2002 Chicago White Sox season

The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season, and their 102nd in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record of 81–81, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

2002 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Kenny Williams
Managers	Jerry Manuel
Television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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Offseason

February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.

Regular season

• On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.^[1]
• On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the home runs is as follows:
  • Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
  • Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).^[2]

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584	—	54‍–‍27	40‍–‍40
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	13½	47‍–‍34	34‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	20½	39‍–‍42	35‍–‍46
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	32½	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍56
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	39	33‍–‍47	22‍–‍59

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	—
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	6
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	6
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	18
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	21
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	25
Texas Rangers	72	90	.444	27
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	32
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	37
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Opening Day lineup

• Kenny Lofton, CF
• Ray Durham, 2B
• Frank Thomas, DH
• Magglio Ordóñez, RF
• Paul Konerko, 1B
• José Valentín, 3B
• Carlos Lee, LF
• Sandy Alomar Jr., C
• Royce Clayton, SS
• Mark Buehrle, P

Notable transactions

• May 16, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
• July 25, 2002: Ray Durham was traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jon Adkins.^[4]
• July 28, 2002: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux (minors).
• July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).^[5]

Roster

2002 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 49 Lorenzo Barceló 60 Rocky Biddle 56 Mark Buehrle 29 Keith Foulke 52 Jon Garland 58 Matt Ginter 38 Gary Glover 46 Bob Howry 43 Dámaso Marte 13 Antonio Osuna 40 Jim Parque 41 Mike Porzio 51 Jon Rauch 48 Todd Ritchie 36 Dan Wright 65 Kelly Wunsch		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr.  8 Mark Johnson 61 Miguel Olivo 27 Josh Paul Infielders 10 Royce Clayton 24 Joe Crede  5 Ray Durham 17 Tony Graffanino 12 Willie Harris 28 D'Angelo Jiménez 14 Paul Konerko 39 Jeff Liefer 35 Frank Thomas 22 José Valentín		Outfielders 25 Joe Borchard 45 Carlos Lee  1 Kenny Lofton 30 Magglio Ordóñez 44 Aaron Rowand		Manager  7 Jerry Manuel Coaches 54 Nardi Contreras 18 Wallace Johnson 59 Man Soo Lee 53 Art Kusnyer 23 Joe Nossek 20 Gary Pettis 47 Gary Ward

