Editing Chicago White Sox (section)

===Nicknames===
The White Sox were originally known as the White Stockings, a reference to the original name of the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Cubs Team History & Encyclopedia|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> To fit the name in headlines, local newspapers such as the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' abbreviated the name alternatively to Stox and Sox.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Engber|first=Daniel|title=X Marks The Baseball team|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2005/10/x_marks_the_baseball_team.html|date=October 25, 2015|journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|department=Explainer|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> Charles Comiskey would officially adopt the White Sox nickname in the club's first years, making them the first team to officially use the "Sox" name. The Chicago White Sox are most prominently [[List of baseball team nicknames|nicknamed]] "the South Siders", based on their particular [[South Side, Chicago|district within Chicago]]. Other nicknames include the synonymous "Pale Hose";<ref>{{cite web|last=DeFord|first=Frank|title=The Finest Nickname in Baseball|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4656212|date=May 18, 2005|website=National Public Radio|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> "the ChiSox", a combination of "Chicago" and "Sox", used mostly by the national media to differentiate them between the Boston Red Sox (BoSox); and "the Good Guys", a reference to the team's one-time motto "Good guys wear black", coined by broadcaster [[Ken Harrelson]]. Most fans and Chicago media refer to the team as simply "the Sox". The [[Spanish language]] media sometimes refer to the team as ''Medias Blancas'' for "White Socks".

Several individual White Sox teams have received nicknames over the years:

*The [[1906 Chicago White Sox season|1906 team]] was known as the '''Hitless Wonders''' due to their .230 batting average, worst in the American League.<ref>{{cite web|title=1906: The Hitless Wonders|url=http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906-baseball-history.html|website=This Great Game|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=April 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403182452/http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1906-baseball-history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Despite their hitting woes, the Sox would beat the crosstown Cubs for their first world title.
*The [[1919 Chicago White Sox season|1919 White Sox]] are known as the '''[[Black Sox Scandal|Black Sox]]''' after eight players were banned from baseball for fixing the [[1919 World Series]].
*The [[1959 Chicago White Sox season|1959 White Sox]] were referred to as the '''Go-Go White Sox''' due to their speed-based offense. The period from 1951 to 1967, in which the White Sox had 17 consecutive winning seasons, is sometimes referred to as the Go-Go era.<ref>{{cite news|last=Secter|first=Bob|title=The 1959 'Go-Go' White Sox and the air-raid sirens|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/chi-chicagodays-whitesox1959-story-story.html|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
*The [[1977 Chicago White Sox season|1977 team]] was known as the '''South Side Hitmen''' as they contended for the division title after finishing last [[1976 Chicago White Sox season|the year before]].
*The [[1983 Chicago White Sox season|1983 White Sox]] became known as the '''Winning Ugly White Sox''' in response to [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] manager [[Doug Rader]]'s derisive comments that the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Evans|first=Sean|title=The 25 Greatest Moments in White Sox History|url=http://www.complex.com/sports/2012/04/the-25-greatest-moments-in-chicago-white-sox-history/winning-ugly|date=April 25, 2012|journal=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=May 25, 2015}}</ref> The Sox went on to win the 1983 American League West division on September 17.