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THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JULY 18TH For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1936: Rip Radcliff became the first White Sox player to collect six hits in a game in a 21-14 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader in Philadelphia. In the highest scoring game in league history, Radcliff was 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles in becoming the 20th American Leaguer to accomplish the feat. Clint Brown got the victory in what was the highest scoring game in franchise history at the time. The Sox won the opener 7-4. 1939: White Sox owner J. Louis Comiskey, the son of the “Old Roman,” died at the age of 56 at the family’s resort in Eagle River, Wisconsin. 1941: The White Sox denied Lefty Grove his 300th win by defeating the Red Sox 4-3 in 10 innings. 1948: Pat Seerey set a White Sox record with four home runs in a 12-11 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Philadelphia. Three of Seerey’s homers were consecutive in the 11-inning affair. Seerey was the first American Leaguer to hit four homers in a game since Lou Gehrig accomplished the feat June 3, 1932. The feat wouldn’t be accomplished again until June 10, 1959 when Rocky Colavito launched four homers in a row. 1987: Jim Winn struck out Joe Carter to save the White Sox 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before a Fireworks Night crowd of 21,866 at Comiskey Park. Winn entered the game in relief of Bobby Thigpen with runners on first and third. Winn's strikeout of Carter secured him his first save of the season. Thigpen got the win over knuckleballer Tom Candiotti with 3.1 shutout innings of relief. The victory was the second in a three-game sweep of the Tribe. 1995: Jim Abbott and Dave Righetti helped the White Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Yankees in New York. Abbott went the distance in the White Sox 9-4 win in the first game. In the sixth inning, Tim Raines set an American League record by swiping his 37th consecutive base. Righetti started the nightcap and netted his first win in two years in the Sox 11-4 victory. Righetti, who was called up before the game, allowed four runs in 6.2 innings for his first victory since April 20, 1993. The Sox ripped Jack McDowell for 13 hits and nine runs in 4.2 innings. After being pulled, McDowell gave the finger to the unruly crowd thus dubbing “Black Jack” the “Yankee Flipper.”

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 14TH www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1979: Claudell Washington hit three homers in the Whit Sox 12-4 win over the Tigers before 23,877 at Comiskey Park. Washington’s three homers were the most by a Sox player in a game since Bill Melton went deep three times on June 24, 1969 at Seattle. Washington also posted only the sixth game of three-or-more homers in franchise history. This was only the third three-homer game at Comiskey Park and the first since Gus Zernial accomplished the feat on Oct. 1, 1950. Washington hit solo shots in the third and seventh and then jacked a three-run shot in the eighth. Ralph Garr, Rusty Torres and Jim Morrison also homered as the Sox posted just the fifth game of at least six homers in team history and their first since a six-homer effort Aug. 9, 1977. The barrage fell one shy of the club record for homers in a game (April 23, 1955). 1991: Jack McDowell threw the only one-hitter of his White Sox career in a 15-1 win at Milwaukee. McDowell gave up a leadoff home run to Paul Molitor and then held the Brewers hitless the rest of the way. The White Sox supported “Black Jack” with a season-high 15 hits, including Warren Newson first career homer. 1994: The White Sox opened a crucial four-game set with the upstart Cleveland Indians with a 6-3 win before 36,444 at Comiskey Park. The White Sox rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win and take over sole possession of first place in the American League Central. The victory, the White Sox seventh in a row, improved their record to 53-34. Julio Franco’s sacrifice fly and Robin Ventura’s RBI single in the seventh gave the Sox the lead for good. Alex Fernandez went the distance and fanned 12. Fernandez did not allow a runner past first base in the final seven innings. 1998: Frank Thomas powered the White Sox to victory with a three-run walk-off homer in an 8-5 win over the Minnesota Twins before 13,841 at Comiskey Park. The White Sox entered the inning trailing 5-4 but notched their 16th comeback win of the season off Twins’ relief ace Rick Aguilera. The game-ending homer was the first of Thomas’ career. 2000: Frank Thomas became the White Sox all-time RBI leader in a 9-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals before 34,862 at Comiskey Park. A two-run homer in the first inning gave Thomas’ 1,117 White Sox RBIs and enabled him to pass Luke Appling as the franchise’s career leader. Thomas set the record in 1,459 games while Appling did it 2,422 games. 2001: ADVANTAGE, WHITE SOX! The White Sox topped the Cubs 3-1 at Wrigley Field giving them a 4-2 advantage in the season series and a 13-11 advantage in the all-time series. Starter Sean Lowe combined with Gary Glover and Keith Foulke in limiting the Cubs to five hits and one run as the Sox pulled to within two games of the .500 mark at 43-45. Lowe went seven innings while Glover and Foulke each turned in a scoreless frame with Foulke earning his 19th save. Ray Durham gave the Sox the lead with an RBI single in the third while Carlos Lee plated a run in the fourth inning and finished off the scoring with his 16th homer of the year in the seventh inning.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 13TH For the rest of the day (and July 12th which I didn't post here ... sorry) see, www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1961: The White Sox Sherm Lollar and Frank Baumann became just the third pitcher-catcher duo in M.L. history to hit back-to-back homers in a 6-2 loss before 43,960 at Comiskey Park. Lollar and Baumann accomplished the feat off Yankee starter Bill Stafford in the fifth inning. 1993: Jack McDowell was the winning pitcher and Frank Thomas made a successful All-Star debut in the American League’s 9-3 victory in the Mid-Summer Classic in Baltimore. McDowell earned the victory – the first by a Sox pitcher in an All-Star Game since Ray Herbert in 1962 – by tossing a scoreless fifth inning. Thomas entered the game as a pinch-hitter for Albert Belle in the eighth inning and singled off Florida's Bryan Harvey. 2001: The White Sox broke open a tight contest with a four-seventh in turning back the Cubs 7-2 at Wrigley Field. A solo home run by Jose Valentin and a three-run blast by Paul Konerko turned a slim 3-2 lead into an insurmountable five-run advantage as the Sox improved to 3-2 against the Cubs in 2001. Mark Buehrle fanned eight in eight innings to boost his record to 7-4. Valentin set off a mini-controversy when he mimicked Sammy Sosa’s home run celebration in the Sox dugout.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: For the rest of this eventful day, visit www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1916: With Babe Ruth starting both games for Boston, the White Sox were swept in a doubleheader 5-3 and 3-1. Ruth started the opener to give Rube Foster more time to warm up and was pulled after retiring the White Sox leadoff hitter. Ruth tossed a complete game in the nightcap for the sweep. 1918: The White Sox and Ed Cicotte fell to first-place Boston and Carl Mays 4-0. Three of the nine hits Cicotte surrendered were opposite field doubles to Babe Ruth, who recorded 20 putouts at first base. 1921: Dickie Kerr gave up two-run home runs to Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel in the White Sox 4-0 loss to the New York Yankees at Comiskey Park. The homer was Ruth’s 32nd of the year and gave him at least one dinger in every American League park this season. Later, robbers blew the door off a safe at Comiskey Park and made off with $3,000, mostly receipts from the game. According to the New York Times, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey “denied reports that the safe contained papers pertaining to the former White Sox players now on trial (in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal).” 1967: In Anaheim, Calif., left-hander Gary Peters tossed three perfect innings with four strikeouts for the American League in one of the best performances by a White Sox pitcher in All-Star history. The third of five American League pitchers, Peters relieved the Angels’ Jim McGlothlin in the sixth and set down the N.L. in order in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings in what turned out to be a 2-1 N.L. win in 15 innings in the longest All-Star Game in history. Peters’ strikeout victims were Willie Mays (called), Roberto Clemente (called), Orlando Cepeda (called) and Dick Allen. 1995: Frank Thomas became the first White Sox player to homer in an All-Star Game when he victimized Cincinnati's John Smiley at the Ballpark in Arlington in the American League’s 3-2 loss. Making his second consecutive start and third straight All-Star appearance overall, Thomas’ homer came with a man on in the fourth inning.

Some Sox star notes heading into tonight’s All-Star Game from StatManDu! *Big numbers: If the American League was really interested in making tonight’s game count, they would have selected more White Sox representatives. In recent years, Sox players have done their fans and team proud in the All-Star Game. Since the 1991 All-Star Game in Toronto, White Sox reps are hitting a sizzling – almost unheard of -- .615 in All-Star Games (16 hits in 26 at bats). What makes this even more amazing is that this includes an 0-for-6 stretch courtesy of Carl Everett, Magglio Ordonez, Paul Konerko, Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye between 2003 and 2006. Between 1991 and 2002, Sox hitters batted .737 (14-for-19) in All-Star play. *The breakdown since 1991: Konerko 3-for-5; Dye 0-1; Thome 0-1; Ordonez 4-6; Everett 0-1; Ray Durham 2-3; Frank Thomas 4-5; Robin Ventura 2-2 and Carlton Fisk 1-2. … Sox players have driven in seven runs in that span (Thomas 3, Ordonez 2, Konerko and Ventura 1 each). … Thomas (1995) and Ordonez (2001) own All-Star homers while Konerko (2002) and Ventura (1992) posted All-Star doubles. *Did you know? Ventura’s 2-for-2 performance, which included a double and an RBI, occurred on his 25th birthday. *Pitching in: While Sox pitchers haven’t been as eye-popping with their numbers as their offensive teammates, they have been good. Since Jason Bere was tagged for the loss in the 1994 classic in Pittsburgh, Sox pitchers have gone 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA. In 10 innings, Jon Garland, Mark Buehrle, Esteban Loaiza, James Baldwin and Roberto Hernandez have yielded 10 hits, two runs (both earned), three walks and six strikeouts. Baldwin got the win in 2001 while Buehrle earned the W with a start in the 2005 All-Star Game. *Observations: Peter Gammons said on ESPN on Tuesday afternoon that he wouldn’t be surprised if Ken Griffey Jr. wound up with the White Sox. In that same report Gammons also indicated that the Sox would move pitcher Jose Contreras. … Texas manager Ron Washington, an A.L. coach, is a dead ringer for former Sox skipper Jerry Manuel. … Former Sox manager Gene Lamont is part of the A.L. coaching staff. … Seattle’s JJ Putz, an A.L. All-Star, was once a Sox draft pick but could not be signed.

