Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia

The Chicago White Stockings beat New York Mutuals at Dexter Park for the unofficial national championship

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players is founded

A great fire rips through Chicago, IL, destroying the home ballpark of the White Stockings

National League is formed at the instigation of William Hulbert

Chicago White Stockings make their National League debut later to be named the Cubs

Major League Baseball 1876 Season Recap

The Chicago White Stockings‚ the defending NL Champs‚ edge Hartford 6-5 in their home opener

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1880

Buffalo Bisons sweeps Chicago White Stockings to pull within 3½ games

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1881

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1882

Pitcher Larry Corcoran, breaks his contract to re-sign with his old club, the Chicago White Stockings of the National League.

1885 Chicago White Stockings

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1885

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1886

Albert Spalding meets with the Chicago White Stockings players and exacts from each man a pledge of total abstinence from drinking

King Kelly meets with Chicago White Stockings owner Albert Spalding for contract talks

1888 Chicago White Stockings

1888 Chicago White Stockings baseball team

future Hall of Fame pitcher Urban “Red” Faber was born in Cascade, Iowa

local retailers distributed discount coupons that blended the design of paper money with images of popular baseball teams to help advertise their establishments.

King Kelly, probably the most popular baseball player of the 19th century, dies of pneumonia in Boston, MA.

Rube Waddell throws two complete games as Milwaukee sweeps a doubleheader from the Chicago White Stockings

Future Hall of Fame pitcher Ted Lyons is born

American League is born January 28 1901

Jimmy Collins, the choice of Connie Mack as the best all-time third baseman, switches leagues but not cities.

Jimmy Collins switches leagues but not cities

First game in American League History

Three rain postponements give Chicago the honor of hosting the first major league game in American League history (the circuit played as a minor league in 1900). At South Side Park, a crowd of over 10,000 fans attends the game to see pitcher Roy Patterson take the win for the Chicago White Sox over the the visiting Cleveland Blues, 8 – 2. Clark Griffith manages Chicago.

Detroit Tigers score 10 in bottom of ninth to pull out victory in franchise debut

Herm McFarland of the Chicago White Sox hits the first grand slam in American League history in a 19 – 9 victory over the Detroit Tigers. His teammate Dummy Hoy also hits a grand slam, in a contest which features Detroit committing 12 errors, 10 by the infield, to set another AL record, which Chicago will tie on May 6, 1903, against the Tigers.

Nap Lajoie intentional walked with bases loaded

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1901

Rube Waddell beats the Whitesox 2-1 leading the A’s into first place

Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox announce they will play a series of 15 pre-season games

George Davis gets the approval of National League president Harry Pulliam to play for the Giants

Red Ruffing who will win 273 games is born in Granville, Illinois

The White Sox fire manager Nixey Callahan‚ replacing him with Fielder Jones.

Boston American hurler Jesse Tannehill no-hits the White Sox, 6-0.

Doc White tosses his fifth shutout in eighteen days when he blanks New York at Chicago’s South Side Park, 4-0

Frank Smith pitches a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers, 15 – 0, in the biggest margin of victory for a no-hitter in American League history.

The White Sox edge the A’s‚ beating Eddie Plank‚ 1 – 0‚ in 10 innings. Patsy Dougherty’s hit in the 10th‚ just the second allowed by Plank‚ drives in George Davis with the run. Roy Patterson is the winner.

At American League Park in Washington, D.C., the White Sox establish a new American League record, winning their 19th consecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the hometown Senators. In 2002, the A’s will string together 20 straight wins to surpass the AL mark, but will fall one short of the major league mark established by the 1935 Cubs.

The A’s Jimmy Dygert and Rube Waddell combine for a 5-inning no-hitter against the White Sox. The A’s barely win, 4 – 3.

White Sox starter Nick Altrock outduels Three Finger Brown for a 2 – 1 victory in the Snow

Ed Reulbach’s no-hit bid is broken by Jiggs Donahue’s single in the 7th inning, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7 – 1

Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitches a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3 – 0 victory and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.

The White Sox, known as baseball’s ‘hitless wonders’, complete their unbelievable World Series upset of their powerful crosstown rivals, beating the Cubs, 8-3

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1906

Chicago’s Doc White blanks the Browns, 2 – 0 but ends his streak of 65 1/3 innings pitched without issuing a walk

Tigers and White Sox tie game 1 of the 1907 series

In Game 2 of the World Series played at Chicago’s West Side Grounds, Tigers third baseman Bill Coughlinusing the hidden ball trick

Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox throws his second career no-hitter for a 1 – 0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

On the last day of the season, future Hall of Famer Addie Joss hurls a perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the White Sox, 1-0

In front nearly 30,000 very enthusiastic fans at South Side Park in the season finale, the White Sox start Doc White, coming off a complete game, on only two days rest in an attempt to thwart the Tigers’ from clinching the pennant. Chicago’s efforts will fail with a 7-0 defeat to Detroit, who capture the AL flag by a half of a game ahead of the Cleveland Naps thanks to a rule that doesn’t require a team to make up a rainout game from earlier in the season.

Sox and Cubs to Face off in 15 game series

Ground is broken in Chicago for Comiskey Park

Frank Smith pitches a one-hitter in the season opener to give the Chicago White Sox a 3 – 0 victory against the St. Louis Browns

Addie Joss record 10 assist in no hitter

Walter Johnson drops to 2-5 and the Washington Post suggests that the Nats “trade this phenom for a couple of good fielders.”

Congressman John K. Tener, former Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Alleghenies pitcher, wins the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania. He will be elected and will serve as president of the National League while governor.

The White Sox play their last game at the 39th Street Grounds, losing to Cleveland, 7 – 2.

The Athletics’ Jack Coombs and Chicago’s Ed Walsh duel 16 innings to a 0 – 0 tie.

Chicago White Sox stop A’s ace Jack Coombs’ string of shutout innings at 53 with a run in the 7th

The Philadelphia Athletics pound the Chicago Cubs, 9 – 3, for a 2-0 lead in the World Series

White Sox ace Ed Walsh shuts out the Tigers, 3 – 0

Chicago’s Ed Walsh pitches a 5 – 0 no-hitter against the Red Sox -S[eaker injured

Fenway Park in Boston is officially dedicated

White Sox beat Cubs 16-0 in the final game of Windy City Series

Wearing White Sox uniforms, the Reds are defeated by the Cubs, 7-2, at Chicago’s West Side Park. Cincinnati forgot to pack uniforms and had to don those worn by their opponents’ crosstown rivals.

Edd Roush makes his his major league debut

In Cincinnati, the Giants rout the White Sox, 11-2, beginning a five-month world-wide barnstorming trip that will include stops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East

The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox, fortified with other players, start their world tour in Cincinnati

1Exhibition teams made up of members of the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play at Keio University Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Chicago White Sox defeat the New York Giants, 5 – 4, before 10,000 spectators in an exhibition game at the Sydney Cricket Ground part of the two teams’ world tour

Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play exhibition game in Cairo Egypt

The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play an exhibition game in front of King George V in London, England. The White Sox win the game in 11 innings on Tom Daly’s home run.

Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to the Senators, 1 – 0, in the 10th

Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox for the hefty sum of $50,000

Using just 67 pitches, Red Faber of the Chicago White Sox throws a complete game victory, beating the Washington Senators on three hits, 4 – 1.

George Sisler makes his major league debut as a pinch hitter

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Red Faber steals 2nd, 3rd and home in one game

Chicago White Sox P Red Faber steals three bases in the 4th inning against the Philadelphia A’s

Smoky Joe Pitches Boston into First Place

Chicago White Sox acquire outfielder Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indian

Ray Schalk steals twice against Detroit en route to a season total of 30

Shoeless Joe Jackson smacks 3 hits at White Sox beat Ruth and Red sox 5-0

Brownie 1B George Sisler makes his final mound appearance of the year, a complete game 2 – 0 loss to White Sox starter Reb Russell, himself a future position player.

Cleveland Indians take the field wearing numbers on their uniform sleeves

For the second time this season, White Sox pitchers toss shutouts in a doubleheader, this time against the Red Sox.

The Chicago White Sox acquire first baseman Chick Gandil from the Cleveland Indians for $3,500.

White Sox hurlers Red Faber and Jim Scott halt Ty Cobb’s 35-game hitting streak

The host Red Sox top the White Sox, 3 – 1, behind Babe Ruth’s four-hitter.

In a twinbill that will resonate for years, the White Sox sweep a pair, to give them 4 wins in the last two days, from the Tigers.

Babe Ruth shuts out the champion White Sox, 3 – 0

White Sox beat Giants in Game 1 1917 World Series

Eddie Collins Scores winning run as White Sox win the title

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1917

Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker executes the fourth unassisted double play of his career in Cleveland’s 8 – 4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Walter Johnson pitches the longest shutout in history 18 innings winning 1-0

Losing 5 – 4 against the Yankees, the Chicago White Sox load the bases in the 9th inning with no outs. Chick Gandil lines a shot to third baseman Frank Baker, who turns it into a game-ending triple play.

Chicago White Sox hire Kid Gleason as their manager

Blimp crashes outside Comiskey park

Chicago White Sox CF Happy Felsch ties the major-league record with four OF assists in one game, but Boston beats the White Sox, 15 – 6.

Arnold “Chick” Gandil of the Chicago White Sox meets with gambler Joseph Sullivan and talks about “fixing” the upcoming World Series

On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season

The White Sox’s 6 – 5 walkoff win over St. Louis clinches the pennant

highly favored Chicago White Sox become the betting underdogs in 1919 World Series

Ray Schalk attacks Lefty Williams after game 2 of the World Series

Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr throws a three-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox win 3 – 0 over the Cincinnati Reds.

Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5

Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4

Ed Cicotte wins Game 7 of the World Series 4 – 1

Cincinnati Reds wrap up the most tainted World Series in history by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 10-5

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1919

Babe Ruth becomes the first player in MLB history to hit 30 home runs in one season

The Chicago grand jury indictment adds the names of former featherweight boxing champ Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns in the World Series scandal

George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns collects his 257th

Twelve-year Boston Red Sox veteran outfielder Harry Hooper is traded to the Chicago White Sox for outfielders Nemo Leibold and Shano Collins.

Ray Schalk throws out 3 runners at firstbase in the 8th inning

Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hits three home runs and two singles in the Browns’ 10 – 7 victory against the Chicago White Sox

Charlie Robertson, in only his fourth career start, becomes the third modern pitcher to throw a perfect no-hit, no-run game when he beats the Tigers at Navin Field, 2-0. The White Sox hurler, thanks to Johnny Mostil’s two outstanding catches in the outfield, is also the fourth rookie to throw a no-hitter.

Bibb Falk singles with one out in the 8th to break Urban Shocker’s bid for a perfect game.

White Sox catcher Ray Schalk hits for the cycle against the Tigers. He’s just the second major league catcher to cycle.

In a game between Chicago and Boston, 35 singles are hit – 21 by the White Sox, 14 by the Red Sox – an American League record. Chicago wins the hit parade, 19 – 11.

Sloppy Thurston pitches first extra inning imaculate inning

The White Sox buy OF Maurice Archdeacon from Rochester (International League) for $50‚000.

While in Paris‚ John McGraw announces plans for a tour of Europe by the Giants and White Sox in 1924‚ as world interest in baseball grows. In Romania‚ Queen Marie will throw out the first ball to mark the game’s debut in July.

Frank Chance, signed as Chicago White Sox manager three months ago, resigns because of illness

On WMAQ Hal Tottendoes a play-by-play radio report of the 12-1 Cubs’ victory over the Cardinals

Red Sox righthander Howard Ehmke has the White Sox popping up all day in his 6 – 0 win. Only one assist is made by Boston.

George Grantham was the hitting star in the first baseball game broadcast on radio in Chicago

Eddie Collins signs as player-manager of the White Sox.

Ray Schalk holds on to a ball dropped 460 feet from the top of the Tribune Tower in Chicago.

In Chicago, Tiger outfielder Ty Cobb becomes the first player to collect 1,000 career extra-base hits when he doubles in Detroit’s 8-1 win over the White Sox. The ‘Georgia Peach,’ who surpassed Honus Wagner’s record of 993 earlier in the season, will finish his 24-year major league career with 1,139.

Eddie Collins of the Chicago White Sox collects his 3,000th hit

Ted Lyons faces 21 different batters and loses no hitter in bottom of 9th

Ben Paschal of the New York Yankees hits two inside-the-park home runs

White Sox righty Ted Lyons pitches a 6-0 no-hitter against Boston

White Sox fire Eddie Collins

Chicago Tribune breaks a story that the Detroit Tigers have thrown a four-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917

Judge Landis begins a three-day public hearing to investigate the allegation the Detroit Tigers threw a four-game series to the Chicago White Sox in 1917

Cleveland spoils new Comiskey Park Debut

Chicago White Sox players give their former manager Eddie Collins a wristwatch and diamond stickpin on his return to Chicago with the A’s

Babe Ruth, teeing off on a Tommy Thomas pitch, becomes the first player to homer over the roof of Comiskey Park

Cleveland left fielder Charlie Jamieson starts a triple play

Ray Schalk resigns as White Sox manager; Lena Blackburne replaces him. Blackburne will last one year and in 1930 will start selling his Rubbing Mud from the Delaware River to the American League to use to take the shine off of baseballs. The National League will adopt it in the 1950s.

Red Faber knocks in the winning runs with a single to center.

41-year-old Ty Cobb of the Philadelphia Athletics makes the final regular start of his Hall of Fame career

Bud Clancy, playing first base during the entire nine-inning game, never touches the ball while it is in play. The first sacker’s lack of work doesn’t hurt the White Sox when they beat the Browns at Sportsman’s Park, 2-1.

