I was sitting around the other day thinking about some of the fun White Sox games from last season --as one does these days-- and remembered Reynaldo Lopez's dominant 14K start against the Tigers last April. It was the first game in 2019 that a White Sox pitcher struck out at least ten, and wound up being one of three that Lopez would throw over the course of the season. In total, the team had 10 such games in 2019, a definite uptick from 2018, when they logged just two.
Which got me thinking: how many times have the White Sox had a pitcher strikeout at least 10 batters in a single game? Turns out, the answer is 298, and that is how many instances you'll be asked to name in this week's Sporcle. It's a big number, but it isn't as if you have anything better to do. How many can you get? Good luck!
Quiz Parameters
- I've allotted the full 20 minutes for completion attempts.
- For hints, I've provided the date of the game, the opponent, and the number of strikeouts.
Useless information to amaze, annoy, confuse, and/or confound your friends and family:
- The overall team record in these games: 213-81-4
- The largest margin of victory was a 16-0 blowout of the St. Louis Browns in 1915.
- The largest margin of defeat was an 11-1 drubbing at the hands of the Red Sox, coming in 2007.
- Two players accomplished this feat back-to-back in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns on October 4, 1911. The Sox split the doubleheader, winning game one 14-6, and losing game two, 2-1.
All data from baseballreference.com
