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{{short description|Major League Baseball cross-town rivalry in Chicago}}
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{{Infobox sports rivalry
| name = Cubs–White Sox rivalry
| image = [[Image:West Side Park 1906 World Series.JPG|250px]]
| caption = Cubs pitcher [[Jack Pfiester]] throws a pitch in the [[1906 World Series]].
| team1 = Chicago Cubs
| team2 = Chicago White Sox
| team1logo = Chicago Cubs Cap Insignia.svg
| team2logo = Chicago White Sox Insignia.svg
| city or region = [[Chicago]]
| firstmeeting = [[1906 World Series|World Series]]:<br>October 9, 1906<br>[[West Side Park]]<br>White Sox 2, Cubs 1<br><br>Regular season:<br>June 16, 1997<ref name="head2head">{{Cite web |title=Head-to-Head Records — Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox from 1997 to 2025 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/head2head-games.cgi?team1=CHC&team2=CHW&from=1997&to=2025 |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><br>[[Rate Field|Comiskey Park (II)]]<br>Cubs 8, White Sox 3
| mostrecent = July 27, 2025<ref name="head2head"/><br>[[Rate Field]]<br>Cubs 5, White Sox 4
| nextmeeting = May 15, 2026<br>[[Rate Field]]<!--[[Wrigley Field]]-->
| stadiums = Cubs: [[Wrigley Field]]<br>White Sox: [[Rate Field]]
| total = {{sum|79|79}}<ref name="m3">{{Cite web |title=mcubed.net : MLB : Series records : Chicago Cubs against Chicago White Sox |url=https://mcubed.net/mlb/chi/wsx.shtml |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=mcubed.net}}</ref>
| series = Tie, {{winpct|79|79|record=y}}<ref name="m3"/>
| regularseason = Cubs, {{winpct|77|75|record=y}}<ref name="head2head"/>
| postseason = White Sox, {{winpct|4|2|record=y}}<ref name="m3"/>
| largestvictory = {{Plainlist|
* Cubs, 10–0 (September 25, [[2020 Chicago Cubs season|2020]]);<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox Box Score: September 25, 2020 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA202009250.shtml |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> 13–3 (May 16, [[2025 Chicago Cubs season|2025]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago White Sox vs Chicago Cubs Box Score: May 16, 2025 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN202505160.shtml |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
* White Sox, 13–1 (August 29, [[2021 Chicago White Sox season|2021]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox Box Score: August 29, 2021 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHA/CHA202108290.shtml |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
}}
| longeststreak = {{Plainlist|
* Cubs, 8 (August 15, [[2023 Chicago Cubs season|2023]]–May 18, [[2025 Chicago Cubs season|2025]])<ref name="head2head"/>
* White Sox, 5 (June 27, [[2009 Chicago White Sox season|2009]]–June 12, [[2010 Chicago White Sox season|2010]])<ref name="head2head"/>
}}
| currentstreak = Cubs, 2<ref name="head2head"/>
| section_header = Post-season history
| section_info = {{Plainlist|class=nowrap|
* '''[[1906 World Series]]''': White Sox won, 4–2
}}
}}
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The '''Cubs–White Sox rivalry''' (also known as the '''Crosstown Classic''', '''The Windy City Showdown''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Buehrle Opens Windy City Showdown |first=Scott |last=Merkin |work=MLB.com |publisher=WhiteSox.com |date=June 21, 2007 |url=http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/print.jspymd=20070620&content_id=2038439&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws&affiliateId=CommentWidget }}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> '''Chicago Showdown''', '''North–South Showdown''',<ref>Jameson, Deirdre. "[http://ftw.usatoday.com/2012/05/chicago-cubs-white-sox-preview-things-to-watch-mlb This Weekend]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". USA Today Sports Section. Retrieved 15 October 2016.</ref> '''City Series''', '''Crosstown Series''',<ref name="USAToday">{{cite news| last1=Dodd|first1=Mike|first2=Judy|last2=Keen|title=There Are Two Sides To the Story for Cubs and White Sox Fans|newspaper=USA Today|date=October 3, 2008|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/playoffs/2008-10-03-chicago-fans_N.htm}}</ref> '''Crosstown Cup''', or '''Crosstown Showdown'''<ref name="USAToday"/>) refers to the [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) [[Major League Baseball rivalries|geographical rivalry]] between the [[Chicago Cubs]] and [[Chicago White Sox]]. The Cubs are a member club of MLB's [[National League (baseball)|National League]] (NL) [[National League Central|Central]] division, and play their home games at [[Wrigley Field]], located on [[Chicago]]'s North Side. The White Sox are a member club of MLB's [[American League]] (AL) [[American League Central|Central]] division, and play their home games at [[Rate Field]], located on Chicago's South Side.