Game log

2002 White Sox Game Log
April (16–10) – home (9–2) – road (7–8) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 1 April 1 @ Mariners 6–5 Buehrle (1–0) García (0–1) Foulke (1) 3:18 46,036 1–0 box 2 April 2 @ Mariners 4–7 Rhodes (1–0) Barceló (0–1) Sasaki (1) 3:03 40,805 1–1 box 3 April 3 @ Mariners 6–7 Franklin (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 2:50 31,082 1–2 box 4 April 5 @ Royals 2–5 Byrd (1–0) Garland (0–1) Stein (1) 2:50 15,975 1–3 box 5 April 6 @ Royals 14–0 Buehrle (2–0) Durbin (0–1) 2:49 15,178 2–3 box 6 April 7 @ Royals 2–9 Suppan (1–0) Ritchie (0–1) 2:47 10,788 2–4 box – April 8 @ Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for July 13 7 April 9 @ Tigers 8–2 Wright (1–0) Sparks (0–1) 2:34 11,833 3–4 box 8 April 10 @ Tigers 7–5 Osuna (1–0) Lima (0–2) Foulke (2) 2:49 14,155 4–4 box 9 April 12 Orioles 5–2 Buehrle (3–0) Towers (0–2) Foulke (3) 2:24 41,128 5–4 box 10 April 13 Orioles 4–3 Osuna (2–0) Roberts (0–1) Foulke (4) 2:36 19,201 6–4 box 11 April 14 Orioles 4–9 Maduro (1–1) Wright (1–1) 2:55 23,951 6–5 box 12 April 15 Orioles 13–4 Garland (1–1) Johnson (0–3) 2:41 15,794 7–5 box 13 April 16 Indians 10–5 Marte (1–0) Finley (1–1) 2:55 23,502 8–5 box 14 April 17 Indians 7–2 Buehrle (4–0) Báez (2–1) 2:35 15,561 9–5 box 15 April 18 Indians 7–1 Ritchie (1–1) Colón (3–1) 2:55 13,880 10–5 box 16 April 19 Tigers 2–8 Sparks (1–1) Wright (1–2) 2:42 13,917 10–6 box 17 April 20 Tigers 12–5 Garland (2–1) Cornejo (0–2) 2:51 15,737 11–6 box 18 April 21 Tigers 11–8 Osuna (3–0) Paniagua (0–1) Foulke (5) 3:08 13,619 12–6 box 19 April 22 @ Indians 2–4 Báez (3–1) Buehrle (4–1) Wickman (6) 2:35 24,519 12–7 box 20 April 23 @ Indians 5–1 Ritchie (2–1) Colón (3–2) 2:53 25,284 13–7 box 21 April 24 @ Indians 9–2 Wright (2–2) Sabathia (2–2) 3:04 25,935 14–7 box 22 April 25 @ Indians 6–3 Garland (3–1) Drese (2–2) Foulke (6) 3:07 29,046 15–7 box 23 April 26 @ Athletics 4–6 Lidle (1–3) Parque (0–1) Koch (5) 2:52 10,129 15–8 box 24 April 27 @ Athletics 1–16 Fyhrie (1–1) Buehrle (4–2) 2:42 26,111 15–9 box 25 April 28 @ Athletics 0–10 Hudson (3–2) Ritchie (2–2) 2:37 20,365 15–10 box 26 April 30 Mariners 8–4 Wright (3–2) Abbott (1–3) 2:41 16,253 16–10 box
May (12–16) – home (8–9) – road (4–7) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 27 May 1 Mariners 9 – 2 (8) Garland (4–1) Franklin (2–1) Glover (1) 2:50 12,735 17–10 box 28 May 2 Mariners 4–15 Baldwin (3–1) Rauch (0–1) 3:00 12,891 17–11 box 29 May 3 Athletics 6–1 Buehrle (5–2) Fyhrie (1–2) 2:39 15,746 18–11 box 30 May 4 Athletics 10–2 Ritchie (3–2) Hudson (3–3) 2:59 27,511 19–11 box 31 May 5 Athletics 2–3 Zito (2–2) Wright (3–3) Koch (7) 2:42 27,275 19–12 box 32 May 6 @ Rangers 5–6 Irabu (1–2) Osuna (3–1) 3:18 24,609 19–13 box 33 May 7 @ Rangers 11–6 Porzio (1–0) Bell (2–1) Ginter (1) 3:00 20,108 20–13 box 34 May 8 @ Rangers 5–3 Buehrle (6–2) Davis (3–3) 2:49 21,305 21–13 box 35 May 9 @ Rangers 1–4 Benoit (1–0) Ritchie (3–3) Irabu (8) 2:47 32,962 21–14 box 36 May 10 @ Angels 0–19 Schoeneweis (2–4) Wright (3–4) 2:48 36,715 21–15 box 37 May 11 @ Angels 3–6 Ortiz (4–3) Garland (4–2) Percival (6) 2:49 40,535 21–16 box 38 May 12 @ Angels 4–5 Percival (2–1) Foulke (0–2) 3:26 19,251 21–17 box 39 May 14 Rangers 15–4 Buehrle (7–2) Davis (3–4) 3:07 17,503 22–17 box 40 May 15 Rangers 2–5 Valdez (3–4) Ritchie (3–4) Irabu (10) 2:47 13,980 22–18 box 41 May 16 Rangers 4–0 Wright (4–4) Rogers (4–2) 2:16 13,119 23–18 box 42 May 17 Angels 4–8 Schoeneweis (3–4) Garland (4–3) Levine (4) 2:56 12,736 23–19 box 43 May 18 Angels 10–4 Glover (1–0) Ortiz (4–4) 3:08 21,122 24–19 box 44 May 19 Angels 1–6 Washburn (4–2) Buehrle (7–3) 2:13 19,869 24–20 box 45 May 20 @ Red Sox 0–9 Lowe (7–1) Ritchie (3–5) 2:20 32,461 24–21 box 46 May 21 @ Red Sox 8–3 Wright (5–4) Oliver (4–3) 2:48 31,772 25–21 box 47 May 22 @ Red Sox 2–0 Garland (5–3) Castillo (2–5) Foulke (7) 2:22 33,157 26–21 box 48 May 24 Tigers 12–1 Buehrle (8–3) Sparks (2–5) 2:22 14,597 27–21 box 49 May 25 Tigers 6–4 Wunsch (1–0) Greisinger (2–2) Foulke (8) 2:33 21,543 28–21 box 50 May 26 Tigers 2–9 Bernero (1–0) Ritchie (3–6) 2:30 23,353 28–22 box 51 May 27 Yankees 6–10 Thurman (1–0) Wright (5–5) 2:52 43,781 28–23 box 52 May 28 Yankees 2–4 Lilly (2–4) Garland (5–4) Rivera (16) 3:00 27,859 28–24 box 53 May 29 Yankees 3–6 Karsay (2–2) Foulke (0–3) Rivera (17) 3:10 27,572 28–25 box 54 May 31 @ Indians 0–7 Colón (7–3) Glover (1–1) 2:44 33,756 28–26 box
June (12–16) – home (7–6) – road (5–10) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 55 June 1 @ Indians 4–8 Báez (5–4) Ritchie (3–7) 2:59 37,707 28–27 box 56 June 2 @ Indians 3–4 Finley (4–6) Wright (5–6) Wickman (13) 2:42 37,760 28–28 box 57 June 3 Royals 4–0 Garland (6–4) Affeldt (1–3) 2:41 15,168 29–28 box 58 June 4 Royals 2–3 Asencio (1–0) Buehrle (8–4) Hernández (9) 2:42 13,063 29–29 box 59 June 5 Royals 6–1 Glover (2–1) Suppan (5–5) 2:33 12,167 30–29 box 60 June 6 Royals 3–4 May (1–3) Ritchie (3–8) Hernández (10) 2:50 14,311 30–30 box 61 June 7 Expos 3–4 Armas (6–7) Wright (5–7) Tucker (3) 2:55 22,481 30–31 box 62 June 8 Expos 1–2 Stewart (1–1) Foulke (0–4) Tucker (4) 2:31 24,783 30–32 box 63 June 9 Expos 13–2 Buehrle (9–4) Pavano (3–8) 2:42 21,870 31–32 box 64 June 10 Mets 1–3 Astacio (7–2) Glover (2–2) Benítez (14) 2:51 27,679 31–33 box 65 June 11 Mets 10–8 Ritchie (4–8) D'Amico (4–5) Osuna (1) 2:51 20,156 32–33 box 66 June 12 Mets 2–1 Biddle (1–0) Leiter (6–6) Osuna (2) 2:36 16,314 33–33 box 67 June 14 @ Cubs 4–8 Clement (5–4) Garland (6–5) 2:46 38,051 33–34 box 68 June 15 @ Cubs 3–7 Lieber (5–4) Buehrle (9–5) 2:57 38,860 33–35 box 69 June 16 @ Cubs 10–7 Foulke (1–4) Wood (6–5) Osuna (3) 3:09 38,742 34–35 box 70 June 18 @ Phillies 6 – 3 (12) Osuna (4–1) Coggin (0–2) Biddle (1) 4:16 17,424 35–35 box 71 June 19 @ Phillies 3–4 Plesac (2–2) Biddle (1–1) 2:49 21,905 35–36 box 72 June 20 @ Phillies 6–1 Buehrle (10–5) Person (2–4) 2:49 22,132 36–36 box 73 June 21 @ Braves 2–3 Gryboski (1–1) Ritchie (4–9) Smoltz (23) 2:37 35,102 36–37 box 74 June 22 @ Braves 2–15 Moss (4–2) Glover (2–3) 2:57 47,276 36–38 box 75 June 23 @ Braves 1–9 Marquis (6–4) Wright (5–8) 2:45 30,883 36–39 box 76 June 24 @ Twins 4–5 Hawkins (3–0) Howry (0–1) Guardado (22) 2:46 24,102 36–40 box 77 June 25 @ Twins 15–7 Buehrle (11–5) Milton (8–6) 3:19 24,662 37–40 box 78 June 26 @ Twins 5–6 Lohse (7–5) Ritchie (4–10) Guardado (23) 2:51 28,340 37–41 box 79 June 27 @ Twins 7–4 Glover (3–3) Reed (6–4) Foulke (9) 3:18 29,532 38–41 box 80 June 28 Cubs 13–9 Ginter (1–0) Borowski (2–4) 3:35 46,027 39–41 box 81 June 29 Cubs 5–4 Garland (7–5) Cruz (1–10) Osuna (4) 3:10 45,942 40–41 box 82 June 30 Cubs 2–9 Clement (6–5) Buehrle (11–6) 2:42 45,351 40–42 box
