1914 World Series Championship

Lore & Background

The franchise's first major league 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 led the team to its second American League championship and its first World Series championship in 1906. 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 Black Sox scandal. The White Sox next won the American League pennant in 1959 under Al López, losing the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and then in 2005 under Ozzie Guillén, defeating the Houston Astros in the World Series.

In Their Own Story

The August evening air over Comiskey Park smelled of cut grass and coal smoke drifting up from the stockyards. Cicotte stood on the mound, his left hand working the ball between his fingers, feeling the seams find the groove that made the knuckleball live. The crowd—three thousand strong in the upper deck, another two in the lower—had gone quiet in that particular way only a Chicago crowd can: not silence, but a held breath, a collective leaning forward. A runner on second, the count two-and-one. Cicotte wound up, his delivery loose and almost lazy, and the ball left his hand with barely a rotation. The batter, a big man from the other side of the league, swung hard and connected with nothing but air. The catcher barely saw it coming. The umpire called strike three, and the South Side erupted. Cicotte didn't smile. He just nodded, once, and turned back to the mound, already thinking about the next pitch. Behind him, in the dugout, Tinker was already calling out the next play, his voice cutting through the noise like a blade. This was their team. This was their year. And the city, for one golden summer, believed completely.

Reader's Guide

The team's current manager is Will Venable, who was promoted on October 31, 2024. The longest–tenured White Sox manager was Jimmy Dykes, who managed the team for 1,850 games from 1934 to 1946. Dykes' 899 wins and 940 losses lead all White Sox managers. Fielder Jones' winning percentage of .592 is the highest of any White Sox manager. Five White Sox managers have served multiple terms: Nixey Callahan, Johnny Evers, Eddie Collins, Al López, and Les Moss.

Did You Know?

• The White Sox have employed 44 different managers since their inception in 1901.
• Eleven Hall of Famers have managed the White Sox: Clark Griffith, Hugh Duffy, Eddie Collins, Johnny Evers, Ed Walsh, Ray Schalk, Ted Lyons, Al López, Bob Lemon, Larry Doby, and Tony La Russa.
• Nixey Callahan was the White Sox manager in 1903 and part of 1904, and then again from 1912 to 1914.