The terms "North Siders" and "South Siders" are synonymous with the respective teams and their fans, setting up an enduring rivalry. Fans from the [[North Shore (Chicago)|North Shore]] and Chicago's northern [[Suburb|suburbs]] tend to support the Cubs, whereas fans from the [[South Side, Chicago|south side of Chicago]] tend to support the White Sox.

As of July 27, 2025, the Cubs lead the regular season series 77–75. There have been nine 3-game series sweeps since interleague play began: five by the Cubs in 1998, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2025, and four by the White Sox in 1999, 2008, 2012 and 2021. There have been three season series sweeps, all by the Cubs in 1998 (3 games), 2013 (4 games) and 2024 (4 games). The [[Chicago Transit Authority]]'s [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]] train has stops within a block of both ballparks: [[Addison station (CTA Red Line)|Addison station]] for Wrigley Field and [[Sox–35th station]] for Rate Field.

==History==
While teams in New York City (such as the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]], [[New York Giants (baseball)|Giants]], and [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]) routinely played against each other in [[World Series]] matchups throughout the 1940s and 1950s, the two Chicago teams only met once in the [[1906 World Series]], a celebrated event that seemingly put the city on hold for a full week. The heavily favored but young Cubs (who had won 116 games in the regular season) lost in six games to the veteran and pitching-strong White Sox, the "Hitless Wonders".

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 Baseball Commission]] and, later, the [[Commissioner of Baseball]]. The first series was played in 1903 and was a best-of-15. That year, the Cubs had a 6–3 series lead before the White Sox came back to force a 7–7 tie. Thanks to a rainout, they did not play the decisive 15th game as the players' contracts expired on October 15. Starting in 1905, the series became best-of-seven and remained that way until 1942. In all, they played 25 City Series with the White Sox winning 18 and the Cubs winning six to go along with the tie of 1903. The 1912 version marked the first time in a Major League Baseball postseason series that a team overcame a 3–0 series deficit as the White Sox won the final four games of the series.<ref>[https://terrybonadonna.com/documentaries/city-series-2/ ''Chicago's Civil War'']</ref>

1985 saw the start of an annual "Windy City Classic" charity game. The series alternated between the respective teams' ballparks, with Comiskey Park hosting the first year followed by Wrigley Field the next. The Sox would go 10–0–2 in this affair that lasted through 1995 (two games were played in 1995). One exhibition between the teams at Wrigley Field on April 7, 1994, was notable for the White Sox having [[Michael Jordan]] playing right field – Jordan was playing for a White Sox minor-league affiliate, the Birmingham Barons, during the first of his nearly two seasons of his first retirement from the NBA before his comeback with the Bulls.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezVvXFgjGgg ''Michael Jordan plays right field for the White Sox''] Major League Baseball on YouTube</ref>

Since inter-league play began in 1997, the White Sox and Cubs have routinely played each other four or six times each year (one two or three-game series at each stadium). Based on the availability of tickets and the prices offered through ticket brokers, these games are among the most anticipated of the season.

In 2008, the teams played each other as leaders of their respective divisions for the first time ever: the White Sox in the American League Central and the Cubs in the National League Central. Also for the first time in the rivalry's history, both Sunday games to end each series were televised nationally on [[ESPN]]'s ''[[Sunday Night Baseball]]''. The Chicago Cubs swept the White Sox in the first weekend series at Wrigley Field, and the White Sox subsequently swept the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field during the second weekend series, thus splitting the series 3–3 and resulting in an all-time inter-league series tie of 33–33 through 2008.

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. The Cubs winning the 4 games of their 2013 series marks the inter-league series at 49–45 to the White Sox. In 2014 the White Sox reclaimed the Crosstown Cup after winning the first three games of their four-game series. They won the first two games at Wrigley Field 3–1 in 12 and 4–1 respectively, came back to U.S. Cellular Field to win 8–3 before getting blown out in the final game 12–5.

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 Financial|Wintrust]] and was therefore called the Wintrust Crosstown Cup.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Bannon |date=June 17, 2019 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/ct-spt-cb-cubs-white-sox-city-series-20190617-story.html |title=7 Things to Know about the Cubs-Sox City Series, Including Whatever Happened to the BP Cup and WGN-TV's Swan Song |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=June 18, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, the teams faced each other as leaders of their divisions for the first time since 2008 in the [[2020 Major League Baseball season|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. Both teams also made the playoffs in the same season for the first time since 2008 but both were eliminated in the Wild Card Round. On August 8, 2021, MLB aired a game on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] for the first time since {{mlby|1995}} with the game between the White Sox and Cubs at Wrigley Field with the White Sox winning the game 9–3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/08/sunday-night-baseball-to-air-exclusively-on-abc-for-first-time-as-chicago-cubs-host-american-league-central-leading-chicago-white-sox-at-historic-wrigley-field/|title=Sunday Night Baseball to Air Exclusively on ABC for First Time as Chicago Cubs Host American League Central-Leading Chicago White Sox at Historic Wrigley Field|date=4 August 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021}}</ref> In a game on August 27, 2021, the White Sox and Cubs combined for 30 runs in a 17–13 White Sox victory at Guaranteed Rate Field, the most runs scored in a game between the two teams. It was also the most runs scored by the White Sox against the Cubs. It also included a combined six home runs, four from the Cubs, and two from the White Sox. It also saw White Sox catcher [[Yasmani Grandal]] hit two home runs and tying a White Sox franchise record with 8 RBI's in his first game since July 5 the same year after coming back from a knee injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401228976|title=Grandal 8 RBIs in return from IL, White Sox beat Cubs 17-13|access-date=August 27, 2021}}</ref>

