Chicago White Sox Fast Facts
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- The club was founded in 1893 as the Sioux City, Iowa
franchise in the Western League. After a stop in Saint
Paul, Minnesota, the club landed in Chicago in 1890
and was one of the American League's 8 charter
franchises.
- Chicago has won (3) World Series titles. The first
White Sox championship was in 1906 and was
followed with MLB championships in 1917, and 2005.
Jermaine Dye was the 2005 World Series MVP.
- The White Sox have won Seven American League
Pennants.
- The Sox have played their home game in U.S. Cellular
field since 1991. Originally called New Comiskey
Park, the stadium replaced historic Comiskey park
which had served the club since 1910.
- Team nicknames besides the official "White Sox"
have included the "South Siders", the ChiSox", and
the Black Sox as a reference to the scandal-ridden
1918 team.
- The team's uniform colors are Black, Silver and White
- Retired numbers for the club include #2 Nellie Fox, #3
Harold Baines, #4 Luke Appling, #9 Minnie Minoso,
#11Luis Aparicio, #16 Ted Lyons, #19 Billy Pierce,
#35 Frank Thomas, #72 Carlton Fisk.
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