Today in White Sox History: August 6

Nellie Fox, batting at Yankee Stadium about 10 weeks before manager Marty Marion arbitrarily ended his consecutive-games streak, on this day 69 years ago. | Set Number: X2675

Nellie Fox sits, with reluctance

1936

Twelve years before breaking a major-league record (see below), Luke Appling started a 27-game hit streak with a 2-for-5 game in a 9-6 win over at St. Louis in a doubleheader opener. Appling went 1-for-3 in a nightcap win over the Browns, and wouldn’t stop hitting for the rest of August.