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The Chicago White Sox are a major league - baseball team in the Central Division of the American League . The team plays its home games at the Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago , Illinois .
The White Sox are three-time winners of the World Series , the most valuable title in baseball. An avowed fan of the White Sox is the 44th President of the USA , Barack Obama .
history
Beginnings outside of the American League
The Chicago White Sox resided when they were founded in 1894 as an amateur team ( minor league ) in Sioux City , Iowa and initially belonged to the Western League. After the purchase, its owner Charles Comiskey moved the team to St. Paul , Minnesota . As the founding of the American League was being prepared, Comiskey asked the owner of the Chicago Cubs , in the only Major League National League to date , whether he could set up a team in the south side of Chicago. After his approval, the move took place in 1900. The initially chosen name Chicago White Stockings (English for socks) was abbreviated to Sox by the newspapers over the next few years . In their first year in Chicago, the White Stockings won the last title of the Western (soon to be American) League, which is still considered a minor league, which is counted as another title in some statistics.
1901 to 1919
As part of the founding of the American League (AL), the owners of the new Major League franchises attracted numerous players from the previous clubs. Now the White Stockings competed directly with the local Cubs, especially since some team members had previously been with the Cubs (pitcher and manager (trainer) Clark Griffith, Nixey Callahan and second baseman Sam Mertes). In the first year of the AL, the Sox won the championship and were also the team with the most spectators (over 350,000).
In the next few years this success could not be repeated at first, but in 1906 a new successful team was ready, which caused a sensation as "Hitless Wonders". The name resulted from the statistically bad hit values (e.g. the stroke average with .230 was the worst value in the league), but the success came with the outstanding pitching performance of Frank Owen (22-13 wins-defeats ), Ed Walsh and two other standout starters. In the now established World Series against the winner of the NL, which was held for the third time, the Sox met their local rivals, the Cubs. Perceived more as outsiders, the White Sox also won their first World Series with 4-2 victories when they first participated.
The next step was in 1910 a new stadium, named Comiskey Park after the owner . For years the White Sox were not involved in the title race, but in the mid-1910s the team was reinforced with exceptional players such as second baseman Eddie Collins , catcher Ray Schalk and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson . This paid off in 1917 when the championship in the AL could again be won. In the World Series they played against the New York Giants and won again 4-2. 1918 saw the White Sox only in sixth place out of eight teams in the AL through numerous postings of players such as Jackson, Collins and Urban “Red” Faber for the First World War , but the American League could be won again after the end of the war in 1919.
Scandal of 1919 and its consequences
The entry of the Chicago White Sox into the history books is, however, linked to a rather inglorious event: the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds "pushed" (that is, intentionally lost) in the sense of the betting mafia . The eight players accused of pushing were: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude "Lefty" Williams, infielder Buck Weaver, Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Fred McMullin and Charles "Swede" Risberg, as well Outfielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch. The players were banned from professional baseball for life despite being acquitted by a court. The team from back then became known as the "Black Sox".
The short-term consequence of the rumors about the postponed series was that shortly before the end of the 1920 season, club owner Comiskey was forced to remove the suspected players from the squad, which was tantamount to missing the AL championship. In the long term, many good players were missing after the trials and lifelong bans, so that the White Sox had no chance in the American League from then on. The resulting series of failures lasted well after the Second World War .
The story of the "Black Sox" scandal was filmed in 1988 in the film Eight Men and One Scandal , with Charlie Sheen and John Cusack in the leading roles.
First All-Star Game 1933
The first all-star game of Major League Baseball took place in Comiskey Park on July 6, 1933 , and won the American League 4-2.
Championship 1959
In the 1950s, the White Sox became competitive again. As a result of the aggressive base running, the nickname Go-Go-Sox came about . With the change of ownership from the Comiskey family to Bill Veeck in 1959, a new circus-like component came into play. Veeck had previously owned the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Browns and was able to significantly increase the number of viewers through a lot of advertising, fireworks and more (new franchise record 1959 with over 1.4 million viewers).
