White Sox championship history

10 years ago the Sox won it all!

The Chicago White Sox is a charter member of the American League which was founded in 1901. Even then in that year they also won the AL pennant. In researching their championship history it seems they didn't have as many post-season wins as even their crosstown National League rivals Chicago Cubs.

So yes, the Sox have had less post-season than even the historically hapless Cubs. Yes the White Sox has more world series titles having won in 1906, 1917, and most recently in 2005. Unfortunately they haven't had as many pennants since the creation of the world series in 1903.

The Sox won pennants in 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, and 2005. 1906 was the year of Chicago's only crosstown series so far. 1919 was the year of the Black Sox scandal which saw members of the Sox were thrown out of baseball for allegedly throwing that year's world series. You may have seen the film Eight Men Out on this subject.

Since the current playoff structure was first created in 1969, the White Sox have won the west division in 1983 & 1993. They have won the central division in 2000, 2005, and 2008. In 2008 they made their playoffs at the same time as the Cubs. The Sox have never won a wild card berth.

2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the White Sox sweep of the then National League pennant champs Houston Astros. It had been 10 years since that amazing victory and was even marked on this blog back them.