{"id":679357,"date":"2026-04-19T20:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679357\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:29:40","slug":"today-in-chicago-white-sox-history-april-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679357\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Chicago White Sox History: April 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

1907
Ed Walsh tied a major league record in a 1-0 win over St. Louis \u2014 but not for his pitching prowess. In this game, it was his fielding, as Walsh had 11 assists and 13 total chances in the field. There is no play-by-play data available for the game so it\u2019s uncertain whether the Browns<\/a> were bunting a bunch to try to get on against the fourth-year ace or that there were just an inordinate number of comebackers through the box.<\/p>\n

1960
Minnie Mi\u00f1oso made a triumphant return to the White Sox<\/a>, blasting two home runs (including the game-winner in the ninth inning) for a wild 10-9 victory over the A\u2019s on Opening Day. Minnie, reacquired from Cleveland over the offseason, also had a grand slam and drove in six runs. More ominous, however, was the fact that the vaunted American League champion Sox pitching staff gave up nine runs in the first place, and the team committed two errors. Those shortcomings would eventually lead to a third-place finish, at 87-67.<\/p>\n

In 1960, Mi\u00f1oso hit .311 with 20 home runs, 105 RBIs and 17 stolen bases, winning a Gold Glove and making the All-Star team. He also finished fourth in AL MVP voting \u2014 for the fifth time!<\/p>\n

1961
In the home opener against Washington, owner Bill Veeck hired numerous little people to sell concessions throughout Comiskey Park. Why? Because Veeck received a number of complaints from fans that taller vendors were obstructing their view of the game! Given that the White Sox lost, 7-2, perhaps the fans would not have wanted to see more of the game, anyway.<\/p>\n

1965
White Sox manager Al Lopez tied his own record by using five pinch-hitters in the seventh inning of a 7-2 win over the Orioles at Comiskey Park. The Sox trailed, 2-1, when Lopez began his maneuvering. By the time the inning was over, he used Don Buford, Danny Cater, Johnny Romano, Dave Nicholson and Gary Peters as pinch-hitters, with Romano and Peters both producing RBI singles. Peters\u2019 hit would give the Sox the lead for good. Lopez first used five pinch-hitters in an inning on May 18, 1957, also at Baltimore.<\/p>\n

1966
The White Sox defeat California, 3-1, in the first game the Angels ever played at Anaheim Stadium. The ballpark remains the home of the Angels, and is the fourth-oldest park in the majors.<\/p>\n

1980
In a thrilling comeback win at Baltimore, Harold Baines hit his first career home run \u2014 against Jim Palmer! With the White Sox trailing, 4-1, Jim Morrison swaggered to the plate and crushed a deep shot to left field off of the Orioles ace. Baines then did same, smashing an opposite-field shot to knock Palmer out of the game and bring the White Sox to within one. Two innings later, still trailing, 4-3, Baines went the other way once again for a one-out single, coming around to score after singles by Thad Bosley and Mike Squires. Then, in the top of the 12th, Marv Foley hit a solo homer off of Tippy Martinez that would hold up as the game-winner.<\/p>\n

1998
Lou Frazier stole four bases in a 5-4 loss in Toronto, in 12 innings. Frazier became the seventh player in White Sox history to attain the mark, and the first in 53 seasons. At 33 years old, Frazier was the third-oldest player to steal four bases in a game for the White Sox.<\/p>\n

Somewhat remarkably, Frazier didn\u2019t get a hit in the game, and didn\u2019t need the extra innings to tie the club mark. The veteran went 0-for-3 in the leadoff spot, with two walks. He struck out leading off the game, walked and stole second in the third inning, got on via error and stole second in the fifth inning, and walked and stole second and third in the seventh.<\/p>\n

Even more remarkably, this record-breaking game was Frazier\u2019s final with the White Sox and final in the majors, as the center fielder was demoted to Triple-A Vancouver after the game to make room on the roster for Wil Cordero.<\/p>\n

2006
The White Sox beat the Royals, 4-0, handing Kansas City its 10th straight loss of the young season. Chicago pitching held the Royals to one run and 11 hits over the three-game sweep.<\/p>\n

The win puts the White Sox at 10-5 and back in first place for the first time since Opening Day. The club will remain in first until May 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1907Ed Walsh tied a major league record in a 1-0 win over St. Louis \u2014 but not for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,138,49,4726,2561,4,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-679357","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-chicago-white-sox-history","12":"tag-chicagowhitesox","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-white-sox","15":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116433267577351731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}