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2008 re v i e W

Final Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 89-74 .546 —
Minnesota 88-75 .540 1.0
cleveland 81-81 .500 7.5
Kansas city 75-87 .463 13.5
detroit 74-88 .457 14.5
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 97-65 .599 —
Boston 95-67 .586 2.0
new york 89-73 .549 8.0
toronto 86-76 .531 11.0
Baltimore 68-93 .422 28.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 100-62 .617 —
texas 79-83 .488 21.0
oakland 75-86 .466 24.5
seattle 61-101 .377 39.0
First-Half Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 54-40 .574 —
Minnesota 53-42 .558 1.5
detroit 47-47 .500 7.0
Kansas city 43-53 .448 12.0
cleveland 41-53 .436 13.0
East W-L PCT GB
Boston 57-40 .588 —
tampa Bay 55-39 .585 0.5
new york 50-45 .526 6.0
toronto 47-48 .495 9.0
Baltimore 45-48 .484 10.0
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 57-38 .600 —
oakland 51-44 .537 6.0
texas 50-46 .521 7.5
seattle 37-58 .389 20.0
Second-Half Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
cleveland 40-28 .588 —
Chicago 35-33 .315 5.0
Minnesota 35-33 .515 5.0
detroit 27-41 .397 13.0
Kansas city 32-34 .485 7.0
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 42-26 .618 —
Boston 38-27 .585 2.5
new york 39-28 .582 2.5
toronto 39-28 .582 2.5
Baltimore 22-45 .328 19.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 43-24 .642 —
texas 29-37 .439 13.5
oakland 24-42 .364 18.5
seattle 24-43 .358 19.0
Am e r i cA n Le A g u e StA n d i n g S
Through April
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 14-12 .538 —
Minnesota 13-14 .481 1.5
cleveland 13-15 .464 2.0
detroit 13-15 .464 2.0
Kansas city 12-15 .444 2.5
East W-L PCT GB
Boston 17-12 .586 —
Baltimore 15-12 .556 1.0
tampa Bay 15-12 .556 1.0
new york 14-15 .483 3.0
toronto 11-17 .393 5.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 18-11 .621 —
oakland 17-12 .586 1.0
seattle 13-15 .464 4.5
texas 10-18 .357 7.5
Through May
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 30-26 .536 —
Minnesota 29-27 .518 1.0
cleveland 25-31 .446 5.0
detroit 24-32 .429 6.0
Kansas city 23-34 .404 7.5
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 35-22 .614 —
Boston 35-24 .593 1.0
toronto 31-28 .525 2.0
new york 28-28 .500 6.5
Baltimore 26-29 .473 8.0
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 34-24 .586 —
oakland 30-27 .526 3.5
texas 29-29 .500 5.0
seattle 21-36 .368 12.5
Through June
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 47-35 .573 —
Minnesota 45-38 .542 2.5
detroit 42-40 .512 5.0
Kansas city 38-45 .458 9.5
cleveland 37-46 .446 10.5
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 50-32 .610 —
Boston 50-35 .588 1.5
new york 44-39 .530 6.5
Baltimore 41-40 .506 8.5
toronto 41-43 .488 10.0
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 49-34 .590 —
oakland 45-37 .549 3.5
texas 43-41 .512 6.5
seattle 31-51 .378 17.5
Through July
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 60-47 .561 —
Minnesota 60-48 .556 0.5
detroit 55-53 .508 5.5
Kansas city 50-59 .459 11.0
cleveland 47-60 .439 13.0
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 63-44 .589 —
Boston 61-48 .560 3.0
new york 59-49 .546 4.5
toronto 54-54 .500 9.5
Baltimore 51-56 .477 12.0
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 68-40 .630 —
texas 56-53 .514 12.5
oakland 53-54 .495 14.5
seattle 41-67 .380 27.0
Through August
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 77-59 .566 —
Minnesota 77-60 .562 0.5
detroit 66-70 .485 11.0
cleveland 65-70 .481 11.5
Kansas city 57-79 .419 20.0
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 84-51 .622 —
Boston 79-57 .581 5.5
new york 72-64 .529 12.5
toronto 70-66 .515 14.5
Baltimore 63-73 .463 21.5
West W-L PCT GB
History
los angeles 83-53 .619 —
texas 67-71 .486 17.0
oakland 63-74 .460 20.5
seattle 53-83 .390 30.0
Through Sept./Oct.
Central W-L PCT GB
Chicago 89-74 .546 —
Minnesota 88-75 .540 1.0
cleveland 81-81 .500 7.5
Kansas city 75-87 .463 13.5
detroit 74-88 .457 14.5
East W-L PCT GB
tampa Bay 97-65 .599 —
Boston 95-67 .586 2.0
new york 89-73 .549 8.0
toronto 86-76 .531 11.0
Baltimore 68-93 .422 28.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 100-62 .617 —
texas 79-83 .488 21.0
oakland 75-86 .466 24.5
seattle 61-101 .377 39.0
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Final Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
chicago 97-64 .602 —
Milwaukee 90-72 .556 7.5
Houston 86-75 .534 11.0
st. louis 86-76 .531 11.5
cincinnati 74-88 .457 23.5
pittsburgh 67-95 .414 30.5
East W-L PCT GB
philadelphia 92-70 .568 —
new york 89-73 .549 3.0
florida 84-77 .522 7.5
atlanta 72-90 .444 20.0
Washington 59-102 .366 32.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 84-78 .519 —
arizona 82-80 .506 2.0
colorado 74-88 .457 10.0
san francisco 72-90 .444 12.0
san diego 63-99 .389 21.0
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First-Half Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
chicago 57-38 .600 —
st. louis 53-43 .552 4.5
Milwaukee 52-43 .547 5.0
cincinnati 46-50 .479 11.5
pittsburgh 44-50 .468 12.5
Houston 44-51 .463 13.0
East W-L PCT GB
philadelphia 52-44 .542 —
new york 51-44 .537 0.5
florida 50-45 .526 1.5
atlanta 45-50 .474 6.5
Washington 36-60 .375 16.0
West W-L PCT GB
arizona 47-48 .495 —
los angeles 46-49 .484 1.5
san francisco 40-55 .421 7.0
colorado 39-57 .406 8.5
san diego 37-58 .389 10.0
American League Monthly Records
CENTRAL DIVISION
Team April May June July August Sept./Oct.
Chicago 14-12 16-13 17-10 13-12 17-11 12-15
cleveland 13-15 12-15 12-16 10-14 18-10 16-11
detroit 13-15 10-17 19-8 13-13 11-17 8-19
Kansas city 12-15 10-19 16-11 12-14 7-20 18-8
Minnesota 13-14 15-13 17-11 15-10 17-12 12-14
EAST DIVISION
Team April May June July August Sept./Oct.
Baltimore 15-12 11-16 15-12 10-16 11-17 5-20
Boston 17-12 17-12 16-11 11-13 18-9 16-10
new york 14-15 14-12 16-12 15-10 13-15 17-9
tampa Bay 15-12 19-10 16-10 13-12 21-7 13-14
toronto 11-17 20-10 10-16 13-11 16-12 16-10
WEST DIVISION
Team April May June July August Sept./Oct.
los angeles 18-11 15-13 16-10 19-6 15-13 17-9
oakland 17-12 12-15 16-10 8-17 10-20 12-12
seattle 13-18 8-20 10-16 10-16 12-16 8-18
texas 10-15 19-10 14-13 13-12 11-18 12-12
How The Central Was Won
Second-Half Standings
Central W-L PCT GB
Houston 42-24 .636 —
chicago 40-26 .606 2.0
Milwaukee 38-29 .567 4.5
st. louis 33-33 .500 9.0
cincinnati 28-38 .424 14.0
pittsburgh 23-45 .338 20.0
East W-L PCT GB
philadelphia 40-26 .606 —
new york 38-29 .567 2.5
florida 34-32 .515 6.0
atlanta 27-40 .403 13.5
Washington 23-42 .354 16.5
West W-L PCT GB
los angeles 38-29 .567 —
colorado 35-31 .530 2.5
arizona 35-32 .522 3.0
san francisco 32-35 .478 6.0
san diego 26-41 .388 12.0
the chicago White sox went 89-74 in 2008 to capture their third american league central division title
(second in the last four seasons) and reach the postseason for the ninth time in franchise history. the
sox clinched the division crown with a 1-0 victory vs. Minnesota on september 30 in a one-game playoff
at u.s. cellular field. Jim thome hit a game-winning, 461-foot homer off nick Blackburn in the seventh
inning of the clincher, and John danks held the twins scoreless on two hits over 8.0 ip. the White sox,
who led the division for 148 days, became the first team in major-league history to win each of its last
three games of a season, all against a different opponent. starting pitchers Mark Buehrle (1 er/7.0 ip),
gavin floyd (1 er/6.0 ip) and John danks (8.0 scoreless ip), all working on three days rest, combined to
allow two runs on 16 hits over 21.0 ip (0.86 era) as the sox defeated cleveland, detroit and the twins
in succession to make the playoffs.

2008 dAy -By-dAy
H/R Winning Losing Pos. Attendance
No. Date D/N W/L Final Score Pitcher Pitcher Rec. GA-GB Game Cum. Time
1 3/31 r/d l cle. 10, Sox 8 Betancourt (r) Dotel (R) 0-1 t4/-1.0 41,872 3:21
2 4/2 r/n l cle. 7, Sox 2 carmona Vazquez 0-2 t4/-2.0 17,645 3:31
3 4/3 r/d W Sox 2, cle. 1 Dotel (R) Westbrook 1-2 3/-2.0 15,785 2:27
4 4/4 r/d W Sox 8, det. 5 Logan (R) grilli 2-2 t2/-1.0 34,569 3:10
5 4/5 r/d W Sox 5, det. 3 Floyd Miner (r) 3-2 t1/- 42,381 2:39
6 4/6 r/n W Sox 13, det. 2 Buehrle Verlander 4-2 t1/- 35,230 2:45
7 4/7 H/d W Sox 7, Min. 4 Vazquez guerrier (r) 5-2 1/+0.5 38,082 38,082 2:55
8 4/9 H/n l Min. 12, Sox 5 Baker Danks 5-3 2/-1.0 16,499 54,581 3:01
4/10 H/n Minnesota postponed due to rain; rescheduled for 6/9
9 4/11 H/n l det. 5, Sox 2 lopez (r) Contreras 5-4 2/-0.5 26,094 80,675 3:13
10 4/12 H/d W Sox 7, det. 0 Floyd Verlander 6-4 1/+0.5 29,649 110,324 2:25
11 4/13 H/d W Sox 11, det. 0 Vazquez rogers 7-4 1/+0.5 26,294 136,618 2:34
12 4/14 H/n l oak. 2, Sox 1 smith Buehrle 7-5 2/-0.5 20,430 157,048 2:40
13 4/15 H/d W Sox 4, oak. 1 Danks eveland 8-5 1/+0.5 18,254 175,302 2:18
14 4/16 r/n W Sox 3, Bal. 1 Contreras loewen 9-5 1/+0.5 12,080 2:25
15 4/17 r/n l Bal. 6, Sox 5 (10) sherrill (r) Logan (R) 9-6 1/+0.5 13,676 3:20
16 4/18 r/n W Sox 9, t.B. 2 Vazquez niemann 10-6 1/+1.5 12,379 3:02
17 4/19 r/n l t.B. 5, Sox 0 sonnanstine (c) Buehrle 10-7 1/+1.5 17,613 2:02
18 4/20 r/d W Sox 6, t.B. 0 Danks Jackson 11-7 1/+2.5 17,212 2:34
19 4/22 H/n l nyy 9, Sox 5 Wang Contreras 11-8 1/+1.5 25,012 200,314 3:44
20 4/23 H/n l nyy 6, Sox 4 Mussina Vazquez 11-9 1/+1.5 27,751 228,065 3:06
21 4/24 H/n W Sox 7, nyy 6 Jenks (R) chamberlain (r) 12-9 1/+2.5 27,243 255,308 3:05
22 4/25 H/n BaltiMore postponed due to rain; rescheduled as part of doubleheader on 4/26
23 4/26 H/n l Bal. 5, Sox 1 Buress Danks 12-10 23,043 278,351 2:41
24 4/26 H/d W Sox 6, Bal. 5 Jenks (R) Bierd (r) 13-10 1/+1.5 34,757 313,108 3:28
25 4/27 H/d W Sox 6, Bal. 1 Contreras guthrie 14-10 1/+2.5 29,756 342,864 2:58
26 4/28 H/d l Bal. 4, Sox 3 (14) castillo (r) Ramirez (R) 14-11 1/+2.5 17,367 360,231
26 4/29 r/n l Min. 3, Sox 1 Bonser Floyd 14-11 1/+2.0 20,891 2:32
27 4/30 r/d l Min. 4, Sox 3 Blackburn Wassermann (R) 14-12 1/+1.0 19,137 2:37
MARCH/APRIL RECORD: 14-13
28 5/2 r/n l tor. 2, Sox 0 Marcum Buehrle (C) 14-14 t1/- 21,057 2:10
29 5/3 r/d l tor. 5, Sox 2 litsch Danks 14-15 2/-1.0 27,778 2:36
30 5/4 r/d l tor. 4, Sox 3 Halladay Contreras (C) 14-16 t2/-2.0 26,247 2:12
31 5/5 r/n l tor. 1, Sox 0 Mcgowan Vazquez 14-17 t2/-2.5 16,602 2:40
32 5/6 H/n W Sox 7, Min. 1 Floyd Blackburn 15-17 t2/-1.5 23,489 383,711 2:27
33 5/7 H/n l Min. 13, Sox 1 Hernandez Buehrle 15-18 3/-2.5 21,086 404,803 2:32
34 5/8 H/d W Sox 6, Min. 2 Danks slowey 16-18 t2/-1.5 25,193 429,990 3:15
35 5/9 r/n W Sox 4, sea. 2 Contreras silva 17-18 t2/-1.5 27,169 2:23
36 5/10 r/n W Sox 8, sea. 4 Vazquez Washburn 18-19 t2/-0.5 33,078 2:58
37 5/11 r/d l sea. 6, Sox 3 Batista Floyd 18-19 3/-1.5 30,346 3:03
38 5/12 r/n l laa 10, Sox 7 adenhart Buehrle 18-20 3/-2.5 38,720 2:49
39 5/13 r/n l laa 2, Sox 0 shields (r) Dotel (R) 18-21 3/-2.5 35,333 2:40
40 5/14 r/n W Sox 6, laa 1 Contreras shields (r) 19-21 3/-2.0 37,059 2:37
41 5/15 r/n W Sox 4, laa 3 Dotel (R) rodriguez (r) 20-21 3/-2.0 41,444 3:14
42 5/16 r/n W Sox 2, s.f. 0 Floyd sanchez 21-21 3/-1.0 35,482 2:50
43 5/17 r/n W Sox 3, s.f. 1 Buehrle Zito 22-21 t1/- 37,006 2:52
44 5/18 r/d W Sox 13, s.f. 8 Thornton (R) Walker (r) 23-21 1/+1.0 34,331 3:01
45 5/20 H/n W Sox 4, cle. 1 Contreras sabathia 24-21 1/+1.0 27,533 457,523 2:50
46 5/21 H/n W Sox 7, cle. 2 Vazquez Byrd 25-21 1/+2.0 38,518 496,041 2:45
47 5/22 H/n W Sox 3, cle. 1 Linebrink (R) laffey 26-21 1/+3.0 28,040 524,081 2:17
48 5/23 H/n l laa 3, Sox 1 saunders Floyd (C) 26-22 1/+2.0 28,156 552,237 2:12
49 5/24 H/d l laa 2, Sox 0 Weaver Danks 26-23 1/+2.0 38,434 590,671 2:53
50 5/25 H/n W Sox 3, laa 2 Linebrink (R) lackey (c) 27-23 1/+2.0 36,195 626,866 2:05
51 5/26 r/d W Sox 6, cle. 3 (12) Logan (R) elarton (r) 28-23 1/+2.5 31,006 4:02
52 5/27 r/n l cle. 8, Sox 2 laffey Buehrle 28-24 1/+1.5 25,426 2:50
53 5/28 r/d W Sox 6, cle. 5 Floyd Betancourt (r) 29-24 1/+1.5 31,740 3:11
54 5/29 r/n W Sox 5, t.B. 1 Danks Jackson 30-24 1/+1.5 12,636 2:46
55 5/30 r/n l t.B. 2, Sox 1 Wheeler (r) Linebrink 30-25 1/+1.5 14,679 2:50
56 5/31 r/n l t.B. 2, Sox 0 Kazmir Vazquez 30-26 1/+1.5 36,048 2:46
MAY RECORD: 16-13
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H/R Winning Losing Pos. Attendance
No. Date D/N W/L Final Score Pitcher Pitcher Rec. GA-GB Game Cum. Time
57 6/1 r/n l t.B. 4, Sox 3 Howell (r) Thornton (R) 30-27 1/+0.5 24,720 2:41
58 6/3 H/n W Sox 9, K.c. 5 Floyd greinke 31-27 1/+1.0 21,272 648,138 2:33
59 6/4 H/n W Sox 6, K.c. 4 (15) Dotel (R) gobble (r) 32-27 1/+1.0 23,515 671,653 4:23
60 6/5 H/n W Sox 6, K.c. 2 Contreras Meche 33-27 1/+2.0 25,104 696,757 2:44
61 6/6 H/n W Sox 10, Min. 6 Vazquez Blackburn 34-27 1/+3.0 26,459 723,216 2:53
62 6/7 H/n W Sox 11, Min. 2 Buehrle Hernandez 35-27 1/+4.0 32,930 756,146 2:16
63 6/8 H/d W Sox 12, Min. 2 Floyd slowey 36-27 1/+5.0 30,565 786,711 2:25
64 6/9 H/d W Sox 7, Min. 5 Thornton (R) guerrier (r) 37-27 1/+6.0 21,126 807,837 2:58
65 6/10 r/n l det. 6, Sox 4 robertson Contreras 37-28 1/+6.0 38,295 2:34
66 6/11 r/n l det. 5, Sox 1 Verlander (c) Vazquez 37-29 1/+5.0 38,693 2:13
67 6/12 r/d l det. 2, Sox 1 Jones (r) Dotel (R) 37-30 1/+5.0 40,297 2:04
68 6/13 H/n W Sox 5, col. 4 Thornton (R) Herges (r) 38-30 1/+5.0 30,143 837,980 2:28
69 6/14 H/n l col. 2, Sox 0 grilli (r) Dotel (R) 38-31 1/+4.0 35,663 873,643 2:56
70 6/15 H/d l col. 5, Sox 3 cook Contreras 38-32 1/+4.0 32,004 905,647 2:44
71 6/17 H/n W Sox 16, pit. 5 Vazquez snell 39-32 1/+4.0 28,102 933,659 3:15
72 6/18 H/n W Sox 8, pit. 2 Buehrle gorzelanny 40-32 1/+4.0 28,570 962,229 2:17
73 6/19 H/d W Sox 13, pit. 8 Floyd dumatrait 41-32 1/+4.0 26,685 988,914 2:55
74 6/20 r/d l cubs 4, Sox 3 Wood (r) Linebrink (R) 41-33 1/+3.0 41,106 2:32
75 6/21 r/d l cubs 11, Sox 7 Marquis Contreras 41-34 1/+2.0 41,021 2:52
76 6/22 r/n l cubs 7, Sox 1 dempster Vazquez 41-35 1/+1.0 41,034 2:52
77 6/24 r/n W Sox 6, lad 1 Buehrle lowe 42-35 1/+1.0 43,900 2:05
78 6/25 r/n l lad 5, Sox 0 stults (c) Floyd 42-36 t1/- 40,162 2:22
79 6/26 r/d W Sox 2, lad 0 Danks Kershaw 43-36 t1/- 37,956 2:58
80 6/27 H/d W Sox 10, cubs 3 Contreras dempster 44-36 t1/- 39,132 1,028,046 2:49
81 6/28 H/d W Sox 6, cubs 5 Thornton (R) Marmol (r) 45-36 1/+1.0 39,143 1,067,189 3:03
82 6/29 H/n W Sox 5, cubs 1 Buehrle Marshall 46-36 1/+1.0 39,573 1,106,762 2:34
83 6/30 H/n W Sox 9, cle. 7 Floyd sowers 47-36 1/+2.0 38,466 1,145,228 2:57
JUNE RECORD: 17-10
84 7/1 H/n W Sox 2, cle. 1 (10) Russell (R) Borowski (r) 48-36 1/+2.0 25,502 1,170,730 2:44
85 7/2 H/n W Sox 6, cle. 5 (10) Russell (R) Kobayashi (r) 49-36 1/+2.0 23,522 1,194,252 3:11
86 7/3 H/n l oak. 3, Sox 2 duchscherer Vazquez (C) 49-37 1/+1.5 26,730 1,220,982 2:21
87 7/4 H/n l oak. 7, Sox 1 Blanton Buehrle 49-38 1/+0.5 29,600 1,250,582 2:53
88 7/5 H/n W Sox 6, oak. 1 Floyd smith 50-38 1/+0.5 35,586 1,286,168 2:44
89 7/6 H/d W Sox 4, oak. 3 Danks Harden 51-38 1/+2.0 31,955 1,318,123 2:47
90 7/8 r/n W Sox 8, K.c. 7 (13) Masset (R) Tejeda (R) 52-38 1/+2.0 13,614 4:20
91 7/9 r/n W Sox 7, K.c. 6 Russell (R) Tejeda (R) 53-38 1/+3.0 16,502 2:46
92 7/10 r/n l K.c. 4, Sox 1 Mahay (r) Buehrle 53-39 1/+2.0 14,347 2:26
93 7/11 r/n l tex. 7, Sox 2 Mendoza Floyd 53-40 1/+1.0 28,003 2:50
94 7/12 r/n W Sox 9, tex. 7 Danks Millwood 54-40 1/+1.0 39,209 3:29
95 7/13 r/d l tex. 12, Sox 11 Wright (r) Logan (R) 54-41 1/+1.0 28,459 4:01
ALL-STAR BREAK: 54-41
96 7/18 H/n W Sox 9, K.c. 5 Buehrle greinke 55-41 1/+1.0 36,291 1,354,414 2:59
97 7/19 H/n l K.c. 9, Sox 1 Meche Floyd 55-42 t1/- 36,566 1,390,980 2:51
98 7/20 H/d l K.c. 8, Sox 7 r. ramirez (r) Thornton (R) 55-43 t1/- 32,269 1,423,249 3:09
99 7/21 H/n l tex. 6, Sox 1 feldman Vazquez 55-44 t1/- 39,547 1,462,796 2:37
100 7/22 H/n W Sox 10, tex. 2 Buehrle Mendoza 56-44 1/+1.0 32,670 1,495,466 2:28
101 7/23 H/d W Sox 10, tex. 8 Dotel (R) guardado (r) 57-44 1/+2.0 35,353 1,530,819 3:05
102 7/25 r/n W Sox 6, det. 5 Carrasco (R) Jones (r) 58-44 1/+3.0 44,393 2:52
103 7/26 r/n W Sox 7, det. 6 Danks Verlander 59-44 1/+3.0 45,280 3:05
104 7/27 r/d l det. 6, Sox 4 Miner Vazquez 59-45 1/+2.0 41,790 2:46
105 7/28 r/n l Min. 7, Sox 0 slowey (c) Buehrle 59-46 1/+1.0 30,126 2:28
106 7/29 r/n l Min. 6, Sox 5 perkins Richard 59-47 t1/- 35,999 2:50
107 7/30 r/n W Sox 8, Min. 3 Floyd Hernandez 60-47 1/+1.0 42,705 2:52
108 7/31 r/n l Min. 10, Sox 6 crain (r) Thornton (R) 60-48 t1/- 31,493 3:23
JULY RECORD: 13-12

