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Brooks Baldwin connects for the Sox first homer in Sacramento on April 25, 2025. A list of first Sox homers at the A’s home parks: *PARK, CITY—PLAYER (DATE) *Columbia Park, Philadelphia—Billy Sullivan (July 18, 1902) *Shibe Park, Philadelphia—-Ping Bodie (June 17, 1913) *Municipal Stadium, Kansas City—Chico Carrasquel (April 22, 1955) *The Coliseum, … [Read more...] about APRIL 28TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: FIRST SOX HR AT A’S SITES

Jose Valentin had another big day for the Sox on this date in 2000. Here’s a look at what happened on this date (April 28th) in White Sox history: *1901, SOX SINGLE CLEVELAND TO DEATH: Led by Fred Hartman, who went 4-for-5 with two RBI, the White Sox rocked Charles “Bock” Baker for an American League record 23 singles in a 13-1 win over Cleveland at South Side … [Read more...] about THIS DATE (APRIL 28TH) IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: LOTSA SINGLES, K FRENZY … AND MORE!

The last 10 White Sox games shortened by rain: DATE—RESULT/INNINGS 4-24-2025—White Sox 3, at Minnesota 0/7 4-1-2024—Atlanta 9, White Sox/8 9-24-2023—White Sox 3, at Boston 2/6 5-18-2019—White Sox 4, Toronto 1/5 5-9-2019—At Cleveland 5, White Sox 0/5 4-12-2019—White Sox 9, at NY Yankees 6/7 7-19-2017—LA Angels 9, White Sox 1/8 7-21-2016—Detroit 2, … [Read more...] about APRIL 25TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: RAIN-SHORTENED GAMES

A list of players who have started at cleanup for the White Sox within 7 games of their MLB debut: DATE—PLAYER (GAME) 4-23-25—Edgar Quero (7) 6-2-18—-Matt Skole (2) 7-6-80 (2)—-Randy Johnson (3) 7-6-80 (1)—-Randy Johnson (2) … [Read more...] about APRIL 24TH @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: EARLY-IN-CAREER SOX CLEANUP DHs

White Sox switch-hitters with 3-hit games in their first 6 MLB games: DATE—PLAYER 4-22-2025—Edgar Quero 8-22-2014—Yolmer Sanchez 9-26-1998—Brian Simmons 9-23-1998—Brian Simmons 7-29-1973—-Jerry Hairston 9-21-1963—DonBuford 8-25-1927—Ray Flaskamper … [Read more...] about APRIL 23RD @SOXNERD WHITE SOX QUICKLIST: EARLY 3-HIT GAMES BY SOX SWITCH-HITTERS