» September 20, 1908: Frank Smith pitches a no-hitter for the White Sox against the A's, winning 1-0 and giving up just one walk. It is Smith's 2nd no-hitter. The winning run scores in the bottom of the 9th when Freddy Parent, whom Eddie Plank is walking intentionally, reaches out and pokes a sacrifice to short RF.

» October 4, 1908: On Chicago's South Side, 22,000 fans jam the grounds for the showdown between the Tigers and the White Sox. The Sox manage to score three runs in the 1st inning without a hit, and tally just a lone single, in the 4th inning, off Ed Killian to win, 3–1. Frank Smith is the winning pitcher.

» April 14, 1910: The White Sox's Frank Smith also throws a one-hit opener, winning 3–0 against the Browns. Ray Demmitt's single is the only hit for St. Louis. By season's end the AL will see 13 one-hitters—a league record.

» August 11, 1910: The White Sox trade P Frank Smith, whose best days are behind him, and 3B Billy Purtell to the Red Sox in exchange for 2B Amby McConnell and 3B Harry Lord. On July 10th, a Walter Johnson fast ball broke Lord's finger, and the stellar play of his substitute Clyde Engle has made Lord expendable. Lord becoming the one threat in the weak White Sox lineup, hitting .297 through the end of the year, but the Sox will still finish last in hitting, slugging, and homers.

» July 22, 1911: Brooklyn hurler Nap Rucker loses a no-hitter with two outs in the 9th inning when Cincinnati's Bob Bescher comes through with a hit. Rucker wins the game, 1–0, outpitching Frank Smith, who gives up two hits and an unearned run. The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it'll be topped in the AL and tied twice in the NL this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910.