===Barrett vs. Pierzynski===
The rivalry turned physical on May 20, 2006, when a [[Bench-clearing brawl|brawl]] broke out during a White Sox-Cubs game at U.S. Cellular Field.<ref name=Brawl>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2452050&type=story|title=Cubs' Barrett slugs Pierzynski, leads to melee|date=May 20, 2006|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com}}</ref> In the bottom of the second inning, [[Brian Anderson (outfielder)|Brian Anderson]] of the White Sox hit a sacrifice fly, attempting to score catcher [[A. J. Pierzynski]].<ref name=Brawl/> Pierzynski collided with Cubs' catcher [[Michael Barrett (baseball)|Michael Barrett]]. Barrett dropped the ball in the collision and Pierzynski was safe. After slapping home plate in celebration, Pierzynski began to walk away, but Barrett blocked his path and punched him in the jaw. Both benches cleared and a brawl broke out.<ref name=Brawl/> Umpires debated for 15 minutes before ejecting Pierzynski, Barrett, White Sox outfielder [[Brian Anderson (outfielder)|Brian Anderson]] and Cubs first baseman [[John Mabry]] from the game.<ref name=May20>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2452050|title=Cubs' Barrett slugs Pierzynski, leads to melee|date=20 May 2006 |access-date=October 23, 2008 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> When play finally resumed, outfielder [[Scott Podsednik]] promptly got on base, loading the bases up, and second baseman [[Tadahito Iguchi]] cleared them with a grand-slam. The White Sox won the game, 7&ndash;0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260520104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017015021/http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260520104|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 17, 2012|title=Cubs' tempers boil, bats fizzle as ChiSox win|date=May 20, 2006|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com}}</ref> Michael Barrett was suspended for 10 games, while Brian Anderson was suspended for five and A. J. Pierzynski was fined.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=2459060&type=story|title=Barrett suspended 10 games for igniting brawl|date=May 26, 2006|agency=Associated Press|work=ESPN.com}}</ref>

In 2006, Pierzynski was named one of the five [[American League]] players in the [[All-Star Final Vote]]. Soon afterwards the Chicago White Sox organization began an election campaign using the slogan "Punch A.J.", inspired by the May 20, 2006 collision and slugging incident between Pierzynski and Michael Barrett. Pierzynski received 3.6 million votes, the most votes in the [[American League]], subsequently sending him to his second All-Star appearance.<ref name="May20"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Newman|first1=Mark|title=Nomar, A.J. named Final Vote winners|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060706&content_id=1542976&vkey=allstar2006&fext=.jsp|access-date=July 10, 2014|work=MLB.com|date=July 6, 2006}}</ref>

==Stadiums==
[[File:U.S. Cellular Field (30972191694).jpg|thumb|right|Rate Field, Home of the Chicago White Sox]]
[[File:Wrigley Field in line with sign.jpg|thumb|right|Wrigley Field, Home of the Chicago Cubs]]

===White Sox===
The White Sox have always been located on the south side. At the time the White Sox came to town, the Cubs' home field was [[West Side Park]], in an older section of the city which is now the West Campus of the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] and near the [[United Center]], home of the [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[Chicago Blackhawks]]. (Coincidentally, for a few seasons in the early 1890s the Cubs [[South Side Park|home park]] was within a block of the sites of the future Sox ballparks). In {{mlby|1916}} the Cubs moved from the west to the north side, taking over Weeghman Park, the abandoned [[Federal League]] facility (later renamed [[Wrigley Field]]), thus setting up the current separation.

When the new Comiskey Park (now called [[Rate Field]]) was built, many in the media and baseball (including both Cubs and White Sox fans) called the park "sterile", and lacking the beauty and personality of the old park, even though many seats at the old park were cramped, behind posts, or in the outfield. Others contend that in contrast Wrigley Field is dirty, uncomfortable, and generally unpleasant to be in. Regardless, this again set up a point of rivalry as Cubs fans had their classic park, while White Sox fans had their modern park. Former Sox manager [[Ozzie Guillén]] said of Wrigley, "But one thing about Wrigley Field, I puke every time I go there", further polarizing this point of contention. While several renovations to Rate Field have silenced many criticisms, such as the improved upper deck and bleachers, the difference between the fields remains a point of rivalry between fans of the teams.

