It would be another 88 years until the white sox won another world series title. Espn forgot the white sox won the 2005 world series, again. In 2008, the chicago white sox lost to the tampa bay rays in the al divisional series. Thus, it may have been early april, but the threegame series in minneapolis felt pretty big in 2005. The white sox open the season with a 10 record, while cleveland drops to 01. With pierzynski on board, white soxtwins rivalry kept.
Sox swept defending world champion boston in the alds and defeated the angels, 41, in the alcs before sweeping houston in the world series. The 2005 white sox set an mlb record by holding a lead in each of the first 37 games of the season they are one of five teams in mlb history to lead their. On this day, october 26th, the chicago white sox beat the houston astros 10 to win their first world series title in 88 years. Follow chicago white sox team history, regular season results, postseason results, and more on. The soxs next world series winner in 2005 would finish the regular season with a 9963 record.
The 2005 chicago white sox season was the white sox s 105th season. Only 5 teams in the entire history of major league baseball have been in first place every single day of the regular season and won the world. The moment was one of the greatest in the history of chicago sports. Chicago white sox players celebrate after defeating the houston astros 10 to win the world series in game 4, wednesday, oct. It was their first trip to the world series since 1959, and it helped to ease the pain, if not erase the memories, of the biggest scandal in the history of baseball. With nbc sports chicago reairing 70 games from the 2005 world series championship white sox season, here are some cool facts about the team. Who at espn hates the white sox so much theyre trying to write them out of history.
They followed that win in 1917 with the help of the infamous shoeless joe jackson. In 2005, the chicago white sox beat the houston astros in the world series. A 14k yellow gold 2005 world series championship ring awarded to the chicago white sox and produced for the commissioner. A history of the sports reference sponsorship system. With an 111 record, the white sox had one of the best postseasons ever. That was the season in which the chicago white sox shocked the baseball world after winning the american league pennant en route to their first world series since 1959. The white sox entered the 2005 world series having posted the american leagues best record and cruised through the first two rounds, and they left with their. I think its fair to assume that a team is not going to the world series if their best hitter is. The 101st edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the american league al champion chicago white sox and the national league nl champion houston astros. Mlb, the silhouetted batter logo, world series, national league, american league, division. The 2005 chicago white sox team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 2005 season. The chicago white sox finished the regular season with the best record in the american league at 9963. A special thank you to my grandpa, tom fox, and my dad, steve, for sharing their love of baseball and the white sox with me.
This is a list of seasons completed by the chicago white sox baseball franchise in major league baseball. Nbc sports chicago to air 2005 white sox season and world. The white sox easily clinched the american league central division in 2005, finishing six games above the cleveland indians with a record of 9963. The white sox swept the astros in four games, winning their third world series championship and their first in 88. In the playoffs, they won the american league division series 30 over the defending world champion boston red sox, the american league championship series 41 over the. The white sox wore red, white and blue uniforms all season in a show of support to us forces that were fighting a world war in europe. Along the way, houston and atlanta set a major league postseason record with a.
The season records for every white sox team throughout their history. The white sox would go on to win a franchise record 100 games, and would win the pennant by nine games. The pressed wood plaque has a black overlay finish and features two full color sublimated plates that show and detail the white soxs 2005 triumph. Chicago white sox lists alltime roster best individual seasons the 20 greatest chicago white sox of alltime team history years known as record world series titles pennants playoff appearance 1901 2019 chicago white sox 9,283 9,215 3 6 9 world series titles year opponent series world series mvp 2005 houston astros 40 jermaine. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the. This collectors plaque celebrates the 2005 white sox, who became the first chicago team to win a world series since 1917. With the astros in town, recalling geoff blums gamewinning home run for the white sox in game three of the 2005 world series the longest game in world series history. One is the world series 2005 released by the mlb official and the other is this. The 2005 white sox went 111 in the postseason against the red sox, angels and astros, with jose contreras, mark buehrle, garcia and jon garland compiling a 2. That doesnt mean that white sox fans forgot about the most dominant team in postseason history though. Chicago, il march 23, 2020 nbc sports chicago has announced additional pro game replacement programming as the network will be reairing 70 victories from the 2005 chicago white sox world series championship season, which will also include replays of every american league division series, american league championship series and world series game. The sox went 111 on their way to the world championship, tying the 1999 yankees for the secondbest postseason record since 1969 minimum seven games behind only the 1976 cincinnati reds, who were 70. In the opening round of the playoffs, the white sox defeated the defending world series champions, the boston red sox.
Terry collins mets have put together a rotation era of 2. Chicago swept world series, posted 111 postseason record after. Chicago white sox world series ring, 2005 digital collection. The ring also contains 95 clear stones zirconium of various sizes highlighting sox and circling the onyx. In 2005, the sox went on to become world champions with the help of paul konerko, mark buehrle and a. The ring has a 14karat white gold insert and the white sox crest sox on a black onyx base stone. Won world series 40 over houston astros won al championship series. Not for chicago white sox fans only, this boxed set chronicles a world series championship nearly a century in the making. The white sox went on to sweep the houston astros in the 2005 world series, giving the sox their first world championship in 88 years. Recalling the 2005 white sox playoff run south side sox. To learn about our efforts to improve the accessibility and usability of our website, please visit our accessibility information page.
They finished with a 9963 record in the regular season and first place in the. Chicago white sox team history sports team history. The thing that made the team special is that their success in 2005 was no fluke. There are two highlight dvds for the white sox in 2005. Members of the chicago white sox celebrate on the field after winning the 2005 world series with a 10 win over the houston astros at minute maid park in.
They finished with a 9963 record in the regular season and first place in the american league central division by six games over the cleveland indians. They dont see the bullpen, chicago manager ozzie guillen said. The boston red sox won the 2004 world series a staggering 86 years after their last world series title in 1918. Going wiretowire in first place over the entire regular season, the white sox only lost one game while sweeping the 2004 world series champion boston red sox in the alds, pitching four completegames in the alcs, and then sweeping the astros in the world series. Yea thats right, the most dominant postseason team ever. The chicago white sox complete a 4game sweep of the houston.
Major league baseball consists of 30 teams split between the. The chicago white sox have won the world series 3 times, in 1906, 1917 and 2005. The 2005 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2005 season. When was the last time the white sox lost a playoff series. The white sox raised championship banners and played a video montage of 2005 world series highlights in a pregame ceremony for. The white sox entered the 2005 world series having posted the american leagues best record and cruised through the first two rounds, and they left with their first championship since 1917, when.
The 2005 championship team was a memorable one because it marked one of the best defensive and dominant pitching teams in white sox history. With no live sporting events due to covid19, nbc sports chicago has begun reairing games from the 2005 white sox world series season. The white sox had an early opportunity to make a statement against the twins, and this time. The definitive encyclopedia of the chicago white sox delves into that rich history and. They had dominant pitching, as shown by the unbelievable stretch of four complete games in a row in the alcs. The last time the white sox won the world series, in 1917, john f. The major difference between these two is that this one is more focused on the regular season while the other one is focused on the postseason. The list contains the record of the season, the division the white sox participated in and their place, and their postseason result.
Chicago white sox can one call change the outcome of the season. The 2005 chicago white sox season was the white soxs 105th season. Everybody put their best foot forward and were brilliant in the run to the world series. The chicago white sox had a brilliant pitching rotation in 2005.
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