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1910Comiskey Park hosted the first night game ever played in an MLB ballpark, as Chicago amateur clubs the…

1920During a robbery attempt at the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Company on August 3, three armed bandits gunned down…

1913The White Sox purchased the contract of a future Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Urban “Red” Faber, from Des Moines for…

1910It was a noteworthy publicity stunt. With the White Sox in Washington, D.C., catcher Billy Sullivan caught a…

1901While the most prodigious team entering the major leagues in this year, the White Sox still could not…

1915The White Sox acquired Shoeless Joe Jackson from Cleveland for $31,500 (almost a million today) along with pitcher…

1900Yes, it’s a pre-major league White Sox item, featuring a non-White Sox player. But this one is too…

1910Red Faber, pitching for the Class-B Dubuque Dubs in the Three-I (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana) League, threw a 3-0…

1962The final piece of the Billy Pierce-Eddie Fisher trade (involving six total players) was named, as San Francisco…

1926After being a winning team all season, the White Sox had fallen to 57-58 two days earlier, and…

1922In front of 2,500 at Fenway Park, the Soxes White and Red set an AL record with 35…

1911Ed Walsh pitched the 17th one-hitter in White Sox history, shutting out the Tigers, 2-0, at Comiskey Park.…