One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the franchise was established as a major league baseball club in 1901. The club was originally called the Chicago White Stockings, but this was soon shortened to Chicago White Sox. The team originally played home games at South Side Park before moving to Comiskey Park in 1910, where they played until Guaranteed Rate Field (originally known as Comiskey Park and then known as U.S. Cellular Field) opened in 1991.
The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense-oriented team dubbed "the Hitless Wonders", and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Collins, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal, in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games. In response, Major League Baseball's new Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from Major League Baseball for life. In 1959, led by Early Wynn, Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio and manager Al López, the White Sox won the American League pennant. They won the AL pennant in 2005, and went on to win the World Series, led by World Series MVP Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, catcher A. J. Pierzynski, and the first Latino manager to win the World Series, Ozzie Guillén.
Year | Year2 | Years | Name | Wins | Losses | Games | Win % | Champs | Playoffs | Tenure | Notes |
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1980 | 2021 | 1980-2021 | Tony La Russa | 565 | 514 | 1079 | .524 | 2 | 7 | ||
2017 | 2020 | 2017-2020 | Rich Renteria | 174 | 209 | 383 | .454 | 1 | 3 | ||
2018 | 2018 | 2018 | Rich Renteria Joe McEwing | 62 | 100 | 162 | .383 | 0 | 1 | ||
2012 | 2016 | 2012-2016 | Robin Ventura | 375 | 435 | 810 | .463 | 0 | 5 | ||
2011 | 2011 | 2011 | Ozzie Guillen Don Cooper | 79 | 83 | 162 | .488 | 0 | 1 | ||
2004 | 2010 | 2004-2010 | Ozzie Guillen | 600 | 535 | 1135 | .529 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
1998 | 2003 | 1998-2003 | Jerry Manuel | 500 | 471 | 971 | .515 | 1 | 6 | ||
1996 | 1997 | 1996-1997 | Terry Bevington | 165 | 158 | 323 | .511 | 0 | 2 | ||
1995 | 1995 | 1995 | Gene Lamont Terry Bevington | 68 | 76 | 144 | .472 | 0 | 1 | ||
1992 | 1994 | 1992-1994 | Gene Lamont | 247 | 190 | 437 | .565 | 1 | 3 | ||
1989 | 1991 | 1989-1991 | Jeff Torborg | 250 | 235 | 485 | .516 | 0 | 3 | ||
1987 | 1988 | 1987-1988 | Jim Fregosi | 148 | 175 | 323 | .458 | 0 | 2 | ||
1986 | 1986 | 1986 | Tony La Russa Doug Rader Jim Fregosi | 72 | 90 | 162 | .444 | 0 | 1 | ||
1979 | 1979 | 1979 | Don Kessinger Tony La Russa | 73 | 87 | 160 | .456 | 0 | 1 | ||
1978 | 1978 | 1978 | Bob Lemon Larry Doby | 71 | 90 | 161 | .441 | 0 | 1 | ||
1977 | 1977 | 1977 | Bob Lemon | 90 | 72 | 162 | .556 | 0 | 1 | ||
1951 | 1976 | 1951-1976 | Paul Richards | 315 | 308 | 623 | .506 | 0 | 4 | ||
1971 | 1975 | 1971-1975 | Chuck Tanner | 398 | 401 | 799 | .498 | 0 | 5 | ||
1970 | 1970 | 1970 | Don Gutteridge Bill Adair Chuck Tanner | 56 | 106 | 162 | .346 | 0 | 1 | ||
1969 | 1969 | 1969 | Al Lopez Don Gutteridge | 68 | 94 | 162 | .420 | 0 | 1 | ||
1968 | 1968 | 1968 | Eddie Stanky Les Moss Al Lopez | 67 | 95 | 162 | .414 | 0 | 1 | ||
1966 | 1967 | 1966-1967 | Eddie Stanky | 172 | 152 | 324 | .531 | 0 | 2 | ||
1957 | 1965 | 1957-1965 | Al Lopez | 811 | 615 | 1426 | .569 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
1955 | 1956 | 1955-1956 | Marty Marion | 176 | 132 | 308 | .571 | 0 | 2 | ||
1954 | 1954 | 1954 | Paul Richards Marty Marion | 94 | 60 | 154 | .610 | 0 | 1 | ||
1950 | 1950 | 1950 | Jack Onslow Red Corriden | 60 | 94 | 154 | .390 | 0 | 1 | ||
1949 | 1949 | 1949 | Jack Onslow | 63 | 91 | 154 | .409 | 0 | 1 | ||
1947 | 1948 | 1947-1948 | Ted Lyons | 121 | 185 | 306 | .395 | 0 | 2 | ||
1946 | 1946 | 1946 | Jimmy Dykes Ted Lyons | 74 | 80 | 154 | .481 | 0 | 1 | ||
1935 | 1945 | 1935-1945 | Jimmy Dykes | 840 | 832 | 1672 | .502 | 0 | 11 | ||
1934 | 1934 | 1934 | Lew Fonseca Jimmy Dykes | 53 | 99 | 152 | .349 | 0 | 1 | ||
1932 | 1933 | 1932-1933 | Lew Fonseca | 116 | 185 | 301 | .385 | 0 | 2 | ||
1930 | 1931 | 1930-1931 | Donie Bush | 118 | 189 | 307 | .384 | 0 | 2 | ||
1929 | 1929 | 1929 | Lena Blackburne | 59 | 93 | 152 | .388 | 0 | 1 | ||
1928 | 1928 | 1928 | Ray Schalk Lena Blackburne | 72 | 82 | 154 | .468 | 0 | 1 | ||
1927 | 1927 | 1927 | Ray Schalk | 70 | 83 | 153 | .458 | 0 | 1 | ||
1925 | 1926 | 1925-1926 | Eddie Collins | 160 | 147 | 307 | .521 | 0 | 2 | ||
1924 | 1924 | 1924 | Johnny Evers Ed Walsh Eddie Collins | 66 | 87 | 153 | .431 | 0 | 1 | ||
1919 | 1923 | 1919-1923 | Kid Gleason | 392 | 364 | 756 | .519 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
1915 | 1918 | 1915-1918 | Pants Rowland | 339 | 247 | 586 | .579 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1903 | 1914 | 1903-1914 | Jimmy Callahan | 286 | 311 | 597 | .479 | 0 | 4 | ||
1910 | 1911 | 1910-1911 | Hugh Duffy | 145 | 159 | 304 | .477 | 0 | 2 | ||
1909 | 1909 | 1909 | Billy Sullivan | 78 | 74 | 152 | .513 | 0 | 1 | ||
1905 | 1908 | 1905-1908 | Fielder Jones | 360 | 246 | 606 | .594 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
1904 | 1904 | 1904 | Jimmy Callahan Fielder Jones | 89 | 65 | 154 | .578 | 0 | 1 | ||
1901 | 1902 | 1901-1902 | Clark Griffith | 157 | 113 | 270 | .582 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1895 | 1900 | 1895-1900 | Charlie Comiskey | 453 | 344 | 797 | .568 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
1894 | 1894 | 1894 | Bill Watkins | 74 | 51 | 125 | .592 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |