The Crosstown Classic
Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox Baseball Series Game Scores & Lineups
Game Info by BaseballHistorian.com
All Time
Crosstown Classic Regular Season Totals:
Chicago White Sox: 37 Wins vs. Chicago Cubs: 35 Wins
(not including the 1906 world series games)
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Mayor Richard Daley, President Barack Obama, (the late) Bernie Mac, George Wendt, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dennis DeYoung (Styx band), Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert, Mankind (wrestler), Steve Dahl, Mandy Patankin, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Flatley, Jerry Springer, Jenny McCarthy, Michael Jordan, and again... John Cusack Do you know any others? send us an email to let us know. |
Bill Murray, Jimmy Buffet, Michelle Obama, Tom Bosley, Bonnie Hunt, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Joe Mantegna, Dan Migala, Eddie Vedder, Rod Blagojevich, Jeff Garlin, Gary Sinese, Steve Goodman, Jim Belushi and again... John Cusack.
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Barack Obama on being a White Sox fan from
Chicago Sun Times We all knew Barack Obama is a White Sox fan, but the presumed Democratic presidential nominee took it a bit further in an interview with ESPN. Obama joked about the stereotype of Cubs fans, who probably are tired of being described as partying people-watchers instead of serious baseball fans. "You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there," Obama said, according to transcripts released by ESPN. "People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball." |
Eddie Vedder at Wrigley |
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Crosstown
Classic Game Scores
(from 1997 through today (and also 1906 World Series))
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1906 World Series
Before interleague play in 1997, the White Sox and the Cubs often played in exhibition games. The White Sox and their South Side fans invade Wrigley and the North Siders travel via the Dan Ryan, Lake Shore Drive, or the "El" (the subway) via the Red Line to U.S. Cellular Field. Most of these exhibition games were filled with "call ups", those being minor league players as the teams did not wish to have their regular players injured in an exhibition game. Thusly, these games, although intense in the fans eyes, were merely entertainment. Then in 1997, it was finally counted. The first two years of these games (1997 & 1998), there were only 3 games for the entire season, with the home team alternating. Then in 1999, MLB introduced the current series of the games, in which there are 3 games at each park each year. Although the teams had a similar record against each other in this series (they were tied going into 2009), there is nothing similar about either team in the eyes of their fans. With the Cubs having not won a World Series in over 100 years, and the White Sox finally having broken their long drought in 2005 (an 88 year wait), the "palehose" have an advantage in recent bragging rights with their World Series win. |
List of players who have played for both the Cubs & White Sox
| Last Name A - H | Last Name I - M | Last Name N - Z |
| David Aardsma | Frank Isbell | Jaime Navarro |
| Bobby Adams | Darrin Jackson | Wayne Nordhagen |
| Paul Assenmacher | Elmer Jacobs | Ron Northey |
| Earl Averill | Lance Johnson | Emmett O'Neill |
| Frank Baumann | Jimmy Johnston | Jose Ortiz |
| George Bell | Jay Johnstone | Johnny Ostrowski |
| Jason Bere | Davy Jones | Donn Pall |
| Hi Bithorn | Matt Karchner | Ken Patterson |
| Bobby Bonds | Jack Katoll | Reggie Patterson |
| Zeke Bonura | Don Kessinger | Josh Paul |
| Thad Bosley | Bruce Kimm | Taylor Phillips |
| Jim Brosnan | Jim King | Juan Pizarro |
| George Browne | Fabian Kowalik | Whitey Platt |
| Warren Brusstar | Ken Kravec | Howie Pollet |
| Smoky Burgess | Mike Kreevich | Mike Proly |
| John Buzhardt | Jack Lamabe | Jim Qualls |
| Nixey Callahan | Dennis Lamp | Pat Ragan |
| Johnny Callison | Don Larsen | Phil Regan |
| Larry Casian | Vance Law | Steve Renko |
| Phil Cavarretta | Dave Lemonds | Carl Reynolds |
| Steve Christmas | Darren Lewis | Marv Rickert |
| Loyd Christopher | Dick Littlefield | Bob Rush |
| Neal Cotts | Bob Locker | Luis Salazar |
| Wes Covington | Kenny Lofton | Scott Sanderson |
| Dick Culler | Bill Long | Ron Santo |
| Mike Cvengros | Andrew Lorraine | Carl Sawatski |
| Tom (Daniel) Daly | Jay Loviglio | Jimmie Schaffer |
| Tom (Peter) Daly | Grover Lowdermilk | Hank Schreiber |
| Tommy Davis | Turk Lown | Bob Shaw |
| Mike Diaz | Robert Machado | Clyde Shoun |
| Steve Dillard | George Magoon | Charley Smith |
| Miguel Dilone | J.C. Martin | Eddie Solomon |
| Jess Dobernic | Morrie Martin | Sammy Sosa |
| Cozy Dolan | Dave Martinez | Joe Stephenson |
| Phil Douglas | Randy Martz | Jimmy Stewart |
| Moe Drabowsky | Jim McAnany | Tim Stoddard |
| Vallie Eaves | Chuck McElroy | Steve Stone |
| Hank Edwards | Lynn McGlothen | Sammy Strang |
| Lee Elia | Polly McLarry | Tanyon Sturtze |
| Johnny Evers | Cal McLish | Kevin Tapani |
| Scott Eyre | Lloyd Merriman | Bennie Tate |
| Scott Fletcher | Sam Mertes | Zeb Terry |
| Ken Frailing | Catfish Metkovich | Dick Tidrow |
| Oscar Gamble | Alex Metzler | Steve Trout |
| Ned Garvin | Aaron Miles | Vito Valentinetti |
| Ross Gload | Bob Miller | Luis Vizcaino |
| Wilbur Good | Bob Molinaro | Earl Webb |
| Tom Gordon | George Moriarty | Hoyt Wilhelm |
| Rich Gossage | Eddie Mulligan | Kettle Wirts |
| Danny Green | Danny Murphy | Rick Wrona |
| Clark Griffith | Rollie Zeider | |
| Warren Hacker | Dutch Zwilling | |
| Steve Hamilton | ||
| Ralph Hamner | ||
| Zaza Harvey | ||
| Ron Hassey | ||
| Grady Hatton | ||
| Bill Heath | ||
| Ken Henderson | ||
| Greg Hibbard | ||
| Guy Hoffman | ||
| Bobby Howry | ||
| Jim Hughes |