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2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0

1997 Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract

1997 Chicago Whites Sox retire Carlton Fisk's number, 72

1997 Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the New York Yankees

1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chicago White Sox

1997 Albert Belle's Chicago White Sox tying 27-game hitting streak ends

1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely for 15th straight time

1997 Angels scores 13 in 7th vs White Sox

1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox

1996 Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens beats Yankees for his 200th win

1996 Yankees losing 8-0 to Chicago White Sox, come back to win 9-8

1995 White Sox (5) and Tigers (7) combine for record 12 home runs at Tiger Stadium

1994 Mariners play Red Sox as home team at Fenway, as Kingdome is repaired

1993 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul-NY

1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st

1993 Carlton Fisk, 45, released by White Sox, as all time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher

1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm

1993 Seattle Mariner Chris Basio no-hits Boston Red Sox

1992 Red Sox Mark Reardon sets record of 342 saves (vs Yanks 1-0)

1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base

1992 Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hr)

1992 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83

1991 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award

1991 Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland

1991 Royal Brett Saberegen no-hits White Sox 7-0

1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)

1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd)

1991 Red Sox and White Sox play then slowest 9 inning game (4:11)

1991 Frank Thomas is 1st White Sox to homer at new Comiskey Park

1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox

1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract

1990 Expos trade Tim Raines to White Sox for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones

1990 Oakland A's sweep Red Sox in 4 games to win ALCS

1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park

1990 Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68,

1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves

1990 White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57

1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR

1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game

1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0

1990 Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990)

1990 Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0

1990 Tony Conigliaro, baseball player (Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45

1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office)

1989 A's bat out of order against White Sox in 3rd inning

1989 Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8

1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa

1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs

1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract

1988 Jim Fregosi is fired as manager of White Sox

1988 Oakland A's sweep Boston Red Sox in 4 games for AL pennant

1988 Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24

1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games

1988 Boston Red Sox set AL consecutive home victories at 23

1988 Red Sox beat Tigers 9-4 for AL record 23rd consecutive win at home

1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling

1988 Red Sox replace manager John McNamara with Joe Morgan

1988 Margo Adams alleges Red Sox Wade Bogg's had an affair with her

1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla

1988 Red Sox begin AL record 23rd consecutive home win streak

1988 Boston Red Sox Barrett steals home

1988 Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East

1988 Margo Adams sues Red Sox 3rd baseman Wade Boggs for palimony

1988 Red Sox retire Bobby Doerr's #1

1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses

1987 Red Sox Wade Boggs ties AL record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons

1987 Red Sox waive Bill Buckner, the goat of last years World Series

1987 Losing 9-0 to Red Sox, Yanks score 11 in 3rd and win 12-11 in 10 inn

1987 New York Met Darryl Strawberry charges Red Sox pitcher Al Nipper during spring training exhibition game, causes bench clearing brawl

1986 New York Mets beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 83rd World Series

1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox

1986 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1

1986 Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleveland Indians

1986 With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs

1986 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson

1986 Red Sox pitcher Tim Lollar gets a pinch-hit single

1986 Theodore H "Ted" Lyons, pitcher (Chicago White Sox), dies at 85

1986 All star MVP: Roger Clemens (Boston Red Sox)

1986 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver

1986 Jim Fregosi replaces Tony LaRussa as White Sox manager

1986 Angel Don Sutton (298 wins) beats White Sox Tom Seaver (306 wins) 3-0

1986 White Sox Joe Cowley sets record striking out 1st 7 Rangers he faces

1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners

1986 Despite losing, Red Sox Wade Boggs gets largest arbitration ($1.35M)

1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year

1985 White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees

1985 Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95

1985 Boston Red Sox Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs

1985 White Sox pitcher Tom Seaver starts a record 15th opening day game

1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36

1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin)

1984 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner

1984 White Sox and Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game, 25 innings

1984 Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (completed 5/9)

