Today in White Sox History: May 3

On this day two years ago, the White Sox fell to 6-26. That was no fault of Jared Shuster, who was outstanding in his scoreless 3 ⅓ innings of relief work. | (Photo by Joe Puetz/Getty Images) 1918 The White Sox set their record for biggest win in team history, trouncing the Tigers by 16 runs, 19-3.

With a 6-0 lead in the second inning, the visitors put the game away early. The club also set their record for most hits in a game, with 25. Buck Weaver paced the Pale Hose with a 5-for-7 day, all singles; Weaver tied the team record for most hits in a game, which has since been broken with six hits but on just five occasions since.

In fact, just six of the team’s 25 hits were for extra bases, and none for home runs. All 11 White Sox batters in the game — even pinch-hitters Shano Collins and Byrd Lynn — had hits in the game. As a team, the White Sox held a .

532 batting average in the contest, striking out just one time. One interesting note, Lynn subbed for Ray Schalk in the sixth inning of the game, just one of four appearances for the White Sox on the season — and the Tigers ran wild on him, with two steals of second base and two of third; presumably, with the White Sox up, 17-1, at that point, Byrd wasn’t even making throws on the attempts. Starting pitcher Lefty Williams had one hit in the game and scored two runs, going the distance to move to 4-0 for the 6-4 White Sox.