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Chicago White Sox

January 10, 2023

"White Sox" redirects here. For other uses, see White Sox (disambiguation).

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field, located on Chicago's South Side. The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League (NL) Central division.

Chicago White Sox
2023 Chicago White Sox season
Team logo
Major league affiliations
Current uniform
Retired numbers
Colors
  • Black, silver, white[a][2]
         
Name
  • Chicago White Sox (1904–present)
  • Chicago White Stockings (1900–1903)
Other nicknames
  • The Sox, The Chi Sox, The South Siders, The Pale Hose, The Black Sox (1919)
Ballpark
Major league titles
World Series titles (3)
AL Pennants (6)
AL West Division titles (2)
AL Central Division titles (4)
Wild card berths (1)
Front office
Principal owner(s)Jerry Reinsdorf
General managerRick Hahn
ManagerPedro Grifol

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the White Sox were established as a major league baseball club in 1900 as the Chicago White Stockings, before shortening their name to the White Sox in 1904. The team originally played their home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910, where they played until 1990. They moved into their current home, which was originally also known as Comiskey Park like its predecessor and later carried sponsorship from U.S. Cellular, for the 1991 season.

The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed "the Hitless Wonders", and the 1917 World Series, led by Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Collins and Shoeless Joe Jackson. The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal, in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games. In response, the new MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from the league for life. In 1959, the White Sox, led by Early Wynn, Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio, and manager Al López, won the American League pennant. They won the AL pennant in 2005, and went on to win the World Series, led by MVP Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, catcher A. J. Pierzynski, and Ozzie Guillén, the first Latino manager to win the World Series. The 87 years it took the White Sox to win the World Series stands as the second longest MLB championship drought of all time, with their crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cubs, holding the longest drought (107 seasons). The White Sox have an overall record of 9,411–9,309 (.503).[3] Of the original sixteen teams prior to the expansion era, the White Sox have the least amount of league pennants with five.

History

Main article: History of the Chicago White Sox
 
1919 "Black Sox" team photo
 
Ed Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average (ERA), 1.82

The White Sox originated as the Sioux City Cornhuskers of the Western League, a minor league under the parameters of the National Agreement with the National League. In 1894, Charles Comiskey bought the Cornhuskers and moved them to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they became the St. Paul Saints. In 1900, with the approval of Western League president Ban Johnson, Charles Comiskey moved the Saints into his hometown neighborhood of Armour Square, where they became the Chicago White Stockings, the former name of Chicago's National League team, the Orphans (now the Chicago Cubs).[4]

In 1901, the Western League broke the National Agreement and became the new major league American League. The first season in the AL ended with a White Stockings championship.[5] However, that would be the end of the season, as the World Series did not begin until 1903.[6] The franchise, now known as the Chicago White Sox, made its first World Series appearance in 1906, beating the crosstown Cubs in six games.[7]

The White Sox won a third pennant and a second World Series in 1917, beating the New York Giants in six games with help from stars Eddie Cicotte and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.[8] The Sox were heavily favored in the 1919 World Series, but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games. Huge bets on the Reds fueled speculation that the series had been fixed. A criminal investigation went on in the 1920 season, and although all players were acquitted, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned eight of them for life, in what was known as the Black Sox Scandal.[9] This set the franchise back, as they did not win another pennant for 40 years.

The White Sox did not finish in the upper half of the American League again until after founder Charles Comiskey died and passed ownership of the club to his son, J. Louis Comiskey.[10] They finished in the upper half most years between 1936 and 1946, under the leadership of manager Jimmy Dykes, with star shortstop Luke Appling (known as "Ol' Aches and Pains") and pitcher Ted Lyons, who both had their numbers 4 and 16 retired.[11]

After J. Louis Comiskey died in 1939, ownership of the club was passed down to his widow, Grace Comiskey. The club was later passed down to Grace's children Dorothy and Chuck in 1956, with Dorothy selling a majority share to a group led by Bill Veeck after the 1958 season.[12] Veeck was notorious for his promotional stunts, attracting fans to Comiskey Park with the new "exploding scoreboard" and outfield shower. In 1961, Arthur Allyn, Jr. briefly owned the club before selling to his brother John Allyn.

 
Al López, manager of the "Go-Go Sox"

From 1951 to 1967, the White Sox had their longest period of sustained success, scoring a winning record for 17 straight seasons. Known as the "Go-Go White Sox" for their tendency to focus on speed and getting on base versus power hitting, they featured stars such as Minnie Miñoso,[13] Nellie Fox,[14] Luis Aparicio,[15] Billy Pierce,[16] and Sherm Lollar.[17] From 1957 to 1965, the Sox were managed by Al López. The Sox finished in the upper half of the American League in eight of his nine seasons, including six years in the top two of the league.[18] In 1959, the White Sox ended the New York Yankees' dominance over the American League, and won their first pennant since the ill-fated 1919 campaign.[19] Despite winning game one of the 1959 World Series 11–0, they fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.[20]

During the late 1960s and 1970s, the White Sox struggled to win games and attract fans. Allyn and Bud Selig agreed to a handshake deal that would give Selig control of the club and move them to Milwaukee, but it was blocked by the American League.[21] Selig instead bought the Seattle Pilots and moved them to Milwaukee (where they would become the Milwaukee Brewers, putting enormous pressure on the American League to place a team in Seattle. A plan was in place for the Sox to move to Seattle and for Charlie Finley to move his Oakland A's to Chicago. However, the city had a renewed interest in the Sox after the 1972 season, and the American League instead added the expansion Seattle Mariners. The 1972 White Sox had the lone successful season of this era, as Dick Allen wound up winning the American League MVP award.[22] Bill Veeck returned as owner of the Sox in 1975, and despite not having much money, they managed to win 90 games in 1977, with a team known as the "South Side Hitmen".

However, the team's fortunes plummeted afterwards, plagued by 90-loss teams and scarred by the notorious 1979 Disco Demolition Night promotion.[23] Veeck was forced to sell the team, rejecting offers from ownership groups intent on moving the club to Denver and eventually agreeing to sell it to Ed DeBartolo, the only prospective owner who promised to keep the White Sox in Chicago. However, DeBartolo was rejected by the owners, and the club was then sold to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn. The Reinsdorf era started off well, with the team winning their first division title in 1983, led by manager Tony La Russa[24] and stars Carlton Fisk, Tom Paciorek, Ron Kittle, Harold Baines, and LaMarr Hoyt.[25] During the 1986 season, La Russa was fired by announcer-turned-general manager Ken Harrelson. La Russa went on to manage in six World Series (winning three) with the Oakland A's and St. Louis Cardinals, ending up in the Hall of Fame as the second-winningest manager of all time.[26]

 
Harold Baines at the plate in 1986
 
Frank Thomas in 1997

The White Sox struggled for the rest of the 1980s, as Chicago fought to keep them in town. Reinsdorf wanted to replace the aging Comiskey Park, and sought public funds to do so. When talks stalled, a strong offer was made to move the team to Tampa, Florida.[27] Funding for a new ballpark was approved in an 11th-hour deal by the Illinois State Legislature on June 30, 1988, with the stipulation that it had to be built on the corner of 35th and Shields, across the street from the old ballpark, as opposed to the suburban ballpark the owners had designed.[21] Architects offered to redesign the ballpark to a more "retro" feel that would fit in the city blocks around Comiskey Park; however, the ownership group was set on a 1991 open date, so they kept the old design.[28] The new ballpark opened in 1991 under the name new Comiskey Park. The park, renamed in 2003 as U.S. Cellular Field and in 2016 as Guaranteed Rate Field, underwent many renovations in the early 2000s to give it a more retro feel.

The White Sox were fairly successful in the 1990s and early 2000s, with 12 winning seasons from 1990 to 2005. First baseman Frank Thomas became the face of the franchise, ending his career as the White Sox's all-time leader in runs, doubles, home runs, total bases, and walks.[29] Other major players included Robin Ventura, Ozzie Guillén, Jack McDowell, and Bobby Thigpen.[30] The Sox won the West division in 1993, and were in first place in 1994, when the season was canceled due to the 1994 MLB Strike.

In 2004, Ozzie Guillén was hired as manager of his former team.[31] After finishing second in 2004, the Sox won 99 games and the Central Division title in 2005, behind the work of stars Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, A. J. Pierzynski, Joe Crede, and Orlando Hernández.[32] They started the playoffs by sweeping the defending champion Boston Red Sox in the ALDS, and beat the Angels in five games to win their first pennant in 46 years, due to four complete games by the White Sox rotation.[33] The White Sox went on to sweep the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series, giving them their first World Championship in 88 years.[34]

Guillén had marginal success during the rest of his tenure, with the Sox winning the Central Division title in 2008 after a one-game playoff with the Minnesota Twins.[35] Guillén left the White Sox after the 2011 season and was replaced by former teammate Robin Ventura. The White Sox finished the 2015 season, their 115th in Chicago, with a 76–86 record, a three-game improvement over 2014.[36] The White Sox recorded their 9,000th win in franchise history by the score of 3–2 against the Detroit Tigers on September 21, 2015. Ventura returned in 2016, with a young core featuring José Abreu, Adam Eaton, José Quintana, and Chris Sale.[37] Ventura resigned after the 2016 season, in which the White Sox finished 78–84. Rick Renteria, the 2016 White Sox bench coach, was promoted to the role of manager.

 
The White Sox celebrate after winning a tie-breaker game against the Minnesota Twins for a spot in the 2008 playoffs

Prior to the start of the 2017 season, the White Sox traded Sale to the Boston Red Sox and Eaton to the Washington Nationals for prospects including Yoán Moncada, Lucas Giolito and Michael Kopech, signaling the beginning of a rebuilding period. During the 2017 season, the White Sox continued their rebuild when they made a blockbuster trade with their crosstown rival, the Chicago Cubs, in a swap that featured the Sox sending pitcher José Quintana to the Cubs in exchange for four prospects headlined by outfielder Eloy Jiménez and pitcher Dylan Cease. This was the first trade between the White Sox and Cubs since the 2006 season.[38]

During the 2018 season, relief pitcher Danny Farquhar suffered a brain hemorrhage while he was in the dugout between innings.[39] Farquhar remained out of action for the rest of the season and just recently got medically cleared to return to baseball, despite some doctors doubting that he would make a full recovery.[40] Also occurring during the 2018 season, the White Sox announced that the club would be the first Major League Baseball team to entirely discontinue use of plastic straws, in ordinance with the "Shedd the Straw" campaign by Shedd Aquarium.[41] The White Sox broke an MLB record during their 100-loss campaign of 2018, but broke the single-season strikeout record in only a year after the Milwaukee Brewers broke the record in the 2017 season.[42] On December 3, 2018, head trainer Herm Schneider retired after 40 seasons with the team; his new role will be as an advisor on medical issues pertaining to free agency, the amateur draft and player acquisition. Schneider will also continue to be a resource for the White Sox training department, including both the major and minor league levels.[43]

On August 25, 2020, Lucas Giolito recorded the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history, and the first since Philip Humber's Perfect Game in 2012. Giolito struck out 13 and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes. He only allowed one baserunner, which was a walk to Erik González in the fourth inning. In 2020, the White Sox clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2008, with a record 35-25 in the pandemic-shortened season, but lost to the Oakland Athletics in three games during the Wild Card Series. The White Sox also made MLB history by being the first team to go undefeated against left-handed pitching, with a 14-0 record.[44] At the end of the season, Renteria and longtime pitching coach Don Cooper were both fired.[45] Jose Abreu became the 4th different White Sox player to win the AL MVP joining Dick Allen, Nellie Fox, and Frank Thomas.[46] During the 2021 offseason, the White Sox brought back Tony La Russa as their manager for 2021.[47] At the age of 76 when hired, La Russa became the oldest active manager in the MLB.

On April 14, 2021, Carlos Rodon recorded the teams' 20th no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. Rodon retired the first 25 batters he faced and was saved by an incredible play at first base by first basemen Jose Abreu to get the first out in the 9th before hitting Roberto Pérez which was the only baserunner Rodon allowed. Rodon struck out seven and threw 75 of 114 pitches for strikes. On June 6, 2021, the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0. This also had Tony La Russa winning his 2,764th game as manager passing John McGraw for 2nd on the all time managerial wins list. On August 12, 2021, the White Sox faced New York Yankees in the first ever Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa. The White Sox won the game 9-8 on a walk-off two run Home Run by Tim Anderson. The homer was the 15th walk-off home run against the Yankees in White Sox history; the first being Shoeless Joe Jackson on July 20, 1919, whose character featured in the movie Field of Dreams. On September 23, 2021, the White Sox clinched the American League Central Division for the first time since 2008 against the Cleveland Indians.

