Today in White Sox History: April 23
Marv Owen doubles his pleasure, four times
On this day 87 years ago, Marv Owen tied a White Sox and MLB mark during a rout of the St. Louis Browns. 1919 Perhaps the most talented White Sox team ever opened the season in St.
Louis and destroyed the Browns , 13-4. The offense pounded out 21 hits, which remains tied for 40th-most ever by the White Sox in a game. Lefty Williams got the win, throwing a complete game.
Six months later, after winning the American League pennant, the ‘‘Black Sox’’ threw the series and lost to the Cincinnati Reds . Eight players would be banned the following year, including Williams, and the only franchise capable of stopping the emerging New York Yankees juggernaut was decimated. 1939 Marv Owen rapped out four doubles in a 17-4 rout over the Browns, tying Mike Kreevich ’s club record as well as the major league mark.
Kreevich’s achievement had come two seasons earlier, on Sept. 4, 1937. Owen led off for the White Sox in the win, going 4-for-6 and scoring four times — but with zero RBIs!