began as the minor league Sioux City Cornhuskers and played in the Western League
began as the minor league Sioux City Cornhuskers and played in the Western League
Charles Comiskey bought the Sioux City team and transferred it to Saint Paul, Minnesota
Western League changed its name to the American League
Comiskey moved his St. Paul club to the Near South Side and renamed it the White Stockings
the White Stockings won the 1900 American League pennant led by player-manager Dick Padden
AL declined to renew its membership in the National Agreement and declared itself a major league
White Stockings captured the AL's first major-league pennant the next year
the name change to the White Sox was brought on after scorekeeper Christoph Hynes wrote White Sox at the top of a scorecard rather than White Stockings
the coldest Opening Day ever, when the temperature was 38 degrees
Pants Rowland became the manager and the White Sox added outfielder Shoeless Joe Jackson, second baseman Eddie Collins and outfielder Happy Felsch to the line-up
finished in 3rd place with a record of 93–61
acquired pitcher Lefty Williams and finished 2nd at 89–65
addition of first baseman Chick Gandil and shortstop Swede Risberg
Eddie Collins was the hitting hero, batting .409 over the six game series
won 4–2 and clinched the world championship
win the pennant in 1919 and entered the World Series heavily favored to defeat the Cincinnati Reds in a best-of-9
the evidence of involvement disappeared from the Cook County courthouse, and lacking that tangible evidence, a criminal trial ended in acquittals of all the players
an investigation into a fixed Cubs game
Invention of Television
Great Depression
following Charles Comiskey's death, the team continued to be operated by his family – first by his son Louis, then by Louis' widow Grace, and finally by their daughter Dorothy Rigney
Jimmy Dykes, who led them from 1934 to 1946
Recession
Pearl Harbor Bombing
Perennial All-Star Minnie Miñoso, a former Negro Leaguer who became the White Sox' first black player in 1951
Rosa Parks refuses to ride at the back of the bus.
ownership passes to a new ownership group led by Bill Veeck
the team won its first pennant in 40 years, thanks to the efforts of several eventual Hall of Famers – Lopez, Aparicio, Fox, and pitcher Early Wynn
After the pennant-clinching victory, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, a lifelong White Sox fan, ordered his fire chief to set off the city's air raid sirens. Many Chicagoans became fearful and confused since 1959 was the height of the Cold War; however, th
they became the first team in the history of sports to wear last names on the back of their jerseys
Health problems forced Veeck to sell the team to brothers Arthur and John Allyn
, Andrew Rozdilsky a lifelong Chicago resident, performed as the unofficial yet popular mascot "Andy the Clown" for the White Sox at the original Comiskey Park
Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Speech
J.F.K. assassination
First Man on the Moon
Vietnam Draft
Bill Veeck regained ownership of the team
Veeck introduced retro uniforms
Bob Lemon was named AL Manager of the Year by UPI for his efforts
Veeck sold the team to an ownership group headed by Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn
Tony La Russa his first Manager of the Year award
New Comiskey Park
the White Sox had a cartoon mascot named, 'Waldo The White Sox Wolf' that advertised the ‘Silver and Black Pack’
The White Sox led the new American League Central at the time of the 1994 players' strike
World Trades Center bombing
Comiskey Park was renamed after cell phone company U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights at $68 million over 20 years
the team's current mascot was introduced as SouthPaw
Amazingly, despite their 105 year history, this was only the franchise's third World Series championship
unveiling of a bronze statue of former White Sox slugger Frank Thomas
announced former third baseman Robin Ventura as their new manager, succeeding interim manager Don Cooper
the White Sox employed a duo, called Ribbie and Roobarb, as their team mascots
