56 minutes ago56 min Four factoids today:August 19, 1930 - The White Sox sent 20,000 thousand dollars along with outfielder Doug Taitt to the Cubs in return for minor league shortstop Luke Appling. The deal was engineered by the front office’s Milt Stock who was future Sox manager Eddie Stanky’s father-in-law. Appling would go on to have a Hall of Fame career with the Sox winning batting titles in 1936 and 1943. That season of 1936 would also find him driving in 128 RBI’s. His 20-year career would see him collect 2,749 hits. August 19, 1953 – Sox star left hander Billy Pierce’s run of almost 40 consecutive shutout innings ended at home against the Browns when former Sox outfielder and Pierce teammate, Don Lenhardt got an RBI double in the sixth inning of a game eventually the Sox lost 4-3 in 10 innings. Pierce’s streak started with a complete game shutout in Washington on August 3. He’d have three complete game shutouts in the streak along with two relief appearances covering almost eight innings. He’d have four wins and a save in the run allowing only 18 hits with 30 strikeouts.That year Billy went 18-12 with a 2.72 ERA.August 19, 1970 - The White Sox set the franchise record for most runs ever scored in the ninth inning of a game when they got 11 runs in Boston. Earlier in the year the Sox scored 22 runs at Fenway Park and on this day the 11 runs turned a loss into a 13-5 win for pitcher Wilbur Wood.The 11 runs were scored without the benefit of a single home run as 16 men batted in the inning. There were 10 Sox hits, an intentional walk and two Boston errors in it.August 19, 1983 – In a double header in Arlington against the Rangers the Sox had already won the first game 3-2 in 10 innings. They were leading in the nightcap 3-1 in the seventh inning when an unusual occurrence happened.Left fielder Jerry Hairston came up with the bases loaded and hit a deep drive to center field that was caught by George Wright. Vance Law scored easily but Julio Cruz kept right on going from second base and also scored. That was a pair of RBI’s credited to Hairston on the play! In the postgame comments Cruz said he “Dreamed of doing that all my life” which indicated that it wasn’t so much an outfield misplay or stumble but Cruz simply outrunning relay throws. The Sox would sweep the twin-bill taking the second game 6-1.
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