Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-07-12

July 12, 1951: A record Comiskey Park crowd of 52,592, turns out to watch a twi-night doubleheader between the Sox, White and Red; the record crowd saw a 17-inning second game, then a record for a night game, and watched White Sox pitcher Saul Rogovin pitch all 17 innings and Ellis Kinder pitch 11 innings in relief but the Red Sox prevailed 3-2 and 5-4.

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