1984 Detroit Tiger Jack Morris no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0

1984 Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50

1983 Oakland A's Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship,

1983 New York Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox

1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning

1982 Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans

1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone and Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles

1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)

1981 Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket Red Sox play to 2-2 tie in 32 innings, game suspended at 4:07 AM (Pawtucket later wins in 33rd)

1981 Arbitrator Goetz declares Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk a free agent

1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million

1981 Red Sox trade Fred Lynn to Angels for Frank Tanana and Joe Rudi

1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale

1980 Cleve Dan Spillner, 545 ERA, is 2 outs from a no-hitter when White Sox rookie Leo Sutherland singles

1980 California Angels Freddie Patek, hits 3 home runs and double to beat Red Sox 20-2

1980 White Sox 1st baseman Mike Squires catches final inning of 11-1 loss to Brewers, becoming 1st lefty to catch since Dale Long in 1958

1980 Milwaukee beats Boston Red Sox, 18-1 (Cooper and Money hit grand slams)

1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL and NL (Astros)

1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski hits his 400th HR

1979 "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, causes fans to go wild and causes White Sox to forfeit 2nd game of a doubleheader to Tigers

1978 Boston Red Sox Jim Rice wins AL MVP

1978 Yanks win 3rd straight AL East beating Red Sox 5-4 in a playoff game. Guidry wins #25 aided by Dent's homer and Pinella's fielding

1978 Yanks lose 9-2 to Indians forcing a playoff game with Red Sox

1978 Red Sox finally beat Yanks in Sept 1978, 7-3

1978 Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2

1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9

1978 3rd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-0

1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1978 1st game of Boston Massacre, Yanks beat Red Sox 15-3

1978 Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox

1978 AL approves transfer of Red Sox to Jean Yawkey for $15M

1978 New York Yanks defeat White Sox 4-2 in home opener on Reggie Candy Bar Day

1977 Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni and cash

1977 Red Sox wallop a major league-record 8 home runs beating Toronto 9-6

1977 Red Sox set 3 game record of 16 HRs, all against Yanks

1977 White Sox draft Harold Baines #1

1977 Red Sox (6) and Brewers (5) tie single game HR record of 11

1977 Mary Shane hired by Chicago White Sox as 1st woman TV play-by-play

1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years

1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors

1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)

1976 Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts

1976 White Sox John Odom (5 inn) and Francisco Barrios (4 inn) no-hits A's

1976 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees

1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn

1975 Red Sox's Fred Lynn is 1st rookie to win MVP (AL)

1975 Cin Reds beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 72nd World Series

1975 Red Sox Carlton Fisk's 12th inning HR beats Reds 7-6 in game 6 of WS

1975 Fred Lynn gets 10 RBIs in a Red Sox 15-1 victory over Tigers

1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2

1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired

1974 Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings

1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game started 5/26)

1973 Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 6-3, in 21 inn (game complete 5/28)

1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000

1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox

1973 White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract

1973 Boston Red Sox sign Orlando Cepeda as 1st player signed as a DH

1972 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL

1972 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP

1972 Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0

1972 Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10

1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle

1972 Players on White Sox vote 31-0 in favor of a strike, if necessary

1971 Ray Durham, Charlotte, North Carolina, infielder, Chicago White Sox

1971 William Simas, Jr., Hanford California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1971 James Baldwin, Jr., born in Southern Pines, North Carolina, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign

1971 Troy Malave, Cumana Venezuela, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1971 Rich Garces, Maracay Aragua Venezuela, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1971 Michael Sirotka, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1971 Cory Bailey, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1971 Alexander Delgado, Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 Joseph Hudson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader and lose both games

1970 Expos beat White Sox 10-6 in the annual Hall of Fame game

1970 All star MVP: Carl Yastremski (Boston Red Sox)

1970 Aaron Sele, born in Golden Valley, Minnesota, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1970 William Selby, born in Monroeville, Michigan, infielder for the Boston Red Sox

1970 Wilson Alvarez, Maracaibo Venezuela, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1969 Larry Thomas, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1969 Red Sox Rico Petrocelli hits shortstop record 40th HR of season

