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{{Infobox MLB
| name = Chicago White Sox
| established = 1894
| misc = Based in [[Chicago]] since {{mlby|1900}}
| logo = Chicago White Sox.svg
| current league = American League
| y1 = 1901
| division = [[American League Central|Central Division]]
| y2 = 1994
| past division = [[American League West|West Division]]
| y5 = 1969
| y6 = 1993
| Uniform = MLB-ALC-CWS-Uniform.png
| retirednumbers = {{hlist| [[Nellie Fox|2]] | [[Harold Baines|3]] | [[Luke Appling|4]] | [[Minnie Miñoso|9]] | [[Luis Aparicio|11]] | [[Paul Konerko|14]] | [[Ted Lyons|16]] | [[Billy Pierce|19]] | [[Frank Thomas|35]] | [[Mark Buehrle|56]] | [[Carlton Fisk|72]] | [[Jackie Robinson|42]]}}
| colors = Black, silver, white{{efn|The team's official colors are black and silver, according to the team's mascot (Southpaw)'s official website.<ref name="AboutSouthpaw">{{cite web|title=About Southpaw|url=https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/fans/southpaw/about-southpaw|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=WhiteSox.com|access-date=August 21, 2018}}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Logos and Uniforms|url=https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/history/logos-and-uniforms|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=WhiteSox.com|access-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ritchie|first=Matthew|title=How an MLB rebrand shook up the hip-hop world|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/white-sox-1990-rebrand-instilled-a-sense-of-pride-in-fans|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=September 26, 2023|access-date=December 10, 2023|quote=Drawing on the classic Yankees “pinstripes” uniforms, they adopted white jerseys with black pinstripes for home games, and utilized the silver and black color scheme for the away and alternate jerseys.}}</ref><br />{{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#C4CED4}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| y3 = 1904
| nicknames = The Sox
* The Chi Sox
* The South Siders
* The Pale Hose
* The Good Guys
* [[The Black Sox]] (1919)
| pastnames =
* Chicago White Stockings ({{by|1900}}–{{by|1903}})
* St. Paul Saints ({{by|1895}}–{{by|1899}})
* Sioux City Cornhuskers ({{by|1894}})
| ballpark = [[Rate Field]]
| y4 = 1991
| pastparks =
* [[Comiskey Park]] ({{by|1910}}–{{by|1990}})
** [[Milwaukee County Stadium]] ({{by|1968}}–{{by|1969}}){{efn|Select games only.}}
* [[South Side Park]] ({{by|1900}}–{{by|1910}})
* [[Lexington Park]] ({{by|1897}}–{{by|1899}})
| WS = (3)
| WORLD CHAMPIONS = {{hlist| {{wsy|1906}} | {{wsy|1917}} | {{wsy|2005}} }}
| LEAGUE = AL
| P = (7)
| PENNANTS = {{hlist| [[Western League (1885–1899)#Pennant winners|1900]]{{efn|The American League was still considered a [[minor league]] in 1900, subject to the [[Minor League Baseball#History|National Agreement]] with the older [[National League (baseball)|National League]].}}| [[1901 Chicago White Stockings season|1901]] | [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|1906]] | [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|1917]] | [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|1919]] | [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|1959]] | [[2005 American League Championship Series|2005]] }}
| misc1 = '''WL Pennants''' (1)
| OTHER PENNANTS = {{hlist| [[Western League (1885–1899)#Pennant winners|1894]] }}
| DIV = AL West
| DV = (2)
| Division Champs = {{hlist| [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|1983]] | [[1993 Chicago White Sox season|1993]] }}
| misc5 = '''AL Central Division titles''' (4)
| OTHER DIV CHAMPS = {{hlist| [[2000 Chicago White Sox season|2000]] | [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|2005]] | [[2008 Chicago White Sox season|2008]] | [[2021 Chicago White Sox season|2021]]}}
| WC = (1)
| Wild Card = {{hlist| [[2020 Chicago White Sox season|2020]] }}
| misc6 =
| owner = [[Jerry Reinsdorf]]
| manager = [[Will Venable]]
| gm = [[Chris Getz]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.mlb.com/whitesox|mlb.com/whitesox}}
|uniformlogo=Chicago White Sox Insignia.svg
}}

The '''Chicago White Sox''' are an American professional [[baseball]] team based in [[Chicago]]. The White Sox compete in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member club of the [[American League]] (AL) [[American League Central|Central Division]]. The club plays its home games at [[Rate Field]], which is located on Chicago's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]]. They are one of two MLB teams based in Chicago, alongside the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL)'s [[Chicago Cubs]]. The White Sox are known as the "South Siders", a reference to the location of their home park.

The White Sox originated in the [[Western League (1885–1900)|Western League]], founded as the '''Sioux City Cornhuskers''' in 1894, moving to [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], as the [[St. Paul Saints (1884–1900)|Saint Paul Saints]], and ultimately relocating to Chicago in 1900. The '''Chicago White Stockings''' were one of the American League's eight charter [[Major North American professional sports teams|franchises]] when the AL asserted major league status in 1901. The team, which shortened its name to the White Sox in 1904, originally played their home games at [[South Side Park]] before moving to [[Comiskey Park]] in 1910, where they played until 
1990. They then moved into a new home, which was also known as Comiskey Park like its predecessor and later carried sponsorship from [[U.S. Cellular]], for the 1991 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stathead.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com}}</ref>

The White Sox won their first World Series, the [[1906 World Series]] against the Cubs, with a defense-oriented team dubbed "the Hitless Wonders", and later won the [[1917 World Series]] against the [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]. Their next appearance, the [[1919 World Series]], was marred by the [[Black Sox Scandal]] in which eight members of the White Sox were found to have conspired with gamblers to [[Match fixing|fix games]] and lose the World Series to the [[Cincinnati Reds]]. In response, the new Commissioner of Baseball, [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]], banned the players from the league for life. The White Sox have only made two World Series appearances since the scandal. The first came in {{wsy|1959}}, where they lost to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], before they finally won their third championship in {{wsy|2005}} against the [[Houston Astros]]. The 88 seasons it took the White Sox to win the World Series stands as the longest MLB championship drought in the American League, and the second longest in both leagues, to the Cubs' 108 seasons.

From 1901 to 2025, the White Sox have an overall win-loss record of {{Win–loss record|w=9,654|l=9,714|t=103}} ({{winpct|9654|9714|103}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/ |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Baseball Info Solutions |access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of the Chicago White Sox}}
[[File:1919 Chicago White Sox.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|1919 [[Black Sox Scandal|"Black Sox"]] team photo]]
[[File:Ed Walsh, Chicago White Sox, baseball card portrait LCCN2008676550.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|[[Ed Walsh]] holds the record for lowest career [[earned run average]] (ERA), 1.82.]]

The White Sox originated as the [[Sioux City Cornhuskers]] of the [[Western League (original)|Western League]], a [[minor league]] under the parameters of the National Agreement with the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. In 1894, [[Charles Comiskey]] bought the Cornhuskers and moved them to [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], where they became the [[St. Paul Saints (1884–1900)|St. Paul Saints]]. In 1900, with the approval of Western League president [[Ban Johnson]], Charles Comiskey moved the Saints into his hometown neighborhood of [[Armour Square, Chicago|Armour Square]], where they became the Chicago White Stockings, the former name of Chicago's National League team, the Orphans (now the [[Chicago Cubs]]).<ref name=Bova-2002>{{cite web|last=Bova|first=George|title=Sox Fans' Guide to Sox Uniforms|url=http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/rwas/index.php?category=3&id=2104 |date=February 26, 2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221175847/http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/rwas/index.php?category=3&id=2104 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |website=FlyingSock.Com|publisher=White Sox Interactive|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>

In [[1901 Major League Baseball season|1901]], the Western League broke the National Agreement and became the new major league [[American League]]. The first season in the AL ended with a White Stockings championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1901.shtml|title=1901, after having won in the minor league American League in 1900. American League Team Statistics and Standings|website=[[Baseball Reference]]|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> However, that would be the end of the season, as the [[World Series]] did not begin until [[1903 World Series|1903]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Stezano|first=Martin|title=6 Things You May Not Know About the World Series|url=http://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-world-series|date=October 24, 2012|website=[[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]]|publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]]|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> The franchise, now known as the Chicago White Sox, made its first World Series appearance in [[1906 World Series|1906]], beating the crosstown Cubs in six games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1906_WS.shtml|title=1906 World Series|publisher=Sports Reference|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref>

The White Sox won a third pennant and a second World Series in [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|1917]], beating the [[1917 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] in six games with help from stars [[Eddie Cicotte]] and [[Shoeless Joe|"Shoeless" Joe Jackson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1917_WS.shtml|title=1917 World Series|publisher=Sports Reference|website=Baseball Reference|access-date=January 2, 2010}}</ref> The Sox were heavily favored in the [[1919 World Series]], but lost to the [[1919 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]] in eight games. Huge bets on the Reds fueled speculation that the series had been [[Match fixing|fixed]]. A criminal investigation went on in the [[1920 Chicago White Sox season|1920 season]], and although all players were acquitted, commissioner [[Kenesaw Mountain Landis]] banned eight of them for life, in what was known as the [[Black Sox Scandal]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Black Sox|url=http://www.chicagohs.org/history/blacksox.html|website=[[Chicago Historical Society]]|access-date=October 11, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815042229/http://www.chicagohs.org/history/blacksox.html|archive-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> This set the franchise back, as they did not win another pennant for 40 years.

The White Sox did not finish in the upper half of the American League again until after founder Charles Comiskey died and passed ownership of the club to his son, [[J. Louis Comiskey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=J. Louis Comiskey|url=https://baseballbiography.com/j-louis-comiskey|website=Baseballbiography.com|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> They finished in the upper half most years between 1936 and 1946, under the leadership of manager [[Jimmy Dykes]], with star shortstop [[Luke Appling]] (known as "Ol' Aches and Pains") and pitcher [[Ted Lyons]], who both had their numbers 4 and 16 retired.<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Numbers|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/retired_numbers.jsp|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=[[MLB Advanced Media]]|access-date=October 11, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903172119/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/retired_numbers.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After J. Louis Comiskey died in 1939, ownership of the club was passed down to his widow, [[Grace Comiskey]]. The club was later passed down to Grace's children [[Dorothy Comiskey Rigney|Dorothy]] and [[Chuck Comiskey|Chuck]] in 1956, with Dorothy selling a majority share to a group led by [[Bill Veeck]] after the [[1958 Chicago White Sox season|1958 season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Time Owners|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/owners.jsp|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=October 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017200424/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/owners.jsp|archive-date=October 17, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Veeck was notorious for his promotional stunts, attracting fans to [[Comiskey Park]] with the new "exploding scoreboard" and outfield shower. In 1961, [[Arthur Allyn, Jr.]] briefly owned the club before selling to his brother [[John Allyn]].

