2004 Chicago White Sox season

The 2004 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season, and their 104th season in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record of 83–79, finishing second place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

2004 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	U.S. Cellular Field
City	Chicago
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Kenny Williams
Managers	Ozzie Guillén
Television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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Offseason

• November 3, 2003: Named Ozzie Guillén manager.
• November 26, 2003: Sandy Alomar Jr. was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[1]
• December 2, 2003: Acquired shortstop Juan Uribe from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Aaron Miles.
• January 7, 2004: Agreed to terms with relief pitcher Cliff Politte on a one-year contract with a club option for 2005.
• January 22, 2004: Signed relief pitcher Shingo Takatsu to a one-year contract, with a club option for 2005.

Regular season

Season standings

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	9	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	12	44‍–‍37	36‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	.444	20	38‍–‍43	34‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	34	33‍–‍47	25‍–‍57

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2004 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	6–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–0	5–4	5–4	10–9	13–7	6–1	9–10	4–5	7–11
Baltimore	3–6	—	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–0	6–3	4–5	5–14	0–7	7–2	11–8	5–2	11–8	5–13
Boston	5–4	9–10	—	4–2	3–4	6–1	4–2	2–4	11–8	8–1	5–4	14–5	4–5	14–5	9–9
Chicago	4–5	4–2	2–4	—	10–9	8–11	13–6	9–10	3–4	2–7	7–2	4–2	6–3	3–4	8–10
Cleveland	5–4	3–3	4–3	9–10	—	9–10	11–8	7–12	2–4	6–3	5–4	3–3	1–8	5–2	10–8
Detroit	2–7	0–6	1–6	11–8	10–9	—	8–11	7–12	4–3	4–5	5–4	3–3	4–5	4–2	9–9
Kansas City	0–7	3–6	2–4	6–13	8–11	11–8	—	7–12	1–5	2–7	2–5	3–6	4–5	3–3	6–12
Minnesota	4–5	5–4	4–2	10–9	12–7	12–7	12–7	—	2–4	2–5	5–4	4–5	5–2	4–2	11–7
New York	4–5	14–5	8–11	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	4–2	—	7–2	6–3	15–4	5–4	12–7	10–8
Oakland	9–10	7–0	1–8	7–2	3–6	5–4	7–2	5–2	2–7	—	11–8	7–2	11–9	6–3	10–8
Seattle	7–13	2–7	4–5	2–7	4–5	4–5	5–2	4–5	3–6	8–11	—	2–5	7–12	2–7	9–9
Tampa Bay	1–6	8–11	5–14	2–4	3–3	3–3	6–3	5–4	4–15	2–7	5–2	—	2–7	9–9	15–3
Texas	10–9	2–5	5–4	3–6	8–1	5–4	5–4	2–5	4–5	9–11	12–7	7–2	—	7–2	10–8
Toronto	5–4	8–11	5–14	4–3	2–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	7–12	3–6	7–2	9–9	2–7	—	8–10

Opening Day starters

Starters
Position	Player
P	Mark Buehrle
C	Sandy Alomar Jr.
1B	Paul Konerko
2B	Willie Harris
3B	Joe Crede
SS	José Valentín
LF	Carlos Lee
CF	Aaron Rowand
RF	Magglio Ordóñez
DH	Frank Thomas

Notable transactions

• 6/17/04: Billy Koch was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Florida Marlins for Wilson Valdez and cash.^[2]
• 6/27/04: Traded catcher Miguel Olivo, minor league outfielder Jeremy Reed and minor league infielder Mike Morse to the Seattle Mariners for starting pitcher Freddy García and Catcher Ben Davis.
• 7/31/04: Traded starting pitcher Esteban Loaiza to the New York Yankees for starting pitcher José Contreras.^[3]