Carl Reynolds hits 3 homeruns in consecutive innings

In the first game of a doubleheader‚ Ted Lyons of Chicago beats Wes Ferrell of Cleveland‚ 2 – 1‚ ending Ferrell’s winning streak at 13. It’s Ferrell’s first defeat since losing to Detroit on July 4 by a run. Lyons drives in the winning run with a triple to win his 20th on the year. Cleveland wins the nitecap‚ 4 – 2. Only 2 bases on balls are issued in the doubleheader.

George Earnshaw notches the 12th consecutive victory for the A’s, 6 – 5, at Chicago.

Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s wins his 30th game of the season

Two pitchers changes the color of their socks, when Boston sends forkballer Milt Gaston to Chicago in exchange hard-thrower Bob Weiland.

Doc Cramer of the A’s collects six hits in consecutive times at bats in the same game

Bill Dickey punches and breaks Carl Reynolds’s jaw

Al Simmons sold with 2 others to reduce payroll

Al Simmons makes an unassisted double play against the St. Louis Browns

Johnny Marcum pitches his second shutout in just his second major-league start

White Sox veteran hurlers Sad Sam Jones age 41 and Red Faber age 44 are the starting pitchers in a doubleheader with the A’s at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park

For the second time, Connie Mack begins to dismantle a dynasty he has built selling Mickey Cochrane to the Tigers

Lou Gehrig removes himself from the New York Yankees’ lineup after five innings

Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle as the New York Yankees pound the Chicago White Sox

pitcher Wes Ferrell hits two home runs in a 10-inning, 3 – 2 win for the Red Sox over the White Sox. It is the second time this season he has a pair of homers, and the third in his career. He will hit 2 home runs in a game 6 times before he finishes.

White Sox veteran Al Simmons belts a grand slam off Washington’s Bobby Burke‚ but his 5 RBIs are not enough as Washington wins‚ 9 – 8

At Comiskey Park, the White Sox overcome deficits of 9-1 in the fifth and 11-3 in the seventh inning to defeat the Red Sox in extra innings

Detroit Tigers send Gee Walker, Marv Owen and Mike Tresh to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Vern Kennedy, Tony Piet and Dixie Walker

White Sox shortstop Luke Appling fractures his right leg in two places and will miss almost half the season

Bill Lefebvre homers for only time in career

Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton had his leg amputated

At Comiskey Park, the White Sox defeats the Cubs and Dizzy Dean, 4 – 1, in an exhibition game to benefit Monty Stratton

On Feller Day – Bob Feller mother is hit by a foul tip thrown by her son

A federal judge rules in favor of Grace Comiskey, whos ownership of the Chicago White Sox was challanged

Bob Feller hurls first and only opening day no hitter

The White Sox ship P Jack Knott to the A’s for IF Dario Lodigiani.

South Side Park, the first home of the Chicago White Sox, burns down.

Joe DiMaggio singles of Ed Smith to start his 56 game hitting streak

Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees is credited with a hit in his 30th consecutive game when an easy grounder to shortstop Luke Appling bounces up and hits him on the shoulder

Joe DiMaggio goes 3-for-3 against the White Sox to extend his consecutive game hit streak to 32

Although Lou Boudreau is usually given credit for implementing the shift on pull-hitter Ted Williams, White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes becomes the first to employ the defensive alignment against the Red Sox outfielder, who foils the plan when he goes 2-for-5, including a double, in Boston’s 10-4 loss to the Pale Hose at Fenway Park. The Chicago skipper will abandon the strategy when ‘the Kid’ collects four hits in ten at-bats in the two-game series.

Two black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox during spring training in Pasadena, California

Ted Lyons wins his 250th career game, 6 – 5, over the Red Sox. A week later, he will beat New York’s Red Ruffing to match the Yankee hurler’s 251 career wins. The White Sox veteran will finish the season with 20 complete games in 20 starts, lead the AL with a 2.10 ERA, then enter the Marine Corps at age 42.

Teams agree to start the season later than usual and prepare to train in northern areas because of World War II

Hal Trosky, not known for his basestealing ability steals home in 16th

With World War II travel restrictions still in effect, the Brooklyn Dodgers open spring training at Bear Mountain, New York, with 15 players in camp.

Alex Carrasquel  rejects a deal to White Sox and signs a three-year contract to hurl in Jorge Pasquel’s Mexican League

Bill Veeck, owner of the Cleveland Indians, hires Marsh Samuel away from the Sox to create a media guide for the Tribe.

A bloop single in the 7th inning by former battery-mate Frankie Hayes deprives Bob Feller of a no-hitter against the White Sox

Larry Doby makes his first start as a major league player

The Chicago White Sox trade Ed Lopat to the New York Yankees for Aaron Robinson, Bill Wight and Fred Bradley

George Vico homers on the first pitch he ever sees in the major leagues, becoming only the fifth player to accomplish the feat.

Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hits for the cycle and collects six RBI in a 13 – 2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. DiMaggio hits two home runs, a triple, a double and a single, and narrowly misses another extra-base hit when Chicago left fielder Ralph Hodgin makes a spectacular catch at the wall.

Philadelphia A’s edge the White Sox‚ 4 – 3‚ as Lou Brissie picks up the win

Pat Seerey of the Chicago White Sox clubs four home runs in an 11-inning game

The promise of Satchel Paige on the mound brings 51,013 to Comiskey Park to see “Ole Satch” pitch his first big league shutout as Cleveland wins, 5 – 0. He gives up five hits to run his record to 5-1. In his 12 appearances, Paige has attracted 201,829 fans.

Cleveland’s streak of victories (8), shutouts (4) and scoreless innings (47) ends in the ninth inning when Bob Lemon gives up three runs

Chicago White Sox acquire pitcher Billy Pierce from the Detroit Tigers for catcher Aaron Robinson.

Johnny Groth hits home runs in two of his first three at bats at Tiger Stadium

White Sox obtain future Hall of Famer Nellie Fox from the A’s

Chicago White Sox purchase C Phil Masi from the Pirates

Vic Raschi balks four times in one game, a club record and two fewer than the single-season record

The Boston Red Sox produce a second 11-run inning this year, as they score 11 in the 2nd inning against the Chicago White Sox to win at home, 13 – 1

 Yankee rookie Whitey Ford wins his first major league game, beating the visiting White Sox, 4 – 3

Chicago’s Billy Pierce out-duels the A’s Bobby Shantz to win, 6 – 1

Chicago White Sox release long time shortstop Luke Appling

Mickey Mantle blasts the first home run of his career in an 8-3 victory

Detroit Tigers acquire pitcher Bob Cain from the Chicago White Sox for pitcher Saul Rogovin

The Red Sox and White Sox draw a record crowd of 52,592 for a twi-night doubleheader at Comiskey Park

1951 Dom DiMaggio slides in safe at the plate as Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky look on. White Sox catcher is Phil Masi. Ump is Ed Hurley.

in another deal that general manager Frank Lane pulls over the protests of manager Paul Richards, the Chicago White Sox send slugging first baseman Eddie Robinson along with outfielder Ed McGhee and shortstop Joe DeMaestri to the Philadelphia Athletics for two-time batting champ Ferris Fain and another player.

Chicago White Sox send 3 players to the Boston Red Sox for Vern Stephens

Chicago White Sox pitcher Tommy Byrne hits a game-winning grand slam in the ninth inning

Mickey Mantle leadoff single in the 10th inning ignites a New York rally and they win 9 – 5.

big league ball returns to Baltimore 

Jack Harshman hurls a 16-inning shutout

The Orioles conclude their second large trade in three weeks sending C Clint Courtney to White Sox in 7 player deal

The Tigers trade 1B Walt Dropo in 5 player deal

Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees slugs a 550-foot home run

Minnie Minoso explains his hitting style to reporters post game

White Sox skipper Marty Marion gives future Hall of Fame second baseman Nellie Fox the day off

Cleveland Indians trade Larry Doby to the Chicago White Sox for shortstop Chico Carrasquel and outfielder Jim Busby

The Detroit Tigers bring back pitcher Virgil Trucks

Chicago Black Sox – Buck Weaver dies at the age of 65

Three future Hall of Famers make their major league debuts on April 17 – Don Drysdale, Frank Robinson and Luis Aparicio

Mickey Mantle sets the record by hitting HR’s from both sides of the plate for 3rd time in his short career

Chicago and Baltimore one-hit one another as White Sox pitcher Jack Harshman beats Oriole hurlers Connie Johnson and George Zuverink, 1 – 0.

Boston Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park, winning 4 – 0

Outfielder Frank Robinson of the Cincinnati Reds is unanimously voted the National League Rookie of the Year

Billy Pierce of the White Sox wins, 1 – 0, in a 10-inning masterpiece

Yankees and White Sox Brawl – Full Broadcast June 13 1957 New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox

Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season.

Using a new slow delivery, 35-year-old Bob Keegan of the White Sox pitches a 6 – 0 no-hitter over Washington, walking just 2. Chuck Stobbs loses his 16th game en route to a league-leading 20 losses. The Sox lose the first game, 5 – 4, but pick up a half game on New York.

Al Lopez, who traded OF Larry Doby when he was managing the Cleveland Indians, does it again with the Chicago White Sox

Cleveland Indians trade pitcher Early Wynn for Minnie Minoso

The Chicago White Sox obtain outfielder Don Mueller from the San Francisco Giants for cash.

Mantle hits a 478 moon shot off Billy Pierce in losing effort 

New York routs White Sox starter Early Wynn for a 12 – 5 victory. In the 3rd inning, Mickey Mantle legs out his third inside-the-park home run in a month.

The Yankees erupt for five runs in the 4th inning off Early Wynn to beat the White Sox, 6 – 2, at Comiskey Park. Mickey Mantle’s clout into the CF bleachers leads off the inning, followed by a single, walk and Jerry Lumpe’s first major league home run, and a home run by Norm Siebern. Ryne Duren strikes out six of the last nine batters to preserve Bob Turley’s win.

White Sox Top Red Sox 4-0

Nellie Fox’s streak of 98 consecutive games without striking out ends when he is whiffed by lefty Whitey Ford

Al Kaline knocked unconscious by Bob Shaw

Chicago White Sox president Mrs. Dorothy Rigney agrees to sell the team to Bill Veeck 

Chicago White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox goes 5 for 7 and hits an unlikely 14th-inning two-run home run off Don Mossi to beat the Detroit Tigers

Go Go Chicago White Sox score 11 runs with only one hit in the 7th inning of a 20 – 6 rout of the Kansas City Athletics

At the age of 39, Early Wynn of the Chicago White Sox pitches a one-hit shutout, strikes out 14, and hits a double and home run for a 1 – 0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park.

Billy O’Dell of the Baltimore Orioles hits a 120-foot home run against the Chicago White Sox

Ed Walsh dies in Pompano Beach, at the age of 78.

Swarm of gnats delays the game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park

Before 57,000 at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees sweep a pair from the visiting White Sox, winning the nitecap, 6 – 4, on Mickey Mantle’s homer off Turk Lown. In game 1, Yankee veteran Enos Slaughter belts a pair of homers; at age 43, he is the oldest player this century to accomplish the feat. Carlton Fisk, a few months older, will top Slaughter in 1991.

Hoyt Wilhelm of the Baltimore Orioles makes one of the greatest relief appearances ever

GO GO Chicago White Sox clinch their first American League pennant in 40 years

White Sox crush Dodgers in Game 1 1959 World Series (Radio Broadcast)

At home, Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago White Sox, 3 – 1, behind the pitching of Don Drysdale and Larry Sherry in Game 2 of the World Series. Carl Furillo’s pinch-hit two-run single in the 7th inning is the difference. The attendance of 92,234 sets a new World Series mark.

Dodgers take a 3-1 lead in World Series over White Sox – Full Broadcast

Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians strike a major trade.

The White Sox deal right fielder Johnny Callison to the Phillies in exchange for infielder Gene Freese

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1959

he family feud continues in Chicago as a court rules in favor of Dorothy Rigney, sister of Charles Comiskey, Jr., allowing her to sell her mother’s shares of the White Sox to Bill Veeck

White Sox are first team to have names on the backs

john Rice mistakenly calls Minnie Out at home

Wynn is a great relief as White Sox win a protested game vs Yankees – Full Radio Broadcast

Nellie Fox streak comes to an end at 798 games

Washington Senators play the first game in franchise history

Bill Veeck employs eight Little People to work in the stands during the White Sox home opener

Bill Veeck sells his interest in the Chicago White Sox to partner Arthur Allyn

Harmon Killebrew’s hits his only career inside-the-park homer

Minnie Minoso scores on pass ball to 6-1 win

Roger Maris hits 4 homeruns during double header sweep

Roger Maris hits his 46th homer, off Chicago’s Juan Pizarro, for New York’s only run in a 2 – 1 loss to the visiting White Sox.

Roger Maris ties an American League record with his 7th home run in his 6th straight game, as New York beats Chicago, 5 – 4, in the 9th inning. His two blasts off Billy Pierce give him 48, three more than Mickey Mantle.

In Minnesota, the White Sox and Twins split a pair of 9 – 5 decisions in a day-night doubleheader. Harmon Killebrew hits his 39th homer in the opener to back Al Schroll’s six innings of spotty pitching. Al Smith has four hits and four ribbies in the nitecap. Numberless rookie Joe Horlen makes his major league debut in relief and picks up the win. The only road uniform available has no number on it.

Chicago White Sox trade outfielder Minnie Minoso to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Joe Cunningham.

The White Sox trade pitchers Don Larsen and Billy Pierce to the Giants for pitchers Eddie Fisher, Dom Zanni, Verle Tiefenthaler and first baseman Bob Farley.

