Sporcle Saturday: Opening Day dingers

Thursday’s opening game against the Royals, unfortunately, didn’t do much to excite White Sox fans outside of the ninth inning. Last year’s game was a more pleasant experience, what with the 14-7 blowout and multiple home runs.

Back then, I had wanted to write this Sporcle up, but with a different quiz already scheduled it didn’t feel like the opportunity was really there more than a week after the events occurred. Thus, this Saturday gives us that opportunity. In White Sox history, who has hit a home run on Opening Day? I was surprised to learn there are 61 instances dating back to 1915: how many can you get? Good luck!

Quiz Parameters

• I’ve allotted 15 minutes for completion attempts.
• For hints, I’ve provided the date and the position of the player in question.

Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:

• Two players have homered on three separate Opening Days, but no player has done it on four dates.
• Cleveland and Kansas City are the opponents most often victimized by the long ball (11 apiece); surprisingly, the Sox have done it just twice against Minnesota, but then I looked at how many times they’ve played the Twins on Opening Day, and it’s just three times. Two out of three ain’t bad!
• Position-wise, first base is the spot with the most home runs (12). Fewest is tied between shortstop and pitcher (1).

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All data from baseballreference.com

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