StatManDu Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 (edited) THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 1ST (For the entire day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.om THE GO GO ERA ARRIVES 1951: Minnie Minoso made his White Sox debut in becoming the first African American to play for the team the day after being acquired from the Cleveland Indians. In his first plate appearance with the Sox, Minoso launched a home run off Yankee ace Vic Raschi in an 8-3 loss before 14,776 at Comiskey Park. The home run was the first of 135 Minoso would hit for the Sox and properly inaugurated the franchise’s “Go Go” era, according to team historian Rich Lindberg. In that same game, the Yankees’ Mickey Mantle hit the first of his 536 home runs. A ROLLS REUSS OF A PERFORMANCE 1989: Jerry Reuss celebrated his 600th big league appearance by firing the 39th shutout of his career -- a four-hitter -- in the White Sox 6-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 7,625 chilled fans at Comiskey Park. Reuss induced 18 groundball outs in posting the 214th victory of his career. The left-hander struck out four and walked none in improving to 3-2. The Sox supported Reuss with three in the second and three in the fifth on a Ron Kittle home run as the teams played through a brief snow squall. Edited May 1, 2007 by StatManDu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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