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Chicago White Sox Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge about the Chicago White Sox with this engaging trivia quiz that covers their history, players, and significance in baseball.

1 ________

2 The ________ are led by former White Sox player Magglio Ordóñez.

3 Johnson, a Cincinnati-based reporter, had been recommended by his friend ________, former major league star with the St. Louis Browns in the 1880s, who was then managing the Cincinnati Reds.

4 The White Sox would also acquire slugger Ted Kluszewski, a local area native, from the ________ for the final pennant push.

5 What division does Chicago White Sox play in?

6 Who manages Chicago White Sox?

7 It was still officially a minor league, subject to the governing National Agreement and an underling of the ________.

8 When was Chicago White Sox established?

9 What entity owns Chicago White Sox?

10 CDT, sending the crowd of 25,390 at ________ into a frenzy.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • Kelly Paris' three career home runs were all hit in 1988 in 44 at bats with the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball.
  • Duke Dunne, an Olympic pentathlete and Michigan football captain, later presided over the sale of the Chicago White Sox to Bill Veeck and the Kansas City Athletics to Charlie Finley.
  • businessman Peter Bynoe oversaw the development of New Comiskey Park, which was instrumental in keeping the Chicago White Sox from leaving the city.
  • in 1979, Chicago White Sox pitcher Ron Schueler retired mid-season to replace his own pitching coach who had died earlier that season.
  • Jerry Dybzinski's baserunning error in game four of the 1983 American League Championship Series ultimately cost the Chicago White Sox both the game and the series.
  • Dick Padden led the Chicago White Sox to an American League championship as a player-manager in 1900, one season before the American League became a major league.
  • Major League Baseball pitcher Dom Zanni was once knocked unconscious in the seventh inning, yet went on to finish pitching the game and earn the win for the Chicago White Sox.
  • Andy the Clown performed at Chicago White Sox games for 30 years, outlasting an attempt to replace him with two new mascots.
  • Billy Lauder coached Baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Collins in college, and Collins later hired Lauder to coach the Chicago White Sox.
  • Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is a C.P.A. and lawyer whose first job assignment was the delinquency of then-owner of the White Sox Bill Veeck.