Ballparks

Main article: Guaranteed Rate Field

In the late 1980s, the franchise threatened to relocate to Tampa Bay (as did the San Francisco Giants), but frantic lobbying on the part of the Illinois governor James R. Thompson and state legislature resulted in approval (by one vote) of public funding for a new stadium.[48] Designed primarily as a baseball stadium (as opposed to a "multipurpose" stadium), the new Comiskey Park (redubbed U.S. Cellular Field in 2003 and Guaranteed Rate Field in 2016) was built in a 1960s style, similar to Dodger Stadium and Kauffman Stadium. There were ideas for other stadium designs[49] submitted to bring a more neighborhood feel, but ultimately they were not selected. The park opened in 1991 to positive reaction, with many praising its wide-open concourses, excellent sight lines, and natural grass (unlike other stadiums of the era, such as Rogers Centre in Toronto). The park's inaugural season drew 2,934,154 fans — at the time, an all-time attendance record for any Chicago baseball team.

 
View from the upper deck of U.S. Cellular Field in 2006

In recent years, money accrued from the sale of naming rights to the field has been allocated for renovations to make the park more aesthetically appealing and fan-friendly. Notable renovations of early phases included reorientation of the bullpens parallel to the field of play (thus decreasing slightly the formerly symmetrical dimensions of the outfield); filling seats in up to and shortening the outfield wall; ballooning foul-line seat sections out toward the field of play; creating a new multitiered batter's eye, allowing fans to see out through one-way screens from the center-field vantage point, and complete with concession stand and bar-style seating on its "fan deck"; and renovating all concourse areas with brick, historic murals, and new concession stand ornaments to establish a more friendly feel. The stadium's steel and concrete were repainted dark gray and black. In 2016, the scoreboard jumbotron was replaced with a new Mitsubishi Diamondvision HDTV screen.[50]

The top quarter of the upper deck was removed in 2004, and a black wrought-metal roof was placed over it, covering all but the first eight rows of seats. This decreased seating capacity from 47,098 to 40,615; 2005 also had the introduction of the Scout Seats, redesignating (and reupholstering) 200 lower-deck seats behind home plate as an exclusive area, with seat-side waitstaff and a complete restaurant located underneath the concourse. The most significant structural addition besides the new roof was 2005's FUNdamentals Deck, a multitiered structure on the left-field concourse containing batting cages, a small Tee Ball field, speed pitch, and several other children's activities intended to entertain and educate young fans with the help of coaching staff from the Chicago Bulls/Sox Training Academy. This structure was used during the 2005 American League playoffs by ESPN and the Fox Broadcasting Company as a broadcasting platform.

Designed as a seven-phase plan, the renovations were completed before the 2007 season with the seventh and final phase. The most visible renovation in this final phase was replacing the original blue seats with green seats. The upper deck already had new green seats put in before the beginning of the 2006 season. Beginning with the 2007 season, a new luxury-seating section was added in the former press box. This section has amenities similar to those of the Scout Seats section. After the 2007 season, the ballpark continued renovation projects despite the phases being complete. In July 2019, the White Sox extended the netting to the foul pole.

Previous ballparks

 
Batting practice at Comiskey Park, 1986

The St. Paul Saints first played their games at Lexington Park.[51] When they moved to Chicago's Armour Square neighborhood, they began play at the South Side Park. Previously a cricket ground, the park was located on the north side of 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) between South Wentworth and South Princeton Avenues.[52] Its massive dimensions yielded few home runs, which was to the advantage of the White Sox's Hitless Wonders teams of the early 20th century.[53]

After the 1909 season, the Sox moved five blocks to the north to play in the new Comiskey Park, while the 39th Street grounds became the home of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro leagues. Billed as the Baseball Palace of the World, it originally held 28,000 seats and eventually grew to hold over 50,000.[54] It became known for its many odd features, such as the outdoor shower and the exploding scoreboard. When it closed after the 1990 season, it was the oldest ballpark still in Major League Baseball.

Spring-training ballparks

The White Sox have held spring training in:[55]

On November 19, 2007, the cities of Glendale and Phoenix, Arizona, broke ground on the Cactus League's newest spring-training facility. Camelback Ranch, the $76 million, two-team facility, is the new home of both the White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers for their spring training. Aside from state-of-the-art baseball facilities at the 10,000-seat stadium, the location includes residential, restaurant and retail development, a four-star hotel, and an 18-hole golf course. Other amenities include 118,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) of major and minor league clubhouses for the two teams, four major league practice fields, eight minor league practice fields, two practice infields, and parking to accommodate 5,000 vehicles.[57]

Logos and uniforms

See also: Major League Baseball uniforms

Over the years, the White Sox have become noted for many of their uniform innovations and changes. In 1960, they became the first team in the major sports to put players' last names on jerseys for identification purposes.

 
The 1912–1917, 1919–1929, 1931, and 1936–1938 Chicago White Sox logo

In 1912, the White Sox debuted a large "S" in a Roman-style font, with a small "O" inside the top loop of the "S" and a small "X" inside the bottom loop. This is the logo associated with the 1917 World Series championship team and the 1919 Black Sox. With a couple of brief interruptions, the dark-blue logo with the large "S" lasted through 1938 (but continued in a modified block style into the 1940s). Through the 1940s, the White Sox team colors were primarily navy blue trimmed with red.

 
Uniform design from 1971–1975

The White Sox logo in the 1950s and 1960s (actually beginning in the 1949 season) was the word "SOX" in Gothic script, diagonally arranged, with the "S" larger than the other two letters. From 1949 through 1963, the primary color was black (trimmed with red after 1951). This is the logo associated with the Go-Go Sox era.

In 1964, the primary color went back to navy blue, and the road uniforms changed from gray to pale blue. In 1971, the team's primary color changed from royal blue to red, with the color of their pinstripes and caps changing to red. The 1971–1975 uniform included red socks.

 
 
Uniform designs from 1976–1981

In 1976, the team's uniforms changed again. The team's primary color changed back from red to navy. The team based their uniforms on a style worn in the early days of the franchise, with white jerseys worn at home, and blue on the road. The team brought back white socks for the last time in team history. The socks featured a different stripe pattern every year. The team also had the option to wear blue or white pants with either jersey. Additionally, the team's "SOX" logo was changed to a modern-looking "SOX" in a bold font, with "CHICAGO" written across the jersey. Finally, the team's logo featured a silhouette of a batter over the words "SOX".

 
Alternate logo, used on the road uniform (1991–2010) and on the black alternate uniform (1993–present).

The new uniforms also featured collars and were designed to be worn untucked — both unprecedented. Yet by far, the most unusual wrinkle was the option to wear shorts, which the White Sox did for the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals in 1976. The Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League had previously tried the same concept, but it was also poorly received. Apart from aesthetic issues, as a practical matter, shorts are not conducive to sliding, due to the likelihood of significant abrasions.

Upon taking over the team in 1980, new owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf announced a contest where fans were invited to create new uniforms for the White Sox. The winning entries, submitted by a fan, had the word "SOX" written across the front of the jersey in the same font as the cap, inside of a large blue stripe trimmed with red. The red and blue stripes were also on the sleeves, and the road jerseys were gray to the home whites. In those jerseys, the White Sox won 99 games and the AL West championship in 1983, the best record in the majors.

After five years, those uniforms were retired and replaced with a more basic uniform that had "White Sox" written across the front in script, with "Chicago" on the front of the road jersey. The cap logo was also changed to a cursive "C", although the batter logo was retained for several years.

For a midseason 1990 game at Comiskey Park, the White Sox appeared once in a uniform based on that of the 1917 White Sox. They then switched their regular uniform style once more. In September, for the final series at the old Comiskey Park, the White Sox rolled out a new logo, a simplified version of the 1949–63 Gothic "SOX" logo. They also introduced a uniform with black pinstripes, also similar to the Go-Go Sox era uniform. The team's primary color changed back to black, this time with silver trim. The team also introduced a new sock logo—a white silhouette of a sock centered inside a white outline of a baseball diamond—which appeared as a sleeve patch on the away uniform until 2010 (switched to the "SOX" logo in 2011), and on the alternate black uniform since 1993. With minor modifications (i.e., occasionally wearing vests, black game jerseys), the White Sox have used this style ever since.

During the 2012 and 2013 seasons, the White Sox wore their throwback uniforms at home every Sunday, starting with the 1972 red-pinstriped throwback jerseys worn during the 2012 season, followed by the 1982–86 uniforms the next season. In the 2014 season, the "Winning Ugly" throwbacks were promoted to full-time alternate status, and are now worn at home on Sundays. In one game during the 2014 season, the Sox paired their throwbacks with a cap featuring the batter logo instead of the wordmark "SOX"; this is currently their batting-practice cap prior to games in the throwback uniforms.

In 2021, to commemorate the Field of Dreams game, the White Sox wore special uniforms honoring the 1919 team. That same year, the White Sox wore "City Connect" alternate uniforms introduced by Nike, featuring an all-black design with silver pinstripes, and "Southside" wordmark in front.

 
Paul Konerko wearing the White Sox's current home uniform in 2006
 
Aaron Rowand wearing the White Sox's sleeveless alternate home uniform in 2005
 
James McCann wearing the White Sox's current road uniform in 2019
 
Mark Buehrle wearing the White Sox's current alternate uniform with home pants in 2009
 
Tim Anderson wearing the White Sox's current alternate uniform with road pants in 2017
 
Lucas Giolito wearing the White Sox's current Sunday alternate home uniform in 2019 (also the team's home uniform from 1982–86)

Awards and accolades

 
Eddie Murphy, John "Shano" Collins, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold in their dugout during the 1917 World Series

World Series championships

Season Manager Regular season record World Series opponent World Series record Ref
1906 Fielder Jones 93–58 Chicago Cubs 4–2 [58]
1917 Pants Rowland 100–54 New York Giants 4–2 [59]
2005 Ozzie Guillén 99–63 Houston Astros 4–0 [60]
3 World Championships

American League championships

Note: American League Championship Series began in 1969

Season Manager Regular season record AL Runner-Up/ALCS opponent Games ahead/ALCS record Ref
1901 Clark Griffith 83–53 Boston Americans 4.0 [61]
1906 Fielder Jones 93–58 New York Highlanders 3.0 [58]
1917 Pants Rowland 100–54 Boston Red Sox 9.0 [59]
1919 Kid Gleason 88–52 Cleveland Indians 3.5 [62]
1959 Al López 94–60 Cleveland Indians 5.0 [63]
2005 Ozzie Guillén 99–63 Los Angeles Angels 4–1 [60]
6 American League Championships

Award winners

Main article: List of Chicago White Sox award winners and league leaders
 
Luis Aparicio (1956–62, 1968–70)
 
Luke Appling (1930–43, 1945–50)
 
Carlton Fisk (1981–1993)
 
Nellie Fox (1950–1963)
 
Shoeless Joe Jackson (1915–1920)
 
Ted Lyons (1923–1942, 1946)
 
Minnie Miñoso (1951–57, 1960–61, 1964, 1976, 1980)

Most Valuable Player

Cy Young Award

Rookie of the Year Award

Manager of the Year Award

Team captains

Retired numbers

See also: List of Major League Baseball retired numbers

The White Sox have retired a total of 12 jersey numbers: 11 worn by former White Sox and number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson.[64]

 
Nellie
Fox
2B
 
Retired
May 1, 1976
 
Harold
Baines
RF, DH
Coach
Retired August 20, 1989
 
Luke
Appling
SS
Coach
Retired
June 7, 1975
 
Minnie
Miñoso
LF
Coach
Retired
May 8, 1983
 
Luis
Aparicio
SS
 
Retired August 14, 1984
 
Paul
Konerko
1B
 
Retired May 23, 2015

 
Ted
Lyons
P
 Manager
Retired July 25, 1987
 
Billy
Pierce
P
 
Retired July 25, 1987
 
Frank
Thomas
1B, DH
 
Retired August 29, 2010
 
Mark
Buehrle
P
 
Retired June 24, 2017
 
Carlton
Fisk
C
 
Retired September 14, 1997
 
Jackie
Robinson
2B
 
Retired By all of MLB 1997

Luis Aparicio's No. 11 was issued at his request for 11-time Gold Glove winner shortstop Omar Vizquel (because No. 13 was used by manager Ozzie Guillén; Vizquel, like Aparicio and Guillen, play(ed) shortstop and all share a common Venezuelan heritage). Vizquel played for team in 2010 and 2011.[65]

Also, Harold Baines had his No. 3 retired in 1989; it has since been 'unretired' 3 times in each of his subsequent returns.

