This Day In Sox History 9/2...

Five factoids today:

September 2, 1918 - In a season ending double header at Detroit, George “Buck” Weaver rapped out eight hits in 10 at bats. The 1918 season ended early because of World War I. The Sox would lose the games, 11-5 and 7-3. He went 5 for 5 in the first game and 3 for 5 in the second. He had two doubles among the eight hits.

September 2, 1937 - In a game at Comiskey Park, Sox third baseman Lou “Boze” Berger and outfielder Mike Kreevich led off the Sox half of the first with back-to-back home runs. It was the first time that ever happened in team history. The Sox beat Boston 4-2.

September 2, 1959 - It isn’t really that the White Sox won, 11-4, to sweep a doubleheader from the Tigers at Comiskey Park — but how the team won.

The “Go-Go Sox”, down 3-0 in the fifth, scored all 11 of their runs in their half of the frame. Al Smith homered to lead off the scoring, but the 10 remaining runs scored with two outs. The 11 runs remain the most the White Sox have ever scored in a fifth inning although they have done it multiple times. Chicago sent 15 runners to the plate and knocked both Paul Foytack and Tom Morgan out of the box in the assault — Morgan without even retiring a single batter. Smith homered and singled, Luis Aparicio singled and was hit by pitch, and Nellie Fox singled and tripled during the frame. They won the opener 7-2 as well before over 43-thousand fans.

September 2, 1995 - Tim Raines had his American League record of 40 consecutive steals snapped when he was thrown out in the third inning. Toronto’s Randy Knorr was the man who threw him out in the Sox 10-4 win.

September 2, 2024 – With the White Sox getting blown out in Baltimore 13-3 on Labor Day a new franchise record was set.

Sox starter Chris Flexen only lasted into the fourth inning and saw his season record drop to 2-14 with the loss but it also marked the 20^th straight game he started that the team failed to win. That broke the old record of 19 straight starts without a win by the team set by Danny Wright over two seasons. It also set the Major League mark for most winless starts in a row by an individual pitchers club.