This Date in Sox History: July 10/Last ASG in SF For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1984: Richard Dotson pitched two scoreless innings in relief with two strikeouts and a walk for the American League in the All-Star Game at San Francisco. The right-hander entered the game in the fifth in relief of Jack Morris amd gave up a leadoff single to Tony Gwynn but then retired Ryne Sandberg, Steve Garvey and Dale Murphy to get out of the inning. Dotson struck out Mike Schmidt and Bob Brenly in the sixth. The strikeout of Brenly ended the inning and came with runners on second and third. Dotson earned a spot on the staff with an 11-4 record and a 2.64 ERA. The Nationals won thegame, 3-1. 1988: Dave LaPoint tossed seven shutout innings as the White Sox closed the first half with a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before 15,163 at Comiskey Park. The Sox scored two in the first and never looked back. LaPoint gave up three hits while walking two and fanning three in improving to 7-9. 1990: White Sox representatives Bobby Thigpen and Ozzie Guillen had a hand in the American League's 2-0 win in the 61st All-Star Game at Wrigley Field. Guillen handled three chances with two assists at shortstop without an error while Thigpen tossed a perfect seventh inning. Thigpen fanned Darryl Strawberry to cap his inning of work. Thigpen set down Will Clark and Tim Wallach before facing Strawberry.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/All-Star tie ... Marathon 2002: The White Sox Paul Konerko and Mark Buehrle both made their All-Star debuts for the American League in the infamous 7-7 tie at the All-Star Game at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Konerko went 2-for-2 with an All-Star record tying two doubles while Buehrle pitched two innings and gave up two hits and one run (earned) with two strikeouts. Konerko entered the game at first base in the fourth inning and hit a ground rule double off Trevor Hoffman with one out in the sixth and added a two-run double with two out in the seventh off Byung-Hyun Kim to give the American League a 6-5 lead. Konerko became just the second American Leaguer and the first since the Sox Al Simmons in 1934 to log two doubles in an All-Star Game. Konerko joined Simmons and National Leaguers Ted Kluszewski (1956), Ernie Banks (1959) and Barry Bonds (1993) to double twice in an All-Star Game. Buehrle entered the game in the fourth. He retired the side in order in the fourth by striking out Vladimir Guerrero and getting Mike Piazza and Scott Rolen to fly out. He gave up a run in the fifth when Jimmy Rollins singled and Damian Miller drove him in with a double. Buehrle then retired Junior Spivey on a strikeout and Lance Berkman and Richie Sexson to ground out to end the inning. 2004: Carlos Lee drove in five runs in the White Sox 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners before 21,713 at U.S. Cellular Field. Lee hit a two-run homer in the third and added a three-run shot in the seventh in support of Jon Garland, who improved to 7-5 with seven strong innings. 2006: The White Sox nipped the Boston Red Sox 6-5 in 19 innings in the longest game ever at New Comiskey Park/US Cellular Field. Only a portion of the 39,335 were on had when Tadahito Iguchi ended the 6 hour and 19 minute affair with an RBI single that scored Alex Cintron. Boston led 3-0 after 3½ innings but the Sox finally pulled even with single runs in the fourth, sixth and ninth. Jermaine Dye forced overtime when he hit a two-out home run off Jonathan Paplebon in the ninth inning. Boston looked to take control with two in the 11th but the Sox counterpunched with two of their own thanks to an RBI double by Dye and a run-scoring fielder’s choice by Alex Cintron. The decisive 19th began when Cintron singled with one out and moved to third on singles by Rob Mackowiak and Scott Podsednik. Iguchi then ended the marathon with a base hit to left off Rudy Seanz. This game was tied for the fifth longest in franchise history and was the Sox first 19 inning tilt since a May 1, 1991 loss at Milwaukee and the fifth overall in franchise history. This game was the longest since the Sox topped the Brewers 7-6 in 25 innings at Comiskey Park on May 8-9, 1984.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 8TH WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1993: Bo Jackson’s three-run homer in the first helped the White Sox subdue the Orioles 12-5 in Baltimore. Ellis Burks also powered the White Sox early, delivering a two-run singlein the first and a three-run homer in the second. 1994: Kirk McCaskill finished with a flurry to preserve the White Sox 9-5 victory over the Brewers at Milwaukee County Stadium. McCaskill retired all 11 batters he faced with six strikeouts to earn his third save. The Sox scored six times in the first three innings to cruise to the victory. Bob Zupcic homered for the first time since Aug. 5, 1993 and Julio Franco hit his 14th as the Sox logged 11 hits.