[[File:Al Lopez - WJROneOfAKind.jpg|thumb|[[Al López]], manager of the "Go-Go Sox"]]

From 1951 to 1967, the White Sox had their longest period of sustained success, scoring a winning record for 17 straight seasons. Known as the "Go-Go White Sox" for their tendency to focus on speed and getting on base versus power hitting, they featured stars such as [[Minnie Miñoso]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnie Miñoso|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/minosmi01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Nellie Fox]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Nellie Fox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foxne01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Luis Aparicio]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Luis Aparicio|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aparilu01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> [[Billy Pierce]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Billy Pierce|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/piercbi02.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> and [[Sherm Lollar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sherm Lollar|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lollash01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> From 1957 to 1965, the Sox were managed by [[Al López]]. The Sox finished in the upper half of the American League in eight of his nine seasons, including six years in the top two of the league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Al López|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/lopezal01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> In [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|1959]], the White Sox ended the [[1959 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]]' dominance over the American League, and won their first pennant since the ill-fated 1919 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=1959 Chicago White Sox season|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1959.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Despite winning game one of the [[1959 World Series]] 11–0, they fell to the [[1959 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in six games.<ref>{{cite web|title=1959 World Series|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/postseason/mlb_ws_recaps.jsp?feature=1959|website=MLB.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>

During the late 1960s and 1970s, the White Sox struggled to win games and attract fans. The team [[List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada|played a total of 20 home games]] at [[Milwaukee County Stadium]] in the 1968 and 1969 seasons. Allyn and [[Bud Selig]] agreed to a handshake deal that would give Selig control of the club and move them to [[Milwaukee]], but it was blocked by the American League.<ref name="BovaSOS">{{cite web|last=Bova|first=George|title=Save Our Sox!|url=http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/SaveOurSox.htm|website=FlyingSock.com|publisher=White Sox Interactive|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222005106/http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History%26Glory/SaveOurSox.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Selig instead bought the [[Seattle Pilots]] and moved them to Milwaukee, where they would become the [[Milwaukee Brewers]], putting enormous pressure on the American League to place a team in [[Seattle]]. A plan was in place for the Sox to move to Seattle and for [[Charlie Finley]] to move his [[Oakland A's]] to Chicago. However, the city had a renewed interest in the Sox after the [[1972 Chicago White Sox season|1972 season]], and the American League instead added the expansion [[Seattle Mariners]]. The 1972 White Sox had the lone successful season of this era, as [[Dick Allen]] wound up winning the American League MVP award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dick Allen|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/allendi01.shtml?redir|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Bill Veeck returned as owner of the Sox in 1975, and despite not having much money, they managed to win 90 games in [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|1977]], with a team known as the "South Side Hitmen".

However, the team's fortunes plummeted afterwards, plagued by 90-loss teams and scarred by the notorious 1979 [[Disco Demolition Night]] promotion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vettel|first=Phil|title=Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition at Comiskey Park|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-disco-story-story.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Veeck was forced to sell the team, rejecting offers from ownership groups intent on moving the club to [[Denver]] and eventually agreeing to sell it to [[Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr.|Ed DeBartolo]], the only prospective owner who promised to keep the White Sox in Chicago. However, DeBartolo was rejected by the owners, and the club was then sold to a group headed by [[Jerry Reinsdorf]] and [[Eddie Einhorn]]. The Reinsdorf era started off well, with the team winning their first division title in [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|1983]], led by manager [[Tony La Russa]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony La Russa|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/larusto01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> and stars [[Carlton Fisk]], [[Tom Paciorek]], [[Ron Kittle]], [[Harold Baines]], and [[LaMarr Hoyt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1983 Chicago White Sox Season|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1983.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> During the [[1986 Chicago White Sox season|1986 season]], La Russa was fired by announcer-turned-general manager [[Ken Harrelson]]. La Russa went on to manage in six World Series (winning three) with the Oakland A's and [[St. Louis Cardinals]], ending up in the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] as the second-winningest manager of all time.<ref>{{cite web|last=Garfein|first=Chuck|title=Hawk Opens Up on Firing La Russa|url=http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/sox-drawer/hawk-opens-firing-la-russa|date=February 4, 2013|website=[[CSN Chicago]]|access-date=May 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212917/http://www.csnchicago.com/blog/sox-drawer/hawk-opens-firing-la-russa|archive-date=September 23, 2015}}</ref>

[[File:Harold Baines 1986.JPG|thumb|left|upright=0.9|[[Harold Baines]] at the plate in 1986]]
[[File:Frank Thomas 1997.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|[[Frank Thomas]] in 1997]]

The White Sox struggled for the rest of the 1980s, as Chicago fought to keep them in town. Reinsdorf wanted to replace the aging Comiskey Park, and sought public funds to do so. When talks stalled, a strong offer was made to move the team to [[St. Petersburg, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Paul Francis|title=The Franchise moves that never happened|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-franchise-moves-that-almost-happened/|date=June 21, 2011|website=[[The Hardball Times]]|access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> Funding for a new ballpark was approved in an 11th-hour deal by the [[Illinois State Legislature]] on June 30, 1988, with the stipulation that it had to be built on the corner of 35th and Shields, across the street from the old ballpark, as opposed to the suburban ballpark the owners had designed.<ref name="BovaSOS" /> Architects offered to redesign the ballpark to a more "retro" feel that would fit in the city blocks around Comiskey Park; however, the ownership group was set on a 1991 open date, so they kept the old design.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bova|first=George|title=A Conversation with Phillip Bess|url=http://whitesoxinteractive.com/FixComiskey/Bess/Conversation1.htm|website=FlyingSock.com|publisher=White Sox Interactive|access-date=October 11, 2014|archive-date=March 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308162623/http://whitesoxinteractive.com/FixComiskey/Bess/Conversation1.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new ballpark opened in 1991 under the name [[new Comiskey Park]]. The park, renamed in 2003 as [[U.S. Cellular]] Field and in 2016 as [[Rate (company)|Guaranteed Rate]] Field, underwent many renovations in the early 2000s to give it a more retro feel. In December 2024, it was renamed [[Rate Field]] when Guaranteed Rate rebranded as Rate.

The White Sox were fairly successful in the 1990s and early 2000s, with 12 winning seasons from [[1990 Chicago White Sox season|1990]] to [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|2005]]. First baseman [[Frank Thomas]] became the face of the franchise, ending his career as the White Sox's all-time leader in runs, doubles, home runs, total bases, and walks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Thomas|url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/thomas-frank|publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Other major players included [[Robin Ventura]], [[Ozzie Guillén]], [[Jack McDowell]], and [[Bobby Thigpen]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1993 Chicago White Sox |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1993.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sport Reference |access-date=October 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210033706/http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1993.shtml |archive-date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref> The Sox won the West division in [[1993 Chicago White Sox season|1993]], and were in first place in [[1994 Chicago White Sox season|1994]], when the season was canceled due to the [[1994 MLB strike]].

In [[2004 Chicago White Sox season|2004]], Ozzie Guillén was hired as manager of his former team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guillen Back with White Sox as Manager|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1652981|date=November 5, 2003|website=[[ESPN]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> After finishing second in 2004, the Sox won 99 games and the Central Division title in 2005, behind the work of stars [[Paul Konerko]], [[Mark Buehrle]], [[A. J. Pierzynski]], [[Joe Crede]], and [[Orlando Hernández]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2005.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> They started the playoffs by sweeping the defending champion [[2005 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] in the [[ALDS]], and beat the [[2005 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim season|Angels]] in five games to win their first pennant in 46 years, due to four complete games by the White Sox rotation.<ref>{{cite web|title=2005 ALCS|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2005_ALCS.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> The White Sox went on to sweep the [[2005 Houston Astros season|Houston Astros]] in the [[2005 World Series]], giving them their first World Championship in 88 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Sox end 88-year drought, sweep Astros to win World Series|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=251026118|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140316104309/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=251026118|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 16, 2014|date=October 27, 2005|website=ESPN|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

Guillén had marginal success during the rest of his tenure, with the Sox winning the Central Division title in [[2008 Chicago White Sox season|2008]] after a [[2008 American League Central tie-breaker game|one-game playoff]] with the [[2008 Minnesota Twins season|Minnesota Twins]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Merkin|first=Scott|title=White Sox claim AL Central Crown|url=http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/3576317/|date=October 1, 2008|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=May 25, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124075416/http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/3576317/|archive-date=November 24, 2015}}</ref> Guillén left the White Sox after the [[2011 Chicago White Sox season|2011 season]] and was replaced by former teammate Robin Ventura. The White Sox finished the [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|2015 season]], their 115th in Chicago, with a 76–86 record, a three-game improvement over [[2014 Chicago White Sox season|2014]].<ref>{{cite web|last=van Schouwen|first=Daryl|title=White Sox blanked in fitting finish to 2015|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/baseball/7/71/1011803/white-sox-blanked-tigers-season-finale|date=October 4, 2015|website=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=October 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009023201/http://chicago.suntimes.com/baseball/7/71/1011803/white-sox-blanked-tigers-season-finale|archive-date=October 9, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The White Sox recorded their 9,000th win in franchise history by the score of 3–2 against the [[2015 Detroit Tigers season|Detroit Tigers]] on September 21, 2015. Ventura returned in 2016, with a young core featuring [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]], [[Adam Eaton (outfielder)|Adam Eaton]], [[José Quintana]], and [[Chris Sale]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Chicago White Sox season|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2014.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sport Reference|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Ventura resigned after the [[2016 Chicago White Sox season|2016 season]], in which the White Sox finished 78–84. [[Rick Renteria]], the 2016 White Sox [[bench coach]], was promoted to the role of manager.

[[File:2008 MLB AL Central Tiebreaker Celebration.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|The White Sox celebrate after winning a [[2008 AL Central tie-breaker game|tie-breaker game]] against the [[Minnesota Twins]] for a spot in the 2008 playoffs.]]

Prior to the start of the 2017 season, the White Sox traded Sale to the Boston Red Sox and Eaton to the [[Washington Nationals]] for prospects including [[Yoan Moncada|Yoán Moncada]], [[Lucas Giolito]] and [[Michael Kopech]], signaling the beginning of a rebuilding period. During the [[2017 Chicago White Sox season|2017 season]], the White Sox continued their rebuild when they made a blockbuster trade with their crosstown rival, the Chicago Cubs, in a swap that featured the Sox sending pitcher José Quintana to the Cubs in exchange for four prospects headlined by outfielder [[Eloy Jiménez]] and pitcher [[Dylan Cease]]. This was the first trade between the White Sox and Cubs since the [[2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/07/13/white-sox-cubs-cold-war-jose-quintana-trade/476409001/|title=White Sox, Cubs cold war is over with Jose Quintana trade|work=USA TODAY|access-date=December 3, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

During the [[2018 Chicago White Sox season|2018 season]], relief pitcher [[Danny Farquhar]] suffered a brain hemorrhage while he was in the dugout between innings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/sports/danny-farquhar-white-sox-brain-hemorrhage.html|title=White Sox Reliever Danny Farquhar Has Brain Hemorrhage During Game|work=The New York Times |date=April 21, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Farquhar remained out of action for the rest of the season and just recently got medically cleared to return to baseball, despite some doctors doubting that he would make a full recovery.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/danny-farquhar-clears-final-hurdle/|title=Danny Farquhar: Clears final hurdle|work=CBSSports.com|access-date=November 30, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Also occurring during the 2018 season, the White Sox announced that the club would be the first Major League Baseball team to entirely discontinue use of plastic straws, in ordinance with the "Shedd the Straw" campaign by [[Shedd Aquarium]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-spt-white-sox-plastic-straws-20180420-story.html|title=White Sox are 1st MLB team to ditch single-use plastic straws|last=Kane|first=Colleen|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=November 30, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The White Sox broke an MLB record during their 100-loss campaign of 2018, but broke the single-season strikeout record in only a year after the Milwaukee Brewers broke the record in the 2017 season.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24838260/chicago-white-sox-batters-break-single-season-strikeout-record|title=White Sox batters break season strikeout record|work=ESPN.com|access-date=December 3, 2018|language=en}}</ref> On December 3, 2018, head trainer Herm Schneider retired after 40 seasons with the team; his new role will be as an advisor on medical issues pertaining to free agency, the amateur draft and player acquisition. Schneider will also continue to be a resource for the White Sox training department, including both the major and minor league levels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/herm-schneider-to-become-head-athletic-trainer-emeritus-in-2019-after-40-seasons/c-301390714|title=Herm Schneider to become head athletic trainer emeritus in 2019 after 40 seasons|website=MLB.com|language=en|access-date=December 12, 2018}}</ref>

On August 25, 2020, Lucas Giolito recorded the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history, and the first since Philip Humber's perfect game in 2012. Giolito struck out 13 and threw 74 of 101 pitches for strikes. He only allowed one baserunner, which was a walk to [[Erik González]] in the fourth inning. In 2020, the White Sox clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2008, with a record 35–25 in the [[2020 MLB season|pandemic-shortened season]], but lost to the [[Oakland Athletics]] in three games during the [[2020 American League Wild Card Series|Wild Card Series]]. The White Sox also made MLB history by being the first team to go undefeated against left-handed pitching, with a 14–0 record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/whitesox/games/so-youve-decided-to-start-a-lefty-vs-the-white-sox#:~:text=And%20yes%2C%20it's%20true%3A%20The,That's%20impressive! |title=White Sox go undefeated against left-handed pitching |publisher=Janice Scurio |date=September 29, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> At the end of the season, Renteria and longtime pitching coach Don Cooper were both fired.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Duber|first1=Vinnie|title=Sox part ways with Renteria and Cooper, will have new manager in 2021|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-part-ways-rick-renteria-will-have-new-manager-2021|publisher=NBC Sports Chicago}}</ref> Jose Abreu became the 4th different White Sox player to win the AL MVP joining Dick Allen, Nellie Fox, and Frank Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jose-abreu-wins-american-league-mvp-award|title=Abreu overcome by first career MVP Award|website=[[MLB.com]]|date=November 12, 2020|access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref> During the 2021 offseason, the White Sox brought back Tony La Russa as their manager for 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2020/10/29/tony-la-russa-chicago-white-sox-manager/6067391002/|title=White Sox announce Tony La Russa as team's new manager|date=October 29, 2020|access-date=October 29, 2020}}</ref> At the age of 76 when hired, La Russa became the oldest active manager in MLB. When he was named manager of the White Sox during the [[1979 Chicago White Sox season|1979 season]], La Russa was the youngest active skipper in MLB.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tony La Russa – Society for American Baseball Research|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6dbc8b54|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501022135/https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/tony-la-russa|archive-date=May 1, 2025|access-date=June 12, 2025|website=Society for American Baseball Research|last=Baldassaro|first=Lawrence|date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>

On April 14, 2021, pitching against the Cleveland Indians, Carlos Rodon recorded the team's 20th no-hitter. Rodon retired the first 25 batters he faced and was saved by an incredible play at first base by first baseman Jose Abreu to get the first out in the 9th before hitting [[Roberto Pérez]] which was the only baserunner Rodon allowed. Rodon struck out seven and threw 75 of 114 pitches for strikes. On June 6, 2021, the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 3–0. This also had Tony La Russa winning his 2,764th game as manager passing [[John McGraw]] for 2nd on the all-time managerial wins list. On August 12, 2021, the White Sox faced [[New York Yankees]] in the first ever [[MLB at Field of Dreams|Field of Dreams game]] in [[Dyersville, Iowa]]. The White Sox won the game 9–8 on a walk-off two-run Home Run by [[Tim Anderson (baseball)|Tim Anderson]]. The homer was the 15th walk-off home run against the Yankees in White Sox history; the first being [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] on July 20, 1919, whose character featured in the movie [[Field of Dreams]]. On September 23, 2021, the White Sox clinched the American League Central Division for the first time since 2008 against the [[Cleveland Indians]]. 

In 2024, the White Sox tied a 14-game losing streak, then proceeded to have a [[List of Major League Baseball longest losing streaks|21-game losing streak]] from July 10 to August 5. They became the 7th team all time, and the first since the [[1988 Baltimore Orioles season|1988 Baltimore Orioles]] to lose 20 consecutive games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/white-sox-losing-streak-chicago-becomes-seventh-mlb-team-first-since-1988-to-lose-20-games-in-a-row/|title=White Sox losing streak: Chicago becomes 7th MLB team, first since 1988, to lose 20 games in a row|date=August 4, 2024|access-date=August 4, 2024}}</ref> On September 1, the White Sox set a new franchise record for losses at 107 following a 2–0 loss to the New York Mets. They are also the first team since the [[1965 New York Mets season|1965 Mets]] to have 3 separate 10 or more game losing streaks in one season.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41088788/white-sox-fall-mets-set-franchise-record-107th-loss|title=White Sox fall to Mets, set franchise record with 107th loss|date=September 1, 2024|access-date=September 2, 2024}}</ref> On September 27, the White Sox lost their 121st game of the season, surpassing the [[1962 New York Mets season|1962 Mets]] for the [[List of worst Major League Baseball season records|most losses in modern MLB history]].<ref name="MostLosses">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/white-sox-mlb-record-losses-rcna172288|title=Chicago White Sox lose 121st game this season, most in baseball history, passing the 1962 New York Mets with 120 losses.|date=September 27, 2024|accessdate=September 27, 2024|first=Rohan|last=Nadkarni|work=NBC News}}</ref>

==Ballparks==
{{Main|Rate Field}}

In the late 1980s, the franchise threatened to relocate to [[Tampa Bay Area|Tampa Bay]] (as did the [[San Francisco Giants]]), but frantic lobbying on the part of the Illinois governor [[James R. Thompson]] and state legislature resulted in approval (by one vote) of public funding for a new stadium.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/05/12/thompson-sox-vow-to-stay-if-bill-passes/ |work=Chicago Tribune | first=John | last=Kass | title=Thompson: Sox Vow To Stay If Bill Passes | date=May 12, 1988}}</ref> Designed primarily as a baseball stadium (as opposed to a "multipurpose" stadium), the new Comiskey Park (redubbed [[U.S. Cellular]] Field, often nicknamed "The Cell", in 2003 and [[Guaranteed Rate Field]] in 2016 (later renamed to [[Rate Field]] following a rebrand in 2024), after mortgage company [[Guaranteed Rate]]) was built in a 1960s style, similar to [[Dodger Stadium]] and [[Kauffman Stadium]]. There were ideas for other stadium designs<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Dayn |title=The White Sox ballpark in Chicago that never was and could have changed history |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/the-white-sox-ballpark-in-chicago-that-never-was-and-could-have-changed-history/ |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=CBS Sports |agency=CBS Sports Digital |publisher=CBS Interactive |date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> submitted to bring a more neighborhood feel, but ultimately they were not selected. The park opened in 1991 to positive reaction, with many praising its wide-open concourses, excellent sight lines, and natural grass (unlike other stadiums of the era, such as [[Rogers Centre]] in Toronto). The park's [[1991 Chicago White Sox season|inaugural season]] drew 2,934,154 fans&nbsp;— at the time, an all-time attendance record for any Chicago baseball team.

[[File:Uscellular.jpg|thumb|View from the upper deck of then U.S. Cellular Field in 2006]]

In recent years, money accrued from the sale of naming rights to the field has been allocated for renovations to make the park more aesthetically appealing and fan-friendly. Notable renovations of early phases included reorientation of the bullpens parallel to the field of play (thus decreasing slightly the formerly symmetrical dimensions of the outfield); filling seats in up to and shortening the outfield wall; ballooning foul-line seat sections out toward the field of play; creating a new multitiered [[batter's eye]], allowing fans to see out through one-way screens from the center-field vantage point, and complete with concession stand and bar-style seating on its "fan deck"; and renovating all concourse areas with brick, historic murals, and new concession stand ornaments to establish a more friendly feel. The stadium's steel and concrete were repainted dark gray and black. In 2016, the scoreboard jumbotron was replaced with a new [[Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi]] Diamondvision [[High-definition television|HDTV]] screen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kane |first1=Colleen |title=White Sox believe scoreboard project 'will change game experience' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-video-boards-white-sox-spt-0128-20160127-story.html |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=January 28, 2016}}</ref>

The top quarter of the upper deck was removed in 2004, and a black wrought-metal roof was placed over it, covering all but the first eight rows of seats. This decreased [[seating capacity]] from 47,098 to 40,615; 2005 also had the introduction of the Scout Seats, redesignating (and reupholstering) 200 lower-deck seats behind home plate as an exclusive area, with seat-side waitstaff and a complete restaurant located underneath the concourse. The most significant structural addition besides the new roof was 2005's FUNdamentals Deck, a multitiered structure on the left-field concourse containing batting cages, a small [[Tee Ball]] field, speed pitch, and several other children's activities intended to entertain and educate young fans with the help of coaching staff from the Chicago Bulls/Sox Training Academy. This structure was used during the 2005 American League playoffs by [[ESPN]] and the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] as a broadcasting platform.

Designed as a seven-phase plan, the renovations were completed before the 2007 season with the seventh and final phase. The most visible renovation in this final phase was replacing the original blue seats with green seats. The upper deck already had new green seats put in before the beginning of the 2006 season. Beginning with the 2007 season, a new luxury-seating section was added in the former press box. This section has amenities similar to those of the Scout Seats section. After the 2007 season, the ballpark continued renovation projects despite the phases being complete. In July 2019, the White Sox extended the netting to the foul pole.

===Previous ballparks===
[[File:00118 n 9abwn9hwm1496.jpg|thumb|Batting practice at Comiskey Park, 1986]]

The St. Paul Saints first played their games at [[Lexington Park]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Thornley|first=Stew|title=Twin Cities Ballparks|url=http://stewthornley.net/twincityballparks.html|website=stewthornley.net|year=2004|access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref> When they moved to Chicago's [[Armour Square]] neighborhood, they began play at the [[South Side Park III|South Side Park]]. Previously a [[cricket]] ground, the park was located on the north side of 39th Street (now called Pershing Road) between South Wentworth and South Princeton Avenues.<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Cellular Field History|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424032104/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=history|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2011|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref> Its massive dimensions yielded few home runs, which was to the advantage of the White Sox's [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|Hitless Wonders]] teams of the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web|last=Healey|first=Paul|title=South Side Park|url=http://projectballpark.org/history/ua/southside3.html|website=Project Ballpark|access-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref>

After the 1909 season, the Sox moved five blocks to the north to play in the new Comiskey Park, while the 39th Street grounds became the home of the [[Chicago American Giants]] of the Negro leagues. Billed as the Baseball Palace of the World, it originally held 28,000 seats and eventually grew to hold over 50,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fletcher|first=David J.|title=Never on a Friday|url=http://www.chicagobaseballmuseum.org/chicago-baseball-museum-Comisky-Park.php|website=Chicago Baseball Museum|access-date=June 8, 2014}}</ref> It became known for its many odd features, such as the outdoor shower and the exploding scoreboard. When it closed after the [[1990 Chicago White Sox season|1990 season]], it was the oldest ballpark still in [[Major League Baseball]].

===Spring-training ballparks===
The White Sox have held spring training in:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springtrainingonline.com/teams/chicago-white-sox.htm|title=Chicago White Sox Spring Training}}</ref>
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* [[Excelsior Springs, Missouri]] (1901–1902)
* [[Mobile, Alabama]] (1903); 
* [[Marlin, Texas|Marlin Springs, Texas]] (1904)
* [[New Orleans]] (1905–1906)
* [[Mexico City]], Mexico (1907)
* [[Los Angeles]] (1908)
* [[San Francisco]] ([[Recreation Park (San Francisco)|Recreation Park]], 1909–1910)
* [[Mineral Wells, Texas]] (1911, 1916–1919)
* [[Waco, Texas]] (1912, 1920); 
* [[Paso Robles, California]] (1913–1915)
* [[Waxahachie, Texas]] (1921)
* [[Seguin, Texas]] (1922–1923)
* [[Winter Haven, Florida]]. (1924)
* [[Shreveport, Louisiana]] (1925–1928)
* [[Dallas]] (1929)
* [[San Antonio]] (1930–1932)
* [[Pasadena, California]] (1933–1942, 1946–1950)
* [[French Lick, Indiana]] (1943–1944)
* [[Terre Haute, Indiana]] (1945)
* [[Palm Springs, California]] ([[Palm Springs Stadium]], 1951)
* [[El Centro, California]] (1952–1953); 
* [[Tampa, Florida]] (1954–1959, [[Plant Field]], 1954, [[Al Lopez Field]] 1955–1959)
* [[Sarasota, Florida]] (1960–1997; [[Payne Park]] [[Ed Smith Stadium]] 1989–97). 
* [[Tucson, Arizona]] ([[Tucson Electric Park]], 1998–2008, [[Cactus League]], shared with [[Arizona Diamondbacks]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springtrainingonline.com/teams/chicago_white_sox.html|title=Chicago White Sox: Spring Training History|website=Spring Training Online|publisher=August Publications|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050904053455/http://www.springtrainingonline.com/teams/chicago_white_sox.htm|access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Phoenix, Arizona]] ([[Camelback Ranch]], 2009–present)
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On November 19, 2007, the cities of [[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale]] and [[Phoenix, Arizona]], broke ground on a new [[Spring training|Cactus League]] spring-training facility. [[Camelback Ranch]], the $76 million, two-team facility, is the home of both the White Sox and the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] for their spring training, featuring state-of-the-art baseball facilities and an over 10,000-seat stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glendaleaz.com/news/062607_baseball.cfm|title=Let's Play Ball!|date=June 26, 2007|website=[[Glendale, Arizona|Glendale AZ]]|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404123514/http://www.glendaleaz.com/news/062607_baseball.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The facility is also home to amenities such as 118,000 sq ft. of clubhouse space, 13 full fields, citrus groves, and a large lake and river system stocked with fish running throughout the complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Camelback Ranch |url=https://www.mlb.com/camelback-ranch/about |access-date=6 September 2024 |website=MLB}}</ref>

==Logos and uniforms==
{{See also|Major League Baseball uniforms}}
Over the years, the White Sox have become noted for many of their [[baseball uniform|uniform]] innovations and changes. In 1960, they became the first team in the major sports to put players' last names on [[jersey (clothing)#In sports|jerseys]] for identification purposes.

