2000 Chicago White Sox season

The 2000 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 101st season. They finished the regular season with a 95 wins and 67 losses record, good enough for first place in the American League Central, 5 games ahead of the 2nd place Cleveland Indians. In addition to reaching the postseason for the first time since 1993, the White Sox had the best record in the American League for the sixth time in franchise history and the first since 1983. They lost in the 2000 American League Division Series to the Seattle Mariners in a three game sweep.

2000 Chicago White Sox
American League Central champions
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Ron Schueler
Managers	Jerry Manuel
Television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina)
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Regular season

2000 Opening Day lineup

• Ray Durham, 2B
• José Valentín, SS
• Frank Thomas, 1B
• Magglio Ordóñez, RF
• Paul Konerko, DH
• Chris Singleton, CF
• Carlos Lee, LF
• Craig Wilson, 3B
• Mark Johnson, C
• Mike Sirotka, P

April 22

The White Sox were involved in a pair of bench-clearing brawls in a 14–6 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park on April 22. Both were fueled by pitchers hitting batters. The tensions began in the sixth inning with Carlos Lee and Jeff Weaver who continued to jaw with Lee after being subbed out. A retaliatory pitch thrown by Jim Parque to Dean Palmer one inning later in the seventh began the first brawl which moved into shallow right field and included Keith Foulke being punched by Bobby Higginson and sustaining a cut under his left eye that needed five stitches to close. Four batters after Tanyon Sturtze hit Deivi Cruz in the ninth, the second brawl erupted when Bob Howry did likewise to Shane Halter. Among the eleven ejections were the White Sox's Sturtze, Howry, Magglio Ordóñez, Bill Simas, manager Jerry Manuel and bench coach Joe Nossek and the Tigers' Weaver, Palmer, Robert Fick, Danny Patterson and Doug Brocail.^[1]

In the harshest penalty for a brawl in MLB history, a combined 16 members of the White Sox and Tigers were suspended for a total of 82 games five days later on April 27.^[2] Tigers coach Juan Samuel incurred the longest at 15 for throwing punches rather than serving as a peacemaker, while the opposing managers Manuel and Phil Garner each received eight. Palmer was also assessed eight for participating in the second brawl despite having already been ejected. Other suspended Tigers were Higginson and Fick for five each, Brocail for four and Juan Encarnación, Karim García and Luis Polonia for three. Ordóñez was the White Sox player receiving the longest suspension at five, while Lee, Parque, Foulke, Sturtze and Howry got three each.^[3]

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	95	67	.586	—	46‍–‍35	49‍–‍32
Cleveland Indians	90	72	.556	5	48‍–‍33	42‍–‍39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	16	43‍–‍38	36‍–‍45
Kansas City Royals	77	85	.475	18	42‍–‍39	35‍–‍46
Minnesota Twins	69	93	.426	26	36‍–‍45	33‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2000 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–5	5–4	4–6	3–6	5–5	6–6	7–3	5–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	12–6
Baltimore	5–7	—	5–7	4–6	5–4	6–4	3–7	6–3	5–7	4–8	3–7	8–5	6–6	7–6	7–11
Boston	4–5	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	4–6	8–2	6–7	5–5	5–5	6–6	7–3	4–8	9–9
Chicago	6–4	6–4	5–7	—	8–5	9–3	5–7	7–5	8–4	6–3	7–5	6–4	5–5	5–5	12–6
Cleveland	6–3	4–5	6–6	5–8	—	6–7	5–7	5–8	5–5	6–6	7–2	8–2	6–4	8–4	13–5
Detroit	5–5	4–6	5–7	3–9	7–6	—	5–7	7–6	8–4	6–4	7–2	4–5	5–5	3–9	10–8
Kansas City	6–6	7–3	6–4	7–5	7–5	7–5	—	7–5	2–8	4–8	4–8	5–5	3–7	4–6	8–10
Minnesota	3–7	3–6	2–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	5–7	—	5–5	5–7	3–9	4–6	8–4	5–4	7–11
New York	5–5	7–5	7–6	4–8	5–5	4–8	8–2	5–5	—	6–3	4–6	6–6	10–2	5–7	11–6
Oakland	8–5	8–4	5–5	3–6	6–6	4–6	8–4	7–5	3–6	—	9–4	7–2	5–7	7–3	11–7
Seattle	8–5	7–3	5–5	5–7	2–7	2–7	8–4	9–3	6–4	4–9	—	9–3	7–5	8–2	11–7
Tampa Bay	6–6	5–8	6–6	4–6	2–8	5–4	5–5	6–4	6–6	2–7	3–9	—	5–7	5–7	9–9
Texas	5–7	6–6	3–7	5–5	4–6	5–5	7–3	4–8	2–10	7–5	5–7	7–5	—	4–6	7–11
Toronto	7–5	6–7	8–4	5–5	4–8	9–3	6–4	4–5	7–5	3–7	2–8	7–5	6–4	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).^[4]

