The White Sox gave away these nifty patches commemorating the 90th anniversary of their 1906 World Series title in 1996.
The huge upset by the “Hitless Wonders” came over the 116-win Cubs.
There was no 100th anniversary patch because the Sox were too busy reveling in the afterglow of the 2005 World Series title.
Here’s a look at the 1906 White Sox World Series …
*OCT. 3, 1906, SOX CLINCH: The White Sox clinched their first American League pennant while waiting out a rain delay in St. Louis by virtue of second-place New York ’s loss to Philadelphia in the second game of a doubleheader. The “Hitless Wonders” would go on to win the World Series in six games against the Chicago Cubs.
*OCT. 9, 1906, GAME 1: The White Sox stunned the heavily-favored Cubs 2-1 amidst snow flurries before 12,693 at the Cubs’ West Side Park in the first game of the only all-Chicago World Series. Nick Altrock outdueled Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown in giving the White Sox an emotional boost in the series.
The White Sox scored one in the fifth when George Rohe, playing only because regular shortstop George Davis was injured, tripled and scored on an error by Brown. The Sox made it 2-0 in the sixth on a Frank Isbell RBI.
The Cubs scored a run in the sixth but Altrock retired nine of the 11 batters he faced to protect the lead. Altrock, who went 20-13 during the regular season, gave up one run on four hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Five days later, the White Sox finished off the Cubs to win the Series. … The interest in this Series was so intense in Chicago , the Tribune provided play-by-play reports via mechanical boards in theatres.
*OCT. 10, 1906, GAME 2: The Cubs pulled even with the White Sox by winning Game 2 of the World Series 7-1 in chilled South Side Park . The Cubs, who won a Major League record 116 games during the regular season, scored four runs in the first three innings off Doc White to take the lead for good. Ed Reulbach limited the Sox to one hit, a single to center by Jiggs Donahue in the seventh inning. Patsy Dougherty scored the Sox lone run in the fifth with the help of a Cubs’ defensive lapse
*OCT. 11, 1906, GAME 3: The White Sox rode a three-run sixth inning and the pitching of Ed Walsh to a 3-0 win over the Cubs to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Walsh, who threw 10 shutouts during the regular season, limited the Cubs to two hits and one walk while fanning 12 at West Side Park . After allowing a leadoff single, Walsh retired 20 of the next 21 batters he faced. George Rohe was the hero on offense. His bases-clearing triple in the sixth inning accounted for the scoring as the White Sox moved to within two wins of clinching their first World Series title.
*OCT. 12, 1906, GAME 4: The White Sox were limited to two hits by Mordecai Brown in dropping Game 4 of the World Series 1-0 at South Side Park . The Cubs made a run off Nick Altrock in the seventh stand up in tying the Series at 2-2. Eddie Hahn’s seventh inning single and Patsy Dougherty’s eighth inning single were the Sox only hits.
*OCT. 13, 1906, GAME 5: The White Sox moved to within one game of clinching their first World Series title by defeating the Cubs 8-6 in Game 5 of the first and only All-Chicago Fall Classic at West Side Park . The White Sox scored a run in the first Frank Isbell’s double. The Cubs responded with three in their first but the Sox took the lead for good with four in the fourth on doubles by Isbell, George Davis and Jiggs Donahue. The Cubs pulled to within two after seven but Doc White preserved Ed Walsh’s win with three innings of one-hit relief. Frank Isbell had four doubles for the White Sox.
*OCTOBER 14, 1906, GAME 6: WORLD CHAMPIONS! The White Sox pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports history by claiming the World Series title with an 8-3 Game 5 win over the Cubs at South Side Park .
Few had given Charles Comiskey’s “Hitless Wonders” a shot at winning the first and only All-Chicago Fall Classic against the powerhouse Cubs, who won a big league record 116 games, but timely hitting a sterling pitching netted the Sox their first crown.
The White Sox settled this one early by scoring seven runs in the first two innings off Cubs’ ace Mordecai Brown, who was pitching on one days rest. George Davis and Jiggs Donahue drove in six of those seven runs as the Sox totaled 14 hits.
Doc White, who earned the save the day before with three shutout innings, went the distance. He gave up three runs on seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts.
For their triumph, Sox players each received a winner’s share of $1,874 while each Cub player received a loser’s share of $440.
The next time the White Sox and Cubs would meet in a game of consequence would be for a 1997 interleague game at Comiskey Park.