[[File:Im cws logo 1912.png|frame|left|The 1912–1917, 1919–1929, 1931, and 1936–1938 Chicago White Sox logo]]

In 1912, the White Sox debuted a large "S" in a Roman-style [[font]], with a small "O" inside the top loop of the "S" and a small "X" inside the bottom loop. This is the logo associated with the 1917 World Series championship team and the 1919 Black Sox. With a couple of brief interruptions, the dark-blue logo with the large "S" lasted through 1938 (but continued in a modified block style into the 1940s). Through the 1940s, the White Sox team colors were primarily navy blue trimmed with red.

[[File:Ed Herrmann White Sox.jpg|thumb|upright|Uniform design from 1971 to 1975]]

The White Sox logo in the 1950s and 1960s (actually beginning in the 1949 season) was the word "SOX" in [[Blackletter|Gothic]] script, diagonally arranged, with the "S" larger than the other two letters. From 1949 through 1963, the primary color was black (trimmed with red after 1951). This is the logo associated with the Go-Go Sox era.

In 1964, the primary color went back to navy blue, and the road uniforms changed from gray to pale blue. In 1971, the team's primary color changed from royal blue to red, with the color of their [[pinstripes]] and [[baseball cap|caps]] changing to red. The 1971–1975 uniform included red [[baseball uniform#Stockings and pants|socks]].

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In 1976, the team's uniforms changed again. The team's primary color changed back from red to navy. The team based their uniforms on a style worn in the early days of the franchise, with white jerseys worn at home, and blue on the [[road (sports)|road]]. The team brought back white socks for the last time in team history. The socks featured a different stripe pattern every year. The team also had the option to wear blue or white pants with either jersey. Additionally, the team's "SOX" logo was changed to a modern-looking "SOX" in a bold font, with "CHICAGO" written across the jersey. Finally, the team's logo featured a [[silhouette]] of a batter over the words "SOX".

[[File:White Sox Alt Logo.svg|thumb|left|Alternate logo, used on the road uniform (1991–2010) and on the black alternate uniform (1993–present).]]

The new uniforms also featured [[collar (clothing)|collars]] and were designed to be worn untucked&nbsp;— both unprecedented. Yet by far, the most unusual wrinkle was the option to wear shorts, which the White Sox did for the first game of a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] against the [[Kansas City Royals]] in 1976. The [[Hollywood Stars]] of the [[Pacific Coast League]] had previously tried the same concept, but it was also poorly received. Apart from aesthetic issues, as a practical matter, shorts are not conducive to sliding, due to the likelihood of significant abrasions.The White Sox attempted to bring these back in 2016, however, former White Sox pitcher Chris Sale cut up the team uniforms a few days before the game because he didn't like them.

Upon taking over the team in 1980, new owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf announced a contest where fans were invited to create new uniforms for the White Sox. The winning entries, submitted by a fan, had the word "SOX" written across the front of the jersey in the same font as the cap, inside of a large blue stripe trimmed with red. The red and blue stripes were also on the sleeves, and the road jerseys were gray to the home whites. In those jerseys, the White Sox won 99 games and the AL West championship in 1983, the best record in the majors.

After five years, those uniforms were retired and replaced with a more basic uniform that had "White Sox" written across the front in script, with "Chicago" on the front of the road jersey. The cap logo was also changed to a cursive "C", although the batter logo was retained for several years.

For a midseason 1990 game at Comiskey Park, the White Sox appeared once in a uniform based on that of the 1917 White Sox. They then switched their regular uniform style once more. In September, for the final series at the old Comiskey Park, the White Sox rolled out a new logo, a simplified version of the 1949–63 Gothic "SOX" logo. They also introduced a uniform with black pinstripes, also similar to the Go-Go Sox era uniform. The team's primary color changed back to black, this time with silver trim. The team also introduced a new sock logo—a white silhouette of a sock centered inside a white outline of a baseball diamond—which appeared as a sleeve patch on the away uniform until 2010 (switched to the "SOX" logo in 2011), and on the alternate black uniform since 1993. With minor modifications (i.e., occasionally wearing vests, black game jerseys), the White Sox have used this style ever since.

During the 2012 and 2013 seasons, the White Sox wore their throwback uniforms at home every Sunday, starting with the 1972 red-pinstriped throwback jerseys worn during the 2012 season, followed by the 1982–86 uniforms the next season. In the 2014 season, the "Winning Ugly" throwbacks were promoted to full-time alternate status, and are now worn at home on Sundays. In one game during the 2014 season, the Sox paired their throwbacks with a cap featuring the batter logo instead of the wordmark "SOX"; this is currently their batting-practice cap prior to games in the throwback uniforms. After the 2023 season, the Sunday throwback uniforms were quietly taken off the team's uniform rotation.

In 2021, to commemorate the [[MLB at Field of Dreams|Field of Dreams game]], the White Sox wore special uniforms honoring the [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|1919 team]]. That same year, the White Sox wore "City Connect" alternate uniforms introduced by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], featuring an all-black design with silver pinstripes, and "Southside" wordmark in front. In 2025, a new "City Connect" uniform was unveiled, which is heavily based on the [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]'s [[Chicago Bulls]], a team also owned by Jerry Reinsdorf. The design featured a red base with black contrasting sleeves and pinstripes, as well as the vintage "Flying Sox' logo as both a sleeve patch and cap logo.

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==Awards and accolades==
[[File:(Eddie Murphy, John "Shano" Collins, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold, Chicago AL at 1917 World Series (baseball)) LOC 23147025975.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Eddie Murphy, John "Shano" Collins, Joe Jackson, Happy Felsch, and Nemo Leibold in their dugout during the [[1917 World Series]]]]

===World Series championships===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Season
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Manager
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Regular season record
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|World Series opponent
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|World Series record
! class="unsortable" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Ref
|-
| [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|1906]] || [[Fielder Jones]] || 93–58 || [[Chicago Cubs]] ||4–2 ||<ref name="1906 Chicago White Sox">{{cite web|title=1906 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1906.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|1917]] || [[Pants Rowland]] || 100–54 || [[New York Giants (NL)|New York Giants]] || 4–2 ||<ref name="1917 Chicago White Sox">{{cite web|title=1917 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1917.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|2005]] || [[Ozzie Guillén]]|| 99–63 || [[Houston Astros]] || 4–0 ||<ref name="2005 Chicago White Sox">{{cite web|title=2005 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2005.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="7" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|'''3 World Championships'''
|-
|}

===American League championships===
''Note: [[American League Championship Series]] began in 1969''
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|-
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Season
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Manager
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|Regular season record
! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|AL Runner-Up/ALCS opponent
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| [[Western League (1885–1900)|1900]] || [[Charles Comiskey]] || 82–53 || [[Milwaukee Brewers (1894–1901)|Milwaukee Brewers]] || 2.0 || <ref>{{cite web|title=1900 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=ec69ae1e|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=November 7, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[1901 Chicago White Stockings season|1901]] || [[Clark Griffith]] || 83–53 || [[Boston Americans]] ||4.0 ||<ref>{{cite web|title=1901 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1901.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|1906]] || [[Fielder Jones]] || 93–58 || [[New York Highlanders]] ||3.0 ||<ref name="1906 Chicago White Sox"/>
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| [[1917 Chicago White Sox season|1917]] || [[Pants Rowland]] || 100–54 || [[Boston Red Sox]] || 9.0 ||<ref name="1917 Chicago White Sox"/>
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| [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|1919]] || [[Kid Gleason]]|| 88–52 || [[Cleveland Indians]] || 3.5 ||<ref>{{cite web|title=1919 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1919.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|1959]] || [[Al López]] || 94–60 || [[Cleveland Indians]] || 5.0 ||<ref>{{cite web|title=1959 Chicago White Sox|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1959.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref>
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| [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|2005]] || [[Ozzie Guillén]]|| 99–63 || [[Los Angeles Angels]] || 4–1 ||<ref name="2005 Chicago White Sox"/>
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| colspan="7" style="{{Baseball secondary style|Chicago White Sox}};"| '''7 American League Championships'''
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===Award winners===
{{Main|List of Chicago White Sox award winners and league leaders}}
[[File:Luis Aparicio, 70CWS.png|thumb|upright|[[Luis Aparicio]] (1956–62, 1968–70)]]
[[File:Luke Appling Bowman.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Luke Appling]] (1930–43, 1945–50)]]
[[File:Fiskcage93.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Carlton Fisk]] (1981–1993)]]
[[File:Nellie Fox 1960.jpeg|thumb|upright|[[Nellie Fox]] (1950–1963)]]
[[File:Shoeless Joe Jackson, ca 1915-1920.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Shoeless Joe Jackson]] (1915–1920)]]
[[File:Ted Lyons.jpeg|thumb|upright|[[Ted Lyons]] (1923–1942, 1946)]]
[[File:Minnie Miñoso 1953 Bowman.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Minnie Miñoso]] (1951–57, 1960–61, 1964, 1976, 1980)]]

====[[MLB Most Valuable Player award|Most Valuable Player]]====
*[[1959 in sports|1959]] – [[Nellie Fox]]
*[[1972 in sports|1972]] – [[Dick Allen]]
*[[1993 in sports|1993]] – [[Frank Thomas]]
*[[1994 in sports|1994]] – [[Frank Thomas]]
*[[2020 in sports|2020]] – [[José Abreu (first baseman)|Jose Abreu]]

====[[Cy Young Award]]====
*[[1959 in sports|1959]] – [[Early Wynn]] (MLB)
*[[1983 in sports|1983]] – [[LaMarr Hoyt]] (AL)
*[[1993 in sports|1993]] – [[Jack McDowell]] (AL)

====[[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year Award]]====
*[[1951 in sports|1951]] – [[Minnie Minoso|Orestes "Minnie" Miñoso]] (Sporting News)
*[[1956 in sports|1956]] – [[Luis Aparicio]]
*[[1963 in sports|1963]] – [[Gary Peters (baseball)|Gary Peters]]
*[[1966 in sports|1966]] – [[Tommie Agee]]
*[[1983 in sports|1983]] – [[Ron Kittle]]
*[[1985 in sports|1985]] – [[Ozzie Guillén]]
*[[2014 in sports|2014]] – [[José Abreu (first baseman)|José Abreu]]

====[[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year Award]]====
*[[1983 in sports|1983]] – [[Tony La Russa]]
*[[1990 in sports|1990]] – [[Jeff Torborg]]
*[[1993 in sports|1993]] – [[Gene Lamont]]
*[[2000 in sports|2000]] – [[Jerry Manuel]]
*[[2005 in sports|2005]] – [[Ozzie Guillén]]

===Team captains===
*[[Willie Kamm]] 1927–1928<ref>{{cite news |title=Major League Squads Work Out Under Hot Sun; Holdouts Coming In |url=https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19270302.2.134&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- |access-date=December 2, 2023 |work=Daily Illini |date=March 2, 1927}}</ref>
*[[Art Shires]] 1929<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lynch |first1=Mike |title=Art Shires |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/art-shires/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=December 2, 2023}}</ref>
*[[Luke Appling]] 1930–1950
*[[Ozzie Guillén]] 1990–1997
*[[Carlton Fisk]] 1990–1993
*[[Paul Konerko]] 2006–2014