Roster

2004 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 37 Jon Adkins 57 Jeff Bajenaru 56 Mark Buehrle 52 José Contreras 46 Neal Cotts 57 Vic Darensbourg 54 Félix Díaz 34 Freddy García 20 Jon Garland 41 Jason Grilli 38 Mike Jackson 44 Billy Koch 21 Esteban Loaiza 43 Dámaso Marte 49 Arnie Muñoz 18 Cliff Politte 51 Jon Rauch 60 Scott Schoeneweis 48 Josh Stewart 10 Shingo Takatsu 36 Dan Wright 65 Kelly Wunsch		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. 27 Jamie Burke 12,31 Ben Davis  8 Miguel Olivo Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 24 Joe Crede 32 Kelly Dransfeldt 26 Ross Gload  1 Willie Harris 14 Paul Konerko 35 Frank Thomas  5 Juan Uribe 39 Wilson Valdéz 22 José Valentín		Outfielders 25 Joe Borchard 45 Carlos Lee 30 Magglio Ordóñez  7 Timo Pérez 33 Aaron Rowand		Manager 13 Ozzie Guillén Coaches 34 Don Cooper (pitching) 28 Joey Cora (third base) 29 Greg Walker (hitting) 53 Art Kusnyer (bullpen) 17 Rafael Santana (first base)

