July 2, 200718 yr 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.
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