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In 1905, Tannehill's bat slipped out of his hands and broke teammate Gus Dundon's jaw. That was one of the few things Lee hit all year. A season earlier, his 0-for-3 helped his older brother Jesse pitch a no-hitter. Appropriately, the tall and angular third baseman was a regular for a team called "The Hitless Wonders." In fact, four different managers kept him in the lineup for nearly a decade because he was the Brooks Robinson of his day in the field. He's the only shortstop to execute two unassisted double plays in one game. Ironically, this weak batsman hit the first home run in Comiskey Park, a windblown fly that bounced through a picket gate for a ground-rule grand slam. The year after he hit a career-high .254, he was released. (DB)

FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY » May 6, 1903: The White Stockings commit 12 errors, and the Tigers commit 6, for a modern major-league record by two teams in one game. Sox shortstop Lee Tannehill leads the way with four errors, while 3rd sacker Frank Isbell and Patsy Flaherty check in with three apiece. Trailing 9-7 in the 9th inning, Chicago salvages a 10-9 victory for Flaherty over Mal Eason. » August 17, 1904: Jesse Tannehill, a lefthander who will win 20 games or more six times, pitches a no-hitter for Boston against the White Sox, 6-0. Jesse's brother Lee, playing 3B for Chicago, swings no better than his teammates. Ed Walsh is the losing pitcher. » April 11, 1907: At Philadelphia, Cy Young leaves in the 9th inning for a pinch hitter with Boston ahead 4-3. Lee Tannehill relieves, gives up a tying run in the 9th, but shuts outs the A's for another five innings before Boston scores four in the 14th to win. The write up of the game gives the victory to Young, stating that Tannehill didn't pitch well enough to win. » June 8, 1911: In the White Sox game against the host Hilltoppers in New York, pitcher Russ Ford hits Sox SS Roy Corhan on the head with a pitch (as noted by Retrosheet). New York manager Hal Chase allows Ping Bodie as a courtesy runner for Corhan, even though Bodie is already in the lineup. In the bottom of the frame, Bodie returns to CF, with Lee Tannehill moving from 1B to SS. Pitcher Doc White finishes at 1B. » August 4, 1911: Lee Tannehill of the White Sox, the only SS to execute two unassisted double plays in one season, makes both of them in the same game versus Washington. Walter Johnson still wins 1–0 for the Senators. » May 8, 1912: The White Sox beat Washington 7–6, snapping Walter Johnson's five-game win streak. Johnson gives up two 2-run home runs, one to Harry Lord in the 1st and another to Ping Bodie in the 5th. A Johnson fastball breaks the arm of 3B Lee Tannehill, an injury that will hamper the infielder's throwing ability, and ends the career of the 10-year veteran. Sox starter Joe Benz leaves with an injury after pitching one 1/3 inning. Ed Walsh pitches the next five 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, and Frank Lange allows the same in his two innings.