The Duluth White Sox were a minor league baseball team based in

Duluth, Minnesota , settlement_type = City , nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City , motto = , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; 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 The Minnesota–Wisconsin League, known as the "Minny" League, was a professional minor baseball league that existed from 1909 to 1912. It was a Class D league in 1909, 1910 and 1912 and a Class C league in 1911. As its name suggests, it featured ...

(1909–1911) and

Central International League The Central International League was a four–team minor baseball league that played in 1912. A Class C level league, the Central International League played only the 1912 season, with the Duluth White Sox winning the league championship. In 19 ...

(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 Duluth Dukes was the name of an American minor league baseball franchise that represented Duluth, Minnesota, in the Northern League from 1935 to 1942, and from 1946 to 1955. In addition, a separate edition of the Dukes was one of four franc ...

. 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 --

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, Hank Gehring, Joe Koukalik, Frank Martin, Lee Quillin, Newt Randall *1905 --

Cy Neighbors Cecil Flemon "Cy" Neighbors (September 23, 1880 – May 20, 1964) was a professional baseball outfielder. Playing career Neighbors had played for the minor league Toledo Mud Hens in 1905, and in 1907 he played for Burlington, leading the Iowa S ...

*1906 -- Frank Moore *1907 -- None *1908 -- Jack Ness,

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*1909 --

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, Otto Miller *1910 -- George Anderson,

*1911 -- Elmer Miller, Gene Woodburn *1912 -- Red Bluhm, Elmer Miller *1913 -- Elmer Miller,

Hank Schreiber Henry "Hank" Walter Shreiber (July 12, 1891 – February 23, 1968) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He was the only major league player to play for five major league teams in five non-consecutive years, never playing on more than one team p ...

, Elmer Smith *1914 -- George Cunningham, Harry Wolfe *1915 -- Harry Wolfe *1916 --

Rube Ehrhardt Welton Claude Ehrhardt (November 20, 1894 – April 27, 1980) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1924 to 1929 with the Brooklyn Robins and Cincinnati Reds. A right-hander, Ehrhardt's career was delayed while he served in t ...

, Bill Webb, Frank Withrow, Harry Wolfe *1934 -- None

National Baseball Hall of Fame players

-- played for the White Sox briefly in 1909 before moving on to the Superior Drillers, also in the

Other notable players

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-- Ohio politician played for the White Sox in 1916. He was a Mayor of Cleveland, Governor of Ohio, and United States Senator.

References

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