===Retired numbers===
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball retired numbers}}
The White Sox have retired a total of 12 jersey numbers: 11 worn by former White Sox and number 42 in honor of [[Jackie Robinson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/retired_numbers.jsp|title=Retired Numbers|publisher=Chicago White Sox|access-date=September 17, 2015|archive-date=September 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903172119/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/retired_numbers.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{retired number list|
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired02.PNG|name=[[Nellie Fox|Nellie<br>Fox]]|pos=2B<br>&nbsp;|date=May 1, 1976}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired03.PNG|name=[[Harold Baines|Harold<br>Baines]]|pos=RF, DH<br>Coach|date=August 20, 1989}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired04.PNG|name=[[Luke Appling|Luke<br>Appling]]|pos=SS<br>Coach|date=June 7, 1975}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired09.PNG|name=[[Minnie Miñoso|Minnie<br>Miñoso]]|pos=LF<br>Coach|date=May 8, 1983}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired11.PNG|name=[[Luis Aparicio|Luis<br>Aparicio]]|pos=SS<br>&nbsp;|date=August 14, 1984}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired14.PNG|name=[[Paul Konerko|Paul<br>Konerko]]|pos=1B<br>&nbsp;|date=May 23, 2015}}
{{anchor|16}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired16.PNG|name=[[Ted Lyons|Ted<br>Lyons]]|pos=P<br>&nbsp;Manager|date=July 25, 1987}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired19.PNG|name=[[Billy Pierce|Billy<br>Pierce]]|pos=P<br>&nbsp;|date=July 25, 1987}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired35.png|name=[[Frank Thomas|Frank<br>Thomas]]|pos=1B, DH<br>&nbsp;|date=August 29, 2010}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired56.png|name=[[Mark Buehrle|Mark<br>Buehrle]]|pos=P<br>&nbsp;|date=June 24, 2017}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired72.PNG|name=[[Carlton Fisk|Carlton<br>Fisk]]|pos=C<br>&nbsp;|date=September 14, 1997}}
{{retired number|image=SoxRetired42.PNG|name=[[Jackie Robinson|Jackie<br>Robinson]]|pos=2B<br>&nbsp;|date=By all of MLB 1997}}
}}[[Luis Aparicio]]'s No. 11 was issued at his request for 11-time [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove]] winner shortstop [[Omar Vizquel]] (because No. 13 was used by manager [[Ozzie Guillén]]; Vizquel, like Aparicio and Guillen, play(ed) shortstop and all share a common Venezuelan heritage). Vizquel played for team in 2010 and 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100208&content_id=8036676&vkey=pr_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws|title=White Sox Un-Retire Aparicio's Number, Vizquel to Wear No. 11 During 2010 Season|date=February 8, 2010|department=Press release|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=May 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112225625/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100208&content_id=8036676&vkey=pr_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws|archive-date=January 12, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Also, [[Harold Baines]] had his No. 3 retired in 1989; it has since been 'unretired' 3 times in each of his subsequent returns.

====Out of circulation, but not retired====
* '''6:''' Since [[Charley Lau]]'s death in 1984, no White Sox player or coach (except Lau disciple [[Walt Hriniak]], the Chicago White Sox's hitting coach from 1989 to 1995) has worn his No. 6 jersey, although it has not been officially retired.
* '''13:''' Since [[Ozzie Guillén]] left as manager of the White Sox, no Sox player or coach has worn his No. 13 jersey, although it is not officially retired.

===Baseball Hall of Famers===
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==Players and personnel==

===Roster===
{{Chicago White Sox roster}}

===Front office and key personnel===
[[File:Bill Veeck 1944.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bill Veeck]], White Sox owner (1959–61, 1975–80) who revolutionized baseball by introducing many innovations in promotion]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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| colspan="6" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}};" | '''Chicago White Sox key personnel'''
|-
| Chairman || [[Jerry Reinsdorf]]
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| Senior Executive Vice President|| Howard Pizer
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| General Manager|| [[Chris Getz]]
|-
|Assistant General Manager
|Jeremy Haber
|-
|Senior Director of Baseball Operations
|Dan Fabian
|-
|Director of Baseball Analytics
|Matt Koenig
|-
|Director of Baseball Operations
|Daniel Zien
|-
| Senior Vice President, Administration|| Tim Buzard
|-
| Senior Vice President, Stadium Operations|| [[Terry Savarise]]
|-
| Senior Vice President, Communications|| [[Scott Reifert]]
|-
| Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing|| Brooks Boyer
|-
|Vice President, General Counsel
|John Corvino
|-
| Head Groundskeeper|| [[Roger Bossard]]
|-
| Spanish Language Interpreter|| Billy Russo<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2022/07/30/1114696990/his-childhood-dream-turned-into-a-career-with-the-chicago-white-sox | title=His childhood dream turned into a career with the Chicago White Sox | website=NPR.org | date=July 30, 2022 }}</ref>
|-
| Public Address Announcer|| [[Gene Honda]]
|-
| Organist|| Lori Moreland
|-
|}
*Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago White Sox Front Office|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=cws|website=Official Site of the Chicago White Sox|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=June 8, 2014|archive-date=June 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604161559/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=cws|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Culture==

[[File:Barack Obama practises baseball with Albert Pujols.jpg|thumb|Former U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] has been a fan of the White Sox since the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson • • |first=Dalton |date=2020-09-29 |title=Why Obama originally was A's fan before rooting for White Sox |url=https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/athletics/why-obama-originally-was-as-fan-before-rooting-for-white-sox/1122866/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=NBC Sports Bay Area & California |language=en-US}}</ref> Here, he is seen in a White Sox jacket pitching to [[Albert Pujols]] before the [[2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|2009 MLB All-Star game]].]]

===Nicknames===
The White Sox were originally known as the White Stockings, a reference to the original name of the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Cubs Team History & Encyclopedia|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> To fit the name in headlines, local newspapers such as the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' abbreviated the name alternatively to Stox and Sox.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Engber|first=Daniel|title=X Marks The Baseball team|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2005/10/x_marks_the_baseball_team.html|date=October 25, 2015|journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|department=Explainer|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Charles Comiskey would officially adopt the White Sox nickname in the club's first years, making them the first team to officially use the "Sox" name. The Chicago White Sox are most prominently [[List of baseball team nicknames|nicknamed]] "the South Siders", based on their particular [[South Side, Chicago|district within Chicago]]. Other nicknames include the synonymous "Pale Hose";<ref>{{cite web|last=DeFord|first=Frank|title=The Finest Nickname in Baseball|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4656212|date=May 18, 2005|website=National Public Radio|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> "the ChiSox", a combination of "Chicago" and "Sox", used mostly by the national media to differentiate them between the Boston Red Sox (BoSox); and "the Good Guys", a reference to the team's one-time motto "Good guys wear black", coined by broadcaster [[Ken Harrelson]]. Most fans and Chicago media refer to the team as simply "the Sox". The [[Spanish language]] media sometimes refer to the team as ''Medias Blancas'' for "White Socks".

Several individual White Sox teams have received nicknames over the years:

*The [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|1906 team]] was known as the '''Hitless Wonders''' due to their .230 batting average, worst in the American League.<ref>{{cite web|title=1906: The Hitless Wonders|url=http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906-baseball-history.html|website=This Great Game|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403182452/http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906-baseball-history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite their hitting woes, the Sox would beat the crosstown Cubs for their first world title.
*The [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|1919 White Sox]] are known as the '''[[Black Sox Scandal|Black Sox]]''' after eight players were banned from baseball for fixing the [[1919 World Series]].
*The [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|1959 White Sox]] were referred to as the '''Go-Go White Sox''' due to their speed-based offense. The period from 1951 to 1967, in which the White Sox had 17 consecutive winning seasons, is sometimes referred to as the Go-Go era.<ref>{{cite news|last=Secter|first=Bob|title=The 1959 'Go-Go' White Sox and the air-raid sirens|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-whitesox1959-story-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
*The [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|1977 team]] was known as the '''South Side Hitmen''' as they contended for the division title after finishing last [[1976 Chicago White Sox season|the year before]].
*The [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|1983 White Sox]] became known as the '''Winning Ugly White Sox''' in response to [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] manager [[Doug Rader]]'s derisive comments that the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Evans|first=Sean|title=The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/04/the-25-greatest-moments-in-chicago-white-sox-history/winning-ugly|date=April 25, 2012|journal=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> The Sox went on to win the 1983 American League West division on September 17.

===Mascots===
[[File:Southpaw.jpg|thumb|right|Southpaw]]
{{See also|List of Major League Baseball mascots}}
From 1961 until 1991, lifelong Chicago resident Andrew Rozdilsky performed as the unofficial yet popular [[mascot]] "[[Andy the Clown]]" for the White Sox at the original Comiskey Park. Known for his elongated "Come on you White Sox" battle cry, Andy got his start after a group of friends invited him to a Sox game in 1960, where he decided to wear his clown costume and entertain fans in his section. That response was so positive that when he won free [[1961 Chicago White Sox season|1961 season]] tickets, he decided to wear his costume to all games.<ref>{{cite news|last=Singer|first=Stacey|title=Andrew Rozdilsky, 77, Clown for Sox|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/09/24/andrew-rozdilsky-77-clown-for-sox/|date=September 24, 1995|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Comiskey Park ushers eventually offered free admission to Rozdilsky.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ley|first=Tom|title=A Brief History of Terrible Chicago Mascots|url=http://deadspin.com/a-brief-history-of-terrible-chicago-mascots-1501106550|date=January 14, 2014|website=[[Deadspin]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Starting in [[1981 Chicago White Sox season|1981]], the new ownership group led by Jerry Reinsdorf introduced a twosome, called [[Ribbie and Roobarb]], as the official team mascots, and banned Rozdilsky from performing in the lower seating level. Ribbie and Roobarb were very unpopular, as they were seen as an attempt to get rid of the beloved Andy the Clown.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Sox History: The sad story of Ribbie and Roobarb|url=http://www.southsidesox.com/2013/3/16/4106198/white-sox-history-the-sad-story-of-ribbie-and-roobarb|date=March 16, 2013|website=South Side Sox|publisher=SBNation|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

In 1988, the Sox got rid of Ribbie and Roobarb; Andy the Clown was not permitted to perform in the new Comiskey Park when it opened in [[1991 Chicago White Sox season|1991]]. In the early 1990s, the White Sox had a cartoon mascot named Waldo the White Sox Wolf that advertised the "Silver and Black Pack", the team's kids' club at the time. The team's current mascot, [[Southpaw (mascot)|SouthPaw]], was introduced in 2004 to attract young fans.<ref name="AboutSouthpaw" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Padilla|first=Doug|title=Sox: 'No grief about our mascot'|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/chicago/white-sox/post/_/id/17962/sox-no-grief-about-our-mascot|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures, LLC|website=ESPNChicago.com|date=January 23, 2014|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

===Fight and theme songs===
[[Nancy Faust]] became the White Sox organist in 1970, a position she held for 40 years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Crouse|first=Karen|title=Ballpark Farewell, Played Adagio|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/sports/baseball/18organist.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/sports/baseball/18organist.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|date=September 17, 2010|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 8, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She was one of the first ballpark organists to play pop music, and became known for her songs playing on the names of opposing players (such as [[Iron Butterfly]]'s "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" for [[Pete Incaviglia]]).<ref name="Vickery">{{cite web|last=Vickery|first=Hal|title=Flashing Back with Nancy Faust|url=http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/rwas/index.php?category=11&id=2893|website=FlyingSock.com|publisher=White Sox Interactive|access-date=May 25, 2015|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411010943/http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/rwas/index.php?category=11&id=2893|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her many years with the White Sox established her as one of the last great stadium [[organist]]s. Since 2011, Lori Moreland has served as the White Sox organist.<ref>{{cite news|last=Austen|first=Jake|title=An organist transplant for the White Sox|url=http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/lori-moreland-chicago-white-sox-organist/Content?oid=4156079|date=June 30, 2011|newspaper=[[Chicago Reader]]|publisher=[[Sun-Times Media]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>