Game log

2004 White Sox Game Log
April (13–8) – home (8–4) – road (5–4) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 1 April 5 @ Royals 7–9 Carrasco (1–0) Marte (0–1) 2:46 41,575 0–1 box 2 April 7 @ Royals 4–3 Loaiza (1–0) May (0–1) Koch (1) 3:05 16,134 1–1 box 3 April 8 @ Yankees 1–3 Vázquez (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Rivera (2) 2:28 55,290 1–2 box 4 April 9 @ Yankees 9–3 Garland (1–0) Contreras (0–1) 2:58 45,965 2–2 box 5 April 10 @ Yankees 7–3 Buehrle (1–0) DePaula (0–1) 2:34 47,911 3–2 box 6 April 11 @ Yankees 4–5 Mussina (1–2) Wright (0–1) Rivera (3) 2:42 37,484 3–3 box 7 April 13 Royals 12–5 Loaiza (2–0) May (0–2) 2:48 37,706 4–3 box 8 April 14 Royals 10–9 Adkins (1–0) Leskanic (0–1) 3:27 11,765 5–3 box 9 April 15 Royals 6 – 5 (10) Marte (1–1) Carrasco (1–1) 2:36 15,150 6–3 box 10 April 16 @ Devil Rays 0–3 Abbott (1–1) Wright (0–2) Báez (1) 2:14 12,108 6–4 box 11 April 17 @ Devil Rays 4–1 Schoeneweis (1–1) Zambrano (3–1) Marte (1) 2:39 14,302 7–4 box 12 April 18 @ Devil Rays 5–0 Loaiza (3–0) González (0–3) 2:12 12,072 8–4 box 13 April 20 Yankees 8–11 Quantrill (2–0) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (4) 3:01 32,034 8–5 box 14 April 21 Yankees 1–3 Vázquez (2–1) Garland (1–1) Rivera (5) 2:32 26,154 8–6 box 15 April 22 Yankees 4–3 Schoeneweis (2–1) Mussina (1–4) Marte (2) 2:27 34,030 9–6 box 16 April 23 Devil Rays 3 – 2 (10) Koch (1–0) Báez (1–1) 3:00 12,049 10–6 box 17 April 24 Devil Rays 1–4 Waechter (1–0) Wright (0–3) Báez (2) 2:44 17,062 10–7 box 18 April 25 Devil Rays 6–5 Adkins (2–0) Miller (0–1) 2:43 17,497 11–7 box 19 April 27 Indians 7 – 11 (10) Betancourt (2–2) Adkins (2–1) 3:53 14,572 11–8 box 20 April 28 Indians 9–8 Jackson (1–0) Betancourt (2–3) 2:55 12,189 12–8 box 21 April 29 Blue Jays 6–4 Loaiza (3–0) Nakamura (0–1) Koch (2) 2:47 11,210 13–8 box – April 30 Blue Jays Postponed (rain), rescheduled for May 1
May (16–12) – home (9–6) – road (7–6) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 22 May 1 Blue Jays 4 – 3 (10) Takatsu (1–0) Speier (1–3) 2:45 N/A 14–8 box 23 May 1 Blue Jays 6–10 Lilly (2–2) Wright (0–4) 3:23 22,072 14–9 box 24 May 2 Blue Jays 3–2 Garland (2–1) Batista (0–3) Koch (3) 2:17 15,550 15–9 box 25 May 3 @ Orioles 5–4 Schoeneweis (3–1) DeJean (0–3) Koch (4) 3:10 18,849 16–9 box 26 May 4 @ Orioles 3–10 López (2–1) Loaiza (4–1) 2:52 21,488 16–10 box 27 May 5 @ Orioles 6–5 Takatsu (2–0) Ryan (1–1) Koch (5) 3:01 20,978 17–10 box 28 May 7 @ Blue Jays 4–5 Adams (3–1) Politte (0–1) 2:44 15,661 17–11 box 29 May 8 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Frasor (1–1) Cotts (0–1) Adams (1) 2:20 18,368 17–12 box 30 May 9 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Miller (1–0) Loaiza (4–2) Ligtenberg (1) 2:11 17,546 17–13 box 31 May 11 Orioles 15–0 Buehrle (2–1) Ponson (2–3) 2:20 20,400 18–13 box – May 12 Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 13 32 May 13 Orioles 0–1 Cabrera (1–0) Garland (2–2) Julio (6) 2:27 N/A 18–14 box 33 May 13 Orioles 6–5 Jackson (2–0) Bédard (0–1) Koch (6) 2:30 18,324 19–14 box 34 May 14 Twins 2–3 Rincón (5–2) Marte (1–2) Nathan (11) 3:06 15,962 