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The White Sox were originally known as the White Stockings, but quickly changed the name as the local newspapers had shortened it for headline-writing purposes.

Franchise History

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Rk Year Tm Lg G W L Ties W-L% Finish Playoffs R RA BatAge PitchAge #Bat #Pitch Managers
1 2009 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 79 83 0 .488 3rd of 5 724 732 29.8 29.5 45 24 Ozzie Guillen (79-83)
2 2008 Chicago White Sox AL Central 163 89 74 0 .546 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-1) 811 729 30.5 28.4 39 19 Ozzie Guillen (89-74)
3 2007 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 72 90 0 .444 4th of 5 693 839 29.6 27.8 43 21 Ozzie Guillen (72-90)
4 2006 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 90 72 0 .556 3rd of 5 868 794 29.6 28.2 37 18 Ozzie Guillen (90-72)
5 2005 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 99 63 0 .611 1st of 5 Won WS (4-0) 741 645 29.2 29.6 38 17 Ozzie Guillen (99-63)
6 2004 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 83 79 0 .512 2nd of 5 865 831 28.5 28.3 42 22 Ozzie Guillen (83-79)
7 2003 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 86 76 0 .531 2nd of 5 791 715 29.3 27.9 40 20 Jerry Manuel (86-76)
8 2002 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 81 81 0 .500 2nd of 5 856 798 28.9 25.8 35 16 Jerry Manuel (81-81)
9 2001 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 83 79 0 .512 3rd of 5 798 795 28.5 26.2 42 21 Jerry Manuel (83-79)
10 2000 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 95 67 0 .586 1st of 5 Lost LDS (3-0) 978 839 27.6 26.5 42 22 Jerry Manuel (95-67)
11 1999 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 75 86 1 .466 2nd of 5 777 870 25.8 26.4 40 21 Jerry Manuel (75-86)
12 1998 Chicago White Sox AL Central 163 80 82 1 .494 2nd of 5 861 931 27.3 26.4 39 20 Jerry Manuel (80-82)
13 1997 Chicago White Sox AL Central 161 80 81 0 .497 2nd of 5 779 833 29.3 29.4 45 22 Terry Bevington (80-81)
14 1996 Chicago White Sox AL Central 162 85 77 0 .525 2nd of 5 898 794 30.6 27.8 44 22 Terry Bevington (85-77)
15 1995 Chicago White Sox AL Central 145 68 76 1 .472 3rd of 5 755 758 29.6 27.6 46 26 Gene Lamont (11-20) and Terry Bevington (57-56)
16 1994 Chicago White Sox AL Central 113 67 46 0 .593 1st of 5 633 498 29.9 28.2 34 14 Gene Lamont (67-46)
17 1993 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 94 68 0 .580 1st of 7 Lost ALCS (4-2) 776 664 29.0 26.6 43 20 Gene Lamont (94-68)
18 1992 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 86 76 0 .531 3rd of 7 738 690 28.7 28.9 35 13 Gene Lamont (86-76)
19 1991 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 87 75 0 .537 2nd of 7 758 681 27.9 26.7 38 17 Jeff Torborg (87-75)
20 1990 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 94 68 0 .580 2nd of 7 682 633 27.6 24.9 37 17 Jeff Torborg (94-68)
21 1989 Chicago White Sox AL West 161 69 92 0 .429 7th of 7 693 750 27.7 26.4 42 19 Jeff Torborg (69-92)
22 1988 Chicago White Sox AL West 161 71 90 0 .441 5th of 7 631 757 27.3 26.6 44 21 Jim Fregosi (71-90)