2008 dAy -By-dAy
H/R Winning Losing Pos. Attendance
No. Date D/N W/L Final Score Pitcher Pitcher Rec. GA-GB Game Cum. Time
109 8/1 r/n W Sox 4, K.c. 2 Vazquez Hochevar 61-48 t1/- 21,291 2:52
110 8/2 r/d l K.c. 9, Sox 7 davies Buehrle 61-49 t1/- 21,866 3:01
111 8/3 r/d l K.c. 14, Sox 3 greinke Richard 61-50 2/-1.0 15,268 2:59
112 8/5 H/n W Sox 10, det. 8 (14) Russell (R) Zumaya (r) 62-50 1/+0.5 35,371 1,566,190 4:58
113 8/6 H/n W Sox 5, det. 1 Danks Verlander 63-50 1/+0.5 34,124 1,600,314 2:31
114 8/7 H/n l det. 8, Sox 3 Miner Vazquez 63-51 t1/- 36,383 1,636,697 3:08
115 8/8 H/n W Sox 5, Bos. 3 Buehrle lester 64-51 t1/- 38,621 1,675,318 2:27
116 8/9 H/n l Bos. 6, Sox 2 Matsuzaka Logan (R) 64-52 2/-1.0 39,243 1,714,561 2:54
117 8/10 H/d W Sox 6, Bos. 5 Floyd Buchholz 65-52 t1/- 39,008 1,753,569 3:06
118 8/11 H/n l Bos. 5, Sox 1 Beckett Danks 65-53 2/-1.0 32,634 1,786,203 2:48
119 8/12 H/n W Sox 9, K.c. 0 Vazquez Bannister 66-53 t1/- 31,099 1,820,302 2:13
120 8/13 H/n W Sox 4, K.c. 0 Buehrle Hochevar 67-53 t1/- 38,838 1,855,140 2:17
121 8/14 H/d W Sox 9, K.c. 2 Broadway davies 68-53 1/+0.5 32,788 1,887,928 3:00
122 8/15 r/n l oak. 6, Sox 4 street (r) Ramirez (R) 68-54 2/-0.5 19,405 2:44
123 8/16 r/d W Sox 2, oak. 1 Danks smith 69-54 2/-0.5 22,206 3:01
124 8/17 r/d W Sox 13, oak. 1 Vazquez gonzalez 70-54 2/-0.5 28,843 2:19
125 8/18 H/n W Sox 13, sea. 5 Buehrle Washburn 71-54 1/+0.5 39,002 1,926,930 2:43
126 8/19 H/n W Sox 5, sea. 0 Richard Hernandez 72-54 1/+0.5 26,414 1,953,344 2:36
127 8/20 H/d W Sox 15, sea. 3 Floyd dickey 73-54 1/+0.5 27,000 1,980,344 2:30
128 8/22 H/n l t.B. 9, Sox 4 Jackson Danks 73-55 2/-1.0 38,747 2,019,091 3:20
129 8/23 H/d l t.B. 5, Sox 3 Balfour (r) Vazquez 73-56 2/-1.0 36,482 2,055,573 3:04
130 8/24 H/d W Sox 6, t.B. 5 (10) Jenks (R) Hammel (r) 74-56 t1/- 38,562 2,094,135 3:11
131 8/25 r/n W Sox 4, Bal. 3 Richard Waters 75-56 1/+1.0 20,707 2:33
132 8/26 r/n W Sox 8, Bal. 3 Floyd Burres 76-56 1/+2.0 15,398 2:44
133 8/27 r/n l Bal. 11, Sox 3 liz Danks 76-57 1/+1.0 15,736 2:47
134 8/29 r/n l Bos. 8, Sox 0 Matsuzaka Vazquez 76-58 1/+0.5 37,755 2:48
135 8/30 r/n l Bos. 8, Sox 2 Bowden Buehrle 76-59 1/+0.5 37,751 2:40
136 8/31 r/d W Sox 4, Bos. 2 Floyd Wakefield 77-59 1/+0.5 37,391 2:47
AUGUST RECORD: 17-11
137 9/1 r/n l cle. 5, Sox 0 lee (c) Richard 77-60 t1/- 23,317 2:26
138 9/2 r/n l cle. 9, Sox 3 carmona Danks 77-61 t/1- 20,980 3:12
139 9/3 r/d W Sox 4, cle. 2 Vazquez sowers 78-61 1/+1.0 20,328 3:12
140 9/5 H/n W Sox 10, laa 2 Buehrle Moseley 79-61 1/+1.5 32,502 2,126,637 2:48
141 9/6 H/n W Sox 7, laa 6 (15) Wassermann (R) speier (r) 80-61 1/+2.5 31,046 2,157,683 3:54
142 9/7 H/d l laa 3, Sox 2 saunders ramirez (r) 80-62 1/+2.5 26,029 2,183,712 2:44
9/8 H/n toronto ppd rain; rescheduled as part of dH on 9/9 1/+2.5
143 9/9 H/d l tor. 3, Sox 1 Burnett Vazquez 80-63 1/+2.0 24,621 2,208,333 3:08
144 9/9 H/n l tor. 8, Sox 2 litsch Richard 80-64 1/+1.0 28,505 2,236,838 2:37
145 9/10 H/n W Sox 6, tor. 5 Buehrle Halladay 81-64 1/+1.0 26,198 2,263,036 2:39
146 9/11 H/n l tor. 6, Sox 4 Marcum Floyd 81-65 1/+1.0 27,170 2,290,206 2:57
9/12 H/n detroit ppd rain; rescheduled as part of dH on 9/13 1/+1.0
9/13 H/d detroit ppd rain; rescheduled as part of dH on 9/14 t1/-
147 9/14 H/d W Sox 4, det. 2 Vazquez Verlander 82-65 1/+1.0 2:17
148 9/14 H/d W Sox 11, det. 7 Thornton (R) seay (r) 83-65 1/+1.5 28,238 2,318,444 3:16
149 9/15 r/n l nyy 4, Sox 2 coke (r) Wassermann (R) 83-66 1/+1.5 53,236 2:39
150 9/16 r/n W Sox 6, nyy 2 Floyd pettitte 84-66 1/+2.5 52,558 3:02
151 9/17 r/n l nyy 5, Sox 1 Bruney (r) Richard 84-67 1/+2.5 52,671 2:40
152 9/18 r/n l nyy 9, Sox 2 Mussina Vazquez 84-68 1/+1.5 53,152 3:08
153 9/19 r/n W Sox 9, K.c. 4 Buehrle Bannister 85-68 1/+2.5 26,049 2:40
154 9/20 r/n l K.c. 5, Sox 2 davies Floyd 85-69 1/+2.5 23,754 2:32
155 9/21 r/d W Sox 3, K.c. 0 Danks duckworth 86-69 1/+2.5 16,920 2:24
156 9/23 r/n l Min. 9, Sox 3 Baker Vazquez 86-70 1/+1.5 35,225 2:43
157 9/24 r/n l Min. 3, Sox 2 Blackburn Buehrle 86-71 1/+0.5 42,126 2:42
158 9/25 r/n l Min. 7, Sox 6 (10) nathan (r) Jenks (R) 86-72 2/-0.5 43,601 3:27
159 9/26 H/n l cle. 11, Sox 8 lewis Danks 86-73 2/-0.5 36,494 2,354,938 3:36
160 9/27 H/n l cle. 12, Sox 6 Jackson Vazquez 86-74 2/-0.5 36,031 2,390,969 3:05
161 9/28 H/d W Sox 5, cle. 1 Buehrle Bullington 87-74 2/-0.5 33,396 2,424,365 2:29
162 9/29 H/d W Sox 8, det. 2 Floyd galarraga (r) 88-74 t1/- 35,923 2,460,288 3:14
163 9/30 H/n W Sox 1, Min. 0 Danks Blackburn 89-74 1/+1.0 40,354 2,500,648 2:20
SEPTEMBER RECORD: 12-15
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WHITE SOX
at-bats, game .............................................................................................................................................................55, 8/5 vs. det.
at-bats, inning .......................................................................................................................10, twice, last 7/18 vs. K.c. (1st inning)
runs, game ...............................................................................................................................................................16, 6/17 vs. pit.
runs, inning ...........................................................................................................................................7, 6/27 vs. cubs (3rd inning)
Hits, game.................................................................................................................................................................. 22, 7/13 at tex.
Hits, inning...............................................................................................................................7, twice, last 7/18 vs. K.c. (1st inning)
consecutive Hits, inning ............................................................................................................................ 6, 6/6 vs. Min. (5th inning)
doubles ........................................................................................................................................................7, twice, last 8/26 at Bal.
triples .................................................................................................................................................... 1, 13 times, last 8/30 at Bos.
Home runs...........................................................................................................................................4, 10 times, last 8/20 vs. sea.
extra-Base Hits........................................................................................................................................................... 11, 6/17 vs. pit.
runs Batted in ............................................................................................................................................................16, 6/17 vs. pit.
stolen Bases ...............................................................................................................................................................4, 5/23 vs. laa
left on Base..............................................................................................................................................................18, 4/28 vs. Bal.
errors ...........................................................................................................................................................................4, 7/23 vs. tex.
strikeouts.......................................................................................................................................................... 14, twice, 9/6 vs. laa
Walks .........................................................................................................................................................................12, 4/28 vs. Bal.
double plays .................................................................................................................................................................. 5, 4/6 at det.
Hit By pitch ........................................................................................................................................2, seven times, last 8/7 vs. det.
OPPONENTS
at-Bats, game .............................................................................................................................................................55, 8/5 vs. det.
at-Bats, inning ......................................................................................................................................... 10, 5/7 vs. Min. (9th inning)
runs, game .................................................................................................................................................................14, 8/2 at K.c.
runs, inning ............................................................................................................................................ 9, 6/21 at cubs (4th inning)
Hits, game....................................................................................................................................................................19, 8/3 at K.c.
Hits, inning................................................................................................................................................ 7, 3/31 at cle. (2nd inning)
consecutive Hits, inning .............................................................................................................................5, 8/5 vs. det. (5th inning)
doubles ........................................................................................................................................................................7, 8/29 at Bos.
triples .............................................................................................................................................................2, twice, last 6/1 at t.B.
Home runs.................................................................................................................................................4, twice, last 6/21 at cubs
extra Base Hits ..............................................................................................................................................................8, 8/27 at Bal.
runs Batted in .............................................................................................................................................13, twice, last 8/3 at K.c.
stolen Bases ...............................................................................................................................................5, twice, last 8/31 at Bos.
left on Base.................................................................................................................................. 13, three times, last 8/18 vs. sea.
errors .......................................................................................................................................................... 3, twice, last 4/27 vs. Bal.
strikeouts.................................................................................................................................................................14, 6/28 vs. cubs
Walks ..................................................................................................................................................7, four times, last 6/22 at cubs
double plays ........................................................................................................................................4, four times, last 5/27 at cle.
Hit By pitch ...........................................................................................................................................2, four times, last 6/4 vs. K.c.
INDIVIDUAL BATTING
longest Hitting streak ....................................................................................................................... 15 games, pierzynski, 6/1-6/21
at-Bats, 9-inning game ....................................................................................................6, five times, last four players, 7/13 at Tex.
at-Bats, extra-inning game........................................................................................7, seven times, last three players, 8/5 vs. det.
runs ...................................................................................................................................... 3, 14 times, last cabrera, 9/14 vs. det.
Hits .......................................................................................................................................... 4, 16 times, last cabrera, 8/26 at Bal.
doubles ..............................................................................................................................2, 21 times, last pierzynski, 9/29 vs. det.
triples ...................................................................................................................................... 1, 13 times, last cabrera, 8/26 at Bal.
Home runs............................................................................................................................ 2, 18 times, last Konerko, 9/27 vs. cle.
consecutive games w/Hr .......................................................................................4, swisher, 8/18-8/22 , vs. sea. (3) and t.B. (1)
runs Batted in ..............................................................................................................................6, two times, last dye, 6/19 vs. pit.
stolen Bases .........................................................................................................................2, five times, last Ramirez, 7/13 at Tex.
strikeouts............................................................................................................................. 4, three times, last thome, 8/23 vs. t.B.
Walks .....................................................................................................................................3, 12 times, last griffey Jr., 8/23 at Bal.
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
innings pitched, starter ............................................................................................................9.0, twice, last Vazquez 7/3 vs. oak.
innings pitched, reliever ...........................................................................................................................5.1, carrasco, 7/11 at tex.
strikeouts............................................................................................................................10, six times, last Vazquez, 8/12 vs. K.c.
Walks ..................................................................................................................................................................7, floyd, 7/11 at tex.
fewest Hits allowed, complete game ............................................................................................................3, floyd, 5/23 vs. laa
consecutive scoreless ip, starter ................................................................................................................... 19.2, danks, 4/15-26-1
consecutive scoreless ip, reliever ................................................................................................................ 14.2, logan, 4/29-6/15
consecutive scoreless relief app. ................................................................................................................... 17, logan, 4/29-6/14

Number Of Days In
first place ................... 148
second place ................ 26
third place .................... 28
fourth place ................... 3
fifth place ....................... 0
2008 Si n g L e-gA m e Hi g H S
INDIVIDUAL PITCHING (cont.)
consecutive saves converted ............................................................................................................................. 15, Jenks, 6/9-9/21
consecutive Hitters retired .................................................................................................................................19, contreras, 5/4-9
consecutive Hitters retired, starter ....................................................................................................................19, contreras, 5/4-9
consecutive starts, at least 7.0 ip ..................................................................................................................... 5, Buehrle, 6/7-6/29
longest Winning streak, starter............................................................................................................................ 6, danks, 5/29-8/6
longest losing streak ....................................................................................................................................... 5, Buehrle, 4/14-5/12
TEAM MISCELLANEOUS
Most games over .500 .........................................................................................................................................20, twice, last 8/27
Most games under .500 ................................................................................................................................. 2, four times, last 5/13
largest division lead ............................................................................................................................................................6.5, 6/11
Largest Division Deficit ..................................................................................................................................2.0, five times, last 5/13
longest Winning streak ...................................................................................................................................................8, 5/14-5/22
longest losing streak ........................................................................................................................................................7, 4/28-5/5
longest Home Winning streak ..........................................................................................................................9, twice, last 6/17-7/2
longest road Winning streak .. ....................................................................................................................................6, 5/14-5/27
longest Home losing streak ...........................................................................................................................................3, 7/19-7/21
longest road losing streak ............................................................................................................................................9, 5/30-6/22
longest game, innings .............................................................................................................................................. 15, 6/4 vs. K.c.
longest game, time ................................................................................................................................................4:58, 8/5 vs. det.
longest 9-inning game ........................................................................................................................................... 4:01, 7/13 at tex.
shortest game, time................................................................................................................................................2:02, 4/19 at t.B.
shortest 9-inning game ...........................................................................................................................................2:02, 4/19 at t.B.
largest Margin of Victory .........................................................................................................................12, twice, last 8/20 vs. sea.
largest Margin of defeat ............................................................................................................................................ 12, 5/7 vs. Min.
Largest Deficit Overcome .............................................................................................................................................6, 6/19 vs. pit.
largest lead surrendered........................................................................................................................... 4, twice, last 7/31 at Min.
fewest Hits, game ............................................................................................................................ 2, three times, last 8/29 at Bos.
fewest Hits allowed, game.......................................................................................................................................... 1, 5/6 vs. Min.
triple plays ....................................................................................................................................................................................n/a
grand slams........................................................................................................................................12, last ramirez, 9/29 vs. det.
Back-to-Back Hr ....................................................................................................................11, last Quentin and dye, 8/17 at oak.
game-ending Hr..................................................................................................................................... 4, last swisher, 8/5 vs. det.
game-ending plays .................................................................................................................. 8, last 8/24 vs. t.B. (ramirez, single)
ATTENDANCE
largest Home crowd......................................................................................................................................... 40,354, 9/30 vs. Min.
smallest Home crowd ......................................................................................................................................... 16,499, 4/9 vs. Min.
largest road crowd............................................................................................................................................ 45,280, 7/26 at det.
smallest road crowd ...........................................................................................................................................12,080, 4/16 at Bal.
largest Home attendance, four-game series ............................................................................................149,517, 8/8-11 vs. Bos.
largest road attendance, four-game series .............................................................................................152,559, 5/12-15 at laa
largest Home attendance, three-game series .........................................................................................117,848, 6/27-29 vs. cubs
largest road attendance, three-game series ...........................................................................................131,463, 7/25-27 at det.
largest Home attendance, two-game series ................................................................................................. 54,581, 4/7-9 vs. Min.
largest road attendance, two-game series ................................................................................................40,028, 4/29-30 at Min.
SOX MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Record By Series
one-game series ...........2-0
two-game series ........1-1-3
three-game series ....22-15
four-game series .......1-5-4
first game ..................30-23
second game .............24-28
third game .................31-16
fourth game ...................3-7
Record By Month
March/april ............... 14-13
May .......................... 16-13
June ......................... 17-10
July .......................... 13-12
august .......................17-11
sept./oct. ................. 12-15
History
Record By Day
Monday ...................... 7-10
tuesday ................... 15-10
Wednesday .............. 15-10
thursday .................... 10-9
friday ........................13-11
saturday .................. 12-14
sunday ..................... 17-10
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2008-09 tr A n S A c t i o n S
FEBRUARY
MAY
21 agreed to terms on a minor-league contract with a spring training 1 inf/of Alexei Ramirez placed on the restricted list … recalled
invitation with rHp Tomo Ohka.
rHp Adam Russell from class aaa charlotte.
27 agreed to terms on 2008 contracts with the following players: of 5 optioned rHp Adam Russell to class aaa charlotte.
Brian Anderson, c Cole Armstrong, rHp Lance Broadway, 6 inf/of Alexei Ramirez reinstated from the restricted list.
lHp John Danks, rHp Dewon Day, rHp Jack Egbert, rHp 19 rHp Oneli Perez claimed off waivers by cleveland.
Gavin Floyd, rHp Charlie Haeger, rHp Lucas Harrell, lHp 23 placed inf Juan Uribe on the 15-day disabled list (retro to 5/16)
Boone Logan, c Donny Lucy, rHp Nick Masset, of Jerry with a strained left hamstring … purchased the contract of of
Owens, of Carlos Quentin, rHp Oneli Perez, rHp Bobby DeWayne Wise from class aaa charlotte … sent inf Danny
Jenks, rHp Adam Russell, lHp Andrew Sisco, lHp Carlos Richar (fractured left rib) on an injury rehabilitation assignment
Vasquez, rHp Ehren Wassermann … renewed the contract of to charlotte.
inf Josh Fields.
26 sent inf Juan Uribe (strained right hamstring) on an injury
rehabilitation assignment to charlotte.
MARCH
29 returned inf Danny Richar from his rehabilitation assignment
13 optioned rHp Lance Broadway, rHp Dewon Day, rHp Charlie at class aaa charlotte, reinstated him from the 15-day disabled
Haeger and rHp Oneli Perez to class aaa charlotte, and rHp list (fractured left rib) and optioned him to charlotte.
Lucas Harrell to class aa Birmingham; requested waivers on 31 returned inf Juan Uribe from his rehabilitation assignment at
lHp Carlos Vasquez for the purpose of granting his unconditional class aaa charlotte and reinstated him from the 15-day disabled
release; reassigned inf Chris Getz, inf Royce Huffman, inf list … designated of DeWayne Wise for assignment.
Jeff Liefer, of Miguel Negron, inf Mike Rouse and c Ryan
Smith to minor-league camp.
JUNE
14 optioned rHp Jack Egbert and rHp Adam Russell to class aaa 4 signed rHp Esteban Loaiza to a one-year contract through the
charlotte and c Cole Armstrong to class aa Birmingham.
2008 season … optioned rHp Ehren Wassermann to class aaa
19 optioned c Donny Lucy to class aaa charlotte … reassigned charlotte … of DeWayne Wise accepted outright assignment to
inf Brad Eldred and rHp Tomo Ohka to minor-league camp. charlotte.
21 placed lHp Andrew Sisco on the 15-day disabled list with a torn 13 placed rHp Esteban Loaiza on the 15-day disabled list (retro-
ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
active to 6/12) with right shoulder inflammation … recalled RHP
25 optioned inf Josh Fields to class aaa charlotte … reassigned Adam Russell from class aaa charlotte.
inf Jason Bourgeois, rHp D.J. Carrasco and c Paul Phillips 16 sent rHp Esteban Loaiza (right shoulder inflammation) on an
to minor-league camp.
injury rehabilitation assignment to Class AAA Charlotte.
29 optioned rHp Ehren Wassermann to class aaa charlotte … 17 placed 1B Paul Konerko on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive
placed of Jerry Owens on the 15 day-disabled list (retro to 3/24) to 6/15) with a grade 1 strain of left oblique muscle … purchased
with a partial tear of his right adductor muscle … placed inf Danny
Richar on the 15-day disabled list (retro to 3/22) with a fractured
the contract of of DeWayne Wise from class aaa charlotte.
left rib.
JULY
4 sent 1B Paul Konerko (strained left oblique muscle) on an injury
OPENING DAY ROSTER (March 31 at Cleveland)
rehabilitation assignment to class aaa charlotte … returned rHp
Esteban Loaiza (strained right shoulder) from his injury rehabilita-
Pitchers (12) Mark Buehrle, Jose contreras, John danks, tion assignment to charlotte.
octavio dotel, gavin floyd, Bobby Jenks, scott 8 returned 1B Paul Konerko (strained left oblique muscle) from his
linebrink, Boone logan, nick Masset, Mike Mac- rehabilitation assignment at class aaa charlotte and reinstated
dougal, Matt thornton, Javier Vazquez
him from the 15-day disabled list … designated inf Pablo Ozuna
Catchers (2) toby Hall, a.J. pierzynski
for assignment.
Infielders (6) orlando cabrera, Joe crede, paul Konerko, pablo 9 placed rHp Bobby Jenks on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive
ozuna, Jim thome, Juan uribe
to 6/30) with left scapula bursitis … purchased the contract of rHp
Outfielders (5) Brian anderson, Jermaine dye, carlos Quentin, D.J. Carrasco from class aaa charlotte.
alexei ramirez, nick swisher
14 sent rHp Bobby Jenks (left scapula bursitis) on an injury reha-
15-day disabled list — Jerry owens, danny richar
16
bilitation assignment to class a Winston-salem.
transferred the rehabilitation assignment of rHp Bobby Jenks to
APRIL
class aa Birmingham … requested waivers on inf Pablo Ozuna
for the purpose of granting his unconditional release.
12 sent of Jerry Owens (partial tear of right adductor) to class aaa 17 optioned rHp D.J. Carrasco to class aaa charlotte … sent
Charlotte on an injury rehabilitation assignment.
rHp Esteban Loaiza (right shoulder inflammation) on an injury
15 dH Jim Thome was suspended one game by Major League rehabilitation assignment to class aa Birmingham.
Baseball for his inappropriate actions during the game on 4/11 vs. 18 returned rHp Bobby Jenks from an injury rehabilitation assign-
detroit … thome served the suspension on 4/15 vs. oakland.
ment at class aa Birmingham and reinstated him from the 15-day
16 accepted 2007 rule 5 draft selection rHp Fernando Hernandez disabled list.
back from the oakland a’s and assigned him to class aa Birming- 20 placed rHp Jose Contreras on the 15-day disabled list (retroacham.tive
to 7/18) with right elbow tendinitis ... recalled rHp D.J. Car-
18 returned of Jerry Owens from his rehabilitation assignment to rasco from class aaa charlotte … optioned rHp Adam Russell
class aaa charlotte, reinstated him from the 15-day disabled list to class aaa charlotte.
(partial tear of right adductor) and optioned him to charlotte. 21 purchased the contract of lHp Clayton Richard from class
26 optioned rHp Mike MacDougal to class aaa charlotte.
aaa charlotte … transferred lHp Andrew Sisco (tommy John
27 recalled rHp Ehren Wassermann from class aaa charlotte. surgery) from the 15-day to the 60-disabled list.