19–15 box 35 May 15 Twins 1–4 Greisinger (1–2) Loaiza (4–3) Nathan (12) 2:12 32,360 19–16 box 36 May 16 Twins 11–0 Buehrle (3–1) Silva (5–1) 2:34 26,348 20–16 box 37 May 17 @ Indians 2–7 Lee (5–0) Diaz (0–1) 2:46 15,617 20–17 box 38 May 18 @ Indians 4–2 Garland (3–2) Durbin (3–4) Koch (7) 2:18 15,298 21–17 box 39 May 19 @ Indians 15–3 Schoeneweis (4–1) Davis (1–3) 3:04 17,205 22–17 box 40 May 20 @ Twins 10–3 Loaiza (5–3) Greisinger (1–3) 2:32 17,640 23–17 box 41 May 21 @ Twins 8–2 Buehrle (4–1) Silva (5–2) 2:20 30,116 24–17 box 42 May 22 @ Twins 1–9 Radke (4–2) Cotts (0–2) 2:39 27,413 24–18 box 43 May 23 @ Twins 17–7 Garland (4–2) Santana (2–2) 3:06 22,859 25–18 box 44 May 25 Rangers 4–7 Rogers (7–2) Schoeneweis (4–2) Cordero (15) 3:14 22,359 25–19 box 45 May 26 Rangers 4–0 Loaiza (6–3) Benoit (2–2) 2:28 18,185 26–19 box 46 May 27 Rangers 9–0 Buehrle (5–1) Drese (2–2) 2:14 14,428 27–19 box 47 May 28 Angels 4–3 Takatsu (3–0) Ortiz (1–4) 3:11 21,163 28–19 box 48 May 29 Angels 1–5 Sele (4–0) Rauch (0–1) 2:51 25,050 28–20 box 49 May 30 Angels 11–2 Schoeneweis (5–2) Lackey (3–6) 2:30 14,344 29–20 box
June (12–13) – home (7–5) – road (5–8) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 50 June 1 @ Athletics 4 – 6 (12) Duchscherer (3–1) Cotts (0–3) 3:06 14,344 29–21 box 51 June 2 @ Athletics 2 – 3 (10) Rhodes (2–3) Adkins (2–2) 2:50 33,111 29–22 box 52 June 4 @ Mariners 4–2 Garland (5–2) García (3–4) Koch (8) 2:36 36,340 30–22 box 53 June 5 @ Mariners 2–4 Franklin (3–4) Schoeneweis (5–3) Guardado (10) 2:58 40,050 30–23 box 54 June 6 @ Mariners 4–5 Hasegawa (2–3) Koch (1–1) 3:13 36,462 30–24 box 55 June 8 Phillies 14–11 Buehrle (6–1) Telemaco (0–2) Politte (1) 2:57 33,114 31–24 box 56 June 9 Phillies 10–13 Milton (8–1) Garland (5–3) 3:24 17,570 31–25 box – June 10 Phillies Postponed (rain), rescheduled for August 30 57 June 11 Braves 4–6 Wright (5–5) Schoeneweis (5–4) 2:33 23,217 31–26 box 58 June 12 Braves 10–8 Loaiza (7–3) Thomson (5–4) Takatsu (1) 2:52 34,719 32–26 box 59 June 13 Braves 10–3 Buehrle (7–1) Smith (0–3) 2:18 32,589 33–26 box 60 June 15 @ Marlins 7 – 5 (10) Marte (2–2) Borland (1–1) Takatsu (2) 3:10 15,345 34–26 box 61 June 16 @ Marlins 0–4 Pavano (7–2) Schoeneweis (5–5) 2:10 14,310 34–27 box 62 June 17 @ Marlins 1 – 2 (11) Benítez (2–0) Politte (0–2) 3:11 17,857 34–28 box 63 June 18 @ Expos 11–7 Cotts (1–3) Ayala (0–6) Marte (3) 3:02 4,576 35–28 box 64 June 19 @ Expos 14–17 Fikac (1–2) Muñoz (0–1) Cordero (2) 3:28 18,414 35–29 box 65 June 20 @ Expos 2–4 Cordero (2–1) Garland (5–4) 1:54 6,546 35–30 box 66 June 21 Indians 1–5 Sabathia (5–3) Schoeneweis (5–6) 2:38 29,722 35–31 box 67 June 22 Indians 11 – 9 (10) Takatsu (4–0) Jimenez (1–5) 3:38 27,922 36–31 box 68 June 23 Indians 5–9 Lee (7–1) Buehrle (7–2) 2:31 21,654 36–32 box 69 June 24 Indians 7–1 Rauch (1–1) Westbrook (6–4) 2:36 20,744 37–32 box 70 June 25 Cubs 4–7 Prior (2–1) Garland (5–5) Hawkins (10) 2:58 39,596 37–33 box 71 June 26 Cubs 6–3 Diaz (1–1) Zambrano (8–3) Takatsu (3) 2:37 39,553 38–33 box 72 June 27 Cubs 9–4 Loaiza (8–3) Maddux (6–6) 2:48 38,526 39–33 box 73 June 29 @ Twins 6–2 Buehrle (8–2) Silva (8–5) 2:04 24,704 40–33 box 74 June 30 @ Twins 9–6 García (5–7) Radke (4–4) 2:08 25,433 41–33 box
