Carlos Rodon’s no-hitter is one of many memorable moments that occurred on this date (April 14th) in White Sox history.
Here’s the rundown:
1907, CHAMPS MAKE IT TWO OUT OF THREE: The defending World Champion White Sox defeated the Browns 2-1 before an overflow crowd of 17,000 in St. Louis. Fielder Jones gave the White Sox the lead for good with a two-run single in the second in a game where thousands more fans were turned away.
*1908, BIG BEGINNING: Billy Sullivan homered as the Sox opened their eighth A.L. campaign by blasting Detroit 15-8 before a record and overflow crowd of 20,000 at South Side Park. Doc White got the win as the Sox set a club Opening Day scoring record which would stand until the 1951 team christened their season with a 17-3 triumph at St. Louis.
1910, LAST OPENER AT SOUT SIDE PARK: Frank Smith commemorated the final Opening Day at South Side Park with a one-hitter in the White Sox 3-0 win over St. Louis. 20,000 watched as Smith gave up a single in the third while walking two and fanning five.
*1914, DALY DOUBLE! In his second big league game and fourth at bat, Tom Daly delivered a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh in the White Sox 5-2 win over Cleveland before 23,000 in the opener at Comiskey Park. Jim “Death Valley” Scott was the winning pitcher as the Sox began a club-record five-game season-starting win streak.
*1917, A NO-NO FOR CICOTTE: Ed Cicotte no-hit St. Louis in an 11-0 Sox win at St. Louis. Cicotte gave up three walks, hit a batter and struck out five in the fifth no-hitter in club history.
*1920, CHAMPS START WITH A WIN: Thanks to Eddie Collins’ walkoff single in the 11th, the White Sox opened defense of their A.L. pennant with a 3-2 win over Detroit before 25,000 fans at Comiskey Park. Buck Weaver scored the winning run and Lefty Williams went the distance for the win.
*1936, HEY BABE! Reliever Babe Phelps doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth and got the win in the White Sox 7-6 Opening Day win over St. Louis before 12,000 at Comiskey Park. Phelps capped his four inning stint by fanning Jim Bottomley to end the game.
*1955, WELCOME A’S: Bob Nieman homered with three RBIs as the White Sox topped the A’s 7-1 before 14,067 in the Comiskey Park opener. Sandy Consuegra got the win as the Sox played the A’s for the first time since their move from Philadelphia to Kansas City.
*1969, FIRST SAVE: Bob Locker earned the White Sox first official save in a 4-3 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Locker fashioned two shutout innings to preserve Tommy John’s victory.
*1981, FISK SLAMS BREWERS: Carlton Fisk’s grand slam in his home debut with the Sox sparked a 9-3 win over Milwaukee before an Opening Day record crowd of 51,560 at Comiskey Park. Greg Luzinski logged two RBI in his home debut in support of Ross Baumgarten, who went eight innings for the win.
*1982, GOOD WORK, WIMPY: Behind Tom Paciorek’s three-run homer in the seventh, the White Sox notched their first 4-0 start since 1959 with a 5-4 win at Boston. Steve Trout got the win while Salome Barojas fired three perfect innings with two strikeouts for his third save.
*1989, MERULLO LEAVES HIS MARK: Matt Merullo hit the last Opening Day homer at Comiskey Park in the White Sox 7-4 loss to Oakland before 37,950 fans. Merullo homered off Rick Honeycutt during a Comiskey Park power outage so there were no fireworks to celebrate the milestone.
*2000, NEW MILLENIUM OPENER AT COMISKEY: Frank Thomas celebrated the Sox first home game of the 21st Century with a lead-providing homer in the first in a 9-4 vs. Anaheim before 38,912 at Comiskey Park. Ray Durham treated the sellout crowd to a spectacular catch in the first to keep the Angels off the board.
*2016, MAT LATOS … APRIL ACE!: Mat Latos improved to 2-0 in an April which would see him go 4-0 in the White Sox 3-1 win at Minnesota. Latos gave up one run on three hits with four strikeouts as the Sox moved to 7-2.
*2019, TIM SLAMS ‘EM: Tim Anderson’s fourth-inning grand slam – the first by a Sox player in the new Yankee stadium – powered the Sox to a 5-2 win at New York. Anderson’s slam was the first by a Sox player vs. the Yankees in NYC since Frank Thomas victimized Roger Clemens on Aug. 26, 2003.
*2021, A NO-NO FOR CARLOS: Carlos Rodon fired the 20th no-hitter in White Sox history in an 8-0 win over Cleveland before 7,148 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Rodon retired the first 25 batters he faced before hitting Roberto Perez with a pitch. The lefty finished with seven strikeouts in tossing the Sox second no-no on this date (Ed Cicotte 1917).