On May 8, 1912, Walter Johnson allowed two home runs in a game against the White Sox, marking a rare poor performance in his career. This game was notable as it accounted for 2.1% of his career home runs allowed.
On this day five years ago, Yasmani Grandal joined Babe Ruth in the AL record book. | (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
1912
Pitching most of his career in the dead-ball era, itâs no shock that all-time hurling great Walter Johnson allowed just 97 home runs over his 802 career games and 5,914 1â3 innings. But you might be startled to know that in a 7-6 loss to the White Sox, Johnson surrendered two home runs (2.1% of his career home runs allowed) â and they were the only homers he allowed all season!
White Sox third baseman Harry Lord and center fielder Ping Bodie victimized The Big Train in this one.
Because game accounts and box scores from more than a century ago are incomplete, and Washington committed one error in the game, there is no earned run count in the game record for Johnson, who entered action having surrendered just one in the three prior starts with full stats available from 1912. But box score logic dictates that the White Sox slapped at least five earned runs on Johnson in this game, which almost assuredly would place this as one of the worst efforts of his career.
The win powered the White Sox to their 16th win in 21 tries to start the season, and the third win in an eight-game winning streak, as they sat atop the AL by 3 1â2 games over second-place Boston. The White Sox pushed their record to a gaudy 21-5 and their league lead to as many as 5 1â2 games before tumbling down to an eventual fourth place, 28 games out, at 78-76-4.
1966
New White Sox managergave a real indication that the season was not going to be like any other, and that he was a lot different from former skipper .
Walter Johnson allowed two home runs to the White Sox, which was a rare occurrence in his career.
Harry Lord and Ping Bodie were the White Sox players who hit home runs off Walter Johnson.
Walter Johnson allowed just 97 home runs over his career, spanning 802 games.
The White Sox won the game against Walter Johnson with a score of 7-6.
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On this date, the Sox dropped a 3-1, 11-inning game to the Tigers. Stanky was asked by reporter Watson Spoelstra of the Detroit News what pitch Bob Locker threw to Detroitâs Gates Brown in a key situation (Brown stung a two-run double in the 11th inning off of the pitch.) Stanky, who was preparing to change into his street clothes, went temporarily crazy. He launched an abusive tirade at Spoelstra, while ripping his jersey to shreds. Then he took off his spikes, and threw them crashing against the wall!
1967
White Sox outfielder Ken Berry was part of the cover shot for Sports Illustrated for a story describing âThe Tangled American Leagueâ race.
1995
Among 16,485 fans who saw a 4-2 White Sox win over the Minnesota Twins, one was the 10 millionth fan to cross the turnstiles at the new White Sox Park.
2021
How do you hit .000 in a game and match Babe Ruth in the record books? If youâre White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal, you walk four times in a 9-1 win over the Royals in Kansas City. That gave him 13 walks in four games, tying an American League record first set by Ruth in 1930. If you add in the National League, Bryce Harper (2016) is the only other player to accomplish this feat.