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The Chicago White Sox play their first game in a small wooden ballpark located at 39th and Princeton. The Sox lose to Milwaukee, 5-4.
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The White Sox are incorporated under Illinois law with $5,000 capital.
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Fielder Jones replaces Nixey Callahan as manager.
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The Sox claim the only all-Chicago World Series, defeating the Cubs, 8-3, in the finale to win four of the six meetings.
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The White Sox defeat the New York Yankees to win their 100th game of the season, a feat unmatched in club history.
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Chicago wins its second World Series title by defeating the New York Giants, 4-2.
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Grace Comiskey is elected team president and her daughter, Dorothy Rigney, is appointed secretary.
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The American League color barrier is broken in Comiskey Park when 22-year old Larry Doby is sent to pinch-hit for the Cleveland Indians
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Chuck Comiskey is appointed vice president of the Sox.
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The new scoreboard explodes for the first time when Al Smith hits a two-run home run off Jim Bunning in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Al Lopez resigns as manager.
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.At the stroke of midnight, the Illinois General Assembly approves an amended stadium bill ensuring that the club will remain in Chicago. The new stadium is scheduled for a 1991 opening.
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The last night game at old Comiskey Park is played with the White Sox downing Seattle, 5-2.
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New Comiskey Park opens before a sellout crowd of 42,191 as the Tigers cruise past the White Sox, 16-0.
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he White Sox hit their 200th home run of the season, breaking the franchise record of 198 set in 1998.