===Cubs===
When the Tribune Company bought the Cubs, they immediately started pressing for night baseball, threatening to abandon Wrigley Field otherwise. Night baseball was finally added in 1988, and after some further negotiations with the city, in the winter of 2005–2006 they expanded Wrigley's bleachers for the first time since 1938.

Even the neighborhoods around the stadiums show the difference between the fans. Wrigleyville, a part of the [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]] neighborhood, surrounds the Cubs' stadium, and comprises middle- and upper-middle-class housing, as well as many restaurants, bars and music venues for fans to visit before and after games. In contrast, the [[Bridgeport, Chicago|Bridgeport]] neighborhood directly west of the White Sox home field has a more "blue-collar" reputation. There are bars and restaurants in Bridgeport, too, but White Sox fans must walk or drive a few blocks from Rate Field to get to them. Until April 2011, the White Sox opened a brand-new bar and restaurant located at Gate 5 of Rate Field, known as ChiSox Bar & Grill.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-29 |title=White Sox Open New Bar And Restaurant |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/white-sox-open-new-bar-and-restaurant/ |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=CBS News Chicago |language=en-US}}</ref> The new bar and restaurant do not require a game ticket to enter.

==Television coverage==
Until 2004, [[WGN-TV]] and the now-defunct [[Fox Sports Net Chicago|FSN Chicago]] would "switch off" during interleague games: for the Cubs home games, the Cubs commentary team would call the game, while the Sox commentary team would have the call for their home games. Starting in 2005, both WGN and then newly created [[NBC Sports Chicago]] show the games on each network with both commentary crews at the same time, allowing the viewer to watch the game without an opposing team bias. The stations generally switched off each day. For example, in a series at Wrigley Field, WGN would treat the game on Friday as a Cubs home game with NBCSC treating it as a White Sox away game; on Sunday WGN would broadcast a White Sox away game and NBCSC showed a Cubs home game; with the other game alternating between the two channels). The shared game status ended following the 2019 season of both teams, the last time WGN broadcast the FTA matchups of both teams, with NBCSC becoming the full time home of the White Sox while the Cubs move on to a team-owned cable channel, [[Marquee Sports Network]]. Starting in 2025, the White Sox games would air on the new [[Chicago Sports Network]].

==Performance==
While New York of the 1940s and 1950s often had two or three teams vying for championships, the two Chicago teams had comparatively little to celebrate for a long time, except for pennants in 1945 (Cubs) and 1959 (Sox), until the White Sox won the [[2005 World Series]] and the Cubs won the [[2016 World Series]]. Historically, each team's fans felt bad for their own team's relatively poor performance, but took solace in that the other team was doing just as badly. Thus, the rivalry often was one in which fans of one team are just as happy for the poor play of the other team as they are for the good play of their own (''[[schadenfreude]]''). This above all is what made the Chicago rivalry unique in Major League Baseball. An examination of other great rivalries ([[Yankees–Red Sox rivalry|Yankees–Red Sox]], [[Mets–Yankees rivalry|Mets–Yankees]], [[Bay Bridge Series|A's–Giants]], [[Dodgers–Giants rivalry|Dodgers–Giants]]) shows that both teams have made World Series appearances on a fairly regular basis.

The animosity among fans (that only rarely escalates to violence) is summed up in the lines from the song "The Ballad of the South Side Irish", echoing sentiments often expressed by at least one side of any number of sports rivalries in America: "When it comes to baseball I've got two favorite clubs, the 'go-go White Sox'... and whoever plays the Cubs." Ardent fans such as the late columnist [[Mike Royko]], a Cubs fan, and late writer [[Nelson Algren]], a Sox fan, would take their shots at the other team. Royko once wrote that the reason Sox fans have a "bad attitude" is that when they would go to games at Comiskey Park, the stench of the [[Union Stock Yards]] would fill their nostrils and remind them of the status of their team. The stockyards closed in 1971.

Several Cubs and White Sox fans have made a cottage industry selling shirts, hats, and other souvenirs that include slogans intended to take swipes at the opposing teams, rather than support their own. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' reported that 36% of Cubs fans were rooting against the White Sox during the [[2005 World Series]].<ref name=EYaM>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1122011,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051027054352/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1122011,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 27, 2005|title=Every Year, a Miracle|access-date=2008-10-06|date=2005-10-23 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|last=Thigpen|first=David}}</ref> White Sox Fans wave the Blue Cubs Loss flag after their team defeats the Cubs in mockery of the [[Cubs Win Flag]] tradition, in reverse the white Win Flag is waved by the Cubs fans in every win against the White Sox and "[[Go, Cubs, Go]]" is played during home victories as well.

