Chicago White Sox

Guide Note

The Chicago White Sox play in the Central Division of the Major League Baseball's American League. In it's franchise history the White Sox have won 3 World Series Championships, 6 American League Pennants, and 2 Central Division Titles. For a listing of teams, see Major League Baseball Teams.

Fast Facts

1. Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn
2. General Manager: Ken Williams
3. Manager: Ozzie Guillen
4. Founded in 1893
5. Stadium: U.S. Cellular Field
6. Also known as ChiSox
7. 2005: World Series Champion

The darkest moment in White Sox franchise history was the Black Sox Scandal. In the 1991 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds it was discovered that several players would purposely play poorly to enable the Reds to win the series, for their own financial gain. Those players were Eddie Cicotte, Oscar Felsch, Arnold Gandil,Shoeless Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin,Charles Risberg, George Weaver, and Claude Williams, who were all banned for life for their involvement in the gambling ring. The story has been referenced in popular culture several times, including in the films 8 Men Out and Field of Dreams. The story is especially tragic because it has been alleged that the players were unfairly underpaid, and that the game was robbed of the talents of Shoeless Joe Jackson who is widely recognized as one of the greatest players ever to play the game.

In 2005, the White Sox would win their first World Series title since 1917 . Led by the offensive talents of Scott Podsednik, Jermaine Dye, and Paul Konerko, and the Pitching of Freddy Garcia, and Mark Buehrle the White Sox would defeat the Houston Astros in four straight games. Their playoff record would be 11-1, with the only loss coming against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League Championship Series.

• 1893: Founded, as Sioux City Cornhuskers
• 1894: Became St. Paul Saints
• 1900: Became Chicago White Stockings
• 1904: Became Chicago White Sox
• 1906: World Series Champion
• 1917: World Series Champion
• 1919: Black Sox Scandal
• 2005: World Series Champion