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 6TH For the rest of this date, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1974: Bart Johnson made a sensational season debut in the White Sox 3-1 win at Detroit. The lanky right-hander went the distance, gave up two hits and struck out nine in outdueling Mickey Lolich. Johnson gave up a single to start the ninth but then got three consecutive pop outs to finish off the Tigers. 1982: Harold Baines clubbed three consecutive homers and Dennis Lamp fired a five-hit shutout in a 7-0 win over the Detroit Tigers before 24,018 at Comiskey Park. Among the homers in Baines’ first career three-dinger game was a grand slam. The win pushed the Sox into a third-place tie in the American League West. Twelve days later in Detroit, Lamp would whitewash the Tigers again. 1998: Ray Durham made his All-Star debut in the American League’s 13-8 victory at Coors Field in Denver. Durham entered the game in the ninth as a pinch-hitter and singled off Rob Nen in becoming the first White Sox switch-hitter to hit safely in an All-Star Game. He later scored on Rafael Palmeiro’s single. Durham joined Cass Michaels, Nellie Fox and Jorge Orta as White Sox All-Star second basemen and Ted Lyons and Early Wynn as White Sox switch-hitters to make the All-Star team.

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JULY 6TH ... Stars and Ricky Horton? For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1983: Fred Lynn’s grand slam powered the American League to an easy 13-3 win in the 50th Anniversary All-Star Game at Comiskey Park. Lynn’s grand slam was the first in All-Star competition. Ron Kittle was the White Sox lone representative at the game and he went 1-for-2. 1988: Ricky Horton nailed down the final two outs for his first White Sox save in preserving a 4-1 win over Baltimore before 10,066 at Comiskey Park. Jack McDowell went the first 8.1 innings for his fourth win. Greg Walker homered and Gary Redus went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. 1990: The White Sox moved into a first-place tie with Oakland with a 4-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 28,172 at Comiskey Park. The Sox broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the seventh on Lance Johnson’s triple. Melido Perez evened his record at 7-7. 1996: The White Sox treated 42,454 fans in Cleveland to the Harold Baines Show. Baines launched a two-run homer in the seventh and a solo shot in the ninth to account for the entire Sox offense in a 3-2 win over the Indians. Matt Karchner (7-2) got the win after fanning the only batter he faced. 1999: Chris Singleton became the fourth player in White Sox to hit for the cycle in an 8-7 loss to the Kansas City Royals before 11,251 at Comiskey Park. Singleton singled in the first, tripled in the fourth, doubled in the fifth and homered in the seventh to become the 101st player in American Leaguer to accomplish the feat and the first A.L. rookie to turn the trick since Oddibe McDowell on July 23, 1985. Singleton joined Ray Schalk, Jack Brohamer and Carlton Fisk as White Sox players to hit for the cycle. Singleton became the second player and first White Sox to hit for the cycle at New Comiskey Park.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 5TH/Kruk! For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1995: The White Sox celebrated “Turn Back the Clock Night” by drubbing the New York Yankees 11-5 before 42,961 at Comiskey Park. The White Sox, dressed in 1964 replica uniforms and rode a three-run homer in the first by John Kruk to the easy victory which was witnessed by the fourth-largest regular-season crowd in New Comiskey Park history. Wilson Alvarez earned his first win in nearly two months while Kirk McCaskill fashioned four innings for his first save. 1996: Wilson Alvarez turned in eight scoreless innings to earn his 10th victory as the White Sox blanked the Indians 8-0 at Jacobs Field. Ron Karkovice drove in three runs and Harold Baines and Frank Thomas each had three of the White Sox 14 hits. 1997: The White Sox scored four runs in the first inning and then held off the Boston Red Sox for an 11-8 win before 25,802 at Comiskey Park. Tony Pena went 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI while Mike Cameron and Frank Thomas each homered in support of winning pitcher Danny Darwin. 2000: Herbert Perry hit a two-run homer in the 12th and Mark Johnson followed with a solo shot to push the White Sox past the Royals 6-3 at Kaufman Stadium. Paul Konerko forced overtime with a home run in the eighth inning. 2005: Frank Thomas three-run homer in the eighth gave the first-place White Sox a 6-4 win over Tampa Bay before 21,555 at US Cellular Field. Cliff Politte got the win to improve to 6-0 by getting one out in the eighth. Dustin Hermanson worked a spotless ninth for his 21st save. … Prior to the game, Sox called up reliever Bobby Jenks from Double-A Birmingham. 2006: A four-run first was all the White Sox needed in a 4-2 win over the Orioles before 38,872 at US Cellular Field. Alex Cintron, AJ Pierzynski, Rob Mackowiak and Paul Konerko all drove in runs in support of winning pitcher Jon Garland, who moved to 8-3. Bobby Jenks earned his 26th save.