July (11–16) – home (6–6) – road (5–10) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 75 July 1 @ Twins 2–1 Garland (6–5) Santana (6–5) Marte (4) 2:20 21,127 42–33 box 76 July 2 @ Cubs 2–6 Zambrano (9–3) Loaiza (8–4) 2:44 39,625 42–34 box 77 July 3 @ Cubs 2 – 4 (6) Maddux (7–6) Diaz (1–2) Wuertz (1) 1:40 39,528 42–35 box 78 July 4 @ Cubs 1–2 Hawkins (2–1) Takatsu (4–1) 2:18 38,596 42–36 box 79 July 6 Angels 2–6 Lackey (6–8) García (5–8) 2:36 26,209 42–37 box 80 July 7 Angels 0–12 Washburn (9–4) Schoeneweis (5–7) 2:27 21,378 42–38 box 81 July 8 Angels 9–8 Marte (3–2) Donnelly (1–2) 3:12 27,845 43–38 box 82 July 9 Mariners 6–2 Garland (7–5) Piñeiro (4–10) 2:17 21,713 44–38 box 83 July 10 Mariners 3–2 Buehrle (9–2) Thornton (0–2) Takatsu (4) 2:13 37,405 45–38 box 84 July 11 Mariners 4–3 García (6–8) Moyer (6–6) Takatsu (5) 2:19 31,305 46–38 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 9–4 at Minute Maid Park 85 July 15 @ Athletics 2–4 Harden (4–5) Garland (7–6) Dotel (17) 2:02 15,414 46–39 box 86 July 16 @ Athletics 1–5 Zito (5–7) Buehrle (9–3) Dotel (18) 2:28 40,891 46–40 box 87 July 17 @ Athletics 5–2 García (7–8) Redman (6–7) Takatsu (6) 2:36 26,285 47–40 box 88 July 18 @ Athletics 3–5 Mulder (14–2) Loaiza (8–5) Dotel (19) 2:19 33,274 47–41 box 89 July 19 @ Rangers 12–6 Schoeneweis (6–7) Benoit (3–5) 3:06 28,805 48–41 box 90 July 20 @ Rangers 4–6 Almanzar (7–1) Marte (3–3) Cordero (29) 2:56 27,308 48–42 box 91 July 21 @ Indians 14–0 Buehrle (10–3) Lee (10–2) 2:31 21,922 49–42 box 92 July 22 @ Indians 3–0 García (8–8) Sabathia (6–5) Takatsu (7) 2:31 23,168 50–42 box 93 July 23 Tigers 6–4 Loaiza (9–5) Robertson (9–5) Takatsu (8) 2:16 32,930 51–42 box 94 July 24 Tigers 7–6 Marte (4–3) Urbina (3–5) 2:47 38,055 52–42 box 95 July 25 Tigers 2–9 Ledezma (1–0) Garland (7–7) 3:08 26,716 52–43 box 96 July 26 Twins 2–6 Radke (7–6) Buehrle (10–4) 2:53 38,362 52–44 box 97 July 27 Twins 3–7 Santana (9–6) García (8–9) 2:58 37,528 52–45 box 98 July 28 Twins 4 – 5 (10) Mulholland (3–3) Takatsu (4–2) Nathan (28) 3:07 32,605 52–46 box 99 July 29 @ Tigers 2–3 Johnson (8–8) Schoeneweis (6–8) Urbina (16) 2:40 26,110 52–47 box 100 July 30 @ Tigers 4–5 Yan (1–2) Marte (4–4) Urbina (17) 2:26 34,732 52–48 box 101 July 31 @ Tigers 2 – 3 (10) Urbina (4–5) Politte (0–3) 2:28 40,471 52–49 box
August (12–17) – home (5–10) – road (7–7) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 102 August 1 @ Tigers 6–4 García (9–9) Bonderman (6–8) Takatsu (9) 2:33 34,279 53–49 box 103 August 3 @ Royals 12–4 Contreras (1–0) Wood (1–4) 2:48 13,981 54–49 box 104 August 4 @ Royals 0–11 Anderson (2–9) Schoeneweis (6–9) 2:18 16,194 54–50 box 105 August 5 @ Royals 4–6 Greinke (4–8) Garland (7–8) Field (3) 2:19 15,863 54–51 box 106 August 6 Indians 2–3 Sabathia (8–6) Buehrle (10–5) Wickman (3) 2:43 23,811 54–52 box 107 August 7 Indians 5–6 Miller (5–3) Takatsu (4–3) Wickman (4) 2:26 32,790 54–53 box 108 August 8 Indians 3–2 Takatsu (5–3) Betancourt (5–6) 2:48 25,897 55–53 box 109 August 9 Indians 11 – 13 (10) Westbrook (10–5) Diaz (1–3) 