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JULY
OCTOBER
25 placed 3B Joe Crede on the 15-day disabled list (retro to 7/22) 20 outrighted inf Jason Bourgeois, c Donny Lucy, c Paul Phillips
with back lumbar inflammation … recalled third baseman Josh and lHp Andrew Sisco to class aaa charlotte … reinstated rHp
Fields from class aaa charlotte … reinstated rHp Esteban Jose Contreras (ruptured left achilles tendon) from the 60-day
Loaiza from the 15-day disabled list and requested waivers for disabled list.
purposes of granting his unconditional release.
30 agreed to terms on a one-year contract with inf Jayson Nix …
26 placed rHp Scott Linebrink on the 15-day disabled list (retro decilned the club options on the 2009 contracts of of Ken Griffey
to 7/23) with inflammation of the posterior of his right shoulder …
recalled rHp Ehren Wassermann from class aaa charlotte.
Jr. and c Toby Hall.
31 acquired of Ken Griffey Jr. from cincinnati in exchange for rHp NOVEMBER
Nick Masset and inf Danny Richar.
13 acquired inf Wilson Betemit, rHp Jeff Marquez and rHp
Jhonny Nunez from new york-al in exchange for inf/of Nick
AUGUST
Swisher and rHp Kanekoa Texeira.
1 sent 3B Joe Crede (back lumbar inflammation) on an injury 14 outrighted rHp Mike MacDougal to class aaa charlotte.
rehabilitation assignment to charlotte.
17 claimed rHp Kelvin Jimenez off waivers from toronto.
3 sent rHp Jose Contreras (right elbow tendinitis) on an injury 20 purchased the contracts of 1B Brandon Allen and rHp Jon Link,
rehabilitation assignment to charlotte.
rHp Jhonny Nunez and rHp Clevelan Santeliz from class aa
4 optioned lHp Clayton Richard to class aaa charlotte.
Birmingham.
5 recalled rHp Adam Russell from class aaa charlotte … returned
3B Joe Crede (back lumbar inflammation) from his injury DECEMBER
rehabilitation assignment to charlotte … Ozzie Guillen suspended 4 acquired c Tyler Flowers, inf Jonathan Gilmore, inf Brent
two games and fined an undisclosed amount for his actions during Lillibridge and lHp Santos Rodriguez from atlanta in exchange
game on 8/3 at Kansas city … guillen served suspension on 8/5-6 for rHp Javier Vazquez and lHp Boone Logan.
vs. detroit.
12 agreed to terms on a four-year, $10-million contract with 3B Dayan
8 optioned rHp Ehren Wassermann to class aaa charlotte.
Viciedo … agreed to one-year deals with inf Wilson Betimit and
9 reinstated rHp Jose Contreras (right elbow tendinitis) from the outfielder DeWayne Wise, avoiding arbitration.
15-day disabled list … optioned 3B Josh Fields to class aaa
charlotte … acquired lHp Horacio Ramirez from Kansas city
JANUARY
in exchange for of Paulo Orlando.
12 agreed to terms on minor-league contracts with invitations to
10 optioned lHp Boone Logan to class aaa charlotte … placed major-league camp with RHP Ryan Braun, rHp Franklyn Ger-
rHp Jose Contreras (ruptured left achilles tendon) on the 15-day man, of Josh Kroeger, c Corky Miller, inf Byron Myrow, of
disabled list … recalled rHp Lance Broadway from charlotte and Michael Restovich, rHp Brad Salmon, inf Sergio Santos, c
purchased the contract of inf Chris Getz from charlotte.
Chris Stewart, inf Eider Torres, rHp Jon Van Benschoten
14 optioned rHp Lance Broadway to class aaa charlotte.
and lHp Randy Williams … invited inf Gordon Beckham, inf
15 recalled lHp Clayton Richard from class aaa charlotte.
Javier Castillo, c Tyler Flowers, c Donny Lucy, rHp Mike
19 sent 3B Joe Crede (back lumbar inflammation) on an injury MacDougal, lHp Aaron Poreda to spring training as non-roster
rehabilitation assignment to charlotte.
players.
25 returned 3B Joe Crede (back lumbar inflammation) from his injury 15 agreed to terms on a one-year, $1 million contract with rHp
rehabilitation assignment to class aaa charlotte and reinstated Bartolo Colon.
him from the 15-day disabled list … placed of DeWayne Wise on 19 agreed to terms on a one-year, $5.6-million contract with rHp
the 15-day disabled list (retro to 8/21) with a strained left adductor
… optioned inf Chris Getz to charlotte … recalled rHp Lance
Bobby Jenks, avoiding arbitration.
30
Broadway from charlotte.
optioned rHp Lance Broadway to class aaa charlotte.
White Sox 2008 Ejections
31 recalled lHp Boone Logan from class aaa charlotte.
Date Opp. Player/Coach Umpire Reason
SEPTEMBER
4/7 vs. Min.
4/11 vs. det.
ozzie guillen
Jim thome
phil cuzzi
James Hoye
Balls and strikes
Balls and strikes
1 reinstated rHp Scott Linebrink (inflammation of the posterior 5/20 vs. cle. Joe crede Wally Bell Balls and strikes
of his right shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list … recalled 5/24 vs. laa a.J. pierzynski alfonso Marquez Balls and strikes
rHp Mike MacDougal, of Jerry Owens and rHp Ehren Was- 5/24 vs. laa ozzie guillen alfonso Marquez Balls and strikes
sermann from class aaa charlotte … purchased the contract 6/26 at lad don cooper lance Barksdale check swing
of c Paul Phillips from class aaa charlotte … transferred rHp 7/23 vs. tex. ozzie guillen rob drake Balls and strikes
Jose Contreras (ruptured left achilles tendon) from the 15-day 8/3 at K.c. d.J. carrasco tim timmons olivo HBp
to 60-day disabled list.
8/3 at K.c. ozzie guillen tim timmons arguing after HBp
2 recalled rHp Lance Broadway, inf Josh Fields and inf Chris
Getz from class aaa charlotte.
6 purchased the contract of inf/of Jason Bourgeois from class
aaa charlotte … designated rHp Charlie Haeger for assignment.
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210 ChICAGo WhItE Sox
mi S c e L L A n e o u S StAt i S t i c S
record ..........................................................................89-74
final streak ..................................................................Won 3
final Homestand ...............................................................3-2
final trip ...........................................................................3-7
final five games ..............................................................3-2
final 10 games ................................................................4-6
series record ............................................................28-20-6
series first game .........................................................31-23
first/second Half ................................................54-41/35-33
Home/road .........................................................54-28/35-46
day/night ............................................................32-21/57-53
grass/turf .............................................................85-58/4-16
vs. rHp/lHp .......................................................64-58/25-16
vs. rHs/lHs .......................................................58-54/31-20
vs. al ............................................................................77-68
vs. al east ....................................................................15-26
vs. al central................................................................44-29
vs. al West ...................................................................18-13
interleague ......................................................................12-6
Runs By Inning
Inn Sox Opp
1 88 70
2 90 78
3 86 73
4 88 81
5 95 90
6 92 98
7 99 77
8 107 88
9 38 64
x 18 10
Tot. 811 729
WHITE SOX VS. AL CENTRAL
Home Road Total
W L W L W L
cleveland 7 2 4 5 11 7
detroit 7 2 5 4 12 6
Kansas city 7 2 5 4 12 6
Minnesota 8 2 1 8 9 10
Totals 29 8 15 21 44 29
comeback Wins .................................................................38
losses after leading .........................................................33
W-l last at-Bat .............................................................16-11
extra innings .....................................................................8-4
ahead after 6/7/8 ........................................... 68-9/72-7/78-2
Behind after 6/7/8 ........................................ 12-51/6-59/2-66
tied after 6/7/8 ..................................................9-14/11-8/9-6
sox/opp. quality start ..........................................67-26/16-53
sox/opp. errorless ...............................................46-42/45-52
sox/opp. Hr .......................................................80-43/47-51
sox/opp. multiHr ................................................48-21/11-26
Sox/opp. score first .............................................58-27/31-47
sox/opp. score 4+ ...............................................78-20/32-59
sox/opp. score 3 or less .....................................11-54/58-15
sox/opp. outhit opp. ............................................65-13/13-56
sox/opp. 10+ hits ................................................51-17/25-43
March-april/May/June .............................. 14-13/16-13/17-10
July/aug./sept.-oct. ..................................13-12/17-11/12-15
average time of game .....................................................2:53
WHITE SOX STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN
Stats By Position
Pos. HR RBI
C 15 65
1B 29 86
2B 24 92
3B 21 84
SS 8 58
LF 42 112
CF 22 73
RF 37 102
DH 35 97
PH 2 17
P 0 0
Tot. 235 785
WHITE SOX VS. AL EAST
Home Road Total
W L W L W L
Baltimore 2 2 3 2 5 4
Boston 2 2 1 2 3 4
new york 1 2 1 3 2 5
tampa Bay 1 2 3 4 4 6
toronto 1 3 0 4 1 7
Totals 7 11 8 15 15 26
Stats By Order
No. HR RBI
1st 10 62
2nd 21 73
3rd 40 114
4th 35 103
5th 42 107
6th 18 68
7th 26 93
8th 32 102
9th 11 63
Tot. 235 785
Margin Of Victory
No. Total Home Road
1R 22-17 13-5 9-12
2R 18-18 8-8 10-10
3R 6-7 3-2 3-5
4R 13-8 10-4 3-4
5R 11-8 5-3 6-5
6R 4-8 3-3 1-5
7R 3-3 2-1 1-2
8R 3-3 3-1 0-2
9R 3-0 3-0 0-0
10+ 6-2 4-1 2-1
Tot. 89-74 54-28 35-46
WHITE SOX VS. AL WEST
Home Road Total
W L W L W L
los angeles 3 3 2 2 5 5
oakland 3 3 2 1 5 4
seattle 3 0 2 1 5 1
texas 2 1 1 2 3 3
Totals 11 7 7 6 18 13
WHITE SOX VS. NL
Home Road Total
W L W L W L
chicago 3 0 0 3 3 0
colorado 1 2 0 0 1 2
los angeles 0 0 2 1 2 1
pittsburgh 3 0 0 0 3 0
san francisco 0 0 3 0 3 0
Totals 7 2 5 4 12 6

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White Sox Final Statistics
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI
anderson, B. .232 109 181 24 42 79 13 0 8 26 2 0 0 10 0 45 5 1 2 0 .436 .272 12 4 1 2
+Bourgeois, J. .333 6 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 1 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .281 161 661 93 186 245 33 1 8 57 3 9 1 56 1 71 19 6 16 16 .371 .334 1 0 0 0
crede, J. .248 97 335 41 83 154 18 1 17 55 0 4 4 30 0 45 0 3 10 20 .460 .314 0 0 0 0
dye, J. .292 154 590 96 172 319 41 2 34 96 0 5 6 44 3 104 3 2 18 1 .541 .344 1 0 0 0
fields, J. .156 14 32 3 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0 0 2 .188 .229 2 0 0 0
+getz, c. .286 10 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .286 1 1 0 1
griffey Jr., K. .260 41 131 16 34 53 10 0 3 18 0 1 1 17 1 25 0 0 6 0 .405 .347 1 0 0 0
Hall, t. .260 41 127 7 33 42 3 0 2 7 1 0 2 6 1 19 0 0 0 2 .331 .304 4 1 0 1
Konerko, p. .240 122 438 59 105 192 19 1 22 62 0 4 7 65 4 80 2 0 17 7 .438 .344 1 1 0 1
owens, J. .250 12 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 .250 .250 1 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .281 32 64 5 18 21 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 5 .328 .313 2 0 0 0
phillips, p. .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .281 134 534 66 150 222 31 1 13 60 3 6 8 19 5 71 1 0 14 9 .416 .312 4 0 0 1
Quentin, c. .288 130 480 96 138 274 26 1 36 100 0 3 20 66 0 80 7 3 16 7 .571 .394 0 0 0 0
+ramirez, a. .290 136 480 65 139 228 22 2 21 77 4 4 3 18 3 61 13 9 14 13 .475 .317 2 0 0 0
swisher, n. .219 153 497 86 109 204 21 1 24 69 1 4 4 82 6 135 3 3 14 7 .410 .332 4 1 0 3
rigHt .197 132 26 51 5 1 6 16 1 1 2 32 1 29 6 .386 .359 0 0 0 0
left .227 365 83 153 16 0 18 53 0 3 2 50 5 106 8 .419 .321 4 1 0 3
thome, J. .245 149 503 93 123 253 28 0 34 90 0 4 4 91 9 147 1 0 17 0 .503 .362 7 1 0 0
uribe, J. .247 110 324 38 80 125 22 1 7 40 5 1 1 22 0 64 1 3 5 8 .386 .296 7 4 0 1
Wise, d. .248 57 129 20 32 58 4 2 6 18 3 2 1 8 0 32 9 0 5 2 .450 .293 12 5 1 7
pitcHers .105 163 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 9 .105 .150 0 0 0 0
CHICAGO .263 163 5553 811 1458 2485 296 13 235 785 28 47 63 540 33 1016 67 34 157 108 .448 .332 64 18 2 17
OPPONENTS .261 163 5641 729 1471 2315 314 31 156 698 43 26 48 460 42 1147 139 30 136 90 .410 .320 86 20 1 12
dH .246 163 562 102 138 272 29 0 35 97 0 4 4 95 9 161 3 2 21 0 .484 .356 9 1 0 1
OPP
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG
+Broadway, l. 1 0 7.07 7 1 0 4 0 0 14.0 20 11 11 4 0 5 1 7 0 0 .328
Buehrle, M. 15 12 3.79 34 34 1 0 0 0 218.2 240 106 92 22 5 52 4 140 4 0 .281
carrasco, d. 1 0 3.96 31 0 0 6 0 0 38.2 30 17 17 2 5 14 1 30 0 0 .219
contreras, J. 7 6 4.54 20 20 1 0 0 0 121.0 130 64 61 12 3 35 0 70 6 0 .272
danks, J. 12 9 3.32 33 33 0 0 0 0 195.0 182 74 72 15 4 57 1 159 7 0 .246
dotel, o. 4 4 3.76 72 0 0 10 0 1 67.0 52 34 28 12 5 29 3 92 4 0 .208
floyd, g. 17 8 3.84 33 33 1 0 0 0 206.1 190 107 88 30 9 70 6 145 9 0 .241
Jenks, B. 3 1 2.63 57 0 0 52 0 30 61.2 51 18 18 3 1 17 4 38 3 0 .230
linebrink, s. 2 2 3.69 50 0 0 13 0 1 46.1 41 20 19 8 0 9 1 40 3 0 .234
loaiza, e. 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
logan, B. 2 3 5.95 55 0 0 12 0 0 42.1 57 31 28 7 1 14 3 42 1 0 .317
Macdougal, M. 0 0 2.12 16 0 0 8 0 0 17.0 16 4 4 0 2 12 2 12 4 1 .250
Masset, n. 1 0 4.63 32 1 0 11 0 1 44.2 55 26 23 4 2 21 4 32 2 1 .313
ramirez, H. l 3 7.62 17 0 0 3 0 0 13.0 24 11 11 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 .393
+richard, c. 2 5 6.04 13 8 0 3 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 0 13 2 29 1 1 .303
+russell, a. 4 0 5.19 22 0 0 16 0 0 26.0 30 15 15 1 2 10 1 22 3 0 .291
thornton, M. 5 3 2.67 74 0 0 12 0 1 67.1 48 20 20 5 2 19 2 77 3 0 .196
Vazquez, J. 12 16 4.67 33 33 1 0 0 0 208.1 214 113 108 25 6 61 2 200 2 0 .263
Wassermann, e. 1 2 7.78 24 0 0 6 0 0 19.2 27 19 17 0 1 14 4 9 1 0 .333
CHICAGO 89 74 4.06 163 163 4 159 10 34 1457.2 1471 729 658 156 48 460 42 1147 54 3 .261
OPPONENTS 74 89 4.71 163 163 7 156 11 38 1451.0 1458 811 759 235 63 540 33 1016 58 8 .263
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White Sox In First Half
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI
anderson, B. .229 60 131 14 30 54 9 0 5 17 2 0 0 6 0 32 2 1 2 0 .412 .263 6 2 0 0
cabrera, o. .270 94 385 56 104 140 18 0 6 40 2 5 1 35 0 44 15 2 10 6 .364 .329 1 0 0 0
crede, J. .253 86 296 38 75 138 15 0 16 49 0 3 4 29 0 39 0 3 9 17 .466 .325 0 0 0 0
dye, J. .306 89 343 56 105 193 21 2 21 56 0 3 3 28 3 66 3 2 10 1 .563 .361 0 0 0 0
Hall, t. .289 24 76 4 22 28 3 0 1 4 1 0 1 5 1 9 0 0 0 1 .368 .341 2 0 0 0
Konerko, p. .217 68 253 28 55 93 9 1 9 34 0 2 3 36 2 51 1 0 9 7 .368 .320 0 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .281 32 64 5 18 21 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 5 .328 .313 2 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .287 78 310 40 89 133 21 1 7 35 1 2 5 14 5 41 1 0 7 6 .429 .326 3 0 0 0
Quentin, c. .276 91 337 62 93 177 16 1 22 70 0 3 12 43 0 56 5 3 10 6 .525 .375 0 0 0 0
+ramirez, a. .312 69 231 31 72 106 13 0 7 29 4 2 1 7 0 30 7 4 7 5 .459 .332 2 0 0 0
swisher, n. .236 93 318 55 75 128 15 1 12 41 1 2 2 56 4 75 2 2 11 4 .403 .352 2 1 0 3
rigHt .218 87 19 32 2 1 3 9 1 0 1 22 0 19 5 .368 .382 0 0 0 0
left .242 231 56 96 13 0 9 32 0 2 1 34 4 56 6 .416 .340 2 1 0 3
thome, J. .253 87 285 50 72 146 20 0 18 51 0 2 3 54 3 83 1 0 10 0 .512 .375 6 1 0 0
uribe, J. .219 52 146 18 32 51 8 1 3 18 3 0 1 9 0 26 0 0 2 2 .349 .269 5 3 0 0
Wise, d. .350 19 40 8 14 24 2 1 2 5 0 1 0 2 0 11 5 0 1 0 .600 .372 3 1 0 0
pitcHers .105 95 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 0 0 1 4 .105 .150 0 0 0 0
CHICAGO .265 95 3234 465 858 1434 173 8 129 455 19 25 37 327 18 577 42 19 91 64 .443 .337 32 8 0 3
OPPONENTS .251 95 3229 382 810 1263 171 18 82 364 25 16 30 264 19 676 88 18 84 52 .391 .312 45 11 0 4
dH .244 95 311 52 76 151 21 0 18 52 0 2 3 55 3 88 3 1 13 0 .486 .361 5 0 0 0
OPP
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG
Buehrle, M. 6 8 3.68 19 19 1 0 0 0 124.2 132 60 51 10 3 32 3 75 2 0 .277
carrasco, d. 0 0 1.69 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 .211
contreras, J. 7 6 4.60 19 19 1 0 0 0 119.1 127 64 61 12 3 35 0 68 6 0 .270
danks, J. 7 4 2.67 19 19 0 0 0 0 114.2 101 35 34 8 1 31 0 94 5 0 .234
dotel, o. 3 4 2.98 45 0 0 7 0 1 42.1 33 20 14 4 3 21 2 60 3 0 .208
floyd, g. 10 5 3.63 18 18 1 0 0 0 111.2 87 59 45 17 7 47 4 75 6 0 .213
Jenks, B. 2 0 1.95 32 0 0 29 0 18 32.1 28 7 7 1 0 8 2 19 1 0 .246
linebrink, s. 2 2 2.37 41 0 0 8 0 1 38.0 29 11 10 5 0 6 0 32 3 0 .207
loaiza, e. 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
logan, B. 2 2 3.00 39 0 0 10 0 0 33.0 32 13 11 3 0 8 2 32 1 0 .250
Macdougal, M. 0 0 2.08 8 0 0 5 0 0 8.2 8 2 2 0 1 7 1 7 1 0 .242
Masset, n. 1 0 3.32 26 1 0 9 0 1 40.2 44 18 15 2 1 19 3 29 1 1 .284
+russell, a. 3 0 4.70 8 0 0 6 0 0 7.2 11 4 4 0 1 2 0 9 2 0 .344
thornton, M. 4 1 2.33 41 0 0 9 0 1 38.2 26 10 10 3 2 9 1 48 1 0 .184
Vazquez, J. 7 7 4.61 19 19 1 0 0 0 121.0 131 64 62 16 6 34 0 117 1 0 .276
Wassermann, e. 0 1 14.85 11 0 0 3 0 0 6.2 14 12 11 0 1 4 1 5 0 0 .424
CHICAGO 54 40 3.56 95 95 4 90 5 22 847.2 810 382 335 82 30 264 19 676 33 1 .251
OPPONENTS 40 54 4.65 95 95 5 89 8 25 843.2 858 465 436 129 37 327 18 577 28 5 .265
WHITE SOX RECORD BY POSITION
Pitcher (8) — Buehrle (18-16), danks (18-15), floyd (22-11), Vazquez (16-17), contreras (11-9), richard (3-5),
Broadway (1-0), Masset (0-1)
Catcher (2) — pierzynski (67-60), Hall (22-14)
First Base (2) — Konerko (64-52), swisher (25-22)
Second Base (4) — ramirez (67-50), uribe (18-21), ozuna (3-3), getz (1-0)
Third Base (4) — crede (51-44), uribe (28-24), ozuna (7-3), fields (3-3)
Shortstop (3) — cabrera (87-73), ramirez (2-0), uribe (0-1)
Left Field (5) — Quentin (75-55), swisher (7-9), Wise (5-9), anderson (1-1), owens (1-0)
Center Field (6) — swisher (42-27), anderson (18-19), griffey Jr. (17-15), Wise (10-7), ramirez (1-5), owens (1-1)
Right Field (3) — dye (85-66), swisher (4-7), griffey Jr. (0-1)
DH (5) — thome (75-64), griffey Jr. (5-1), Konerko (3-2), dye (0-2), fields (1-1)