July (11–15) – home (6–6) – road (5–9) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 83 July 2 Tigers 17–9 Ritchie (5–10) Bernero (2–4) 2:53 19,331 41–42 box 84 July 3 Tigers 4–5 Moehler (1–0) Glover (3–4) Paniagua (1) 3:01 15,064 41–43 box 85 July 4 Tigers 5–6 Sparks (4–8) Wunsch (1–1) Acevedo (13) 3:02 22,916 41–44 box 86 July 5 Indians 2–4 Báez (7–6) Garland (7–6) Wickman (19) 3:09 29,085 41–45 box 87 July 6 Indians 7–3 Buehrle (12–6) Phillips (0–1) Marte (1) 2:38 25,016 42–45 box 88 July 7 Indians 3–9 Drese (8–6) Ritchie (5–11) 2:55 22,104 42–46 box All-Star Break: AL and NL tied 7–7 (11) at Miller Park 89 July 11 @ Tigers 9–2 Wright (6–8) Sparks (4–9) 2:24 16,791 43–46 box 90 July 12 @ Tigers 1–2 Redman (5–8) Ritchie (5–12) Acevedo (15) 2:38 26,121 43–47 box 91 July 13 @ Tigers 3–5 Rodney (1–2) Buehrle (12–7) Acevedo (16) 2:37 13,189 43–48 box 92 July 13 @ Tigers 1–3 Maroth (2–3) Biddle (1–2) Henriquez (1) 2:38 20,058 43–49 box 93 July 14 @ Tigers 6–4 Garland (8–6) Bernero (2–5) Osuna (5) 2:33 22,098 44–49 box 94 July 15 @ Indians 1–7 Phillips (1–1) Glover (3–5) 2:53 30,025 44–50 box 95 July 16 @ Indians 5–4 Osuna (5–1) Wickman (0–3) Marte (2) 3:08 30,754 45–50 box 96 July 17 @ Royals 6–8 Suppan (8–7) Ritchie (5–13) Hernández (17) 3:08 13,823 45–51 box 97 July 18 @ Royals 3–5 Byrd (13–6) Marte (1–1) 2:06 15,522 45–52 box 98 July 19 @ Orioles 4–10 López (10–3) Garland (8–7) 2:44 36,949 45–53 box 99 July 20 @ Orioles 3 – 4 (14) Bauer (5–4) Howry (0–2) 4:54 39,257 45–54 box 100 July 21 @ Orioles 8–7 Howry (1–2) Roberts (5–3) Osuna (6) 3:12 35,337 46–54 box 101 July 22 Twins 6–11 Reed (8–5) Ritchie (5–14) 3:33 32,352 46–55 box 102 July 23 Twins 8–7 Buehrle (13–7) Santana (4–2) Osuna (7) 3:08 22,665 47–55 box 103 July 24 Twins 1–8 Lohse (10–5) Garland (8–8) 2:50 23,535 47–56 box 104 July 26 Royals 10–2 Wright (7–8) Sedlacek (1–1) 3:08 20,803 48–56 box 105 July 27 Royals 9–1 Glover (4–5) May (2–7) 2:41 28,931 49–56 box 106 July 28 Royals 4–2 Howry (2–2) Suppan (8–9) Marte (3) 2:36 29,534 50–56 box 107 July 30 @ Twins 3–0 Buehrle (14–7) Lohse (10–6) 2:08 27,391 51–56 box 108 July 31 @ Twins 1 – 2 (10) Romero (6–1) Osuna (5–2) 3:02 29,478 51–57 box
August (14–13) – home (9–6) – road (5–7) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 109 August 1 @ Twins 0–6 Milton (13–7) Wright (7–9) 2:25 26,270 51–58 box 110 August 2 @ Devil Rays 8 – 5 (12) Wunsch (2–1) Colomé (2–6) Osuna (8) 3:57 10,823 52–58 box 111 August 3 @ Devil Rays 2–6 Wilson (4–7) Ritchie (5–15) 2:34 11,963 52–59 box 112 August 4 @ Devil Rays 3–10 Kennedy (7–8) Buehrle (14–8) 2:41 11,809 52–60 box 113 August 5 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Foulke (2–4) Yan (5–6) Marte (4) 2:28 10,769 53–60 box 114 August 6 Angels 2–11 Washburn (14–3) Wright (7–10) Levine (5) 3:05 17,706 53–61 box 115 August 7 Angels 7–6 Osuna (6–2) Donnelly (0–1) 3:33 14,253 54–61 box 116 August 8 Angels 3–2 Parque (1–1) Sele (8–8) Marte (5) 2:44 18,165 55–61 box 117 August 9 Mariners 10–2 Buehrle (15–8) García (12–8) 2:49 28,229 56–61 box 118 August 10 Mariners 3–7 Nelson (3–2) Biddle (1–3) 3:34 29,766 56–62 box 119 August 11 Mariners 6–5 Wright (8–10) Baldwin (7–9) Osuna (9) 2:54 28,282 57–62 box 120 August 13 @ Rangers 12–3 Glover (5–5) Benoit (2–2) 3:05 25,657 58–62 box 121 August 14 @ Rangers 6–11 Valdez (6–9) Parque (1–2) 3:11 21,450 58–63 box 122 August 16 @ Athletics 0–1 Lidle (6–9) Buehrle (15–9) Koch (31) 2:16 22,622 58–64 box 123 August 17 @ Athletics 2–9 Mulder (14–7) Garland (8–9) 2:48 40,658 58–65 box 124 August 