1988: Mark “The Chief” Salas went 3-for-3 with a homer and two runs scored to lead the White Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 5-1 at Comiskey Park. Melido Perez picked up his seventh win by going 7.2 innings. Ricky Horton mopped up with 1.1 shutout innings. 1993: Rookie Rod Bolton notched his first big league victory in the White Sox 3-1 win over Baltimore at Comiskey Park. Bolton went seven innings and allowed just three hits. The Sox scored once in the third on a triple by Lance Johnson and twice in the sixth, including once on a suicide squeeze by Joey Cora. 1994: Paco Martin’s two-out RBI double in the ninth gave the White Sox a 3-2 win over Milwaukee before 32,808 at Comiskey Park. The Brewers tied the game in the eighth but Craig Grebeck’s two-out double in the ninth set the stage for Martin’s heroics.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 3RD For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1988: Dan Pasqua’s two-run homer in the 10th inning completed the White Sox 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees before 20,509 at Comiskey Park. Pasqua’s dinger, his ninth of the year, erased the lead the Yankees had taken in the top of the 10th. 1992: George Bell single-handedly powered the White Sox to a 2-1 win over the Red Sox in front 35,584 at Comiskey Park. Bell gave the Sox a 1-0 lead in the sixth with a solo homer. In the 10th, Bell scored Tim Raines with a two-out single for the victory. 1995: John Kruk hit his first homer with the White Sox in an 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees before 36,346 at Comiskey Park. Kruk’s homer was a three-run blast in the first inning.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JULY 2ND For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1923: Pitcher Ted Lyons, fresh off the campus of Baylor University, made his debut with the White Sox in relief. Lyons tossed a shutout inning in the Sox 7-2 loss at St. Louis. The appearance was the first of 594 Lyons would make in a Sox uniform. He went 260-230 in his 21-year career. Lyons is the Sox all-time leader in wins, complete games, innings and starts. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1955. 1930: Carl Reynolds became the first player in White Sox history to collect eight RBI in a game. Reynolds accomplished the feat in a 15-4 win against New York at Yankee Stadium in the second game of a doubleheader. Forty-seven years later, Jim Spencer registered his second eight-RBI game of the 1977 season. 1980 Ross Baumgarten took a one-hitter into the seventh in one-hitting the California Angels 1-0 before 11,653 at Comiskey Park. The New Trier East graduate took a no-no into the seventh before Rod Carew singled to lead off the frame. The victory was just one of two the New Trier East graduate would register in 1980. Baumgarten was 2-12 that year but logged a respectable 3.44 ERA. In his 24 appearances, the White Sox scored just 25 runs and in 10 of those outings, the White Sox were blanked.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 28 For the rest of the day, click on www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1967: Wayne Causey’s three-run home run in the eighth was all the first-place White Sox needed in a 3-1 win at Baltimore. Causey’s blast, his only one with the Sox, came with one out and Tommie Agee and Don Buford on base. 1973: The 1973 season was short-circuited when first baseman reigning American League MVP suffered a fractured kneecap in a 2-0 win at California. Allen was hitting .310 with 16 home runs and 41 RBIs at the time of the injury and would be limited to five at bats for therest of the season. When Allen went down, the Sox were 37-32 and one game out of first place in the American League West. The Sox finished 77-85, 17 games out of first. Also on this date, outfielder Rick Reichardt, who had been battling with management over pay, was released.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 27 For more on this date, see www.whitesoxalamanac.com 1922: Ray Schalk became the first White Sox player and the first American League catcher to hit for the cycle in a 9-5 victory over the Tigers in Detroit. The future Hall of Famer became just the second catcher in big league history to single, double, triple and homer in a game and the first since the Giants’ Chief Meyers victimized the Cubs on June 10, 1912. It would be another 55 years before another Sox player hit for the cycle (Jack Brohamer Sept. 24, 1977). 1958: Billy Pierce came within one out of perfection in a 3-0 win at Washington but settled for a one-hit victory. Washington pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald ruined Pierce’s bid to become just the second Sox pitcher to toss a perfecto when he lofted a base hit down the right field line with two outs in the ninth. The shutout was the 30th of Pierce’s steadily sensational career. 1959: Harry “Suitcase” Simpson’s eighth-inning grand slam helped the White Sox dump the Yankees 5-4 before 21,264 at Comiskey Park. 1961: White Sox starting pitchers Frank Baumann and Juan Pizarro went a combined 5-for-6 with a homer, triple and two RBIs as the White Sox swept a doubleheader at Detroit. Baumann went 2-for-2 with in the Sox 6-5 triumph in Game 1. Pizarro was 3-for-4 in the 11-1 win in Game 2. 1962: Ray Herbert fired a five-hitter in the White Sox 6-0 win over the Yankees before 48,544 at Comiskey Park. Herbert, bound for the All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, struck out two in improving to 8-4 in the 1 hour and 55 minute affair. 2003: Jose Valentin’s one-out homer in the ninth powered the White Sox to a 4-3 win over the Cubs before 45,147 at US Cellular Field. Frank Thomas and Carlos Lee also homered as the Sox overcame the Cubs’ two-run ninth for the dramatic victory.

