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The Chicago Cubs are the 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 ...
In 1967, C. Arnholt Smith, owner of the PCL San Diego Padres (PCL), won a bid for an expansion team in the National League for the 1969 season. On May 27, 1968, the National League officially awarded a franchise to San Diego to commence play in the 1969 season [27] for a fee of $12.5 million for the team. [30]
During that span, 18 of the remaining 25 teams have hosted an All-Star Game at least twice since 1964: Atlanta Braves (1972, 2000) Chicago White Sox (1983 and 2003), Cincinnati Reds (1970, 1988, and 2015), Cleveland Indians (1981, 1997, 2019), Detroit Tigers (1971 and 2005), Houston Astros (1968, 1986, and 2004), Kansas City Royals (1973 and ...
In 1964, Robinson came closer to reaching the World Series than he ever would when the White Sox went 98–64, one game behind the 99-63 New York Yankees. It was the second of three straight years that his team finished second in the American League. The White Sox had reached the World Series in 1959, one year before Robinson reached the majors ...
The White Sox are on pace to go 39-123, which would break the 1962 New York Mets' record for the most losses in MLB history. The Mets went 40-120 in their inaugural season.
The 1970 White Sox hit rock bottom for the franchise in the post-World War II era, going a Major League worst 56–106, nine games worse than two second-year clubs in the American League West, the Kansas City Royals and Milwaukee Brewers, and seven worse than another 1969 expansion team, the San Diego Padres. The White Sox had a brief ...
The Chicago White Sox remained tied with the 1962 New York Mets for the modern major league record of 120 losses in a season, rallying to score three runs in the eighth inning and beat the Los ...
In Chicago that season, the Sox drew 539,478 fans to their remaining 72 home dates. [24] In just a handful of games, the Milwaukee crowds accounted for nearly one-third of the total attendance at White Sox games. In light of this success, Selig and Allyn agreed that County Stadium would host Sox home games again the next season.