The Duluth White Sox were a minor league baseball team based in Duluth, Minnesota, that played from 1903 to 1916, and in 1934. The team played in the Northern League (1903–1905, 1908, 1913–1916, 1934), Northern-Copper Country League (1906–1907), Minnesota–Wisconsin League (1909–1911) and Central International League (1912). When professional baseball returned to Duluth in 1934 after 18 years, the name White Sox was used for one season before the team became the Duluth Dukes. The team played its home games at Athletic Park.
League championships
Northern League -- 1904, 1905, 1914
Minnesota–Wisconsin League -- 1909
Central International League -- 1912
Major League players
1903 -- Hank Gehring, Lee Quillin
1904 -- Art Ball, Hank Gehring, Joe Koukalik, Frank Martin, Lee Quillin, Newt Randall 1905 -- Cy Neighbors 1906 -- Frank Moore 1907 -- None 1908 -- Jack Ness, Larry Pratt 1909 -- Dave Bancroft, Hooks Dauss, Don Marion, Otto Miller 1910 -- George Anderson, Hooks Dauss, Don Marion 1911 -- Elmer Miller, Gene Woodburn 1912 -- Red Bluhm, Elmer Miller 1913 -- Elmer Miller, Hank Schreiber, Elmer Smith 1914 -- George Cunningham, Harry Wolfe 1915 -- Harry Wolfe 1916 -- Rube Ehrhardt, Mike Menosky, Hank Schreiber, Bill Webb, Frank Withrow, Harry Wolfe 1934 -- None
National Baseball Hall of Fame players
Dave Bancroft -- played for the White Sox briefly in 1909 before moving on to the Superior Drillers, also in the Minnesota–Wisconsin League.
Other notable players
Frank Lausche -- Ohio politician played for the White Sox in 1916. He was a Mayor of Cleveland, Governor of Ohio, and United States Senator.