Today in White Sox History: August 28

1909
In the second inning of the opener of a doubleheader at South Side Park, Washington’s Dolly Gray set two major league records against the White Sox: He walked eight batters in the inning, and seven of them consecutive. Patsy Dougherty led off the inning with a single, and No. 5 hitter Frank Isbell either sacrificed Doughtery to second or made an out (game play-by-play isn’t available). And then, the parade of walks — from No. 6 hitter Lee Tannehill all the way back through the order to Doughtery — began. The White Sox scored six in the inning, all “driven in” with walks.

The second time Doughtery went to bat, with six straight walks already in the books, White Sox manager Billy Sullivan suggested Doughtery leave his bat in the dugout.

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The White Sox won, 6-4, with only Doughtery’s single hit. Gray’s one-hitter came with 11 additional walks, so there was still a lot of traffic on the bases!

Interestingly, it marks the third time Doughtery has had the only hit for his team in a game, and it still will happen once more in his career.

The White Sox also won the nightcap, 2-1, walking just twice.

1936
With a 2-for-3 effort in a White Sox win over the Senators, 6-5, Luke Appling set the mark for longest franchise hitting streak, at 23 games. Appling had tapped out 30 hits in those 23 games, batting .337 with a .427 on-base and .888 OPS. The shortstop broke Eddie Collins‘ previous mark of 22 games.

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Appling would hit safely in four more games, and his 27-game hit streak would remain tops in team annals for 68 years, when Carlos Lee bettered him by one game and set the current team mark of 28.

1938
It was the most grueling stretch of baseball in major league history: A series of rainouts forced the White Sox to play six consecutive doubleheaders on six consecutive days from August 23-28. They played four games against the Yankees in two days, six games against the Red Sox in three days and two games against the Athletics. All were on the road.

For the month, the White Sox had to play 13 doubleheaders! Despite the daunting stretch of games, they finished the month with a record of 16-22…

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