Similar to the Boston Red Sox with "[[Sweet Caroline]]" (and two songs named "[[Tessie]]"), and the [[New York Yankees]] with "[[Theme from New York, New York]]", several songs have become associated with the White Sox over the years. They include:
*[[Let's Go, Go-Go White Sox|"Let's Go Go Go White Sox"]] by [[Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers]] – A tribute to the "Go-Go White Sox" of the late 1950s, this song serves as the unofficial fight song of the White Sox. In 2005, scoreboard operator Jeff Szynal found a record of the song and played it for a "Turn Back the Clock" game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, whom the Sox played in the [[1959 World Series]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Theiser|first=Kelly|title=Go-Go song revival a hit with fans|url=http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/1254100/|date=October 18, 2005|website=White Sox official website|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=May 25, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413225142/http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/1254100/|archive-date=April 13, 2015}}</ref> After catcher [[A. J. Pierzynski]] hit a walk-off home run, they kept the song around, as the White Sox went on to win the [[2005 World Series]].
*"[[Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye]]" by [[Steam (band)|Steam]] – Organist Nancy Faust played this song during the 1977 pennant race when a [[Kansas City Royals]] pitcher was pulled, and it became an immediate hit with White Sox fans.<ref name="Vickery" /> Faust is credited with making the song a stadium anthem and saving it from obscurity. To this day, the song remains closely associated with the White Sox, who play it when the team forces a pitching change, and occasionally on Sox home runs and victories.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=David|title=Goodbye, Paul Leka: Writer of sports anthem 'Na Na Hey Hey' dies|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/good-bye-paul-leka-writer-of-sports-anthem-na-na-hey-hey-dies?urn=mlb,wp25229|date=October 24, 2011|website=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref>
*"[[Sweet Home Chicago]]" – The [[Blues Brothers]] version of this [[Robert Johnson]] blues standard is played after White Sox games conclude.
*"[[Thunderstruck (song)|Thunderstruck]]" by [[AC/DC]] – One of the most prominent songs for the White Sox player introductions, the team formed a bond with AC/DC's hit song in 2005 and it has since become a staple at White Sox home games.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bravewords.com/news/ac-dc-thunderstruck-builds-fever-pitch-for-chicago-white-sox|title=AC/DC - 'Thunderstruck' Builds Fever Pitch For Chicago White Sox|last=bravewords.com|work=bravewords.com|access-date=November 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The White Sox front office has tried replacing the song several times in an attempt to "shake things up", but White Sox fans have always showed their displeasure with new songs and have successfully gotten the front office to keep the fan-favorite song.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-quintana-thunderstruck-after-twitter-hate-from-sox-fans-20150424-htmlstory.html|title=Cris Quintana brings back 'Thunderstruck' after Twitter shade from White Sox fans|last=Samuelson|first=Kristin|work=RedEye Chicago|access-date=November 18, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
*"[[Don't Stop Believin'|Don't Stop Believin{{'-}}]]" by [[Journey (band)|Journey]] – During the 2005 season, the White Sox adopted the 1981 Journey song as their rally song after catcher A.J. Pierzynski suggested it be played through U.S. Cellular Field's speakers. During the 2005 World Series, the White Sox invited Journey's lead singer, [[Steve Perry]], to Houston and allowed him to celebrate with the team on the field after the series-clinching sweep of the [[Houston Astros]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=paulas/090901|title=ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=November 26, 2018}}</ref> Perry also performed the song with members of the team during the team's victory parade in Chicago.
*"[[Don't Stop the Party (Pitbull song)|Don't Stop the Party]]" by [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]] – After every White Sox home run at [[Rate Field]], Pitbull's "Don't Stop the Party" played over the loudspeakers.

==Rivalries==
{{Original research|section|date=August 2008}}{{More citations needed section|date=October 2021}}

=== Crosstown Classic ===
[[File:West Side Grounds 1905.jpg|thumb|right|Fielder Jones of the White Sox hits the ball against Cubs at West Side Grounds, 1905]]
{{Main|Cubs–White Sox rivalry}}
The Chicago Cubs are the [[Cubs–White Sox rivalry|crosstown rivals]] of the White Sox, a rivalry that some made fun of prior to the White Sox's 2005 title because both of them had extremely long championship droughts. The nature of the rivalry is unique; with the exception of the [[1906 World Series]], in which the White Sox upset the favored Cubs, the teams never met in an official game until 1997, when interleague play was introduced. In the intervening time, the two teams sometimes met for exhibition games. The White Sox currently led the regular-season series 48–39, winning the last four consecutive seasons. The BP Crosstown Cup was introduced in 2010 and the White Sox won the first three seasons (2010–2012) until the Cubs first won the Cup in 2013 by sweeping the season series. The White Sox won the Cup the next season and retained the Cup the following two years (series was a tie - Cup remains with defending team in the event of a tie). The Cubs took back the Cup in 2017. Two series sweeps have occurred since interleague play began, both by the Cubs in 1998 and 2013.

An example of this volatile rivalry is the game played between the White Sox and the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field on May 20, 2006. White Sox catcher A. J. Pierzynski was running home on a sacrifice fly by center fielder [[Brian Anderson (outfielder)|Brian Anderson]] and smashed into Cubs catcher [[Michael Barrett (baseball)|Michael Barrett]], who was blocking home plate. Pierzynski lost his helmet in the collision, and slapped the plate as he rose. Barrett stopped him, and after exchanging a few words, punched Pierzynski in the face, causing a melee to ensue. Brian Anderson and Cubs first baseman [[John Mabry]] got involved in a separate confrontation, although Mabry was later determined to be attempting to be a peacemaker. After 10 minutes of conferring following the fight, the umpires ejected Pierzynski, Barrett, Anderson, and Mabry. As Pierzynski entered his dugout, he pumped his arms, causing the sold-out crowd at U.S. Cellular Field to erupt in cheers. When play resumed, White Sox second baseman [[Tadahito Iguchi]] blasted a grand slam to put the White Sox up 5–0 on their way to a 7–0 win over their crosstown rivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2452050|title=Cubs' Barrett slugs Pierzynski, leads to melee|date=May 20, 2006|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=November 5, 2018}}</ref> While other major league cities and metropolitan areas have two teams co-exist, all of the others feature at least one team that began playing there in 1961 or later, whereas the White Sox and Cubs have been competing for their city's fans since 1901.

=== Historical ===
A historical regional rival was the St. Louis Browns. Through the 1953 season, the two teams were located fairly close to each other (including the 1901 season when the Browns were the Milwaukee Brewers), and could have been seen as the American League equivalent of the [[Cardinals–Cubs rivalry]], being that Chicago and St. Louis have for years been connected by the same highway ([[U.S. Route 66 in Illinois|U.S. Route&nbsp;66]] and now [[Interstate 55]]). The rivalry has been somewhat revived at times in the past, involving the Browns' current identity, the [[Baltimore Orioles]], most notably in 1983.

The current Milwaukee Brewers franchise were arguably the White Sox's main and biggest rival, due to the proximity of the two cities (resulting in large numbers of White Sox fans who would regularly be in attendance at the Brewers' former home, [[Milwaukee County Stadium]]), and with the teams competing in the same American League division for the 1970 and 1971 seasons and then again from 1994 to 1997. The rivalry has since cooled off, however, when the Brewers moved to the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in 1998. However, with the start of the 2023 season, all teams will play each other at least once a year, leading to the Brewers-White Sox series to return on a yearly basis.

=== Divisional ===
====Minnesota Twins====
{{see also|Twins–White Sox rivalry}}
The rivalry between the White Sox and [[Minnesota Twins]] re-emerged in the 2000s, as the two teams consistently battled for the AL Central Crown. The Twins won the division in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009, with the Sox winning in 2000, 2005, and 2008, many of those years their rival was the division runner-up. The teams met in the [[2008 American League Central tie-breaker game]], which was necessitated by the two clubs finishing the season with identical records. The White Sox won this game 1–0 on a [[Jim Thome]] home run.

====Detroit Tigers====
{{main|Tigers–White Sox rivalry}}
The series between the White Sox and [[Detroit Tigers]] is one of the oldest active rivalries in the league today. Both teams joined the American League in 1901 after being charter members of the original Western League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/176850-midwest-masscre-a-look-at-the-chicagodetroit-rivalry|title=Midwest Masscre: A Look at The Chicago/Detroit Rivalry|website=[[Bleacher Report]] }}</ref> Both have actively played one another annually for over 120 seasons. As is often the case between professional sports teams located Chicago or Detroit; there usually exists a rivalry as such with the [[Bulls-Pistons rivalry]] of the [[NBA]]. Despite playing one another for over 2,200 games; both teams have yet to meet in the postseason in their 122-year series.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2860516/2021/10/01/the-tigers-white-sox-drama-might-just-foreshadow-a-budding-al-central-rivalry/|title=The Tigers-White Sox drama might just foreshadow a budding AL Central rivalry|website=[[The Athletic]] |last1=Stavenhagen |first1=Cody |date=October 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/04/08/detroit-tigers-chicago-white-sox-series-rivalry-al-central/9505219002/|title=Detroit Tigers seek 'competitive rivalry' with Chicago White Sox for AL Central}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-javier-baez-sends-white-sox-stern-message-as-al-central-rivalry-reconvenes|title=Tigers' Javier Baez sends White Sox stern message as AL Central rivalry reconvenes|date=April 9, 2022 }}</ref>

===Community Outreach===
In 1990, then new White Sox owners Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf began Chicago White Sox Charities, a 501(c) (3) charitable organization that is the team's philanthropic arm, donating over $27 million over time to a plethora of Chicago organizations. White Sox Charities began centering on early childhood literacy programs, then expanded to focusing on encouraging high school graduation and college matriculation so the team can monitor its success. It also supports children at risk as well as promotes wellness and health.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Darrell J. |title=Giving Back |url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2017.2_Apr/Making%20a%20Difference/LEADERS-Christine-OReilly-Riordan-Chicago-White-Sox-Charities.html |work=Leaders |publisher=Leaders Magazine LLC |date=Spring 2017 |location=New York NY}}</ref>

==Home attendance==
===Comiskey Park===
{| cellpadding="1" style="width:300px; font-size:90%; border:2px solid #33006F;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"
| colspan=5 style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|'''Home attendance at Comiskey Park'''
|- style={{Baseball secondary style|Chicago White Sox}};"
| '''Year''' || '''Total attendance''' || '''Game average''' || '''League rank''' || '''Ref'''
|-
| [[2000 Chicago White Sox season|2000]]
| 1,947,799
| 24,047
| 20th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2000 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2000-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2001 Chicago White Sox season|2001]]
| 1,766,172
| 21,805
| 26th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2001-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2002 Chicago White Sox season|2002]]
| 1,676,911
| 20,703
| 23rd
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2002 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2002-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|}

===U.S. Cellular Field===
{| cellpadding="1" style="width:300px; font-size:90%; border:2px solid #33006F;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"
| colspan=5 style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|'''Home attendance at U.S. Cellular Field'''
|- style={{Baseball secondary style|Chicago White Sox}};"
| '''Year''' || '''Total attendance''' || '''Game average''' || '''League rank''' || '''Ref'''
|-
| [[2003 Chicago White Sox season|2003]]
| 1,939,524
| 23,945
| 21st
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2003-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2004 Chicago White Sox season|2004]]
| 1,930,537
| 23,834
| 21st
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2004 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2004-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2005 Chicago White Sox season|2005]]
| 2,342,833
| 28,924
| 17th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2005 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2005-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2006 Chicago White Sox season|2006]]
| 2,957,414
| 36,511
| 9th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2006 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2006-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2007 Chicago White Sox season|2007]]
| 2,684,395	
| 33,141
| 15th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2007 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2007-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2008 Chicago White Sox season|2008]]
| 2,500,648
| 30,496
| 16th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2008 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2008-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Chicago White Sox season|2009]]
| 2,284,163
| 28,200
| 16th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2009-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2010 Chicago White Sox season|2010]]
| 2,194,378
| 27,091
| 17th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2010-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Chicago White Sox season|2011]]
| 2,001,117
| 24,705
| 20th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2011-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2012 Chicago White Sox season|2012]]
| 1,965,955	
| 24,271
| 24th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2012-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 Chicago White Sox season|2013]]
| 1,768,413
| 21,832
| 24th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2013-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2014 Chicago White Sox season|2014]]
| 1,650,821
| 20,381
| 28th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2014 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2014-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2015 Chicago White Sox season|2015]]
| 1,755,810
| 21,677
| 27th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2015 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2015-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2016 Chicago White Sox season|2016]]
| 1,746,293
| 21,559
| 26th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2016-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|}