3:07 31,116 55–54 box 110 August 10 Royals 9–3 Garland (8–8) Greinke (4–9) 2:36 20,506 56–54 box 111 August 11 Royals 2–4 May (9–12) Buehrle (10–6) Cerda (2) 2:38 18,396 56–55 box 112 August 12 Royals 3–2 García (10–9) Serrano (0–1) Takatsu (10) 2:13 22,399 57–55 box 113 August 13 @ Red Sox 8–7 Contreras (10–5) Wakefield (8–7) Takatsu (11) 3:23 35,028 58–55 box 114 August 14 @ Red Sox 3–4 Schilling (14–6) Adkins (2–3) Foulke (19) 2:34 35,012 58–56 box 115 August 15 @ Red Sox 5–4 Buehrle (11–6) Arroyo (5–9) Takatsu (12) 2:53 34,405 59–56 box 116 August 17 Tigers 8–11 Maroth (10–7) García (10–10) Urbina (21) 3:00 19,856 59–57 box 117 August 18 Tigers 9–2 Contreras (11–5) Bonderman (6–10) 2:39 21,381 60–57 box 118 August 19 Tigers 4–8 Ledezma (11–5) Garland (8–9) Knotts (1) 2:34 24,554 60–58 box 119 August 20 Red Sox 1 – 10 (10) Schilling (15–6) Buehrle (11–7) 2:17 38,720 60–59 box 120 August 21 Red Sox 7–10 Arroyo (6–9) Stewart (0–1) Foulke (21) 3:10 37,303 60–60 box 121 August 22 Red Sox 5–6 Leskanic (2–5) Marte (4–5) Foulke (22) 3:05 34,355 60–61 box 122 August 23 @ Tigers 0–7 Bonderman (7–10) Contreras (11–6) 2:26 25,220 60–62 box 123 August 24 @ Tigers 9–5 Garland (9–9) Ledezma (3–1) 2:36 24,584 61–62 box 124 August 25 @ Tigers 4–5 Robertson (11–7) Buehrle (11–8) 2:29 23,254 61–63 box 125 August 26 @ Indians 14–9 Cotts (2–3) Durbin (5–6) 3:20 30,049 62–63 box 126 August 27 @ Indians 3–6 Sabathia (10–8) Grilli (0–1) Wickman (7) 2:34 30,527 62–64 box 127 August 28 @ Indians 5–3 Contreras (12–6) Lee (10–6) Takatsu (13) 2:40 37,374 63–64 box 128 August 29 @ Indians 0–9 Elarton (3–9) Garland (9–10) 1:56 32,834 63–65 box 129 August 30 Phillies 9–8 Buehrle (12–8) Hernández (2–5) Takatsu (14) 2:47 5,747 64–65 box 130 August 31 Athletics 2–7 Harden (9–5) Diaz (1–4) 2:31 18,841 64–66 box
September/October (19–13) – home (11–4) – road (8–9) # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Box 131 September 1 Athletics 5–4 Takatsu (6–3) Duchscherer (5–5) 2:36 21,564 65–66 box 132 September 2 Athletics 2–4 Redman (10–10) Contreras (12–7) Dotel (31) 2:55 17,579 65–67 box 133 September 3 Mariners 7–5 Garland (10–10) Madritsch (3–2) Takatsu (15) 2:50 21,716 66–67 box 134 September 4 Mariners 8–7 Buehrle (13–8) Franklin (3–14) Takatsu (16) 2:44 24,191 67–67 box 135 September 5 Mariners 6–2 Diaz (2–4) Moyer (6–10) Marte (5) 2:30 30,409 68–67 box 136 September 6 @ Rangers 7 – 4 (10) Grilli (1–1) Park (3–5) 2:50 31,251 69–67 box 137 September 7 @ Rangers 3–10 Rogers (16–7) Contreras (12–8) 2:37 20,004 69–68 box 138 September 8 @ Rangers 5–2 García (11–10) Wasdin (2–4) Takatsu (17) 2:48 21,836 70–68 box 139 September 9 @ Rangers 7–3 Buehrle (14–8) Young (1–2) 2:24 19,384 71–68 box 140 September 10 @ Angels 5–7 Rodríguez (3–1) Bajenaru (0–1) Percival (28) 3:03 42,431 71–69 box 141 September 11 @ Angels 13–6 Grilli (2–1) Sele (8–3) 2:57 42,568 72–69 box 142 September 12 @ Angels 0–11 Colón (15–11) Contreras (12–9) 2:39 41,932 72–70 box 143 September 14 @ Twins 2–10 Santana (18–6) García (11–11) 2:32 22,145 72–71 box 144 September 15 @ Twins 1–6 Silva (12–8) Buehrle (14–9) 2:12 20,612 72–72 box 145 September 