Out of circulation, but not retired

  • 6: Since Charley Lau's death in 1984, no White Sox player or coach (except Lau disciple Walt Hriniak, the Chicago White Sox's hitting coach from 1989 to 1995) has worn his No. 6 jersey, although it has not been officially retired.
  • 13: Since Ozzie Guillén left as manager of the White Sox, no Sox player or coach has worn his No. 13 jersey, although it is not officially retired.

Baseball Hall of Famers

Ford C. Frick Award recipients

Chicago White Sox Ford C. Frick Award recipients
Affiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Names in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the White Sox.

Players and personnel

Roster

Chicago White Sox 2023 spring training roster
40-man roster Non-roster invitees Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders


Pitchers





Manager

Coaches



39 active, 0 inactive, 1 non-roster invitees

  7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list
 * Not on active roster
 † Suspended list
 Roster, coaches, and NRIs updated January 3, 2023
 Transactions • Depth chart
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Front office and key personnel

 
Bill Veeck, White Sox owner (1959–61, 1975–80) who revolutionized baseball by introducing many innovations in promotion
Chicago White Sox key personnel
Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf
Senior Executive Vice President Howard Pizer
Executive Vice President Ken Williams
General Manager Rick Hahn
Assistant General Manager Jeremy Haber
Assistant General Manager, Player Development Chris Getz
Senior Director of Baseball Operations Dan Fabian
Director of Baseball Analytics Matt Koenig
Director of Baseball Operations Daniel Zien
Senior Vice President, Administration Tim Buzard
Senior Vice President, Stadium Operations Terry Savarise
Senior Vice President, Communications Scott Reifert
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Brooks Boyer
Vice President, General Counsel John Corvino
Head Groundskeeper Roger Bossard
Spanish Language Interpreter Billy Russo [66]
Public Address Announcer Gene Honda
Organist Lori Moreland

Culture

Nicknames

The White Sox were originally known as the White Stockings, a reference to the original name of the Chicago Cubs.[68] To fit the name in headlines, local newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune abbreviated the name alternatively to Stox and Sox.[69] Charles Comiskey would officially adopt the White Sox nickname in the club's first years, making them the first team to officially use the "Sox" name. The Chicago White Sox are most prominently nicknamed "the South Siders", based on their particular district within Chicago. Other nicknames include the synonymous "Pale Hose";[70] "the ChiSox", a combination of "Chicago" and "Sox", used mostly by the national media to differentiate them between the Boston Red Sox (BoSox); and "the Good Guys", a reference to the team's one-time motto "Good guys wear black", coined by broadcaster Ken Harrelson. Most fans and Chicago media refer to the team as simply "the Sox". The Spanish language media sometimes refer to the team as Medias Blancas for "White Socks."

Several individual White Sox teams have received nicknames over the years:

  • The 1906 team was known as the Hitless Wonders due to their .230 batting average, worst in the American League.[71] Despite their hitting woes, the Sox would beat the crosstown Cubs for their first world title.
  • The 1919 White Sox are known as the Black Sox after eight players were banned from baseball for fixing the 1919 World Series.
  • The 1959 White Sox were referred to as the Go-Go White Sox due to their speed-based offense. The period from 1951 to 1967, in which the White Sox had 17 consecutive winning seasons, is sometimes referred to as the Go-Go era.[72]
  • The 1977 team was known as the South Side Hitmen as they contended for the division title after finishing last the year before.
  • The 1983 White Sox became known as the Winning Ugly White Sox in response to Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader's derisive comments that the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."[73] The Sox went on to win the 1983 American League West division on September 17.

Mascots

 
Southpaw
See also: List of Major League Baseball mascots

From 1961 until 1991, lifelong Chicago resident Andrew Rozdilsky performed as the unofficial yet popular mascot "Andy the Clown" for the White Sox at the original Comiskey Park. Known for his elongated "Come on you White Sox" battle cry, Andy got his start after a group of friends invited him to a Sox game in 1960, where he decided to wear his clown costume and entertain fans in his section. That response was so positive that when he won free 1961 season tickets, he decided to wear his costume to all games.[74] Comiskey Park ushers eventually offered free admission to Rozdilsky.[75] Starting in 1981, the new ownership group led by Jerry Reinsdorf introduced a twosome, called Ribbie and Roobarb, as the official team mascots, and banned Rozdilsky from performing in the lower seating level. Ribbie and Roobarb were very unpopular, as they were seen as an attempt to get rid of the beloved Andy the Clown.[76]

In 1988, the Sox got rid of Ribbie and Roobarb; Andy the Clown was not permitted to perform in the new Comiskey Park when it opened in 1991. In the early 1990s, the White Sox had a cartoon mascot named Waldo the White Sox Wolf that advertised the "Silver and Black Pack", the team's kids' club at the time. The team's current mascot, SouthPaw, was introduced in 2004 to attract young fans.[1][77]

Fight and theme songs

Nancy Faust became the White Sox organist in 1970, a position she held for 40 years.[78] She was one of the first ballpark organists to play pop music, and became known for her songs playing on the names of opposing players (such as Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" for Pete Incaviglia).[79] Her many years with the White Sox established her as one of the last great stadium organists. Since 2011, Lori Moreland has served as the White Sox organist.[80]

Similar to the Boston Red Sox with "Sweet Caroline" (and two songs named "Tessie"), and the New York Yankees with "Theme from New York, New York", several songs have become associated with the White Sox over the years. They include:

  • "Let's Go Go Go White Sox" by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers – A tribute to the "Go-Go White Sox" of the late 1950s, this song serves as the unofficial fight song of the White Sox. In 2005, scoreboard operator Jeff Szynal found a record of the song and played it for a "Turn Back the Clock" game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom the Sox played in the 1959 World Series.[81] After catcher A. J. Pierzynski hit a walk-off home run, they kept the song around, as the White Sox went on to win the 2005 World Series.
  • "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam – Organist Nancy Faust played this song during the 1977 pennant race when a Kansas City Royals pitcher was pulled, and it became an immediate hit with White Sox fans.[79] Faust is credited with making the song a stadium anthem and saving it from obscurity. To this day, the song remains closely associated with the White Sox, who play it when the team forces a pitching change, and occasionally on Sox home runs and victories.[82]
  • "Sweet Home Chicago" – The Blues Brothers version of this Robert Johnson blues standard is played after White Sox games conclude.
  • "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC – One of the most prominent songs for the White Sox player introductions, the team formed a bond with AC/DC's hit song in 2005 and it has since become a staple at White Sox home games.[83] The White Sox front office has tried replacing the song several times in an attempt to "shake things up", but White Sox fans have always showed their displeasure with new songs and have successfully gotten the front office to keep the fan-favorite song.[84]
  • "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey – During the 2005 season, the White Sox adopted the 1981 Journey song as their rally song after catcher A.J. Pierzynski suggested it be played through U.S. Cellular Field's speakers. During the 2005 World Series, the White Sox invited Journey's lead singer, Steve Perry, to Houston and allowed him to celebrate with the team on the field after the series-clinching sweep of the Houston Astros.[85] Perry also performed the song with members of the team during the team's victory parade in Chicago.
  • "Don't Stop the Party" by Pitbull – After every White Sox home run at Guaranteed Rate Field, Pitbull's "Don't Stop the Party" played over the loudspeakers.

Rivalries

Crosstown Classic

 
Fielder Jones of the White Sox hits the ball against Cubs at West Side Grounds, 1905
Main article: Cubs–White Sox rivalry

The Chicago Cubs are the crosstown rivals of the White Sox, a rivalry that some made fun of prior to the White Sox's 2005 title because both of them had extremely long championship droughts. The nature of the rivalry is unique; with the exception of the 1906 World Series, in which the White Sox upset the favored Cubs, the teams never met in an official game until 1997, when interleague play was introduced. In the intervening time, the two teams sometimes met for exhibition games. The White Sox currently led the regular-season series 48–39, winning the last four seasons in a row. The BP Crosstown Cup was introduced in 2010 and the White Sox won the first three seasons (2010-2012) until the Cubs first won the Cup in 2013 by sweeping the season series. The White Sox won the Cup the next season and retained the Cup the following two years (series was a tie - Cup remains with defending team in the event of a tie). The Cubs took back the Cup in 2017. Two series sweeps have occurred since interleague play began, both by the Cubs in 1998 and 2013.

An example of this volatile rivalry is the game played between the White Sox and the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field on May 20, 2006. White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski was running home on a sacrifice fly by center fielder Brian Anderson and smashed into Cubs catcher Michael Barrett, who was blocking home plate. Pierzynski lost his helmet in the collision, and slapped the plate as he rose. Barrett stopped him, and after exchanging a few words, punched Pierzynski in the face, causing a melee to ensue. Brian Anderson and Cubs first baseman John Mabry got involved in a separate confrontation, although Mabry was later determined to be attempting to be a peacemaker. After 10 minutes of conferring following the fight, the umpires ejected Pierzynski, Barrett, Anderson, and Mabry. As Pierzynski entered his dugout, he pumped his arms, causing the sold out crowd at U.S. Cellular Field to erupt in cheers. When play resumed, White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi blasted a grand slam to put the White Sox up 5–0 on their way to a 7–0 win over their crosstown rivals.[86] While other major league cities and metropolitan areas have two teams co-exist, all of the others feature at least one team that began playing there in 1961 or later, whereas the White Sox and Cubs have been competing for their city's fans since 1901.

Historical

A historical regional rival was the St. Louis Browns. Through the 1953 season, the two teams were located fairly close to each other (including the 1901 season when the Browns were the Milwaukee Brewers), and could have been seen as the American League equivalent of the Cardinals–Cubs rivalry, being that Chicago and St. Louis have for years been connected by the same highway (U.S. Route 66 and now Interstate 55). The rivalry has been somewhat revived at times in the past, involving the Browns' current identity, the Baltimore Orioles, most notably in 1983.

The current Milwaukee Brewers franchise were arguably the White Sox's main and biggest rival, due to the proximity of the two cities (resulting in large numbers of White Sox fans who would regularly be in attendance at the Brewers' former home, Milwaukee County Stadium), and with the teams competing in the same American League division for the 1970 and 1971 seasons and then again from 1994 to 1997. The rivalry has since cooled off, however, when the Brewers moved to the National League in 1998.

Divisional

See also: Twins–White Sox rivalry

The rivalry between the White Sox and Minnesota Twins developed during the 2000s, as the two teams consistently battled for the AL Central Crown. The Twins won the division in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009, with the Sox winning in 2005, 2008, and 2010, and many of those years their rival was the division runner-up. The teams met in the 2008 American League Central tie-breaker game, which was necessitated by the two clubs finishing the season with identical records. The White Sox won this game 1–0 on a Jim Thome home run.

The rivalry re-emerged in the 2020s, with the Twins winning the AL Central in 2020 by a single game over the White Sox and Cleveland Indians, and the Sox and Twins have continued to compete for the division title since that point.