1988: Daryl Boston clubbed the 6,000th home run in White Sox history in a 7-5 win over the Rangers in Texas. Boston’s blast, a grand slam in the sixth inning, proved to be the difference and came off Jeff Russell. The White Sox entered 1988 with 5,934 homers, according to statistics on the White Sox official website. Boston’s blast was the 66th of the season making it the 6,000th in club history. THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JUNE 26 1990: Ozzie Guillen’s RBI single in the ninth inning bailed out the White Sox in their 11-9 win over the Angels in Anaheim. The Sox built a 9-1 lead but the Angels tied the game in the eighth before Guillen salvaged the victory in the ninth. Bobby Thigpen restored order by tossing a scoreless ninth for his 25th save. Sammy Sosa doubled and tripled while Ivan Calderon homered and drove in four as the Sox banged out 17 hits. 1992: Robin Ventura’s home run in the ninth powered the White Sox to a 2-1 win over the Yankees in New York. Ventura’s blast made a winner out of Kirk McCaskill, who tossed eight strong innings before giving way to Scott Radinsky, who earned his third save as the Sox won their sixth straight. 1993: Robin Ventura’s RBI single in the seventh put the first-place White Sox over the top in a 7-4 win at Seattle. Ellis Burks hit a slam in the third but Seattle tied it in the top of the fourth. Ventura broke the tie when his hit brought home Joey Cora, who tripled. Roberto Hernandez tossed 1.2 perfect innings for his 13th save as Jack McDowell earned his 12th victory. 1994: Jose DeLeon fanned Jay Buhner with the bases loaded to nail down the White Sox 8-7 win at Seattle. The Sox took the lead in the eighth on Tim Raines’ single. DeLeon’s save was his first since 1986 and extended the Sox winning streak to six.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JUNE 25 For the rest of this day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1966: The White Sox rode solo homers from Lee Elia and Ken Berry to a 2-1 win over the Yankees in New York. Elia’s homer came in the fifth while Berry’s blast came in the eighth. Gary Peters got the win while Bob Locker worked out of a jam in the ninth for the save. 1975: Jim Kaat, bound for the All-Star Game, picked up his 11th win as the White Sox topped Texas 5-2 before 6,590 at Comiskey Park for their fourth straight win. Kaat went seven innings and gave up two hits while striking out three to move to 11-4. He got relief help from Cecil Upshaw and Dave Hamilton, who went 1.1 innings for his first save. The Sox took the lead for good in the fifth on Jorge Orta’s RBI double. 1977: Chris Knapp went the distance and was bolstered by solo homers from Eric Soderholm and Jim Essian as the White Sox whipped the Twins 8-1 in Minnesota. Knapp gave up eight hits and yielded five walks while striking out four in improving to 6-4. Ralph Garr and Richie Zisk both drove in two as part of the Sox 16-hit attack. 1980: Ed Farmer continued his charge to the All-Star Game with 2.1 innings of scoreless relief in the White Sox 5-2 win at California. Farmer took over for starter and winner Richard Dotson in the seventh and gave up two hits with three strikeouts to log his 16th save. Chet Lemon’s two-run homer in the second gave the Sox the lead for good.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 24TH (Santo's last HR) For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1973: Ed Herrmann had the game of his life in the White Sox 11-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in Game 2 of a doubleheader before 34,841 at Comiskey Park. Herrmann clubbed two home runs and drove in seven runs in helping the Sox salvage a split from the defending World Champions. The RBIs were one shy of a club record and the most by a Sox player in 18 seasons. 1974: Ron Santo hit the 342nd and final home run of his career in the White Sox 3-1 win at Kansas City. Santo, playing third and batting sixth, hit a two-run shot in the sixth to give the Sox the lead for good. Santo hit .221 with five homers and 41 RBIs in 117 games for the 1974 White Sox.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JUNE 23 For more visit, www.whitesoxalamanac.com JUNE 23RD 1919: Oscar “Happy” Felsch set a Major League record by handling 12 chances in a game in center field in the White Sox 3-2 loss to Cleveland at Comiskey Park. Felsch tied the mark first set by Cleveland’s Harry Bay in 1904. 1957: Reliever Paul LaPalme squelched a Yankee uprising by retiring Yogi Berra, Elston Howard and Darrell Johnson in the ninth as the White Sox salvaged a split of a doubleheader with a 4-3 Game 2 victory in New York. LaPalme got the outs with runners on second and third after the Sox entered the ninth with a 4-0 lead. This was an interesting doubleheader: The Yankees started Al Cicotte, the great-nephew in the nightcap and Japanese Prime Minister Kishi, wearing a Yankee cap, was one of the 63,787 fans on hand at the “House That Ruth Built.” 