White Sox In Second Half
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI
anderson, B. .245 47 49 10 12 25 4 0 3 9 0 0 0 3 0 12 3 0 0 0 .510 .288 6 2 1 2
+Bourgeois, J. .333 6 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 1 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .303 65 267 36 81 104 15 1 2 17 1 4 0 20 1 26 4 4 6 9 .390 .347 0 0 0 0
crede, J. .216 11 37 3 8 16 3 1 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 1 3 .432 .231 0 0 0 0
dye, J. .272 62 239 39 65 124 20 0 13 40 0 2 3 15 0 38 0 0 8 0 .519 .320 0 0 0 0
fields, J. .156 14 32 3 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0 0 2 .188 .229 2 0 0 0
+getz, c. .286 9 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .286 1 1 0 1
griffey Jr., K. .254 38 126 15 32 50 9 0 3 18 0 1 1 15 0 24 0 0 6 0 .397 .336 1 0 0 0
Hall, t. .216 17 51 3 11 14 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 1 .275 .245 2 1 0 1
Konerko, p. .279 52 179 30 50 99 10 0 13 28 0 2 4 27 1 28 1 0 8 0 .553 .382 1 1 0 1
owens, J. .250 12 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 .250 .250 1 0 0 0
phillips, p. .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .273 54 216 25 59 85 8 0 6 24 2 4 3 5 0 27 0 0 7 3 .394 .294 1 0 0 1
Quentin, c. .312 39 141 34 44 96 10 0 14 30 0 0 8 23 0 24 2 0 6 1 .681 .436 0 0 0 0
+ramirez, a. .266 65 244 32 65 117 9 2 13 44 0 2 2 9 2 31 5 5 7 8 .480 .296 0 0 0 0
swisher, n. .191 58 178 31 34 76 6 0 12 28 0 2 2 26 2 59 1 1 3 3 .427 .298 2 0 0 0
rigHt .156 45 7 19 3 0 3 7 0 1 1 10 1 10 1 .422 .316 0 0 0 0
left .203 133 27 57 3 0 9 21 0 1 1 16 1 49 2 .429 .291 2 0 0 0
thome, J. .238 60 210 42 50 103 8 0 15 38 0 2 1 36 6 60 0 0 7 0 .490 .349 1 0 0 0
uribe, J. .282 56 170 20 48 74 14 0 4 22 2 1 0 13 0 37 1 3 3 6 .435 .332 2 1 0 1
Wise, d. .217 36 83 11 18 34 2 1 4 13 3 1 1 4 0 20 3 0 3 2 .410 .258 9 4 1 7
CHICAGO .262 66 2250 337 589 1031 120 5 104 324 9 22 26 201 12 425 23 15 65 42 .458 .327 31 10 2 14
OPPONENT .277 66 2341 344 649 1037 140 13 74 332 17 10 17 189 21 453 47 12 49 36 .443 .334 37 9 1 8
dH .251 66 243 49 61 117 8 0 16 44 0 2 1 39 6 69 0 1 8 0 .481 .354 4 1 0 1
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK
OPP
AVG
+Broadway, l. 1 0 7.07 7 1 0 4 0 0 14.0 20 11 11 4 0 5 1 7 0 0 .328
Buehrle, M. 9 4 3.93 15 15 0 0 0 0 94.0 108 46 41 12 2 20 1 65 2 0 .287
carrasco, d. 1 0 4.55 28 0 0 3 0 0 31.2 25 16 16 2 4 13 1 23 0 0 .221
contreras, J. 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .375
danks, J. 4 5 4.73 13 13 0 0 0 0 72.1 79 39 38 7 3 23 1 61 2 0 .277
dotel, o. 1 0 5.25 26 0 0 3 0 0 24.0 19 14 14 8 2 8 1 32 1 0 .213
floyd, g. 6 3 4.26 14 14 0 0 0 0 88.2 98 46 42 13 1 21 1 62 3 0 .276
Jenks, B. 1 1 3.49 24 0 0 22 0 11 28.1 23 11 11 2 1 9 2 18 2 0 .219
linebrink, s. 0 0 11.05 8 0 0 5 0 0 7.1 11 9 9 3 0 3 1 5 0 0 .355
logan, B. 0 1 16.39 16 0 0 2 0 0 9.1 25 18 17 4 1 6 1 10 0 0 .481
Macdougal, M. 0 0 2.16 8 0 0 3 0 0 8.1 8 2 2 0 1 5 1 5 3 1 .258
Masset, n. 0 0 18.00 6 0 0 2 0 0 4.0 11 8 8 2 1 2 1 3 1 0 .524
ramirez, H. 0 2 8.44 16 0 0 3 0 0 10.2 21 10 10 0 0 6 0 2 1 0 .404
+richard, c. 2 5 6.04 13 8 0 3 0 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 0 13 2 29 1 1 .303
+russell, a. 1 0 5.40 14 0 0 10 0 0 18.1 19 11 11 1 1 8 1 13 1 0 .268
thornton, M. 1 2 3.18 32 0 0 3 0 0 28.1 22 10 10 2 0 10 1 29 2 0 .216
Vazquez, J. 5 9 4.74 14 14 0 0 0 0 87.1 83 49 46 9 0 27 2 83 1 0 .244
Wasserman, e. 1 1 4.15 13 0 0 3 0 0 13.0 13 7 6 0 0 10 3 4 1 0 .271
CHICAGO 33 33 4.90 66 66 0 66 4 11 589.0 649 344 321 74 17 189 21 453 21 2 .277
OPPONENTS 33 33 4.90 66 66 2 64 3 12 588.1 589 337 320 104 26 201 12 425 25 3 .262
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WHITE SOX RECORD BY BATTING ORDER
1st (5) — cabrera (73-55), swisher (14-15), Wise (0-3), ramirez (2-0), Quentin (0-1)
2nd (9) — pierzynski (46-37), cabrera (14-18), anderson (6-5), Quentin (4-5), Wise (7-4), swisher (6-1), ramirez (4-2),
ozuna (1-1), griffey Jr. (1-1)
3rd (3) — Quentin (57-36), thome (16-21), dye (16-17)
4th (4) — dye (45-33), Konerko (26-22), thome (16-19), griffey Jr. (2-0)
5th (9) — thome (43-24), dye (17-17), Konerko (15-17), ramirez (4-4), swisher (3-4), pierzynski (3-3), griffey Jr. (3-1),
crede (1-2), Quentin (0-2)
6th (9) — Konerko (26-15), pierzynski (15-15), crede (13-15), griffey Jr. (9-9), swisher (9-7), ramirez (4-8), dye (7-1),
Quentin (4-3), ozuna (2-1)
7th (11) — swisher (30-26), ramirez (22-18), crede (15-5), Quentin (10-8), griffey Jr. (7-6), anderson (1-3), uribe (2-1),
Wise (2-2), pierzynski (0-3), Hall (0-1), ozuna (0-1)
8th (10) — crede (22-19), ramirez (18-13), swisher (16-11), anderson (9-10), uribe (9-10), Hall (5-2), fields (2-4),
Wise (2-3), pierzynski (3-2), ozuna (3-0)
9th (12) — uribe (34-35), Hall (17-11), ramirez (17-10), pitchers (5-4), Wise (4-4), ozuna (4-3), anderson (3-2),
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White Sox Team Batting Profile
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI
anderson, B. .232 75 181 24 42 79 13 0 8 26 2 0 0 10 0 45 5 1 2 0 .436 .272 12 4 1 2
Bourgeois, J. .333 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333 1 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .281 161 661 93 186 245 33 1 8 57 3 9 1 56 1 71 19 6 16 16 .371 .334 1 0 0 0
crede, J. .248 96 335 41 83 154 18 1 17 55 0 4 4 30 0 45 0 3 10 20 .460 .314 0 0 0 0
dye, J. .292 154 590 96 172 319 41 2 34 96 0 5 6 44 3 104 3 2 18 1 .541 .344 1 0 0 0
fields, J. .156 13 32 3 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0 0 2 .188 .229 2 0 0 0
getz, c. .286 8 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .286 .286 1 1 0 1
griffey Jr., K. .260 41 131 16 34 53 10 0 3 18 0 1 1 17 1 25 0 0 6 0 .405 .347 1 0 0 0
Hall, t. .260 40 127 7 33 42 3 0 2 7 1 0 2 6 1 19 0 0 0 2 .331 .304 4 1 0 1
Konerko, p. .240 122 438 59 105 192 19 1 22 62 0 4 7 65 4 80 2 0 17 7 .438 .344 1 1 0 1
owens, J. .250 7 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 .250 .250 1 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .281 26 64 5 18 21 3 0 0 6 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 2 2 5 .328 .313 2 0 0 0
phillips, p. .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .281 134 534 66 150 222 31 1 13 60 3 6 8 19 5 71 1 0 14 9 .416 .312 4 0 0 1
Quentin, c. .288 130 480 96 138 274 26 1 36 100 0 3 20 66 0 80 7 3 16 7 .571 .394 0 0 0 0
ramirez, a. .290 134 480 65 139 228 22 2 21 77 4 4 3 18 3 61 13 9 14 13 .475 .317 2 0 0 0
swisher, n. .219 151 497 86 109 204 21 1 24 69 1 4 4 82 6 135 3 3 14 7 .410 .332 4 1 0 3
thome, J. .245 149 503 93 123 253 28 0 34 90 0 4 4 91 9 147 1 0 17 0 .503 .362 7 1 0 0
uribe, J. .247 106 324 38 80 125 22 1 7 40 5 1 1 22 0 64 1 3 5 8 .386 .296 7 4 0 1
Wise, d. .248 53 129 20 32 58 4 2 6 18 3 2 1 8 0 32 9 0 5 2 .450 .293 12 5 1 7
TOTALS .263 163 5553 811 1458 2485 296 13 235 785 28 47 63 540 33 1016 67 34 157 99 .448 .332 64 18 2 17
vs. left .251 1523 231 383 698 86 5 73 226 9 18 15 177 10 257 12 11 45 .458 .332 17 5 1 4
vs. right .267 4030 580 1075 1787 210 8 162 559 19 29 48 363 23 759 55 23 112 .443 .332 47 13 1 13
Home .272 82 2773 472 754 1334 145 3 143 458 15 23 42 284 16 497 34 21 73 46 .481 .346 33 9 1 9
road .253 81 2780 339 704 1151 151 10 92 327 13 24 21 256 17 519 33 13 84 53 .414 .318 31 9 1 8
day .270 54 1848 313 499 887 110 4 90 305 11 13 21 196 15 362 26 11 47 31 .480 .345 23 9 2 12
night .259 109 3705 498 959 1598 186 9 145 480 17 34 42 344 18 654 41 23 110 68 .431 .326 41 9 0 5
grass .268 143 4878 748 1306 2245 267 12 216 725 25 45 59 487 32 872 60 33 140 88 .460 .339 55 18 2 17
turf .225 20 675 63 152 240 29 1 19 60 3 2 4 53 1 144 7 1 17 11 .356 .285 9 0 0 0
runners on .276 163 2314 678 638 1086 130 6 102 652 28 47 34 239 33 437 67 34 157 .469 .346 30 10 1 16
none on .253 163 3239 133 820 1399 166 7 133 133 0 0 29 301 0 579 0 0 0 .432 .322 34 8 1 1
riscp .277 163 1300 561 360 602 80 3 52 537 13 47 22 150 33 258 19 5 55 .463 .350 22 9 1 16
riscp 2out .234 158 590 202 138 235 30 2 21 188 0 0 9 79 15 131 9 0 0 .398 .333 12 8 1 13
innings 1-6 .267 163 3749 549 1001 1692 203 10 156 531 20 34 39 360 16 631 33 19 119 .451 .335 7 4 0 1
innings 7+ .253 163 1804 262 457 793 93 3 79 254 8 13 24 180 17 385 34 15 38 .440 .327 57 14 2 16
dH .246 154 562 102 138 272 29 0 35 97 0 4 4 95 9 161 3 2 21 .484 .356 9 1 0 1
vs. a.l. .259 145 4943 708 1279 2176 260 11 205 684 21 40 54 476 31 900 57 30 141 .440 .328 51 13 2 14
vs. n.l. .293 18 610 103 179 309 36 2 30 101 7 7 9 64 2 116 10 4 16 .507 .365 13 5 0 3
Bal .229 9 319 39 73 129 15 1 13 35 3 3 7 46 4 47 7 2 7 7 .404 .336 1 0 0 0
Bos .221 7 217 20 48 78 10 1 6 19 3 2 4 13 0 45 1 1 9 3 .359 .275 0 0 0 0
cHi .296 6 206 32 61 109 15 0 11 31 1 0 2 18 0 42 4 0 7 3 .529 .358 6 3 0 0
cle .261 18 624 84 163 275 25 0 29 82 1 6 4 48 5 107 5 2 19 9 .441 .315 6 3 0 2
col .215 3 93 8 20 31 2 0 3 8 0 0 3 10 0 17 1 2 2 4 .333 .311 0 0 0 0
det .255 18 600 110 153 266 39 1 24 104 4 5 9 73 9 104 5 6 17 10 .443 .342 5 1 1 4
Kc .265 18 635 104 168 300 29 2 33 102 1 8 8 53 0 122 8 3 13 11 .472 .325 9 4 1 4
la .229 3 96 8 22 29 2 1 1 8 4 1 1 9 2 20 3 0 3 6 .302 .299 2 0 0 0
laa .246 10 345 40 85 135 14 0 12 40 0 2 3 31 1 61 6 0 16 5 .391 .312 5 0 0 1
Min .285 19 657 101 187 315 33 1 31 95 1 2 2 51 3 107 9 3 16 10 .479 .337 12 2 0 0
nyy .253 7 237 27 60 101 20 0 7 27 1 1 0 20 1 45 0 3 6 3 .426 .310 1 0 0 0
oaK .243 9 288 37 70 117 14 0 11 36 2 3 5 32 2 55 1 7 6 4 .406 .326 4 1 0 1
sea .338 6 210 48 71 129 17 1 13 47 1 2 3 27 3 23 1 1 7 3 .614 .417 0 0 0 0
pit .404 3 109 37 44 87 13 0 10 36 1 3 2 13 0 14 1 1 3 1 .798 .465 3 1 0 0
tB .250 10 344 37 86 143 17 2 12 37 1 2 1 34 1 73 3 2 13 4 .416 .318 4 1 0 1
teX .330 6 209 43 69 120 14 2 11 42 1 3 4 31 1 45 7 0 9 8 .574 .421 1 0 0 0
sf .302 3 106 18 32 53 4 1 5 18 1 3 1 14 0 23 1 1 1 2 .500 .379 2 1 0 3
tor .178 8 258 18 46 68 13 0 3 18 2 1 4 17 1 66 4 0 3 6 .264 .239 3 1 0 1

White Sox Team Pitching Profile
OPP
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK AVG SLG OBP
Broadway, l. 1 0 7.07 7 1 0 0 4 0 14.0 20 11 11 4 0 0 0 5 1 7 0 0 .328 .623 .379
Buehrle, M. 15 12 3.79 34 34 1 0 0 0 218.2 240 106 92 22 2 6 5 52 4 140 4 0 .281 .423 .324
carrasco, d. 1 0 3.96 31 0 0 0 6 0 38.2 30 17 17 2 1 1 5 14 1 30 0 0 .219 .299 .312
contreras, J. 7 6 4.54 20 20 1 0 0 0 121.0 130 64 61 12 4 2 3 35 0 70 6 0 .272 .410 .324
danks, J. 12 9 3.32 33 33 0 0 0 0 195.0 182 74 72 15 2 2 4 57 1 159 7 0 .246 .371 .303
dotel, o. 4 4 3.76 72 0 0 0 10 1 67.0 52 34 28 12 4 0 5 29 3 92 4 0 .208 .384 .303
floyd, g. 17 8 3.84 33 33 1 0 0 0 206.1 190 107 88 30 7 5 9 70 6 145 9 0 .241 .429 .309
Jenks, B. 3 1 2.63 57 0 0 0 52 30 61.2 51 18 18 3 2 1 1 17 4 38 3 0 .230 .333 .286
linebrink, s. 2 2 3.69 50 0 0 0 13 1 46.1 41 20 19 8 2 0 0 9 1 40 3 0 .234 .406 .272
loaiza, e. 0 0 3.00 3 0 0 0 3 0 3.0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .462 .231
logan, B. 2 3 5.95 55 0 0 0 12 0 42.1 57 31 28 7 2 0 1 14 3 42 1 0 .317 .522 .369
Macdougal, M. 0 0 2.12 16 0 0 0 8 0 17.0 16 4 4 0 0 0 2 12 2 12 4 1 .250 .313 .385
Masset, n. 1 0 4.63 32 1 0 0 11 1 44.2 55 26 23 4 3 1 2 21 4 32 2 1 .313 .460 .390
ramirez, H. 0 3 7.62 17 0 0 0 3 0 13.0 24 11 11 0 3 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 .393 .459 .464
richard, c. 2 5 6.04 13 8 0 0 3 0 47.2 61 37 32 5 0 1 0 13 2 29 1 1 .303 .458 .344
russell, a. 4 0 5.19 22 0 0 0 16 0 26.0 30 15 15 1 2 1 2 10 1 22 3 0 .291 .379 .362
thornton, M. 5 3 2.67 74 0 0 0 12 1 67.1 48 20 20 5 1 1 2 19 2 77 3 0 .196 .286 .258
Vazquez, J. 12 16 4.67 33 33 1 0 0 0 208.1 214 113 108 25 4 4 6 61 2 200 2 0 .263 .438 .317
Wassermann, e. 1 2 7.78 24 0 0 0 6 0 19.2 27 19 17 0 4 1 1 14 4 9 1 0 .333 .481 .433
TOTAL 89 74 4.11 163 163 4 0 159 34 1457.2 1471 729 665 156 43 26 48 460 42 1147 54 3 .261 .410 .320
vs. left 600 73 13 14 18 220 25 501 29 3 .264 .427 .332
vs. right 871 83 30 12 30 240 17 646 25 3 .259 .399 .313
Home 54 28 3.75 82 82 2 0 80 13 763.0 700 347 318 83 19 10 19 240 21 640 24 1 .242 .388 .303
road 35 46 4.50 81 81 2 0 79 21 694.2 771 382 347 73 24 16 29 220 21 507 30 2 .280 .434 .338
day 33 21 3.71 54 54 1 0 53 17 480.1 477 223 198 45 14 5 13 152 11 408 18 1 .258 .392 .318
night 56 53 4.30 109 109 3 0 106 17 977.1 994 506 467 111 29 21 35 308 31 739 36 2 .262 .419 .322
grass 85 58 4.13 143 143 2 0 141 34 1291.0 1303 649 593 143 36 22 42 413 37 1015 50 2 .261 .412 .321
turf 4 16 3.89 20 20 2 0 18 0 166.2 168 80 72 13 7 4 6 47 5 132 4 1 .260 .400 .314
vs. al 77 68 4.19 145 145 4 0 141 28 1299.2 1326 657 605 133 37 24 44 408 37 1030 47 3 .263 .410 .322
vs. nl 12 6 3.42 18 18 0 0 18 6 158.0 145 72 60 23 6 2 4 52 5 117 7 0 .245 .414 .309
Bal 5 4 3.59 9 9 0 0 9 2 85.1 78 39 34 9 3 1 2 25 3 60 2 2 .238 .375 .295
Bos 3 4 5.16 7 7 0 0 7 3 61.0 71 37 35 4 1 1 4 26 4 56 3 0 .287 .433 .363
cHi 3 3 5.12 6 6 0 0 6 1 51.0 62 31 29 12 1 0 1 19 1 44 0 0 .302 .527 .364
cle 11 7 4.67 18 18 0 0 18 7 162.0 162 92 84 18 8 2 8 58 6 138 6 2 .260 .410 .329
col 1 2 2.67 3 3 0 0 3 1 27.0 22 11 8 6 3 0 0 7 1 25 2 0 .224 .449 .276
det 12 6 3.75 18 18 0 0 18 4 163.1 169 73 68 17 3 0 2 47 3 133 7 0 .269 .409 .322
Kc 12 6 4.07 18 18 0 0 18 3 168.0 172 86 76 18 2 3 10 38 3 107 8 0 .263 .414 .312
la 2 1 1.73 3 3 0 0 3 1 26.0 17 6 5 1 1 1 0 6 1 10 2 0 .185 .250 .232
laa 5 5 2.97 10 10 1 0 9 1 94.0 78 34 31 8 2 5 6 27 2 78 4 0 .224 .342 .288
Min 9 10 5.08 19 19 0 0 19 3 164.2 178 99 93 15 9 5 3 57 6 120 8 2 .275 .427 .334
nyy 2 5 6.00 7 7 0 0 7 0 60.0 68 41 40 10 2 1 1 27 4 44 2 0 .283 .471 .357
ny 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
oaK 5 4 2.69 9 9 1 0 8 3 80.1 69 25 24 8 2 1 1 26 1 73 4 0 .233 .358 .296
sea 5 1 3.40 6 6 0 0 6 1 53.0 59 20 20 5 2 1 1 15 0 36 2 0 .281 .419 .330
pit 3 0 3.00 3 3 0 0 3 0 27.0 21 15 9 3 1 1 1 7 0 20 1 0 .214 .357 .271
tB 4 6 3.27 10 10 0 0 10 0 88.0 79 35 32 7 0 1 2 26 3 80 0 0 .236 .373 .294
teX 3 3 6.75 6 6 0 0 6 1 52.0 66 42 39 8 0 2 3 20 1 52 1 0 .299 .516 .362
sf 3 0 3.00 3 3 0 0 3 3 27.0 23 9 9 1 0 0 2 13 2 18 2 0 .232 .354 .333
tor 1 7 3.84 8 8 2 0 6 0 68.0 77 34 29 6 3 1 1 16 1 53 0 0 .285 .426 .326
Saving The Pen
White sox starting pitchers ranked third in the american league with 998.1 ip in 2008, trailing only toronto
(1,021.2) and the Angels (1,012.0). Sox starters finished second in that department in 2007 after leading
the league in 2006 (1,042.0) and 2005 (1,074.0). Mark Buehrle (5th, 218.2), Javier Vazquez (9th, 208.1)
and gavin floyd (10th, 206.1) all ranked among the al leaders in ip in 2008, while John danks (195.0) fell
5.0 IP short of joining that trio with 200.0 IP.
History
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White Sox In Interleague Play
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E SLG OBP AB H HR RBI
anderson, B. .184 14 38 3 7 18 2 0 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 12 1 1 0 0 .474 .225 2 0 0 0
Buehrle, M. .167 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .301 18 73 14 22 40 3 0 5 14 0 3 0 7 0 9 3 0 1 3 .548 .349 0 0 0 0
contreras, J. .000 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
crede, J. .240 15 50 7 12 21 3 0 2 7 0 1 2 3 0 8 0 1 5 4 .420 .304 0 0 0 0
danks, J. .167 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .167 .286 0 0 0 0
dye, J. .366 18 71 16 26 56 6 0 8 23 0 0 1 6 0 10 2 1 3 1 .789 .423 0 0 0 0
floyd, g. .000 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Hall, t. .417 3 12 1 5 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 .667 .462 0 0 0 0
Konerko, p. .167 5 18 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 .167 .318 0 0 0 0
Masset, n. .000 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .286 6 14 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .357 .412 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .284 15 67 11 19 25 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 1 3 .373 .304 0 0 0 0
Quentin, c. .350 17 60 14 21 35 2 0 4 10 0 2 2 13 0 9 2 0 1 0 .583 .468 0 0 0 0
+ramirez, a. .317 16 60 9 19 31 6 0 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 1 1 .517 .328 0 0 0 0
swisher, n. .286 18 56 10 16 25 6 0 1 11 1 1 1 12 1 15 0 0 2 0 .446 .414 1 1 0 3
rigHt .160 25 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 5 2 .200 .323 0 0 0 0
left .387 31 12 20 5 0 1 11 0 1 1 6 1 10 0 .645 .487 1 1 0 3
thome, J. .276 14 29 9 8 17 3 0 2 7 0 0 1 9 0 7 0 0 0 0 .586 .462 5 1 0 0
uribe, J. .316 10 19 3 6 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .421 .316 5 3 0 0
Vazquez, J. .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0 0 0 0
Wise, d. .375 7 24 4 9 15 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 1 0 .625 .423 0 0 0 0
CHICAGO .293 18 610 103 179 309 36 2 30 101 7 7 9 64 2 116 10 4 16 18 .507 .365 13 5 0 3
OPPONENTS .245 18 592 72 145 245 29 1 23 67 6 2 4 52 5 117 20 2 23 4 .414 .309 13 1 0 1
dH .242 18 33 8 8 16 2 0 2 7 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 .485 .390 5 0 0 0
OPP
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK AVG
Buehrle, M. 4 0 1.21 4 4 0 0 0 0 29.2 23 5 4 2 0 7 0 11 0 0 .219
contreras, J. 1 2 8.44 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 24 16 15 7 0 6 0 8 0 0 .353
danks, J. 1 0 1.50 4 4 0 0 0 0 24.0 20 4 4 1 0 8 0 17 4 0 .230
dotel, o. 0 1 6.75 9 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 7 6 5 2 0 7 1 11 0 0 .250
floyd, g. 2 1 3.47 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 20 16 9 5 3 10 3 15 3 0 .225
Jenks, B. 0 0 1.13 8 0 0 8 0 5 8.0 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 .241
linebrink, s. 0 1 1.13 9 0 0 2 0 0 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 .115
loaiza, e. 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
logan, B. 0 0 3.18 7 0 0 2 0 0 5.2 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 .227
Macdougal, M. 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Masset, n. 0 0 1.08 7 0 0 3 0 1 8.1 7 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .233
+russell, a. 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .267
thornton, M. 3 0 1.23 8 0 0 0 0 0 7.1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 0 0 .154
Vazquez, J. 1 1 7.71 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.1 19 15 14 3 1 10 0 14 0 0 .302
Wassermann, e. 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500
CHICAGO 12 6 3.42 18 18 0 18 0 6 158.0 145 72 60 23 4 52 5 117 7 0 .245
OPPONENTS 6 12 5.86 18 18 1 17 1 3 155.0 179 103 101 30 9 64 2 116 6 2 .293
+Rookie
Interleague Recap
the White sox went 12-6 in interleague play in 2008, hitting .293 (179-610) with a 3.42 era (60 er/158.0
IP) and outscoring the opposition, 102-72. Jermaine Dye led the major leagues with eight home runs and
23 rBi, while Mark Buehrle tied for the lead with four victories and ranked fourth with a 1.21 era. the
american league was 149-102 (.594) vs. the national league, outscoring the senior circuit by a 1,247-1,010
margin. the sox are 116-95 (.550) all-time in interleague play, tied with Boston for the fourth-best winning
percentage in baseball.

White Sox Designated Hitters
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP
thome, J. .246 140 496 92 122 251 27 0 34 90 0 4 3 90 9 145 1 0 17 .506 .363
griffey Jr., K. .391 6 23 5 9 12 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 .522 .462
Konerko, p. .167 5 18 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 2 .222 .286
dye, J. .125 2 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .125 .125
fields, J. .167 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167
Hall, t. .250 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250
anderson, B. .333 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .667 .333
ramirez, a. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
swisher, n. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000
uribe, J. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Wise, d. .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000
getz, c. .000 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
ozuna, p. .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
TOTALS .246 562 102 138 272 29 0 35 97 0 4 4 95 9 161 3 2 21 .484 .356
White Sox Pinch Hitters
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP
anderson, B. .333 13 12 3 4 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 .667 .385
Wise, d. .417 13 12 3 5 8 0 0 1 7 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 .667 .385
thome, J. .143 10 7 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 .286 .400
uribe, J. .571 7 7 2 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 .571
Hall, t. .250 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250
pierzynski, a. .000 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .286
swisher, n. .250 5 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 .500 .400
fields, J. .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000
ozuna, p. .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333
ramirez, a. .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Bourgeois, J. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
cabrera, o. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
dye, J. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
getz, c. 1.000 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
griffey Jr., K. .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500
Konerko, p. 1.000 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
owens, J. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
phillips, p. .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
TOTALS .281 64 9 18 30 6 0 2 17 0 2 3 6 1 16 2 1 1 .469 .360
Pitchers PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
Broadway, l. 1.000 7-1 3 3 0 6 0 0
Buehrle, M. 1.000 34-34 18 34 0 52 5 0
carrasco, d. .800 31-0 1 3 1 5 0 0
contreras, J. 1.000 20-20 5 14 0 19 1 0
danks, J. 1.000 33-33 12 28 0 40 1 0
dotel, o. .875 72-0 3 4 1 8 0 0
floyd, g. .953 33-33 18 23 2 43 3 0
Jenks, B. 1.000 57-0 4 12 0 16 1 0
linebrink, s. 1.000 50-0 2 6 0 8 1 0
loaiza, e. .000 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
logan, B. 1.000 55-0 3 6 0 9 1 0
Macdougal, M. --- 16-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ramirez, H. 1.000 32-0 3 10 0 13 0 0
richard, c. .769 13-8 3 7 3 13 0 0
russell, a. 1.000 22-0 0 5 0 5 0 0
thornton, M. 1.000 74-0 1 8 0 9 1 0
Vazquez, J. 1.000 33-33 17 29 0 46 3 0
Wassermann, e. 1.000 24-0 0 4 0 4 0 4
Catchers PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
Hall, t. .992 37-36 231 15 2 248 0 0
phillips, p. 1.000 4-0 7 0 0 7 0 0
pierzynski, a. .991 131-127 913 54 9 976 8 0
Catcher Misc. ER IC ERA CS-ATT PCT PB
Hall, t. 129 315.1 3.68 3-46 6.5 1
phillips, p. 3 8.0 3.38 0-0 0.0 0
pierzynski, a. 526 1134.1 4.17 11-107 10.3 5
White Sox Fielding By Position
History
First Basemen PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
Konerko, p. .994 116-116 1010 75 7 1092 94 0
swisher. n. .996 71-47 447 32 2 481 52 0
Second Base PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
Bourgeois, J. .000 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0
getz, c. 1.000 7-1 6 9 0 15 1 0
ozuna, p. .995 10-6 10 11 1 22 0 0
ramirez, a. .981 121-117 237 327 11 575 71 0
uribe, J. .996 52-39 104 124 1 229 34 0
Third Base PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
crede, J. .930 97-95 57 207 20 284 22 0
fields, J. .917 12-6 6 16 2 24 3 0
ozuna, p. .902 16-10 8 29 4 41 4 0
ramirez, a. 1.000 1-0 0 1 0 1 0 0
uribe, J. .960 57-52 41 125 7 173 10 0
Shortstop PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
cabrera, o. .978 161-160 242 472 16 730 101 0
ramirez, a. .958 16-2 8 15 1 24 4 0
uribe, J. 1.000 4-1 2 2 0 4 0 0
Outfielders PCT G-GS PO A E TC DP TP
anderson, B. 1.000 98-39 105 0 0 105 0 0
dye, J. .996 151-151 266 5 1 272 0 0
griffey Jr, K. 1.000 33-33 63 1 0 64 1 0
owens, J. 1.000 10-3 7 0 0 7 0 0
Quentin, c. .971 130-130 228 5 7 240 2 0
ramirez, a. .944 11-6 16 1 1 18 0 0
swisher, n. .975 97-96 194 3 5 202 0 0
Wise, d. .974 46-31 72 2 2 76 0 0
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White Sox In Home Games
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .247 60 93 15 23 45 7 0 5 17 1 0 0 7 21 3 0 2 0
Bourgeois, J. .000 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .280 81 329 48 92 131 14 0 5 30 2 5 1 30 33 6 2 9 8
crede, J. .259 47 162 27 42 88 13 0 11 37 0 1 2 17 18 0 2 5 8
dye, J. .336 76 286 54 96 218 24 0 18 62 0 1 5 20 46 3 2 8 0
fields, J. .000 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
getz, c. .333 8 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
griffey Jr., K. .257 23 74 10 19 29 7 0 1 9 0 1 1 8 15 0 0 3 0
Hall, t. .190 19 58 4 11 17 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 1
Konerko, p. .285 57 193 36 55 111 9 1 15 38 0 3 5 35 35 1 0 6 3
owens, J. .500 7 6 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .387 19 31 5 12 14 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3
phillips, p. .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .300 66 277 38 83 120 16 0 7 29 2 3 4 5 41 1 0 7 2
Quentin, c. .274 65 237 55 65 138 10 0 21 48 0 1 14 35 42 4 3 8 4
ramirez, a. .271 72 247 37 67 119 9 2 13 47 4 3 2 12 26 5 5 5 9
swisher, n. .247 80 259 57 64 134 13 0 19 50 0 0 2 44 72 1 2 6 2
thome, J. .221 78 267 54 59 124 8 0 19 47 0 2 3 55 87 1 0 9 0
uribe, J. .259 58 174 20 45 70 10 0 5 24 3 1 0 11 33 1 3 3 4
Wise, d. .242 31 66 9 16 25 3 0 2 9 2 2 1 2 14 5 0 2 2
TOTALS .272 82 2773 472 754 1334 145 3 143 458 15 23 42 284 497 34 21 73 52
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Broadway, l. 3.68 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 7.1 29 7 3 3 1 0 2 2 0 .241
Buehrle, M. 2.65 11 3 17 17 0 0 0 115.1 435 105 39 34 10 1 31 80 0 .241
carrasco, d. 2.96 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 24.1 84 19 8 8 1 1 10 20 0 .226
contreras, J. 3.25 4 3 10 10 0 0 0 61.0 228 52 24 22 8 1 17 40 1 .228
danks, J. 3.66 5 6 18 18 0 0 0 105.2 395 94 44 43 8 2 31 91 4 .238
dotel, o. 3.12 2 1 35 0 0 0 0 34.2 127 25 15 12 6 3 10 46 1 .197
floyd, g. 3.55 10 3 17 17 1 0 0 111.2 411 86 57 44 18 5 39 91 6 .209
Jenks, B. 2.36 3 0 32 0 0 0 11 34.1 123 31 9 9 2 1 8 18 1 .252
linebrink, s. 4.05 2 0 28 0 0 0 1 26.2 99 24 12 12 4 0 8 24 3 .242
loaiza, e. 4.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 9 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222
logan, B. 7.71 0 1 24 0 0 0 0 18.2 82 27 16 16 3 1 4 20 0 .329
Macdougal, M. 2.45 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 7.1 28 7 2 2 0 2 6 6 2 .250
Masset, n. 6.97 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 20.2 95 38 19 16 3 0 10 15 2 .400
ramirez, H. 5.06 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 10.2 48 18 6 6 0 0 5 2 1 .375
richard, c. 5.29 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 17.0 74 20 11 10 3 0 3 10 0 .270
russell, a. 5.03 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 19.2 74 19 11 11 1 0 8 16 2 .257
thornton, M. 2.88 4 1 38 0 0 0 1 34.1 126 24 11 11 3 1 13 47 1 .190
Vazquez, J. 4.25 7 7 16 16 1 0 0 106.0 401 92 50 50 11 1 29 108 0 .229
Wassermann, e. 12.71 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 5.2 24 10 8 8 0 0 6 4 0 .417
TOTALS 3.75 54 28 82 82 2 6 13 763.0 2892 700 347 318 83 19 240 640 24 .242
Home Field Advantage
the White sox went 54-28 (.659) at home in 2008, the third-best winning percentage in the american league
behind only Tampa Bay (.704) and Boston (.691). The Sox led the major leagues with 143 home runs at
home last season and were second behind texas with an average of 5.76 runs per game and a .481 slugging
percentage. chicago has gone 754-586 (.563) in 18 seasons at the new ballpark, the third-best winning
percentage in the al behind the yankees (.614) and Boston (.580).