Roster

2000 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 37 James Baldwin 49 Lorenzo Barceló 57 Kevin Beirne 60 Rocky Biddle 44 Chad Bradford 56 Mark Buehrle 21 Cal Eldred 36 Scott Eyre 29 Keith Foulke 52 Jon Garland 58 Matt Ginter 44 Ken Hill 46 Bob Howry 50 Sean Lowe 62,38 Aaron Myette 40 Jim Parque 61 Jesús Peña 41 Bill Simas 33 Mike Sirotka 47 Tanyon Sturtze 32 Kip Wells 65 Kelly Wunsch		Catchers  8 Brook Fordyce  8 Charles Johnson 10 Mark Johnson 15 Josh Paul Infielders 21 Joe Crede  5 Ray Durham 47 Tony Graffanino 14 Paul Konerko 31 Greg Norton 43 Herbert Perry 35 Frank Thomas  2 José Valentín 28 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 25 Jeff Abbott 26 McKay Christensen 45 Carlos Lee 39 Jeff Liefer 30 Magglio Ordóñez 12 Chris Singleton Other batters  3 Harold Baines		Manager  7 Jerry Manuel Coaches 54 Nardi Contreras 18 Wallace Johnson 48 Von Joshua 53 Art Kusnyer 20 Bryan Little 21 Joe Nossek

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
	Clinched division
Bold	White Sox team member

2000 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 46–35; Away: 49–32)[5]
April: 17–8 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–5) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 1 April 3 2:05 p.m. CDT @ Rangers L 4–10 Rogers (1–0) Sirotka (0–1) — 2:39 49,332 0–1 L1 2 April 4 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Rangers L 8–12 Cordero (1–0) Simas (0–1) — 3:47 29,418 0–2 L2 3 April 5 2:05 p.m. CDT @ Rangers W 12–8 Foulke (1–0) Zimmerman (0–1) — 3:30 25,544 1–2 W1 4 April 6 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Rangers W 6–2 Baldwin (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) — 2:23 28,466 2–2 W2 5 April 7 9:05 p.m. CDT @ Athletics W 7–6 Eyre (1–0) Magnante (0–1) Foulke (1) 3:36 10,549 3–2 W3 6 April 8 3:05 p.m. CDT @ Athletics W 7–3 Sirotka (1–1) Mahay (0–1) — 2:59 13,125 4–2 W4 7 April 9 3:05 p.m. CDT @ Athletics L 2–14 Appier (1–1) K. Wells (0–1) — 3:00 13,280 4–3 L1 8 April 11 6:15 p.m. CDT @ Devil Rays W 13–6 Parque (1–0) Yan (0–1) — 2:58 13,639 5–3 W1 9 April 12 6:15 p.m. CDT @ Devil Rays W 7–1 Baldwin (2–0) Wheeler (0–1) — 2:56 14,034 6–3 W2 10 April 13 11:15 a.m. CDT @ Devil Rays L 5–6 (12) Mecir (2–0) Sturtze (0–1) — 4:04 15,464 6–4 L1 11 April 14 Angels 9–4 Sirotka (2–1) Hill (1–2) 3:25 38,912 7–4 box 12 April 15 Angels 1–3 Bottenfield (1–1) K. Wells (0–2) Percival (3) 2:51 14,135 7–5 box 13 April 16 Angels 1–3 Schoeneweis (3–0) Parque (1–1) Percival (4) 2:35 10,929 7–6 box — April 17 7:05 p.m. CDT Mariners Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 8) 14 April 18 7:05 p.m. CDT Mariners W 18–11 Sturtze (1–1) Sele (1–1) — 3:32 9,898 8–6 W1 15 April 19 1:05 p.m. CDT Mariners W 5–2 Lowe (1–0) Meche (0–1) Howry (1) 2:57 8,425 9–6 W2 16 April 21 Tigers 7–2 K. Wells (1–2) Nitkowski (1–3) 2:52 11,278 10–6 box 17 April 22 Tigers 14–6 Parque (2–1) Weaver (0–2) 3:19 16,410 11–6 box 18 April 23 Tigers 9–4 Baldwin (3–0) Borkowski (0–1) 2:47 12,154 12–6 box 19 April 24 7:05 p.m. CDT Orioles W 8–2 Eldred (1–0) Mussina (0–2) — 2:14 15,461 13–6 W5 20 April 25 7:05 p.m. CDT Orioles L 6–12 Rapp (3–0) Sirotka (2–2) — 3:15 11,658 13–7 L1 21 April 26 7:05 p.m. CDT Orioles W 11–6 K. Wells (2–2) Ponson (2–1) — 2:59 13,649 14–7 W1 22 April 27 1:05 p.m. CDT Orioles W 13–4 Parque (3–1) Mercedes (2–1) — 2:49 13,225 15–7 W2 23 April 28 @ Tigers 3–2 Baldwin (4–0) Weaver (0–3) Foulke (2) 2:24 26,916 16–7 box 24 April 29 @ Tigers 2–1 Eldred (2–0) Mlicki (0–5) Foulke (3) 2:37 28,393 17–7 box 25 April 30 @ Tigers 3 – 4 (12) Anderson (1–0) Eyre (1–1) 3:36 28,393 17–8 box
May: 13–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 26 May 1 Blue Jays 3–5 Carpenter (3–3) K. Wells (2–3) Koch (6) 2:58 14,448 17–9 box 27 May 2 Blue Jays 1–4 Castillo (1–2) Wunsch (0–1) Koch (7) 3:06 10,397 17–10 box 28 May 3 Blue Jays 7–3 Baldwin (5–0) Escobar (2–4) Foulke (4) 2:39 12,026 18–10 box 29 May 5 @ Royals 1–5 Fussell (2–1) Eldred (2–1) 2:38 19,622 18–11 box 30 May 6 @ Royals 5–11 Spradlin (1–1) Sirotka (2–3) 2:53 28,300 18–12 box 31 May 7 @ Royals 8–12 Bottalico (4–1) Wunsch (0–2) 3:25 23,107 18–13 box 32 May 8 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 2–3 Rose (2–2) Sirotka (1–2) Lowe (8) 2:31 23,468 18–14 L4 33 May 9 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox W 6–0 Baldwin (6–0) Schourek (1–3) — 2:22 25,371 19–14 W1 34 May 10 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 3–5 (7) Martinez (3–2) Eldred (2–2) Garcés (1) 2:16 28,911 19–15 L1 35 May 12 7:05 p.m. CDT Twins L 3–4 (10) Miller (1–2) Lowe (1–1) Carrasco (1) 3:22 12,526 19–16 L2 36 May 13 6:05 p.m. CDT Twins W 4–3 Wunsch (1–2) Wells (0–4) — 2:52 22,545 20–16 W1 37 May 14 1:05 p.m. CDT Twins W 5–3 Wunsch (2–2) Radke (2–4) Foulke (5) 2:50 29,177 21–16 W2 38 May 16 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 4–0 Eldred (3–2) Hernández (4–3) — 3:10 31,143 22–16 W3 39 May 17 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Yankees L 4–9 Clemens (4–3) Parque (3–2) — 3:09 26,887 22–17 L1 40 May 19 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Sirotka (3–3) Escobar (4–5) Foulke (6) 2:49 18,268 23–17 box 41 May 20 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Baldwin (7–0) D. Wells (7–2) 2:22 20,091 24–17 box 42 May 21 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Eldred (4–2) Castillo (1–4) Foulke (7) 2:39 18,264 25–17 box 43 May 22 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Koch (3–0) Howry (0–1) 2:32 19,167 25–18 box 44 May 23 7:05 p.m. CDT Yankees W 8–2 K. Wells (3–3) Clemens (4–4) — 2:53 21,863 26–18 W1 45 May 24 7:05 p.m. CDT Yankees L 4–12 Pettitte (3–2) Sirotka (3–4) — 3:17 23,144 26–19 L1 46 May 25 7:15 p.m. CDT Yankees L 0–7 Mendoza (5–2) Baldwin (7–1) — 2:21 23,636 26–20 L2 47 May 26 7:05 p.m. CDT Indians W 5–3 Eldred (5–2) Finley (3–4) Foulke (8) 2:39 18,225 27–20 W1 48 May 27 6:05 p.m. CDT Indians W 14–3 Parque (4–2) Wright (3–3) — 3:10 30,250 28–20 W2 49 May 28 1:05 p.m. CDT Indians L 3–12 Colón (5–2) K. Wells (3–4) — 4:01 24,192 28–21 L1 50 May 29 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Mariners L 4–5 Halama (6–0) Sirotka (3–5) Sasaki (7) 3:05 34,429 28–22 L2 51 May 30 9:05 p.m. CDT @ Mariners W 2–1 Baldwin (8–1) Abbott (1–2) Foulke (9) 2:26 25,788 29–22 W1 52 May 31 5:35 p.m. CDT @ Mariners W 4–3 Howry (1–1) Sasaki (1–4) Foulke (10) 3:11 35,823 30–22 W2
June: 20–7 (Home: 8–6; Away: 12–1) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 53 June 2 @ Astros 7–4 Parque (5–2) Reynolds (5–2) Foulke (11) 2:56 39,028 31–22 box 54 June 3 @ Astros 1–6 Holt (3–6) K. Wells (3–5) 3:00 39,459 31–23 box 55 June 4 @ Astros 7–3 Sirotka (4–5) Dotel (1–4) 2:45 41,117 32–23 box 56 June 5 @ Reds 4–3 Baldwin (9–1) Parris (2–8) Foulke (12) 2:41 26,624 33–23 box 57 June 6 @ Reds 17–12 Eldred (6–2) Villone (6–3) 3:44 28,908 34–23 box 58 June 7 @ Reds 6–4 Parque (6–2) Bell (4–4) Foulke (13) 3:21 31,023 35–23 box 59 June 9 7:05 p.m. CDT Cubs W 6–5 (14) Peña (1–0) Van Poppel (0–2) — 4:42 44,140 36–23 W5 60 June 10 1:05 p.m. CDT Cubs W 4–3 Sirotka (5–5) Wood (2–4) Foulke (14) 3:05 43,806 37–23 W6 61 June 11 1:05 p.m. CDT Cubs L 5–6 Van Poppel (1–2) Peña (1–1) Aguilera (12) 2:59 43,158 37–24 L1 62 June 12 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 8–7 Eldred (7–2) Rigdon (1–1) Foulke (15) 3:37 43,229 38–24 W1 63 June 13 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 4–3 (10) Simas (1–1) Speier (0–1) Howry (2) 3:26 43,233 39–24 W2 64 June 14 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 11–4 Beirne (1–0) Brower (1–1) — 3:39 43,284 40–24 W3 65 June 15 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 12–3 Sirotka (6–5) Pettitte (6–3) — 3:38 30,803 41–24 W4 66 June 16 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 3–1 Baldwin (10–1) Stanton (1–1) Howry (3) 2:54 41,910 42–24 W5 67 June 17 3:35 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 10–9 Eldred (8–2) Westbrook (0–1) Foulke (16) 3:43 54,053 43–24 W6 68 June 18 12:05 p.m. CDT @ Yankees W 17–4 Parque (7–2) Hernández (6–6) — 3:26 52,856 44–24 W7 69 June 19 7:05 p.m. CDT Indians W 6–1 K. Wells (4–5) Colón (6–4) — 3:04 43,062 45–24 W8 70 June 20 7:05 p.m. CDT Indians L 1–4 Brower (2–1) Sirotka (6–6) Karsay (15) 2:34 20,005 45–25 L1 71 June 21 7:05 p.m. CDT Indians L 6–8 Burba (8–2) Baldwin (10–2) Karsay (16) 3:00 23,516 45–26 L2 72 June 22 7:05 p.m. CDT Indians W 6–0 Eldred (9–2) Finley (5–5) — 2:52 23,374 46–26 W1 73 June 23 7:05 p.m. CDT Yankees W 4–3 Lowe (2–1) Rivera (2–2) — 3:10 38,773 47–26 W2 74 June 24 6:05 p.m. CDT Yankees L 8–12 Mendoza (7–3) K. Wells (4–6) Rivera (17) 3:56 32,623 47–27 L1 75 June 25 1:05 p.m. CDT Yankees W 8–7 Sirotka (7–6) Pettitte (7–4) Howry (4) 3:15 40,817 48–27 W1 76 June 27 7:05 p.m. CDT Twins L 4–7 Mays (4–9) Baldwin (10–3) Wells (5) 3:07 20,283 48–28 L1 77 June 28 7:05 p.m. CDT Twins W 7–3 Eldred (10–2) Lincoln (0–1) — 2:52 17,541 49–28 W1 78 June 29 1:05 p.m. CDT Twins L 1–10 Milton (8–2) K. Wells (4–7) — 3:04 21,239 49–29 L1 79 June 30 7:05 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 10–4 Parque (8–2) Pichardo (2–1) — 3:05 32,157 50–29 W1
