan in the third and fourth innings, jumping out to an 8-2 lead to fuel a 9-3 triumph in Game 6 of the World Series and be crowned champions. Chuck Essegian clubbed his second pinch-hit homer of the Series as a ninth-inning insurance run, making him the first player in history to have two pinch-hit homers in the same World Series.
1983
With the White Sox down two games to one in the ALCS, Jerry Dybzinski overran second base after a single by Julio Cruz in the seventh inning of a scoreless game at Comiskey Park. In the ensuing rundown Vance Law, who was on base in front of Dybzinski, was thrown out trying to score what would have been the go-ahead run.
The Sox wound up losing the game and the series on a home run by Baltimore’s Tito Landrum in the 10th inning. The final score was 3-0, spoiling a masterful performance by Sox pitcher Britt Burns, who went the distance and struck out eight. Landrum’s homer came on Burns’ 150th pitch of the game.
1993
With the White Sox down two games to none in the ALCS, Wilson Álvarez pitched a gem and beat the Blue Jays, 6-1. The Sox scored five runs in the third inning, which gave Álvarez some breathing room. The complete game victory was badly needed, and gave Sox fans a reason to keep hoping. Álvarez gave up seven hits and struck out six.
Also in the game, Tim Raines went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored, marking just the third time in history (and first in 93 years) a White Sox player had four hits in a postseason game.
2021
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson was a prime-time player, and it showed in his first five postseason games. When Anderson got three hits in the White Sox a 9-4 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of the ALDS, that outburst gave him 13 hits in the first five playoff games of his career, dating back to the 2020 playoff series against the Athletics.
The 13 hits set the major league record, and also tied the record for the most hits in any five-game span in postseason history.
Anderson then added three more hits in Chicago’s 12-6 Game 3 win two days later, giving him 16 in six postseason games — the most ever by a player in a six-game postseason span.
