In the wake of Atlanta's win over Pittsburgh the other night in which the pitcher recorded a walkoff hit, I HAVE found the last time that happened to the Sox. On July 26, 1964, reliever Eddie Fisher's RBI single in the 12th handed the Sox a 5-4 win over Minnesota in the first game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. Now you know

In the wake of Atlanta's win over Pittsburgh the other night in which the pitcher recorded a walkoff hit, I HAVE found the last time that happened to the Sox. On July 26, 1964, reliever Eddie Fisher's RBI single in the 12th handed the Sox a 5-4 win over Minnesota in the first game of a doubleheader at Comiskey Park. Now you know

 

 

I remember Eddie Fisher - the Sox pitcher. Good relief pitcher

 

I always thought the best Sox pitcher with a bat was Gary Peters. I seem to remember the team batting Peters like 6th in the order becasue we had such a light hitting team in the 60's especially that 1967 pennant race

Interesting you mention Peters ... Exactly a week prior, he hit a two-run homer in the 13th to lift the Sox to victory. A day prior to Fisher's heroics, Hoyt Wilhelm delivered a walkoff hit for the Sox.

Interesting you mention Peters ... Exactly a week prior, he hit a two-run homer in the 13th to lift the Sox to victory. A day prior to Fisher's heroics, Hoyt Wilhelm delivered a walkoff hit for the Sox.

 

Ah the old days of baseball glory. Or was it kind of embarasssing when our pitchers hit better than our position guys?

I was also thinking that 1964 was a battle with the Yankees and we finished with 99 wins but one game behind the Yankees

Gary Peters was a very good hitter, and Terry Forster could rake. I seem to remember seeing Peters hit a grand slam, and I remember seeing Bob Priddy hit a home run too.

Kind of hard to read but these are Peter's hitting stats

 

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards

1956 19 CHW-min D 40 84 84 27 5 4 1 .321 .321 .512 .833 43 HDG · NESL

1957 20 CHW-min D 41 104 104 29 6 0 4 .279 .279 .452 .731 47 DBQ · MIDW

1958 21 CHW-min B,A 37 76 76 18 3 0 0 .237 .237 .250 .487 19 DAV,CSP · IIIL,WL

1959 22 CHW-min AAA 67 110 102 9 29 9 0 1 9 0 4 19 .284 .318 .402 .720 41 1 3 0 1 INA · AA

1959 22 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1

1960 23 CHW-min AAA 36 74 71 10 18 3 2 0 8 0 0 3 10 .254 .284 .352 .636 25 SDG · PCL

1960 23 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1

1961 24 CHW-min AAA 37 85 82 8 27 5 0 3 17 0 0 3 21 .329 .353 .500 .853 41 SDG · PCL

1961 24 CHW AL 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 80 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1

1962 25 CHW-min AAA 44 84 79 6 15 3 1 0 5 0 1 25 .190 .198 .253 .451 20 0 3 1 0 INA · AA

1962 25 CHW AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1

1963 26 CHW AL 50 89 81 12 21 4 1 3 12 0 0 3 19 .259 .287 .444 .732 104 36 1 1 2 2 1 1 MVP-8,RoY-1

1964 27 CHW AL 54 126 120 9 25 7 0 4 19 0 0 2 29 .208 .228 .367 .594 65 44 4 1 3 0 0 1 AS,MVP-7

1965 28 CHW AL 42 75 72 2 13 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 15 .181 .200 .236 .436 28 17 0 0 0 1 0 1

1966 29 CHW AL 38 84 81 12 19 3 2 1 9 0 0 0 19 .235 .235 .358 .593 73 29 1 0 3 0 0 1

1967 30 CHW AL 48 107 99 10 21 0 2 2 13 0 0 2 23 .212 .243 .313 .556 69 31 3 2 4 0 1 1 AS,MVP-9

1968 31 CHW AL 46 79 72 10 15 3 1 2 8 0 0 6 13 .208 .278 .361 .640 88 26 2 1 0 0 1 1

1969 32 CHW AL 37 81 71 9 12 4 0 2 4 0 0 2 15 .169 .200 .310 .510 38 22 1 1 6 1 0 1

1970 33 BOS AL 37 92 82 12 20 3 1 1 11 0 0 8 11 .244 .311 .341 .653 75 28 3 0 2 0 0 1

1971 34 BOS AL 53 107 96 7 26 4 0 3 19 0 1 3 20 .271 .294 .406 .700 91 39 1 1 5 2 0 1

1972 35 BOS AL 33 32 30 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .200 .219 .267 .485 41 8 1 0 0 1 0 1

14 Seasons 450 875 807 86 179 31 7 19 102 0 1 29 172 .222 .253 .348 .601 70 281 17 7 25 7 3

162 Game Avg. 162 315 291 31 64 11 3 7 37 0 0 10 62 .222 .253 .348 .601 70 101 6 3 9 3 1

 

CHW (11 yrs) 327 644 599 65 127 22 6 15 71 0 0 17 134 .212 .240 .344 .584 67 206 12 6 18 4 3

BOS (3 yrs) 123 231 208 21 52 9 1 4 31 0 1 12 38 .250 .290 .361 .651 78 75 5 1 7 3 0

 

Peters was such a good hitter, a lefty, that Al Lopez used him as a pinch hitter multiple times.

 

Fisher was also a valuable guy, sort of a Tim Wakefield. Could start or relieve and threw a very good knuckleball.

 

He wasn't Wilbur Wood or Hoyt Wilhelm. But he was solid.

Seems like Peters hit similar to Rios.

Peters hit better than Rios. He used to pinch hit and pinch run too. Not to mention he was a very good pitcher.

 

Eddie Fisher and Hoyt Wilhelm were both in the bullpen and both threw knucklers, but Fisher also could and did throw hard.

 

If I remember right the 1964 Sox were up by a game with eleven to go. They won 9 of eleven and finished second. The Yanks won all eleven!

Edited July 29, 201114 yr by since56

Seems like Peters hit similar to Rios.

Peters ran out ground balls.

Children of the '80s will get this reference to your subtitle.

 

"...and knowing is half the battle!"

Terry Forster only batted 78 times in his career, but he hit .397. Not bad.

 

Bart Johnson from that same era was a pretty good hitter too.

Edited July 29, 201114 yr by BigEdWalsh