Chicago Cubs and White Sox Scorecard collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of scorecards relating to the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox between 1949 and 1956. There are five scorecards, one for each Chicago City Series game played between 1949 and 1956, with only the 1949 card being scored. The remainder of the collection are scorecards for the two teams, many are not scored. These are all home games played at Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park.
Dates
- 1949-1967
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
The Chicago City Series was played from 1903 until 1942, excluding the years one team or the other won the pennant, the Cubs and White Sox played each other in a best-of-seven postseason City Series. These series were officially sanctioned by the National Commission and later, the commissioner's office. 1985 saw the start of an annual "Windy City Classic" charity game. This lasted through 1995, with two games played in 1995. The Crosstown Cup trophy was introduced in 2010 and the White Sox won the trophy the first three seasons before the Cubs finally won it in 2013. In 2010, 2011, and 2012, the trophy was sponsored by oil and gas company BP and was known as the BP Crosstown Cup. From 2013 to 2018 there was no corporate sponsor. In 2019 the trophy was sponsored by the financial holding company Wintrust and was therefore called the Wintrust Crosstown Cup. In 2020, the teams faced each other as leaders of their divisions for the first time since 2008 in the Pandemic shortened season with the White Sox taking the three game series at Wrigley and the Cubs taking the three game series on the Southside. On August 8, 2021, MLB aired a game on ABC for the first time since 1995 with the game between the White Sox and Cubs at Wrigley Field with the White Sox winning the game 9-3.
Extent
1.26 Linear Feet (in 4 document boxes)
1.25 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of scorecards for the Chicago City Series and regular season games for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.
Arrangement
This collection starts the Chicago City Series, followed by the Chicago Cub scorecards and the Chicago White Sox, in chronological order.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 10, Range b, Shelf 2
- Title
- Guide to the Chicago Cubs and White Sox Scorecard collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- October 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository