The Sox won 93 games in the regular season–– a plateau they would not reach again until the 1915 season–– to claim the pennant, propelled by a historic 19-game winning streak in August.

They won the league pennant largely on the strength of their pitching staff, as their team batting average of .230 was the worst in the AL.

The White Sox would go on to upset their crosstown neighbors, the Chicago Cubs (who had finished 116–36 that year for the best winning percentage in modern baseball history), in the World Series, earning them the moniker of the "Hitless Wonders."

[1] The White Sox pitching staff had a league-leading 32 shutouts and the second lowest earned run average in the league.

[2][3] The White Sox then defeated their cross-town rivals, the heavily favored Chicago Cubs in the 1906 World Series.