Team owners naturally encourage such rivalries (two-time Sox owner [[Bill Veeck]] was a master at it) in the hope that they will translate to increased gate receipts, and the Cubs-Sox inter-league games have borne out that theory.

President [[Barack Obama]], an avid White Sox fan, has taken verbal jabs at the Cubs on several occasions. When the [[New York Yankees]] (managed by former Cub [[Joe Girardi]]) visited the [[White House]] in honor of their [[2009 World Series]] championship, Obama said, "It's been nine years since your last title&mdash;which must have felt like eternity for Yankee fans. I think other teams would be just fine with a spell like that. The Cubs, for example."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicagoist.com/2010/04/27/obama_tweaks_cubs_while_hosting_the.php|title=Obama Tweaks Cubs. Again|work=Chicagoist|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501003305/http://chicagoist.com/2010/04/27/obama_tweaks_cubs_while_hosting_the.php|archive-date=2010-05-01}}</ref> Obama however, has stated that while he is aware that many people hate the other team, he does not hate the Cubs and wants them to win as long as they are not playing the White Sox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/10/25/13402002/mlb-video-world-series-2016-obama-cubs-white-sox-chicago|title=President Obama, lifelong White Sox fan, is rooting for the Cubs to win the World Series|last=Hinog|first=Mark|publisher=Vox Media, LLC|date=October 25, 2016|website=SBNation.com|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> On the other hand, his wife, First Lady [[Michelle Obama]], has been a lifelong Cubs fan and following the Cubs' [[2016 World Series]] victory, Barack went as far as to invite them to the White House, tweeting that the Cubs' historic win was "change that even [he] can believe in".  The Cubs came to the White House four days before the end of Obama's presidency.

=="Cursed" teams==
While not meant in the most literal sense to most fans, there is an overall feeling that both teams' misfortunes began with unfortunate events which some claim have cursed both teams into their poor play. This adds to the overall downtrodden feelings that fans feel for their own teams, making it much easier to revel in the poor play of the other. The two teams have the longest droughts in the MLB. The Cubs had a 108-year drought that went from 1908 to 2016, and the White Sox had an 88-year drought that went from 1917 to 2005.

The Chicago Cubs won ten National League championships between 1901 and 1945, and also had among the best winning percentages in the NL up to that time (3,796–3,022 for a 0.557 winning percentage). The Cubs had a 2 games to 1 lead over the [[Detroit Tigers]] in the [[1945 World Series]], when on October 6, 1945, Cubs fan and local tavern owner [[Billy Sianis]] was prevented from reaching his seat because he was accompanied by his pet billy goat. Local legend says that he responded by placing a curse on the Cubs to never again win the World Series, which they were not able to do until 2016. The Cubs, on more than one occasion, have featured a tongue-in-cheek promotion where billy goats are brought into the stadium to be offered as an apology. {{further|Curse of the Billy Goat}}

Some historians argue that the genesis of the curse goes back much farther; that the allegedly [[Merkle Boner|underhanded way]] they won the 1908 pennant (leading to their last World Series win) angered the "baseball gods". For lack of a standard term, this could be called the curse of Fred Merkle, since he was at the center of the controversy. Every post-season they have participated in since then seems to have featured a disaster of some kind, from Hack Wilson losing a fly ball in the sun, to [[Babe Ruth's called shot]], to the "[[Steve Bartman incident]]". When they won the division in [[1984 Chicago Cubs season|1984]], their first title since 1945, manager [[Jim Frey]] shouted in the champagne-soaked clubhouse, "The monkey's off our back!" Some fans took that as the kiss of death... which it proved to be, as the Padres late-inning rally in the final game in San Diego featured a ground ball slipping under the glove of first baseman Leon Durham... an eerie precursor to a similar and much-more-memorialized incident with the Red Sox and ''former'' Cubs first baseman [[Bill Buckner]] that would occur two years later. That requires a quick mention of the "[[Ex-Cubs Factor]]", an offshoot of the main Cubs "curse": that any team reaching the post-season since the 1945 Series, and having three or more ex-Cubs, was almost certainly doomed to lose in either the playoffs or the Series due to "a critical mass of Cubness". The 1960 Pirates had been the lone exception until 2001, when the Diamondbacks effectively ended talk of that curse by winning the Series in a dramatic finish that featured two of the three ex-Cubs, one of them (Luis Gonzalez) providing the series-winning RBI.