July: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 80 July 1 12 Noon CDT Red Sox W 7–2 Sirotka (8–6) Crawford (0–1) — 2:44 28,006 51–29 W2 81 July 2 1:05 p.m. CDT Red Sox W 8–2 Baldwin (11–3) Schourek (2–7) — 2:44 32,934 52–29 W3 82 July 3 @ Royals 14–10 Peña (2–1) Santiago (6–3) 3:55 24,496 53–29 box 83 July 4 @ Royals 7–10 Spradlin (3–2) Garland (0–1) 3:06 29,884 53–30 box 84 July 5 @ Royals 6 – 3 (13) Wunsch (3–2) Bochtler (0–1) 4:22 15,009 54–30 box 85 July 7 2:20 p.m. CDT @ Cubs W 4–2 (12) Lowe (3–1) Van Poppel (2–3) Peña (1) 3:23 39,112 55–30 W2 86 July 8 11:15 a.m. CDT @ Cubs L 2–9 Lieber (8–5) Baldwin (11–4) — 2:40 38,933 55–31 L1 87 July 9 1:20 p.m. CDT @ Cubs L 6–9 Tapani (5–7) Simas (1–2) Worrell (1) 2:46 38,706 55–32 L2 — July 11 7:35 p.m. CDT 71st All-Star Game in Atlanta, GA 88 July 13 7:05 p.m. CDT Cardinals L 5–13 Benes (10–3) Sirotka (8–7) — 3:17 32,263 55–33 L3 89 July 14 7:05 p.m. CDT Cardinals L 4–9 Stephenson (10–5) Wunsch (3–3) — 3:25 34,862 55–34 L4 90 July 15 6:05 p.m. CDT Cardinals W 15–7 Parque (9–2) Kile (11–6) — 4:00 40,681 56–34 W1 91 July 16 1:05 p.m. CDT Brewers W 11–5 Baldwin (13–4) Snyder (3–4) — 2:47 30,050 57–34 W2 92 July 17 7:05 p.m. CDT Brewers W 11–2 Garland (1–1) Bere (6–7) — 2:53 31,369 58–34 W3 93 July 18 7:05 p.m. CDT Brewers W 7–5 Sirotka (9–7) Wright (5–3) Wunsch (1) 3:00 18,542 59–34 W4 94 July 19 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins W 3–2 Buehrle (1–0) Milton (8–6) Foulke (17) 2:46 12,494 60–34 W5 95 July 20 12:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins L 1–5 Mays (5–11) Parque (9–3) — 2:35 18,676 60–35 L1 96 July 21 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox W 8–5 Simas (2–2) Pichardo (4–2) Howry (5) 3:16 33,869 61–35 W1 97 July 22 4:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 6–8 Fassero (7–3) Garland (1–2) — 2:59 33,384 61–36 L1 98 July 23 12:05 p.m. CDT @ Red Sox L 0–1 Martínez (11–3) Sirotka (9–8) — 2:28 33,224 61–37 L2 99 July 24 Royals 7–6 Wunsch (4–3) Suzuki (5–5) Foulke (18) 3:08 34,473 62–37 box 100 July 25 Royals 1–6 Suppan (5–6) Parque (9–4) 2:42 21,091 62–38 box 101 July 26 Royals 6–7 Spradlin (4–2) Howry (1–2) Bottalico (8) 3:10 26,615 62–39 box 102 July 27 @ Angels 6–5 Garland (2–2) Cooper (4–5) Foulke (19) 3:24 24,394 63–39 box 103 July 28 @ Angels 7–10 Holtz (1–2) Beirne (1–1) Percival (24) 3:13 40,711 63–40 box 104 July 29 @ Angels 5–6 Bottenfield (7–8) Barceló (0–1) Percival (25) 3:09 25,881 63–41 box 105 July 30 @ Angels 11 – 7 (10) Foulke (2–0) Levine (2–4) 4:09 27,538 64–41 box
August: 15–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–6) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Rangers W 4–3 Howry (2–2) Wetteland (4–4) — 2:42 37,784 65–41 W2 107 August 2 7:35 p.m. CDT @ Rangers L 2–7 Helling (13–7) Garland (2–3) Crabtree (1) 2:57 36,786 65–42 L1 108 August 4 7:05 p.m. CDT Athletics L 3–5 Appier (10–8) Sirotka (9–9) Isringhausen (25) 3:22 30,019 65–43 L2 109 August 5 6:05 p.m. CDT Athletics W 4–3 (10) Foulke (3–0) Mathews (2–3) — 3:14 35,314 66–43 W1 110 August 6 1:05 p.m. CDT Athletics W 13–0 Baldwin (14–4) Hudson (12–4) — 2:50 32,952 67–43 W2 111 (1) August 8 4:05 p.m. CDT Mariners L 4–12 Piñeiro (1–0) Garland (2–4) Tomko (1) 3:11 23,647 67–44 L1 112 (2) August 8 7:45 p.m. CDT Mariners L 5–7 García (4–2) Buehrle (1–1) Sasaki (27) 3:43 23,647 67–45 L2 113 August 9 7:05 p.m. CDT Mariners W 19–3 Sirotka (10–9) Moyer (11–5) — 3:10 24,947 68–45 W1 114 August 10 1:05 p.m. CDT Mariners L 3–6 Sele (13–6) Biddle (0–1) Sasaki (28) 2:41 23,924 68–46 L1 115 August 11 7:15 p.m. CDT @ Devil Rays W 6–5 Buehrle (2–1) Wilson (0–1) Foulke (20) 3:13 18,370 69–46 W1 116 August 12 3:15 p.m. CDT @ Devil Rays W 5–4 (10) Buehrle (3–1) Hernández (3–4) Foulke (21) 3:12 27,538 70–46 W2 117 August 13 12:15 p.m. CDT @ Devil Rays L 3–5 López (10–8) Howry (2–3) — 2:28 19,685 70–47 L1 118 August 14 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Orioles L 2–8 Mercedes (8–4) Sirotka (10–10) — 3:02 40,047 70–48 L2 119 August 15 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Orioles W 14–4 Biddle (1–1) Johnson (1–9) — 2:48 37,707 71–48 W1 120 August 16 6:35 p.m. CDT @ Orioles W 7–3 Parque (10–4) Mussina (7–13) — 2:35 39,079 72–48 W2 121 August 17 2:05 p.m. CDT @ Orioles L 3–5 Parrish (2–1) Baldwin (14–5) — 2:52 40,205 72–49 L1 122 August 18 7:05 p.m. CDT Devil Rays W 5–2 Garland (3–4) Rekar (4–8) Foulke (22) 2:36 25,160 73–49 W1 123 August 19 6:05 p.m. CDT Devil Rays W 7–0 Sirotka (11–10) López (10–9) — 2:32 38,926 74–49 W2 124 August 20 1:05 p.m. CDT Devil Rays L 11–12 Yan (6–8) Foulke (3–1) Hernández (23) 3:45 27,744 74–50 L1 125 August 21 7:05 p.m. CDT Devil Rays L 4–11 Sturtze (5–2) Parque (10–5) — 2:57 31,744 74–51 L2 126 August 23 7:05 p.m. CDT Orioles W 8–4 Barceló (1–1) Parrish (2–2) — 3:14 22,528 75–51 W1 127 August 24 1:05 p.m. CDT Orioles L 5–8 Mercedes (9–5) Hill (5–8) — 3:15 20,007 75–52 L1 128 August 25 9:05 p.m. CDT @ Mariners W 4–1 Sirotka (12–10) Sele (13–9) Foulke (23) 3:08 44,745 76–52 W1 129 August 26 8:05 p.m. CDT @ Mariners L 5–11 Halama (11–6) Biddle (1–2) — 3:36 45,191 76–53 L1 130 August 27 3:35 p.m. CDT @ Mariners W 2–1 Barceló (2–1) García (4–4) Foulke (24) 2:44 45,525 77–53 W1 131 August 28 9:05 p.m. CDT @ Athletics L 0–3 Hudson (14–6) Parque (10–6) — 2:19 12,436 77–54 L1 132 August 29 9:05 p.m. CDT @ Athletics W 3–0 Baldwin (15–5) Zito (2–3) Foulke (25) 2:20 12,129 78–54 W1 133 August 30 2:35 p.m. CDT @ Athletics W 8–3 Sirotka (13–10) Appier (12–10) Howry (6) 3:05 19,458 79–54 W2
September: 16–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–4) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 Angels 9–8 Ginter (1–0) Hasegawa (8–3) Foulke (26) 3:06 16,377 80–54 box 135 September 2 Angels 13–6 Parque (11–6) Mercker (1–3) 3:09 29,785 81–54 box 136 September 3 Angels 13–12 Wunsch (5–3) Hasegawa (8–4) Foulke (27) 3:38 22,020 82–54 box 137 September 4 1:05 p.m. CDT Rangers L 4–5 Davis (6–5) Garland (3–5) Wetteland (29) 3:14 29,614 82–55 L1 138 September 5 7:05 p.m. CDT Rangers L 1–2 Johnson (1–0) Howry (2–4) Wetteland (30) 2:58 13,899 82–56 L2 139 September 6 7:05 p.m. CDT Rangers W 13–1 K. Wells (5–7) Helling (14–11) — 2:41 15,622 83–56 W1 140 September 7 7:05 p.m. CDT Rangers W 10–6 Barceló (3–1) Zimmerman (3–5) Foulke (28) 2:49 18,219 84–56 W2 141 September 8 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians W 5–4 Buehrle (4–1) Woodard (2–10) Foulke (29) 3:34 42,526 85–56 W3 142 September 9 12:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians L 3–9 Burba (14–6) Garland (3–6) — 3:23 42,561 85–57 L1 — September 10 @ Indians Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 25 143 September 11 Tigers 10–3 Sirotka (14–10) Moehler (12–8) Howry (7) 3:15 21,527 86–57 box 144 September 12 Tigers 3–10 Mlicki (5–11) K. Wells (5–8) 3:09 15,297 86–58 box 145 September 13 Tigers 1–0 Parque (12–6) Weaver (9–14) Foulke (30) 2:38 16,651 87–58 box 146 September 15 Blue Jays 5–6 Escobar (10–14) Garland (3–7) Koch (33) 3:18 23,105 87–59 box 147 September 16 Blue Jays 6–3 Wunsch (6–3) Escobar (10–15) Foulke (31) 2:43 33,204 88–59 box 148 September 17 Blue Jays 1–14 Painter (2–0) K. Wells (5–9) 3:06 26,113 88–60 box 149 September 18 @ Tigers 2–5 Weaver (10–14) Barceló (3–2) Jones (40) 2:42 22,718 88–61 box 150 September 19 @ Tigers 6–2 Lowe (4–1) Sparks (6–5) 2:32 24,951 89–61 box 151 September 20 @ Tigers 13–6 Garland (4–7) Moehler (12–9) 3:00 28,422 90–61 box 152 September 21 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins W 9–4 Sirotka (15–10) Santana (2–3) — 3:03 6,688 91–61 W3 153 September 22 7:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins W 5–4 Barceló (4–2) Wells (0–7) Foulke (32) 2:57 9,060 92–61 W4 154 September 23 6:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins W 5–3 Parque (13–6) Milton (13–10) Foulke (33) 2:50 20,263 93–61 W5 155 September 24 1:05 p.m. CDT @ Twins L 5–6 (10) Guardado (6–3) Beirne (1–2) — 3:06 9,716 93–62 L1 156 September 25 12:05 p.m. CDT @ Indians L 2–9 Burba (16–6) Garland (4–8) — 3:03 42,500 93–63 L2 157 September 26 7:05 p.m. CDT Red Sox L 3–4 Martínez (18–6) Beirne (1–3) Lowe (39) 2:31 23,319 93–64 box 158 September 27 7:05 p.m. CDT Red Sox L 1–2 Crawford (2–1) Baldwin (15–6) Lowe (40) 2:21 16,368 93–65 box 159 September 28 7:05 p.m. CDT Red Sox L 6–7 Beck (3–0) Simas (2–3) Lowe (41) 3:23 18,326 93–66 box 160 September 29 Royals 6–4 Bradford (1–0) Reichert (8–10) Foulke (34) 2:53 17,735 94–66 box 161 September 30 Royals 9–1 K. Wells (6–9) Stein (8–5) 2:43 29,692 95–66 box
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 162 October 1 Royals 2–6 Fussell (5–3) Baldwin (15–7) 2:58 30,071 95–67 box