Community Outreach

In 1990, then new White Sox owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf began Chicago White Sox Charities, a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that is the team's philanthropic arm, donating over $27 million over time to a plethora of Chicago organizations. White Sox Charities began centering on early childhood literacy programs, then expanded to focusing on encouraging high school graduation and college matriculation so the team can monitor its success. It also supports children at risk as well as promotes wellness and health.[87]

Home attendance

Comiskey Park

Home attendance at Comiskey Park
Year Total attendance Game average League rank Ref
2000 1,947,799 24,047 20th [88]
2001 1,766,172 21,805 26th [89]
2002 1,676,911 20,703 23rd [90]

U.S. Cellular Field

Home attendance at U.S. Cellular Field
Year Total attendance Game average League rank Ref
2003 1,939,524 23,945 21st [91]
2004 1,930,537 23,834 21st [92]
2005 2,342,833 28,924 17th [93]
2006 2,957,414 36,511 9th [94]
2007 2,684,395 33,141 15th [95]
2008 2,500,648 30,496 16th [96]
2009 2,284,163 28,200 16th [97]
2010 2,194,378 27,091 17th [98]
2011 2,001,117 24,705 20th [99]
2012 1,965,955 24,271 24th [100]
2013 1,768,413 21,832 24th [101]
2014 1,650,821 20,381 28th [102]
2015 1,755,810 21,677 27th [103]
2016 1,746,293 21,559 26th [104]

Guaranteed Rate Field

Home attendance at Guaranteed Rate Field
Year Total attendance Game average League rank Ref
2017 1,629,470 20,117 27th [105]
2018 1,608,817 19,862 25th [106]
2019 1,649,775 20,622 24th [107]
2020 –[c] – – [108]
2021 1,596,385[d] 19,708 13th [111]

Broadcasting

See also: List of Chicago White Sox broadcasters

Radio

 
Elson in the 1940s

The White Sox did not sell exclusive rights for radio broadcasts from radio's inception until 1944, instead having local stations share rights for games, and after WGN (720) was forced to abdicate their rights to the team in the 1943 after 16 seasons due to children's programming commitments from their network, Mutual.[112][113] The White Sox first granted exclusive rights in 1944, and bounced between stations until 1952, when they started having all games broadcast on WCFL (1000).[114] Throughout this period of instability, one thing remained constant, the White Sox play-by-play announcer, Bob Elson. Known as the "Commander", Elson was the voice of the Sox from 1929 until his departure from the club in 1970.[115] In 1979, he was the recipient of the Ford Frick Award, and his profile is permanently on display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

After the 1966 season, radio rights shifted from WCFL to WMAQ (670). An NBC-owned and -operated station until 1988 when Westinghouse Broadcasting purchased it after NBC's withdrawal from radio, it was the home of the Sox until the 1996 season, outside of a team nadir in the early '70s, where it was forced to broker time on suburban La Grange's WTAQ (1300) and Evanston's WEAW-FM (105.1) to have their play-by-play air in some form (though WEAW transmitted from the John Hancock Center, FM radio was not established as a band for sports play-by-play at the time),[112] and a one-season contract on WBBM (780) in 1981. After Elson's retirement in 1970, Harry Caray began his tenure as the voice of the White Sox, on radio and on television. Although best remembered as a broadcaster for the rival Cubs, Caray was very popular with White Sox fans, pining for a "cold one" during broadcasts.[116] Caray often broadcast from the stands, sitting at a table set up amid the bleachers. It became a badge of honor among Sox fans to "Buy Harry a beer..." By game's end, one would see a large stack of empty beer cups beside his microphone. This only endeared him to fans that much more. In fact, he started his tradition of leading the fans in the singing of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" with the Sox.[117] Caray, alongside color analyst Jimmy Piersall, was never afraid to criticize the Sox, which angered numerous Sox managers and players, notably Bill Melton and Chuck Tanner. He left to succeed Jack Brickhouse as the voice of the Cubs in 1981, where he became a national icon.

The White Sox shifted through several announcers in the 1980s, before hiring John Rooney as play-by-play announcer in 1989. In 1992, he was paired with color announcer Ed Farmer. In 14 seasons together, the duo became a highly celebrated announcing team, even being ranked by USA Today as the top broadcasting team in the American League.[118] Starting with Rooney and Farmer's fifth season together, Sox games returned to the 1000 AM frequency for the first time in 30 years (now the ESPN owned and operated station WMVP). The last game on WMVP was game 4 of the 2005 World Series, with the White Sox clinching their first World Series title in 88 years. That also was Rooney's last game with the Sox, as he left to join the radio broadcast team of the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2006, radio broadcasts returned to 670 AM, this time on the sports radio station WSCR owned by CBS Radio (WSCR took over the 670 frequency in August 2000 as part of a number of shifts among CBS Radio properties to meet market ownership caps). Ed Farmer became the play-by-play man after Rooney left, joined in the booth by Chris Singleton from 2006 to 2007 and then Steve Stone in 2008. In 2009, Darrin Jackson became the color announcer for White Sox radio, where he remains today.[119] Farmer and Jackson were joined by pregame/postgame host Chris Rogney.

The Chicago White Sox Radio Network currently has 18 affiliates in three states.[120] As of recently, White Sox games are also broadcast in Spanish with play-by-play announcer Hector Molina joined in the booth by Billy Russo.[121] Formerly broadcasting on ESPN Deportes Radio via WNUA, games are now broadcast in Spanish on WRTO (1200).[122][123]

In the 2016 season, the play-by-play rights shifted to Cumulus Media's WLS (890) under a five-year deal, when WSCR acquired the rights to Cubs games after a one-year period on WBBM. However, by all counts, the deal was a disaster for the White Sox, as WLS's declining conservative talk format, associated ratings, and management/personnel issues (including said hosts barely promoting the team and its games), and a signal that is weak in the northern suburbs and into Wisconsin, was not a good fit for the team. Cumulus also had voluminous financial issues, and by the start of 2018, looked to both file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and get out of the play-by-play business entirely, both with local teams and nationally through their Westwood One/NFL deal.[124][112]

The White Sox and Tribune Broadcasting (which has since merged with Nexstar Media Group) then announced a three-year deal for WGN Radio to become the White Sox flagship as of February 14, 2018, just in time for spring training. Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson continued to be on play-by-play, with Andy Masur taking over pregame/postgame duties.[125] Ed Farmer died suddenly on April 1, 2020 a long-term battle with polycystic kidney disease, but the team waited to announce his successor due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[126] On June 30, Masur was confirmed as Farmer's successor for the season.[127]

Under Nexstar's new management, WGN decided to pursue a thriftier programming direction, and made no moves to renew the deal at the end of the 2020 season. The team thus returned to WMVP (now managed by Good Karma Brands, which also owns Brewers flagship WTMJ) for a multi-year agreement to start with the 2021 season.[128] In a surprising turn of events, WMVP and the team announced on December 4, 2020, that Len Kasper, the longtime television play-by-play voice of the Cubs, would move to the South Side and become the radio play-by-play voice of the White Sox. The agreement has flexibility which allows Kasper to do some television games on NBC Sports Chicago on days when Jason Benetti has other national commitments.[129]

Television

White Sox games appeared sporadically on television throughout the first half of the 20th century, most commonly announced by Jack Brickhouse on WGN-TV (channel 9). Starting in 1968, Jack Drees took play-by-play duties as the Sox were broadcast on WFLD (channel 32).[130] After 1972, Harry Caray (joined by Jimmy Piersall in 1977) began double duty as a TV and radio announcer for the Sox, as broadcasts were moved to channel 44, WSNS-TV, from 1972 to 1980, followed by one year on WGN-TV.

Don Drysdale became the play-by-play announcer in 1982, as the White Sox began splitting their broadcasts between WFLD and the new regional cable television network, Sportsvision. Ahead of its time, Sportsvision had a chance to gain huge profits for the Sox. However, few people would subscribe to the channel after being used to free-to-air broadcasts for many years, along with Sportsvision being stunted by the city of Chicago's wiring for cable television taking much longer than many markets because of it being an area where over-the-air subscription services were still more popular, resulting in the franchise losing around $300,000 a month.[131] While this was going on, every Cubs game was on WGN, with Harry Caray becoming the national icon he never was with the White Sox. The relatively easy near-national access to Cubs games versus Sox games in this era, combined with the popularity of Caray and the Cubs being owned by the Tribune Company, is said by some to be the main cause of the Cubs' advantage in popularity over the Sox.

 
Harrelson in the broadcast booth in 2007

Three major changes to White Sox broadcasting occurred in 1989-1991: in 1989, with the city finally fully wired for cable service, Sportsvision was replaced by SportsChannel Chicago (itself eventually turning into Fox Sports Net Chicago), which varied over its early years as a premium sports service and basic cable channel. In 1990, over-the-air broadcasts shifted back to WGN. And in 1991, Ken Harrelson became the play-by-play announcer of the White Sox.[132] One of the most polarizing figures in baseball, "Hawk" has been both adored and scorned for his emotive announcing style. His history of calling out umpires has earned him reprimands from the MLB commissioner's office, and he has been said to be the most biased announcer in baseball.[133] However, Harrelson has said that he is proud of being "the biggest homer in baseball", saying that he is a White Sox fan like his viewers.[134] The team moved from FSN Chicago to the newly launched NBC Sports Chicago in March 2005, as Jerry Reinsdorf looked to control the rights for his team rather than sell rights to another party; Reinsdorf holds a 40% interest in the network, with 20% of that interest directly owned by the White Sox corporation.

Previously, White Sox local television broadcasts were split between two channels: the majority of games were broadcast on cable by NBC Sports Chicago, and remaining games were produced by WGN Sports and were broadcast locally on WGN-TV. WGN games were also occasionally picked up by local stations in Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. In the past, WGN games were broadcast nationally on the WGN America superstation, but those broadcasts ended after the 2014 season as WGN America began its transition to a standard cable network.[135] WGN Sports-produced White Sox games not carried by WGN-TV were carried by WCIU-TV (channel 26) until the 2015 season, when they moved to MyNetworkTV station WPWR (channel 50).[136] That arrangement ended on September 1, 2016 when WGN became an independent station.

Prior to 2016, the announcers were the same no matter where the games were broadcast: Harrelson provided play-by-play, and Steve Stone provided color analysis since 2009.[137] Games that are broadcast on NBC Sports Chicago feature pregame and postgame shows, hosted by Chuck Garfein with analysis from Bill Melton and occasionally Frank Thomas. In 2016, the team announced an official split of the play-by-play duties, with Harrelson calling road games and the Crosstown Series and Jason Benetti calling home games.[138] In 2017, the team announced that the 2018 season will be Harrelson's final in the booth. He will call 20 games over the course of the season, after which Benetti will take over full-time play-by-play duties.[139]

On January 2, 2019, the White Sox (along with the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks) agreed to an exclusive multiyear deal with NBC Sports Chicago, ending the team's broadcasts on WGN-TV following the 2019 season.[140]

Minor league affiliates

Main article: List of Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates

The Chicago White Sox farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.[141]

Silver Chalice subsidiary

Silver Chalice is a digital and media investment subsidiary of the White Sox with Brooks Boyer as CEO.[142]

Silver Chalice was co-founded by Jerry Reinsdorf, White Sox executive Brooks Boyer, Jason Coyle and John Burris in 2009.[142][143] Chalice has since partnered with IMG on Campus Insiders, a college sports digital channel.[142] The company also invested in 120 Sports, a digital sports channel, that launched in June 2016.[143] These efforts have since been merged with Sinclair Broadcasting Group's American Sports Network into the new multi-platform network Stadium as of September 2017.[144]

Notes

  1. ^ The team's official colors are black and silver, according to the team's mascot (Southpaw)'s official website.[1]
  2. ^ Select games only.
  3. ^ No spectators were allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Due to the aforementioned pandemic, Guaranteed Rate Field had capacity restrictions until June 10; 20% capacity from the beginning of the season to June 10,[109] and finally full capacity on June 11.[110]

