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Also Known As Chicago White Stockings • South Siders • White Stockings • Sioux City Cornhuskers
Awards And Honors World Series (2005) • World Series (1917) • World Series (1906)
Date 1894 - present
Headquarters Chicago
Areas Of Involvement baseball
Related People Shoeless Joe Jackson • Manny Ramirez • Tony La Russa • Ozzie Guillen • Bo Jackson • Eddie Collins • Charles Comiskey • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Jerry Reinsdorf • Omar Vizquel • Roberto Alomar • Sammy Sosa • Orlando Hernández • Larry Doby • Minnie Miñoso

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2005 World Series
Charles Comiskey
Chicago White Sox team, 1919
Minnie Miñoso
Carlton Fisk
Disco Demolition Night
Early baseball merchandise
What were the highlights of game 3 in the 1959 World Series?
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