The White Sox purchased the contract of a future Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Urban “Red” Faber, from Des Moines for $3,500. Faber would go on to win 254 games, with four seasons of 20 or more wins with the team. In the 1917 World Series win over the Giants he went 3-1, throwing 27 innings with two complete games and a 2.33 ERA.
1959
The White Sox claimed first baseman Ted Kluszewski off of waivers from the Pirates. “Big Klu” helped provide hitting down the stretch for the pennant, and would hit three home runs and drive in 10 runs in the six-game World Series versus the Dodgers, with five of those RBIs coming in Game 1.