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White Sox redirects here For other uses see White Sox disambiguation The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball MLB as a member club of the American League AL Central division The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf and plays its home games at Guaranteed Rate Field located on Chicago s South Side The White Sox are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago the other being the Chicago Cubs of the National League NL Central division Chicago White Sox2023 Chicago White Sox seasonEstablished in 1900Team logoMajor league affiliationsAmerican League 1901 present Central Division 1994 present West Division 1969 1993 Current uniformRetired numbers23491114161935567242ColorsBlack silver white a 2 NameChicago White Sox 1904 present Chicago White Stockings 1900 1903 Other nicknamesThe Sox The Chi Sox The South Siders The Pale Hose The Black Sox 1919 BallparkGuaranteed Rate Field 1991 present Comiskey Park 1910 1990 Milwaukee County Stadium 1968 1969 b South Side Park 1900 1910 Major league titlesWorld Series titles 3 190619172005AL Pennants 6 190119061917191919592005AL West Division titles 2 19831993AL Central Division titles 4 2000200520082021Wild card berths 1 2020Front officePrincipal owner s Jerry ReinsdorfGeneral managerRick HahnManagerPedro GrifolOne of the American League s eight charter franchises the White Sox were established as a major league baseball club in 1900 as the Chicago White Stockings before shortening their name to the White Sox in 1904 The team originally played their home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910 where they played until 1990 They moved into their current home which was originally also known as Comiskey Park like its predecessor and later carried sponsorship from U S Cellular for the 1991 season The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense oriented team dubbed the Hitless Wonders and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte Eddie Collins and Shoeless Joe Jackson The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games In response the new MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from the league for life In 1959 the White Sox led by Early Wynn Nellie Fox Luis Aparicio and manager Al Lopez won the American League pennant They won the AL pennant in 2005 and went on to win the World Series led by MVP Jermaine Dye Paul Konerko Mark Buehrle catcher A J Pierzynski and Ozzie Guillen the first Latino manager to win the World Series The 87 years it took the White Sox to win the World Series stands as the second longest MLB championship drought of all time with their crosstown rivals the Chicago Cubs holding the longest drought 107 seasons The White Sox have an overall record of 9 411 9 309 503 3 Of the original sixteen teams prior to the expansion era the White Sox have the least amount of league pennants with five Contents 1 History 2 Ballparks 2 1 Previous ballparks 2 2 Spring training ballparks 3 Logos and uniforms 4 Awards and accolades 4 1 World Series championships 4 2 American League championships 4 3 Award winners 4 3 1 Most Valuable Player 4 3 2 Cy Young Award 4 3 3 Rookie of the Year Award 4 3 4 Manager of the Year Award 4 4 Team captains 4 5 Retired numbers 4 5 1 Out of circulation but not retired 4 6 Baseball Hall of Famers 4 7 Ford C Frick Award recipients 5 Players and personnel 5 1 Roster 5 2 Front office and key personnel 6 Culture 6 1 Nicknames 6 2 Mascots 6 3 Fight and theme songs 7 Rivalries 7 1 Crosstown Classic 7 2 Historical 7 3 Divisional 7 4 Community Outreach 8 Home attendance 8 1 Comiskey Park 8 2 U S Cellular Field 8 3 Guaranteed Rate Field 9 Broadcasting 9 1 Radio 9 2 Television 10 Minor league affiliates 11 Silver Chalice subsidiary 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksHistory EditMain article History of the Chicago White Sox 1919 Black Sox team photo Ed Walsh holds the record for lowest career earned run average ERA 1 82 The White Sox originated as the Sioux City Cornhuskers of the Western League a minor league under the parameters of the National Agreement with the National League In 1894 Charles Comiskey bought the Cornhuskers and moved them to St Paul Minnesota where they became the St Paul Saints In 1900 with the approval of Western League president Ban Johnson Charles Comiskey moved the Saints into his hometown neighborhood of Armour Square where they became the Chicago White Stockings the former name of Chicago s National League team the Orphans now the Chicago Cubs 4 In 1901 the Western League broke the National Agreement and became the new major league American League The first season in the AL ended with a White Stockings championship 5 However that would be the end of the season as the World Series did not begin until 1903 6 The franchise now known as the Chicago White Sox made its first World Series appearance in 1906 beating the crosstown Cubs in six games 7 The White Sox won a third pennant and a second World Series in 1917 beating the New York Giants in six games with help from stars Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson 8 The Sox were heavily favored in the 1919 World Series but lost to the Cincinnati Reds in eight games Huge bets on the Reds fueled speculation that the series had been fixed A criminal investigation went on in the 1920 season and although all players were acquitted commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned eight of them for life in what was known as the Black Sox Scandal 9 This set the franchise back as they did not win another pennant for 40 years The White Sox did not finish in the upper half of the American League again until after founder Charles Comiskey died and passed ownership of the club to his son J Louis Comiskey 10 They finished in the upper half most years between 1936 and 1946 under the leadership of manager Jimmy Dykes with star shortstop Luke Appling known as Ol Aches and Pains and pitcher Ted Lyons who both had their numbers 4 and 16 retired 11 After J Louis Comiskey died in 1939 ownership of the club was passed down to his widow Grace Comiskey The club was later passed down to Grace s children Dorothy and Chuck in 1956 with Dorothy selling a majority share to a group led by Bill Veeck after the 1958 season 12 Veeck was notorious for his promotional stunts attracting fans to Comiskey Park with the new exploding scoreboard and outfield shower In 1961 Arthur Allyn Jr briefly owned the club before selling to his brother John Allyn Al Lopez manager of the Go Go Sox From 1951 to 1967 the White Sox had their longest period of sustained success scoring a winning record for 17 straight seasons Known as the Go Go White Sox for their tendency to focus on speed and getting on base versus power hitting they featured stars such as Minnie Minoso 13 Nellie Fox 14 Luis Aparicio 15 Billy Pierce 16 and Sherm Lollar 17 From 1957 to 1965 the Sox were managed by Al Lopez The Sox finished in the upper half of the American League in eight of his nine seasons including six years in the top two of the league 18 In 1959 the White Sox ended the New York Yankees dominance over the American League and won their first pennant since the ill fated 1919 campaign 19 Despite winning game one of the 1959 World Series 11 0 they fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games 20 During the late 1960s and 1970s the White Sox struggled to win games and attract fans Allyn and Bud Selig agreed to a handshake deal that would give Selig control of the club and move them to Milwaukee but it was blocked by the American League 21 Selig instead bought the Seattle Pilots and moved them to Milwaukee where they would become the Milwaukee Brewers putting enormous pressure on the American League to place a team in Seattle A plan was in place for the Sox to move to Seattle and for Charlie Finley to move his Oakland A s to Chicago However the city had a renewed interest in the Sox after the 1972 season and the American League instead added the expansion Seattle Mariners The 1972 White Sox had the lone successful season of this era as Dick Allen wound up winning the American League MVP award 22 Bill Veeck returned as owner of the Sox in 1975 and despite not having much money they managed to win 90 games in 1977 with a team known as the South Side Hitmen However the team s fortunes plummeted afterwards plagued by 90 loss teams and scarred by the notorious 1979 Disco Demolition Night promotion 23 Veeck was forced to sell the team rejecting offers from ownership groups intent on moving the club to Denver and eventually agreeing to sell it to Ed DeBartolo the only prospective owner who promised to keep the White Sox in Chicago However DeBartolo was rejected by the owners and the club was then sold to a group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn The Reinsdorf era started off well with the team winning their first division title in 1983 led by manager Tony La Russa 24 and stars Carlton Fisk Tom Paciorek Ron Kittle Harold Baines and LaMarr Hoyt 25 During the 1986 season La Russa was fired by announcer turned general manager Ken Harrelson La Russa went on to manage in six World Series winning three with the Oakland A s and St Louis Cardinals ending up in the Hall of Fame as the second winningest manager of all time 26 Harold Baines at the plate in 1986 Frank Thomas in 1997 The White Sox struggled for the rest of the 1980s as Chicago fought to keep them in town Reinsdorf wanted to replace the aging Comiskey Park and sought public funds to do so When talks stalled a strong offer was made to move the team to Tampa Florida 27 Funding for a new ballpark was approved in an 11th hour deal by the Illinois State Legislature on June 30 1988 with the stipulation that it had to be built on the corner of 35th and Shields across the street from the old ballpark as opposed to the suburban ballpark the owners had designed 21 Architects offered to redesign the ballpark to a more retro feel that would fit in the city blocks around Comiskey Park however the ownership group was set on a 1991 open date so they kept the old design 28 The new ballpark opened in 1991 under the name new Comiskey Park The park renamed in 2003 as U S Cellular Field and in 2016 as Guaranteed Rate Field underwent many renovations in the early 2000s to give it a more retro feel The White Sox were fairly successful in the 1990s and early 2000s with 12 winning seasons from 1990 to 2005 First baseman Frank Thomas became the face of the franchise ending his career as the White Sox s all time leader in runs doubles home runs total bases and walks 29 Other major players included Robin Ventura Ozzie Guillen Jack McDowell and Bobby Thigpen 30 The Sox won the West division in 1993 and were in first place in 1994 when the season was canceled due to the 1994 MLB Strike In 2004 Ozzie Guillen was hired as manager of his former team 31 After finishing second in 2004 the Sox won 99 games and the Central Division title in 2005 behind the work of stars Paul Konerko Mark Buehrle A J Pierzynski Joe Crede and Orlando Hernandez 32 They started the playoffs by sweeping the defending champion Boston Red Sox in the ALDS and beat the Angels in five games to win their first pennant in 46 years due to four complete games by the White Sox rotation 33 The White Sox went on to sweep the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series giving them their first World Championship in 88 years 34 Guillen had marginal success during the rest of his tenure with the Sox winning the Central Division title in 2008 after a one game playoff with the Minnesota Twins 35 Guillen left the White Sox after the 2011 season and was replaced by former teammate Robin Ventura The White Sox finished the 2015 season their 115th in Chicago with a 76 86 record a three game improvement over 2014 36 The White Sox recorded their 9 000th win in franchise history by the score of 3 2 against the Detroit Tigers on September 21 2015 Ventura returned in 2016 with a young core featuring Jose Abreu Adam Eaton Jose Quintana and Chris Sale 37 Ventura resigned after the 2016 season in which the White Sox finished 78 84 Rick Renteria the 2016 White Sox bench coach was promoted to the role of manager The White Sox celebrate after winning a tie breaker game against the Minnesota Twins for a spot in the 2008 playoffs Prior to the start of the 2017 season the White Sox traded Sale to the Boston Red Sox and Eaton to the Washington Nationals for prospects including Yoan Moncada Lucas Giolito and Michael Kopech signaling the beginning of a rebuilding period During the 2017 season the White Sox continued their rebuild when they made a blockbuster trade with their crosstown rival the Chicago Cubs in a swap that featured the Sox sending pitcher Jose Quintana to the Cubs in exchange for four prospects headlined by outfielder Eloy Jimenez and pitcher Dylan Cease This was the first trade between the White Sox and Cubs since the 2006 season 38 During the 2018 season relief pitcher Danny Farquhar suffered a brain hemorrhage while he was in the dugout between innings 39 Farquhar remained out of action for the rest of the season and just recently got medically cleared to return to baseball despite some doctors doubting that he would make a full recovery 40 Also occurring during the 2018 season the White Sox announced that the club would be the first Major League Baseball team to entirely discontinue use of plastic straws in ordinance with the Shedd the Straw campaign by Shedd Aquarium 41 The White Sox broke an MLB record during their 100 loss campaign of 2018 but broke the single season strikeout record in only a year after the Milwaukee Brewers broke the record in the 2017 season 42 On December 3 2018 head trainer Herm Schneider retired after 40 seasons with the team his new role will be as an advisor on medical issues pertaining to free agency the amateur draft and player acquisition Schneider will also continue to be a resource for the White Sox training department including both the major and minor league levels 43 On August 25 2020 Lucas Giolito recorded the 19th no hitter in White Sox history and the first since Philip Humber s Perfect Game in 2012 Giolito struck out 13 and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes He only allowed one baserunner which was a walk to Erik Gonzalez in the fourth inning In 2020 the White Sox clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2008 with a record 35 25 in the pandemic shortened season but lost to the Oakland Athletics in three games during the Wild Card Series The White Sox also made MLB history by being the first team to go undefeated against left handed pitching with a 14 0 record 44 At the end of the season Renteria and longtime pitching coach Don Cooper were both fired 45 Jose Abreu became the 4th different White Sox player to win the AL MVP joining Dick Allen Nellie