1958: On this night, Ray Moore and the White Sox were better than Whitey Ford and the New York Yankees in a 2-0 win before 30,388 at Comiskey Park. Moore made a two-run home run by Sherm Lollar in the first inning standup by tossing a three-hitter. Moore finished strong by retiring the final 23 men he faced. 1959: The future American League champions got two RBIs each from Earl Torgeson and Sherm Lollar in putting down Washington 4-2 before 16,300 at Comiskey Park. Early Wynn went the distance for his 10th victory. 1961: The surging White Sox got a home run and two RBIs out of Minnie Minoso in defeating Washington 4-3 before 19,730 at Comiskey Park for their seventh straight victory. Warren Hacker got the final out to cut off a Washington rally to preserve a winning streak that would eventually reach 12 games. 1962: Luis Aparicio went 5-for-5 and Cam Carreon homered in the White Sox 6-1 win over Kansas City before 6,085 at Comiskey Park. Nellie Fox and Joe Cunningham each had two RBIs as the White Sox banged out 17 hits in wining their fourth straight. 1963: Pete Ward’s two-run single in the eighth secured the White Sox a 2-1 victory at Cleveland in the first game of a doubleheader. In the nightcap, the White Sox J.C. Martin tied a big league record for catchers with three double plays in a 2-0 loss. 1964: Fred Talbot fired a gem in his fourth Major League start. The right-hander from Washington DC tossed a complete game eight-hitter in a 2-0 triumph of Boston before 12,626 at Comiskey Park. A home run by Pete Ward and a double by J.C. Martin accounted for the Sox scoring and got Talbot his second victory. 1965: John Buzhardt improved to 7-1 in the White Sox 5-0 win before 18,135 at Comiskey Park. Buzhardt pitched into the eighth before getting relief help from Gary Peters and Eddie Fisher. Dave Nicholson homered and Ron Hansen drove in three with three hits to pace the White Sox 11-hit attack. 1968: Pete Ward and Duane Josephson combined to drive in eight runs in the White Sox 10-1 win over Boston in the second game of a doubleheader before 18,471 at Comiskey Park. Ward hit a three-run home run in the second and drove in five while Josephson launched a solo shot in the third and plated three. 1970: Syd O’Brien and Bill Melton each drove in three as the White Sox stopped the Angels 7-3 in Anaheim. Melton clubbed a three-run homer in the seventh while O’Brien cleared the bases with a double in the ninth in helping the Sox end a three-game losing streak.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 22/The greatest game at OCP? For the rest of this eventful day, visit www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1956: The White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 5-4 in 12 innings before 48,346 at Comiskey Park. The victory keyed the Sox four-game sweep and was called the greatest game ever played in the 80-year history of Comiskey Park by the Chicago Tribune in 1990. White Sox starting pitcher Dick Donovan took a no-hitter and a 2-0 lead into the eighth thanks to a homer by Larry Doby in the fifth and an RBI by Dave Philley in the third. The Yankees pulled even with a run in the eighth on a Billy Martin RBI and run in the ninth on a Mickey Mantle RBI. The Yankees took the lead in 11th with two runs on a Joe Collins single. Undaunted, the Sox tied it in the bottom of the frame on a two-out, two-run double by Sammy Esposito, a rookie from Indiana University via Chicago’s Fenger High School. In the 12th, Esposito delivered again, this time with a two-out looping single which scored Sherm Lollar with the game-winner. The hit touched off a wild celebration, was the Sox 18th win in their last 25 games and pulled them to within four games of first place.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JUNE 21ST See www.whitesoxalmanac.com for more information 1986: Doug Rader picked up his only win as White Sox manager as the Southsiders topped Seattle 7-6 before a matinee gathering of 21,934 at Comiskey Park. Rader was serving as Sox skipper after the firing of Tony LaRussa and prior to the hiring of Jim Fregosi. The White Sox took the lead for good in a four-run fourth on a Ozzie Guillen bunt and a Carlton Fisk RBI. 1989: Carlton Fisk hit his 307th home run as a catcher to become the American League’s all-time leader in that category in the White Sox 7-3 win over the Yankees. Fisk surpassed Yogi Berra in the Hall of Famer’s own backyard. The historic homer, which moved Fisk into second place among catchers behind Johnny Bench, came in the Sox 7-3 win at Yankee Stadium.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 19/HAVE A DAY LAMAR! Look for more at www.whitesoxalmanac.com ... Also, this information is displayed on the left field black and white board during home games. 