Today in White Sox History: October 25

1955

White Sox co-GMs Chuck Comiskey and John Rigney made their first trade: Shortstop Chico Carrasquel and center fielder Jim Busby went to Cleveland for slugging center fielder Larry Doby, the left-handed power hitter the Sox had been lacking in the previous three years. The deal also made room in the starting lineup for a rookie shortstop from Venezuela named Luis Aparicio.

Doby’s best year with the White Sox was 1956, when he drove in 102 runs, with 24 home runs.

1983

Thanks to the most wins in the major leagues and a second-half run among the best ever, pitcher LaMarr Hoyt won the Cy Young.

Hoyt was 9-8 at the All-Star break, then exploded to go 15-2 in the back half, ending the year with a record of 24-10 and an ERA of 3.66. In addition, Hoyt pitched almost 261 innings with only 31 walks. The righty finished his season with a brilliant, complete game, 2-1 ALCS Game 1 win over the Orioles in Baltimore.

Hoyt became the second Sox pitcher to ever win the award, following Early Wynn (1959) and easily outdistanced Kansas City’s Dan Quisenberry in the vote, 116-81.

Hoyt won 52 games between 1981 and 1983.

2005

Game 3 of the World Series set the record for the longest game (by time) in history. The 14-inning game went 5:41 in Houston, and ended when another role player, Geoff Blum, belted a home run to give the White Sox a 6-5 lead. It would end 7-5, with Game 2 starter Mark Buehrle picking up the save because the Sox were almost out of pitchers.

The Sox rallied from a 4-0 deficit against Roy Oswalt to come back for the win.