Carlton Fisk breaks the record catching his 2,226th major league game On June 22, 1993, On his final day as a professional baseball player, 45 year-old Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox catches his 2,226th major league game, breaking the record held by Bob Boone. The White Sox…
At Comiskey Park, Bo Jackson of the Chicago White Sox hits a home run in his first at-bat after coming back from hip replacement surgery. The White Sox, however, lose to the Yankees, 11 – 6.
On March 30, 1992, the Chicago Cubs make one of their best trades ever, acquiring outfielder Sammy Sosa and pitcher Ken Patterson from the Chicago White Sox for outfielder George Bell. While Bell’s career will last only two more seasons, Sosa will become an All-Star and capture national attention by hitting 66 home…
On April 3, 1991, the Chicago White Sox sign injured free agent outfielder Bo Jackson to a one-year contract worth $700,000. The Kansas City Royals had released Jackson on March 15, citing his inability to play baseball due to a football-related hip injury.
On January 3, 1991, Hall of Fame shortstop Luke Appling dies at the age of 83. One of the few Hall of Famers never to play in a World Series, Appling batted .310 during a 20-year career with the Chicago White Sox. In 1964, the Baseball Writers’ Association elected Appling to the Hall…
Montreal Expos trade longtime leadoff man Tim Raines to the Chicago White Sox
On September 3, 1990, Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox, breaks the mark established by Dave Righetti with the Yankees in 1986, sets a major league record with his 47th save when he pitches a scoreless ninth inning in Chicago’s 4-2 defeat of Kansas City at Comiskey Park. The White Sox reliever will save another…
In the team’s 4-2 victory over Texas at Arlington Stadium, Carlton Fisk breaks Johnny Bench’s record for home runs by a catcher when he hits his 328th, a deep shot to left field off Charlie Hough in the top of the second inning. The White Sox backstop, who hit 162 round-trippers while playing for the Red Sox, will end his 24-year Hall of Fame career with 376 homers, 351 as a catcher.
On July 12, 1990, In a 6-inning rain-shortened contest, White Sox starter Melido Perez no-hits the host Yankees, 8 – 0. His brother Pascual, who is watching from the New York bench, also hurled an abbreviated no-no in 1988 holding the Phillies hitless for five innings at Veterans Stadium. This is the 7th no-hitter this…
On July 11, 1990 At Comiskey Park, the White Sox honor their 1917 World Championship team by donning old-fashioned uniforms and scaling concessions back to World War I prices. This will spawn many more Turn Back the Clock-style promotions across Major League Baseball in the coming years. Chicago loses to Milwaukee, 12 – 9, in 13 innings. (photo) Ozzie Guillen checks out the arriving crowd before…