The White Sox are one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), joining the league in 1901. The franchise enjoyed early success, posting winning records in five of six seasons and winning the 1906 World Series. This six-game World Series victory came over the rival Chicago Cubs.

White Sox supporters did not have to wait long for more championship success. The team won another six-game World Series in 1917, this time over the New York Giants. Chicago returned to the World Series two seasons later, but lost a 5-3 series to Cincinnati Reds.

The franchise then endured a lengthy championship drought and did not appear in another championship series until 1959. Chicago opened the series strong, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 11-0, but this was the only game in which the White Sox scored more than four runs, and they lost 9-3 in Game 6.

Chicago returned to the World Series in 2005 following a 99-63 regular season. The team dropped just one game in the playoffs and swept the Houston Astros 4-0 to deliver the franchise its third World Series title (and first in nearly nine decades). Jermaine Dye was named World Series MVP after contributing seven runs from 17 at-bats.