2009 Chicago White Sox season

2009 Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	U.S. Cellular Field
City	Chicago
Record	79–83 (.488)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Jerry Reinsdorf
General managers	Kenny Williams
Managers	Ozzie Guillén
Television	CSN Chicago CSN+ WGN-TV and WGN America WCIU-TV (Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone)
Radio	WSCR (Ed Farmer, Darrin Jackson) WRTO (Spanish)
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The 2009 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 110th season in Chicago and 109th in the American League. The Sox entered the 2009 season as the defending American League Central champions, attempting to repeat against the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins. The White Sox finished the season 79–83 with third place in the American League Central, 7+1⁄2 games behind the AL Central champion Minnesota Twins, were officially eliminated from postseason contention for the first time since 2007, and failed to make the playoffs until the 2020 season.

On July 23 Mark Buehrle threw the eighteenth perfect game in Major League history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays 5–0.

Off-season

The Sox entered the off-season expecting to part ways with 3B Joe Crede,^[1] SS Orlando Cabrera,^[2] and CF Ken Griffey Jr.^[3] They were expected to move Rookie of the Year runner-up Alexei Ramírez to shortstop, leaving openings at second base, center field, and third base. There may also be opening in the starting rotation as José Contreras is not expected to be back until after the all-star break, as he recovers from a ruptured Achilles tendon.^{[needs update]}

• October 30, 2008 – Signed infielder Jayson Nix to a one-year deal. Declined 2009 options on catcher Toby Hall and Ken Griffey Jr.^[4]
• November 13, 2008 – Traded 1B/OF Nick Swisher and minor league pitcher Kanekoa Texeira to the New York Yankees for utility man Wilson Betemit and minor league pitchers Jeffrey Marquez and Jhonny Núñez.^[5]
• December 2, 2008 – Traded SP Javier Vázquez and RP Boone Logan to the Atlanta Braves for INF Brent Lillibridge, C Tyler Flowers, 3B Jon Gilmore, and RP Santos Rodriguez.^[6]
• December 5, 2008 – Signed pitcher John Van Benschoten to a minor league contract.^[7]
• December 12, 2008 – Signed 3B Dayán Viciedo to a four-year $10 million contract.^[8]
• January 14, 2009 – Signed SP Bartolo Colón to a one-year deal.^[9]

Spring training

16–20–1

February

2–2

March

12–16–1

• Gavin Floyd re-signed with a 4-year contract worth $15.5 million on March 22.

April

2–2

Regular season

The White Sox started out the season against the Kansas City Royals on April 7 and they ended the season against Detroit Tigers on October 4.

Season standings

v t e AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	87	76	0.534	—	49–33	38–43
Detroit Tigers	86	77	0.528	1	51–30	35–47
Chicago White Sox	79	83	0.488	7½	43–38	36–45
Cleveland Indians	65	97	0.401	21½	35–46	30–51
Kansas City Royals	65	97	0.401	21½	33–48	32–49

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	2–16	5–4	2–5	3–5	4–4	2–8	3–2	5–13	1–5	4–5	8–10	5–5	9–9	11–7
Boston	16–2	–	4–4	7–2	6–1	5–3	4–5	4–2	9–9	5–5	2–4	9–9	2–7	11–7	11–7
Chicago	4–5	4−4	–	10–8	9–9	9–9	5–4	6−12	3–4	4–5	4–5	6–2	2–4	1–6	12–6
Cleveland	5–2	2–7	8–10	–	4–14	10–8	2–4	8–10	3–5	2–5	6–4	5–3	1–8	4–4	5–13
Detroit	5–3	1–6	9–9	14–4	–	9–9	5–4	7–12	1–5	5–4	5–4	5–2	7–2	3–5	10–8
Kansas City	4–4	3–5	9–9	8–10	9–9	–	1–9	6–12	2–4	2–6	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–3	8–10
Los Angeles	8–2	5–4	4–5	4–2	4–5	9–1	–	6–4	5–5	12–7	10–9	4–2	8–11	4–4	14–4
Minnesota	2–3	2–4	12–6	10–8	12–7	12–6	4–6	–	0–7	4–6	5–5	3–3	6–4	3–5	12–6
New York	13–5	9–9	4–3	5–3	5–1	4–2	5–5	7–0	–	7–2	6–4	11–7	5–4	12–6	10–8
Oakland	5–1	5–5	5–4	5–2	4–5	6–2	7–12	6–4	2–7	–	5–14	6–4	11–8	3–6	5–13
Seattle	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–6	4–5	4–5	9–10	5–5	4–6	14–5	–	5–3	8–11	3–4	11–7
Tampa Bay	10–8	9–9	2–6	3–5	2–5	9–1	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	3–5	–	3–6	14–4	13–5
Texas	5–5	7–2	4–2	8–1	2–7	3–3	11–8	4–6	4–5	8–11	11–8	6–3	–	5–5	9–9
Toronto	9–9	7–11	6–1	4–4	5–3	3–4	4–4	5–3	6–12	6–3	4–3	4–14	5–5	–	7–11

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2009

Opening Day starting lineup

• CF DeWayne Wise
• 2B Chris Getz
• LF Carlos Quentin
• DH Jim Thome
• RF Jermaine Dye
• 1B Paul Konerko
• C A. J. Pierzynski
• SS Alexei Ramírez
• 3B Josh Fields
• P Mark Buehrle

April

The White Sox started the season against the Royals on April 7 (originally scheduled for April 6 but postponed due to cold and snow), winning 4–2. On April 13 in Detroit, 3rd inning, Jermaine Dye hit his 300th career home run. The next batter, Paul Konerko, hit his 300th career home run. It is the first time in MLB history to have such a back-to-back milestone home runs, and the Sox wins it 10–6. On April 25 against the Toronto Blue Jays, Alexei Ramírez hit a grand slam as the Sox won 10–2. The White Sox finished April 11–10.