The White Sox had the best winning percentage of any American League team from 1901 to 1920 (1,638–1,325 for a 0.553 winning percentage), but quickly slipped to among the worst teams after that. Many point to the [[Black Sox scandal]] surrounding the [[1919 World Series]] as the point in history that changed the White Sox fortunes. Eight White Sox players conspired to intentionally lose the World Series, and in 1920 were banned from baseball for life. While the White Sox won 4 AL titles in the first 20 years of their existence, they would win only one more league championship in the twentieth century. The term "curse" has seldom been used as such, since the scandal was perceived to be something the players did to themselves rather than being wrought by the front office conducting ill-advised transactions or committing public relations gaffes. In fact, many White Sox fans take offense to the term "curse". Still, a pall seemed to settle on the franchise (along with a slim budget), and it would be the last years of the Eisenhower administration before they would win the league championship again. When the White Sox clinched the pennant in 1959, broadcaster [[Jack Brickhouse]] capped his play-by-play with, "A forty year wait has now ended!" The 2005 pennant ended a forty-''six''-year wait for the next one, while the 2005 World Championship ended an 88-year wait for a World Series victory. This adds a decidedly interesting twist on the rivalry as there were, until 2005, very few fans for either team who were alive to see one side actually claim a title while the other waited.

==Club success==
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! [[List of World Series champions|World Series Appearances]]
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! [[Chicago Cubs]]<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/ Chicago Cubs history at baseball-reference.com</ref>
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! [[Chicago White Sox]]<ref>https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/ Chicago White Sox history at baseball-reference.com</ref>
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| 6
| 1
| 11
| 5
| 9,594–9,612–103
| {{winpct|9553|9612|103|record=n}}
| 124
|-
! Combined
! 6
! 23
! 14
! 4
! 32
! 16
! 20,921–20,379–264
! {{winpct|20921|20379|264|record=n}}
! 152 in CHI<br>276 total
|-
|}

Note: Pennants won by both teams include pennants won before the modern [[World Series]].<br>
As of September 30, 2024.

===Results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!
! Cubs wins
! White Sox wins
! Cubs runs
! White Sox runs
|-
| Regular season
| 77
| 75
| 719
| 693
|-
| World Series
| 2
| 4
| 18
| 22
|-
! Total
! 79
! 79
! 737
! 715
|-
|}
<small>Updated to most recent meeting, July 27, 2025.</small>

