June 19, 1977. At Comiskey Park on Fathers Day, Before the first  game of a double header,  Lamar Johnson sang the National Anthem and then hit 2 home runs and a double (the only 3 hits in the game for the Sox) as the White Sox beat the Oakland A’s, 2-1. Wilber Wood picks up the win for the White Sox.

After the game, Johnson discussed both his singing and his slugging. “Bart Johnson (a White Sox pitcher) talked to Bill Veeck’s secretary about my singing the Anthem,” he said. “Hey, if singing means I hit like that, I’ll sing any time they want.”

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