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Chicago White Sox: Quick Facts

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Also Known As South Siders • Sioux City Cornhuskers • White Stockings • Chicago White Stockings
Awards And Honors World Series (2005) • World Series (1917) • World Series (1906)
Date 1894 - present
Headquarters Chicago
Areas Of Involvement Baseball • Today in History—July 18: Baseball’s Black Sox Trial Begins
Related People Shoeless Joe Jackson • Omar Vizquel • Tony La Russa • Manny Ramirez • Nellie Fox • Jerry Reinsdorf • Bo Jackson • Ozzie Guillen • Eddie Collins • Charles Comiskey • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Roberto Alomar • Sammy Sosa • Orlando Hernández • Larry Doby

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Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox follows through after hitting a single, with Houston Astros catcher behind him during Game Four of the 2005 World Series.
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Chicago White Sox team, 1919
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Ten vintage baseball cards from the T206 series, featuring illustrated portraits of Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox players, with cigarette brand advertisements on the reverse sides.
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