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox New York Yankees 8 4 0.667 82 69 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Toronto Blue Jays Div Total 8 4 0.667 82 69 AL Central Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins Div Total AL West Anaheim Angels Oakland Athletics 6 3 0.667 47 37 Seattle Mariners 7 5 0.583 75 63 Texas Rangers Div Total 13 8 0.619 122 100 League Total 21 13 0.618 204 169 National League Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Houston Astros Milwaukee Brewers St. Louis Cardinals 1 2 0.333 24 29 League Total 1 2 0.333 24 29 Season Total 22 15 0.595 228 198

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 25 17 8 0.680 181 134 May 27 13 14 0.481 116 125 June 27 20 7 0.741 183 136 July 26 14 12 0.538 168 156 August 28 15 13 0.536 159 136 September 28 16 12 0.571 169 146 October 1 0 1 0.000 2 6 Total 162 95 67 0.586 978 839 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 46 35 0.568 524 430 Away 81 49 32 0.605 454 409 Total 162 95 67 0.586 978 839

Postseason Game log

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
Bold	White Sox team member

2000 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)

AL Division Series vs. Seattle Mariners 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)[6] # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 3 3:07 p.m. CDT Mariners L 4–7 Mesa (1–0) Foulke (0–1) Sasaki (1) 4:12 45,290 SEA 1–0 L1 2 October 4 12:07 p.m. CDT Mariners L 2–5 Abbott (1–0) Sirotka (0–1) Sasaki (2) 3:16 45,383 SEA 2–0 L2 3 October 6 3:07 p.m. CDT @ Mariners L 1–2 Paniagua (1–0) Wunsch (0–1) — 2:40 40,142 SEA 3–0 L3