Bill Monbouquette becomes the second Red Sox hurler this season to throw a no-hitter

At Yankee Stadium, Mickey Mantle blasts his 30th home run of the season, a fourth inning solo shot off White Sox’s 20-game winner Ray Herbert, to extend his streak of having 30 or more round-trippers to eight seasons. The ‘Mick’, who missed a month of the campaign because of a leg injury, batted leadoff in the final series of the year to collect more at-bats.

The White Sox release 299-game winner Early Wynn

Hoyt Wilhelm and Luis Aparicio headline 7 player trade between Orioles and White Sox

The Tigers claim Denny McLain on first-year waivers from the White Sox.

Dave Nicholson matches a major league record by striking out seven times in a doubleheader

Chicago’s 2B Nellie Fox is traded to the Colts for cash, P Jim Golden, and OF Danny Murphy.

Conigliaro homers in first Fenway at-bat

Dave Nicholson hits a tape measure home run that lands on the back of the left field roof before bouncing out of Comiskey Park

Twins P Gerry Arrigo just misses a no-hitter when Chicago’s Mike Hershberger laces a 9th-inning single, as the Twins beat the Sox, 2 – 0. Arrigo will toss another one-hitter while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds.

The Chicago White Sox trade P Ray Herbert and 1B Jeoff Long to the Phillies for OF Danny Cater and SS Lee Elia.

Cleveland Indians re-acquire popular slugger Rocky Colavito from the Chicago White Sox

Astros deal two pitchers and cash to the Chicago White Sox for catcher Bill Heath and outfielder Dave Nicholson

The California Angels play their first game at Anaheim Stadium. Rick Reichardt of the Angels hits the first home run in the new ballpark, but California loses the game, 3 – 1, to the Chicago White Sox.

Mantle moves ahead of Lou Gehrig into 6th place on the homer list

The Chicago White Sox are given permission to use a partial designated hitter in training camp. With home club permission, each club will be allowed to use a designated pinch hitter twice in the same game.

Whitey Ford gets final career win

Tom McCraw of the Chicago White Sox launches three home runs

Rick Monday. Kansas City’s 21-year-old rookie standout, was struck in the face by a pitch in the first inning

Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators play the longest night game in major league history

The White Sox reacquire SS Luis Aparicio in 6 player deal

Pittsburgh Pirates acquire future Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning from the Philadelphia Phillies

The Mets obtain Tommy Ageefrom the White Sox

The Chicago White Sox send shortstop Ron Hansen  to the Washington Senators in 5 player deal

Pitcher Bo Belinsky is sold to the Chicago White Sox

Jim Northrup of the Detroit Tigers sets a major league record by hitting his second grand slam of the week and ties a record by hitting his third slam of the month

Hoyt Wilhelm breaks Cy Youngs record for appearances with 907

Ron Hansen and Tim Cullen become the first players to be traded for each other twice in the same season

After walking on a 3-2 count, which included pitches sailing over his head to the backstop and a ball being thrown behind him, Dick McAuliffe charges the mound and drives his knee into White Sox hurler Tommy John, causing the pitcher’s shoulder to separate. Tommy John (10-5, 1.98) will be lost for the rest of the season, and the Tigers’ shortstop is suspended for five games and fined $250 by AL president Joe Cronin as a result of the bench-clearing incident.

Seattle Pilots Play First Home Game in Sicks Stadium

Al Lopez resigns as manager of the Chicago White Sox due to health reasons

Ted Williams declares Mike Esptien will hit 40 homeruns – Epstien hits 3 the same day

Bob Elson and Red Rush, White Sox radio broadcasting team, have been forbidden to ride on the ball club’s chartered airplanes

Rod Carew ties Pete Reiser record of 7 steals of home in a season

Harmon Killebrew slams his 49th home run of the season, October 1, 1969..

Paul Edmondson and his girlfriend are killed in an automobile accident in San Barbara, California

Hall of Fame catcher Ray Schalk dies at the age of 77

The White Sox trade Luis Aparicio to the Red Sox in exchange for infielders Mike Andrews and Luis Alvarado

Carlos May misses home plate and loses a homerun

Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s wins his 20th game of the season

Ted Simmons, who has been playing all season without a signed contract, signs a new contract with the St. Louis Cardinals

Dick Allen hits 2 inside park Hr’s

Ken Holtzman and first baseman Mike Epstein wear black armbands on the sleeves of their uniforms to pay respect to the 11 Israeli Olympic athletes who were killed yesterday by terrorists in Munich

Chicago White Sox and Oakland A’s set a major league record by combining to use 51 players

Chicago White Sox first baseman Dick Allen signs the richest contract in baseball history-a three-year deal worth $250,000 per season.

Chicago White Sox hurler Wilbur Wood picks up his 12th and 13th wins of the season

Cy Acosta of the Chicago White Sox becomes the first American League pitcher to bat in a game since the designated hitter

White Sox pitcher Stan Bahnsen shuts out the Indians, 2 – 0, but gives up 12 hits while doing it, two shy of the record in a shutout.

MVP Dick Allen breaks his leg after he collides with Mike Epstein

Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox starts – and loses – both ends of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees

Wilbur Wood earns his 20th victory in Chuck Tanners 3 man rotation.

Chicago Cubs trade third baseman Ron Santo to the Chicago White Sox

Game delayed by popcorn

The Chicago White Sox obtain catcher Jim Essian from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for controversial slugger Dick Allen

New York Mets release veteran outfielder Cleon Jones, who had previously been suspended for insubordinate actions.

Chicago’s Ken Henderson homers from both sides of the plate during a 4 – 2 win over Baltimore.

Bill Veeck and assistant Roland Hemond set up shop in hotel lobby with a sign open for business

Bill Veeck buys 80% of Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck opens training camp in Sarasota, Florida, but participation is limited to non-roster players because of the ongoing lockout.

Chicago White Sox become the first team in major league history to wear short pants in a game

Minnie Minoso participates in his fourth major league decade

Pittsburgh Pirates traded outfielder Richie Zisk and pitcher Silvio Martinez to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for pitchers Goose Gossage and Terry Forster

Chicago White Sox announce the hiring of Mary Shane, who will become the first woman to do television play-by-play in major league history

Mary Shane is hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman TV play-by-play announcer.

Bucky Dent acquired by Yankees

Lamar Johnson sang the National Anthem

Larry Doby replaces Bob Lemon to become 2nd African-American manager in major league history

 Jack Brohamer becomes the first White Sox player since Ray Schalk in 1922 to hit for the cycle

Free agent Richie Zisk, formerly of the Chicago White Sox, signs a 10-year $2.3 million contract with the Texas Rangers

Oakland A’s release veteran first baseman Dick Allen ending his 15-year career

At Baltimore‚ manager Earl Weaver wins his 1‚000th game as a manager

Veeck offers free admision

Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Park

Following the Yankees’ 9 – 1 win over the White Sox, members of the New York club create a minor scandal by autographing the bare behind of a young woman who boards the team bus outside Comiskey Park.

Eddie Murray steals home in 12th to give Baltimore a 2-1 win over Chicago

White Sox reliever Ed Farmer swears he will take criminal action against Detroit’s Al Cowens following an on-field brawl in Chicago. Cowens hit a grounder to SS, and then charges the mound instead of running to first base. The action stems from an incident a year earlier when a Farmer pitch shattered Cowens’s jaw. American League President Lee MacPhail will suspend Cowens for seven games. The Tigers win, 5 – 3, in 11 innings.

White Sox third base coach Bobby Winkles, baserunner Mike Squires and manager Tony LaRussa go off on third base umpire Fredd Spenn and get ejected

Brian Kingman loses his 20th game and will become the last 20-game loser of this century, and the first to hurl for a winning team since Dolf Luque

Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox becomes the second player to play in five decades

Outfielder Ron LeFlore, who hit .257 with 97 stolen bases for the Montreal Expos last season, signs as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.

MLB approves sales of Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners

Chicago White Sox sign prized free agent catcher Carlton Fisk

Carlton Fisk leaves the Boston Red Sox to sign a free agent contract with the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox purchase Greg Luzinski from the Philadelphia Phillies

Carlton Fisk – Fenway Park Debut

Jim Rice hits game winning grand slam

Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne casts the first ballot at City Hall to select a new White Sox uniform

The Detroit Tigers trade OF Steve Kemp to the Chicago White Sox for OF Chet Lemon.

Wade Boggs collects first hit of career

Harold Baines hits three consecutive home runs, including a grand slam, to lead the White Sox over the Tigers, 7 – 0.

MONTY STRATTON, 70, PITCHER WHO INSPIRED MOVIE, IS DEAD

Free agent P Floyd Bannister signs a 5-year contract with the White Sox for a reported $4.5 million

Tony Bernazard traded for Julio Cruz

Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers play the longest nine-inning game in major league history

The Chicago White Sox clinch their first-ever American League West championship

In the second game of the ALCS, Oriole hurler Mike Boddicker throws a five-hitter, beating the White Sox at Memorial Stadium, 4-0. The Baltimore right-hander, whose performance evens the series, establishes a playoff record when he strikes out 14 Chicago batters.

Chicago White Sox claim Tom Seaver from the New York Mets

famed batting coach Charley Lau dies from cancer at the age of 50

Jack Morris tosses no-no vs White Sox

Don Mattingly breaks up Hoyt’s no hitter

Harold Baines ends the longest game in mlb history with walk off homerun

Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox hits for the cycle

Greg Luzinski hits grandslams on back to back days

The White Sox trade 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner LaMarr Hoyt to the Padres 

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Greg Luzinski announces his retirement

Tom Seaver establishes a big league record with his 15th Opening Day assignment

Tom Seaver wins his 300th game in New York

Legendary major league owner Bill Veeck dies at the age of 71

Don Sutton (298) throws a two-hit shutout, beating Tom Seaver (306) and the White Sox 3-0. The starters have the highest combined win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Washington’s Walter Johnson (406) faced Chicago’s right-hander Red Faber (197) in a Griffith Stadium contest.

George Foster released

Joe Cowley walks seven batters and gives up a run, but the White Sox right-hander no-hits the Angels at Anaheim Stadium, 7-1

Brewers win 13th straight to start season – Yount delivers winning hit

Eddie Murray of the Baltimore Orioles becomes the first player in major league history to switch-hit home runs in two consecutive games

Trammell robbed by Ivan Calderon

Moseby runs 270 feet to go 90 feet

Reggies Jackson Final At Bat

Robin Yount hits for the Cycle in 16-2 blowout of White Sox

Jeff Reardon becomes the first pitcher to save 40 games in both leagues

The White Sox name Jeff Torborg to replace Jim Fregosi as the team’s manager

Ken Griffey Jr., the youngest player in the majors, hits his first career homer on the first pitch he ever sees at his home ballpark, the Kingdome.

Rickey Henderson of the New York Yankees sets a major league record when he leads off a game with a home run for the 36th time in his career

Benny Distefano of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first lefthanded catcher to appear in a major league game

George Bell hits a walk off to end the Blue Jays stay at Exhibition Stadium

Carlton Fisk of the Chicago White Sox sets a record for most home runs by a catcher

White Sox utility player Steve Lyons plays all nine positions during an exhibition game against the Cubs

Nolan Ryan 12th one hitter ties Feller

Prime time and Carlton Fisk Square off

Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees throws no-hit ball over eight innings against the Chicago White Sox, but still loses the game

Chicago White Sox first to wear throwback uniform

Melido Perez of the Chicago White Sox pitches a rain-shortened, six-inning no-hitter against the New York Yankees

Carlton Fisk breaks Johnny Bench’s record for home runs by a catcher when he hits his 328th homerun

Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox sets a major league record by notching his 47th save of the year

Montreal Expos trade longtime leadoff man Tim Raines to the Chicago White Sox

Hall of Fame shortstop Luke Appling dies at the age of 83

Bo Jackson returns to baseball

Chicago Cubs acquiring outfielder Sammy Sosa

Bo Jackson of the Chicago White Sox hits a home run in his first at-bat after coming back from hip replacement surgery.

Carlton Fisk breaks the record catching his 2,226th major league game

White Sox 3B Robin Ventura charges Nolan Ryan after a pitch hits him in the 3rd inning. Ryan gets Ventura in a headlock and throws six punches. Ventura is suspended two games for his actions, while Ryan is not disciplined.

Jays Bats bop Sox Game 1 ALCS

The BBWAA selects Chicago slugger Frank Thomas as the American League’s Most Valuable Player

Public batting practice by retired NBA star Michael Jordan draws hundreds of reporters

Michael Jordan comes to bat for the first time in a Chicago White Sox uniform

Chicago White Sox hitters Julio Franco and Robin Ventura hit home runs back-to-back twice in a 7 – 6 defeat to the Detroit Tigers.

Michael Jordan announces that he is leaving the Chicago White Sox organization

Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers play the longest doubleheader by time in major league history

The Chicago White Sox trade OF Tim Raines to the New York Yankees in exchange for future considerations

Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox play the earliest Opening Day game in history

John Valentin hits for Cycle in same Game Chicago White Sox turn Triple Play

Cal Ripken records his 2,500th career hit with a single off White Sox right-hander Bill Simas in the Orioles’ 4-3 loss to Chicago in 10-innings. The Baltimore infielder will end his 21-year career with a total of 3,184 hits.