May

On May 7 against the Detroit Tigers, Mark Buehrle pitched a no-hitter through seventh inning before Plácido Polanco hit a line-drive double to left field; however the Sox shut out the Tigers 6–0. On May 11 against the Cleveland Indians in Progressive Field, Carlos Quentin hit a slump after suffering from plantar fasciitis which hampered his swing. He was forced to miss two games as a result of the injury. On May 15–18, Sox played with Toronto Blue Jays and Sox lost all four games in Toronto for two straight years and lost 10 straight games in Toronto since June 1, 2007. On May 21 against the Minnesota Twins, the Sox had a biggest loss 20–1 since May 10, 2002, when Sox lost to Anaheim Angels 19–0 in Los Angeles. On May 24 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, in the top of the ninth inning, Jack Wilson hit his first home run of season and tied the game at 3. The next batter Nyjer Morgan hit a double and then Delwyn Young singled and Morgan scored from second and Sox trailed it 4–3. In the bottom of the ninth inning, all batters that Matt Capps faced struck out swinging. The next day in Los Angeles against the Angels, the Sox scored 17 runs in one game, the most runs since the 2006 season. Also on that day, Carlos Quentin suffered his heel injury after he hit a double and he was placed on the 15-day disabled list. The last three games of that month, Sox swept the Royals in Kansas City. The White Sox finished May 13–15.

June

On June 1–4 against the Oakland Athletics, the Sox won the first game and lost last three, even though Oakland A's had one of the worst records in the American League, although that team is in a 7-game winning streak. On June 9 against the Detroit Tigers in the bottom of the ninth inning, bases loaded, trailing 6–4, Paul Konerko doubled down the left field line in which Scott Podsednik and Alexei Ramírez scored, but DeWayne Wise was called out at home plate even though replays showed that he looked safe since Wise's hand touched the home plate before he got tagged. The next batter, rookie Gordon Beckham struck out swinging with man on second to end the inning. In the top of the tenth inning, Miguel Cabrera hit a solo home run for a shameful loss 7–6. The Sox finished 12-game 11-day home stand with a bad record 4–8. On June 14 in Milwaukee against the Brewers, Mark Buehrle hit a solo home run in third inning. The Sox defeated the Brewers 5–4. On June 16, it was scheduled that Sox should have played with Cubs in Wrigley Field, but it was postponed due to rain, and the make-up date is announced to be September 3. On June 19 against the Reds in Cincinnati, the Sox had a first loss to Reds since 1999 and the Sox finished the record with Reds in this decade 11–1. The next day with Reds, after the third inning, Sox trailed it 5–0 and Sox came back and win it 10–8, which is the biggest come back so far this season. On June 24 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sox hit 6 home runs in one game, first time since June 8, 2004 against the Philadelphia Phillies. The homers are ones by Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Jayson Nix, Alexei Ramírez, and two by Josh Fields. The Sox beat the Dodgers 10–7. In next day, the Sox defeated the Dodgers 6–5 for thirteen innings after Scott Podsednik hit a bases-loaded single and Beckham scored. The Sox took 2-out-of-3 in this series against the Dodgers, even though Dodgers had the best record of baseball. On June 27 against the Cubs, this game went back and forth. Finally, Gordon Beckham hit a walk-off RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning and Josh Fields scored to give Sox an 8–7 victory. The White Sox finished June 15–13.

July

On July 7 against the Cleveland Indians, Paul Konerko hit his first career three home runs in one game (one grand slam and two solo home runs), first time for White Sox player since José Valentín did on July 30, 2003, at Kansas City Royals. Typically the Sox took the victory 10–6. The starting pitcher Mark Buehrle (9–3 as of July 14) went to the All-Star Game on July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. On July 17 against the Baltimore Orioles, Jim Thome hit a grand slam and a three-run homer in a same game for his career high seven RBIs. On that day, the Sox beat the Orioles 12–8. On July 21 against the Tampa Bay Rays, Carlos Quentin was activated from a 15-day disabled list, which he went 1–4. On July 23, Mark Buehrle threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays and second career no-hitter. It is only the second perfect game in White Sox history, first since 1922. It is the 18th perfect game in MLB history, first time since Randy Johnson in 2004 for the Arizona Diamondbacks. On July 31, the day of the trade deadline the White Sox traded away Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell and Dexter Carter for former Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy from the San Diego Padres. The White Sox finished July 14–13.

August

On August 10 the White Sox claimed Alex Ríos of the Toronto Blue Jays off waivers. Ríos is signed through 2014 for $69.35 million with a no-trade clause this year and a partial no-trade clause through the rest of his contract. On August 12 against the Seattle Mariners in Safeco Field, the score was 0–0 until Ken Griffey Jr. (former White Sox teammate) hit a walk-off single down the right field line in the fourteenth inning with men on first and second in which Adrián Beltré scored. On August 18, Freddy García picked up his first start for the White Sox since September 29, 2006. García get his loss to Kansas City Royals 5–4. On August 24 against the Boston Red Sox in third inning, José Contreras committed an error while trying to pick up a ball down the first baseline by David Ortiz to assist for a final out, which led to a season high six unearned runs and the Sox loses 12–8. On August 31 after the game, the Sox traded away Jim Thome to Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league infielder Justin Fuller and José Contreras to Colorado Rockies for minor league pitcher Brandon Hynick. The White Sox finished August 11–17.