Fox and Frank Thomas 46 During the 2021 offseason the White Sox brought back Tony La Russa as their manager for 2021 47 At the age of 76 when hired La Russa became the oldest active manager in the MLB On April 14 2021 Carlos Rodon recorded the teams 20th no hitter against the Cleveland Indians Rodon retired the first 25 batters he faced and was saved by an incredible play at first base by first basemen Jose Abreu to get the first out in the 9th before hitting Roberto Perez which was the only baserunner Rodon allowed Rodon struck out seven and threw 75 of 114 pitches for strikes On June 6 2021 the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 3 0 This also had Tony La Russa winning his 2 764th game as manager passing John McGraw for 2nd on the all time managerial wins list On August 12 2021 the White Sox faced New York Yankees in the first ever Field of Dreams game in Dyersville Iowa The White Sox won the game 9 8 on a walk off two run Home Run by Tim Anderson The homer was the 15th walk off home run against the Yankees in White Sox history the first being Shoeless Joe Jackson on July 20 1919 whose character featured in the movie Field of Dreams On September 23 2021 the White Sox clinched the American League Central Division for the first time since 2008 against the Cleveland Indians Ballparks EditMain article Guaranteed Rate Field In the late 1980s the franchise threatened to relocate to Tampa Bay as did the San Francisco Giants but frantic lobbying on the part of the Illinois governor James R Thompson and state legislature resulted in approval by one vote of public funding for a new stadium 48 Designed primarily as a baseball stadium as opposed to a multipurpose stadium the new Comiskey Park redubbed U S Cellular Field in 2003 and Guaranteed Rate Field in 2016 was built in a 1960s style similar to Dodger Stadium and Kauffman Stadium There were ideas for other stadium designs 49 submitted to bring a more neighborhood feel but ultimately they were not selected The park opened in 1991 to positive reaction with many praising its wide open concourses excellent sight lines and natural grass unlike other stadiums of the era such as Rogers Centre in Toronto The park s inaugural season drew 2 934 154 fans at the time an all time attendance record for any Chicago baseball team View from the upper deck of U S Cellular Field in 2006 In recent years money accrued from the sale of naming rights to the field has been allocated for renovations to make the park more aesthetically appealing and fan friendly Notable renovations of early phases included reorientation of the bullpens parallel to the field of play thus decreasing slightly the formerly symmetrical dimensions of the outfield filling seats in up to and shortening the outfield wall ballooning foul line seat sections out toward the field of play creating a new multitiered batter s eye allowing fans to see out through one way screens from the center field vantage point and complete with concession stand and bar style seating on its fan deck and renovating all concourse areas with brick historic murals and new concession stand ornaments to establish a more friendly feel The stadium s steel and concrete were repainted dark gray and black In 2016 the scoreboard jumbotron was replaced with a new Mitsubishi Diamondvision HDTV screen 50 The top quarter of the upper deck was removed in 2004 and a black wrought metal roof was placed over it covering all but the first eight rows of seats This decreased seating capacity from 47 098 to 40 615 2005 also had the introduction of the Scout Seats redesignating and reupholstering 200 lower deck seats behind home plate as an exclusive area with seat side waitstaff and a complete restaurant located underneath the concourse The most significant structural addition besides the new roof was 2005 s FUNdamentals Deck a multitiered structure on the left field concourse containing batting cages a small Tee Ball field speed pitch and several other children s activities intended to entertain and educate young fans with the help of coaching staff from the Chicago Bulls Sox Training Academy This structure was used during the 2005 American League playoffs by ESPN and the Fox Broadcasting Company as a broadcasting platform Designed as a seven phase plan the renovations were completed before the 2007 season with the seventh and final phase The most visible renovation in this final phase was replacing the original blue seats with green seats The upper deck already had new green seats put in before the beginning of the 2006 season Beginning with the 2007 season a new luxury seating section was added in the former press box This section has amenities similar to those of the Scout Seats section After the 2007 season the ballpark continued renovation projects despite the phases being complete In July 2019 the White Sox extended the netting to the foul pole Previous ballparks Edit Batting practice at Comiskey Park 1986 The St Paul Saints first played their games at Lexington Park 51 When they moved to Chicago s Armour Square neighborhood they began play at the South Side Park Previously a cricket ground the park was located on the north side of 39th Street now called Pershing Road between South Wentworth and South Princeton Avenues 52 Its massive dimensions yielded few home runs which was to the advantage of the White Sox s Hitless Wonders teams of the early 20th century 53 After the 1909 season the Sox moved five blocks to the north to play in the new Comiskey Park while the 39th Street grounds became the home of the Chicago American Giants of the Negro leagues Billed as the Baseball Palace of the World it originally held 28 000 seats and eventually grew to hold over 50 000 54 It became known for its many odd features such as the outdoor shower and the exploding scoreboard When it closed after the 1990 season it was the oldest ballpark still in Major League Baseball Spring training ballparks Edit The White Sox have held spring training in 55 Excelsior Springs Missouri 1901 1902 Mobile Alabama 1903 Marlin Springs Texas 1904 New Orleans 1905 1906 Mexico City Mexico 1907 Los Angeles 1908 San Francisco Recreation Park 1909 1910 Mineral Wells Texas 1911 1916 1919 Waco Texas 1912 1920 Paso Robles California 1913 1915 Waxahachie Texas 1921 Seguin Texas 1922 1923 Winter Haven Florida 1924 Shreveport Louisiana 1925 1928 Dallas 1929 San Antonio 1930 1932 Pasadena California 1933 1942 1946 1950 French Lick Indiana 1943 1944 Terre Haute Indiana 1945 Palm Springs California Palm Springs Stadium 1951 El Centro California 1952 1953 Tampa Florida 1954 1959 Plant Field 1954 Al Lopez Field 1955 1959 Sarasota Florida 1960 1997 Payne Park Ed Smith Stadium 1989 97 Tucson Arizona Tucson Electric Park 1998 2008 Cactus League shared with Arizona Diamondbacks 56 Phoenix Arizona Camelback Ranch 2009 present On November 19 2007 the cities of Glendale and Phoenix Arizona broke ground on the Cactus League s newest spring training facility Camelback Ranch the 76 million two team facility is the new home of both the White Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers for their spring training Aside from state of the art baseball facilities at the 10 000 seat stadium the location includes residential restaurant and retail development a four star hotel and an 18 hole golf course Other amenities include 118 000 sq ft 11 000 m2 of major and minor league clubhouses for the two teams four major league practice fields eight minor league practice fields two practice infields and parking to accommodate 5 000 vehicles 57 Logos and uniforms EditSee also Major League Baseball uniforms Over the years the White Sox have become noted for many of their uniform innovations and changes In 1960 they became the first team in the major sports to put players last names on jerseys for identification purposes The 1912 1917 1919 1929 1931 and 1936 1938 Chicago White Sox logo In 1912 the White Sox debuted a large S in a Roman style font with a small O inside the top loop of the S and a small X inside the bottom loop This is the logo associated with the 1917 World Series championship team and the 1919 Black Sox With a couple of brief interruptions the dark blue logo with the large S lasted through 1938 but continued in a modified block style into the 1940s Through the 1940s the White Sox team colors were primarily navy blue trimmed with red Uniform design from 1971 1975 The White Sox logo in the 1950s and 1960s actually beginning in the 1949 season was the word SOX in Gothic script diagonally arranged with the S larger than the other two letters From 1949 through 1963 the primary color was black trimmed with red after 1951 This is the logo associated with the Go Go Sox era In 1964 the primary color went back to navy blue and the road uniforms changed from gray to pale blue In 1971 the team s primary color changed from royal blue to red with the color of their pinstripes and caps changing to red The 1971 1975 uniform included red socks Uniform designs from 1976 1981 In 1976 the team s uniforms changed again The team s primary color changed back from red to navy The team based their uniforms on a style worn in the early days of the franchise with white jerseys worn at home and blue on the road The team brought back white socks for the last time in team history The socks featured a different stripe pattern every year The team also had the option to wear blue or white pants with either jersey Additionally the team s SOX logo was changed to a modern looking SOX in a bold font with CHICAGO written across the jersey Finally the team s logo featured a silhouette of a batter over the words SOX Alternate logo used on the road uniform 1991 2010 and on the black alternate uniform 1993 present The new uniforms also featured collars and were designed to be worn untucked both unprecedented Yet by far the most unusual wrinkle was the option to wear shorts which the White Sox did for the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals in 1976 The Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast League had previously tried the same concept but it was also poorly received Apart from aesthetic issues as a practical matter shorts are not conducive to sliding due to the likelihood of significant abrasions Upon taking over the team in 1980 new owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf announced a contest where fans were invited to create new uniforms for the White Sox The winning entries submitted by a fan had the word SOX written across the front of the jersey in the same font as the cap inside of a large blue stripe trimmed with red The red and blue stripes were also on the sleeves and the road jerseys were gray to the home whites In those jerseys the White Sox won 99 games and the AL West championship in 1983 the best record in the majors After five years those uniforms were retired and replaced with a more basic uniform that had White Sox written across the front in script with Chicago on the front of the road jersey The cap logo was also changed to a cursive C although the batter logo was retained for several years For a midseason 1990 game at Comiskey Park the White Sox appeared once in a uniform based on that of the 1917 White Sox They then switched their regular uniform style once more In September for the final series at the old Comiskey Park the White Sox rolled out a new logo a simplified version of the 1949 63 Gothic SOX logo They also introduced a uniform with black pinstripes also similar to the Go Go Sox era uniform The team s primary color changed back to black this time with silver trim The team also introduced a new sock logo a white silhouette of a sock centered inside a white outline of a baseball diamond which appeared as a sleeve patch on the away uniform until 2010 switched to the SOX logo in 2011 and on the alternate black uniform since 1993 With minor modifications i e occasionally wearing vests black game jerseys the White Sox have used this style ever since During the 2012 and 2013 seasons the White Sox wore their throwback uniforms at home every Sunday starting with the 1972 red pinstriped throwback jerseys worn during the 2012 season followed by the 1982 86 uniforms the next season In the 2014 season the Winning Ugly throwbacks were promoted to full time alternate status and are now worn at home on Sundays In one game during the 2014 season the Sox paired their throwbacks with a cap featuring the batter logo instead of the wordmark SOX this is currently their batting practice cap prior to games in the throwback uniforms In 2021 to commemorate the Field of Dreams game the White Sox wore special uniforms honoring the 1919 team That same year the White Sox wore City Connect alternate uniforms introduced by Nike featuring an all black design with silver pinstripes and Southside wordmark in front Paul Konerko wearing the White Sox s current home uniform in 2006 Aaron Rowand wearing the White Sox s sleeveless alternate home uniform in 2005 James McCann wearing the White Sox s current road uniform in 2019 Mark Buehrle wearing the White Sox s current alternate uniform with home pants in 2009 Tim Anderson wearing the White Sox s current alternate uniform with road pants in 2017 Lucas Giolito wearing the White Sox s current Sunday alternate home uniform in 2019 also the team s home uniform from 1982 86 Awards and accolades Edit Eddie Murphy John Shano Collins Joe Jackson Happy Felsch and Nemo Leibold in their dugout during the 1917 World Series World Series championships Edit Season Manager Regular season record World Series opponent World Series record Ref1906 Fielder Jones 93 58 Chicago Cubs 4 2 58 1917 Pants Rowland 100 54 New York Giants 4 2 59 2005 Ozzie Guillen 99 63 Houston Astros 4 0 60 3 World ChampionshipsAmerican League championships Edit Note American League Championship Series began in 1969 Season Manager Regular season record AL Runner Up ALCS opponent Games ahead ALCS record Ref1901 Clark Griffith 83 53 Boston Americans 4 0 61 1906 Fielder Jones 93 58 New York Highlanders 3 0 58 1917 Pants Rowland 100 54 Boston Red Sox 9 0 59 1919 Kid Gleason 88 52 Cleveland Indians 3 5 62 1959 Al Lopez 94 60 Cleveland Indians 5 0 63 2005 Ozzie Guillen 99 63 Los Angeles Angels 4 1 60 6 American League ChampionshipsAward winners Edit Main article List of Chicago White Sox award winners and league leaders Luis Aparicio 1956 62 1968 70 Luke Appling 1930 43 1945 50 Carlton Fisk 1981 1993 Nellie Fox 1950 1963 Shoeless Joe Jackson 1915 1920 Ted Lyons 1923 1942 1946 Minnie Minoso 1951 57 1960 61 1964 1976 1980 Most Valuable Player Edit 1959 Nellie Fox 1972 Dick Allen 1993 Frank Thomas 1994 Frank Thomas 2020 Jose AbreuCy Young Award Edit 1959 Early Wynn MLB 1983 LaMarr Hoyt AL 1993 Jack McDowell AL Rookie of the Year Award Edit 1951 Orestes Minnie Minoso Sporting News 1956 Luis Aparicio 1963 Gary Peters 1966 Tommie Agee 1983 Ron Kittle 1985 Ozzie Guillen 2014 