Chicago White Stockings

The Chicago White Stockings was the original name of two different professional baseball teams which have played in Chicago, Illinois:

• The team which played in the National Association in 1871, and which resumed play in 1874-75 after the Great Chicago Fire; they joined the National League in 1876 and were called the White Stockings through 1889; they are now known as the Chicago Cubs.
• The American League team now known as the Chicago White Sox, which initially adopted the name of the earlier team, but shortened the name within a few years.