===Rate Field===
{| cellpadding="1" style="width:300px; font-size:90%; border:2px solid #33006F;"
|- style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"
| colspan=5 style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};"|'''Home attendance at Rate Field'''
|- style={{Baseball secondary style|Chicago White Sox}};"
| '''Year''' || '''Total attendance''' || '''Game average''' || '''League rank''' || '''Ref'''
|-
| [[2017 Chicago White Sox season|2017]]
| 1,629,470
| 20,117
| 27th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2017-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 Chicago White Sox season|2018]]
| 1,608,817
| 19,862
| 25th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2018 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2018-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Chicago White Sox season|2019]]
| 1,649,775
| 20,622
| 24th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2019 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2019-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2020 Chicago White Sox season|2020]]
| –{{efn|No spectators were allowed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois|COVID-19 pandemic]].}}
| –
| –
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2020 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2020-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[2021 Chicago White Sox season|2021]]
| 1,596,385{{efn|Due to the aforementioned pandemic, Guaranteed Rate Field had capacity restrictions until June 10; 20% capacity from the beginning of the season to June 10,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Reichard|first=Kevin|date=March 9, 2021|title=Which MLB ballparks are hosting fans in 2021? Here's the list|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2021/03/09/which-mlb-ballparks-are-hosting-fans-in-2021-here-the-list/|access-date=March 17, 2021|website=Ballpark Digest|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316130643/https://ballparkdigest.com/2021/03/09/which-mlb-ballparks-are-hosting-fans-in-2021-here-the-list/|url-status=live}}</ref> and finally full capacity on June 11.<ref>{{cite web|title= Wrigley Field, Guaranteed Rate Field set for 100% capacity|date= June 3, 2021|url= https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/covid-19-reopening-cubs-white-sox-set-full-capacity|access-date= June 3, 2021|archive-date= June 3, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210603182035/https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/covid-19-reopening-cubs-white-sox-set-full-capacity|url-status= live}}</ref>}}	
| 19,708
| 13th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2021 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 Chicago White Sox season|2022]]
| 2,009,359
| 24,087
| 19th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2022 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[2023 Chicago White Sox season|2023]]
| 1,669,628
| 20,613
| 24th
| <ref>{{cite web|title=2023 Major League Baseball Attendance & Team Age|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2023-misc.shtml|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref>
|}

==Broadcasting==
{{See also|List of Chicago White Sox broadcasters}}

===Radio===
[[File:Bob Elson circa 1940s.JPG|thumb|Elson in the 1940s]]
The White Sox did not sell exclusive rights for radio broadcasts from radio's inception until 1944, instead having local stations share rights for games, and after [[WGN (AM)|WGN]] (720) was forced to abdicate their rights to the team in the 1943 after 16 seasons due to children's programming commitments from their network, [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]].<ref name="cbmradio">{{cite web |url=http://chicagobaseballmuseum.org/chicago-baseball-history-news/chicago-baseball-history-feature/wgn-radio-720-signal-best-possible-2018-home-white-sox/ |title=WGN-Radio and 720 signal best possible 2018 home for White Sox |last=Castle |first=George |date=February 14, 2018 |publisher=Chicago Baseball Museum |access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=All-Time Broadcasters |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/broadcasters.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226205523/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/broadcasters.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2007 |website=WhiteSox.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> The White Sox first granted exclusive rights in 1944, and bounced between stations until 1952, when they started having all games broadcast on [[WCFL (AM)|WCFL]] (1000).<ref>{{cite web |title=Right on Q: A brief history of the White Sox on the radio |url=http://www.southsidesox.com/2014/5/17/5725462/white-sox-radio-history |date=May 17, 2014 |website=South Side Sox |publisher=SB Nation |access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Throughout this period of instability, one thing remained constant, the White Sox play-by-play announcer, [[Bob Elson]]. Known as the "Commander", Elson was the voice of the Sox from 1929 until his departure from the club in 1970.<ref>{{cite web |title=1979 Ford Frick Award Winner Bob Elson |url=http://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/bob-elson |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> In 1979, he was the recipient of the [[Ford Frick Award]], and his profile is permanently on display in the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame]].

After the 1966 season, radio rights shifted from WCFL to [[WMAQ (AM)|WMAQ]] (670). An [[NBC]]-owned and -operated station until 1988 when [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]] purchased it after NBC's withdrawal from radio, it was the home of the Sox until the 1996 season, outside of a team nadir in the early '70s, where it was forced to [[brokered programming|broker time]] on suburban [[La Grange, Illinois|La Grange]]'s [[WRDZ (AM)|WTAQ]] (1300) and [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]]'s [[WOJO|WEAW-FM]] (105.1) to have their play-by-play air in some form (though WEAW transmitted from the [[John Hancock Center]], FM radio was not established as a band for sports play-by-play at the time),<ref name="cbmradio" /> and a one-season contract on [[WBBM (AM)|WBBM]] (780) in 1981. After Elson's retirement in 1970, [[Harry Caray]] began his tenure as the voice of the White Sox, on radio and on television. Although best remembered as a broadcaster for the rival Cubs, Caray was very popular with White Sox fans, pining for a "cold one" during broadcasts.<ref>{{cite web |title=1989 Ford Frick Award Winner Harry Caray |url=http://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/harry-caray |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Caray often broadcast from the stands, sitting at a table set up amid the bleachers. It became a badge of honor among Sox fans to "Buy Harry a beer..." By game's end, one would see a large stack of empty beer cups beside his microphone. This only endeared him to fans that much more. In fact, he started his tradition of leading the fans in the singing of "[[Take Me Out To The Ballgame]]" with the Sox.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bohn |first=Matt |title=Harry Caray |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d6a6a34e |website=SABR.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Caray, alongside color analyst [[Jimmy Piersall]], was never afraid to criticize the Sox, which angered numerous Sox managers and players, notably [[Bill Melton]] and [[Chuck Tanner]]. He left to succeed [[Jack Brickhouse]] as the voice of the Cubs in 1981, where he became a national icon.

The White Sox shifted through several announcers in the 1980s, before hiring [[John Rooney (sportscaster)|John Rooney]] as play-by-play announcer in 1989. In 1992, he was paired with color announcer [[Ed Farmer]]. In 14 seasons together, the duo became a highly celebrated announcing team, even being ranked by ''[[USA Today]]'' as the top broadcasting team in the American League.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Steve |title=Rooney, Farmer give White Sox AL's top radio team |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2005-07-26-announcers-al_x.htm |date=July 26, 2005 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Starting with Rooney and Farmer's fifth season together, Sox games returned to the 1000 AM frequency for the first time in 30 years. By then, it had become the [[ESPN Radio|ESPN owned and operated]] [[WMVP (AM)|WMVP]]. The last game on WMVP was game 4 of the 2005 World Series, with the White Sox clinching their first World Series title in 88 years. That also was Rooney's last game with the Sox, as he left to join the radio broadcast team of the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 2006, radio broadcasts returned to 670 AM, this time on the [[sports radio]] station [[WSCR]] owned by [[CBS Radio]] (WSCR took over the 670 frequency in August 2000 as part of a number of shifts among CBS Radio properties to meet market ownership caps). Ed Farmer became the play-by-play man after Rooney left, joined in the booth by [[Chris Singleton (baseball)|Chris Singleton]] from 2006 to 2007 and then [[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]] in 2008. In 2009, [[Darrin Jackson]] became the color announcer for White Sox radio, where he remains today.<ref>{{cite web |title=Broadcasters |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=cws |website=WhiteSox.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=October 11, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806175852/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=cws |url-status=dead}}</ref> Farmer and Jackson were joined by pregame/postgame host Chris Rogney.

The [[Chicago White Sox Radio Network]] currently has 18 affiliates in three states.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio Affiliates |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/schedule/radio_affiliates.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225054617/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/schedule/radio_affiliates.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2007 |website=WhiteSox.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> As of recently, White Sox games are also broadcast in Spanish with play-by-play announcer [[Hector Molina]] joined in the booth by Billy Russo.<ref>{{cite web |title=White Sox Announce new Spanish radio broadcasters |url=http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/27702400/white-sox-announce-new-spanish-radio-broadcasters |date=March 28, 2012 |website=WhiteSox.com |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=May 25, 2015 |archive-date=November 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124095228/http://m.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article/27702400/white-sox-announce-new-spanish-radio-broadcasters |url-status=dead}}</ref> Formerly broadcasting on [[ESPN Deportes Radio]] via [[WCHI-FM|WNUA]], games are now broadcast in Spanish on [[WRTO (AM)|WRTO]] (1200).<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Broadcast Schedule |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/broadcast/index.jsp?c_id=cws |website=Official Site of the Chicago White Sox |publisher=MLB Advanced Media |access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.southsidesox.com/2014/5/17/5725462/white-sox-radio-history |title=Right on Q: A brief history of the White Sox on the radio |last=Hart |first=Rob |date=May 17, 2014 |work=South Side Sox |publisher=[[SBNation]] |access-date=February 17, 2018}}</ref>

In the 2016 season, the play-by-play rights shifted to [[Cumulus Media]]'s [[WLS (AM)|WLS]] (890) under a five-year deal, when WSCR acquired the rights to Cubs games after a one-year period on WBBM. However, by all counts, the deal was a disaster for the White Sox, as WLS's declining [[conservative talk]] format, associated ratings, and management/personnel issues (including said hosts barely promoting the team and its games), and a signal that is weak in the northern suburbs and into [[Wisconsin]], was not a good fit for the team. Cumulus also had voluminous financial issues, and by the start of 2018, looked to both file [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] and restructure their play-by-play deals or depart them, both with local teams and nationally through their [[NFL on Westwood One Sports|Westwood One/NFL]] deal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-spt-white-sox-bulls-radio-contracts-20180119-story.html |title=WLS-AM parent company asks court to end 'unprofitable' White Sox, Bulls deals |last=Rosenthal |first=Phil |date=January 18, 2018 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref><ref name="cbmradio" />

The White Sox and [[Tribune Broadcasting]] (which has since merged with [[Nexstar Media Group]]) then announced a three-year deal for WGN Radio to become the White Sox flagship as of February 14, 2018, just in time for [[spring training]]. Ed Farmer and Darrin Jackson continued to be on play-by-play, with [[Andy Masur]] taking over pregame/postgame duties.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2018/02/14/play-ball-wgn-radio-picks-white-sox/ |title=Play ball! WGN Radio picks up White Sox |last=Feder |first=Robert |date=February 14, 2018 |publisher=[[Robert Feder]] blog |access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> Ed Farmer died suddenly on April 1, 2020, a long-term battle with [[polycystic kidney disease]], but the team waited to announce his successor due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and the uncertainty of the [[2020 Major League Baseball season|2020 season]] going forward.<ref name=Merkin>{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ed-farmer-dies-at-70 |title=White Sox announcer Ed Farmer, 70, dies |first=Scott |last=Merkin |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=April 2, 2020 |access-date=April 4, 2020}}</ref> On June 30 with the season's structure announced, Masur was confirmed as Farmer's successor for the season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-andy-masur-radio-20200630-ssidxehp3vghdi3xciv4vu7zny-story.html |title=Andy Masur: New Chicago White Sox radio voice - Chicago Tribune |last=Rosenthal |first=Phil |date=June 30, 2020 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref>