18 @ Athletics 4–7 Zito (17–5) Wright (8–11) 2:47 31,489 58–66 box 125 August 19 Twins 3–7 Radke (5–3) Glover (5–6) 2:42 24,016 58–67 box 126 August 20 Twins 0–5 Lohse (11–7) Parque (1–3) 2:22 16,192 58–68 box 127 August 21 Twins 10–1 Buehrle (16–9) Mays (2–5) 2:37 17,225 59–68 box 128 August 23 Devil Rays 2–8 Sturtze (3–13) Garland (8–10) 2:40 27,988 59–69 box 129 August 24 Devil Rays 5–2 Wright (9–11) Wilson (6–9) Marte (6) 2:23 24,580 60–69 box 130 August 25 Devil Rays 8–3 Glover (6–6) Kennedy (7–9) 2:44 20,340 61–69 box 131 August 26 Blue Jays 4–8 Thurman (2–2) Parque (1–4) 3:23 15,760 61–70 box 132 August 27 Blue Jays 8 – 4 (10) Osuna (7–2) Cassidy (0–4) 2:25 12,185 62–70 box 133 August 28 Blue Jays 8–0 Garland (9–10) Parris (5–5) 2:20 12,972 63–70 box 134 August 30 @ Tigers 4–3 Wright (10–11) Maroth (5–6) Marte (7) 2:36 16,857 64–70 box 135 August 31 @ Tigers 9–4 Glover (7–6) Sparks (8–14) 2:46 15,726 65–70 box
September (16–11) – home (8–5) – road (8–6) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 136 September 1 @ Tigers 7–0 Buehrle (17–9) Redman (8–13) 2:18 14,856 66–70 box 137 September 2 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Garland (10–10) Thurman (2–3) Marte (8) 2:58 18,373 67–70 box 138 September 3 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Rauch (1–1) Loaiza (7–8) Marte (9) 2:59 14,427 68–70 box 139 September 4 @ Blue Jays 2–6 Walker (8–4) Wright (10–12) 2:39 21,122 68–71 box 140 September 5 Indians 6–11 Rodríguez (2–1) Glover (7–7) 2:59 12,667 68–72 box 141 September 6 Indians 7–9 Burba (5–5) Buehrle (17–10) Báez (2) 2:48 17,131 68–73 box 142 September 7 Indians 2–4 Sabathia (11–10) Garland (10–11) Wohlers (7) 2:28 16,622 68–74 box 143 September 8 Indians 7–6 Osuna (8–2) Báez (10–11) 2:56 15,067 69–74 box 144 September 9 @ Royals 10–6 Wright (11–12) Byrd (15–11) 2:38 9,555 70–74 box 145 September 10 @ Royals 12–4 Porzio (2–0) Hernández (3–4) Osuna (10) 3:20 10,106 71–74 box 146 September 11 @ Royals 6–9 May (4–9) Buehrle (17–11) 2:51 12,104 71–75 box 147 September 12 @ Royals 5–1 Garland (11–11) Asencio (3–6) 2:22 10,427 72–75 box 148 September 13 @ Yankees 13–2 Biddle (2–3) Mussina (16–10) Osuna (11) 3:22 45,935 73–75 box 149 September 14 @ Yankees 8–1 Wright (12–12) Clemens (12–6) 2:45 44,795 74–75 box 150 September 15 @ Yankees 4 – 8 (6) Pettitte (11–5) Porzio (2–1) 2:01 39,587 74–76 box 151 September 17 Royals 6–1 Buehrle (18–11) Asencio (3–7) Foulke (10) 2:31 12,003 75–76 box 152 September 18 Royals 3–1 Garland (12–11) Suppan (8–16) Marte (10) 2:41 10,246 76–76 box 153 September 19 Royals 1–2 Byrd (17–11) Biddle (2–4) Hernández (26) 2:31 10,354 76–77 box 154 September 20 Twins 10–2 Wright (13–12) Rincón (0–2) 2:24 16,128 77–77 box 155 September 21 Twins 14–4 Rauch (2–1) Radke (9–5) 2:53 20,645 78–77 box 156 September 22 Twins 8–2 Buehrle (19–11) Mays (4–8) 2:40 15,112 79–77 box 157 September 24 Red Sox 2–4 Fossum (5–4) Garland (12–12) Urbina (39) 2:57 14,168 79–78 box 158 September 25 Red Sox 7–2 Biddle (3–4) Lowe (21–8) 2:19 13,102 80–78 box 159 September 26 Red Sox 3–2 Wright (14–12) Hancock (0–1) Foulke (11) 2:11 12,304 81–78 box 160 September 27 @ Twins 1–3 Fiore (10–3) Glover (7–8) Guardado (44) 2:22 21,905 81–79 box 161 September 28 @ Twins 2–3 Hawkins (6–0) Buehrle (19–12) Guardado (45) 2:35 32,072 81–80 box 162 September 29 @ Twins 1–3 Wells (2–1) Porzio (2–2) Romero (1) 2:27 31,270 81–81 box

