Today in White Sox History: April 10
Moe Berg’s Chicago career ends — but his life adventures are just beginning
Future spy and World War II hero Moe Berg was shipped out of Chicago on this day, 95 years ago. 1931 After five seasons on the South Side, Moe Berg was sold to Cleveland. The catcher epitomized a replacement players, with a sum total of -0.
2 WAR in his Chicago years — all subpar but for 1929 (0. 7 WAR, . 287 batting average, and 107 games that would end up being his career high, by far).
Berg would play for nine more years in the majors after his time with the White Sox, but would eventually gain much more reknown as an OSS spy prior to and during World War II. 1959 The season opener to a memorable, pennant-winning year started in Detroit, where Billy Pierce faced Jim Bunning. The White Sox blew a 7-4 lead when the Tigers got three runs in the eighth inning, and matters weren’t decided until the 14th.
That’s when Nellie Fox , who hit home runs as often as he struck out, blasted a two-run shot to give the Sox a 9-7 win. Fox went 5-for-7 and knocked in three runs that afternoon, despite freezing temperatures. Catcher Sherm Lollar had three hits for the Sox, who used seven pitchers in the game.
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