Lip Man 1 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 (edited) August 3, 1940 - At Comiskey Park the White Sox held off the Senators 7-6 to record the franchises 3,000th win. The Sox had a six run fourth inning which was the difference. Jack Knott picked up the win and helped his own cause as he doubled in two runs in the big inning. August 3, 1956 - The White Sox set the franchise record for most runs ever scored in the first inning of a game when they picked up 11 in Chicago against the Orioles. Billy Pierce got the win as the Sox cruised 13-3. Billy’s record improved to 17-4. Catcher Les Moss drove in four RBI’s to lead the way for the Sox. 14 Sox batters came to the plate in the inning with seven hits, an error and four walks. August 3, 1959 - At the second All-Star Game, this one played at the Los Angeles Coliseum; Nellie Fox of the White Sox had a splendid afternoon. Fox was on base when the Yankees Yogi Berra blasted a two-run home run giving the A.L. a lead they never relinquished in the 5-3 win. For the game Nellie had two hits and a walk and drove in a run with a seventh inning single scoring the Yankees Tony Kubek. 1959 was the first year two All-Star Games were played, an experiment that went from 1959-1962. August 3, 1986 - Sox rookie Russ Morman collected three hits in his first three at bats in the big leagues. Morman also tied the record set by Billy Martin by getting two of them in the same inning in his debut game. That happened in the fourth inning of a 10-1 win at Comiskey Park against Detroit. Morman led off that inning with a home run then later in the same frame had an RBI single. August 3, 1989 - Sox G.M. Larry Himes is best remembered for his drafting of future stars like Robin Ventura, Frank Thomas, Jack McDowell and Alex Fernandez but he’d pull off a good trade or two as well. Case in point, on this day, Himes shipped outfielder Mark Davis to the Angels for pitcher Roberto Hernandez. Hernandez would go on to save 134 games for the Sox with three seasons of 30 or more. August 3, 1997 - Sox All-Star second baseman, Nellie Fox finally entered the baseball Hall of Fame. Fox, the 1959 American League M.V.P. was voted in by the veterans committee after missing regular election to the hall by the fewest votes in the history of the shrine. Technically he received the 75 per cent needed by rounding out his original vote total but the Hall had no provisions for that, so his total of 74.6 per cent stood and was deemed short of the 75 per cent needed. Fortunately, he was finally admitted in. Nellie was an 11-time All-Star who hit .368 in those games and was one of the most beloved players in Sox history. August 3, 2001 - Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle threw a lot of big games both in the regular season and in the playoffs. This was one of his best as he beat Tampa Bay 4-0 at U.S. Cellular Field. Buehrle allowed only one hit, to Damian Rolls leading off the seventh inning. He was the only base runner on the day. Edited August 3, 2023 by Lip Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Hit Men Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Fox was an excellent player, but the Veterans Committee for MLB players should have been retired shortly after WWII. HOF should represent the top 1-2 players for each generation. MLB Second Baseman Napoleon Lajoie 1896-1916 Eddie Collins 1906-1930 Rogers Hornsby 1915-1937 Frankie Frisch 1919-1937 Charlie Gehringer 1924-1942 Jackie Robinson 1947-1956 Joe Morgan 1963-1984 Rod Carew 1967-1985 Ryne Sandberg 1981-1997 Craig Biggio 1988-2007 Roberto Alomar 1988-2004 Robinson Cano 2005-2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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