Good morning!
Dylan Cease's marvelous game against the Twins last Saturday evening marked the first time a White Sox pitcher went a full nine innings this season. Setting aside the two no-hitters from 2020 and 2021, it was also the first time since 2019 a Sox starter allowed just one hit over nine innings.
In fact, this type of pitching performance hasn't happened very often in franchise history, which is what today's Sporcle is all about. Including perfect games and no-hitters, there are still just 86 instances in franchise history. How many can you name? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 10 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the date of the game and the opponent.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- No hard-luck losers here: the White Sox are a sparkling 86-0 when their starting pitcher accomplishes this. The closest the team has come to a loss was a 1-0 victory over Cleveland in 1967 which took 17 innings to complete. (The Sox starter went 11)
- The two teams most victimized by Sox starters: Cleveland and various iterations of Washington, 12 times apiece.
- The oldest player to accomplish this was age 40, while the youngest was 21.
- The oldest player to accomplish this in MLB history was 44 and was (who else?) Nolan Ryan, in his no-hitter against Toronto on 5/1/1991. (Ryan holds 5 of the 14 instances of a 40+ age pitcher doing this)
- The youngest in MLB history? That would be Von McDaniel pitching for the 1957 Cardinals against the Pirates, at age 18 years, 101 days.
All data from stathead.com
