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Also Known As Chicago White Stockings • South Siders • White Stockings • Sioux City Cornhuskers
Awards And Honors World Series (2005) • World Series (1917) • World Series (1906)
Date 1894 - present
Headquarters Chicago
Areas Of Involvement baseball
Related People Shoeless Joe Jackson • Omar Vizquel • Tony La Russa • Manny Ramirez • Jerry Reinsdorf • Bo Jackson • Ozzie Guillen • Nellie Fox • Eddie Collins • Charles Comiskey • Ken Griffey, Jr. • Roberto Alomar • Sammy Sosa • Luis Aparicio • Orlando Hernández

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