==Season-by-season results==
Note: In the history of the Crosstown cup, if the series is tied, the cup is awarded to the previous season winner.
{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|}};|title= Chicago Cubs vs. Chicago White Sox Season-by-Season Results}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};|title=1900s (White Sox, 4–2)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Overall series|Notes}}
|- style="background:#f2f2f2; font-weight:bold;"
| [[1906 World Series]]
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox<br>4{{nbnd}}2'''
| '''Only World Series meeting between the two franchises.'''
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|}};|title=1990s (Tie, 6–6)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Overall series|Notes}}
|-
| {{mlby|1997}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''2{{nbnd}}1'''
| ''no games''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>6{{nbnd}}3
| [[Interleague play]] was introduced in the {{mlby|1997}}, the first time the Cubs and White Sox played each other in the regular season.
|-
| {{mlby|1998}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''3{{nbnd}}0'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 3{{nbnd}}0
| ''no games''
| Tie<br>6{{nbnd}}6
| Cubs sweep the season series for the first time. Cubs sweep also extended their winning streak to 9 games.
|-
| {{mlby|1999}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>10{{nbnd}}8
| First year of 6-game home-and-home series.
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};|title=2000s (White Sox, 31–29)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Overall series|Notes}}
|-
| {{mlby|2000}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>13{{nbnd}}11
| On June 9, White Sox beat the Cubs 6–5 in 14 innings, the longest game recorded in the rivalry.
|-
| {{mlby|2001}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>17{{nbnd}}13
|
|-
| {{mlby|2002}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>20{{nbnd}}16
|
|-
| {{mlby|2003}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>24{{nbnd}}18
|
|-
| {{mlby|2004}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>26{{nbnd}}22
| Cubs sweep White Sox at Wrigley Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2005}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>29{{nbnd}}25
| White Sox win [[2005 World Series]], their first in [[1917 World Series|88 years]] and ending the [[Curse of the Black Sox]].
|-
| {{mlby|2006}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>33{{nbnd}}27
| [[A. J. Pierzynski]], [[Michael Barrett (baseball)|Michael Barrett]] incident.<br>On July 2, Cubs beat the White Sox 15–11, their most runs in a game against the White Sox.
|-
| {{mlby|2007}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''5{{nbnd}}1'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>34{{nbnd}}32
| Cubs sweep White Sox at [[U.S. Cellular Field]].
|-
| {{mlby|2008}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>37{{nbnd}}35
| First time the two teams played as leaders of their respective divisions<br>Both teams won their division<br>Both teams qualified for playoffs in the same season for the first time since {{mlby|1906}}<br>First time the home team wins all games of the season series.
|-
| {{mlby|2009}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>41{{nbnd}}37
| Cubs' home game on June 16 was postponed and rescheduled to September 3 due to rain.
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|}};|title=2010s (Tie, 25–25)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Overall series|Notes}}
|-
| {{mlby|2010}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>45{{nbnd}}39
| First Crosstown Cup series.<br>[[Carlos Zambrano#2010 season|Carlos Zambrano tirade]]<br>After their loss to the Cubs on June 13 at Wrigley Field, White Sox go on a 11–game winning streak, which was snapped with the Cubs' victory on June 27 at U.S. Cellular Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2011}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>49{{nbnd}}41
| 
|-
| {{mlby|2012}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>53{{nbnd}}43
| White Sox sweep the Cubs at Wrigley Field
|-
| {{mlby|2013}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}0'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>53{{nbnd}}47
| Series changed to four-game format with two in each ballpark except in years the AL Central plays the NL Central (2015, 2018, 2020, 2021).<br>Game on May 28 at U.S. Cellular Field was rescheduled to July 8 due to rain.<br>Cubs sweep the season series for the second time.
|-
| {{mlby|2014}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''3{{nbnd}}1'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}0
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>56{{nbnd}}48
| White Sox sweep the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2015}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>59{{nbnd}}51
| White Sox retain the Crosstown Cup.
|-
| {{mlby|2016}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''2{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>61{{nbnd}}53
| White Sox retain the Crosstown Cup<br>Cubs win the [[2016 World Series]], their first in [[1908 World Series|108 years]], and ending the [[Curse of the Billy Goat]].<br>
|-
| {{mlby|2017}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''3{{nbnd}}1'''
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>62{{nbnd}}56
| Cubs sweep at [[Guaranteed Rate Field]].
|-
| {{mlby|2018}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>64{{nbnd}}60
| 
|-
| {{mlby|2019}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''2{{nbnd}}2'''
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>66{{nbnd}}62
| Cubs retain the Crosstown Cup. First time the season series is split at both locations.
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y| style={{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};|title=2020s (Cubs, 17–13)|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Overall series|Notes}}
|-
| {{mlby|2020}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''3{{nbnd}}3'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>69{{nbnd}}65
| Cubs retain the Crosstown Cup.<br>On September 25, Cubs beat the White Sox 10-0, their largest margin of victory in a game against the White Sox.<br>Both teams qualified for playoffs for the first time since the {{mlby|2008}} season.<br>Series at Guaranteed Rate Field marked the conclusion of the season.
|-
| {{mlby|2021}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''5{{nbnd}}1'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>74{{nbnd}}66
| On August 27, the White Sox beat the Cubs 17–13, their most runs scored in a game against the Cubs and also the most runs scored combined in a game between the two teams with 30 runs.<br>On August 29, the White Sox beat the Cubs 13–1, their largest margin of victory in a game against the Cubs.<br>White Sox sweep at Wrigley Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2022}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''3{{nbnd}}1'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 2{{nbnd}}0
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>77{{nbnd}}67
| White Sox sweep at Wrigley Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2023}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''3{{nbnd}}1'''
| Tie, 1{{nbnd}}1
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>78{{nbnd}}70
| All MLB teams start playing each other in a season; a four-game series format is used for interleague rivals.<br>Cubs sweep at Guaranteed Rate Field.
|-
| {{mlby|2024}}
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}0'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox<br>78{{nbnd}}74
| Cubs sweep the season series for the third time. White Sox lose 121 games, the most in modern MLB history.
|-
| {{mlby|2025}}
|style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''5{{nbnd}}1'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 3{{nbnd}}0
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
| Tie<br>79{{nbnd}}79
| Return of six-game format with each team hosting a three-game weekend series.
|-
| {{mlby|2026}}
| '''Tie'''
| '''0{{nbnd}}0'''
| ''Upcoming at Cubs, August 17{{nbnd}}19''
| ''Upcoming at White Sox, May 15{{nbnd}}17''
| Tie<br>79{{nbnd}}79
|
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball primary style|}};|title=Summary of Results|Season|colspan2=2|Season series|at [[Chicago Cubs]] |at [[Chicago White Sox]] |Notes}}
|-
| Regular Season games<!--Through July 27, 2025-->
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''Chicago Cubs'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | '''77{{nbnd}}75'''
| <!--at CHC--> style="{{Baseball primary style|}};" | Tie, 38{{nbnd}}38
| <!--at CWS--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 39{{nbnd}}37
|
|-
| Postseason games
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''4{{nbnd}}2'''
| <!--at CHC--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 3{{nbnd}}0
| <!--at CWS--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 2{{nbnd}}1
|
|-
| Postseason series
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''White Sox'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | '''1{{nbnd}}0'''
| <!--at CHC--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 1{{nbnd}}0
| <!--at CWS--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 1{{nbnd}}0
| [[World Series]]: {{wsy|1906}}
|-
| Regular and postseason
| style="{{Baseball primary style|}};" | '''Tie'''
| style="{{Baseball primary style|}};" | '''79{{nbnd}}79'''
| <!--at CHC--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}};" | White Sox, 41{{nbnd}}38
| <!--at CWS--> style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}};" | Cubs, 41{{nbnd}}38
|
{{Game log section end}}
{{Game log end}}
<ref name="head2head"/>