16 @ Twins 1–10 Lohse (8–11) Garland (10–11) 2:21 20,052 72–73 box 146 September 17 @ Tigers 10 – 11 (10) Yan (3–4) Takatsu (6–4) Ennis (1) 3:21 23,132 72–74 box 147 September 18 @ Tigers 9 – 8 (12) Marte (5–5) Levine (3–4) 4:05 23,533 73–74 box 148 September 19 @ Tigers 6–1 García (12–11) Bonderman (10–12) 2:44 19,269 74–74 box 149 September 20 Twins 2–8 Silva (13–8) Buehrle (14–10) 2:09 21,991 74–75 box 150 September 21 Twins 8–6 Cotts (3–3) Romero (7–2) Takatsu (18) 2:39 14,771 75–75 box 151 September 22 Twins 7–6 Cotts (4–3) Roa (2–3) 2:51 22,396 76–75 box 152 September 23 Royals 7–6 Marte (6–5) Affeldt (3–4) 2:41 16,015 77–75 box 153 September 24 Royals 6–8 Gobble (9–8) Diaz (2–5) 3:09 14,270 77–76 box 154 September 25 Royals 5–1 Buehrle (15–10) Bautista (0–4) 2:13 20,625 78–76 box 155 September 26 Royals 5–1 Garland (11–11) Anderson (5–12) Marte (6) 2:00 18,949 79–76 box 156 September 27 @ Tigers 2–4 Knotts (6–6) Grilli (2–2) Yan (6) 2:04 12,495 79–77 box 157 September 28 @ Tigers 4–6 Germán (1–0) Cotts (4–4) Yan (7) 2:44 13,860 79–78 box 158 September 29 @ Tigers 11–2 García (13–11) Johnson (8–15) 2:21 8,944 80–78 box 159 September 30 @ Royals 9–2 Buehrle (16–10) Camp (2–2) 2:21 11,507 81–78 box 160 October 1 @ Royals 4–2 Garland (12–11) Cerda (1–4) Takatsu (19) 2:40 14,766 82–78 box 161 October 2 @ Royals 2–10 Anderson (6–12) Grilli (2–3) 2:26 16,028 82–79 box 162 October 3 @ Royals 5–0 Contreras (13–9) Greinke (8–11) 2:20 14,586 83–79 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
Roberto Alomar, 2B, DH	18	61	4	11	1	0	1	8	2	13	.180	0
Sandy Alomar Jr., C	50	146	15	35	4	0	2	14	11	13	.240	0
Joe Borchard, RF	63	201	26	35	4	1	9	20	19	57	.174	1
Mark Buehrle, P	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Jamie Burke, C	57	120	22	40	9	0	0	15	10	13	.333	0
Neal Cotts, P	56	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0
Joe Crede, 3B	144	490	67	117	25	0	21	69	34	81	.239	1
Ben Davis, C	54	160	21	37	9	0	6	16	9	40	.231	1
Kelly Dransfeldt, SS, 3B	15	30	5	10	0	0	0	4	0	6	.333	0
Carl Everett, DH, OF	43	154	21	41	7	1	5	21	8	26	.266	1
Jon Garland, P	34	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Ross Gload, OF, 1B	110	234	28	75	16	0	7	44	20	37	.321	0
Willie Harris, 2B, SS	129	409	68	107	15	2	2	27	51	79	.262	19
Paul Konerko, 1B	155	563	84	156	22	0	41	117	69	107	.277	1
Carlos Lee, LF	153	591	103	180	37	0	31	99	54	86	.305	11
Esteban Loaiza, P	21	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0
Arnie Muñoz, P	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Miguel Olivo, C	46	141	21	38	7	2	7	26	10	29	.270	5
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	52	202	32	59	8	2	9	37	16	22	.292	0
Timo Perez, OF	103	293	38	72	12	0	5	40	15	29	.246	3
Aaron Rowand, CF	140	487	94	151	38	2	24	69	30	91	.310	17
Scott Schoeneweis, P	20	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Frank Thomas, DH	74	240	53	65	16	0	18	49	64	57	.271	0
Juan Uribe, 2B, SS, 3B	134	502	82	142	31	6	23	74	32	96	.283	9
Wilson Valdez, SS, 2B	19	43	8	10	1	0	1	4	2	5	.233	1
José Valentín, SS	125	450	73	97	20	3	30	70	43	139	.216	8
Team Totals	162	5534	865	1481	284	19	242	823	499	1030	.268	78