1977: Lamar Johnson did it all and then some in the White Sox 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader before 24,161 at Comiskey Park. Johnson sang the national anthem and hit two home runs in support of Wilbur Wood, who did not allowan earned run in eight innings for his first win since suffering a shattered kneecap May 9, 1976. Johnson's homers came in the second and the fifth innings. In the nightcap, the Sox scored four times in the fourth en route to a 5-1 win. Jorge Orta homered to ignite the frame while Kevin Bell drove in two with a single and Brian Downing drove in another run with a double. Francisco Barrios got the victory with a complete game effort. He struck out eight to improve to 6-3. The sweep allowed the Sox to pull into a first place tie with the Twins in the American League West. 1982: Steve Kemp drove in five runs -- four of which came on a grand slam in the fifth inning -- in the White Sox 7-6 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Kemp's slam gave the White Sox the lead for good and helped pull them to within a game of first place in the American League West. Kevin Hickey got Reggie Jackson to ground out with runners on second and third to end the game for his third save. 1983: Left-hander Britt Burns fired a complete-game, three-hit shutout in the White Sox 1-0 win over Oakland before 26,169 at Comiskey Park. Burns walked four and struck out four in firing the first of his team-leading four shutouts in 1983. The Sox scored the game's only run in the fourth when Harold Baines' two-out double scored Ron Kittle.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 18/TAKE THAT CUBS AND YANKS For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1997: For the second consecutive day, the White Sox sold out their game with the Cubs and for the second straight game, the White Sox prevailed. Wilson Alvarez blanked the Cubs on four hits in the Sox 3-0 triumph before 44,204 on the Southside. Alvarez allowed just one batter to reach second base as the Sox took two of three from their crosstown rivals. Dave Martinez homered for the second consecutive game. 2000: The White Sox took the suspense out of a historic win over the Yankees before 52,856 in New York early. The White Sox scored nine runs in the first inning, capped by Jose Valentin’s grand slam, in decimating the Yankees 17-4. The nine runs marked the Sox highest scoring first inning since 1962 and sent the club on its way to its seventh straight win overall and its 11 consecutive road win. The victory also enabled the White Sox to finish their road trip through Cleveland and New York 7-0. Thelast 10 of the road wins were accomplished against teams .500 or better marking the first time since 1900 that feat had been accomplished, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 17 For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1997: The White Sox treated a New Comiskey Park regular-season record crowd of 44,249 to a 5-3 win over the Cubs. Dave Martinez fronted the Sox for good in the first with a two-run home run. Winning pitcher Doug Drabek squelched a Cub rally in the sixth when he fanned Ryne Sandberg with two men on base. Chris Snopek added an insurance run with a seventh-inning homer in the Sox first regular-season win over the Cubs. 1999: Paul Konerko made sure the White Sox took care of the Baltimore Orioles at Comiskey Park. Konerko’s first career grand slam gave the Sox some breathing room in a 9-3 win before 16,496 on the South side. Konerko’s blast came in the seventh off Jesse Orosco after the Orioles had pulled to within two runs in the top of the frame. The triumph was the Sox fifth in their last six games and also featured homers from Magglio Ordonez and Chris Singleton. 2000: The first-place White Sox scored eight runs in the first three innings and held off the Yankees for a 10-9 win in New York. The victory was the White Sox sixth straight on their road trip,10th a row overall on the road and allowed them to take a 7.5 game lead in the Central Division. Magglio Ordonez’s three-run homer in the secondinning helped the White Sox build a 10-3 lead. The Yankees scored four in the sixth and two more in the eighth before Keith Foulke subdued the Yankees to preserve the Sox 12th win in their last 13 games. 2005: Mark Buehrle tossed an eight-hitter in the White Sox 8-0 win over the Dodgers before 28,870 at US Cellular Field. Buehrle struck out six and did not walk a batter while being backed by two double plays in improving to 8-1. He posted the second complete game shutout by a Sox pitcher in an interleague game and the first since Wilson Alvarez whitewashed the Cubs on June 18, 1997. Frank Thomas and Jermaine Dye both homered in the game that took just 2 hours and 24 minutes.