1969 Nathan Minchey, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1969 Alex Fernandez, born in Miami Beach, Florida, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1969 Lee O'Leary, born in Compton, California, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1969 Oakland A's Reggie Jackson gets 10 RBIs to beat Red Sox 21-7

1969 Vaughn Eshelman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1969 Lyle Mouton, Lafayette, Louisiana, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1969 Jeff Tinsley, born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1969 Brandon Wilson, U.S. baseball infielder, Chicago White Sox

1969 Bob Wickman, Green Bay WI, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees

1969 Phil Plantier, Manchester NH, outfielder, San Diego Padres, Red Sox, A's

1968 Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run

1968 Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman, Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP

1968 Alan Levine, Park Ridge, Illinois, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1968 Eric Wedge, U.S. baseball catcher for the Boston Red Sox

1967 Mo Vaughn, Norwalk Conn, infielder, Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995

1967 Tom Gordon, Sebring, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1967 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968

1967 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series

1967 World Series record 3 consecutive home runs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox

1967 Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0

1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours and 19 minutes

1967 Darren Lewis, born in Berkeley, California, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1967 Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton

1967 Minnesota Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings

1967 Robin Ventura, born in Santa Maria, California, infielder, Chicago White Sox

1967 Matt Karchner, born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1967 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3

1967 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings

1967 Mike Stanton, born in Houston, Texas, pitcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox

1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at

1967 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)

1967 John Valentin, Mineola, New York, infielder for the Boston Red Sox

1967 Tim Naehring, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, infielder for the Boston Red Sox

1967 Chris Nabholz, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, infielder, Chicago White Sox

1966 Brian Keyser, Castro Valley California, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1966 Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see White Sox win 4-1

1966 Jeff Frye, born in Oakland California, infielder for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Albert Belle, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, outfielder, Indians, White Sox

1966 Tim Wakefield, Melbourne, Florida, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Heathcliff Slocumb, born in Jamaica, New York, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Bill Haselman, Long Branch, New Jersey, catcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Eric Gunderson, born in Portland, Oregon, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1966 Jack McDowell, Van Nuys California, pitcher, New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians

1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleveland Indians, 2-0

1965 Yankees Tom Tresh bangs 3 consecutive home runs beating White Sox 12-0

1964 Roberto Hernandez, Santurce Puerto Rico, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1964 Dave Martinez, Manhattan, New York, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1964 Chad Kreuter, Marin County California, catcher, Chicago White Sox

1964 Jose Canseco, born in Havana, Cuba, outfielder, Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP

1964 Jeff Schwarz, U.S. baseball pitcher, California Angels, Chicago White Sox

1964 Jeff Sellers, baseball pitcher, Red Sox

1964 Kevin Tapani, Des Moines, Iowa, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, Minnesota Twins

1964 Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop, Chicago White Sox

1963 Ron Karkovice, born in Union, New Jersey, catcher, Chicago White Sox

1963 Mike Stanley, born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, catcher, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox

1963 Tigers claim young pitcher Denny McLain from the White Sox for $25,000

1962 Jamie Moyer, Sellersville, Pennsylvania, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1962 Danny Tartabull, born in Miami, Florida, outfielder, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox

1962 Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP

1962 Boston Red Sox Bill Monboquette no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0

1962 Chicago White Sox Floyd Robinson goes 6 for 6 (all singles)

1962 Boston Red Sox Earl Wilson no-hits LA Angels, 2-0

1962 Red Sox Bill Monbouquette no-hits White Sox 1-0

1961 An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn

1961 Ryne Duren sets AL record with 7 straight strikeouts against Red Sox

1961 New Washington Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox

1961 Kirk McCaskill, born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, pitcher, Chicago White Sox

1960 White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time

1960 Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires

1960 White Sox unveil new road uniforms with players' names above number

1960 Steve Sax, 2nd baseman, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox

1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP

1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, outfielder, Chicago White Sox