==Notable players who played for both teams==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Name !! Position(s) !! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago Cubs}}"|Cubs tenure !! style="{{Baseball primary style|Chicago White Sox}}"|White Sox tenure
|-
|[[Alex Avila]]
|C
|2017
|2016
|-
|[[George Bell (outfielder)|George Bell]]
|LF
|1991
|1992–1993
|-
|[[Bobby Bonds]]
|RF
|1981
|1978
|-
|[[Phil Cavarretta]]
|1B/OF
|1934–1953
|1954–1955
|-
|[[Steve Cishek]]
|P
|2018–2019
|2020
|-
|[[Neal Cotts]]
|P
|2007–2009
|2003–2006
|-
|[[Goose Gossage]]
|P
|1988
|1972–1976
|-
|[[Clark Griffith]]
|P & OF
|1893–1900
|1901–1902
|-
|[[Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1990)|Billy Hamilton]]
|CF
|2020
|2021, 2023
|-
|[[Johnny Evers]]
|2B
|1902–1913
|1922
|-
|[[Chris Flexen]]
|P
|2025
|2024
|-
|[[Austin Jackson (baseball)|Austin Jackson]]
|CF
|2015
|2016
|-
|[[Darrin Jackson]]
|OF
|1985, 1987–1989
|1994, 1999
|-
|[[Edwin Jackson (baseball)|Edwin Jackson]]
|P
|2013–2015
|2010–2011
|-
|[[Jon Jay]]
|OF
|2017
|2019
|-
|[[Lance Johnson]]
|CF
|1997–1999
|1988–1995
|-
|[[Don Kessinger]]
|SS
|1964–1975
|1977–1979
|-
|[[Craig Kimbrel]]
|P
|2019–2021
|2021
|-
|[[Don Larsen]]
|P
|1967
|1961
|-
|[[Kenny Lofton]]
|CF
|2003
|2002
|-
|[[Nick Madrigal]]
|2B
|2022–2024
|2020–2021
|-
|[[Martín Maldonado]]
|C
|2019
|2024
|-
|[[Dave Martinez]]
|OF
|1986–1988, 2000
|1995–1997
|-
|[[Juan Pierre]]
|OF
|2006
|2010–2011
|-
|[[Juan Pizarro (baseball)|Juan Pizarro]]
|P
|1970–1973
|1961–1966
|-
|[[José Quintana]]
|P
|2017–2020
|2012–2017
|-
|[[David Robertson (baseball)|David Robertson]]
|P
|2022
|2015–2017
|-
|[[Jeff Samardzija]]
|P
|2008–2014
|2015
|-
|[[Ron Santo]]
|3B
|1960–1973
|1974
|-
|[[Sammy Sosa]]
|RF
|1992–2004
|1989–1991
|-
|[[Geovany Soto]]
|C
|2005–2012
|2015, 2017
|-
|[[Steve Stone (baseball)|Steve Stone]]
|P
|1974–1976
|1973, 1977–1978
|-
|[[Mike Tauchman]]
|OF
|2023–2024
|2025–present
|-
|[[Ryan Tepera]]
|P
|2020–2021
|2021
|-
|[[Luis Vizcaíno]]
|P
|2009
|2005
|-
|}

==See also==
{{portal|Baseball}}
*[[Major League Baseball rivalries]]
*[[Bay Bridge Series]], [[Oakland Athletics]] vs. [[San Francisco Giants]]
*[[Freeway Series]], [[Los Angeles Angels]] vs. [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]
*[[Subway Series]]/[[Mets–Yankees rivalry|Mets–Yankees]], [[New York Mets]] vs. [[New York Yankees]], etc.
*[[Beltway Series]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] vs. [[Washington Nationals]]
*[[Citrus Series]], [[Miami Marlins]] vs. [[Tampa Bay Rays]]
*[[Cardinals–Royals rivalry|Show-Me Series]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] vs. [[Kansas City Royals]]
*[[Ohio Cup]], [[Cincinnati Reds]] vs. [[Cleveland Indians]]
*[[Lone Star Series]], [[Houston Astros]] vs. [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]

===Former Chicago-based rivalry===
* [[Bears–Cardinals rivalry]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

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