Jose AbreuManager of the Year Award Edit 1983 Tony La Russa 1990 Jeff Torborg 1993 Gene Lamont 2000 Jerry Manuel 2005 Ozzie GuillenTeam captains Edit Luke Appling 1930 1950 Ozzie Guillen 1990 1997 Carlton Fisk 1990 1993 Paul Konerko 2006 2014Retired numbers Edit See also List of Major League Baseball retired numbers The White Sox have retired a total of 12 jersey numbers 11 worn by former White Sox and number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson 64 NellieFox2B Retired May 1 1976 HaroldBainesRF DHCoachRetired August 20 1989 LukeApplingSSCoachRetired June 7 1975 MinnieMinosoLFCoachRetired May 8 1983 LuisAparicioSS Retired August 14 1984 PaulKonerko1B Retired May 23 2015 TedLyonsP ManagerRetired July 25 1987 BillyPierceP Retired July 25 1987 FrankThomas1B DH Retired August 29 2010 MarkBuehrleP Retired June 24 2017 CarltonFiskC Retired September 14 1997 JackieRobinson2B Retired By all of MLB 1997Luis Aparicio s No 11 was issued at his request for 11 time Gold Glove winner shortstop Omar Vizquel because No 13 was used by manager Ozzie Guillen Vizquel like Aparicio and Guillen play ed shortstop and all share a common Venezuelan heritage Vizquel played for team in 2010 and 2011 65 Also Harold Baines had his No 3 retired in 1989 it has since been unretired 3 times in each of his subsequent returns Out of circulation but not retired Edit 6 Since Charley Lau s death in 1984 no White Sox player or coach except Lau disciple Walt Hriniak the Chicago White Sox s hitting coach from 1989 to 1995 has worn his No 6 jersey although it has not been officially retired 13 Since Ozzie Guillen left as manager of the White Sox no Sox player or coach has worn his No 13 jersey although it is not officially retired Baseball Hall of Famers Edit Chicago White Sox Hall of FamersAffiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumChicago White Sox Roberto AlomarLuis Aparicio Luke Appling Harold Baines Chief BenderSteve CarltonEddie Collins Charles Comiskey George DavisLarry DobyHugh Duffy Johnny EversRed Faber Carlton Fisk Nellie Fox Goose GossageKen Griffey Jr Clark GriffithHarry HooperJim KaatGeorge KellTony La Russa Bob Lemon Al Lopez Ted Lyons Minnie Minoso Tim RainesEdd RoushRed RuffingRon SantoRay Schalk Tom SeaverAl SimmonsFrank Thomas Jim ThomeBill Veeck Ed Walsh Hoyt Wilhelm Early WynnPlayers and managers listed in bold are depicted on their Hall of Fame plaques wearing a White Sox cap insignia Ford C Frick Award recipients Edit Chicago White Sox Ford C Frick Award recipientsAffiliation according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumJack Brickhouse Harry Caray Bob Elson Milo Hamilton Ken HarrelsonNames in bold received the award based primarily on their work as broadcasters for the White Sox Players and personnel EditRoster Edit Chicago White Sox 2023 spring training rostervte40 man roster Non roster invitees Coaches OtherPitchers Nick Avila 57 Tanner Banks 70 Jason Bilous 39 Aaron Bummer 84 Dylan Cease 52 Mike Clevinger 45 Garrett Crochet 55 Jake Diekman 63 Matt Foster 27 Lucas Giolito 49 Kendall Graveman 31 Liam Hendriks 17 Joe Kelly 34 Michael Kopech 58 Jimmy Lambert 40 Reynaldo Lopez 33 Lance Lynn 65 Davis Martin Nicholas Padilla 66 Jose Ruiz Gregory Santos 67 Bennett Sousa 53 Jonathan Stiever Catchers 24 Yasmani Grandal 21 Carlos Perez 44 Seby ZavalaInfielders 7 Tim Anderson 30 Jake Burger 28 Leury Garcia 12 Romy Gonzalez 10 Yoan Moncada Bryan Ramos Jose Rodriguez 50 Lenyn SosaOutfielders 23 Andrew Benintendi 74 Eloy Jimenez 88 Luis Robert 32 Gavin Sheets 25 Andrew Vaughn Pitchers Nate Fisher Manager 5 Pedro GrifolCoaches 8 Daryl Boston first base outfield Jose Castro hitting 29 Curt Hasler bullpen Chris Johnson assistant hitting 52 Ethan Katz pitching Charlie Montoyo bench baserunning Eddie Rodriguez third base Mike Tosar field coordinator 39 active 0 inactive 1 non roster invitees 7 10 or 15 day injured list Not on active roster Suspended list Roster coaches and NRIs updated January 3 2023 Transactions Depth chart All MLB rostersFront office and key personnel Edit Bill Veeck White Sox owner 1959 61 1975 80 who revolutionized baseball by introducing many innovations in promotion Chicago White Sox key personnelChairman Jerry ReinsdorfSenior Executive Vice President Howard PizerExecutive Vice President Ken WilliamsGeneral Manager Rick HahnAssistant General Manager Jeremy HaberAssistant General Manager Player Development Chris GetzSenior Director of Baseball Operations Dan FabianDirector of Baseball Analytics Matt KoenigDirector of Baseball Operations Daniel ZienSenior Vice President Administration Tim BuzardSenior Vice President Stadium Operations Terry SavariseSenior Vice President Communications Scott ReifertSenior Vice President Sales and Marketing Brooks BoyerVice President General Counsel John CorvinoHead Groundskeeper Roger BossardSpanish Language Interpreter Billy Russo 66 Public Address Announcer Gene HondaOrganist Lori MorelandSource 67 Culture EditNicknames Edit The White Sox were originally known as the White Stockings a reference to the original name of the Chicago Cubs 68 To fit the name in headlines local newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune abbreviated the name alternatively to Stox and Sox 69 Charles Comiskey would officially adopt the White Sox nickname in the club s first years making them the first team to officially use the Sox name The Chicago White Sox are most prominently nicknamed the South Siders based on their particular district within Chicago Other nicknames include the synonymous Pale Hose 70 the ChiSox a combination of Chicago and Sox used mostly by the national media to differentiate them between the Boston Red Sox BoSox and the Good Guys a reference to the team s one time motto Good guys wear black coined by broadcaster Ken Harrelson Most fans and Chicago media refer to the team as simply the Sox The Spanish language media sometimes refer to the team as Medias Blancas for White Socks Several individual White Sox teams have received nicknames over the years The 1906 team was known as the Hitless Wonders due to their 230 batting average worst in the American League 71 Despite their hitting woes the Sox would beat the crosstown Cubs for their first world title The 1919 White Sox are known as the Black Sox after eight players were banned from baseball for fixing the 1919 World Series The 1959 White Sox were referred to as the Go Go White Sox due to their speed based offense The period from 1951 to 1967 in which the White Sox had 17 consecutive winning seasons is sometimes referred to as the Go Go era 72 The 1977 team was known as the South Side Hitmen as they contended for the division title after finishing last the year before The 1983 White Sox became known as the Winning Ugly White Sox in response to Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader s derisive comments that the White Sox weren t playing well They re winning ugly 73 The Sox went on to win the 1983 American League West division on September 17 Mascots Edit Southpaw See also List of Major League Baseball mascots From 1961 until 1991 lifelong Chicago resident Andrew Rozdilsky performed as the unofficial yet popular mascot Andy the Clown for the White Sox at the original Comiskey Park Known for his elongated Come on you White Sox battle cry Andy got his start after a group of friends invited him to a Sox game in 1960 where he decided to wear his clown costume and entertain fans in his section That response was so positive that when he won free 1961 season tickets he decided to wear his costume to all games 74 Comiskey Park ushers eventually offered free admission to Rozdilsky 75 Starting in 1981 the new ownership group led by Jerry Reinsdorf introduced a twosome called Ribbie and Roobarb as the official team mascots and banned Rozdilsky from performing in the lower seating level Ribbie and Roobarb were very unpopular as they were seen as an attempt to get rid of the beloved Andy the Clown 76 In 1988 the Sox got rid of Ribbie and Roobarb Andy the Clown was not permitted to perform in the new Comiskey Park when it opened in 1991 In the early 1990s the White Sox had a cartoon mascot named Waldo the White Sox Wolf that advertised the Silver and Black Pack the team s kids club at the time The team s current mascot SouthPaw was introduced in 2004 to attract young fans 1 77 Fight and theme songs Edit Nancy Faust became the White Sox organist in 1970 a position she held for 40 years 78 She was one of the first ballpark organists to play pop music and became known for her songs playing on the names of opposing players such as Iron Butterfly s In A Gadda Da Vida for Pete Incaviglia 79 Her many years with the White Sox established her as one of the last great stadium organists Since 2011 Lori Moreland has served as the White Sox organist 80 Similar to the Boston Red Sox with Sweet Caroline and two songs named Tessie and the New York Yankees with Theme from New York New York several songs have become associated with the White Sox over the years They include Let s Go Go Go White Sox by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers A tribute to the Go Go White Sox of the late 1950s this song serves as the unofficial fight song of the White Sox In 2005 scoreboard operator Jeff Szynal found a record of the song and played it for a Turn Back the Clock game against the Los Angeles Dodgers whom the Sox played in the 1959 World Series 81 After catcher A J Pierzynski hit a walk off home run they kept the song around as the White Sox went on to win the 2005 World Series Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam Organist Nancy Faust played this song during the 1977 pennant race when a Kansas City Royals pitcher was pulled and it became an immediate hit with White Sox fans 79 Faust is credited with making the song a stadium anthem and saving it from obscurity To this day the song remains closely associated with the White Sox who play it when the team forces a pitching change and occasionally on Sox home runs and victories 82 Sweet Home Chicago The Blues Brothers version of this Robert Johnson blues standard is played after White Sox games conclude Thunderstruck by AC DC One of the most prominent songs for the White Sox player introductions the team formed a bond with AC DC s hit song in 2005 and it has since become a staple at White Sox home games 83 The White Sox front office has tried replacing the song several times in an attempt to shake things up but White Sox fans have always showed their displeasure with new songs and have successfully gotten the front office to keep the fan favorite song 84 Don t Stop Believin by Journey During the 2005 season the White Sox adopted the 1981 Journey song as their rally song after catcher A J Pierzynski suggested it be played through U S Cellular Field s speakers During the 2005 World Series the White Sox invited Journey s lead singer Steve Perry to Houston and allowed him to celebrate with the team on the field after the series clinching sweep of the Houston Astros 85 Perry also performed the song with members of the team during the team s victory parade in Chicago Don t Stop the Party by Pitbull After every White Sox home run at Guaranteed Rate Field Pitbull s Don t Stop the Party played over the loudspeakers Rivalries EditThis section possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed August 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Crosstown Classic Edit Fielder Jones of the White Sox hits the ball against Cubs at West Side Grounds 1905 Main article Cubs White Sox rivalry The Chicago Cubs are the crosstown rivals of the White Sox a rivalry that some made fun of prior to the White Sox s 2005 title because both of them had extremely long championship droughts The nature of the rivalry is unique with the exception of the 1906 World Series in which the White Sox upset the favored Cubs the teams never met in an official game until 1997 when interleague play was introduced In the intervening time the two teams sometimes met for exhibition games The White Sox currently led the regular season series 48 39 winning the last four seasons in a row The BP Crosstown Cup was introduced in 2010 and the White Sox won the first three seasons 2010 2012 until the Cubs first won the Cup in 2013 by sweeping the season series The White Sox won the Cup the next season and retained the Cup the following two years series was a tie Cup remains with defending team in the event of a tie The Cubs took back the Cup in 2017 Two series sweeps have occurred since interleague play began both by the Cubs in 1998 and 2013 An example of this volatile rivalry is the game played between the White Sox and the Cubs at U S Cellular Field on May 20 2006 White Sox catcher A J Pierzynski was running home on a sacrifice fly by center fielder Brian Anderson and smashed into Cubs catcher Michael Barrett who was blocking home plate Pierzynski lost his helmet in the collision and slapped the plate as he rose Barrett stopped him and after exchanging a few words punched Pierzynski in the face causing a melee to ensue Brian Anderson and Cubs first baseman John Mabry got involved in a separate confrontation although Mabry was later determined to be attempting to be a peacemaker After 10 minutes of conferring following the fight the umpires ejected Pierzynski Barrett Anderson and Mabry As Pierzynski entered his dugout he pumped his arms causing the sold out crowd at U S Cellular Field to erupt in cheers When play resumed White Sox second baseman Tadahito Iguchi blasted a grand slam to put the White Sox up 5 0 on their way to a 7 0 win over their crosstown rivals 86 While other major league cities and metropolitan areas have two teams co exist all of the others feature at least one team that began playing there in 1961 or later whereas the White Sox and Cubs have been competing for their city s fans since 1901 Historical Edit A historical regional rival was the St Louis Browns Through the 1953 season the two teams were located fairly close to each other including the 1901 season when the Browns were the Milwaukee Brewers and could have been seen as the American League equivalent of the Cardinals Cubs rivalry being that Chicago and St Louis have for years been connected by the same highway U S Route 66 and now Interstate 55 The rivalry has been somewhat revived at times in the past involving the Browns current identity the Baltimore Orioles most notably in 1983 The current Milwaukee Brewers franchise were arguably the White Sox s main and biggest rival due to the proximity of the two cities resulting in large numbers of White Sox fans who would regularly be in attendance at the Brewers former home Milwaukee County Stadium and with the teams competing in the same American League division for the 1970 and 1971 seasons and then again from 1994 to 1997 The rivalry has since cooled off however when the Brewers moved to the National League in 