1920
The White Sox knocked off first-place Cleveland, capping a key series win to climb within a half-game of first place. Shoeless Joe Jackson raised his average to .387 with two doubles and a home run in the 5-1 win.

The White Sox would to on to win three of five to end the season, but prior to the final three games of the season the Black Sox players were suspended, leaving Chicago shorthanded in the stretch. Strangely, the Sox were not helped by having three (scheduled!) days off at the end of September, as they dropped two of three to end the season in St. Louis.

Meanwhile Cleveland took six of eight and won the pennant by two games.

1965
The White Sox set the franchise record by hitting their 15th consecutive solo home run.

The streak started at Baltimore on September 2, in the second game of a doubleheader, when Johnny Romano homered. The run continued until a game on this date was played in New York. Pitcher Tommy John hit the last home run in the streak.

The breakdown saw Ken Berry with five solo home runs, Don Buford, Romano and Pete Ward with a pair each and John, Floyd Robinson, Moose Skowron and Bill Voss with one solo home run.

The Sox would tie this rather odd record in 2016.

1970
He went 0-for-4 in the game, but in the process Luis Aparicio passed Luke Appling with this 2,219th game played at shortstop, a major league record. The 5-1 win the the opener of a doubleheader against Milwaukee is also the final game Aparicio would ever play for the White Sox.

1980
With an eighth-inning rally capping a 6-4 win in Oakland, the White Sox handed Brian Kingman his 20th loss of the season. The righthander dropped to 7-20, and by finishing 8-20 on the season he became not only the final 20-game loser of the 20th Century but the only pitcher ever to lose 20 games for a winning team (Oakland finished 83-79.

This was one of just two relief appearances for Kingman in 1980, and it’s ironic he was saddled with such a momentous loss out of the bullpen.

2015
The White Sox beat the Yankees in New York, 5-2, for the franchise’s 9,000th win. Carlos Rodón went six innings, allowing two runs, to get the win. David Robertson closed it out for his 32nd save. Mike Olt and Gordon Beckham hit solo home runs for the White Sox.

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