South Side Park I
South Side Park I Chicago, IL, US
South Side Park I Chicago, IL, US
1940 – South Side Park, the first home of the Chicago White Sox, burns down.
Doc White tosses his fifth shutout in eighteen days when he blanks New York at Chicago’s South Side Park, 4-0. The White Sox southpaw will pitch six of his season total of seven shutouts in the month of September.
Boston American hurler Jesse Tannehill no-hits the White Sox at Chicago’s South Side Park, 6-0. The Americans will change their name to the Red Sox for the 1907 season. The 30 year-old southpaw issues one one walk, hits a batter and strikes out three en route tossing the third no-hitter in the brief history of the American League.
Cy Young drives in the contest’s lone run when he blanks the Pale Hose at Chicago’s South Side Park, 1-0. The shutout, his fourth consecutive complete game without allowing a run, is the Boston American right-hander’s third 1-0 victory in a span of nine days.
1901 – Three rain postponements give Chicago the honor of hosting the first major league game in American League history (the circuit played as a minor league in 1900). At South Side Park, a crowd of over 10,000 fans attends the game to see pitcher Roy Patterson take the win for the Chicago White Sox over the the visiting Cleveland Blues, 8 – 2. Clark Griffith manages Chicago.
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