THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JUNE 23

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY/JUNE 23

 

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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.