- Source: List of Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates
The Chicago White Sox farm system consists of six Minor League Baseball affiliates across the United States and in the Dominican Republic. Four teams are independently owned, while two—the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Dominican Summer League White Sox—are owned by the major league club.
The White Sox have been affiliated with the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern League since 1986, making it the longest-running active affiliation in the organization among teams not owned by the White Sox. It is also the longest affiliation in the team's history. Their newest affiliate is the Single-A Kannapolis Cannon Ballers of the Carolina League, which became a White Sox' affiliate in 2001.
Geographically, Chicago's closest domestic affiliate is the High-A Winston-Salem Dash of the South Atlantic League, which are approximately 560 miles (900 km) away. Chicago's furthest domestic affiliate is the Arizona Complex League White Sox of the Rookie Arizona Complex League some 1,459 miles (2,348 km) away.
Current affiliates
The Chicago White Sox farm system consists of six minor league affiliates.
Past affiliates
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== 1932–1962
=Minor League Baseball operated with five classes (Double-A, Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D) from 1932 to 1935. Class A1, between Double-A and Class A, was added in 1936. The minors continued to operate with these six levels through 1945. Triple-A was established as the highest classification in 1946, and Class A1 became Double-A, with Class A through D remaining. These six levels continued through 1962. The Pacific Coast League (PCL) was reclassified from Triple-A to Open in 1952 due to the possibility of becoming a third major league. This arrangement ended following the 1957 season when the relocation of the National League's Dodgers and Giants to the West Coast ended any chance of the PCL being promoted.
= 1963–1989
=Prior to the 1963 season, Major League Baseball (MLB) initiated a reorganization of Minor League Baseball that resulted in a reduction from six classes to four (Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and Rookie) in response to the general decline of the minors throughout the 1950s and early-1960s when leagues and teams folded due to shrinking attendance caused by baseball fans' preference for staying at home to watch MLB games on television. The only change made within the next 27 years was Class A being subdivided for the first time to form Class A Short Season in 1966.
= 1990–2020
=Minor League Baseball operated with six classes from 1990 to 2020. In 1990, the Class A level was subdivided for a second time with the creation of Class A-Advanced. The Rookie level consisted of domestic and foreign circuits.
= 2021–present
=The current structure of Minor League Baseball is the result of an overall contraction of the system beginning with the 2021 season. Class A was reduced to two levels: High-A and Low-A. Low-A was reclassified as Single-A in 2022.
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References
External links
Baseball-Reference: Chicago White Sox Minor League Affiliates
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