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
Sandy Alomar Jr., C	51	167	21	48	10	1	7	25	5	14	.287	0
Joe Borchard, OF	16	36	5	8	0	0	2	5	1	14	.222	0
Mark Buehrle, P	34	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	0
Royce Clayton, SS	112	342	51	86	14	2	7	35	20	67	.251	5
Joe Crede, 3B	53	200	28	57	10	0	12	35	8	40	.285	0
Ray Durham, 2B	96	345	71	103	20	2	9	48	49	59	.299	20
Keith Foulke, P	65	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jon Garland, P	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Gary Glover, P	41	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tony Graffanino, 3B, 2B, SS	70	229	35	60	12	4	6	31	22	38	.262	2
Willie Harris, 2B, CF	49	163	14	38	4	0	2	12	9	21	.233	8
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B, SS	27	108	22	31	4	3	1	11	16	10	.287	2
Mark Johnson, C	86	263	31	55	8	1	4	18	30	52	.209	0
Paul Konerko, 1B	151	570	81	173	30	0	27	104	44	72	.304	0
Carlos Lee, LF	140	492	82	130	26	2	26	80	75	73	.264	1
Jeff Liefer, OF, 1B, DH	76	204	28	47	8	0	7	26	19	60	.230	0
Kenny Lofton, CF	93	352	68	91	20	6	8	42	49	51	.259	22
Dámaso Marte, P	68	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Miguel Olivo, C	6	19	2	4	1	0	1	5	2	5	.211	0
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	153	590	116	189	47	1	38	135	53	77	.320	7
Josh Paul, C	33	104	11	25	4	0	0	11	9	22	.240	2
Todd Ritchie, P	27	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	0
Aaron Rowand, CF	126	302	41	78	16	2	7	29	12	54	.258	0
Frank Thomas, DH, 1B	148	523	77	132	29	1	28	92	88	115	.252	3
José Valentín, 3B	135	474	70	118	26	4	25	75	43	99	.249	3
Dan Wright, P	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Team Totals	162	5502	856	1475	289	29	217	819	555	952	.268	75

