THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 1/Munson's last game

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 1/Munson's last game

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1964: Knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm notched his 100th career victory in the White Sox 9-8 win at Washington. Wilhelml fired 3.1 innings and gave up one run on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. The Sox put Wilhelm in position for the milestone win when Ron Hansen’s sacrifice fly scored Pete Ward in the 10th inning. Frankie Baumann got the game’s final out with a man to preserve’s Wilhelm’s win. Wilhelm was 41-33 for the Sox between 1963 and 1968. His ERA was under 2.00 in each of his last five seasons on the Southside.

1979: Thurman Munson played the final game of his career in the New York Yankees 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox before 21,109 at Comiskey Park. Munson, who died the next day in a plane crash in Canton, Ohio, started the game at first base. He walked in the first and then scored on Reggie Jackson’s home run. In the third, Munson was struck out by Ken Kravec in what would turn out to be his last at bat. Munson was replaced by Jim Spencer at first in the bottom of the frame.