In a three-year big-league career, Chicago White Sox rookie right…
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The Chicago White Sox were in unusual territory. Not since the…
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After a 40-year drought, the Chicago White Sox clinched the American…
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A swarm of excited White Sox fans converged on the South Side…
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In December 1957 the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians…
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On July 17, 1989, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox…
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After 80 years in the same home on the South Side of Chicago,…
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The expression “wait ’til next year” permeates baseball.…
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For the Chicago White Sox and their fans, the zany summer of…
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Baseball fever found its way to Comiskey Park on October 7, 1983,…
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“It was a new pitching motion that did it for me,” explained…
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Mention the name of Billy Pierce and smiles cross the faces of…
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After Ted Williams belted three home runs in a game for the first…
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When the Yankees took the field at Comiskey Park on Chicago’s…
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When Chicago White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman shut out the Detroit…
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In late June of 1978 baseball historian Eugene Converse Murdock…
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Game Five of the 1917 World Series was back in Chicago and the…
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With 29 wins under his belt, Chicago White Sox ace Eddie Cicotte…
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The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians experienced completely…
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May 24, 1929: Ted Lyons hurls 21-inning complete game in epic struggle
July 6, 1933: A Dream Realized: Comiskey Park hosts first All-Star Game; Babe Ruth homers
June 22, 1938: Hank Steinbacher records perfect 6-for-6 day with White Sox
August 31, 1935: In first full season, Vern Kennedy throws no-hitter for White Sox
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October 1, 1959: White Sox clobber Dodgers in World Series opener
October 2, 1959: Dodgers’ clutch homers sink White Sox in Game 2
May 1, 1959: Early Wynn homers late, throws one-hitter for White Sox
July 17, 1989: Carlton Fisk records 2,000th career hit
September 30, 1990: ‘Farewell, old beauty’: White Sox say goodbye to Comiskey Park
July 1, 1985: Comiskey Park marks its diamond anniversary
October 8, 1983: Orioles clinch AL pennant in final postseason game at Comiskey Park
October 7, 1983: White Sox routed in first playoff game on South Side in 24 years
Gordon, Arenado win 2020 Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards, presented by SABR
This Week in SABR: November 6, 2020
August 20, 1957: Bob Keegan uses new motion to toss no-hitter at Comiskey Park
June 8, 1957: Billy Pierce’s gem extends White Sox lead
May 8, 1957: Ted Williams smashes three home runs in the Windy City
September 18, 1956: Mickey Mantle belts 50th homer as Yankees clinch AL pennant
August 13, 1954: 16 is magic number again for Jack Harshman in shutout duel
May 29, 1925: Syl Johnson, Bibb Falk, and the line drive that changed history
October 13, 1917: White Sox’s big push brings bedlam in Game 5 comeback
September 24, 1919: White Sox clinch AL pennant on Shoeless Joe Jackson walk-off single
June 22, 1921: Harry Hooper homers twice at Comiskey Park, first White Sox batter to do so