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Chicago White Sox History And Information

Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. In 1894, the team was known as Sioux City Cornhuskers and St. Paul in 1895-1899. The term White Sox is a short term for "White Stockings".

Although Chicago White Sox started the season very poorly, they won 99 games and the AL West title. The team was led by a very well known people such as Carlton Fisk (catcher), Harold Baines (outfielder), and Lamarr Hoyt, two game winning pitchers, who won the Cy Young that year also and not to forget Richard Dotson. While they had a great run in the regular season, they were not able to win the postseason because they lost to Baltimore three games to one in the AL Championship Series.

In October 15, the white sox become World Series champions for the second time. Today in New York, Red Faber tops Rube Benton, 4-2, for the title. Faber finishes the series with 3-1 record. The key play occurs in the fourth inning with no score. Eddie Collins is on third base and Joe Jackson on first for white Sox. Happy Felsch hits back to pitcher Benton. Collins breaks for home plate and Benton throws to third baseman Heinie Zimmerman. Neither catcher Bill Rariden, Benton, nor first base-man Walter Holke covers the plate, and Zimmerman chases Collins home with a run. Chick Gandil then singles in two runs and Chicago has all the runs Faber will need. Afterward, Zimmerman will demand to know "who the hell was I going to throw the ball to, Klem. The Series' leading hitter is Dave Robertson of the Giants at .500. teammate Bill Rariden bats .385. the winning White Sox are led by Eddie Collins, George "Buck" Weaver (.333) and shoeless Joe Jackson (.304).

The team uniform colors are black, white and gray. They paly in the U.S. Cellular Field stadium in chicago which was opened in the 1991 season.