1998 Divisional Edit See also Twins White Sox rivalry The rivalry between the White Sox and Minnesota Twins developed during the 2000s as the two teams consistently battled for the AL Central Crown The Twins won the division in 2002 2003 2004 2006 and 2009 with the Sox winning in 2005 2008 and 2010 and many of those years their rival was the division runner up The teams met in the 2008 American League Central tie breaker game which was necessitated by the two clubs finishing the season with identical records The White Sox won this game 1 0 on a Jim Thome home run The rivalry re emerged in the 2020s with the Twins winning the AL Central in 2020 by a single game over the White Sox and Cleveland Indians and the Sox and Twins have continued to compete for the division title since that point Community Outreach Edit In 1990 then new White Sox owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf began Chicago White Sox Charities a 501 c 3 charitable organization that is the team s philanthropic arm donating over 27 million over time to a plethora of Chicago organizations White Sox Charities began centering on early childhood literacy programs then expanded to focusing on encouraging high school graduation and college matriculation so the team can monitor its success It also supports children at risk as well as promotes wellness and health 87 Home attendance EditComiskey Park Edit Home attendance at Comiskey ParkYear Total attendance Game average League rank Ref2000 1 947 799 24 047 20th 88 2001 1 766 172 21 805 26th 89 2002 1 676 911 20 703 23rd 90 U S Cellular Field Edit Home attendance at U S Cellular FieldYear Total attendance Game average League rank Ref2003 1 939 524 23 945 21st 91 2004 1 930 537 23 834 21st 92 2005 2 342 833 28 924 17th 93 2006 2 957 414 36 511 9th 94 2007 2 684 395 33 141 15th 95 2008 2 500 648 30 496 16th 96 2009 2 284 163 28 200 16th 97 2010 2 194 378 27 091 17th 98 2011 2 001 117 24 705 20th 99 2012 1 965 955 24 271 24th 100 2013 1 768 413 21 832 24th 101 2014 1 650 821 20 381 28th 102 2015 1 755 810 21 677 27th 103 2016 1 746 293 21 559 26th 104 Guaranteed Rate Field Edit Home attendance at Guaranteed Rate FieldYear Total attendance Game average League rank Ref2017 1 629 470 20 117 27th 105 2018 1 608 817 19 862 25th 106 2019 1 649 775 20 622 24th 107 2020 c 108 2021 1 596 385 d 19 708 13th 111 Broadcasting EditSee also List of Chicago White Sox broadcasters Radio Edit Elson in the 1940s The White Sox did not sell exclusive rights for radio broadcasts from radio s inception until 1944 instead having local stations share rights for games and after WGN 720 was forced to abdicate their rights to the team in the 1943 after 16 seasons due to children s programming commitments from their network Mutual 112 113 The White Sox first granted exclusive rights in 1944 and bounced between stations until 1952 when they started having all games broadcast on WCFL 1000 114 Throughout this period of instability one thing remained constant the White Sox play by play announcer Bob Elson Known as the Commander Elson was the voice of the Sox from 1929 until his departure from the club in 1970 115 In 1979 he was the recipient of the Ford Frick Award and his profile is permanently on display in the National Baseball Hall of Fame After the 1966 season radio rights shifted from WCFL to WMAQ 670 An NBC owned and operated station until 1988 when Westinghouse Broadcasting purchased it after NBC s withdrawal from radio it was the home of the Sox until the 1996 season outside of a team nadir in the early 70s where it was forced to broker time on suburban La Grange s WTAQ 1300 and Evanston s WEAW FM 105 1 to have their play by play air in some form though WEAW transmitted from the John Hancock Center FM radio was not established as a band for sports play by play at the time 112 and a one season contract on WBBM 780 in 1981 After Elson s retirement in 1970 Harry Caray began his tenure as the voice of the White Sox on radio and on television Although best remembered as a broadcaster for the rival Cubs Caray was very popular with White Sox fans pining for a cold one during broadcasts 116 Caray often broadcast from the stands sitting at a table set up amid the bleachers It became a badge of honor among Sox fans to Buy Harry a beer By game s end one would see a large stack of empty beer cups beside his microphone This only endeared him to fans that much more In fact he started his tradition of leading the fans in the singing of Take Me Out To The Ballgame with the Sox 117 Caray alongside color analyst Jimmy Piersall was never afraid to criticize the Sox which angered numerous Sox managers and players notably Bill Melton and Chuck Tanner He left to succeed Jack Brickhouse as the voice of the Cubs in 1981 where he became a national icon The White Sox shifted through several announcers in the 1980s before hiring John Rooney as play by play announcer in 1989 In 1992 he was paired with color announcer Ed Farmer In 14 seasons together the duo became a highly celebrated announcing team even being ranked by USA Today as the top broadcasting team in the American League 118 Starting with Rooney and Farmer s fifth season together Sox games returned to the 1000 AM frequency for the first time in 30 years now the ESPN owned and operated station WMVP The last game on WMVP was game 4 of the 2005 World Series with the White Sox clinching their first World Series title in 88 years That also was Rooney s last game with the Sox as he left to join the radio broadcast team of the St Louis Cardinals In 2006 radio broadcasts returned to 670 AM this time on the sports radio station WSCR owned by CBS Radio WSCR took over the 670 frequency in August 2000 as part of a number of shifts among CBS Radio properties to meet market ownership caps Ed Farmer became the play by play man after Rooney left joined in the booth by Chris Singleton from 2006 to 2007 and then Steve Stone in 2008 In 2009 Darrin Jackson became the color announcer for White Sox radio where he remains today 119 Farmer and Jackson were joined by pregame postgame host Chris Rogney The Chicago White Sox Radio Network currently has 18 affiliates in three states 120 As of recently White Sox games are also broadcast in Spanish with play by play announcer Hector Molina joined in the booth by Billy Russo 121 Formerly broadcasting on ESPN Deportes Radio via WNUA games are now broadcast in Spanish on WRTO 1200 122 123 In the 2016 season the play by play rights shifted to Cumulus Media s WLS 890 under a five year deal when WSCR acquired the rights to Cubs games after a one year period on WBBM However by all counts the deal was a disaster for the White Sox as WLS s declining conservative talk format associated ratings and management personnel issues including said hosts barely promoting the team and its games and a signal that is weak in the northern suburbs and into Wisconsin was not a good fit for the team Cumulus also had voluminous financial issues and by the start of 2018 looked to both file Chapter 11 bankruptcy and get out of the play by play business entirely both with local teams and nationally through their Westwood One NFL deal 124 112 The White Sox and Tribune Broadcasting which has since merged with Nexstar Media Group then announced a three year deal for WGN Radio to become the White Sox flagship as of February 14 2018 just in time for spring training Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson continued to be on play by play with Andy Masur taking over pregame postgame duties 125 Ed Farmer died suddenly on April 1 2020 a long term battle with polycystic kidney disease but the team waited to announce his successor due to the COVID 19 pandemic 126 On June 30 Masur was confirmed as Farmer s successor for the season 127 Under Nexstar s new management WGN decided to pursue a thriftier programming direction and made no moves to renew the deal at the end of the 2020 season The team thus returned to WMVP now managed by Good Karma Brands which also owns Brewers flagship WTMJ for a multi year agreement to start with the 2021 season 128 In a surprising turn of events WMVP and the team announced on December 4 2020 that Len Kasper the longtime television play by play voice of the Cubs would move to the South Side and become the radio play by play voice of the White Sox The agreement has flexibility which allows Kasper to do some television games on NBC Sports Chicago on days when Jason Benetti has other national commitments 129 Television Edit White Sox games appeared sporadically on television throughout the first half of the 20th century most commonly announced by Jack Brickhouse on WGN TV channel 9 Starting in 1968 Jack Drees took play by play duties as the Sox were broadcast on WFLD channel 32 130 After 1972 Harry Caray joined by Jimmy Piersall in 1977 began double duty as a TV and radio announcer for the Sox as broadcasts were moved to channel 44 WSNS TV from 1972 to 1980 followed by one year on WGN TV Don Drysdale became the play by play announcer in 1982 as the White Sox began splitting their broadcasts between WFLD and the new regional cable television network Sportsvision Ahead of its time Sportsvision had a chance to gain huge profits for the Sox However few people would subscribe to the channel after being used to free to air broadcasts for many years along with Sportsvision being stunted by the city of Chicago s wiring for cable television taking much longer than many markets because of it being an area where over the air subscription services were still more popular resulting in the franchise losing around 300 000 a month 131 While this was going on every Cubs game was on WGN with Harry Caray becoming the national icon he never was with the White Sox The relatively easy near national access to Cubs games versus Sox games in this era combined with the popularity of Caray and the Cubs being owned by the Tribune Company is said by some to be the main cause of the Cubs advantage in popularity over the Sox Harrelson in the broadcast booth in 2007 Three major changes to White Sox broadcasting occurred in 1989 1991 in 1989 with the city finally fully wired for cable service Sportsvision was replaced by SportsChannel Chicago itself eventually turning into Fox Sports Net Chicago which varied over its early years as a premium sports service and basic cable channel In 1990 over the air broadcasts shifted back to WGN And in 1991 Ken Harrelson became the play by play announcer of the White Sox 132 One of the most polarizing figures in baseball Hawk has been both adored and scorned for his emotive announcing style His history of calling out umpires has earned him reprimands from the MLB commissioner s office and he has been said to be the most biased announcer in baseball 133 However Harrelson has said that he is proud of being the biggest homer in baseball saying that he is a White Sox fan like his viewers 134 The team moved from FSN Chicago to the newly launched NBC Sports Chicago in March 2005 as Jerry Reinsdorf looked to control the rights for his team rather than sell rights to another party Reinsdorf holds a 40 interest in the network with 20 of that interest directly owned by the White Sox corporation Previously White Sox local television broadcasts were split between two channels the majority of games were broadcast on cable by NBC Sports Chicago and remaining games were produced by WGN Sports and were broadcast locally on WGN TV WGN games were also occasionally picked up by local stations in Illinois Iowa and Indiana In the past WGN games were broadcast nationally on the WGN America superstation but those broadcasts ended after the 2014 season as WGN America began its transition to a standard cable network 135 WGN Sports produced White Sox games not carried by WGN TV were carried by WCIU TV channel 26 until the 2015 season when they moved to MyNetworkTV station WPWR channel 50 136 That arrangement ended on September 1 2016 when WGN became an independent station Prior to 2016 the announcers were the same no matter where the games were broadcast Harrelson provided play by play and Steve Stone provided color analysis since 2009 137 Games that are broadcast on NBC Sports Chicago feature pregame and postgame shows hosted by Chuck Garfein with analysis from Bill Melton and occasionally Frank Thomas In 2016 the team announced an official split of the play by play duties with Harrelson calling road games and the Crosstown Series and Jason Benetti calling home games 138 In 2017 the team announced that the 2018 season will be Harrelson s final in the booth He will call 20 games over the course of the season after which Benetti will take over full time play by play duties 139 On January 2 2019 the White Sox along with the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks agreed to an exclusive multiyear deal with NBC Sports Chicago ending the team s broadcasts on WGN TV following the 2019 season 140 Minor league affiliates EditMain article List of Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates The Chicago White Sox farm system consists of six minor league affiliates 141 Level Team League LocationTriple A Charlotte Knights International League Charlotte North CarolinaDouble A Birmingham Barons Southern League Birmingham AlabamaHigh A Winston Salem Dash South Atlantic League Winston Salem North CarolinaSingle A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Carolina League Kannapolis North CarolinaRookie ACL White Sox Arizona Complex League Glendale ArizonaDSL White Sox Dominican Summer League Boca Chica Santo DomingoSilver Chalice subsidiary EditSilver Chalice is a digital and media investment subsidiary of the White Sox with Brooks Boyer as CEO 142 Silver Chalice was co founded by Jerry Reinsdorf White Sox executive Brooks Boyer Jason Coyle and John Burris in 2009 142 143 Chalice has since partnered with IMG on Campus Insiders a college sports digital channel 142 The company also invested in 120 Sports a digital sports channel that launched in June 2016 143 These efforts have since been merged with Sinclair Broadcasting Group s American Sports Network into the new multi platform network Stadium as of September 2017 144 Notes Edit The team s official colors are black and silver according to the team s mascot Southpaw s official website 1 Select games only No spectators were allowed due to the COVID 19 pandemic Due to the aforementioned pandemic Guaranteed Rate Field had capacity restrictions until June 10 20 capacity from the beginning of the season to June 10 109 and finally full capacity on June 11 110 References Edit a b About Southpaw WhiteSox com MLB Advanced Media Retrieved August 21 2018 Logos and Uniforms WhiteSox com MLB Advanced Media Retrieved December 17 2018 Chicago White Sox Team History amp Encyclopedia Baseball Reference Baseball Info Solutions Retrieved February 4 2019 Bova 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