White Sox In Road Games
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .216 49 88 9 19 34 6 0 3 9 1 0 0 3 24 2 1 0 0
Bourgeois, J. .500 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .283 80 332 45 94 124 19 1 3 27 1 4 0 26 38 13 4 7 8
crede, J. .237 50 173 14 41 66 5 1 6 18 0 3 2 13 27 0 1 5 12
dye, J. .250 78 304 42 76 145 17 2 16 34 0 4 1 24 58 0 0 10 1
fields, J. .192 11 26 3 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 13 0 0 0 2
getz, c. .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
griffey Jr., K. .263 18 57 6 15 24 3 0 2 9 0 0 0 9 10 0 0 3 0
Hall, t. .319 22 69 3 22 25 3 0 0 3 1 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 1
Konerko, p. .204 65 245 23 50 81 10 0 7 24 0 1 2 30 45 1 0 11 4
owens, J. .100 5 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0
ozuna, p. .182 13 33 0 6 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
phillips, p. .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .261 68 257 28 67 102 15 1 6 31 1 3 4 14 30 0 0 7 7
Quentin, c. .300 65 243 41 73 136 16 1 15 52 0 2 6 31 38 3 0 8 3
ramirez, a. .309 64 233 28 72 109 13 0 8 30 0 1 1 6 35 8 4 9 4
swisher, n. .189 73 238 29 45 70 8 1 5 19 1 4 2 38 63 2 1 8 5
thome, J. .271 71 236 39 64 129 20 0 15 43 0 2 1 36 60 0 0 8 0
uribe, J. .233 52 150 18 35 55 12 1 2 16 2 0 1 11 31 0 0 2 4
Wise, d. .254 26 63 11 16 33 1 2 4 9 1 0 0 6 18 4 0 3 0
pitcHers .105 81 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 3
TOTALS .253 81 2780 339 704 1151 151 10 92 327 13 24 21 256 519 33 13 84 56
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Broadway, l. 10.80 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6.2 32 13 8 8 3 0 3 5 0 .406
Buehrle, M. 5.05 4 9 17 17 1 0 0 103.1 418 135 67 58 12 4 21 60 4 .323
carrasco, d. 5.65 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 14.1 53 11 9 9 1 4 4 10 0 .208
contreras, J. 5.85 3 3 10 10 1 0 0 60.0 250 78 40 39 4 2 18 30 5 .312
danks, J. 2.92 7 3 15 15 0 0 0 89.1 344 88 30 29 7 2 26 68 3 .256
dotel, o. 4.45 2 3 37 0 0 0 1 32.1 123 27 19 16 6 2 19 46 3 .220
floyd, g. 4.18 7 5 16 16 0 0 0 94.2 376 104 50 44 12 4 31 54 3 .277
Jenks, B. 2.96 0 1 25 0 0 0 19 27.1 99 20 9 9 1 0 9 20 2 .202
linebrink, s. 3.20 0 2 22 0 0 0 0 19.2 76 17 8 7 4 0 1 16 0 .224
loaiza, e. 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
logan, B. 4.56 2 2 31 0 0 0 0 23.2 98 30 15 12 4 0 10 22 1 .306
Macdougal, M. 1.86 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 9.2 36 9 2 2 0 0 6 6 2 .250
Masset, n. 2.63 1 0 13 1 0 0 1 24.0 81 17 7 7 1 2 11 17 0 .210
ramirez, H. 19.29 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2.1 13 6 5 5 0 0 3 0 0 .462
richard, c. 6.46 1 4 9 5 0 0 0 30.2 127 41 26 22 2 0 10 19 1 .323
russell, a. 5.68 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 6.1 29 11 4 4 0 2 2 6 1 .379
thornton, M. 2.45 1 2 36 0 0 0 0 33.0 119 24 9 9 2 1 6 30 2 .202
Vazquez, J. 5.10 5 9 17 17 0 0 0 102.1 414 122 63 58 14 5 32 92 2 .295
Wassermann, e. 5.79 0 2 14 0 0 0 0 14.0 57 17 11 9 0 1 8 5 1 .298
TOTALS 4.40 35 46 81 81 2 4 21 694.2 2749 771 382 340 73 29 220 507 30 .280
Road Woes
The White Sox went 35-46 on the road in 2008, compared to 54-28 at home. The Sox batted just .253 with a
4.40 ERA and were outscored by a 382-339 margin. After a 17-14 start, they lost 32 of their final 50 games
away from home last season. Since going a major-league best 52-29 on the road in 2005, the White Sox
are 110-133 (.453) over the last three seasons combined.
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White Sox In Day Games
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .227 40 75 7 17 28 5 0 2 6 1 0 0 5 20 0 0 0 0
Bourgeois, J. .000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .253 53 217 35 55 76 9 0 4 17 1 3 1 17 27 4 1 3 5
crede, J. .218 32 119 16 26 48 7 0 5 21 0 2 1 11 21 0 0 5 4
dye, J. .349 49 186 40 65 137 16 1 18 47 0 1 2 15 30 3 1 4 0
fields, J. .125 4 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
getz, c. .000 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
griffey Jr., K. .300 15 40 8 12 19 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 3 0
Hall, t. .235 22 68 2 16 19 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 3 11 0 0 0 2
Konerko, p. .275 41 149 28 41 77 9 0 9 27 0 0 3 24 29 1 0 7 2
owens, J. 1.000 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .174 13 23 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 2
phillips, p. .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .301 37 153 26 46 71 10 0 5 25 1 2 0 5 21 0 0 0 1
Quentin, c. .340 43 156 35 53 101 9 0 13 39 0 1 8 24 23 3 1 9 3
ramirez, a. .278 43 162 23 45 80 9 1 8 29 2 0 1 3 25 6 3 4 4
swisher, n. .199 49 166 29 33 62 8 0 7 22 1 0 2 34 47 2 1 4 4
thome, J. .276 49 156 34 43 86 13 0 10 34 0 2 1 34 54 1 0 4 0
uribe, J. .239 39 117 18 28 53 8 1 5 18 3 1 1 8 27 1 1 1 3
Wise, d. .293 20 41 8 12 22 2 1 2 10 1 1 0 4 10 4 0 1 1
pitcHers .125 54 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5
TOTALS .270 54 1848 313 499 887 110 4 90 305 11 13 21 196 362 26 11 47 36
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Broadway, l. 3.38 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5.1 21 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 .238
Buehrle, M. 5.88 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 33.2 143 50 25 22 6 1 7 24 1 .350
carrasco, d. 2.63 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 13.2 43 7 4 4 0 1 4 12 0 .163
contreras, J. 7.03 2 3 7 7 1 0 0 39.2 167 55 33 31 9 0 15 20 2 .329
danks, J. 2.50 7 3 17 17 0 0 0 101.0 376 87 29 28 4 2 31 80 4 .231
dotel, o. 4.84 2 2 25 0 0 0 0 22.1 84 18 17 12 4 2 13 34 1 .214
floyd, g. 3.77 9 1 10 10 0 0 0 59.2 234 61 33 25 7 4 18 54 2 .261
Jenks, B. 1.50 1 0 22 0 0 0 15 24.0 81 17 4 4 1 0 8 11 1 .210
linebrink, s. 3.44 0 1 19 0 0 0 1 18.1 70 18 7 7 3 0 5 12 3 .257
loaiza, e. 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
logan, B. 4.50 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 16.0 67 21 10 8 3 1 5 18 0 .313
Macdougal, M. 9.00 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 7 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .571
Masset, n. 1.69 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 21.1 74 15 4 4 0 1 9 17 0 .203
ramirez, H. 3.86 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 4.2 20 7 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 .350
richard, c. 9.64 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 9.1 46 18 14 10 3 0 2 10 1 .391
russell, a. 3.38 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 30 7 3 3 0 1 1 11 1 .233
thornton, M. 1.80 4 2 28 0 0 0 0 25.0 92 17 5 5 2 0 9 36 2 .185
Vazquez, J. 3.18 5 3 10 10 0 0 0 68.0 254 58 24 24 3 0 14 64 0 .228
Wassermann, e. 6.48 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 8.1 35 12 6 6 0 0 5 1 0 .343
TOTALS 3.71 33 21 54 54 1 5 17 480.1 1847 477 223 198 45 13 152 408 18 .258
Quality Starts
the White sox led the american league in 2008 with 93 quality starts. the sox were 67-26 when receiving
a quality start and 22-48 otherwise. Since the start of the 2003 season, the Sox lead the major leagues
with 524 quality starts, two more than the angels.

White Sox In Night Games
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .236 69 106 17 25 51 8 0 6 20 1 0 0 5 25 5 1 2 0
Bourgeois, J. .333 4 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .295 108 444 58 131 169 24 1 4 40 2 6 0 39 44 15 5 13 11
crede, J. .264 65 216 25 57 106 11 1 12 34 0 2 3 19 24 0 3 5 16
dye, J. .265 105 404 56 107 166 25 1 16 49 0 4 4 29 74 0 1 14 1
fields, J. .167 10 24 2 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 2
getz, c. .500 4 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
griffey Jr., K. .242 26 91 8 22 34 6 0 2 13 0 1 1 10 19 0 0 3
Hall, t. .288 19 59 5 17 23 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 3 8 0 0 0 0
Konerko, p. .221 81 289 31 64 115 10 1 13 35 0 4 4 41 51 1 0 10 5
owens, J. .200 8 15 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0
ozuna, p. .341 19 41 4 14 16 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 3
phillips, p. .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .273 97 381 40 104 151 21 1 8 35 2 4 8 14 50 1 0 14 8
Quentin, c. .262 87 324 61 85 173 17 1 23 61 0 2 12 42 57 4 2 7 4
ramirez, a. .296 93 318 42 94 148 13 1 13 48 2 4 2 15 36 7 6 10 9
swisher, n. .230 104 331 57 76 142 13 1 17 47 0 4 2 48 88 1 2 10 3
thome, J. .231 100 347 59 80 167 15 0 24 56 0 2 3 57 93 0 0 13 0
uribe, J. .251 71 207 20 52 72 14 0 2 22 2 0 0 14 37 0 2 4 5
Wise, d. .227 37 88 12 20 36 2 1 4 8 2 1 1 4 22 5 0 4 1
pitcHers .091 109 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 4
TOTALS .259 109 3705 498 959 1598 186 9 145 480 17 34 42 344 654 41 23 110 72
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Broadway, l. 9.35 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 8.2 40 15 9 9 4 0 3 6 0 .375
Buehrle, M. 3.41 14 11 28 28 1 0 0 185.0 710 190 81 70 16 4 45 116 3 .268
carrasco, d. 4.68 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 25.0 94 23 13 13 2 4 10 18 0 .245
contreras, J. 3.32 5 3 13 13 0 0 0 81.1 311 75 31 30 3 3 20 50 4 .241
danks, J. 4.21 5 6 16 16 0 0 0 94.0 363 95 45 44 11 2 26 79 3 .262
dotel, o. 3.22 2 2 47 0 0 0 1 44.2 166 34 17 16 8 3 16 58 3 .205
floyd, g. 3.87 8 7 23 23 1 0 0 146.2 553 129 74 63 23 5 52 91 7 .233
Jenks, B. 3.35 2 1 35 0 0 0 15 37.2 141 34 14 14 2 1 9 27 2 .241
linebrink, s. 3.86 2 1 31 0 0 0 0 28.0 105 23 13 12 5 0 4 28 0 .219
loaiza, e. 4.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 10 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .300
logan, B. 6.84 1 2 37 0 0 0 0 26.1 113 36 21 20 4 0 9 24 1 .319
Macdougal, M. 1.69 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 16.0 57 12 3 3 0 2 11 10 4 .211
Masset, n. 7.33 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 23.1 102 40 22 19 4 1 12 15 2 .392
ramirez, H. 9.72 0 1 12 0 0 0 0 8.1 41 17 9 9 0 0 5 1 1 .415
richard, c. 5.17 2 4 10 6 0 0 0 38.1 155 43 23 22 2 0 11 19 0 .277
russell, a. 6.00 4 0 17 0 0 0 0 18.0 73 23 12 12 1 1 9 11 2 .315
thornton, M. 3.19 1 1 46 0 0 0 1 42.1 153 31 15 15 3 2 10 41 1 .203
Vazquez, J. 5.39 7 13 23 23 1 0 0 140.1 561 156 89 84 22 6 47 136 2 .278
Wassermann, e. 8.74 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 11.1 46 15 13 11 0 1 9 8 1 .326
TOTALS 4.24 56 53 109 109 3 5 17 977.1 3794 994 506 460 111 35 308 739 36 .262
Central Command
the White sox went 44-29 vs. american league central opponents in 2008 (29-8 at home) after going
39-33 in 2007. the sox were 11-7 vs. cleveland, 9-10 vs. Minnesota, 12-5 vs. Kansas city and 12-6 vs.
detroit.
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White Sox vs. Left-Handers
BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP
anderson, B. .238 90 101 7 24 10 0 0 6 1 0 0 6 30 2 1 1 .337 .280
Bourgeois, J. .333 6 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .333
cabrera, o. .284 152 496 63 141 23 0 5 38 2 5 1 33 54 14 5 13 .361 .327
crede, J. .289 90 253 35 73 16 1 17 53 0 3 3 22 35 0 2 9 .561 .349
dye, J. .294 147 432 66 127 30 2 23 69 0 3 4 28 81 3 1 13 .532 .340
fields, J. .095 13 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 .095 .174
getz, c. .200 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200 .200
griffey Jr., K. .302 38 86 13 26 7 0 3 14 0 1 0 14 12 0 0 5 .488 .396
Hall, t. .176 34 74 3 13 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 3 18 0 0 0 .203 .228
Konerko, p. .241 117 311 43 75 10 1 15 41 0 2 5 43 64 2 0 12 .424 .341
owens, J. .231 12 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 .231 .231
ozuna, p. .220 27 41 2 9 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .220 .256
phillips, p. .000 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000
pierzynski, a. .279 123 401 55 112 24 0 8 40 2 3 5 17 57 0 0 11 .399 .315
Quentin, c. .303 120 350 76 106 21 1 24 70 0 1 17 41 58 6 3 10 .574 .401
ramirez, a. .281 124 342 42 96 12 1 15 57 3 2 3 11 45 11 5 10 .453 .307
swisher, n. .227 144 365 61 83 16 0 18 53 0 3 2 50 106 3 2 8 .419 .321
thome, J. .249 136 357 68 89 16 0 24 64 0 4 3 69 97 1 0 11 .496 .372
uribe, J. .245 101 253 24 62 18 0 4 29 3 0 1 14 51 1 2 4 .364 .287
Wise, d. .261 54 115 18 30 4 2 6 17 3 2 1 8 29 9 0 5 .487 .310
pitcHers .222 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .222 .300
TOTALS .267 4030 580 1075 210 8 162 559 19 29 48 363 759 55 23 112 .443 .332
PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO
Broadway, l. .343 35 12 3 0 2 6
Buehrle, M. .277 614 170 16 2 41 97
carrasco, d. .244 78 19 2 4 12 13
contreras, J. .258 244 63 2 0 14 32
danks, J. .240 546 131 12 3 40 117
dotel, o. .194 175 34 8 5 19 72
floyd, g. .226 416 94 11 5 26 84
Jenks, B. .241 108 26 3 0 5 15
linebrink, s. .263 95 25 4 0 3 21
loaiza, e. .000 7 0 0 0 0 1
logan, B. .351 77 27 2 1 9 12
Macdougal, M. .205 44 9 0 2 8 7
Masset, n. .330 115 38 1 2 7 19
ramirez, H. .314 35 11 0 0 2 1
richard, c. .320 128 41 5 0 9 14
russell, a. .291 55 16 0 2 3 10
thornton, M. .218 133 29 3 0 8 31
Vazquez, J. .266 402 107 11 3 22 90
Wassermann, e. .322 59 19 0 1 10 4
TOTALS .259 3366 871 83 30 240 646
Southpaw Success
the White sox went 31-20 vs. left-handed starters in 2008, compared to 16-28 in 2007. the sox led the
american league with 73 home runs vs. southpaws but ranked 12th with a .251 (383-1,523) average.

White Sox vs. Right-Handers
BATTER AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP
anderson, B. .225 40 80 17 18 3 0 8 20 1 0 0 4 15 3 0 1 .563 .262
cabrera, o. .273 80 165 30 45 10 1 3 19 1 4 0 23 17 5 1 3 .400 .354
crede, J. .122 41 82 6 10 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 8 10 0 1 1 .146 .207
dye, J. .285 78 158 30 45 11 0 11 27 0 2 2 16 23 0 1 5 .563 .354
fields, J. .273 5 11 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .364 .333
getz, c. .500 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500
griffey Jr., K. .178 25 45 3 8 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 13 0 0 1 .244 .245
Hall, t. .377 26 53 4 20 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 .509 .411
Konerko, p. .236 70 127 16 30 9 0 7 21 0 2 2 22 16 0 0 5 .472 .353
owens, J. .333 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333
ozuna, p. .391 12 23 3 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 .522 .417
pierzynski, a. .286 67 133 11 38 7 1 5 20 1 3 3 2 14 1 0 3 .466 .305
Quentin, c. .246 62 130 20 32 5 0 12 30 0 2 3 25 22 1 0 6 .562 .375
ramirez, a. .312 66 138 23 43 10 1 6 20 1 2 0 7 16 2 4 4 .529 .340
swisher, n. .197 76 132 25 26 5 1 6 16 1 1 2 32 29 0 1 6 .386 .359
thome, J. .233 84 146 25 34 12 0 10 26 0 0 1 22 50 0 0 6 .521 .337
uribe, J. .254 47 71 14 18 4 1 3 11 2 1 0 8 13 0 1 1 .465 .325
Wise, d. .143 15 14 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .143 .143
pitcHers .000 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 .000 .000
TOTALS .251 1523 231 383 86 5 73 226 9 18 15 177 257 12 11 45 .458 .332
PITCHER AVG AB H HR HB BB SO
Broadway, l. .308 26 8 1 0 3 1
Buehrle, M. .293 239 70 6 3 11 43
carrasco, d. .186 59 11 0 1 2 17
contreras, J. .286 234 67 10 3 21 38
danks, J. .264 193 51 3 1 17 42
dotel, o. .240 75 18 4 0 10 20
floyd, g. .259 371 96 19 4 44 61
Jenks, B. .219 114 25 0 1 12 23
linebrink, s. .200 80 16 4 0 6 19
loaiza, e. .500 6 3 1 0 0 0
logan, B. .291 103 30 5 0 5 30
Macdougal, M. .350 20 7 0 0 4 5
Masset, n. .279 61 17 3 0 14 13
ramirez, H. .500 26 13 0 0 6 1
richard, c. .274 73 20 0 0 4 15
russell, a. .292 48 14 1 0 7 12
thornton, M. .170 112 19 2 2 11 46
Vazquez, J. .259 413 107 14 3 39 110
Wassermann, e. .364 22 8 0 0 4 5
TOTALS .264 2275 600 73 18 220 501
Double Vision
according to the elias sports Bureau, the White sox tied an american league record by scoring 10 or more
runs with 15 or more hits in three straight games from June 6-8, 2008 vs. Minnesota. it was the 24th time in
AL history that feat has been accomplished (first since Baltimore on May 24-27, 2003) and second time in
Sox history (May 20-22, 1920). The Sox scored 10-plus runs in three straight games for the first time since
July 15-17, 2000 and collected 15-plus hits in three straight games for the first time since July 1932.
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White Sox On Grass
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .229 97 157 22 36 69 12 0 7 25 2 0 0 9 35 5 1 2 0
Bourgeois, J. .333 6 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .283 141 576 84 163 217 31 1 7 53 3 9 1 54 63 14 6 13 14
crede, J. .258 86 298 39 77 141 17 1 15 53 0 4 4 27 39 0 3 9 17
dye, J. .311 135 517 91 161 299 40 1 32 89 0 3 6 39 82 3 2 17 1
fields, J. .105 9 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0 0 0 1
getz, c. .286 10 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
griffey Jr., K. .264 38 121 13 32 45 10 0 1 14 0 1 1 15 24 0 0 5 0
Hall, t. .248 36 113 7 28 36 2 0 2 7 1 0 2 6 18 0 0 0 2
Konerko, p. .251 106 378 54 95 175 18 1 20 57 0 4 6 59 71 2 0 15 7
owens, J. .250 11 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0
ozuna, p. .300 25 50 5 15 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 4
phillips, p. .000 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .287 115 470 65 135 206 30 1 13 56 3 6 6 17 62 1 0 14 7
Quentin, c. .296 114 422 89 125 247 21 1 33 92 0 3 19 61 70 7 3 15 7
ramirez, a. .284 123 433 60 123 203 19 2 19 70 4 4 3 18 53 13 8 13 12
swisher, n. .228 134 439 77 100 190 19 1 23 67 1 4 4 70 114 2 3 11 7
thome, J. .235 129 434 84 102 215 20 0 31 79 0 4 4 81 125 1 0 15 0
uribe, J. .247 97 292 34 72 115 20 1 7 37 4 1 1 20 61 1 3 5 7
Wise, d. .277 50 112 19 31 57 4 2 6 18 3 2 1 6 26 8 0 4 2
pitcHers .105 143 19 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 11 0 0 1 9
TOTALS .268 143 4878 748 1306 2245 267 12 216 725 25 45 59 487 872 60 33 140 97
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Broadway, l. 7.07 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 14.0 61 20 11 11 4 0 5 7 0 .328
Buehrle, M. 3.73 15 8 29 29 0 0 0 185.2 721 200 88 77 20 4 43 118 3 .277
carrasco, d. 3.93 1 0 29 0 0 0 0 36.2 130 29 16 16 2 5 14 29 0 .223
contreras, J. 4.75 7 5 18 18 0 0 0 106.0 425 119 59 56 12 3 32 60 6 .280
danks, J. 3.41 10 8 29 29 0 0 0 171.1 643 158 67 65 13 4 53 134 7 .246
dotel, o. 3.79 4 4 66 0 0 0 1 61.2 230 48 29 26 11 3 27 86 4 .209
floyd, g. 3.85 16 7 30 30 1 0 0 187.0 712 169 99 80 29 9 65 136 9 .237
Jenks, B. 2.16 3 0 55 0 0 0 30 58.1 207 46 14 14 3 1 14 36 2 .222
linebrink, s. 3.68 2 1 47 0 0 0 1 44.0 166 38 19 18 7 0 8 37 3 .229
loaiza, e. 3.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 13 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .231
logan, B. 6.68 2 3 46 0 0 0 0 33.2 146 48 27 25 5 1 10 36 1 .329
Macdougal, M. 2.25 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 16.0 61 16 4 4 0 2 12 11 4 .262
Masset, n. 4.19 1 0 29 0 0 0 1 38.2 153 47 21 18 4 0 17 26 2 .307
ramirez, H. 8.25 0 3 16 0 0 0 0 12.0 58 24 11 11 0 0 8 2 1 .414
richard, c. 5.49 2 4 11 7 0 0 0 41.0 173 51 30 25 5 0 10 26 1 .295
russell, a. 5.19 4 0 22 0 0 0 0 26.0 103 30 15 15 1 2 10 22 3 .291
thornton, M. 2.70 5 1 64 0 0 0 1 56.2 208 44 17 17 4 2 16 65 1 .212
Vazquez, J. 4.81 11 13 29 29 1 0 0 183.1 716 188 103 98 22 5 56 174 2 .263
Wassermann, e. 9.00 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 16.0 68 25 17 16 0 1 13 9 1 .368
TOTALS 4.09 85 58 143 143 2 9 34 1291.0 4994 1303 649 587 143 42 413 1015 50 .261
Offensive Outfield
White Sox outfielders led the American League in home runs (101) and slugging percentage (.495) and
ranked second in RBI (287) and runs scored (299) in 2008. By comparison, Sox outfielders totaled 54
home runs, 206 rBi and a .323 on-base and .402 slugging percentage in 2007.

