white sox played 1919 in world series.
white sox played 1919 in world series.
who did white sox play in world series?
1919
the franchise's first manager was hall of famer clark griffith, who managed the team for two seasons and led them to the american league championship in their inaugural season. fielder jones, who managed the team from 1904 to 1908, led the team to its second american league championship and its first world series championship (no world series was played in 1901), defeating the white sox's crosstown rivals, the chicago cubs, in the 1906 world series. pants rowland and kid gleason managed the white sox to american league championships in 1917 and 1919, respectively, with the white sox winning the 1917 world series but losing the 1919 world series in the infamous black sox scandal. the white sox did not win another american league championship until 1959, with al lópez as their manager. the white sox lost the 1959 world series to the los angeles dodgers. the white sox next captured the american league pennant in 2005 and, with ozzie guillén as their manager, defeated the houston astros in the 2005 world series.
list of chicago white sox managers
the sox started the month winning two of three against the mariners and then losing two of three against the blue jays. the white sox then went into their interleague play part of the season. the sox started interleague play by facing the astros. the astros won the first and third game to win the series. the sox then traveled to st. louis to face the defending world series champion cardinals where the sox won the first game of the series and then lost the next two. the white sox then traveled to los angeles to take on the dodgers. at the time the sox played los angeles, the dodgers had the best record in baseball at 40-24. the sox managed only one win during the three game series and the sox went back home after a 2-4 road trip. the sox then faced their crosstown rivals for the second time this season. the white sox lost the first two games to the cubs but avoided a sweep by winning the final game of the series, 7-0. the sox then fell out of first place for the first time since may 28. the sox wrapped up interleague play by winning two of three against the brewers to finish the interleague season at 9-9. on june 24, during the final game against the brewers, the white sox acquired kevin youkilis and cash from the red sox for brent lillibridge and zach stewart. the white sox then finished the month on the road winning two of three against the twins and winning two of three against the yankees. a rare occurrence happened during the second game against the yankees. going into the top of the ninth inning, the white sox led the yankees 10-7. the yankees had cory wade on the mound for the third inning in a row. he had already given up two runs in the seventh and then gave up four more in the 9th while only recording one out. yankees manager, joe girardi, decided to let outfielder dewayne wise pitch because the teams bullpen had been so over used the past few days. wise had not pitched since his sophomore year of high school. wise is well known by white sox fans by making "the catch" that preserved mark buehrle's perfect game in 2009. wise then went on to retire paul konerko on a fly ball to center field and got alex ríos to ground out to finish out the 9th. the sox finished the month of june with a record of 13-14, but outscored their opponents 124-116.
2012 chicago white sox season