Chicago White Sox and Related Topics

Chicago Cubs

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American professional baseball team based in Chicago.

The 1876 White Stockings won the NL championship.

The 1906 Cubs won a record 116 of 154 games. They then won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907–08.

A sports-related curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series.

Ryne Sandberg set numerous league and club records in his career and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005.

Andre Dawson, 5× All-Star and 1987 NL MVP during tenure in Chicago

Sammy Sosa was the captain of the Chicago Cubs during his tenure with the team.

Kerry Wood, along with Mark Prior, led the Cubs' rotation in 2003.

Dempster emerged in 2004 and became the Cubs' regular closer.

Alfonso Soriano signed with the club in 2007.

Carlos Zambrano warming up before a game

Starlin Castro during his 2010 rookie season

One of two Cubs building blocks, Anthony Rizzo, swinging in the box

The Cubs celebrate after winning the 2016 World Series.

2016 Champions visit the White House in June 2017.

The Cubs are one of two major league teams based in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division.

Guaranteed Rate Field

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Baseball stadium located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

View from the upper deck during construction, September 1990

New Comiskey Park on opening day, April 18, 1991

The site of the home plate of (Old) Comiskey Park in 2007

Comiskey Park in 2002 with the new batter's eye

U.S. Cellular Field in 2004 with the new roof and lighting

The translucent wall in the upper deck was added in 2004 to block the elements.

U.S. Cellular Field in 2005, with the new Fundamentals Deck in left field

2016 renovations with new HD scoreboards

The White Sox taking on the Minnesota Twins on Opening Day 2014

The gate 5 entrance in 2007 before renovations took place for the 2009 season

The National Anthem before Game 1 of the 2005 World Series

The 2008 AL Central tiebreaker game (better known as the "blackout game") as the Sox shutout the Twins 1–0

Teammates celebrate Buehrle's perfect game on July 23,

It serves as the home stadium of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball (MLB) teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.

World Series

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Annual championship series of Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada, contested since 1903 between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL).

Christy Mathewson threw 3 complete-game shutouts in the 1905 World Series.

Bill Mazeroski hit a dramatic ninth-inning walk-off home run that decided the 1960 World Series

The Catch: Willie Mays hauls in Vic Wertz's drive near the wall in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.

1959 World Series action at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1968 World Series program and tickets for Games 4 and 5 at Tiger Stadium

Carlton Fisk, best known for his "waving fair" home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series

Reggie Jackson earned the nickname "Mr. October" by hitting three consecutive home runs in the clinching game six of the 1977 World Series

President Ronald Reagan with the 1988 World Series champions: Los Angeles Dodgers

In Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, Kirby Puckett made a memorable leaping catch in left field to rob an extra-base hit. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Puckett hit a game-winning home run to send the Series to Game 7

Fireworks in SkyDome after Joe Carter's 1993 World Series-winning home run

Game 1 of the 2008 World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) and Tampa Bay Rays (AL) at Tropicana Field

In 2011, David Freese hit a game-tying two-run triple (with two outs) to send it into extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, Freese led off with a game-winning home run to send the Series to Game 7

Chicago Cubs celebrate their 2016 World Series victory, their first in 108 years

Game action in the 1906 Series in Chicago (the only all-Chicago World Series to date)

Bill Wambsganss completes his unassisted triple play in 1920

Washington's Bucky Harris scores his home run in the fourth inning of Game 7 (October 10, 1924)

The Chicago Cubs celebrate winning the 2016 World Series, which ended the club's 108-year championship drought.

Other notable World Series victories of the decade include the Diamondbacks, in only their fourth season of play, over the Yankees in 2001, The Angels in 2002, the White Sox in 2005, and the Phillies in 2008.

Comiskey Park

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Baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the

White Sox Park in its early days. The "South Side" label refers to the White Sox themselves, not the stadium.

Site of Comiskey Park as it looked in 1992

The stadium served as the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League from 1910 through 1990.

Veeck in 1944 as he recuperated from his World War II injuries.

Bill Veeck

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American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter.

Veeck being interviewed by Jim McKay for Wide World of Sports in 1964.

Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox.

Cleveland Guardians

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American professional baseball team based in Cleveland.

The team is named after the eight Guardians of Traffic statues displayed on the Hope Memorial Bridge next to their home field.

Nap Lajoie, who won the 1903 American League Batting Championship with the Indians, was the team's namesake from 1903 to 1915, and is an MLB Hall of Famer.

Bob Feller; winner of the A.L. pitching Triple Crown in 1940, member of the 1948 World Series Championship team, the Indians all-time leader in wins and strikeouts, and an MLB Hall of Famer.

Herb Score – who was the 1955 American League Rookie of the Year, a two-time A.L. All-Star, and after his playing career went on to be the longest-tenured announcer in club history, serving 34 seasons (1964–1997) as a member of the Indians broadcast team.

In 1975, Frank Robinson became the first African-American manager in MLB history

Mark Shapiro – Indians GM from 2001 to 2010, President from 2010 to 2015, and two-time Sporting News Executive of the Year.

CC Sabathia won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award with the Indians.

Sabathia's teammate Cliff Lee won the AL Cy Young Award in 2008.

Mike Chernoff, who has served as Indians/Guardians' general manager since 2015.

Manager Terry Francona, who in his tenure with the Indians/Guardians is a two-time AL Manager of the Year (2013, 2016), led the team to the 2016 AL Championship, and is the all-time franchise leader in wins by a manager.

Corey Kluber, who is a two-time AL Cy Young Award winner with the Indians (2014, 2017).

Shane Bieber, who won the 2020 AL Cy Young Award, giving the team five winners in 14 seasons.

Cleveland in "diamond C" font is featured on the team's road uniforms

Guardians TV announcer Matt Underwood (seated, center) and longtime lead radio announcer Tom Hamilton (right)

The Cleveland franchise was among its eight charter members, and is one of four teams that remain in its original city, along with Boston, Chicago, and Detroit.

Ozzie Guillén

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Former professional baseball player and manager.

Guillén tips his helmet to the Comiskey Park crowd before his last at-bat as a White Sox player – September 28, 1997

He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000.

Black Sox Scandal

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Chick Gandil, the mastermind of the scandal

Infielders Swede Risberg (left) and Buck Weaver during their 1921 trial

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis signs the agreement to become Commissioner of Baseball, November 12, 1920.

The Black Sox Scandal was a Major League Baseball game-fixing scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from a gambling syndicate led by Arnold Rothstein.

Major League Baseball

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Professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world.

Graph showing, by year, the average number of runs per MLB game

Mark McGwire was one of several central figures in baseball's steroids scandal

A Grapefruit League game at the former Los Angeles Dodgers camp in Vero Beach, Florida

President John F. Kennedy throwing out the first pitch at the 1962 All-Star Game at DC Stadium

Rafael Palmeiro (batter), one of the MLB players suspended for steroid use

After the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, baseball was rocked by allegations of a game fixing scheme known as the Black Sox Scandal.