White Sox On Artificial Turf
BATTER AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP E
anderson, B. .250 12 24 2 6 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0
cabrera, o. .271 20 85 9 23 28 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 8 5 0 3 2
crede, J. .162 11 37 2 6 13 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 3
dye, J. .151 19 73 5 11 20 1 1 2 7 0 2 0 5 22 0 0 1 0
fields, J. .231 5 13 1 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1
griffey Jr., K. .200 3 10 3 2 8 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
Hall, t. .357 5 14 0 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Konerko, p. .167 16 60 5 10 17 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 6 9 0 0 2 0
owens, J. .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ozuna, p. .214 7 14 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
phillips, p. .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pierzynski, a. .234 19 64 1 15 16 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 9 0 0 0 2
Quentin, c. .224 16 58 7 13 27 5 0 3 8 0 0 1 5 10 0 0 1 0
ramirez, a. .340 13 47 5 16 25 3 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 1 1
swisher, n. .155 19 58 9 9 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 21 1 0 3 0
thome, J. .304 20 69 9 21 38 8 0 3 11 0 0 0 10 22 0 0 2 0
uribe, J. .250 13 32 4 8 10 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1
Wise, d. .059 7 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 0 1 0
TOTALS .225 20 675 63 152 240 29 1 19 60 3 2 4 53 144 7 1 17 11
PITCHER ERA W L G GS CG SHO SV IP AB H R ER HR HB BB SO WP AVG
Buehrle, M. 4.09 0 4 5 5 1 0 0 33.0 132 40 18 15 2 1 9 22 1 .303
carrasco, d. 4.50 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .143
contreras, J. 3.00 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 15.0 53 11 5 5 0 0 3 10 0 .208
danks, J. 2.66 2 1 4 4 0 0 0 23.2 96 24 7 7 2 0 4 25 0 .250
dotel, o. 3.38 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 5.1 20 4 5 2 1 2 2 6 0 .200
floyd, g. 3.72 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 19.1 75 21 8 8 1 0 5 9 0 .280
Jenks, B. 10.80 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3.1 15 5 4 4 0 0 3 2 1 .333
linebrink, s. 3.86 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 9 3 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 .333
logan, B. 3.12 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 8.2 34 9 4 3 2 0 4 6 0 .265
Macdougal, M. 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Masset, n. 7.50 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6.0 23 8 5 5 0 2 4 6 0 .348
ramirez, H. 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
richard, c. 9.45 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 6.2 28 10 7 7 0 0 3 3 0 .357
thornton, M. 2.53 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 10.2 37 4 3 3 1 0 3 12 2 .108
Vazquez, J. 3.60 1 3 4 4 0 0 0 25.0 99 26 10 10 3 1 5 26 0 .263
Wassermann, e. 2.45 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 3.2 13 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .154
TOTALS 3.83 4 16 20 20 2 1 0 166.2 647 168 80 71 13 6 47 132 4 .260
Tough Time On Turf
The White Sox were 4-16 on artificial turf in 2008, going 1-8 at Minnesota, 3-4 at Tampa Bay and 0-4 at
Toronto. The Sox compiled a 3.83 ERA (71 ER/166.2 IP) on turf but batted just .225 and were outscored,
80-63. By comparison, chicago hit .268 on natural grass last season, averaging 5.2 runs per game.
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228 ChICAGo WhItE Sox
American League Club Batting
CLUB AVG G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR GS RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP LOB SHO SLG OBP
teX .283 162 5728 901 967 1619 2647 376 35 194 8 867 37 54 63 595 1207 81 25 117 1238 6 .462 .354
Bos .280 162 5596 845 694 1565 2503 353 33 173 6 807 28 62 70 646 1068 120 35 147 1262 7 .447 .358
Min .279 163 5641 829 745 1572 2301 298 49 111 4 791 52 72 36 529 979 102 42 142 1140 9 .408 .340
nyy .271 162 5572 789 727 1512 2381 289 20 180 7 758 31 39 80 535 1015 118 39 149 1160 8 .427 .342
det .271 162 5641 821 857 1529 2504 293 41 200 6 780 30 44 44 572 1076 63 31 144 1159 12 .444 .340
Kc .269 162 5608 691 781 1507 2226 303 28 120 2 650 32 36 50 392 1005 79 38 144 1073 13 .397 .320
laa .268 162 5540 765 697 1486 2287 274 25 159 4 721 32 50 52 481 987 129 48 140 1087 6 .413 .330
Bal .267 161 5559 782 869 1486 2384 322 30 172 3 750 27 48 42 533 990 81 37 111 1134 5 .429 .333
sea .265 162 5643 671 811 1498 2195 285 20 124 3 631 36 42 38 417 890 90 32 137 1151 12 .389 .318
tor .264 162 5503 714 610 1453 2198 303 32 126 7 681 48 56 59 521 938 80 27 150 1155 12 .399 .331
SOX .263 163 5553 811 729 1458 2485 296 13 235 12 785 28 47 63 540 1016 67 34 157 1067 11 .448 .332
cle .262 162 5543 805 761 1455 2351 339 22 171 3 772 43 49 103 560 1213 77 29 123 1184 5 .424 .339
tB .260 162 5541 774 671 1443 2341 284 37 180 5 735 23 52 68 626 1224 142 50 111 1215 7 .422 .340
oaK .242 161 5451 646 690 1318 2009 270 23 125 2 610 30 35 48 574 1226 88 21 126 1166 10 .369 .318
TOT .268 78119 10609 32812 408 72 477 816 14834 488 16191 .420
1134 10844 20901 4285 2270 10338 686 7521 1317 1898 123 .336
American League Club Pitching
CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO REL SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG
tor 86 76 3.49 162 15 13 421 44 1446.2 1330 610 561 134 67 467 1184 51 4 .244
tB 97 65 3.82 162 7 12 448 52 1457.2 1349 671 618 166 46 526 1143 52 3 .246
laa 100 62 3.99 162 7 10 383 66 1451.1 1455 697 644 160 63 457 1106 50 2 .261
Bos 95 67 4.01 162 5 16 466 47 1446.1 1369 694 645 147 68 548 1185 43 2 .250
oaK 75 86 4.01 161 4 7 441 33 1435.0 1364 690 640 135 54 576 1061 30 4 .253
SOX 89 74 4.06 163 4 10 463 34 1457.2 1471 729 658 156 48 460 1147 54 3 .261
Min 88 75 4.16 163 5 10 485 42 1459.0 1568 745 675 183 31 406 995 45 4 .274
nyy 89 73 4.28 162 1 11 475 42 1441.2 1478 727 685 143 51 489 1141 55 5 .266
cle 81 81 4.45 162 10 13 399 31 1437.0 1530 761 711 170 51 444 986 44 5 .273
Kc 75 87 4.48 162 2 8 439 44 1445.2 1473 781 720 159 41 515 1085 68 5 .264
sea 61 101 4.73 162 4 4 469 36 1435.1 1544 811 754 161 53 626 1016 60 5 .276
det 74 88 4.90 162 1 2 440 34 1445.0 1541 857 786 172 68 644 991 65 7 .274
Bal 68 93 5.13 161 4 4 492 35 1422.0 1538 869 810 184 80 687 922 72 7 .277
teX 79 83 5.37 162 6 8 457 36 1442.0 1647 967 860 176 72 625 963 62 9 .288
TOT 1157 1111 4.35 1134 75 128 6278 576 20222.1 20657 10609 9767 2246 793 7470 14925 751 65 .265
American League Club Fielding
CLUB PCT G PO A E TC DP TP PB
toronto .986 162 4340 1699 84 6123 137 0 6
neW yorK .986 162 4325 1586 83 5994 141 0 11
Boston .986 162 4339 1597 85 6021 149 0 18
los angeles .985 162 4354 1646 91 6091 159 0 10
taMpa Bay .985 162 4373 1495 90 5958 153 0 10
cleVeland .985 162 4311 1689 94 6094 182 1 13
Kansas city .984 162 4337 1548 96 5981 159 0 8
seattle .984 162 4306 1654 99 6059 160 0 14
oaKland .984 161 4305 1573 98 5976 169 0 8
BaltiMore .983 161 4266 1661 100 6027 163 0 15
CHICAGO .983 163 4373 1730 108 6211 155 0 6
Minnesota .982 163 4377 1682 108 6167 168 0 4
detroit .981 162 4335 1634 113 6082 172 0 16
teXas .978 162 4326 1676 132 6134 191 0 13
TOTALS .984 1134 60667 22870 1381 84918 2258 1 152

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DOUBLEHEADERS ATTENDANCE
CLUB VS LHS VS RHS GRASS ARTIF DAY NIGHT 1-RUN X-INN VS NL W L S HOME ROAD
Bal 16-32 52-61 62-78 6-15 14-30 54-63 21-29 5-6 11-7 0 3 0 1,950,077 2,532,289
Bos 25-13 70-54 88-50 7-17 26-20 69-47 22-23 8-3 11-7 0 0 0 3,048,250 3,107,743
SOX 31-20 58-54 85-58 4-16 33-21 56-53 22-17 8-4 12-6 1 0 0 2,500,648 2,450,498
cle 21-23 60-58 75-72 6-9 17-29 64-52 14-17 5-9 6-12 1 0 1 2,169,760 2,482,332
det 26-22 48-66 69-77 5-11 25-33 49-55 16-25 3-9 13-5 0 1 0 3,202,645 2,344,660
Kc 36-24 39-63 70-75 5-12 29-24 46-63 20-18 6-6 13-5 1 1 0 1,578,922 2,423,369
laa 33-16 67-46 94-55 6-7 32-11 68-51 31-21 3-5 10-8 0 0 0 3,336,747 2,399,332
Min 29-24 59-51 33-42 55-33 26-26 62-49 26-26 8-10 14-4 1 0 0 2,302,431 2,402,520
nyy 24-22 65-51 77-60 12-13 34-22 55-51 27-18 7-3 10-8 0 0 0 4,287,132 2,850,594
oaK 25-28 50-58 69-77 6-9 23-29 52-57 25-24 8-7 10-8 0 1 0 1,665,256 2,365,526
sea 21-31 40-70 56-94 5-7 20-33 41-68 18-30 5-7 9-9 0 0 0 2,329,788 2,415,640
tB 25-24 72-41 38-35 59-30 26-21 71-44 29-18 10-6 12-6 1 0 0 1,811,986 2,427,417
teX 21-31 58-52 73-77 6-6 17-24 62-59 28-18 5-6 10-8 1 0 1 1,945,857 2,381,219
tor 20-23 66-53 34-38 52-38 32-18 54-58 24-32 6-9 8-10 0 0 1 2,399,786 2,409,512
Club Rank Batting
CLUB AVG G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR GS RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP LOB SHO SLG OBP
Bal 8 13 8 8 13 8 5 4 7 7 10 8 13 8 12 9 7 5 8 9 1 4 1 5 8
Bos 2 3 6 2 4 3 3 2 5 6 5 2 11 2 3 1 2 9 3 8 11 14 5 3 1
SOX 11 1 9 5 7 10 4 8 14 1 1 4 11 9 5 7 10 8 13 7 14 1 10 2 9
cle 12 3 10 6 9 11 7 3 11 8 10 6 3 7 1 6 4 12 12 4 4 11 1 7 7
det 5 3 3 4 12 4 2 9 2 2 5 5 9 10 11 5 13 10 14 5 9 8 11 4 4
Kc 6 3 5 12 10 6 11 5 8 13 13 12 6 13 9 14 12 6 11 10 9 2 14 12 12
laa 7 3 12 10 5 8 10 13 9 9 8 10 6 6 8 12 1 4 2 13 7 3 3 9 11
Min 3 1 3 3 8 2 9 7 1 14 8 3 1 1 14 10 3 3 5 12 8 5 8 10 5
nyy 4 3 7 7 6 5 6 10 12 4 3 7 8 12 2 8 8 7 4 11 12 9 7 6 3
oaK 14 13 14 14 3 14 14 14 10 11 13 14 9 14 10 4 13 14 7 1 5 10 9 14 14
sea 9 3 2 13 11 7 13 11 12 12 10 13 5 11 13 13 4 1 6 6 6 6 11 13 13
tB 13 3 11 9 2 13 8 12 3 4 7 9 14 5 4 2 10 13 1 14 1 12 5 8 6
teX 1 3 1 1 14 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 4 4 5 3 6 11 8 2 3 13 3 1 2
tor 10 3 13 11 1 12 12 5 6 10 3 11 2 3 7 11 9 2 10 3 13 7 11 11 10
Club Rank Pitching
CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO REL SV IP H TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IBB SO WP BK
Bal 13 2 13 13 8 12 1 10 14 10 13 13 13 14 5 14 14 14 11 14 14 12
Bos 3 12 4 3 6 1 5 3 6 4 7 4 5 4 12 4 11 9 2 1 2 1
SOX 4 10 6 1 8 6 6 11 2 6 9 7 6 5 14 1 4 4 9 3 8 3
cle 8 7 9 3 2 2 13 14 11 9 5 9 9 10 2 6 5 2 3 12 3 8
det 12 3 12 3 13 14 10 11 8 11 12 12 12 11 8 8 11 13 14 11 12 12
Kc 10 4 10 3 12 9 11 4 7 7 8 10 10 6 1 12 2 7 1 7 13 8
laa 1 14 3 3 3 6 14 1 4 5 4 5 4 7 11 2 9 3 5 6 5 1
Min 6 9 7 1 6 6 2 6 1 13 10 8 7 13 5 3 1 1 8 10 4 5
nyy 4 11 8 3 13 5 3 6 10 8 6 6 8 3 10 9 5 6 6 5 9 8
oaK 10 5 5 13 8 11 9 13 13 3 2 3 3 2 5 10 8 10 13 8 1 5
sea 14 1 11 3 8 12 4 8 12 12 11 11 11 8 13 13 7 12 6 9 10 8
tB 2 13 2 3 3 4 8 2 2 2 3 2 2 9 9 7 3 8 4 4 7 3
teX 9 6 14 3 5 9 7 8 9 14 14 14 14 12 3 11 13 11 11 13 11 14
tor 7 8 1 3 1 2 12 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 10 5 9 2 6 5
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American League Batting Leaders
BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES
.328 Mauer, J ..................Min 37 cabrera, M .............det 130 Hamilton, J ............. teX 61 pedroia, d ..............Bos
.326 pedroia, d..............Bos 36 Quentin, C ............ SOX 129 Morneau, J ............. Min 59 Hamilton, J ..............teX
.321 Bradley, M ...............teX 35 rodriguez, a ...........nyy 127 cabrera, M .............det 58 suzuki, i ..................sea
.319 Kinsler, i ..................teX 34 Dye, J ................... SOX 115 youkilis, K .............. Bos 57 abreu, B ................. nyy
.318 ordonez, M ............ det 34 Thome, J .............. SOX 110 ibanez, r ................ sea 54 lopez, J ..................sea
.312 youkilis, K ..............Bos 33 sizemore, g ........... cle 108 Huff, a..................... Bal 54 rios, a ...................tor
.310 suzuki, i ..................sea 33 cust, J ................... oaK 104 Mora, M .................. Bal 53 Morneau, J ..............Min
.307 Dejesus, D ................Kc 32 Hamilton, J ............. teX 103 rodriguez, a ...........nyy 52 (04) players tied
.307 polanco, p ............. det 32 Huff, a..................... Bal 103 ordonez, M ............det
.306 Markakis, n .............Bal 32 giambi, J ................nyy 102 pena, c .................... tB
RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS
118 pedroia, d..............Bos 213 pedroia, d ............. Bos 331 Hamilton, J ............. teX 4 Ramirez, A ............SOX
112 granderson, c ....... det 213 suzuki, i ................. sea 330 Huff, a..................... Bal 2 (13) players tied
107 roberts, B...............Bal 191 lopez, J ................. sea 329 cabrera, M .............det
106 Markakis, n .............Bal 190 Hamilton, J ............. teX 322 pedroia, d ............. Bos
104 peralta, J ................cle 187 Morneau, J ............. Min 318 sizemore, g ........... cle
104 rodriguez, a .......... nyy 186 Cabrera, O ............ SOX 316 Dye, J ................... SOX
103 suzuki, i ..................sea 186 ibanez, r ................ sea 311 Morneau, J ............. Min
102 Kinsler, i ..................teX 185 rios, a ....................tor 306 youkilis, K .............. Bos
102 young, M ................teX 183 young, M ................ teX 304 ibanez, r ................ sea
101 sizemore, g ............cle 182 (02) players tied ..... 293 rios, a ....................tor
DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS
54 pedroia, d..............Bos 13 granderson, c det 50 ellsbury, J .............. Bos 25 Kinsler, i ..................teX
51 roberts, B...............Bal 10 crawford, c tB 44 upton, B ................... tB 06/17 - 07/13
48 Markakis, n .............Bal 9 iwamura, a tB 43 suzuki, i ................. sea 23 young, M.................teX
48 Huff, a .....................Bal 8 roberts, B Bal 40 roberts, B .............. Bal 05/14 - 06/10
47 Morneau, J..............Min 8 rios, a tor 38 sizemore, g ........... cle 23 anderson, g ...........laa
47 rios, a ...................tor 7 (07) players tied 34 figgins, d ............... laa 07/23 - 08/20
43 youkilis, K ..............Bos 33 gomez, c ............... Min 19 (03) streaKs tied
43 ibanez, r ................sea 32 rios, a ....................tor
42 peralta, J ................cle 29 damon, J ................nyy
42 guillen, J...................Kc 26 Kinsler, i ................. teX
WALKS ON-BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA-BASE HITS
111 cust, J ...................oaK .436 Bradley, M .............. teX .573 rodriguez, a ...........nyy 82 Huff, a .....................Bal
99 Markakis, n .............Bal .413 Mauer, J ................. Min .571 Quentin, C ............ SOX 77 sizemore, g ............cle
98 sizemore, g ............cle .406 Markakis, n ............ Bal .569 youkilis, K .............. Bos 77 Dye, J ....................SOX
97 upton, B....................tB .394 Quentin, C ............ SOX .563 Bradley, M .............. teX 76 youkilis, K ..............Bos
96 pena, c.....................tB .392 rodriguez, a ...........nyy .552 Huff, a..................... Bal 74 cabrera, M ............. det
91 Thome, J ...............SOX .390 youkilis, K .............. Bos .541 Dye, J ................... SOX 74 Morneau, J ..............Min
84 Mauer, J ..................Min .383 upton, B ................... tB .538 cabrera, M .............det 73 pedroia, d ..............Bos
82 Swisher, N ............SOX .378 roberts, B .............. Bal .531 longoria, e ............... tB 72 Hamilton, J ..............teX
82 roberts, B...............Bal .377 pena, c .................... tB .530 Hamilton, J ............. teX 70 rios, a ...................tor
80 Bradley, M ...............teX .376 ordonez, M ............det .521 guerrero, V ............ laa 69 (03) players tied
OUTFIELD ASSISTS HOME BATTING AVERAGE ROAD BATTING AVERAGE RISP BATTING AVERAGE
17 Markakis, n .............Bal .362 Mauer, J ................. Min .330 Markakis, n ............ BAL .419 Dejesus, D ................Kc
16 upton, B....................tB .358 Bradley, M .............. teX .318 peralta, J ................ cle .413 Kinsler, i ..................teX
14 rios, a ...................tor .350 ordonez, M ............det .315 polanco, p ..............det .380 Ramirez, A ............SOX
12 francisco, B ............cle .345 Hamilton, J ............. teX .314 Morneau, J ............. Min .374 youkilis, K ..............Bos
11 young, d .................Min .344 pedroia, d ............. Bos .312 guerrero, V ............ laa .362 Mauer, J ..................Min
11 suzuki, i ..................sea .336 Dye, J ................... SOX .311 Dejesus, D ............... Kc .360 Mora, M ..................Bal
10 guillen, J...................Kc .335 Kinsler, i ................. teX .309 pedroia, d ............. Bos .348 Morneau, J ..............Min
10 Brown, e ................oaK .328 renteria, e .............det .309 Ramirez, A ............ SOX .338 anderson, g ...........laa
10 abreu, B................. nyy .326 youkilis, K .............. Bos .309 ibanez, r ................ sea .333 damon, J ............... nyy
9 (03) players tied .324 rodriguez, a ...........nyy .305 suzuki, i ................. sea .327 ibanez, r ................sea
DAY BATTING AVERAGE NIGHT BATTING AVERAGE vs. RHP BATTING AVERAGE vs. LHP BATTING AVERAGE
.368 roberts, B...............Bal .328 young, d ................ Min .332 Kinsler, i ................. teX .366 renteria, e ............. det
.359 Jeter, d .................. nyy .328 Mauer, J ................. Min .331 pedroia, d ............. Bos .361 Mauer, J ..................Min
.349 Dye, J ....................SOX .324 Bradley, M .............. teX .321 damon, J ................nyy .341 Bradley, M ...............teX
.346 Kinsler, i ..................teX .323 Hamilton, J ............. teX .321 Huff, a..................... Bal .340 Beltre, a ..................sea
.344 youkilis, K ..............Bos .323 cabrera, M .............det .320 suzuki, i ................. sea .328 ordonez, M ............ det
.340 Quentin, c .............soX .322 pedroia, d ............. Bos .318 youkilis, K .............. Bos .321 polanco, p ............. det
.339 rodriguez, a .......... nyy .317 polanco, p ..............det .316 rodriguez, a ...........nyy .315 abreu, B ................. nyy
.337 pedroia, d..............Bos .316 guerrero, V ............ laa .314 ordonez, M ............det .315 garko, r .................cle
.337 ordonez, M ............ det .310 damon, J ................nyy .313 Hamilton, J ............. teX .314 Mora, M ..................Bal
.333 Huff, a .....................Bal .309 Kinsler, i ................. teX .312 Bradley, M .............. teX .313 roberts, B ...............Bal