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Jeff Abbott, OF	80	215	31	59	15	1	3	29	21	38	.274	2
Harold Baines, DH	24	61	2	13	5	0	1	9	7	11	.213	0
James Baldwin, P	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
McKay Christensen, CF	32	19	4	2	0	0	0	1	2	6	.105	1
Joe Crede, 3B	7	14	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	3	.357	0
Ray Durham, 2B	151	614	121	172	35	9	17	75	75	105	.280	25
Cal Eldred, P	20	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	0
Brook Fordyce, C	40	125	18	34	7	1	5	21	6	23	.272	0
Tony Graffanino, SS, 2B, 3B	57	148	25	40	5	1	2	16	21	25	.270	7
Charles Johnson, C	44	135	24	44	8	0	10	36	20	37	.326	0
Mark Johnson, C	75	213	29	48	11	0	3	23	27	40	.225	3
Paul Konerko, 1B, 3B, DH	143	524	84	156	31	1	21	97	47	72	.298	1
Carlos Lee, LF	152	572	107	172	29	2	24	92	38	94	.301	13
Jeff Liefer, RF, 1B	5	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	0
Greg Norton, 3B, 1B	71	201	25	49	6	1	6	28	26	47	.244	1
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	153	588	102	185	34	3	32	126	60	64	.315	18
Jim Parque, P	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Josh Paul, C	36	71	15	20	3	2	1	8	5	17	.282	1
Herbert Perry, 3B, 1B	109	383	69	118	29	1	12	61	22	68	.308	4
Chris Singleton, CF	147	511	83	130	22	5	11	62	35	85	.254	22
Mike Sirotka, P	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	0
Frank Thomas, DH, 1B	159	582	115	191	44	0	43	143	112	94	.328	1
José Valentín, SS	144	568	107	155	37	6	25	92	59	106	.273	19
Kip Wells, P	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Craig Wilson, 3B, SS, 2B	28	73	12	19	3	0	0	4	5	11	.260	1
Team Totals	162	5646	978	1615	325	33	216	926	591	960	.286	119

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K
James Baldwin	14	7	4.65	29	28	0	178.0	185	96	92	34	62	116
Lorenzo Barceló	4	2	3.69	22	1	0	39.0	34	17	16	5	10	26
Kevin Beirne	1	3	6.70	29	1	0	49.2	50	41	37	9	21	41
Rocky Biddle	1	2	8.34	4	4	0	22.2	31	25	21	5	8	7
Chad Bradford	1	0	1.98	12	0	0	13.2	13	4	3	0	2	9
Mark Buehrle	4	1	4.21	28	3	0	51.1	55	27	24	5	20	37
Cal Eldred	10	2	4.58	20	20	0	112.0	103	61	57	12	59	97
Scott Eyre	1	1	6.63	13	1	0	19.0	29	15	14	3	12	16
Keith Foulke	3	1	2.97	72	0	34	88.0	66	31	29	9	24	91
Jon Garland	4	8	6.46	15	13	0	69.2	82	55	50	10	40	42
Matt Ginter	1	0	13.50	7	0	0	9.1	18	14	14	5	7	6
Ken Hill	0	1	24.00	2	1	0	3.0	5	8	8	0	6	0
Bob Howry	2	4	3.17	65	0	7	71.0	54	26	25	6	31	60
Sean Lowe	4	1	5.48	50	5	0	70.2	78	47	43	10	42	53
Aaron Myette	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	4	1
Jim Parque	13	6	4.28	33	32	0	187.0	208	105	89	21	72	111
Jesús Peña	2	1	5.40	20	0	1	23.1	25	18	14	6	16	19
Bill Simas	2	3	3.46	60	0	0	67.2	69	27	26	9	28	49
Mike Sirotka	15	10	3.79	32	32	0	197.0	203	101	83	23	70	128
Tanyon Sturtze	1	2	12.06	10	1	0	15.2	25	23	21	4	15	6
Kip Wells	6	9	6.02	20	20	0	98.2	126	76	66	15	62	71
Kelly Wunsch	6	3	2.93	83	0	1	61.1	50	22	20	4	30	51
Team Totals	95	67	4.66	162	162	43	1450.1	1509	839	751	195	641	1037

ALDS

Main article: 2000 American League Division Series

Seattle defeated the White Sox in a 3-game sweep.

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Chicago	4	Seattle	7	October 3	1-0 (SEA)
2	Chicago	2	Seattle	5	October 4	2-0 (SEA)
3	Seattle	2	Chicago	1	October 6	3-0 (SEA)

Awards and honors

• Jerry Manuel, Associated Press Manager of the Year

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Nick Leyva
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Nick Capra
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Brian Dayett
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Jerry Terrell
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	R. J. Reynolds
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.

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