September

On September 2 against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome, the Sox trailed 2–0 before Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko hit back-to-back home runs with 2 outs in the ninth inning when both had 3–2 accounts off of Joe Nathan. Alexei Ramírez hit an RBI single and DeWayne Wise scores, and then Carlos Quentin scored on a wild pitch to Alex Ríos, which makes it 4–2 White Sox and a huge comeback victory to avoid sweep by Twins. On September 3, the interleague game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field was made-up from June 16. The Sox shutout the Cubs 5–0, finishing this year's interleague play 12–6 for Sox and 6–9 for Cubs, both are identical to last season's interleague play. The White Sox starting pitcher Carlos Torres picked up his first major league victory after he was debuted on July 22. On September 4, the White Sox got 20 hits against the Red Sox, the most hits in a game against that team since 1960. On September 5 against the Boston Red Sox, Gavin Floyd retired the first 17 hitters (broken up by Nick Green's single with 2 outs in the 6th inning) and a career-high 11 strikeouts for 8 innings pitched, which the Sox took the victory 5–1. On September 7, Mark Buehrle picked up his first win since the perfect game on July 23. On the next day against the Oakland Athletics, Carlos Torres pitched for just two-thirds of an inning as he allowed 5 runs on 4 hits with 2 homers. It is the shortest outing by a Sox starter in more than six years. Typically, Sox lost to Oakland 11–3. On September 12 at Los Angeles Angels, Scott Podsednik hit an inside-the-park home run, first time for the Sox since Joe Borchard hit that on September 9, 2002, at Kansas City Royals. Typically, Sox defeated the Angels 4–3 in ten innings. On September 17 against the Mariners in Safeco, with the score 3–1 Sox lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, Bobby Jenks allowed two home runs, one by José Lopez with nobody out and one by Bill Hall with two outs, which made it 3–3. In the bottom of the fourteenth inning, Ichiro Suzuki hit a walk-off single to center field with men on first and second in which Ryan Langerhans scored. On September 19, Jake Peavy got his first start for the White Sox since he started for San Diego Padres on June 8. Peavy picked up his first victory over the Royals 13–3. On September 21–23 against the Minnesota Twins, the Sox got swept at home for a first time since August 2007 when they were swept by Red Sox. On September 26 against the Detroit Tigers after 4th inning, Sox led 5–0, Tigers came back and defeated the White Sox 12–5. With that first loss at home on Saturday this season, the Sox finished the season's home games on Saturdays 11–1. The White Sox finished September 13–14.

October

The White Sox finished October 2–1 after winning two-out-of-three games in a series against the Detroit Tigers in Comerica Park.

Roster

2009 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 41 Lance Broadway 56 Mark Buehrle 53 D. J. Carrasco 40 Bartolo Colón 52 José Contreras 50 John Danks 26 Octavio Dotel 62 Jack Egbert 34 Gavin Floyd 43 Freddy García 39 Jimmy Gobble 54 Daniel Hudson 45 Bobby Jenks 47 Mike MacDougal 65 Jhonny Núñez 44 Jake Peavy 57 Tony Peña 49 Aaron Poreda 54 Clayton Richard 37 Matt Thornton 60 Carlos Torres 47 Wes Whisler 67 Randy Williams		Catchers 27 Ramón Castro 39 Tyler Flowers 44 Corky Miller 12 A. J. Pierzynski Infielders 15 Gordon Beckham 15 Wilson Betemit 7,22 Josh Fields 17 Chris Getz 14 Paul Konerko 30 Mark Kotsay 18 Brent Lillibridge  5 Jayson Nix 10 Alexei Ramírez Outfielders 32 Brian Anderson 23 Jermaine Dye  7 Jerry Owens 1,22 Scott Podsednik 20 Carlos Quentin 51 Alex Ríos 31 DeWayne Wise Designated Hitters 25 Jim Thome		Manager 13 Ozzie Guillén Coaches  3 Harold Baines (first base) 21 Don Cooper (pitching) 28 Joey Cora (bench)  8 Jeff Cox (third base) 36 Juan Nieves (bullpen) 29 Greg Walker (hitting)

Game log

2009 White Sox game log

April (11–10)–Home (6–6)–Road (5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box -- April 6 Royals Postponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for April 7 1 April 7 Royals 4–2 Dotel (1–0) Farnsworth (0–1) Jenks (1) 2:32 37,449 1–0 box 2 April 8 Royals 0–2 Greinke (1–0) Floyd (0–1) Soria (1) 2:24 22,817 1–1 box 3 April 9 Royals 1–2 Mahay (1–0) Jenks (0–1) Soria (2) 2:51 18,091 1–2 box 4 April 10 Twins 5–12 Dickey (1–0) Contreras (0–1) 2:59 25,422 1–3 box 5 April 11 Twins 8–0 Colón (1–0) Liriano (0–2) 2:55 33,935 2–3 box 6 April 12 Twins 6–1 Buehrle (1–0) Blackburn (0–1) Jenks (2) 2:30 25,571 3–3 box 7 April 13 @ Tigers 10–6 Floyd (1–1) Miner (1–1) 3:20 21,850 4–3 box -- April 14 @ Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for July 24 8 April 15 @ Tigers 0–9 Galarraga (2–0) Contreras (0–2) 3:03 20,212 4–4 box 9 April 16 @ Rays 3–2 Danks (1–0) Niemann (0–2) Jenks (3) 3:11 13,803 5–4 box 10 April 17 @ Rays 5–6 Shields (2–1) Thornton (0–1) Percival (2) 2:45 28,927 5–5 box 11 April 18 @ Rays 8–3 Buehrle (2–0) Kazmir (2–1) 2:54 31,916 6–5 box 12 April 19 @ Rays 12–2 Floyd (2–1) Garza (1–1) 2:54 29,142 7–5 box 13 April 21 @ Orioles 3–10 Bergesen (1–0) Contreras (0–3) 2:41 14,801 7–6 box 14 April 22 @ Orioles 8–2 Danks (2–0) Guthrie (2–1) 2:48 10,868 8–6 box 15 April 23 @ Orioles 2–6 Eaton (1–2) Colón (1–1) 2:31 11,723 8–7 box 16 April 24 Blue Jays 0–14 Tallet (1–0) Floyd (2–2) 3:19 27,103 8–8 box 17 April 25 Blue Jays 10–2 Buehrle (3–0) Burres (0–1) 2:38 30,383 9–8 box 18 April 26 Blue Jays 3–4 Halladay (4–1) Linebrink (0–1) Downs (2) 2:39 31,459 9–9 box -- April 27 Mariners Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 28 19 April 28 Mariners 2–1 Colón (2–1) Jakubauskas (1–3) Jenks (4) 1:52 N/A 10–9 box 20 April 28 Mariners 1–9 Hernández (4–0) Danks (2–1) 2:32 25,042 10–10 box 21 April 29 Mariners 6–3 Thornton (1–1) Kelley (0–1) Jenks (5) 3:10 18,023 11–10 box May (13–15)–Home (6–4)–Road (7–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 22 May 1 @ Rangers 4–3 Buehrle (4–0) Holland (0–1) Jenks (6) 2:28 23,836 12–10 box 23 May 2 @ Rangers 6–9 McCarthy (3–0) Contreras (0–4) Francisco (7) 2:37 26,673 12–11 box 24 May 3 @ Rangers 1–5 Harrison (2–2) Danks (2–2) 2:53 20,132 12–12 box 25 May 4 @ Royals 0–3 Greinke (6–0) Colón (2–2) 2:19 21,843 12–13 box 26 May 5 @ Royals 7–8 (11) Cruz (2–0) Broadway (0–1) 4:33 13,419 12–14 box -- May 6 Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for June 8 27 May 7 Tigers 6–0 Buehrle (5–0) Galarraga (3–2) 2:02 27,475 13–14 box 28 May 8 Rangers 0–6 Harrison (3–2) Contreras (0–5) 2:28 21,326 13–15 box 29 May 9 Rangers 3–2 Linebrink (1–1) Millwood (3–3) Jenks (7) 2:48 28,864 14–15 box 30 May 10 Rangers 1–7 Padilla (2–2) Colón (2–3) 2:29 25,844 14–16 box 31 May 11 @ Indians 4–9 Pavano (3–3) Floyd (2–3) 2:53 14,567 14–17 box 32 May 12 @ Indians 7–4 Carrasco (1–0) Sowers (0–2) Jenks (8) 3:19 16,760 15–17 box 33 May 13 @ Indians 0–4 Lee (2–5) Buehrle (5–1) 2:23 23,884 15–18 box 34 May 15 @ Blue Jays 3–8 Cecil (2–0) Danks (2–3) 2:23 17,241 15–19 box 35 May 16 @ Blue Jays 1–2 Ray (1–1) Linebrink (1–2) Downs (4) 2:26 21,759 15–20 box 36 May 17 @ Blue Jays 2–8 Halladay (8–1) Floyd (2–4) 2:28 37,147 15–21 box 37 May 18 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Carlson (1–2) Dotel (1–1) Downs (5) 2:18 24,206 15–22 box 38 May 19 Twins 6–2 Buehrle (6–1) Baker (1–5) 2:40 26,696 16–22 box 39 May 20 Twins 7–4 Danks (3–3) Liriano (2–5) Jenks (9) 2:46 29,044 17–22 box 40 May 21 Twins 1–20 Blackburn (3–2) Colón (2–4) 2:58 23,048 17–23 box 41 May 22 Pirates 2–0 Floyd (3–4) Duke (5–4) Jenks (10) 1:51 23,347 18–23 box 42 May 23 Pirates 4–0 Richard (1–0) Ohlendorf (5–4) 2:34 32,389 19–23 box 43 May 24 Pirates 3–4 Grabow (3–0) Jenks (0–2) Capps (9) 2:29 28,309 19–24 box 44 May 25 @ Angels 17–3 Danks (4–3) Santana (0–2) 3:04 43,177 20–24 box 45 May 26 @ Angels 4–2 Colón (3–4) Saunders (6–3) Linebrink (1) 2:48 38,040 21–24 box 46 May 27 @ Angels 1–3 Weaver (4–2) Floyd (3–5) Fuentes (13) 2:05 40,169 21–25 box 47 May 29 @ Royals 11–2 Richard (2–0) Bannister (4–2) 2:39 26,495 22–25 box 48 May 30 @ Royals 5–3 Linebrink (2–2) Cruz (3–1) Jenks (11) 2:29 37,894 23–25 box 49 May 31 @ Royals 7–4 Thornton (2–1) Bale (0–1) Jenks (12) 3:13 19,855 24–25 box June (15–13)–Home (8–10)–Road (7–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 50 June 1 Athletics 6–2 Thornton (3–1) Breslow (1–4) 2:46 26,038 25–25 box 51 June 2 Athletics 0–5 Mazzaro (1–0) Colón (3–5) 2:33 20,519 25–26 box 52 June 3 Athletics 3–5 Outman (3–0) Richard (2–1) Bailey (3) 2:33 23,207 25–27 box 53 June 4 Athletics 0–7 Anderson (3–5) Buehrle (6–2) 2:15 18,219 25–28 box 54 June 5 Indians 0–6 Pavano (6–4) Danks (4–4) 2:24 29,825 25–29 box 55 June 6 Indians 4–2 Floyd (4–5) Sowers (1–3) Jenks (13) 2:36 30,307 26–29 box 56 June 7 Indians 4–8 Huff (1–2) Colón (3–6) 3:11 25,609 26–30 box 57 June 8 Tigers 4–5 Zumaya (3–0) Linebrink (2–3) Rodney (11) 3:01 24,408 26–31 box 58 June 8 Tigers 6–1 Contreras (1–5) Bonderman (0–1) 2:18 30,809 27–31 box 59 June 9 Tigers 6–7 (10) Lyon (2–3) Linebrink (2–4) 3:36 25,676 27–32 box 60 June 10 Tigers 1–2 Verlander (7–2) Danks (4–5) 2:12 28,079 27–33 box 61 June 11 Tigers 4–3 Jenks (1–2) Zumaya (3–1) 2:37 20,824 28–33 box 62 June 12 @ Brewers 2–7 Suppan (5–4) Dotel (1–2) 2:51 41,811 28–34 box 63 June 13 @ Brewers 7–1 Contreras (2–5) Parra (3–8) 2:44 44,100 29–34 box 64 June 14 @ Brewers 5–4 Thornton (4–1) Hoffman (0–1) Jenks (14) 2:46 41,586 30–34 box -- June 16 @ Cubs Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 3 65 June 17 @ Cubs 4–1 Danks (5–5) Dempster (4–4) Jenks (15) 2:41 40,444 31–34 box 66 June 18 @ Cubs 5–6 Gregg (1–1) Thornton (4–2) 2:35 40,467 31–35 box 67 June 19 @ Reds 3–4 Arroyo (8–5) Contreras (2–6) Cordero (17) 2:50 28,395 31–36 box 68* June 20 @ Reds 10–8 Carrasco (2–0) Herrera (1–3) Jenks (16) 3:39 42,234 32–36 box 69 June 21 @ Reds 4–1 Buehrle (7–2) Harang (5–7) Jenks (17) 2:43 32,786 33–36 box 70 June 23 Dodgers 2–5 Kuroda (2–3) Danks (5–6) Broxton (18) 2:28 22,251 33–37 box 71 June 24 Dodgers 10–7 Floyd (5–5) Wolf (3–3) Jenks (18) 3:13 20,142 34–37 box 72 June 25 Dodgers 6–5 (13) Poreda (1–0) Weaver (4–2) 4:27 20,051 35–37 box 73 June 26 Cubs 4–5 Wells (2–3) Contreras (2–7) Gregg (12) 2:26 39,015 35–38 box 74 June 27 Cubs 8–7 Jenks (2–2) Marshall (3–6) 3:31 39,529 36–38 box 75 June 28 Cubs 6–0 Danks (6–6) Zambrano (4–3) 2:50 39,745 37–38 box 76 June 29 @ Indians 6–3 Floyd (6–5) Pavano (6–7) 2:41 15,645 38–38 box 77 June 30 @ Indians 11–4 (7) Richard (3–1) Lee (4–7) 1:56 14,793 39–38 box *Civil Rights Game July (14–13)–Home (9–3)–Road (5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 78 July 1 @ Indians 6–2 Contreras (3–7) Sowers (2–6) 2:39 16,722 40–38 box 79 July 2 @ Royals 4–1 Buehrle (8–2) Chen (0–2) Jenks (19) 2:25 17,964 41–38 box 80 July 3 @ Royals 5–0 Danks (7–6) Greinke (10–4) Linebrink (2) 2:25 39,026 42–38 box 81 July 4 @ Royals 4–6 Hochevar (4–3) Floyd (6–6) Soria (11) 2:42 18,182 42–39 box 82 July 5 @ Royals 3–6 Bannister (6–6) Richard (3–2) Soria (12) 2:49 15,915 42–40 box 83 July 7 Indians 10–6 Buehrle (9–2) Sowers (2–7) 2:46 23,758 43–40 box 84 July 8 Indians 5–1 Contreras (4–7) Laffey (3–2) 2:22 26,772 44–40 box 85 July 9 Indians 8–10 Sipp (1–0) Richard (3–3) Wood (11) 3:43 27,257 44–41 box 86 July 10 @ Twins 4–6 Blackburn (8–4) Dotel (1–3) Nathan (23) 2:40 29,628 44–42 box 87 July 11 @ Twins 8–7 Floyd (7–6) Perkins (4–5) Jenks (20) 3:07 41,146 45–42 box 88 July 12 @ Twins 7–13 Baker (7–7) Buehrle (9–3) 2:47 36,254 45–43 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 at Busch Stadium 89 July 17 Orioles 12–8 Danks (8–6) Berken (1–7) 3:19 32,013 46–43 box 90 July 18 Orioles 4–3 Buehrle (10–3) Bergesen (6–4) Jenks (21) 2:26 32,881 47–43 box 91 July 19 Orioles 2–10 Guthrie (7–8) Contreras (4–8) 2:53 32,069 47–44 box 92 July 20 Rays 4–3 Floyd (8–6) Price (3–4) Jenks (22) 2:53 39,024 48–44 box 93 July 21 Rays 2–3 Niemann (9–4) Jenks (2–3) Howell (10) 2:31 23,319 