American League Pitching Leaders
EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS
2.54 lee, c ...................cle 22 lee, c .................... cle 11 lee, c .................... cle
2.78 Halladay, r ........... tor 20 Halladay, r .............tor 07/11-09/12
2.90 Matsuzaka, d .......Bos 20 Mussina, M .............nyy 8 Matsuzaka, d ........ Bos
3.21 lester, J ...............Bos 18 Matsuzaka, d ........ Bos 04/01 - 05/22
3.32 Danks, J ..............SOX 18 Burnett, a ...............tor 7 Matsuzaka, d ........ Bos
3.37 Mussina, M ........... nyy 17 saunders, J ............ laa 08/03 - 09/21
3.41 saunders, J ...........laa 16 lester, J ................ Bos 7 lester, J ................ Bos
3.45 Baker, s ................Min 16 Floyd, G ................ SOX 06/05 - 08/02
3.45 Hernandez, f ........sea 16 santana, e ............. laa 6 (13) streaKs tied .....
3.47 greinke, Z ...............Kc 15 Buehrle, M ............ SOX
SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES
62 rodriguez, f .........laa 34 Buehrle, M ............ SOX 9 Halladay, r .............tor
42 soria, J ....................Kc 34 Meche, g ................. Kc 4 lee, c .................... cle
41 papelbon, J ..........Bos 34 Burnett, a ...............tor 3 slowey, K ............... Min
39 nathan, J ...............Min 33 (09) players tied 3 garza, M .................. tB
39 rivera, M .............. nyy 3 shields, J ................. tB
32 ryan, B ................tor 3 lackey, J ................ laa
31 sherrill, g ..............Bal 3 sabathia, c ............ cle
30 Jenks, B ..............SOX 3 Millwood, K ............. teX
28 percival, t ...............tB 2 (07) players tied
24 Wilson, c ...............teX
GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS
76 guerrier, M ............Min 246.0 Halladay, r .............tor 231 Burnett, a ...............tor
76 rodriguez, f .........laa 223.1 lee, c .................... cle 214 santana, e ............. laa
75 reyes, d ...............Min 221.1 Burnett, a ...............tor 206 Halladay, r .............tor
75 Wright, J ................teX 219.0 santana, e ............. laa 200 Vazquez, J ............ SOX
73 perez, r ................cle 218.2 Buehrle, M ............ SOX 183 greinke, Z ................ Kc
73 delcarmen, M .......Bos 215.0 shields, J ................. tB 183 Meche, g ................. Kc
73 Thornton, M ........SOX 210.1 lester, J ................ Bos 175 Hernandez, f ......... sea
72 Dotel, O ...............SOX 210.1 Meche, g ................. Kc 172 Beckett, J .............. Bos
72 green, s ................sea 208.1 Vazquez, J ............ SOX 170 lee, c .................... cle
71 ramirez, r ..............Kc 206.1 Floyd, G ................ SOX 166 Kazmir, s .................. tB
WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS AVERAGE
.880 lee, c ...................cle 2 slowey, K ............... Min .211 Matsuzaka, d ........ Bos
.857 Matsuzaka, d .......Bos 2 litsch, J ..................tor .226 galarraga, a ...........det
.750 perkins, g .............Min 2 garza, M .................. TB .228 Wakefield, T .......... Bos
.733 Baker, t .................Min 2 lester, J ................ Bos .237 Halladay, r .............tor
.727 lester, J ...............Bos 2 shields, J ................. tB .237 santana, e ............. laa
.708 saunders, J ...........laa 2 lee, c .................... cle .241 Floyd, G ................ SOX
.706 lackey, J ...............laa 2 sabathia, c ............ cle .242 guthrie, J ............... Bal
.696 santana, e ............laa 2 Halladay, r .............tor .243 smith, g ................ oaK
.690 Mussina, M ........... nyy 1 (08) players tied .245 garza, M .................. tB
.680 Floyd, G ...............SOX .246 Danks, J ............... SOX
HOME EARNED RUN AVERAGE ROAD EARNED RUN AVERAGE
2.45 lee, c ...................cle 2.55 saunders, J ............ laa
2.49 lester, J ...............Bos 2.61 lee, c .................... cle
2.59 shields, J ................tB 2.78 Halladay, r .............tor
2.65 Buehrle, M ...........SOX 2.85 Beckett, J .............. Bos
2.77 litsch, J ................tor 2.92 Danks, J ............... SOX
2.78 Halladay, r ........... tor 3.01 Hernandez, f ......... sea
2.85 Marcum, s ............ tor 3.02 santana, e ............. laa
2.89 garza, M .................tB 3.07 Mussina, M .............nyy
2.92 greinke, Z ...............Kc 3.23 lackey, J ................ laa
2.95 Blackburn, n .........Min 3.27 galarraga, a ...........det
DAY EARNED RUN AVERAGE NIGHT EARNED RUN AVERAGE
2.30 lee, c ...................cle 2.62 lee, c .................... cle
2.49 shields, J ................tB 2.77 Halladay, r .............tor
2.50 Danks, J ..............SOX 3.07 lester, J ................ Bos
2.54 galarraga, a ......... det 3.16 slowey, K ............... Min
2.58 litsch, J ................tor 3.17 santana, e ............. laa
2.78 Hernandez, f ........sea 3.41 Buehrle, M ............ SOX
2.81 Halladay, r ........... tor 3.46 Mussina, M .............nyy
2.95 Blackburn, n .........Min 3.50 guthrie, J ............... Bal
3.01 Baker, t .................Min 3.51 Marcum, s ..............tor
3.04 greinke, Z ...............Kc 3.56 saunders, J ............ laa
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232 ChICAGo WhItE Sox
National League Club Batting
CLUB AVG G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR GS RBI SH SF HP BB SO SB CS DP LOB SHO SLG OBP
stl .281 162 5636 779 725 1585 2442 283 26 174 4 744 71 44 42 577 985 73 32 150 1241 5 .433 .350
cuBs .278 161 5588 855 671 1552 2475 329 21 184 7 811 65 45 50 636 1186 87 34 134 1237 8 .443 .354
atl .270 162 5604 753 778 1514 2286 316 33 130 2 721 69 34 42 618 1023 58 27 143 1274 14 .408 .345
nyM .266 162 5606 799 715 1491 2357 274 38 172 4 751 73 49 39 619 1024 138 36 129 1220 6 .420 .340
lad .264 162 5506 700 648 1455 2195 271 29 137 1 659 64 38 43 543 1032 126 43 153 1161 12 .399 .333
col .263 162 5557 747 822 1462 2308 310 28 160 4 714 90 38 57 570 1209 141 37 119 1207 6 .415 .336
Hou .263 161 5451 712 743 1432 2261 284 22 167 6 684 57 41 52 449 1051 114 52 116 1073 6 .415 .323
sf .262 162 5543 640 759 1452 2119 311 37 94 1 606 57 44 48 452 1044 108 46 139 1148 13 .382 .321
pit .258 162 5628 735 884 1454 2269 314 21 153 3 705 66 51 59 474 1039 57 19 111 1135 7 .403 .320
pHi .255 162 5509 799 680 1407 2412 291 36 214 2 762 71 40 67 586 1117 136 25 108 1154 8 .438 .332
fla .254 161 5499 770 767 1397 2379 302 28 208 4 741 49 46 69 543 1371 76 28 98 1140 9 .433 .326
Mil .253 162 5535 750 689 1398 2386 324 35 198 1 722 54 43 69 550 1203 108 38 97 1153 4 .431 .325
Was .251 161 5491 641 825 1376 2048 269 26 117 4 608 64 36 67 534 1095 81 43 153 1178 21 .373 .323
ari .251 162 5409 720 706 1355 2244 318 47 159 3 683 68 43 49 587 1287 58 23 105 1142 6 .415 .327
sd .250 162 5568 637 764 1390 2170 264 27 154 1 615 59 46 53 518 1259 36 17 129 1181 13 .390 .317
cin .247 162 5465 704 800 1351 2229 269 24 187 5 677 72 41 50 560 1125 85 47 101 1138 10 .408 .321
TOT .260 88595 11976 36580 478 52 1049 856 18050 547 18782 .413
1294 11741 23071 4729 2608 11203 679 8816 1482 1985 148 .331
National League Club Pitching
CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO REL SV IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP BK AVG
lad 84 78 3.68 162 5 11 461 35 1447.1 1381 648 591 123 48 480 1205 47 4 .251
Mil 90 72 3.85 162 12 10 445 45 1455.2 1415 689 623 175 42 528 1110 53 5 .256
cuBs 97 64 3.87 161 2 8 478 44 1450.2 1329 671 624 160 65 548 1264 48 7 .242
pHi 92 70 3.88 162 4 11 468 47 1449.2 1444 680 625 160 57 533 1081 34 3 .260
ari 82 80 3.98 162 6 9 444 39 1434.2 1403 706 635 147 68 451 1229 59 3 .256
nyM 89 73 4.07 162 5 12 557 43 1464.1 1415 715 662 163 70 590 1181 55 4 .254
stl 86 76 4.19 162 2 7 506 42 1454.0 1517 725 677 163 51 496 957 50 2 .270
Hou 86 75 4.36 161 4 13 488 48 1425.1 1453 743 691 197 50 492 1095 22 9 .264
sf 72 90 4.38 162 4 12 478 41 1442.0 1416 759 701 147 70 652 1240 77 7 .258
sd 63 99 4.41 162 3 6 491 30 1458.1 1466 764 714 165 38 561 1100 43 4 .263
fla 84 77 4.43 161 2 8 511 36 1435.1 1421 767 707 161 58 586 1127 59 4 .258
atl 72 90 4.46 162 2 7 545 26 1440.2 1439 778 714 156 42 586 1076 42 5 .263
cin 74 88 4.55 162 2 6 507 34 1442.1 1542 800 729 201 67 557 1227 52 7 .275
Was 59 102 4.66 161 2 8 517 28 1434.0 1496 825 742 190 51 588 1063 59 8 .270
col 74 88 4.77 162 3 8 485 36 1446.0 1547 822 766 148 53 562 1041 61 7 .276
pit 67 95 5.08 162 3 7 497 34 1455.0 1631 884 822 176 49 657 963 64 9 .286
TOT 1271 1317 4.29 1294 61 143 7878 608 23135.1 23315 11976 11023 2632 879 8867 17959 825 88 .263
National League Club Fielding
CLUB PCT G PO A E TC DP TP PB
Houston .989 161 4276 1596 67 5939 142 0 8
st. louis .986 162 4362 1817 85 6264 156 0 7
neW yorK .986 162 4393 1552 83 6028 126 0 7
san diego .986 162 4375 1626 85 6086 149 0 11
pHiladelpHia .985 162 4349 1698 90 6137 142 0 5
colorado .985 162 4338 1816 96 6250 176 0 10
los angeles .984 162 4342 1795 101 6238 138 0 9
MilWauKee .984 162 4367 1698 101 6166 160 0 5
san francisco .983 162 4326 1393 96 5815 129 1 8
cHicago .983 161 4352 1445 99 5896 118 0 8
pittsBurgH .983 162 4365 1830 107 6302 179 0 13
atlanta .983 162 4322 1791 107 6220 149 0 14
ariZona .981 162 4304 1565 113 5982 137 0 7
cincinnati .981 162 4327 1567 114 6008 156 0 17
florida .980 161 4306 1501 117 5924 122 0 10
WasHington .980 161 4302 1578 123 6003 143 0 12
TOTALS .984 1294 69406 26268 1584 97258 2322 1 151

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DOUBLEHEADERS ATTENDANCE
CLUB VS LHS VS RHS GRASS ARTIF DAY NIGHT 1-RUN X-INN VS NL W L S HOME ROAD
ari 28-20 54-60 82-77 0-3 26-28 56-52 22-23 4-6 6-9 0 0 0 2,509,946 2,749,616
atl 20-33 52-57 71-88 1-2 22-30 50-60 11-30 3-10 8-7 0 0 2 2,532,834 2,694,281
cHi 31-16 66-48 95-60 2-4 48-29 49-35 24-22 10-6 6-9 0 0 0 3,300,200 2,906,269
cin 30-25 44-63 73-86 1-2 25-28 49-60 28-20 9-8 9-6 0 0 0 2,058,632 2,777,362
col 26-21 48-67 74-88 0-0 17-30 57-58 25-20 6-6 7-8 0 1 0 2,650,218 2,657,746
fla 23-21 61-56 83-75 1-2 25-18 59-59 24-19 9-5 5-10 1 0 0 1,335,079 2,666,766
Hou 26-20 60-55 84-74 2-1 23-20 63-55 21-21 5-3 7-11 0 0 0 2,779,487 2,607,999
lad 31-21 53-57 84-78 0-0 23-24 61-54 19-24 6-12 5-10 0 0 0 3,730,750 2,811,534
Mil 33-20 57-52 89-70 1-2 36-28 54-44 28-17 12-8 7-8 0 0 0 3,068,458 2,692,175
nyM 34-21 55-52 89-73 0-0 29-25 60-48 16-19 9-9 9-6 0 0 2 4,042,045 2,911,471
pHi 32-22 60-48 92-70 0-0 24-24 68-46 27-23 6-7 4-11 0 0 0 3,422,583 2,690,366
pit 14-28 53-67 67-95 0-0 20-29 47-66 22-21 12-6 6-9 0 0 1 1,609,076 2,729,779
sd 20-37 43-62 63-99 0-0 20-24 43-75 16-28 6-8 3-15 0 0 0 2,427,535 2,899,373
sf 16-31 56-59 72-90 0-0 27-32 45-58 31-21 10-5 6-12 0 1 0 2,863,847 2,581,736
stl 27-29 59-47 86-76 0-0 27-26 59-50 24-28 6-12 7-8 0 0 0 3,432,917 2,619,726
Was 22-36 37-66 59-99 0-3 19-29 40-73 20-29 7-7 8-10 1 0 0 2,321,988 2,626,039
Club Rank Batting
CLUB AVG G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR GS RBI SH SF HP BB IBB SO SB CS DP LOB SHO SLG OBP
ari 14 1 16 10 5 15 11 3 1 10 9 11 7 8 11 4 8 15 13 3 4 5 3 8 8
atl 3 1 4 6 12 3 8 4 6 14 11 7 6 16 14 3 5 2 13 5 13 16 15 10 3
cHi 2 13 5 1 2 2 1 1 15 5 1 1 9 5 9 1 9 11 8 8 11 14 8 1 1
cin 16 1 14 12 13 16 12 14 13 4 3 12 3 10 9 8 6 10 9 15 3 3 11 11 14
col 6 1 7 8 14 5 7 7 8 9 4 8 1 13 6 7 14 13 1 10 8 12 3 7 5
fla 11 13 12 5 11 12 5 8 8 2 4 5 16 3 1 10 6 16 11 6 2 4 10 4 9
Hou 7 13 15 11 8 9 10 10 14 8 2 10 13 10 8 16 12 7 5 16 7 1 3 9 12
lad 5 1 11 13 1 6 13 13 7 13 13 13 10 13 13 10 4 4 4 12 15 9 12 13 6
Mil 12 1 9 7 4 11 4 2 5 3 13 6 15 8 1 9 11 12 6 11 1 7 1 5 10
nyM 4 1 3 2 6 4 6 12 2 7 4 3 2 2 16 2 1 3 2 9 9 13 3 6 4
pHi 10 1 10 2 3 10 3 9 4 1 11 2 4 12 3 5 2 9 3 4 5 8 8 2 7
pit 9 1 2 9 16 7 9 5 15 12 9 9 8 1 5 14 13 5 15 2 6 2 7 12 15
sd 15 1 6 16 10 13 14 16 10 11 13 14 12 3 7 13 15 14 16 1 9 11 13 14 16
sf 8 1 8 15 9 8 15 6 3 16 13 16 13 6 12 15 10 6 6 14 12 6 13 15 13
stl 1 1 1 4 7 1 2 11 11 6 4 4 4 6 14 6 3 1 12 7 14 15 2 3 2
Was 13 13 13 14 15 14 16 14 11 15 4 15 10 15 3 12 16 8 10 12 15 10 16 16 11
Club Rank Pitching
CLUB W L ERA G CG SHO REL SV IP H TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IBB SO WP BK
ari 9 8 5 1 2 7 16 8 14 3 1 5 5 2 10 10 14 1 5 3 11 2
atl 12 4 12 1 11 12 2 16 12 8 7 12 11 5 16 14 2 11 16 12 3 8
cHi 1 16 3 13 11 8 11 4 6 1 4 2 3 6 2 2 12 7 7 1 6 10
cin 10 6 13 1 11 15 5 12 10 14 15 13 13 16 14 8 13 8 4 4 8 10
col 10 6 15 1 8 8 10 9 9 15 12 14 15 4 5 10 9 10 8 14 14 10
fla 7 10 11 13 11 8 4 9 13 7 9 11 10 8 14 8 11 11 15 7 11 4
Hou 5 12 8 13 5 1 9 1 16 10 2 8 8 15 1 3 6 3 9 10 1 15
lad 7 9 1 1 3 4 14 11 8 2 3 1 1 1 6 7 4 2 11 5 5 4
Mil 3 14 2 1 1 6 15 3 3 4 5 4 2 12 9 3 2 5 3 8 9 8
nyM 4 13 6 1 3 2 1 5 1 4 12 6 6 9 12 3 15 14 9 6 10 4
pHi 2 15 4 1 5 4 13 2 7 9 6 3 4 6 3 1 10 6 14 11 2 2
pit 14 3 16 1 8 12 7 12 4 16 16 16 16 13 10 15 5 16 2 15 15 15
sd 15 2 10 1 8 15 8 14 2 11 10 10 11 11 7 12 1 9 13 9 4 4
sf 12 4 9 1 5 2 11 7 11 6 14 9 9 2 8 16 15 15 12 2 16 10
stl 5 11 7 1 11 12 6 6 5 13 8 7 7 9 4 6 7 4 1 16 7 1
Was 16 1 14 13 11 8 3 15 15 12 11 15 14 14 13 12 7 13 6 13 11 14
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BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN MULTI HIT GAMES
.364 Jones, c ................. atl 48 Howard, r ............... pHi 146 Howard, r ............... pHi 64 reyes, J ....................ny
.357 Pujols, A .................. stl 40 dunn, a ................... ari 124 Wright, d .................. ny 58 theriot, r ................ cHi
.321 Holliday, M ............. col 38 delgado, c ............... ny 119 gonzalez, a .............. sd 57 guzman, c ........... WsH
.316 guzman, c ........... WsH 37 Braun, r .................. MIL 116 Pujols, A ..................STL 56 Pujols, A .................. stl
.312 Berkman, l ............HOU 37 Pujols, A ..................stl 115 delgado, c ............... ny 53 drew, s ....................ari
.307 theriot, r ................ cHi 37 ludwick, r ..............stl 113 ludwick, r ..............stl 52 atkins, g ................ col
.306 Winn, r .....................sf 36 gonzalez, a .............. sd 112 Beltran, c ................. ny 51 Wright, d ...................ny
.306 giles, B .....................sd 34 fielder, p ................. Mil 111 ramirez, a ...............cHi 50 (04) players tied
.305 ethier, a .................... la 33 (04) players tied 106 Braun, r .................. Mil
.302 Wright, d ...................ny 106 Berkman, l ............ Hou
RUNS HITS TOTAL BASES GRAND SLAMS
125 ramirez, H .............. FLA 204 Reyes, J NY 342 Pujols, A ..................stl 2 uggla, d .................. fla
116 Beltran, c..................ny 189 Wright, d ny 338 Braun, r .................. Mil 2 dunn, a ....................ari
115 Wright, d ...................NY 187 Pujols, A STL 334 Wright, D .................. ny 2 de rosa, M ............. cHi
114 Berkman, l ............Hou 183 Winn, r sf 331 Howard, r ............... pHi 2 delgado, c ................ny
113 Mclouth, n ..............pit 183 guzman, c WsH 327 reyes, J ................... ny 1 (44) players tied
113 utley, c ....................pHi 181 lee, d cHi 325 utley, c.................... pHi
113 reyes, J ....................NY 179 Tejada, M HOU 318 Ramirez, H ..............fla
107 Holliday, M ............. col 178 drew, s ari 318 ludwick, r ..............stl
105 Howard, r ................pHi 178 theriot, r cHi 314 gonzalez, a .............. sd
104 ludwick, r .............. stl 177 (02) players tied 314 Berkman, l ............ Hou
DOUBLES TRIPLES STOLEN BASES HITTING STREAKS
46 Mclouth, n ..............pit 19 reyes, J ................... ny 68 taveras, W .............col 22 Johnson, K .............. atl
46 Berkman, l ............Hou 11 drew, s ................... ari 56 reyes, J ................... ny 09/01 - 09/24
45 Hart, c .....................Mil 11 lewis, f .................... sf 47 rollins, J ................. pHi 19 Kemp, M ................... la
44 drew, s ....................ari 9 rollins, J ................. pHi 41 Bourn, M ............... Hou 07/09 - 08/01
44 Pujols, A .................. stl 8 Victorino, s .............. pHi 40 pierre, J .....................la 19 Mclouth, n ..............pit
44 ramirez, a .............. cHi 7 Braun, r .................. Mil 36 Victorino, s .............. pHi 03/31 - 04/21
42 Mccann, B .............. atl 7 Weeks Jr, r ............ Mil 35 Kemp, M ....................la 18 reyes, J ....................ny
42 young, c ..................ari 7 Velez, e .................... sf 35 ramirez, H fla 05/15 - 06/02
42 Wright, d ...................ny 7 young, c ................. ari 28 Holliday, M..............col 17 (04) streaKs tied
41 (03) players tied 7 phillips, B ................cin 25 (02) players tied
WALKS ON-BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE EXTRA-BASE HITS
122 dunn, a ....................ari .470 Jones, c ..................ATL .653 Pujols, A ..................stl 83 Braun, r ..................Mil
104 Pujols, A .................. STL .462 Pujols, A ..................stl .591 ludwick, r ..............STL 81 Pujols, A .................. stl
102 Burrell, p ..................pHi .420 Berkman, l ............ Hou .574 Jones, c ..................atl 80 ludwick, r .............. stl
99 Berkman, l ............Hou .409 Holliday, M..............col .567 Berkman, l ............ Hou 79 Berkman, l ............Hou
94 Wright, d ...................ny .400 ramirez, H ..............fla .553 Braun, r .................. Mil 78 Howard, r ................pHi
92 ramirez, H .............. fla .398 giles, B .................... sd .543 Howard, r ............... pHi 78 utley, c ....................pHi
92 Beltran, c..................ny .390 Wright, d .................. ny .540 ramirez, H ..............fla 77 Wright, d ...................ny
90 Martin, Jr, r ............. la .387 theriot, r ................cHi .538 Holliday, M..............col 76 drew, s ....................ari
90 Jones, c ................. atl .386 dunn, a ................... ari .535 utley, c.................... pHi 76 Mclouth, n ..............pit
87 (02) players tied .385 Martin, Jr, r ..............la .534 Wright, d .................. ny 72 (03) players tied
OUTFIELD ASSISTS HOME BATTING AVERAGE ROAD BATTING AVERAGE RISP BATTING AVERAGE
16 pence, H ................Hou .399 Jones, c ..................ATL .335 Pujols, A ..................stl .345 Berkman, l ............Hou
16 Kemp, M ................... LA .380 Pujols, A ..................stl .325 Jones, c ..................ATL .339 Pujols, A .................. stl
14 francoeur, J............ atl .348 guzman, c ............WsH .321 schumaker, J ..........stl .328 ethier, a .................... la
12 ludwick, r .............. stl .342 atkins, g ................col .316 Hardy, J ................... Mil .325 gonzalez, a ..............sd
12 Burrell, p ..................pHi .336 Wright, d .................. ny .316 lopez, f ..................stl .323 Johnson, K .............. atl
11 lewis, f ....................sf .332 Holliday, M..............col .316 giles, B .................... sd .322 de rosa, M ............. cHi
11 ethier, a .................... la .331 lewis, f .................... sf .308 Holliday, M..............col .320 Howard, r ................pHi
10 soriano, a ............... cHi .324 ramirez, a ...............cHi .308 gonzalez, a .............. sd .319 guzman, c ........... WsH
10 schumaker, J .......... stl .321 drew, s ................... ari .307 ethier, a .....................la .318 schumaker, J .......... stl
10 nady, X ....................pit .320 ludwick, r ..............stl .306 Berkman, l ............ Hou .318 rollins, J ..................pHi
DAY BATTING AVERAGE NIGHT BATTING AVERAGE vs. RHP BATTING AVERAGE vs. LHP BATTING AVERAGE
.380 Pujols, A .................. stl .364 Jones, c ..................atl .349 Jones, c ..................ATL .411 Pujols, A .................. stl
.365 Jones, c ................. ATL .346 Pujols, A ..................stl .340 schumaker, J ..........stl .394 Jones, c ................. atl
.337 rowand, a ................sf .324 Holliday, M..............COL .333 Pujols, A ..................stl .382 Wright, d ...................ny
.317 Votto, J.................... cin .320 Berkman, l ............ Hou .329 Holliday, M..............col .369 Kemp, M ................... la
.316 Beltran, c..................ny .319 guzman, c ............WsH .327 Berkman, l ............ Hou .360 Keppinger, J ............ cin
.313 Holliday, M ............. col .318 Mccann, B ..............atl .326 ethier, a .....................la .357 atkins, g ................ col
.312 Johnson, K.............. atl .317 ethier, a .....................la .320 gonzalez, a .............. sd .354 guzman, c ........... WsH
.312 Wright, d ...................ny .316 schumaker, J ..........stl .316 ludwick, r ..............stl .351 soriano, a ............... cHi
.311 Molina, B...................sf .315 ludwick, r ..............stl .313 ramirez, H ..............fla .333 Johnson, K .............. atl
.310 lopez, f.................. stl .311 theriot, r ................cHi .313 Winn, r .................... sf .326 Beltran, c ..................ny
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EARNED RUN AVERAGE WINS WINNING STREAKS
2.53 santana, J ...............ny 22 Webb, B .................. ari 9 Webb, B .................. ari
2.62 lincecum, t .............sf 18 lincecum, t .............. sf 03/31 - 05/15
2.85 peavy, J...................sd 17 Volquez, e ...............cin 9 sabathia, c ............. Mil
2.96 dempster, r .......... cHi 17 oswalt, r .............. Hou 07/08 - 08/31
3.09 sheets, B ...............Mil 17 lilly, t ......................cHi 9 lohse, K ..................stl
3.09 Hamels, c ..............pHi 17 dempster, r ............cHi 05/24 - 07/17
3.14 Billingsley, c ............ la 16 (05) players tied 9 santana, J ................ ny
3.21 Volquez, e ............. cin 07/09 - 09/27
3.24 lowe, d ................... la 8 (02) streaKs tied
3.30 Webb, B .................ari
SAVES GAMES STARTED COMPLETE GAMES
44 Valverde, J ...........Hou 34 cain, M ..................... sf 7 sabathia, c ............. Mil
41 Wilson, B .................sf 34 Jimenez, u .............col 5 sheets, B ................ Mil
41 lidge, B ..................pHi 34 Webb, B .................. ari 3 Webb, B .................. ari
34 Wood, K ................ cHi 34 perez, o ................... ny 3 oswalt, r .............. Hou
34 cordero, f ............. cin 34 lilly, t ......................cHi 3 santana, J ................ ny
30 fuentes, B ............ col 34 santana, J ................ ny 2 (07) players tied
30 Hoffman, t ..............sd 34 arroyo, B .................cin
29 gregg, K ................ fla 34 lowe, d .....................la
28 torres, s .................Mil 33 (11) players tied
27 Wagner, B ...............ny
GAMES INNINGS PITCHED STRIKEOUTS
86 feliciano, p .............ny 234.1 santana, J ................ ny 265 lincecum, t .............. sf
83 ohman, W ............. atl 227.1 Hamels, c ............... pHi 206 Volquez, e ...............cin
82 smith, J ...................ny 227.0 lincecum, t .............. sf 206 Haren, d .................. ari
82 Marmol, c ............. cHi 226.2 Webb, B .................. ari 206 santana, J ................ ny
81 ayala, l ...................ny 217.2 cain, M ..................... sf 201 Billingsley, c ..............la
81 romero, J ..............pHi 216.0 Haren, d .................. ari 196 Hamels, c ............... pHi
78 Heilman, a ...............ny 212.1 nolasco, r ..............fla 187 dempster, r ............cHi
77 Qualls, c ................ari 211.1 cook, a ...................col 186 cain, M ..................... sf
76 (04) players tied .... 211.0 lowe, d .....................la 186 nolasco, r ..............fla
WINNING PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS OPPONENTS AVERAGE
.783 lincecum, t .............sf 3 sheets, B ................ Mil .221 lincecum, t .............. sf
.759 Webb, B .................ari 3 sabathia, c ............. Mil .227 Hamels, c ............... pHi
.739 Volquez, e ............. cin 2 Kuroda, H ..................la .227 dempster, r ............cHi
.739 dempster, r .......... cHi 2 Hamels, c ............... pHi .229 peavy, J.................... sd
.714 lohse, K ................ stl 2 oswalt, r .............. Hou .232 Volquez, e ...............cin
.700 Zambrano, c ......... cHi 2 santana, J ................ ny .232 santana, J ................ ny
.696 santana, J ...............ny 1 (16) players tied .234 Bush, d ................... Mil
.696 Moyer, J .................pHi .234 perez, o ................... ny
.667 Haren, d .................ari .239 nolasco, r ..............fla
.654 lilly, t .................... cHi .239 lilly, t ......................cHi
HOME EARNED RUN AVERAGE ROAD EARNED RUN AVERAGE
1.74 peavy, J...................sd 2.22 lincecum, t .............. sf
2.09 santana, J ...............ny 2.43 Volquez, e ...............cin
2.30 lowe, d ................... la 2.92 Moyer, J .................. pHi
2.65 perez, o .............. WsH 2.98 Wellemeyer, t .........stl
2.86 dempster, r .......... cHi 3.00 santana, J ................ ny
2.95 Billingsley, c ............ la 3.03 sheets, B ................ Mil
2.98 Wolf, r .................Hou 3.19 Hamels, c ............... pHi
2.99 rodriguez, W .......Hou 3.19 lannan, J ..............WsH
2.99 Hamels, c ..............pHi 3.24 Webb, B .................. ari
3.01 Myers, B .................PHI 3.32 Jurrjens, J ...............atl
DAY EARNED RUN AVERAGE NIGHT EARNED RUN AVERAGE
1.44 peavy, J...................sd 2.58 lincecum, t .............. sf
2.05 Haren, d .................ari 2.66 sheets, B ................ Mil
2.17 Billingsley, c ............ la 2.75 santana, J ................ ny
2.21 Volquez, e ............. cin 2.86 lowe, d .....................la
2.24 santana, J ...............ny 2.88 dempster, r ............cHi
2.48 nolasco, c ............ fla 2.88 Hamels, c ............... pHi
2.54 rodriguez, W .......Hou 2.97 lohse, K ..................stl
2.61 Maddux, g .............. la 3.05 Webb, B .................. ari
2.67 lincecum, t .............sf 3.18 Zambrano, c ...........cHi
3.09 dempster, r .......... cHi 3.35 cain, M ..................... sf
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the White sox drew 2,500,648 fans in 2008 (30,872 per
date), the sixth-highest total in franchise history.
the sox drew over 2.5 million fans for the third consecutive
season, and the combined attendance for 2006-08 of 8.14
million is the second-highest total in franchise history over a
three-year period, trailing only the 8.20 million from 1991-93,
the first three seasons in the new ballpark.
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American League
-------------------HOME------------------- SEASON HIGH ---LAST YEAR--- ------------ROAD------------
CLUB TOTAL AVG DATES GAMES TOTAL DATE TOTAL DIFF TOTAL AVG DATES
nyy 4,287,132 52,928 81 (81) 55,933 4/17 4,271,083 16,049 2,850,594 35,193 81
laa 3,336,747 41,194 81 (81) 44,260 7/18 3,365,632 -28,885 2,399,332 29,621 81
det 3,202,654 39,539 81 (81) 45,280 7/26 3,047,133 155,521 2,308,737 29,225 79
Bos 3,048,250 37,633 81 (81) 38,172 4/23 2,970,755 77,495 3,107,743 38,367 81
SOX 2,500,648 30,872 81 (82) 40,354 9/30 2,684,395 -183,747 2,450,498 30,253 81
tor 2,399,786 29,627 81 (81) 50,171 4/04 2,360,644 39,142 2,409,512 30,119 80
sea 2,329,788 28,763 81 (81) 46,337 3/31 2,672,279 -342,491 2,415,640 29,823 81
Min 2,302,431 28,425 81 (81) 49,596 3/31 2,296,383 6,048 2,362,166 29,527 80
cle 2,169,760 27,122 80 (81) 41,872 3/31 2,275,912 -106,152 2,482,332 31,029 80
Bal 1,950,077 25,001 78 (80) 48,817 8/23 2,164,822 -214,745 2,532,289 31,654 80
teX 1,945,857 24,323 80 (81) 48,808 4/08 2,353,862 -408,005 2,381,219 29,765 80
tB 1,811,986 22,370 81 (81) 36,048 4/08 1,387,603 424,383 2,427,417 30,343 80
oaK 1,665,256 20,559 81 (81) 44,735 3/26 1,921,834 -256,578 2,365,526 29,943 79
Kc 1,578,922 19,986 79 (81) 37,537 6/28 1,616,867 -37,945 2,423,369 29,918 81
TOTALS 34,529,285 30,638 1127 (1134) 35,389,204 -859,919 34,916,374 31,064 1124
National League
-------------------HOME------------------- SEASON HIGH ---LAST YEAR--- --------------ROAD--------------
CLUB TOTAL AVG DATES GAMES TOTAL DATE TOTAL DIFF TOTAL AVG DATES
nyM 4,042,045 51,165 79 (81) 56,350 4/08 3,853,937 188,108 2,911,471 35,944 81
lad 3,730,750 46,059 81 (81) 56,000 3/31 3,857,036 -126,286 2,811,534 34,710 81
stl 3,432,917 42,382 81 (81) 46,865 7/05 3,552,180 -119,263 2,619,726 32,342 81
pHi 3,422,583 42,254 81 (81) 45,521 8/07 3,108,325 314,258 2,690,366 33,214 81
cHi 3,300,200 40,743 81 (81) 41,730 6/01 3,252,462 47,738 2,906,269 36,328 80
Mil 3,068,458 37,882 81 (81) 45,346 7/31 2,869,144 199,314 2,692,175 33,237 81
sf 2,863,847 35,356 81 (81) 42,861 4/07 3,223,215 -359,368 2,581,736 32,272 80
Hou 2,779,487 34,744 80 (80) 43,483 4/07 3,020,405 -240,918 2,607,999 32,198 81
col 2,650,218 33,128 80 (81) 49,233 4/04 2,376,250 273,968 2,657,746 32,812 81
atl 2,532,834 31,270 81 (81) 50,124 9/20 2,745,207 -212,373 2,694,281 34,105 79
ari 2,509,946 30,987 81 (81) 49,110 7/04 2,325,233 184,713 2,749,616 33,946 81
sd 2,427,535 29,970 81 (81) 44,965 3/31 2,790,074 -362,539 2,899,373 35,795 81
Was 2,321,988 29,025 80 (80) 39,824 6/29 1,961,606 360,382 2,626,039 32,825 80
cin 2,058,632 25,415 81 (81) 42,498 3/31 2,058,593 39 2,777,362 34,288 81
pit 1,609,076 20,113 80 (81) 39,081 7/10 1,749,142 -140,066 2,729,779 33,701 81
fla 1,335,079 16,688 80 (81) 39,124 8/16 1,370,511 -35,432 2,666,766 33,335 80
TOTALS 44,085,595 34,201 1289 (1294) 44,113,320 -27,725 43,622,238 33,816 1290
GRAND
TOTALS 78,614,880 32,539 2416 (2428) 79,502,524 887,644 78,538,612 32,535 2414
White Sox 2008 Attendance Notes
Protecting Their Turf
Chicago ranked fifth in the American League in attendance,
trailing only the yankees (4.29), angels (3.34), detroit (3.20)
and Boston (3.05).
the White sox recorded 18 sellouts, including a crowd of
40,354 for the one-game playoff vs. Minnesota on 9/30, the
largest regular-season turnout at u.s. cellular field since 8/4/03
vs. Kansas city.
the White sox went 7-0 on their homestand vs. Kansas city (3-0) and Minnesota (4-0) on June 3-9,
2008, just the fourth undefeated homestand of seven games or more in franchise history and first since
september 5-11, 1983 (7-0 vs. oakland and california). the sox outscored the royals and twins by a
61-26 margin. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only two other teams in major-league history have
produced as many runs (61), hits (91) and home runs (19) during a seven-game winning streak as the
White Sox: Oakland in 2000 and Atlanta in 2006. The Sox also posted their first four-game sweep at home
vs. Minnesota since July 1-3, 1977.

tH e LA S t ti m e it HA p p e n e d
White Sox Players
perfect game ................................................................................................... charles robertson, april 30, 1922 at detroit (W, 2-0)
no-hitter ....................................................................................................................Mark Buehrle, april 18, 2007 vs. texas (W, 6-0)
complete game, one-hitter ........................................................................... freddy garcia, august 23, 2005 vs. Minnesota (l, 0-1)
complete-game, two-hitter .......................................................................................Mark Buehrle, May 31, 2007 at toronto (l, 0-2)
10 or more strikeouts, one game ...........................................................Javier Vazquez, August 12, 2008 vs. Kansas City (10)
four strikeouts, one inning ................................................................................ Wilson alvarez, July 21, 1997 at detroit (7th inning)
10-plus innings pitched .............................................................................alex fernandez, october 1, 1995 vs. Minnesota (10.0 ip)
consecutive shutouts ......................................................................... Jack Mcdowell (9.0 ip), July 1, 1994 vs. Milwaukee (W, 8-0);
alex fernandez (9.0 ip), July 2, 1994 vs. Milwaukee (W, 5-0)
consecutive shutouts, same pitcher............................................................................................. Jon garland, april 25-May 1, 2005
two consecutive complete games, same pitcher ...............................................................................Javier Vazquez, July 3-7, 2007
three consecutive complete games, same pitcher ................................................................. Bartolo colon, september 2-13, 2003
four consecutive complete games, same pitcher ..........................................................................Jack Mcdowell, May 14-30, 1993
inside-the-park home run ..................................................................................... Joe Borchard, september 9, 2002 at Kansas city
Leadoff home run .........................................................................................................DeWayne Wise, July 3, 2008 vs. Oakland
pitcher hit home run .......................................................................................................... Jon garland, June 18, 2006 at cincinnati
Home run, both sides of the plate ............................................................................ Nick Swisher, June 30, 2008 vs. Cleveland
three home runs, one game ..........................................................................................Jose Valentin, July 30, 2003 at Kansas city
four home runs, one game ............................................................................pat seerey, July 18, 1948 at philadelphia (11 innings)
Four consecutive home runs, same inning# ..................................................................................................................................
J. Thome, P. Konerko, A.Ramirez, J. Uribe, August 14, 2008 vs. Kansas City (6th inning)
Back-to-back home runs leading off game ..........................................................................................................................................
ray durham and Jose Valentin, July 5, 2000 at Kansas city
five hits, one game ................................................................................................ Jerry owens, september 22, 2007 at Minnesota
six hits, one game .............................................................................................. lance Johnson, september 23, 1995 at Minnesota
four doubles, one game..............................Mike Kreevich, september 4, 1937 at detroit; Marv owen, april 23, 1939 vs. st. louis
three triples, one game...................................................................................... lance Johnson, september 23, 1995 at Minnesota
four or more steals, one game ............................................................................ scott podsednik, May 1, 2006 at cleveland (four)
steal of home ...................................................................................................... pablo ozuna, september 8, 2005 vs. Kansas city
Hitting for the cycle ...........................................................................................................Jose Valentin, april 27, 2000 vs. Baltimore
two grand slams .......................................................................................................... robin Ventura, september 4, 1995 at texas
Pinch-hit grand slam ........................................................................................ DeWayne Wise, September 14, 2008 vs. Detroit
Two-run sacrifice fly ................................................................................................A.J. Pierzynski, July 8, 2008 at Kansas City
two home runs, same inning.....................................................................................................................................................never
Multihit game by pitcher................................................................................................... Mike sirotka, June 12, 1999 at cubs (2-4)
triple play ............................................................................................ Joe crede-tadahito iguchi, september 18, 2006 vs. detroit
five strikeouts, nine-inning game ................................................................................ ray durham, June 5, 1998 at chicago cubs
White Sox Team
20 runs, game .................................................................................................................20, June 20, 2006 vs. st. louis (W, 20-6)
10 runs, inning .................................................................................................11, september 17, 2007 at Kansas city (5th inning)
20 Hits, Game .........................................................................................................................................22, July 13, 2008 at Texas
10 Hits, inning................................................................................................... 10, september 17, 2007 at Kansas city (5th inning)
Seven Doubles, Game ......................................................................................................................June 17, 2008 vs. Pittsburgh
three triples, game ...................................................................................................................................... July 14, 2002 at detroit
six Home runs, game ........................................................................................................................ June 8, 2004 vs. philadelphia
Four Home Runs, Inning ...................................................................................4, August 14, 2008 vs. Kansas City (6th inning)
Opponents
perfect game ................................................................................................................... addie Joss, october 2, 1908 at cleveland
no-hitter ............................................................................................................... Bret saberhagen, august 26, 1991 at Kansas city
complete game, one-hitter ...............................................................................................tim Hudson, august 28, 2000 at oakland
complete game, two-hitter.......................................................................................... scott elarton, august 29, 2004 vs. cleveland
Back-to-back shutouts ..........................................................................................frank Viola, april 18, 1993 at Boston (W, 4-0) and
John dopson, april 19, 1993 at Boston (W, 6-0)
Home run, both sides of the plate..............................................................................Jorge posada, august 1, 2007 at new york-al
two home runs, same inning........................................................................... Juan rivera, June 19, 2004 at Montreal (2nd inning)
three home runs, one game ................................................................ Justin Morneau, July 6, 2007 vs. Minnesota (second game)
four home runs, one game ..................................................................................................Mike cameron, May 2, 2002 vs. seattle
Inside-the-park home run .......................................................................................................Mark Teahen, July 11, 2008 at K.C.
Hitting for the cycle ....................................................................................................Carlos Gomez, May 7, 2008 vs. Minnesota
three consecutive home runs .................................................................................. Juan gonzalez, Will clark and ivan rodriguez,
august 28, 1998 vs. texas (game one, 4th inning)
steal of home .........................................................................................................................Matt Walbeck, april 11, 1997 at detroit
triple play ............................................................................................................................................... July 25, 1976 vs. Minnesota
#tied american league record
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White Sox Hitting Statistics
GI PINCH HIT
BATTER AVG SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS DP E AB H HR RBI
anderson .324 .603 .418 25 68 10 22 41 5 1 4 12 0 0 0 11 0 18 1 2 0 0
armstrong .625 1.125 .625 5 8 5 5 9 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bourgeois .333 .452 .440 21 42 9 14 19 3 1 0 6 0 0 2 6 0 5 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
cabrera .203 .246 .225 21 69 9 14 17 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 4 4
castillo .500 .500 .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
colina .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
collaro .000 .000 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
cook .333 .333 .333 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
cortez .000 .000 .000 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
crede .172 .276 .226 19 58 9 10 16 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 1 5
dye .186 .371 .230 23 70 7 13 26 1 0 4 8 0 0 1 3 0 21 0 1 2 1
eldred .176 .500 .300 17 34 7 6 17 1 2 2 4 0 0 1 5 0 15 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0
fields .268 .341 .367 16 41 3 11 14 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 4 0 10 1 1 1 3 2 1 0 0
gartrell .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
getz .400 .400 .571 11 10 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
guillen .000 .000 .000 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Hall .111 .167 .304 11 18 3 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 2
Hudson .000 .000 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huffman .333 .333 .500 14 15 2 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Konerko .316 .487 .376 24 76 9 24 37 4 0 3 12 0 1 0 8 0 9 0 1 3 1
liefer .273 .318 .360 11 22 3 6 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2
lucy .364 .545 .417 8 11 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0
Mercedes .333 .333 .333 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miranda .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Morales .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
nanita .000 .000 .000 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
negron .321 .393 .387 14 28 4 9 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
orlando .500 .500 .500 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
owens .361 .500 .378 10 36 6 13 18 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 7 1 1 1 1
ozuna .339 .390 .350 20 59 6 20 23 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 4 0 0 0
phillips .296 .333 .296 17 27 2 8 9 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
pierzynski .268 .375 .281 19 56 3 15 21 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 3 1
price .000 .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Quentin .310 .500 .333 13 42 9 13 21 5 0 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 0
ramirez .358 .582 .375 22 67 11 24 39 7 1 2 18 0 2 0 3 0 12 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1
retherford --- --- --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
richar .364 .364 .417 4 11 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
rouse .227 .227 .261 14 22 4 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0
sanchez .333 .333 .333 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
santeliz --- --- --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
schnurstein .333 .333 .333 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
shelby .000 .000 .000 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
smith .000 .000 .200 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
swisher .215 .443 .303 24 79 10 17 35 6 3 2 12 0 0 0 10 0 16 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
thome .246 .585 .390 21 65 10 16 38 4 0 6 19 0 1 1 15 0 20 1 0 3 0
uribe .356 .542 .397 20 59 10 21 32 8 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 0 6 3 0 3 1 1 1 0 1
Wise .000 .000 .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
TEAM .274 .424 .337 33 1147 162 314 486 67 12 27 151 9 6 16 97 0 218 14 12 38 38 37 6 0 5
OPPONENTS .294 .455 .362 33 1177 210 346 536 76 9 32 199 7 14 17 117 0 211 38 11 26 33 34 10 1 5

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White Sox Pitching Statistics
PITCHER W L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK
OPP
AVG
anderson 0 1 16.20 2 0 0 1 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286
Broadway 0 1 10.50 3 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 13 9 7 1 1 1 0 6 0 0 .394
Buehrle 1 0 2.14 5 5 0 0 0 0 21.0 17 5 5 1 2 7 0 15 1 0 .233
carrasco 1 0 2.19 7 0 0 4 0 3 12.1 12 3 3 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 .255
cassel 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250
childers 0 2 15.00 3 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 8 5 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .471
contreras 1 2 4.62 6 6 0 0 0 0 25.1 24 15 13 4 1 7 0 18 2 0 .242
danks 0 2 4.94 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.2 24 15 13 3 0 10 0 23 0 0 .264
day 0 1 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .400
dotel 0 2 10.45 11 0 0 1 0 0 10.1 15 14 12 1 0 4 0 12 1 0 .319
egbert 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 .400
floyd 0 0 6.55 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.0 26 17 16 4 1 5 0 17 2 0 .292
Haeger 0 1 5.87 5 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 13 10 5 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 .382
Harrell 1 0 0.00 4 0 0 3 0 1 3.1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .286
Jenks 1 0 1.64 11 0 0 1 0 0 11.0 11 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 1 0 .268
linebrink 1 1 3.27 11 0 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 4 4 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 .302
link 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 2 0 0 1.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
logan 1 1 4.61 13 0 0 2 0 0 13.2 12 7 7 1 0 4 0 14 3 0 .231
Lujan 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 .250
Macdougal 0 1 6.52 11 0 0 1 0 1 9.2 11 9 7 2 0 6 0 9 0 1 .289
Masset 0 2 7.06 7 5 0 1 0 0 21.2 30 18 17 3 0 9 0 10 3 0 .333
ohka 0 0 0.90 6 0 0 2 0 0 10.0 7 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 .212
omogrosso 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 5 4 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .455
perez 0 0 29.45 5 0 0 1 0 0 3.2 15 13 12 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 .577
richard 0 0 6.00 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 2 0 0 .167
russell 0 0 6.52 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 11 7 7 2 1 8 0 6 0 0 .333
santeliz 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333
sisco 0 1 9.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 5 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .316
thornton 0 0 4.66 9 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 13 5 5 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 .351
torres 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Vasquez 2 0 13.50 5 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 5 6 6 0 3 6 0 4 2 0 .313
Vazquez 1 1 4.58 4 4 0 0 0 0 17.2 18 4 0 0 0 4 0 22 0 0 .243
Wassermann 1 0 3.09 10 0 0 1 0 0 11.2 6 4 4 1 1 3 0 6 0 0 .162
Whisler 0 0 21.60 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 5 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .556
Winkelsas 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .250
TEAM 11 19 5.66 33 33 0 33 0 5 292.1 346 210 184 32 17 117 0 211 18 1 .294
OPPONENTS 19 11 4.44 33 33 0 33 2 5 296.0 314 162 146 27 16 97 0 218 14 1 .274
Date Opp. Site Result Attend Rec.
2/27 vs. Col. Tucson L, 3-7 3,245 0-1
2/28 at col. tucson W, 12-3 2,295 1-1
2/29 at ariz. tucson W, 7-5 4,828 2-1
3/1 at ariz. tucson W, 12-8 9,296 3-1
3/2 vs. Ariz. (ss) Tucson L, 5-12 7,361 3-2
at ariz. (ss) tucson l, 6-7 12,855 3-3
3/3 at K.c. surprise l, 6-7 3,353 3-4
3/4 vs. LAA Tucson W, 7-6 2,978 4-4
3/5 at col. tucson W, 5-2 2,978 5-4
3/6 vs. Texas Tucson L, 1-6 3,101 5-5
3/7 vs. Ariz. (ss) Tucson L, 0-10 4,785 5-6
at laa tempe l, 1-11 8,675 5-7
3/8 vs. S.F. Tucson W, 6-4 6,534 6-7
3/9 at s.d. peoria l, 3-12 7,786 6-8
3/10 vs. Sea. Tucson W, 9-8 4,547 7-8
3/11 at texas surprise l, 5-7 (10) 4,716 7-9
3/12 vs. Col. Tucson W, 4-1 4,667 8-9
3/13 off day
3/14 vs. Oak. Tucson L, 1-8 7,062 8-10
3/15 vs. Cubs Tucson W, 5-3 11,328 9-10
3/16 at ariz. tucson l, 5-6 7,985 9-11
3/17 at Mil. Maryvale t, 4-4 6,457 9-11-1
3/18 vs. S.D. Tucson L, 0-5 5,354 9-12-1
Game-By-Game Results (11-19-3)
History
Date Opp. Site Result Attend Rec.
3/19 vs. Col. Tucson T, 10-10 7,399 9-12-2
3/20 at lad phoenix l, 2-8 7,654 9-13-2
3/21 at s.f. scottsdale l, 3-4 11,997 9-14-2
3/22 at cubs Mesa t, 8-8 (10) 12,859 9-14-3
3/23 vs. K.C. Tucson L, 5-6 5,490 9-15-3
3/24 at sea. peoria l, 1-3 10,192 9-16-3
3/25 at col. tucson W, 5-2 6,427 10-16-3
3/26 vs. Mil. Tucson L, 10-12 5,880 10-17-3
3/27 vs. Ari. Tucson L, 4-8 7,483 10-18-3
3/28 at texas oklahoma city W, 5-4 13,066 11-18-3
3/29 at nyM Memphis l, 2-3 7,717 11-19-3
W-L Breakdown
overall .......................... 11-19-3
Home ................................ 5-9-1
road ................................. 5-8-2
neutral .............................. 1-2-0
day ............................... 10-19-3
night .................................... 1-0
vs. a.l. ................................. 3-7
vs. n.l. ........................... 8-12-3
Attendance
total .............. 87,214 (15 dates)
average ............................5,814
largest crowd ................11,328
3/15 vs. cubs
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