Good morning!
Last week, fearless leader/curling extraordinaire/managing editor of Sox Machine --Jim Margalus, in other words-- raised an interesting question. A question which, ultimately, has led to what will be a two-part Sporcle Saturday: have we ever had a quiz covering White Sox pitching and/or hitting coaches?
As you likely have guessed, the answer to that is a firm no. Managers have been a theme in the past, but I've never strayed down the path of any members of the coaching staff. This week will be pitching coaches, while next week will be hitting coaches.
Baseball Reference lists coaching staffs with defined roles back to at least the 1960s in most instances. From there, SABR's BioProject came in handy to go a few decades further back. In all, I felt comfortable listing pitching coaches for the White Sox back to 1933, a total of 21 names: how many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted 20 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the tenure of the pitching coach.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- It's entirely possible that White Sox great Ed Walsh was a pitching coach for the team for several years during the '20s. He's listed as a coach during those years but I wasn't able to confirm he served as the pitching coach.
- This is less "useless information" and more of a PSA: look up some of these guys in the aforementioned SABR BioProject. There are some great stories contained within.
All names from a combination of Baseball Reference and SABR's BioProject.