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
Lorenzo Barceló	0	1	9.00	4	0	0	6.0	9	6	6	1	1	1
Rocky Biddle	3	4	4.06	44	7	1	77.2	72	42	35	13	43	64
Mark Buehrle	19	12	3.58	34	34	0	239.0	236	102	95	25	68	134
Keith Foulke	2	4	2.90	65	0	11	77.2	65	26	25	7	15	58
Jon Garland	12	12	4.58	33	33	0	192.2	188	109	98	23	84	112
Matt Ginter	1	0	4.47	33	0	1	54.1	59	34	27	6	21	37
Gary Glover	7	8	5.20	41	22	1	138.1	136	86	80	21	53	70
Bob Howry	2	2	3.91	47	0	0	50.2	45	22	22	7	19	31
Dámaso Marte	1	1	2.83	68	0	10	60.1	44	19	19	5	20	72
Antonio Osuna	8	2	3.86	59	0	11	67.2	64	32	29	1	32	66
Jim Parque	1	4	9.95	8	4	0	25.1	34	29	28	11	16	13
Mike Porzio	2	2	4.81	32	0	0	43.0	40	25	23	10	25	33
Jon Rauch	2	1	6.59	8	6	0	28.2	28	26	21	7	16	19
Todd Ritchie	5	15	6.06	26	23	0	133.2	176	104	90	18	54	77
Dan Wright	14	12	5.18	33	33	0	196.1	200	124	113	32	72	136
Kelly Wunsch	2	1	3.41	50	0	0	31.2	26	12	12	3	20	22
Team Totals	81	81	4.53	162	162	35	1423.0	1422	798	716	190	559	945

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Nick Capra
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Wally Backman
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Razor Shines
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	John Orton
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Nick Leyva
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Bristol^[6]

External links

• 2002 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac