"1910 Comiskey Park hosted the first night game ever played in an MLB ballpark, as Chicago amateur clubs the Logan Squares and Rogers Parkers played before 20,000 fans (or 3,500, depending on accounts). Twenty arc lights were strung up along the perimeter of the field to accomplish the feat, delivering 137,000 candlepower of light. The system was the brainchild of inventor George F. Cahill. The first official night game in MLB history took place in 1935, at Crosley Field in Cincinnati."
"1911 Ed Walsh fired a 5-0 no-hitter against the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. It was the first time a White Sox pitcher threw a no-hitter in that ballpark. Walsh only allowed one base-runner, with a walk to Clyde Engle in the fourth inning. He struck out eight in winning his 24th game of the year. It also would be the only nine-inning no-hitter of the legendary hurler's career."
Comiskey Park pioneered night baseball in 1910 when amateur clubs played under twenty arc lights delivering 137,000 candlepower, using an illumination system by George F. Cahill. The first official Major League night game occurred in 1935 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati. In 1911 Ed Walsh threw a 5-0 no-hitter at Comiskey, allowing only one base-runner and recording eight strikeouts in his 24th win; it remained his only nine-inning no-hitter. Also in 1935 the White Sox lost a chaotic 13-10 opener to the Yankees featuring 34 combined hits and five errors. In 1983 the White Sox produced an overwhelming late-season surge, finishing with a dominant 29-6 run that expanded their division lead dramatically.
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