who had the name "sox" first? The red sox or white sox and was it just a coincidence?

Question

Did the two teams just happen to have similar nicknames? How did it happen? And has either thought about changing?

Answer 1

the chicago white sox came 1st being named so in 1901, the red sox were named in 1907, they copied the white sox name, the white sox were originally called the white stockings, which they copied from the st louis brown stockings and cincinatti red stockings who were teams both created in 1882, i dont know if either team has thought about changing.

Answer 2

Just a point of clarification. There was never a team called the Chicago Black Sox. The White Sox of 1919 are referred to as the Black Sox because 8 of the players took bribes to throw the World Series. Those players were banned from baseball, not the entire team. The Red Sox started out as the Boston Pilgrims until 1902 or 1903, so the White Sox were probably first.

Answer 3

Red Sox

Answer 4

Red Sox, because first the White Sox were called the White Stockings.

Answer 5

The White Sox.

The Red Sox were first the Red Stockings, but the name was changed after they were called socks.

The White Sox always had the name.

Answer 6

Red Sox

Answer 7

Actually, the first team to have the 'Sox' name was the Chicago Black Sox untill the were banned from baseball, for alledgedly throwing the world series, then came the Chicago White Sox

Answer 8

Don't forget the infamous Chicago BLACK Sox. Banned from the league for throwing games for the mob in the early years of pro ball. 8 players were tried for the 1919 World Series fiasco and the team was banned in 1921.

Answer 9

THE RED SOX WERE FRIST