23 1987 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 77 85 0 .475 5th of 7 748 746 27.6 27.6 36 18 Jim Fregosi (77-85)
24 1986 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 72 90 0 .444 5th of 7 644 699 27.3 28.1 47 18 Tony LaRussa (26-38), Doug Rader (1-1) and Jim Fregosi (45-51)
25 1985 Chicago White Sox AL West 163 85 77 1 .525 3rd of 7 736 720 27.6 28.7 42 19 Tony LaRussa (85-77)
26 1984 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 74 88 0 .457 5th of 7 679 736 28.7 29.7 40 18 Tony LaRussa (74-88)
27 1983 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 99 63 0 .611 1st of 7 Lost ALCS (3-1) 800 650 28.2 28.7 39 15 Tony LaRussa (99-63)
28 1982 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 87 75 0 .537 3rd of 7 786 710 28.8 27.5 39 16 Tony LaRussa (87-75)
29 1981 Chicago White Sox AL West 106 54 52 0 .509 3rd of 7 476 423 28.5 25.4 34 14 Tony LaRussa (54-52)
30 1980 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 70 90 2 .438 5th of 7 587 722 26.7 24.7 39 14 Tony LaRussa (70-90)
31 1979 Chicago White Sox AL West 160 73 87 0 .456 5th of 7 730 748 27.1 25.5 44 22 Don Kessinger (46-60) and Tony LaRussa (27-27)
32 1978 Chicago White Sox AL West 161 71 90 0 .441 5th of 7 634 731 27.2 28.5 43 15 Bob Lemon (34-40) and Larry Doby (37-50)
33 1977 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 90 72 0 .556 3rd of 7 844 771 26.9 27.3 45 19 Bob Lemon (90-72)
34 1976 Chicago White Sox AL West 161 64 97 0 .398 6th of 6 586 745 26.2 25.8 42 16 Paul Richards (64-97)
35 1975 Chicago White Sox AL West 161 75 86 0 .466 5th of 6 655 703 26.8 30.8 41 20 Chuck Tanner (75-86)
36 1974 Chicago White Sox AL West 163 80 80 3 .500 4th of 6 684 721 26.7 28.2 40 17 Chuck Tanner (80-80)
37 1973 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 77 85 0 .475 5th of 6 652 705 26.0 27.6 39 15 Chuck Tanner (77-85)
38 1972 Chicago White Sox AL West 154 87 67 0 .565 2nd of 6 566 538 26.6 26.0 40 17 Chuck Tanner (87-67)
39 1971 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 79 83 0 .488 3rd of 6 617 597 25.6 25.9 36 14 Chuck Tanner (79-83)
40 1970 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 56 106 0 .346 6th of 6 633 822 27.1 27.0 43 21 Don Gutteridge (49-87), Bill Adair (4-6) and Chuck Tanner (3-13)
41 1969 Chicago White Sox AL West 162 68 94 0 .420 5th of 6 625 723 27.2 28.4 43 20 Al Lopez (8-9) and Don Gutteridge (60-85)
42 1968 Chicago White Sox AL 162 67 95 0 .414 8th of 10 463 527 28.3 29.7 39 15 Eddie Stanky (34-45), Les Moss (12-24) and Al Lopez (21-26)
43 1967 Chicago White Sox AL 162 89 73 0 .549 4th of 10 531 491 28.3 28.8 45 17 Eddie Stanky (89-73)
44 1966 Chicago White Sox AL 163 83 79 1 .512 4th of 10 574 517 28.2 27.8 39 13 Eddie Stanky (83-79)
45 1965 Chicago White Sox AL 162 95 67 0 .586 2nd of 10 647 555 27.9 27.8 34 12 Al Lopez (95-67)
46 1964 Chicago White Sox AL 162 98 64 0 .605 2nd of 10 642 501 27.1 29.1 37 13 Al Lopez (98-64)
47 1963 Chicago White Sox AL 162 94 68 0 .580 2nd of 10 683 544 27.2 28.5 40 18 Al Lopez (94-68)
48 1962 Chicago White Sox AL 162 85 77 0 .525 5th of 10 707 658 28.9 29.2 40 18 Al Lopez (85-77)
49 1961 Chicago White Sox AL 163 86 76 1 .531 4th of 10 765 726 30.3 31.5 39 17 Al Lopez (86-76)
50 1960 Chicago White Sox AL 154 87 67 0 .565 3rd of 8 741 617 30.8 32.0 39 17 Al Lopez (87-67)
51 1959 Chicago White Sox AL 156 94 60 2 .610 1st of 8 Lost WS (4-2) 669 588 29.7 31.6 40 14 Al Lopez (94-60)
52 1958 Chicago White Sox AL 155 82 72 1 .532 2nd of 8 634 615 29.4 32.4 40 17 Al Lopez (82-72)
53 1957 Chicago White Sox AL 155 90 64 1 .584 2nd of 8 707 566 29.9 31.0 36 16 Al Lopez (90-64)
54 1956 Chicago White Sox AL 154 85 69 0 .552 3rd of 8 776 634 30.1 31.5 41 20 Marty Marion (85-69)
55 1955 Chicago White Sox AL 155 91 63 1 .591 3rd of 8 725 557 29.9 30.8 44 15 Marty Marion (91-63)
56 1954 Chicago White Sox AL 155 94 60 1 .610 3rd of 8 711 521 29.1 30.5 38 13 Paul Richards (91-54) and Marty Marion (3-6)
57 1953 Chicago White Sox AL 156 89 65 2 .578 3rd of 8 716 592 29.1 30.0 36 15 Paul Richards (89-65)
58 1952 Chicago White Sox AL 156 81 73 2 .526 3rd of 8 610 568 28.6 29.1 40 14 Paul Richards (81-73)
59 1951 Chicago White Sox AL 155 81 73 1 .526 4th of 8 714 644 28.3 28.7 41 15 Paul Richards (81-73)
60 1950 Chicago White Sox AL 156 60 94 2 .390 6th of 8 625 749 28.4 28.2 43 17 Jack Onslow (8-22) and Red Corriden (52-72)
61 1949 Chicago White Sox AL 154 63 91 0 .409 6th of 8 648 737 28.4 27.7 44 18 Jack Onslow (63-91)
62 1948 Chicago White Sox AL 154 51 101 2 .336 8th of 8 559 814 30.3 28.4 34 16 Ted Lyons (51-101)
63 1947 Chicago White Sox AL 155 70 84 1 .455 6th of 8 553 661 30.2 30.8 31 14 Ted Lyons (70-84)
64 1946 Chicago White Sox AL 155 74 80 1 .481 5th of 8 562 595 30.5 30.9 39 15 Jimmy Dykes (10-20) and Ted Lyons (64-60)
65 1945 Chicago White Sox AL 150 71 78 1 .477 6th of 8 596 633 31.7 31.1 27 11 Jimmy Dykes (71-78)
66 1944 Chicago White Sox AL 154 71 83 0 .461 7th of 8 543 662 30.6 29.3 29 12 Jimmy Dykes (71-83)
67 1943 Chicago White Sox AL 155 82 72 1 .532 4th of 8 573 594 30.2 29.3 29 12 Jimmy Dykes (82-72)
68 1942 Chicago White Sox AL 148 66 82 0 .446 6th of 8 538 609 29.1 29.7 33 13 Jimmy Dykes (66-82)
69 1941 Chicago White Sox AL 156 77 77 2 .500 3rd of 8 638 649 30.0 30.2 32 11 Jimmy Dykes (77-77)
70 1940 Chicago White Sox AL 155 82 72 1 .532 4th of 8 735 672 29.4 30.8 27 12 Jimmy Dykes (82-72)
71 1939 Chicago White Sox AL 155 85 69 1 .552 4th of 8 755 737 30.5 30.2 33 14 Jimmy Dykes (85-69)
72 1938 Chicago White Sox AL 149 65 83 1 .439 6th of 8 709 752 30.2 29.3 36 15 Jimmy Dykes (65-83)
73 1937 Chicago White Sox AL 154 86 68 0 .558 3rd of 8 780 730 29.8 29.3 28 12 Jimmy Dykes (86-68)
74 1936 Chicago White Sox AL 153 81 70 2 .536 4th of 8 920 873 30.1 28.8 30 13 Jimmy Dykes (81-70)
75 1935 Chicago White Sox AL 153 74 78 1 .487 5th of 8 738 750 30.3 29.5 32 14 Jimmy Dykes (74-78)
76 1934 Chicago White Sox AL 153 53 99 1 .349 8th of 8 704 946 29.3 32.3 38 14 Lew Fonseca (4-11) and Jimmy Dykes (49-88)
77 1933 Chicago White Sox AL 151 67 83 1 .447 6th of 8 683 814 29.7 32.3 33 15 Lew Fonseca (67-83)
78 1932 Chicago White Sox AL 152 49 102 1 .325 7th of 8 667 897 27.8 31.2 50 26 Lew Fonseca (49-102)
79 1931 Chicago White Sox AL 156 56 97 3 .366 8th of 8 704 939 28.5 29.0 32 12 Donie Bush (56-97)
80 1930 Chicago White Sox AL 154 62 92 0 .403 7th of 8 729 884 27.4 29.2 40 12 Donie Bush (62-92)