Eddie Murray blasts his 18th career grand slam, highlighting an 8-run 9th inning

Frank Thomas hits three homers for the White Sox, becoming the Sox career home run leader

Paul Molitor has a double to extend his consecutive game hitting streak against the White Sox to 32 games

Jerry Reinsdorf, and its most controversial player, Albert Belle, join forces when Belle signs with Chicago White Sox

At Miami, Wally Joyner is 3 for 4 with two walks, to lead the Padres to a 10 – 2 gaffing of the Florida Marlins. Joyner singles, doubles, triples, scores twice, and swipes two bases, including home on the back end of a double steal. The Marlins finally turn to John Cangelosi, who becomes the first position player to pitch for the team. The outfielder walks one in a scoreless 9th inning and retires Joyner on a fly ball. Cangelosi also pitched two scoreless innings for Pittsburgh against Los Angeles in 1988 and one scoreless inning for Houston against Chicago in 1995. Tony Gwynn is 1 for 5 and finishes the four-game series 2-for-17, dropping his average to .385.

legendary broadcaster Jack Brickhouse dies from cardiac arrest at the age of 82

Joining Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth, Albert Belle becomes only the fourth player to drive in 100 runs and hit 30 homers for seven consecutive seasons. The White Sox left fielder, who played in every game for the White Sox this season, will continue the streak next year with the Orioles.

Hall of Famer and 300 game winner Early Wynn dies at the age of 79 from complications caused by a stroke

Ivan Rodriguez becomes the first catcher in major league history to compile 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in the same season

Bob Lemon dies at the age of 79

Jerry Manuel is selected by the BBWAA as the American League Manager of the Year

Returning to the major leagues after a stint with the Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, Jose Canseco starts as the designated hitter for the Chicago White Sox. The former All-Star, who has 446 career home runs (23rd all time), didn’t get any offers after being released by the Anaheim Angels in the spring.

In an effort to secure funding for a major re-design of the 12-year old “New” Comiskey Park, the Chicago White Sox announces the ballpark will now be known as U.S. Cellular Field.

The White Sox’ 2-1 victory, tying the ALCS at one game apiece with the Angels

The Chicago White Sox clinch the American League pennant this is the White Sox’s first trip to the World Series since 1959.

Chicago White Sox defeat the Astros, 1-0, to earn their first World Series title since 1917

Major League Season RecapMajor League Baseball Season Recap 2005

Pitcher Jon Garland agrees to a three-year, $29 million contract to stay with the World Series champion Chicago White Sox.

Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen issues an apology for his comments published in Sports Illustrated criticizing Alex Rodriguez’s indecision concerning the WBC

KENNY WILLIAMS, White Sox general manager, reacting to Frank Thomas negative comments

Mark Buehrle hurls the 16th no-hitter in White Sox history and the first home no-no since 1967

Gavin Floyd loses no hitter for second time in a month

Omar Vizquel will wear the number 11 this season to honor Luis Aparicio

Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox throws a perfect game against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field, a 4 – 0 victory for the ChiSox.

Dan Johnson goes deep three times for the White Sox in final game

Tigers set an American League record by extending their streak of innings without allowing since the start of the season to 24

legendary Nancy Faust’s organ who entertained fans for more than 3,000 White Sox is purchased by Red Sox organist Josh Kantor

Chris Sale of the White Sox becomes the first four-game winner

Coaching Changes the Day after 2016 Season

Danny Farquhar collapes in dugout after having a brain aneurysm

Chicago White Stockings Team History & Encyclopedia

Dick Allen 1972 American League MVP

2021 World Series: Dodgers favorites, Padres rise as challengers

A Brief History of the Chicago Cubs-White Sox Rivalry 

Ron Kittle on Tony La Russa, Chicago White Sox

Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series

Craig Kimbrel traded to the Dodgers

Luis Aparicio – The Best I Ever Saw

The Chicago White Stockings beat New York Mutuals at Dexter Park for the unofficial national championship

The National Association of Professional Base Ball Players is founded

A great fire rips through Chicago, IL, destroying the home ballpark of the White Stockings

National League is formed at the instigation of William Hulbert

Chicago White Stockings make their National League debut later to be named the Cubs

Major League Baseball 1876 Season Recap

The Chicago White Stockings‚ the defending NL Champs‚ edge Hartford 6-5 in their home opener

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1880

Buffalo Bisons sweeps Chicago White Stockings to pull within 3½ games

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1881

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1882

Pitcher Larry Corcoran, breaks his contract to re-sign with his old club, the Chicago White Stockings of the National League.

1885 Chicago White Stockings

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1885

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON RECAP 1886

Albert Spalding meets with the Chicago White Stockings players and exacts from each man a pledge of total abstinence from drinking

King Kelly meets with Chicago White Stockings owner Albert Spalding for contract talks

1888 Chicago White Stockings

1888 Chicago White Stockings baseball team

future Hall of Fame pitcher Urban “Red” Faber was born in Cascade, Iowa

local retailers distributed discount coupons that blended the design of paper money with images of popular baseball teams to help advertise their establishments.

King Kelly, probably the most popular baseball player of the 19th century, dies of pneumonia in Boston, MA.

Rube Waddell throws two complete games as Milwaukee sweeps a doubleheader from the Chicago White Stockings

Future Hall of Fame pitcher Ted Lyons is born

American League is born January 28 1901

Jimmy Collins, the choice of Connie Mack as the best all-time third baseman, switches leagues but not cities.

Jimmy Collins switches leagues but not cities

First game in American League History

Three rain postponements give Chicago the honor of hosting the first major league game in American League history (the circuit played as a minor league in 1900). At South Side Park, a crowd of over 10,000 fans attends the game to see pitcher Roy Patterson take the win for the Chicago White Sox over the the visiting Cleveland Blues, 8 – 2. Clark Griffith manages Chicago.

Detroit Tigers score 10 in bottom of ninth to pull out victory in franchise debut

Herm McFarland of the Chicago White Sox hits the first grand slam in American League history in a 19 – 9 victory over the Detroit Tigers. His teammate Dummy Hoy also hits a grand slam, in a contest which features Detroit committing 12 errors, 10 by the infield, to set another AL record, which Chicago will tie on May 6, 1903, against the Tigers.

Nap Lajoie intentional walked with bases loaded

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1901

Rube Waddell beats the Whitesox 2-1 leading the A’s into first place

Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox announce they will play a series of 15 pre-season games

George Davis gets the approval of National League president Harry Pulliam to play for the Giants

Red Ruffing who will win 273 games is born in Granville, Illinois

The White Sox fire manager Nixey Callahan‚ replacing him with Fielder Jones.

Boston American hurler Jesse Tannehill no-hits the White Sox, 6-0.

Doc White tosses his fifth shutout in eighteen days when he blanks New York at Chicago’s South Side Park, 4-0

Frank Smith pitches a no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers, 15 – 0, in the biggest margin of victory for a no-hitter in American League history.

The White Sox edge the A’s‚ beating Eddie Plank‚ 1 – 0‚ in 10 innings. Patsy Dougherty’s hit in the 10th‚ just the second allowed by Plank‚ drives in George Davis with the run. Roy Patterson is the winner.

At American League Park in Washington, D.C., the White Sox establish a new American League record, winning their 19th consecutive game with a 4-1 victory over the hometown Senators. In 2002, the A’s will string together 20 straight wins to surpass the AL mark, but will fall one short of the major league mark established by the 1935 Cubs.