1959 Los Angeles Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series

1959 [Dennis Ray] "Oil Can" Boyd, baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox

1959 Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant

1959 Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0

1959 Red Sox are last team to use a black player (Pumpsie Green)

1959 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during ankee-Red Sox game

1959 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox

1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR

1959 Tony Phillips, born in Atlanta, Georgia, baseballoutfielder: Chicago White Sox

1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in 1 inning Sox score 11 runs on 1 hit, 10 walks, and 3 errors

1959 Harold Baines, born in Easton, Maryland, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers

1959 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck

1959 Joe Hesketh, U.S. baseball player for the Boston Red Sox

1959 Dorothy Rigney sells White Sox to Bill Veeck for a reported $27M

1959 Otis Nixon, U.S. baseball outfielder, Boston Red Sox, Texas Rangers

1958 Detroit Tiger Jim Bunning no-hits Boston Red Sox, 3-0

1958 Game in Kansas City between A's and Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado

1958 Wade Boggs, Nebraska, Red Sox/Yank 3rd baseman, AL bat champ 1985-88

1958 Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid

1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players

1957 Chicago White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Washington Senators, 6-0

1957 White Sox Bob Keegan no-hits Senators 6-0

1957 White Sox' James Landis struck out 5 times in a game

1957 White Sox reliever Dixie Howell hits 2 home runs to beat Washington Senators 8-6

1957 Red Sox set AL record by smashing 4 home runs in 6th inning in 11-0 win

1956 White Sox manager Marty Marion resigns. AL Lopez replaces him

1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)

1956 Yanks set dubious record, stranding 20 men on base Mantle hits a 500' plus homer but Red Sox win 13-9 in Fenway

1956 Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings

1956 Boston Red Sox fine Ted Williams $5,000 for spitting at Boston fans

1956 Boston Red Sox Mel Parnell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 4-0

1955 Yanks clinch pennant by beating Red Sox, 3-2

1955 Bauer and Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st

1955 Boston Red Sox Norm Zauchin gets 10 RBIs, beating Senators 16-0

1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920

1954 Rick Cerone, Newark, New Jersey, catcher, Yankees/Red Sox/Mets/Expos

1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1

1953 Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen

1953 Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military

1953 Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief

1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3

1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)

1953 Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder, AL MVP 1978

1952 Chicago White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)

1951 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies

1951 Bucky Dent, all star shortstop, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees

1951 Cleveland Indian Bobby Avila hits 3 HRs, double and single vs Red Sox

1951 Minnie Minoso becomes the 1st black to play for the White Sox

1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63

1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract

1950 Greg Luzinski, baseball player, Phillies, White Sox

1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930

1950 Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year

1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year

1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases

1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)

1950 Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th

1949 Bill Buckner, born in California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series

1949 White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox

1949 A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton

1949 St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3

1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16

1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place

1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland

1948 Indians beat Red Sox, 8-0, in 1st AL playoff game

1948 Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson

1948 Pat Seerey of Chicago White Sox hits 4 home runs in a game

1948 Cleveland Indians tie AL record of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)

1948 Yanks and Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game

1947 Carlton Fisk, born in Vermont, all star catcher, Red Sox, White Sox

1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox

1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)

1946 Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)

1946 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 43rd World Series

1946 Boston Red Sox clinch AL pennant

1946 Boston Red Sox Rudy York hits 2 grand slams in 1 game, gets 10 RBIs

1946 Cleve Lou Boudreau hits 4 doubles and HR but Red Sox win 11-10 on Ted Williams 3 HR with 8 RBIs

1946 Red Sox win 15th straight beat Yanks 5-4, DiMaggio hits Grand Slam

1946 Red Sox Johnny Pesky scores 6 runs in 1 game

1945 Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)

1945 Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1943 Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher, Red Sox

1943 Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs

1943 Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 mins), White Sox beat Senators

1942 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator

1942 2 black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox, they are allowed to work out

1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant

1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory)