48–45 box 94 July 22 Rays 4–3 Carrasco (3–0) Wheeler (3–3) Thornton (1) 2:46 26,257 49–45 box 95 July 23 Rays 5–0 Buehrle (11–3) Kazmir (4–6) 2:03 28,036 50–45 box 96 July 24 @ Tigers 1–5 Verlander (11–5) Contreras (4–9) 2:35 27,844 50–46 box 97 July 24 @ Tigers 3–4 Lyon (4–4) Linebrink (2–5) Rodney (21) 2:31 39,375 50–47 box 98 July 25 @ Tigers 3–4 (10) Rodney (1–2) Carrasco (3–1) 3:14 41,378 50–48 box 99 July 26 @ Tigers 5–1 Richard (4–3) Porcello (9–7) 2:33 38,255 51–48 box 100 July 27 @ Twins 3–4 Perkins (6–6) Danks (8–7) Nathan (27) 2:15 32,354 51–49 box 101 July 28 @ Twins 3–5 Mijares (1–2) Buehrle (11–4) Nathan (28) 2:44 34,642 51–50 box 102 July 29 @ Twins 2–3 Crain (3–4) Contreras (4–10) Nathan (29) 2:34 39,002 51–51 box 103 July 30 Yankees 3–2 Thornton (5–2) Hughes (4–3) 2:35 31,305 52–51 box 104 July 31 Yankees 10–5 Peña (6–3) Robertson (1–1) 3:11 38,228 53–51 box August (11–17)–Home (7–7)–Road (4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 105 August 1 Yankees 14–4 Danks (9–7) Burnett (10–5) 3:25 38,763 54–51 box 106 August 2 Yankees 5–8 Sabathia (11–7) Buehrle (11–5) Rivera (30) 3:10 36,325 54–52 box 107 August 4 Angels 5–4 Thornton (6–2) Jepsen (3–3) 2:48 30,228 55–52 box 108 August 5 Angels 6–2 Floyd (9–6) O'Sullivan (3–1) 2:35 32,167 56–52 box 109 August 6 Angels 5–9 Santana (4–6) Danks (9–8) 2:59 27,487 56–53 box 110 August 7 Indians 2–6 Sowers (4–7) Buehrle (11–6) 2:44 27,153 56–54 box 111 August 8 Indians 8–5 Carrasco (4–1) Todd (0–1) 3:15 35,224 57–54 box 112 August 9 Indians 4–8 Huff (6–6) Contreras (4–11) 2:52 34,063 57–55 box 113 August 10 @ Mariners 4–6 White (3–2) Floyd (9–7) Aardsma (27) 2:42 21,049 57–56 box 114 August 11 @ Mariners 3–1 Danks (10–8) Aardsma (3–4) Jenks (23) 2:24 19,385 58–56 box 115 August 12 @ Mariners 0–1 (14) Jakubauskas (6–7) Peña (6–4) 3:52 24,427 58–57 box 116 August 14 @ Athletics 8–7 (10) Dotel (2–3) Breslow (5–6) Jenks (24) 3:02 20,348 59–57 box 117 August 15 @ Athletics 8–1 Floyd (10–7) Gonzalez (4–3) 2:46 17,742 60–57 box 118 August 16 @ Athletics 2–3 Bailey (5–3) Jenks (2–4) 2:30 20,241 60–58 box 119 August 17 Royals 8–7 Linebrink (3–5) Colón (1–3) Jenks (25) 2:36 36,703 61–58 box 120 August 18 Royals 4–5 Meche (6–9) García (0–1) Soria (20) 3:15 28,812 61–59 box 121 August 19 Royals 4–2 Contreras (5–11) Greinke (11–8) Jenks (26) 2:16 25,786 62–59 box 122 August 21 Orioles 1–5 Guthrie (8–12) Floyd (10–8) 2:23 34,125 62–60 box 123 August 22 Orioles 4–1 Danks (11–8) Hernandez (4–6) Jenks (27) 2:46 34,730 63–60 box 124 August 23 Orioles 4–5 Berken (3–11) Buehrle (11–7) Johnson (6) 2:51 32,742 63–61 box 125 August 24 @ Red Sox 8–12 Ramírez (7–3) Contreras (5–12) 3:42 37,812 63–62 box 126 August 25 @ Red Sox 3–6 Delcarmen (5–2) Linebrink (3–6) Papelbon (30) 3:05 38,059 63–63 box 127 August 26 @ Red Sox 2–3 Bard (1–1) Peña (1–2) 2:29 37,839 63–64 box 128 August 27 @ Red Sox 9–5 Danks (12–8) Tazawa (2–3) 3:04 38,003 64–64 box 129 August 28 @ Yankees 2–5 Bruney (4–0) Williams (0–1) 3:15 46,318 64–65 box 130 August 29 @ Yankees 0–10 Mitre (3–1) Contreras (5–13) 2:39 46,193 64–66 box 131 August 30 @ Yankees 3–8 Aceves (9–1) García (0–2) 2:49 46,664 64–67 box 132 August 31 @ Twins 1–4 Blackburn (9–9) Floyd (10–9) Nathan (35) 2:39 19,426 64–68 box September/October (15–15)–Home (7–8)–Road (8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 133 September 1 @ Twins 3–4 Rauch (4–2) Thornton (6–3) 2:45 22,599 64–69 box 134 September 2 @ Twins 4–2 Carrasco (5–1) Nathan (2–2) Jenks (28) 2:32 21,007 65–69 box 135 September 3 @ Cubs 5–0 Torres (1–0) Dempster (8–8) 2:32 40,741 66–69 box 136 September 4 Red Sox 12–2 García (1–2) Byrd (1–1) 2:58 28,839 67–69 box 137 September 5 Red Sox 5–1 Floyd (11–9) Wakefield (11–4) 2:14 33,239 68–69 box 138 September 6 Red Sox 1–6 Lester (12–7) Danks (12–9) 3:02 32,134 68–70 box 139 September 7 Red Sox 5–1 Buehrle (12–7) Beckett (14–6) 2:25 22,511 69–70 box 140 September 8 Athletics 3–11 Tomko (4–3) Torres (1–1) 2:45 24,317 69–71 box 141 September 9 Athletics 4–3 (13) Dotel (3–3) González (0–2) 3:50 23,703 70–71 box 142 September 11 @ Angels 1–7 Saunders (13–7) Floyd (11–10) 2:32 38,375 70–72 box 143 September 12 @ Angels 4–3 (10) Jenks (3–4) Fuentes (1–4) Peña (1) 3:29 37,390 71–72 box 144 September 13 @ Angels 2–3 Oliver (5–1) Buehrle (12–8) Fuentes (41) 2:27 37,512 71–73 box 145 September 15 @ Mariners 6–3 García (2–2) Kelley (4–3) Jenks (29) 2:59 17,153 72–73 box 146 September 16 @ Mariners 1–4 Rowland-Smith (4–3) Floyd (11–11) Aardsma (35) 2:11 16,596 72–74 box 147 September 17 @ Mariners 3–4 (14) Kelley (5–3) Linebrink (3–7) 3:59 16,336 72–75 box 148 September 18 Royals 0–11 Hochevar (7–10) Buehrle (12–9) 2:29 29,179 72–76 box 149 September 19 Royals 13–3 Peavy (1–0) Hughes (0–1) 2:44 28,329 73–76 box 150 September 20 Royals 1–2 Tejeda (4–1) García (2–3) Soria (26) 2:40 22,798 73–77 box 151 September 21 Twins 0–7 Blackburn (11–11) Hudson (0–1) 2:42 26,541 73–78 box 152 September 22 Twins 6–8 Crain (7–4) Danks (12–10) Nathan (43) 2:40 25,290 73–79 box 153 September 23 Twins 6–8 Duensing (5–1) Buehrle (12–10) Nathan (44) 3:10 26,097 73–80 box 154 September 25 Tigers 2–0 Peavy (2–0) Bonine (0–1) Thornton (2) 2:26 30,794 74–80 box 155 September 26 Tigers 5–12 Figaro (2–1) García (2–4) 2:50 35,590 74–81 box 156 September 27 Tigers 8–4 Hudson (1–1) Jackson (13–8) Thornton (3) 2:38 33,685 75–81 box 157 September 28 @ Indians 6–1 Danks (13–10) Laffey (7–8) 2:22 23,088 76–81 box -- September 29 @ Indians Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 30 158 September 30 @ Indians 1–5 Carmona (5–12) Torres (1–2) 2:17 N/A 76–82 box 159 September 30 @ Indians 1–0 Buehrle (13–10) Masterson (4–10) Thornton (4) 2:02 16,871 77–82 box 160 October 2 @ Tigers 8–0 Peavy (3–0) Jackson (13–9) 2:24 34,726 78–82 box 161 October 3 @ Tigers 5–1 García (3–4) Figaro (2–2) 2:49 35,184 79–82 box 162 October 4 @ Tigers 3–5 Verlander (19–9) Danks (13–11) Rodney (37) 2:26 35,806 79–83 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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Brian Anderson, CF	65	185	25	44	9	0	2	13	.238	3
Gordon Beckham, 3B	103	378	58	102	28	1	14	63	.270	7
Wilson Betemit, 3B	20	45	2	9	5	0	0	3	.200	0
Mark Buehrle, P	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.250	0
D. J. Carrasco, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Ramón Castro, C	31	76	8	14	3	0	4	12	.184	0
José Contreras, P	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
John Danks, P	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Octavio Dotel, P	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jermaine Dye, RF	141	503	78	126	19	1	27	81	.250	0
Josh Fields, 3B	79	239	29	53	5	2	7	30	.222	2
Tyler Flowers, C	10	16	3	3	1	0	0	0	.188	0
Gavin Floyd, P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Chris Getz, 2B	107	375	49	98	18	4	2	31	.261	25
Jimmy Gobble, P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Bobby Jenks, P	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Paul Konerko, 1B	152	546	75	151	30	1	28	88	.277	1
Mark Kotsay, 1B	67	187	16	52	9	0	4	23	.278	3
Brent Lillibridge, 2B	46	95	9	15	2	0	0	3	.158	6
Scott Linebrink, P	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Corky Miller, C	14	39	5	8	3	0	0	5	.205	0
Jayson Nix, 2B	94	255	36	57	11	0	12	32	.224	10
Jerry Owens, LF	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	1
A. J. Pierzynski, C	138	504	57	151	22	1	13	49	.300	1
Scott Podsednik, CF	132	537	75	163	25	6	7	48	.304	30
Aaron Poreda, P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Carlos Quentin, LF	99	351	47	83	14	0	21	56	.236	3
Alexei Ramírez, SS	148	542	71	150	14	1	15	68	.277	14
Clayton Richard, P	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.333	0
Alex Ríos, CF	41	146	11	29	6	0	3	9	.199	5
Jim Thome, DH	107	345	55	86	15	0	23	74	.249	0
Matt Thornton, P	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Carlos Torres, P	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
DeWayne Wise, RF	84	142	17	32	8	3	2	11	.225	4
Team Totals	162	5537	724	1429	248	20	184	700	.258	115

