Deadball-era pennant winners sit beside a wire-to-wire champion and a few South Side clubs that never got the chance to finish the job.
12005 Chicago White SoxOzzie Guillén's 99–63 team led the AL Central from opening day, went 11–1 in the postseason and swept Houston for the franchise's first World Series title since 1917.1000pts
21994 Chicago White SoxA 67–46 team leading the new AL Central by one game when the players' strike ended the season, with Frank Thomas winning his second straight MVP award.454pts
31919 Chicago White SoxThe 88–52 American League champions lost the best-of-nine World Series to Cincinnati, and eight players were later banned for life in the Black Sox scandal.454pts
41983 Chicago White SoxThe "Winning Ugly" team went 99–63 to win the AL West by 20 games, with LaMarr Hoyt winning the Cy Young Award and Ron Kittle Rookie of the Year, before losing the ALCS to Baltimore.454pts
52000 Chicago White SoxJerry Manuel's 95–67 club posted the best record in the American League and won the AL Central before being swept by Seattle in the Division Series.372pts
61917 Chicago White SoxA 100–54 club, still the franchise's best winning percentage, that beat the New York Giants four games to two in the World Series behind Red Faber's three wins.372pts
71959 Chicago White SoxThe 94–60 "Go-Go Sox" of Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio and Early Wynn won the franchise's first pennant in 40 years and lost the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games.372pts
81906 Chicago White SoxThe "Hitless Wonders" won the pennant with a team batting average of .230 and beat the 116-win Chicago Cubs four games to two in the only all-Chicago World Series.372pts
92021 Chicago White SoxTony La Russa's 93–69 club won the AL Central by 13 games behind José Abreu, Tim Anderson and Lance Lynn and lost the Division Series to Houston.272pts
101993 Chicago White SoxA 94–68 AL West champion with MVP Frank Thomas and Cy Young winner Jack McDowell that lost the ALCS to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games.0pts
Photo credits
- 2005 Chicago White Sox — ISU_79 from San Diego, USA, CC BY 2.0
- 1994 Chicago White Sox — clare_and_ben, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1983 Chicago White Sox — Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2000 Chicago White Sox — Keith Allison on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2021 Chicago White Sox — Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 1993 Chicago White Sox — User:Delaywaves, CC BY-SA 2.0