1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove, 41, wins his 300th game

1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets AL record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games

1941 Ken Berry, baseball player, White Sox, Angels, Brewers, Indians

1940 Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees

1940 Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)

1940 Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits and 1 run

1940 Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 home runs to beat White Sox 10-9

1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)

1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance

1939 White Sox host 1st "day-night" doubleheader, lose to Cleve, 5-2 and 7-5

1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning

1939 Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win

1939 Carl Yastrzemski, born in New York, Boston Red Sox great, 1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame

1939 In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2

1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)

1939 Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game

1939 Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR

1938 St. Louis Browns walk Boston Red Sox Jimmy Foxx 6 times in a row

1938 Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 and 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium

1937 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams

1937 Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Detroit

1937 Chicago White Sox Bill Dietrich no-hits St. Louis Browns, 8-0

1936 Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees

1936 Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him

1936 Floyd Robinson, baseball player, White Sox, Reds, A's

1935 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000

1935 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000

1935 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleveland Indians, 5-0

1935 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0

1934 While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox

1934 Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0

1934 Red Sox pitcher Wes Ferrell hits 2 home runs to beat White Sox 3-2 in 12

1934 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle beating White Sox 11-2,

1934 Red Sox score 12 runs in 4th inning including record 4 consecutive triples hit by Carl Reynolds, Moose Solters, Rick Ferrell, and B Walters

1934 New Fenway Park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5

1933 1st time, brothers on opposite teams homer in the same game. Red Sox

1933 Trailing 11-3, Yanks score 12 runs in 8th and beat White Sox 15-11

1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox

1932 New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3

1932 1st Sunday game at Fenway Park, Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2

1932 "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies

1931 Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of season over White Sox, 2-1

1931 Red Sox Earl Webb sets record with 65 en route to 67 doubles

1931 Washington Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0

1931 White Sox score 11 in 8th to beat Yankees 14-12

1931 Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play 1st exhibition night game

1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St. Louis Browns

1930 Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13

1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager

1929 Jimmy Piersall, baseball player, Red Sox, Senators, Indians

1929 A's clinch AL pennant with a 5-0 win over White Sox

1929 Detroit Tigers beats Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 21 innings

1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field

1928 New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples and 2 home runs to be White Sox 15-7

1927 Nellie Fox, White Sox infielder, AL MVP 1959

1927 Red Sox beat New York Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park

1927 Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings

1927 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in 11-4 victory over Red Sox

1927 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 home runs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11

1927 Billy Pierce, pitcher, Chicago White Sox, seven time all star

1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox

1926 Chicago Tribune reports the Tigers threw a 4-game series to the White Sox in 1917 to help Chicago win the pennant (never substaniated)

1926 Eddie Collins is released as White Sox manager

1926 Indian Emil Levsen pitches complete doubleheader victory (Red Sox)

1926 White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway

1926 White Sox Earl Sheely hits a record 6th consecutive double

1925 White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919

1925 White Sox manager Eddie Collins gets 3,000 hit

1924 White Sox beat New York Giants 8-4 in Dublin, less than 20 fans attend

1923 Yanks slaughter Red Sox 24-4

1923 Red Sox 1st baseman George Burns pulls off an unassisted triple play

1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks

1923 Boston Red Sox Howard Ehmke no-hits Philadelphia A's, 4-0

1923 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M

1923 Cleveland Indians beat Boston Red Sox 27-3 with 13 runs in 6th inning

1923 2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary

1922 Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0

1922 Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement

1921 Due to a technicality, 8 Chicago White Sox accused in Black Sox scandal are acquited, however Landis throws them out of baseball

1921 Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox

1921 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago

1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal

1920 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series (Black Sox scandal)

1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series

1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win

1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0

1920 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win and game is replayed

1920 Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees

1920 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000

1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season

1919 Yanks and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth

1919 Reds beat White Sox, 5 games to 3 in 16th World Series. This series is known as black sox scandal as 8 White Sox throw series

