Today in White Sox History: May 21

On this day 70 years ago, the White Sox made a horrible blockbuster deal with Baltimore, shipping away Bob Nieman and three other future contributors. | (Photo by Hy Peskin/Getty Images) 1905 Frank Smith tossed a one-hitter, the first of his career and fifth in White Sox history. The proceedings didn’t begin as a Smith masterpiece, as the righty actually trailed in the game after walking Senators leadoff man Charlie Jones , Jones sacrificed to second by Hunter Hill, then driven home on a Jake Stahl (with throngs … OK, 117 fans … from his hometown of Champaign, Ill.

present) single. But that was the first and only Washington hit for the game, and later on Smith helped his own cause with a double (the only extra-base hit in the contest) in the fifth inning, sacrificed to third by Fielder Jones , and scoring on a bobbled ground ball at shortstop — the second and decisive Sox run of the game. Smith would throw two more one-hitters in his White Sox career, and only Doc White , Ed Walsh and Billy Pierce have more all-time South Side one-hitters than him.

1915 Red Faber won his seventh straight game in a 17-inning win over the Red Sox at Comiskey Park, 3-2. Both Faber and Boston loser Carl Mays, rotation members, came on in relief and essentially pitched a second complete game on the day. Faber went 10 scoreless innings on six hits, giving up one walk and whiffing eight to improve to 9-2.

The White Sox as a team stood at 20-12, alone in first place in the American League. The 17 innings were played in three hours, 25 minutes! 1943 The White Sox won the fastest nine-inning game they’ve ever played, 1-0 over the Senators at Comiskey Park.