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; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; BAA = Batting average against

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BAA
Lance Broadway	0	1	5.06	8	0	0	16.0	19	10	9	9	9	.288
Mark Buehrle	13	10	3.84	33	33	0	213.1	222	97	91	45	105	.275
D. J. Carrasco	5	1	3.76	49	1	0	93.1	103	42	39	29	62	.281
Bartolo Colón	3	6	4.19	12	12	0	62.1	69	42	29	21	38	.280
José Contreras	5	13	5.42	21	21	0	114.2	121	83	69	45	89	.267
John Danks	13	11	3.77	32	32	0	200.1	184	89	84	73	149	.245
Octavio Dotel	3	3	3.32	62	0	0	62.1	54	26	23	36	75	.239
Jack Egbert	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	2.2	8	8	8	2	0	.533
Gavin Floyd	11	11	4.06	30	30	0	193.0	178	93	87	59	163	.244
Freddy García	3	4	4.34	9	9	0	56.0	56	27	27	12	37	.259
Jimmy Gobble	0	0	7.50	12	0	0	12.0	14	10	10	7	10	.280
Daniel Hudson	1	1	3.38	12	6	0	18.2	16	9	7	9	14	.225
Bobby Jenks	3	4	3.71	52	0	29	53.1	52	24	22	16	49	.250
Scott Linebrink	3	7	4.66	57	0	2	56.0	70	34	29	23	55	.304
Mike MacDougal	0	0	12.46	5	0	0	4.1	7	6	6	7	3	.389
Jhonny Núñez	0	0	9.53	7	0	0	5.2	10	6	6	2	3	.370
Jake Peavy	3	0	1.35	3	3	0	20.0	11	3	3	6	18	.162
Tony Peña	1	2	3.75	35	0	1	36.0	40	17	15	9	29	.272
Aaron Poreda	1	0	2.45	10	0	0	11.0	9	3	3	8	12	.231
Clayton Richard	4	3	4.65	26	14	0	89.0	94	50	46	37	66	.276
Matt Thornton	6	3	2.74	70	0	4	72.1	58	22	22	20	87	.217
Carlos Torres	1	2	6.04	8	5	0	28.1	30	20	19	17	22	.286
Wes Whisler	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	1.1	0	2	2	3	2	.000
Randy Williams	0	1	4.58	25	0	0	17.2	13	9	9	12	22	.206
Team Totals	79	83	4.16	162	162	36	1439.2	1438	732	665	507	1119	.261

Team scoring and season summary

• Games played: 162
• Record: 79–83
• Rank: 3rd
• Games behind: 7.5
• Biggest lead: 0.5 games (last on May 1)
• Farthest behind: 9.5 games (last on September 26)
• Most games over .500: 5 (last on July 23)
• Most games under .500: 7 (last on September 26)
• Longest winning streak: 7 games (June 27 to July 3)
• Longest losing streak: 5 games (May 13 to 18 and August 28 to September 1)
• Series sweep: 2–5
• Longest game: 14 innings (August 12 at Mariners and September 17 at Mariners)
• Shortest game: 7 innings (June 30 at Indians)
• Home record: 43–38
• Road record: 36–45
• vs. East division teams: 18–21
• vs. Central division teams: 34–38
• vs. West division teams: 15–18
• vs. American League teams: 67–77
• vs. National League teams: 12–6
• Runs scored: 724
• Runs allowed: 732
• Pythagorean record: 80–82
• Runs scored per game: 4.47
• Runs allowed per game: 4.52
• Blowout games: 23–25
• One-run games: 19–27
• 9-inning games: 74–77
• Extra-inning games: 4–6
• Shortened games: 1–0
• Walk-off games: 6–9
• Shutouts: 11–13
• 10+ runs scored: 14
• 10+ runs allowed: 12
• Most runs scored: 17 (May 25 at Angels)
• Most runs allowed: 20 (May 21 vs Twins)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Chris Chambliss
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Ever Magallanes
A	Winston-Salem Dash	Carolina League	Joe McEwing
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Ernie Young
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Ryan Newman
Rookie	Great Falls Voyagers	Pioneer League	Chris Cron

References

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