This Day In Sox History...September 10

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September 10, 1930 - Future Hall of Famer Luke Appling made his White Sox debut. It was the start of the legacy of great Sox shortstops which included "Chico" Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio and Ozzie Guillen. Appling went 1 for 4 in a 6-2 loss to the Red Sox.

 

September 10, 1954 - Paul Richards, one of the greatest managers in club history, resigned to accept a dual position of general and field manager for the Baltimore Orioles.

Richards was the man credited with turning around the fortunes of the franchise in 1951 with his aggressive running/pitching/defensive philosophy. Sox pitcher Billy Pierce called Richards the smartest manager he ever had. Richards was also credited with turning around Nellie Fox, helping make him into a very good hitter.

Richards left because the White Sox were not willing to give him a multi-year contract extension or a raise and because of personal disagreements he had with then G.M. Frank “Trader” Lane.

 

September 10, 1967 - Coming off two straight losses to the Tigers and in danger of falling out of the pennant race, Joe Horlen threw a no-hitter. Almost 24,000 Sox fans saw Horlen win 6-0. Sox second baseman Wayne Causey saved the no-hitter with a grab of a smash up the middle, off the bat of Jerry Lumpe in the ninth inning. His throw just nipped him at the bag. Horlen hit a Tiger and another reached base on an error, other than that, he was perfect on the afternoon retiring Dick McAuliffe on a ground ball to shortstop Ron Hansen for the final out.

Rookie Cisco Carlos then shut out Detroit 4-0 in the second game vaulting the Sox right back into pennant contention. It was the last time in franchise history the Sox would throw double header shutouts.

 

September 10, 1977 - Sox pitcher Wilbur Wood tied the A.L. record by hitting three Angel hitters in a row in the first inning of the club’s 6-1 loss at Anaheim. With two out and a man on, Wood hit Dave Kingman, Don Baylor and Dave Chalk.

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That double header in 1967 was key. The Sox had blown a three-run lead in the ninth inning the day before and had lost the first two games of a four-game series. That pitching staff was something else. They would win a 10-inning game 4-0 and a 17-inning game 1-0.  The team just didn't have any hitters.