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The
Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago ,
Illinois . They are in the Central Division of the American League. The
team came into existence in the year 1901. The club adopted the name
"White Stockings," the original name of the Chicago Cubs, and acquired a
number of stars from the National League, including pitcher and manager
Clark Griffith, who paced the White Sox to the AL 's first pennant in
1901. The nickname was quickly shortened to "White Sox." Chicago fielded
several powerful teams during the early 1900s, winning World Series
championships in 1906 and 1917. Walsh, Doc White and Nick Altrock paced
the White Sox to their 1906 pennant and their first World Series
victory, a stunning upset over the Cubs who had won a record 116
regular-season games.
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