The A’s Jimmy Dygert and Rube Waddell combine for a 5-inning no-hitter against the White Sox. The A’s barely win, 4 – 3.

White Sox starter Nick Altrock outduels Three Finger Brown for a 2 – 1 victory in the Snow

Ed Reulbach’s no-hit bid is broken by Jiggs Donahue’s single in the 7th inning, but the Cubs beat the White Sox, 7 – 1

Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitches a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3 – 0 victory and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.

The White Sox, known as baseball’s ‘hitless wonders’, complete their unbelievable World Series upset of their powerful crosstown rivals, beating the Cubs, 8-3

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1906

Chicago’s Doc White blanks the Browns, 2 – 0 but ends his streak of 65 1/3 innings pitched without issuing a walk

Tigers and White Sox tie game 1 of the 1907 series

In Game 2 of the World Series played at Chicago’s West Side Grounds, Tigers third baseman Bill Coughlinusing the hidden ball trick

Frank Smith of the Chicago White Sox throws his second career no-hitter for a 1 – 0 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics.

On the last day of the season, future Hall of Famer Addie Joss hurls a perfect game, beating Ed Walsh and the White Sox, 1-0

In front nearly 30,000 very enthusiastic fans at South Side Park in the season finale, the White Sox start Doc White, coming off a complete game, on only two days rest in an attempt to thwart the Tigers’ from clinching the pennant. Chicago’s efforts will fail with a 7-0 defeat to Detroit, who capture the AL flag by a half of a game ahead of the Cleveland Naps thanks to a rule that doesn’t require a team to make up a rainout game from earlier in the season.

Sox and Cubs to Face off in 15 game series

Ground is broken in Chicago for Comiskey Park

Frank Smith pitches a one-hitter in the season opener to give the Chicago White Sox a 3 – 0 victory against the St. Louis Browns

Addie Joss record 10 assist in no hitter

Walter Johnson drops to 2-5 and the Washington Post suggests that the Nats “trade this phenom for a couple of good fielders.”

Congressman John K. Tener, former Chicago White Stockings and Pittsburgh Alleghenies pitcher, wins the Republican nomination for governor of Pennsylvania. He will be elected and will serve as president of the National League while governor.

The White Sox play their last game at the 39th Street Grounds, losing to Cleveland, 7 – 2.

The Athletics’ Jack Coombs and Chicago’s Ed Walsh duel 16 innings to a 0 – 0 tie.

Chicago White Sox stop A’s ace Jack Coombs’ string of shutout innings at 53 with a run in the 7th

The Philadelphia Athletics pound the Chicago Cubs, 9 – 3, for a 2-0 lead in the World Series

White Sox ace Ed Walsh shuts out the Tigers, 3 – 0

Chicago’s Ed Walsh pitches a 5 – 0 no-hitter against the Red Sox -S[eaker injured

Fenway Park in Boston is officially dedicated

White Sox beat Cubs 16-0 in the final game of Windy City Series

Wearing White Sox uniforms, the Reds are defeated by the Cubs, 7-2, at Chicago’s West Side Park. Cincinnati forgot to pack uniforms and had to don those worn by their opponents’ crosstown rivals.

Edd Roush makes his his major league debut

In Cincinnati, the Giants rout the White Sox, 11-2, beginning a five-month world-wide barnstorming trip that will include stops in Australia, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East

The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox, fortified with other players, start their world tour in Cincinnati

1Exhibition teams made up of members of the Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play at Keio University Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Chicago White Sox defeat the New York Giants, 5 – 4, before 10,000 spectators in an exhibition game at the Sydney Cricket Ground part of the two teams’ world tour

Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play exhibition game in Cairo Egypt

The Chicago White Sox and New York Giants play an exhibition game in front of King George V in London, England. The White Sox win the game in 11 innings on Tom Daly’s home run.

Jim Scott of the Chicago White Sox pitches a no-hitter for nine innings, then loses to the Senators, 1 – 0, in the 10th

Connie Mack sells Eddie Collins to the White Sox for the hefty sum of $50,000

Using just 67 pitches, Red Faber of the Chicago White Sox throws a complete game victory, beating the Washington Senators on three hits, 4 – 1.

George Sisler makes his major league debut as a pinch hitter

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Red Faber steals 2nd, 3rd and home in one game

Chicago White Sox P Red Faber steals three bases in the 4th inning against the Philadelphia A’s

Smoky Joe Pitches Boston into First Place

Chicago White Sox acquire outfielder Joe Jackson from the Cleveland Indian

Ray Schalk steals twice against Detroit en route to a season total of 30

Shoeless Joe Jackson smacks 3 hits at White Sox beat Ruth and Red sox 5-0

Brownie 1B George Sisler makes his final mound appearance of the year, a complete game 2 – 0 loss to White Sox starter Reb Russell, himself a future position player.

Cleveland Indians take the field wearing numbers on their uniform sleeves

For the second time this season, White Sox pitchers toss shutouts in a doubleheader, this time against the Red Sox.

The Chicago White Sox acquire first baseman Chick Gandil from the Cleveland Indians for $3,500.

White Sox hurlers Red Faber and Jim Scott halt Ty Cobb’s 35-game hitting streak

The host Red Sox top the White Sox, 3 – 1, behind Babe Ruth’s four-hitter.

In a twinbill that will resonate for years, the White Sox sweep a pair, to give them 4 wins in the last two days, from the Tigers.

Babe Ruth shuts out the champion White Sox, 3 – 0

White Sox beat Giants in Game 1 1917 World Series

Eddie Collins Scores winning run as White Sox win the title

Major League Baseball Season Recap 1917

Cleveland Indians centerfielder Tris Speaker executes the fourth unassisted double play of his career in Cleveland’s 8 – 4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Walter Johnson pitches the longest shutout in history 18 innings winning 1-0

Losing 5 – 4 against the Yankees, the Chicago White Sox load the bases in the 9th inning with no outs. Chick Gandil lines a shot to third baseman Frank Baker, who turns it into a game-ending triple play.

Chicago White Sox hire Kid Gleason as their manager

Blimp crashes outside Comiskey park

Chicago White Sox CF Happy Felsch ties the major-league record with four OF assists in one game, but Boston beats the White Sox, 15 – 6.

Arnold “Chick” Gandil of the Chicago White Sox meets with gambler Joseph Sullivan and talks about “fixing” the upcoming World Series

On Babe Ruth day at Fenway Park the Bambino ties Ned Williamson’s major league mark of 27 home runs in a season

The White Sox’s 6 – 5 walkoff win over St. Louis clinches the pennant

highly favored Chicago White Sox become the betting underdogs in 1919 World Series

Ray Schalk attacks Lefty Williams after game 2 of the World Series

Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr throws a three-hit shutout as the Chicago White Sox win 3 – 0 over the Cincinnati Reds.

Black Sox Commit three errors and lose game 5

Dickie Kerr of the Chicago White Sox overcomes errors by Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch to win the sixth game of the World Series, 5-4