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
Jon Adkins	2	3	4.65	50	0	0	62.0	75	35	32	13	23	44
Jeff Bajenaru	0	1	10.80	9	0	0	8.1	15	10	10	0	7	8
Mark Buehrle	16	10	3.89	35	35	0	245.1	257	119	106	33	53	165
José Contreras	5	4	5.30	13	13	0	74.2	73	48	44	9	42	68
Neal Cotts	4	4	5.65	56	1	0	65.1	61	45	41	13	32	58
Vic Darensbourg	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Felix Diaz	2	5	6.75	18	7	0	49.1	62	38	37	13	17	33
Freddy García	9	4	4.46	16	16	0	103.0	96	53	51	14	34	102
Jon Garland	12	11	4.89	34	33	0	217.0	223	125	118	34	78	113
Jason Grilli	2	3	7.40	8	8	0	45.0	52	38	37	11	20	26
Mike Jackson	2	0	5.01	45	0	0	46.2	55	27	26	7	17	26
Billy Koch	1	1	5.40	24	0	8	23.1	24	15	14	3	20	25
Esteban Loaiza	9	5	4.86	21	21	0	140.2	156	81	76	23	48	83
Dámaso Marte	6	5	3.42	74	0	6	73.2	56	28	28	10	38	68
Arnie Muñoz	0	1	10.05	11	1	0	14.1	20	16	16	4	13	11
Cliff Politte	0	3	4.38	54	0	1	51.1	52	26	25	6	27	48
Jon Rauch	1	1	6.23	2	2	0	8.2	16	6	6	0	4	4
Scott Schoeneweis	6	9	5.59	20	19	0	112.2	129	74	70	17	49	69
Josh Stewart	0	1	15.26	3	2	0	7.2	16	13	13	3	3	5
Shingo Takatsu	6	4	2.31	59	0	19	62.1	40	17	16	6	24	50
Dan Wright	0	4	8.15	4	4	0	17.2	24	17	16	5	12	6
Kelly Wunsch	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1
Team Totals	83	79	4.91	162	162	34	1432.1	1505	831	782	224	563	1013

Farm system

See also: List of Chicago White Sox minor league affiliates

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Nick Capra
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Razor Shines
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Ken Dominguez and Nick Leyva
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Chris Cron
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Jerry Hairston, Sr.
Rookie	Great Falls White Sox	Pioneer League	John Orton

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