81 1929 Chicago White Sox AL 152 59 93 0 .388 7th of 8 627 792 26.8 29.1 32 13 Lena Blackburne (59-93)
82 1928 Chicago White Sox AL 155 72 82 1 .468 5th of 8 656 725 27.4 29.3 34 15 Ray Schalk (32-42) and Lena Blackburne (40-40)
83 1927 Chicago White Sox AL 153 70 83 0 .458 5th of 8 662 708 27.9 28.3 33 10 Ray Schalk (70-83)
84 1926 Chicago White Sox AL 155 81 72 2 .529 5th of 8 730 665 28.8 28.1 30 11 Eddie Collins (81-72)
85 1925 Chicago White Sox AL 154 79 75 0 .513 5th of 8 811 770 29.7 27.5 34 15 Eddie Collins (79-75)
86 1924 Chicago White Sox AL 154 66 87 1 .431 8th of 8 793 858 28.6 26.2 41 17 Johnny Evers (51-72), Ed Walsh (1-2) and Eddie Collins (14-13)
87 1923 Chicago White Sox AL 156 69 85 2 .448 7th of 8 692 741 28.8 26.3 38 17 Kid Gleason (69-85)
88 1922 Chicago White Sox AL 155 77 77 1 .500 5th of 8 691 691 29.8 27.5 36 18 Kid Gleason (77-77)
89 1921 Chicago White Sox AL 154 62 92 0 .403 7th of 8 683 858 28.6 27.3 34 17 Kid Gleason (62-92)
90 1920 Chicago White Sox AL 154 96 58 0 .623 2nd of 8 794 665 29.2 29.5 26 10 Kid Gleason (96-58)
91 1919 Chicago White Sox AL 140 88 52 0 .629 1st of 8 Lost WS (5-3) 667 534 28.4 29.3 31 17 Kid Gleason (88-52)
92 1918 Chicago White Sox AL 124 57 67 0 .460 6th of 8 457 446 27.6 28.6 31 11 Pants Rowland (57-67)
93 1917 Chicago White Sox AL 156 100 54 2 .649 1st of 8 Won WS (4-2) 655 463 26.6 28.6 26 8 Pants Rowland (100-54)
94 1916 Chicago White Sox AL 155 89 65 1 .578 2nd of 8 601 497 26.3 27.4 30 9 Pants Rowland (89-65)
95 1915 Chicago White Sox AL 155 93 61 1 .604 3rd of 8 717 509 25.4 27.8 32 11 Pants Rowland (93-61)
96 1914 Chicago White Sox AL 157 70 84 3 .455 6th of 8 487 560 25.8 26.9 35 9 Nixey Callahan (70-84)
97 1913 Chicago White Sox AL 153 78 74 1 .513 5th of 8 488 498 25.8 26.9 37 13 Nixey Callahan (78-74)
98 1912 Chicago White Sox AL 158 78 76 4 .506 4th of 8 639 648 27.0 28.2 44 17 Nixey Callahan (78-76)
99 1911 Chicago White Sox AL 154 77 74 3 .510 5th of 8 718 624 29.0 28.1 34 10 Hugh Duffy (77-74)
100 1910 Chicago White Sox AL 156 68 85 3 .444 6th of 8 457 479 27.1 28.2 34 9 Hugh Duffy (68-85)
101 1909 Chicago White Sox AL 159 78 74 7 .513 4th of 8 492 464 29.7 26.8 30 10 Billy Sullivan (78-74)
102 1908 Chicago White Sox AL 156 88 64 4 .579 3rd of 8 537 470 31.5 28.0 24 9 Fielder Jones (88-64)
103 1907 Chicago White Sox AL 157 87 64 6 .576 3rd of 8 588 474 30.8 27.5 23 8 Fielder Jones (87-64)
104 1906 Chicago White Sox AL 154 93 58 3 .616 1st of 8 Won WS (4-2) 570 460 29.4 26.8 25 8 Fielder Jones (93-58)
105 1905 Chicago White Sox AL 158 92 60 6 .605 2nd of 8 612 451 29.4 25.9 19 6 Fielder Jones (92-60)
106 1904 Chicago White Sox AL 156 89 65 2 .578 3rd of 8 600 482 28.5 25.3 24 9 Nixey Callahan (23-18) and Fielder Jones (66-47)
107 1903 Chicago White Sox AL 138 60 77 1 .438 7th of 8 516 613 27.7 25.6 20 7 Nixey Callahan (60-77)
108 1902 Chicago White Sox AL 138 74 60 4 .552 4th of 8 675 602 28.5 27.7 20 11 Clark Griffith (74-60)
109 1901 Chicago White Sox AL 137 83 53 1 .610 1st of 8 819 631 29.9 26.6 21 10 Clark Griffith (83-53)
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High OPS requires 3.1 PAs per team game and Low ERA requires 1 IP per team game.