Chuck Comiskey
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Charles Albert Comiskey II (November 19, 1925 - August 26, 2007) was an American executive in Major League Baseball. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he was the grandson of Chicago White Sox founder and executive Charles Comiskey.
Comiskey represented the great tradition of Comiskey family ownership of the White Sox. He joined the family business in 1948 and was appointed vice president. During his time in the White Sox front office, Comiskey played an important role in developing the minor league system of the Go-Go Sox teams of the late 1950s, ultimately culminating with the team's winning the American League championship in 1959.
In 1956, Comiskey became co-general manager along with his brother-in-law Johnny Rigney in replacement of Frank Lane, but with the death of his mother Grace Comiskey the following year, a struggle for control of the team ensued with his sister Dorothy Rigney. After a lengthy court battle, Bill Veeck gained majority ownership in 1958, the year before winning the pennant. In 1961 Veeck sold his stake to Arthur Allyn, Jr., and the following year Comiskey relinquished his stake as well.
In the early 1970s, Comiskey owned and operated Carriage Transfer, a Hinsdale taxi and limousine company. While baseball was no longer his profession, he remained a lifelong White Sox fan and season-ticket holder. He was nonetheless disappointed when Comiskey Park, built by his grandfather in 1909 and synonymous with South Side baseball for eight decades, gave way to a new Comiskey Park in 1991; it was later renamed U.S. Cellular Field. The name change did not diminish his enthusiasm when Chicago won the 2005 World Series, the team's first championship since 1917, when his grandfather was still in charge.
Comiskey died in Hinsdale at age 82.
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| Preceded by Frank Lane |
Chicago White Sox General Manager 1955–1960 |
Succeeded by Hank Greenberg |
