today-in-white-sox-history

1893Ban Johnson is given control of the reorganized Western League, being named its president, secretary and treasurer. While…

1869Clark Griffith was born, in Clear Creek, Mo. While his 63.8 WAR career was built mostly in the…

1900At the American League owner’s meetings at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, AL president Ban Johnson announces…

1958The bloc of minority owners in Cleveland, including Hank Greenberg, sell their shares to majority (34%) owner William…

1944Tom Seaver, who was brilliant pitching for the White Sox at the autumn of his career was born,…

1962Six former stockholders of the Chicago White Sox backed Milwaukee GM/president John McHale to purchase the Braves. Almost…

1945Harry Grabiner, the longest-tenured executive in White Sox history and certainly one of the longest-running employees overall, resigned…

1900The aggressively-improving American League was rejected as an equal major league by the established National League. Although there…

1913The White Sox and New York Giants began their round-the-world tour, promoting baseball across the globe. The two…

1920As a response to the Black Sox scandal that saw members of the White Sox throw the World…

1926The White Sox traded one future Hall-of-Famer player-manager for another. Second baseman-manager Eddie Collins was released (as player,…

2005After a season that saw the White Sox win their first World Series title since 1917, the Baseball…