This Date In White Sox history - June 15th


June 15, 1950 - On the biggest baseball stage, Sox pitcher Billy Pierce throws his first one hitter. Pierce shut down the Yankees in New York winning 5 - 0. It was the first of Pierce’s four one hitters.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1950/B06150CHA1950.htm



June 15, 1958 - Sox pitchers Jim Wilson and Dick Donovan both fire complete game shutouts in beating the Orioles in a double header at Baltimore. The Sox win 3 - 0 and 4 - 0. Later that day the White Sox acquire pitcher Bob Shaw as part of a four player deal with Detroit. Shaw would come up big for the White Sox during the 1959 pennant winning season going 18 - 6 with a 2.69 ERA. 

Game 1: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B06151BAL1958.htm
Game 2: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B06152BAL1958.htm



June 15, 2004 - White Sox slugger Carlos Lee establishes the team record when he gets a hit in his 28th straight game. It broke the old mark held by Luke Appling and Albert Belle.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2004/B06150FLO2004.htm