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1908<\/strong>
\nWhite Sox starting pitcher Ed Walsh<\/strong> fired two complete games in a doubleheader against the Red Sox. He won both, 5-1 and 2-0, allowing only seven total hits and one walk.<\/p>\n

That season, Walsh would have arguably the greatest pitching year in baseball history, winning 40 games, with an ERA of 1.42. He appeared in 66 games and started 49, with 42 complete games, 11 shutouts, six saves and a mind-boggling 464 innings pitched. Every one of those totals led the major leagues.<\/p>\n

1913<\/strong>
\nSon of Charles Comiskey<\/strong> and future White Sox owner Louis Comiskey<\/strong> married Grace<\/strong>, who will also one day become White Sox owner.<\/p>\n

1917<\/strong>
\nWith a 3-1 win in the second game of a doubleheader in New York, the White Sox won their 100th game of the season. That remains the most wins in a single season in franchise history. Eddie Cicotte<\/strong> picked up the win \u2014 his 28th of the year.<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong>
\nWith the Sox trailing Cleveland by only a half-game with 10 days left in the season, and pitcher Eddie Cicotte <\/strong>and outfielder Joe Jackson<\/strong> confessing (without an attorney present) that they helped throw the 1919 World Series, Charles Comiskey<\/strong> suspended eight players. To no one\u2019s surprise, the shorthanded White Sox collapsed down the stretch, losing two of their final three games to the St. Louis Browns and blowing a chance at back-to-back pennants. The White Sox finished two games behind Cleveland, ending up at 96-58.<\/p>\n

1921<\/strong>
\nOne of the \u201cclean\u201d White Sox in 1919, pitcher Dickey Kerr<\/strong>, was honored with a Day at Comiskey Park. Kerr then went out and fired one of his best games, blanking Cleveland on six hits and winning, 5-0, for his 19th win. The win was extra-special, as it spoiled Cleveland\u2019s chances at a second straight pennant.<\/p>\n

Kerr was gifted a 52-piece silverware set in a mahogany chest.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong>
\nThe White Sox still had a chance for the pennant \u2014 before they lost 1-0 to the Senators. The only run was set up when first baseman Tommy McCraw <\/strong>wasn\u2019t able to catch a pop-up off the bat of Washington\u2019s Fred Valentine in the first inning. NBC-TV had erected a barrier for their field-level cameras in case the World Series came to Comiskey Park, and Valentine\u2019s pop fell into that enclosed area near the visitor\u2019s dugout. Valentine then singled, driving in the game\u2019s only run. Two errors by the Sox in that first inning led to the unearned run.<\/p>\n

Despite being eliminated from pennant contention on this day, the season marked the 17th straight year that the Sox finished better than .500, at 89-73.<\/p>\n

1990<\/strong>
\nThe last night game ever played at the original Comiskey Park was won by the White Sox, 5-2. Frank Thomas<\/strong> slapped a two-run single up the middle off of Mariners starter Matt Young to drive in the go-ahead runs in the seventh inning.<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong>
\nThe White Sox beat the Tigers in Detroit, 4-2, clinching the Central Division title. Carl Everett<\/strong>\u2019s two-run triple in the first inning gave the Sox a lead they never relinquished, and Paul Konerko<\/strong> hit his 40th home run later in the game.<\/p>\n

The Sox would end up with 99 regular season wins, and led the division every day of the season \u2014 one of the few teams to go wire-to-wire in baseball history.<\/p>\n

The Sox then blitzed through the postseason, going 11-1 on their way to the World Championship. They swept Houston in four games to get it.<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong>
\nWhite Sox shortstop Alexei Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> set a major league rookie record and tied Albert Belle <\/strong>for team record when he hit his fourth grand slam of the season in an 8-2 win over the Tigers. The home run, which broke a 2-2 tie, would also set the franchise record for most grand slams (12) in a year. It also marked the moment that Alexei\u2019s \u201chomer hands\u201d were born.<\/p>\n

The grand slam came in the middle game of a three-game, must-win set against Cleveland, Detroit and Minnesota on consecutive days to win the AL Central. Gavin Floyd <\/strong>earned this win, pitching on three days\u2019 rest, forcing a Game 163 for the first and only time in White Sox history.<\/p>\n

\n

larry looked back on this day in greater detail for South Side Sox, back in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2019<\/strong>
\nDespite going 0-for-2 in his final game of the season, White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson<\/strong> won the American League batting title with a .335 average. That average not only was the best in the league, but best in all of baseball. Anderson joined Luke Appling<\/strong> and Frank Thomas<\/strong> as the only White Sox to win a batting crown.<\/p>\n

In the same game, Sox first baseman\/DH Jos\u00e9 Abreu <\/strong>took the American League RBI title, as he drove in 123 runs on the year. He also had a .284 batting average and 33 home runs. He joined Dick Allen<\/strong> as the only Sox players to lead the league in RBIs. Abreu would win the RBI title again in 2020, during the 60-game pandemic season.<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>
\nThe White Sox played in their first postseason game since 2008, facing the Athletics in the Oakland Coliseum, and it was a memorable afternoon for Lucas Giolito<\/strong>. The All-Star righthander, who had thrown a no-hitter on August 25, was perfect for the first six innings, as the Sox won the first game of the Wild Card series, 4-1. Giolito allowed only two hits, striking out eight, in seven innings. He got support from three home runs (Adam Engel<\/strong>, Jos\u00e9 Abreu, Yasmani Grandal<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this would be the highlight of the series for the White Sox, as the team lost the next two games, including a 3-0 lead in the deciding Game 3, to be knocked out by a team that had lost nine consecutive elimination games dating back to 1973.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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