The team also performed well and won the AL Pennant by 5 games. In the following World Series , the White Sox won their first game against the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-0, but then suffered three defeats. Despite a win in Game 5, the Sox had to congratulate the Dodgers on winning the World Series in their sixth game at home. The Cy Young Award winner Early Wynn , the shortstop Luis Aparicio and the second baseman Nellie Fox were responsible for these successes .
In the period between 1957 and 1965 the Sox only had to give way to the New York Yankees, who were almost unbeatable in this period, five times , especially the second place in 1964 despite 98 victories was sobering. At the time, the Sox were the first team to have a player's name on the back of their jerseys. Veeck gave the team to the brothers Arthur and John Allyn in 1961 for health reasons. At the end of the 1960s, the White Sox were no longer competitive, in 1970 they were last with 106 defeats. From 1972 things started to pick up again, also because of Bill Melton (third base) and Dick Allen , MVP for the 1974 season. In 1975 Veeck became the owner again, and the colorful times were back: in 1976 he introduced black shorts as player clothing for a game . In 1979, after an anti-disco demonstration, the Disco Demolition Night , when records were blown up as part of a double game day, the second game had to be canceled due to crowd riots. The viewers liked it: in 1977 there were 1.66 million viewers.
1980 to 2004
During this period, AL West won and with it the fight for the AL Pennant in the 1983 Championship Series against the Baltimore Orioles (lost 1-3). With the threat of relocating the team to Florida because of the lack of spectators, the current owners Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn managed to get the city of Chicago to build them a new stadium, New Comiskey Park (across from the ancestral stadium). The Championship Series 1993 was lost again (against the eventual World Series winner Toronto Blue Jays with 2-4), pitcher Jack McDowell won the Cy Young Award.
In the three-part AL from 1994, the White Sox had to admit defeat several times to the Cleveland Indians in the Central Division. From 1998 they strengthened themselves with Aaron Rowand , pitcher Mark Buehrle and Paul Konerko as first baseman.
World Series 2005
The regular season of the Central Division won the White Sox 6 games ahead of the Cleveland Indians with a total of 99 wins and 63 losses. The subsequent AL Division Series was clearly won with 3 wins against the Boston Red Sox .
The first game of the AL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim was the only loss of the entire postseason. The following 4 games were won. So the Sox won the first AL Pennant since 1959.
On October 26, 2005, the White Sox won the fourth game of the 2005 World Series 1-0 against the Houston Astros and thus the World Series with a sweep (or clean sweep). It was the Chicago White Sox's third title, 88 years after their last World Series triumph in 1917.
2006 to 2012
2006
After leading the wildcard table for most of the season in 2006, the White Sox wavered at the end of the season. The Sox lost 15 of 24 games and thus their playoff place and the chance to win the World Series again. The last time the New York Yankees succeeded in 1999 and 2000. The White Sox ended the season with 90 wins and 72 losses. The best season record of a non-playoff team in 2006.
In addition to manager Ozzie Guillén , who also heads the AL All-Star-Team as manager of last year's AL Champion, 6 other White Sox players were appointed to the 77th All-Star Game . They were pitcher Mark Buehrle, Bobby Jenks, catcher AJ Pierzynski, first basemen Paul Konerko and Jim Thome and right fielder Jermaine Dye.
Pierzynski was the last of the 32 player field. He got the most votes from the fans, who can determine the last player in the squad in a public election.
2007
On April 18, 2007, Mark Buehrle pitched a no-hitter in the 6-0 win of the White Sox against the Texas Rangers . Bührle's only mistake was the Walk of Sammy Sosa in the fifth inning. But Buehrle was able to “kill” Sosa with a pick-off at the next batsman. The historic night was rounded off in front of 25,390 spectators in US Cellular Field by a grand slam home run by Jermaine Dye and single solo home runs by Jim Thome.
On August 12, 2007 in the game against the Seattle Mariners , Closer Bobby Jenks set the record of not allowing a hit with 41 consecutive batterns . The previous record was set by Jim Barr of the San Francisco Giants in two games on August 23 and 29, 1972. On August 20, 2007, however, the series ended with a base hit by Kansas City Royals outfielder Joey Gathright . His teammate Mark Buehrle broke this record on July 28, 2009 with 45 consecutive batteries.