1919 White Sox catcher Ray Schalk is 2nd man ejected from a World Series

1919 World Series begins as a best of 9 affair, White Sox intentionally throw this series to satisfy gamblers (Black Sox Scandal)

1919 White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game

1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times

1918 Kid Gleason replaces Pants Rowland as White Sox manager

1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000

1918 Robert Feller, MLB pitcher, Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times

1918 Ted Williams, hitter, Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47

1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series

1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)

1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter for the Boston Red Sox

1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple

1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0

1918 White Sox losing 5-4 against New York Yankees, load the bases in 9th with no outs Chick Gandil lines to Frank Baker who turns a triple play

1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4

1918 Dominic DiMaggio, baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox

1917 Chicago White Sox beat New York Giants, 4 games to 2 in 14th World Series

1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game

1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0

1917 St. Louis Brown Bob Groom no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0

1917 St. Louis Brown Ernie Koob no-hits Chicago White Sox, 1-0

1917 Yankee lefty George Mogridge no-hits Red Sox 2-1 at Fenway

1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St. Louis Browns, 11-0

1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox

1917 Red Sox sell Smokey Joe Wood, his arm dead at 26, to Cleveland for $15,000

1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series

1915 Boston Red Sox beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1 in 12th World Series

1915 Red Sox, 3-1, with an 8th inning 2 run rally

1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit

1915 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series

1915 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits New York Giants, 2-0

1915 White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleveland in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31,500

1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15

1914 Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox

1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox

1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3

1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles

1914 Chicago White Sox Joe Benz no-hits Cleveland Indians, 6-1

1914 New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt

1913 White Sox beat Giants 9-4 in exhibition game in Tokyo

1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield

1912 Red Sox defeat A's 3-0 for then AL record 105th win

1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins

1912 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)

1912 Fenway Park officially opens, Red Sox beat New York Highlanders 7-6 in 11

1912 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs. Harvard)

1911 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits Boston, 5-0

1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0

1911 Boston Red Sox Smokey Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0

1911 White Sox Ed Walsh stops Ty Cobb's 40-game hitting streak

1911 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15

1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win

1910 Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park

1910 A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie

1910 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park opens, visiting Browns win 2-0

1910 Chicago's Comiskey Park opens - St. Louis Browns beat White Sox 2-0

1910 White Sox Park (Comiskey Park) opens with 2-0 loss to Browns

1910 Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox

1909 Dutch, Emil, Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914

1909 Boston Red Sox trade Cy Young, at 41, to Cleveland Naps

1908 Tigers beat White Sox, 7-0 to win AL pennant

1908 White Sox Ed Walsh tops Detroit 6-1 for his 40th victory

1908 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith 2nd no-hitter, beats Philadelphia 1-0

1907 Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits New York Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game

1906 All Chicago World Series, 1st AL victory, White Sox win 4 games to 2 Cubs losers share of $439.50 is lowest for World Series

1906 Joe Cronin, baseball, Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres

1906 White Sox Ed Walsh strikes out then record 12 in a World Series game

1906 Chicago White Sox win 19th straight, beating Washington Senators

1906 Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak

1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0

1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising

1905 Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0

1905 Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0

1905 Philadelphia A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game

1904 Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game and chance at pennant

1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days

1904 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0

1904 Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913)

1903 1st baseball World Series, Pittsburgh Pirates vs Boston Pilgrims (Red Sox)

1903 Yanks and White Sox end deadlocked at 6-6 in 18

1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox

1903 Chicago White Sox commit 12 errors against Detroit Tigers

1903 Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox

1902 Chicago White Sox Jim Callahan no-hits Detroit Tigers, 3-0

1901 Chicago White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners

1901 Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2

1901 Detroit Tigers commit 12 errors against Chicago White Sox

1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1

1887 Joe Jackson, black sox player, Say it aint so, Joe

1887 Edward Collins, New York, Hall of Fame infielder, White Sox, A's

1859 Charles Comiskey, 1st basemen/manager, Chicago White Sox



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