On September 24, 1919 — The White Sox’s 6 – 5 win over St. Louis clinches the pennant; the final margin will be 3 1/2 games over the Indians.
With the Sox down by one run entering the bottom of the ninth inning, Dickie Kerr led off with a single to left field and moved to third on a base hit by Nemo Leibold. Fred McMullin, who had come in to replace the ejected Eddie Collins, worked Sothoron for a walk to load the bases. Buck Weaver lifted a long sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Kerr and tying the game at 5-5. Leibold advanced to third base after the catch.
Shoeless Joe Jackson stepped to the plate against Sothoron with a chance to win the pennant on one swing of the bat. No American League team had ever clinched a World Series berth with a walk-off victory before. Chicago’s star slugger took a “vicious swat” and lined a hit to right-center field that would have gone “for two or three bases under ordinary circumstances.” One was all that was needed for Leibold to come home with the winning run. The White Sox mobbed Jackson in celebration and began to look ahead to their World Series matchup with the Cincinnati Reds.
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