On September 16, Jim Thome hit his 500th home run in the 9th inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . Thome is the first player to hit his 500th home run in a White Sox uniform.
The season closed the White Sox with a record of 72-90 in 4th place in the Central Division.
2008
On August 14th, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe hit home runs in 4 consecutive at-bats (German: to be on the beat). This was the 6th time in Major League Baseball history.
On September 29, Alexei Ramirez hit his 4th Grand Slam home run of the season, in the 8-2 victory of the White Sox over the Detroit Tigers. He set a new major league record for a rookie . And it was also a new White Sox record with a total of 12 Grand Slam home runs in one season.
But the winner of the American League Central 2008 could only be determined on September 30th in a tie-breaker game against the Minnesota Twins in US Cellular Field , as both teams ended the regular season with the identical result of 88-74. The Chicago White Sox called on all fans to dress all in black for the game. Since almost 100% of the fans took part in the action, the game went down in history as "The Blackout" Game.
The game ended very closely with a 1-0 for the White Sox thanks to a home run from Jim Thome in the seventh inning. This made the game the tie-breaker with the fewest points in MLB history.
This playoff was another specialty. It was the first time in the long history of the MLB that a team played against three different teams on three consecutive days. On September 28, the last regular game of the season against the Cleveland Indians (5-1 won the White Sox), on September 29, a catch-up game against the Detroit Tigers (8-2 for the White Sox) and on September 30 the tie -Breaker versus the Minnesota Twins.
2009
On July 23, 2009, pitcher Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays . It was the second no-hitter of his career that he threw both for the White Sox. During the post-game press conference, he received a call from President Barack Obama congratulating him on his game.
2010
On the opening day of the 2010 season, on April 5 against the Cleveland Indians, starting pitcher Mark Buehrle made a spectacular move. In the 5th inning, Lou Marson hit the ball towards Pitchers Mound. There the ball hit Buehrle on the foot and then rolled into foul territory. As he ran, he picked up the ball in his glove and threw it between his legs at first base without looking back. Paul Konerko caught the ball with his bare hands and tagged Marson for the second "out". The White Sox won the game 6-0.
Paul Konerko broke the White Sox record of 11 home runs in one month in April 2010.
On August 29, before the game against the New York Yankees, Frank Thomas was honored with his portrait and the shirt number 35, which has not been assigned since then, on the outfield wall of the Leftfield in US Cellular Field.
The 2010 season ended the White Sox behind the Minnesota Twins as second in the table, with a record of 88-74.
2012
On April 21, 2012, Philip Humber threw the third Perfect Game in the history of the Chicago White Sox against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle . It was the 21st Perfect Game in MLB history.
In the 2012 season, the White Sox were at the top of the AL Central Division table for a total of 126 days until 10 game days before the end of the season. They finished the season 3 games behind in 2nd place (85-77) and thus missed participation in the postseason.
Placements in recent years
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| 2006 | MIN (6.0) | DET (5.0) | 90-72 | CLE (12.0) | KC (28.0) | –– |
| 2007 | CLE (24.0) | DET (16.0) | MIN (7.0) | 72 - 90 | KC (3.0) | –– |
| 2008 | 89-74 | MIN (1.0) | CLE (7.5) | KC (13.5) | DET (14.5) | ALDS |
| 2009 | MIN (7.5) | DET (6.5) | 79-83 | CLE (14.0) | KC (14.0) | –– |
| 2010 | MIN (6.0) | 88-74 | DET (7.0) | CLE (19.0) | KC (21.0) | –– |
| 2011 | DET (16.0) | CLE (1.0) | 79-83 | KC (8.0) | MIN (16.0) | –– |
| 2012 | DET (3.0) | 85-77 | KC (13.0) | CLE (17.0) | MIN (19.0) | –– |
| 2013 | DET (30.0) | CLE (29.0) | KC (23.0) | MIN (3.0) | 63 - 99 | –– |
| 2014 | DET (17.0) | KC (16.0) | CLE (12.0) | 73-89 | MIN (3.0) | –– |
| 2015 | KC (19.0) | MIN (7.0) | CLE (5.0) | 76-86 | DET (2.0) | –– |
| 2016 | CLE (16.5) | DET (8.5) | KC (3.0) | 78-84 | MIN (19.0) | –– |
| 2017 | CLE (35.0) | MIN (18.0) | KC (13.0) | 67-95 | DET (3.0) | –– |
| 2018 | CLE (29.0) | MIN (16.0) | DET (2.0) | 62-100 | KC (4.0) | –– |
The colored cells describe your own performance in the AL Central, the numbers in brackets the distances to the other teams at the end of the season.
