Today in White Sox History: September 24

Jack Brohamer joined Ray Schalk in an exclusive White Sox club, on this day 45 years ago.1919

A 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns clinched the pennant for the White Sox. Eddie Cicotte got the win. Shoeless Joe Jackson’s double in the ninth drove in the game- and pennant-clinching run. The Sox would beat out Cleveland by 3 1⁄2 games for the title, and finish with a record of 88-52 in the war-shortened season.

1961

White Sox star pitcher Billy Pierce won his 186th and final game with the team, as he threw 6 2⁄3 innings in relief in an 8-7 win over Baltimore. Pierce would be traded to the Giants in the offseason, after 13 years on the South Side. He represented the Sox in seven All-Star games and…