Under Nexstar's new management, WGN decided to pursue a thriftier programming direction, and made no moves to renew the deal at the end of the 2020 season. The team thus returned to [[WMVP]] (now managed by [[Good Karma Brands]], which also owns [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] flagship [[WTMJ (AM)|WTMJ]]) for a multi-year agreement to start with the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/11/12/done-deal-white-sox-radio-broadcasts-return-espn-1000/ |title=Done deal: White Sox radio broadcasts return to ESPN 1000 |last=Feder |first=Robert |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref> In a surprising turn of events, WMVP and the team announced on December 4, 2020, that [[Len Kasper]], the longtime television play-by-play voice of the Cubs, would move to the South Side and become the radio play-by-play voice of the White Sox. The agreement has flexibility which allows Kasper to do some television games on NBC Sports Chicago on days when Jason Benetti has other national commitments.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/12/04/cubs-tv-announcer-len-kasper-named-radio-voice-white-sox-espn-1000/ |title=Cubs TV announcer Len Kasper named radio voice of White Sox on ESPN 1000 |last=Feder |first=Robert |date=December 4, 2020 |access-date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>

===Television===
White Sox games appeared sporadically on television throughout the first half of the 20th century, most commonly announced by Jack Brickhouse on [[WGN-TV]] (channel 9). Starting in 1968, [[Jack Drees]] took play-by-play duties as the Sox were broadcast on [[WFLD]] (channel 32).<ref>{{cite web|title=All-Time Broadcasters- Television|url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/broadcasters.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226205523/http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/history/broadcasters.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 26, 2007|website=WhiteSox.com|publisher=MLB Advanced Media|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> After 1972, Harry Caray (joined by Jimmy Piersall in 1977) began double duty as a TV and radio announcer for the Sox, as broadcasts were moved to channel 44, [[WSNS-TV]], from 1972 to 1980, followed by one year on WGN-TV.

[[Don Drysdale]] became the play-by-play announcer in 1982, as the White Sox began splitting their broadcasts between WFLD and the new regional [[cable television]] network, [[FSN Chicago|Sportsvision]]. Ahead of its time, Sportsvision had a chance to gain huge profits for the Sox. However, few people would subscribe to the channel after being used to free-to-air broadcasts for many years, along with Sportsvision being stunted by the city of Chicago's wiring for cable television taking much longer than many markets because of it being an area where over-the-air subscription services were still more popular, resulting in the franchise losing around $300,000 a month.<ref>{{cite web|title=White Sox History: The story of SportsVision|url=http://www.southsidesox.com/2012/11/30/3707810/white-sox-history-the-story-of-sportsvision|date=November 30, 2012|website=South Side Sox|publisher=SB Nation|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> While this was going on, every Cubs game was on WGN, with Harry Caray becoming the national icon he never was with the White Sox. The relatively easy near-national access to Cubs games versus Sox games in this era, combined with the popularity of Caray and the Cubs being owned by the [[Tribune Company]], is said by some to be the main cause of the Cubs' advantage in popularity over the Sox.

[[File:Hawk Harrelson 2007 CROP.jpg|thumb|Harrelson in the broadcast booth in 2007]]
Three major changes to White Sox broadcasting occurred in 1989-1991: in 1989, with the city finally fully wired for cable service, Sportsvision was replaced by SportsChannel Chicago (itself eventually turning into [[Fox Sports Networks|Fox Sports Net]] Chicago), which varied over its early years as a premium sports service and basic cable channel. In 1990, over-the-air broadcasts shifted back to WGN. And in 1991, [[Ken Harrelson]] became the play-by-play announcer of the White Sox.<ref>{{cite web|last=Edelman|first=Alexander|title=Ken Harrelson|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/442dbc70|website=SABR.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> One of the most polarizing figures in baseball, "Hawk" has been both adored and scorned for his emotive announcing style. His history of calling out umpires has earned him reprimands from the MLB commissioner's office, and he has been said to be the most biased announcer in baseball.<ref>{{cite news|title=Selig reprimands Harrelson for rant against umpire|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/06/01/selig-reprimands-harrelson-for-rant-against-umpire/|date=June 1, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> However, Harrelson has said that he is proud of being "the biggest homer in baseball", saying that he is a White Sox fan like his viewers.<ref>{{cite news|last=Diamond|first=Jared|title=How Biased Is Your Announcer?|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10000872396390444180004578016652376246198|date=September 26, 2012|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> The team moved from FSN Chicago to the newly launched [[NBC Sports Chicago]] in March 2005, as Jerry Reinsdorf looked to control the rights for his team rather than sell rights to another party; Reinsdorf holds a 40% interest in the network, with 20% of that interest directly owned by the White Sox corporation.

Previously, White Sox local television broadcasts were split between two channels: the majority of games were broadcast on cable by NBC Sports Chicago, and remaining games were produced by [[WGN Sports]] and were broadcast locally on WGN-TV. WGN games were also occasionally picked up by local stations in Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana. In the past, WGN games were broadcast nationally on the [[WGN America]] superstation, but those broadcasts ended after the 2014 season as WGN America began its transition to a standard cable network.<ref>{{cite web|last=Feder|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Feder|title=WGN America comes home to Chicago|url=http://www.robertfeder.com/2014/12/15/wgn-america-comes-home-to-chicago/|date=December 15, 2014|website=Robert Feder|url-access=subscription |access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> WGN Sports-produced White Sox games not carried by WGN-TV were carried by [[WCIU-TV]] (channel 26) until the 2015 season, when they moved to [[MyNetworkTV]] station [[WPWR]] (channel 50).<ref name=trib-whitesoxwpwr>{{cite news|last=Sherman|first=Ed|title=White Sox add WPWR-Ch. 50 to station rotation|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-white-sox-channel-50-20150219-story.html|date=February 19, 2015|access-date=May 25, 2015|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> That arrangement ended on September 1, 2016, when WGN became an independent station.

Prior to 2016, the announcers were the same no matter where the games were broadcast: Harrelson provided play-by-play, and [[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]] provided color analysis since 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last=Berger|first=Ralph|title=Steve Stone|url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a906928e|website=SABR.org|publisher=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Games that are broadcast on NBC Sports Chicago feature pregame and postgame shows, hosted by Chuck Garfein with analysis from Bill Melton and occasionally Frank Thomas. In 2016, the team announced an official split of the play-by-play duties, with Harrelson calling road games and the [[Crosstown Series]] and [[Jason Benetti]] calling home games.<ref>{{cite news|last=Van Schouwen|first=Daryl|title=White Sox adding Jason Benetti to play-by-play team|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/white-sox-adding-jason-benetti-to-play-by-play-team/|date=June 24, 2016|access-date=June 17, 2017|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> In 2017, the team announced that the 2018 season will be Harrelson's final in the booth. He will call 20 games over the course of the season, after which Benetti will take over full-time play-by-play duties.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Colleen|title=Ken 'Hawk' Harrelson to retire in 2018 after 'greatest ride of my life'|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/ct-hawk-harrelson-final-year-20170531-story.html|date=May 31, 2017|access-date=June 17, 2017|newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>

On January 2, 2019, the White Sox (along with the [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Chicago Blackhawks]]) agreed to an exclusive multiyear deal with NBC Sports Chicago, ending the team's broadcasts on WGN-TV following the [[2019 Chicago White Sox season|2019 season]].<ref>{{cite news|title=NBC Sports Chicago Announces New Pact With White Sox, Bulls, and Blackhawks|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nbc-sports-chicago-announces-new-deal-with-white-sox-bulls-and-blackhawks-503802931.html|date=January 2, 2019|publisher=WMAQ-TV|access-date=January 4, 2019}}</ref>

Prior to the 2024 season, the White Sox named [[John Schriffen]] as its new lead television play-by-play announcer, after Benetti departed to join the [[Detroit Tigers]] broadcast team.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2024 |title=White Sox name John Schriffen new television play-by-play voice |url=https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/press-release/press-release-john-schriffen-named-white-sox-television-play-by-play-voice?t=white-sox-press-releases |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>

For the 2025 season, the White Sox moved to [[Chicago Sports Network]], a new regional sports network. It was initially available over-the-air across Illinois until June, after which it became exclusive to subscription services.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/chsn-comcast-deal-ends-free-tv/ |title=Loss of over-the-air TV leaves some Chicago sports fans frustrated with new CHSN-Comcast deal  |author=Robert Channick |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 6, 2025}}</ref>

==Minor league affiliates==
{{Main|List of Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates}}

The Chicago White Sox [[farm team|farm system]] consists of six [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] affiliates.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/affiliate.cgi?id=CHW|title=Chicago White Sox Minor League Affiliates|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>

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|-
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|Class
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|Team
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|League
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|Location
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|Ballpark
!scope="col" style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox|border=2}}"|Affiliated
|-
| [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Charlotte Knights]]
| [[International League]]
| [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| [[Truist Field]]
| align="right"| 1999
|-
| [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Birmingham Barons]]
| [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]]
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| [[Regions Field]]
| align="right"| 1986
|-
| [[High-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Winston-Salem Dash]]
| [[South Atlantic League]]
| [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| [[Truist Stadium (Winston-Salem)|Truist Stadium]]
| align="right"| 1997
|-
| [[Single-A]]
!scope="row"| [[Kannapolis Cannon Ballers]]
| [[Carolina League]]
| [[Kannapolis, North Carolina]]
| [[Atrium Health Ballpark]]
| align="right"| 2001
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Rookie league|Rookie]]
!scope="row"| [[Arizona Complex League White Sox|ACL White Sox]]
| [[Arizona Complex League]]
| [[Glendale, Arizona]]
| [[Camelback Ranch]]
| align="right"| 2014
|-
!scope="row"| [[Dominican Summer League White Sox|DSL White Sox]]
| [[Dominican Summer League]]
| [[Boca Chica]], [[Santo Domingo Province|Santo Domingo]]
| Baseball City Complex
| align="right"| 1999
|}

==Silver Chalice subsidiary==
Silver Chalice is a digital and media investment subsidiary of the White Sox with Brooks Boyer as CEO.<ref name=ct>{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Ed|title=Executive Profile: Brooks Boyer|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/04/21/executive-profile-brooks-boyer/|access-date=August 17, 2016|work=Chicago Tribune|pages=1–3|date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
 
Silver Chalice was co-founded by [[Jerry Reinsdorf]], White Sox executive Brooks Boyer, Jason Coyle and John Burris in 2009.<ref name=ct/><ref name=ct0>{{cite news |last1=Channick|first1=Robert|title=All-digital 120 Sports kicking off streaming network |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2014/06/25/all-digital-120-sports-kicking-off-streaming-network/ |access-date=August 17, 2016|work=Chicago Tribune|publisher=Tronc|date=June 25, 2014}}</ref> The company first invested in [[120 Sports]], a digital sports channel, that launched in June 2014.<ref name=ct0/> Chalice then partnered with IMG on [[Campus Insiders]], a college sports digital channel, in 2015.<ref name=ct/> These two efforts merged with [[Sinclair Broadcasting Group]]'s [[American Sports Network]] into the new multi-platform network [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]] in September 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Marszalek|first=Diana|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/local-tv/stadium-sports-network-rolls-out-broadcast-tv/168526|title=Stadium Sports Network Rolls Out on Broadcast TV|date=September 12, 2017|magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In May 2023, Sinclair sold its controlling interest in Stadium to Silver Chalice.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Eric|date=May 29, 2023|title=White Sox and Bulls Owner Acquires Controlling Stake of Stadium Network|url=https://frontofficesports.com/white-sox-and-bulls-owner-acquires-controlling-stake-of-stadium-network/|access-date=May 29, 2023|website=Front Office Sports|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Lafayette | first = Jon | date = May 30, 2023 | title = Sinclair Sells Control of Stadium to Jerry Reinsdorf's Silver Chalice | url = https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-sells-control-of-stadium-to-jerry-reinsdorfs-silver-chalice | access-date = November 3, 2023 | work = [[Broadcasting & Cable]] }}</ref>

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