WC = Wild Card, ALDS = AL Division Series achieved, ALCS = AL Championship Series achieved, AL = AL Pennant (World Series lost), WSC = World Series Champion
Numbers that are no longer assigned
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2 Nellie Fox 2B since 1976 |
3 Harold Baines RF / DH Coach since 1989 |
4 Luke Appling SS Coach since 1975 |
9 Minnie Miñoso LF Coach since 1983 |
11 Luis Aparicio SS since 1984 |
14 Paul Konerko 1B since 2015 |
16 Ted Lyons P Manager since 1983 |
19 Billy Pierce P since 1983 |
35 Frank Thomas 1B / DH since 2010 |
56 Mark Buehrle P since 2017 |
72 Carlton Fisk C since 1997 |
42 Jackie Robinson with all MLB teams since 1997 |
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Players in bold are featured on their Hall of Fame boards with White Sox badges. * Players played at least 5 seasons for the White Sox. |
Current squad
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the number of players in the active squad at the beginning of the 2020 MLB season on 23/24. July increased to 30 players. Two weeks later there was a scheduled reduction to 28 players. Another two weeks later, the number of players is to be reduced to 26 and maintained for the entire 2020 season. In the case of double-headers , the teams may appoint a 27th player to the active squad.
Chicago White Sox minor league teams
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| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Charlotte , North Carolina |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Hoover , Alabama |
| A + | Winston-Salem Dash | Carolina League | Winston-Salem , North Carolina |
| A. | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | Kannapolis , North Carolina |
| Rookie | Great Falls Voyagers | Pioneer League | Great Falls , Montana |
| Arizona White Sox | Arizona League | Arizona | |
| DSL White Sox | Dominican Summer League | Boca Chica , Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic |
Web links
- Official homepage of the Chicago White Sox (English)
- Link to the 1919 scandal ( memento of July 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- chicagosoxwhite.com Blog (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obama: New US President Fan of the White Sox . In: www.sportbild.de . January 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- ^ Derek Gentile: Chicago - Baseball in the City. San Diego 2006, p. 47.
- ↑ World Series Game 4 - Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros (English) . In: Retrosheet . Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ↑ Chicago finally redeemed. spiegel.de, accessed on October 10, 2012 .
- ↑ Buehrle tosses no-hitter. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Jenks ties record on his terms. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on October 11, 2012 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Thome's 500th a pride point for Tribe. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on March 2, 2012 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ White Sox hit four straight taters in sixth. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on August 22, 2008 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Boxscore: Chicago White Sox vs. Detroit Tigers. Retrosheet.com, accessed October 25, 2012 .
- ^ White Sox force one-game tiebreaker. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on February 11, 2010 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sox want a 'blackout' for Tuesday. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on December 8, 2010 ; accessed on October 21, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ White Sox fans create blackout . In: www.mlb.com . September 30, 2008. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ↑ ALC Tie-Breaker - Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins . In: Retrosheet . Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ↑ Boxscore: Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians. Retrosheet.com, accessed October 25, 2012 .
- ↑ Buehrle enters record books with perfecto . In: www.mlb.com (English) . Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ↑ Superb Buehrle steals Opening Day spotlight with fielding acc. sportsillustrated.com, accessed October 30, 2012 .
- ^ Number retired, Big Hurt shows big heart. (No longer available online.) MLB.com, archived from the original on September 2, 2010 ; accessed on October 30, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Count on me: Humber efficient in perfecto . In: www.mlb.com . Archived from the original on May 7, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-roster-transaction-rules-for-2020-season (English) accessed on: August 14, 2020
- ^ Affiliate History - Chicago White Sox. In: The Baseball Cube. Retrieved November 27, 2018 .
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