List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers
Pitchers

List of Chicago White Sox Opening Day starting pitchers

Section Title: Pitchers
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Season	Pitcher	Decision	Final score	Opponent	Location	Ref(s)

1901**	Roy Patterson	(W)	8–2	Cleveland Indians	South Side Park

1902	Nixey Callahan	(W)	12–2	Detroit Tigers	South Side Park

1903	Patsy Flaherty	(W)	14–4	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1904	Frank Owen	(L)	1–6	Cleveland Indians	South Side Park

1905	Frank Smith	(L)	1–2	St. Louis Browns	South Side Park

1906†	Frank Owen (2)	(W)	5–3	Detroit Tigers	Bennett Park

1907	Nick Altrock	(L)	0–1	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1908	Doc White	(W)	15–8	Detroit Tigers	South Side Park

1909	Frank Smith (2)	(L)	0–2	Detroit Tigers	Bennett Park

1910	Frank Smith (3)	(W)	3–0	St. Louis Browns	South Side Park

1911	Ed Walsh	(L)	2–4	Detroit Tigers	Bennett Park

1912	Ed Walsh (2)	(W)	6–2	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1913	Jim Scott	(L)	1–3	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1914	Jim Scott (2)	(W)	5–2	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1915	Jim Scott (3)	(W)	7–6	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1916	Reb Russell	(L)	0–4	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1917†	Lefty Williams	(W)	7–2	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1918	Ed Cicotte	(L)	1–6	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1919**	Lefty Williams (2)	(W)	13–4	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1920	Lefty Williams (3)	W	3–2	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1921	Dickie Kerr	ND (L)	5–6	Detroit Tigers	Navin Field

1922	Red Faber	L	2–3	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1923	Red Faber (2)	ND (L)	5–6	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1924	Charlie Robertson	W	3–7	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1925	Sloppy Thurston	L	3–4	Detroit Tigers	Navin Field

1926	Ted Lyons	W	5–1	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1927	Tommy Thomas	(L)	2–3	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1928	Ted Lyons (2)	(L)	2–8	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1929	Tommy Thomas (2)	(L)	1–3	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1930	Tommy Thomas (3)	ND (W)	8–7	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1931	Tommy Thomas (4)	(L)	4–5	Cleveland Indians	League Park

1932	Sam Jones	W	9–2	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1933	Ed Durham	W	4–2	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1934	Sam Jones (2)	(L)	3–8	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1935	Sam Jones (3)	W	7–6	Detroit Tigers	Navin Field

1936	John Whitehead	W	7–6	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1937	Vern Kennedy	(L)	10–15	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1938	John Whitehead (2)	W	4–3	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1939	Johnny Rigney	(L)	1–6	Detroit Tigers	Briggs Stadium

1940	Eddie Smith	(L)	0–1	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1941	Bill Dietrich	W	4–3	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1942	Johnny Rigney (2)	(L)	0–3	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1943	Bill Dietrich (2)	(L)	0–3	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1944	Orval Grove	W	3–1	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1945	Thornton Lee	W	5–2	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1946	Bill Dietrich (3)	(L)	0–1	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1947	Ed Lopat	W	2–0	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1948	Joe Haynes	(L)	2–5	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1949	Al Gettel	(L)	1–5	Detroit Tigers	Briggs Stadium

1950	Bill Wight	(L)	3–5	St. Louis Browns	Comiskey Park

1951	Billy Pierce	W	17–3	St. Louis Browns	Sportsman's Park

1952	Billy Pierce (2)	(L)	2–3	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1953	Saul Rogovin	(L)	0–6	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1954	Billy Pierce (3)	L	2–8	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1955	Virgil Trucks	L	1–5	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1956	Billy Pierce (4)	W	2–1	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1957	Billy Pierce (5)	W	3–2	Cleveland Indians	Cleveland Stadium

1958	Billy Pierce (6)	L	3–4	Detroit Tigers	Comiskey Park

1959**	Billy Pierce (7)	ND (W)	9–7	Detroit Tigers	Briggs Stadium

1960	Early Wynn	ND (W)	10–9	Kansas City Athletics	Comiskey Park

1961	Early Wynn (2)	ND (W)	4–3	Washington Senators	Griffith Stadium

1962	Juan Pizarro	W	2–1	Los Angeles Angels	Comiskey Park

1963	Ray Herbert	ND (W)	7–5	Detroit Tigers	Tiger Stadium

1964	Gary Peters	ND (L)	3–5	Baltimore Orioles	Comiskey Park

1965	Gary Peters (2)	W	5–3	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1966	Tommy John	ND (W)	3–2	California Angels	Comiskey Park

1967	John Buzhardt	L	4–5	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1968	Joe Horlen	L	0–9	Cleveland Indians	Comiskey Park

1969	Gary Peters (3)	L	2–5	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

1970	Tommy John (2)	L	0–12	Minnesota Twins	Comiskey Park

1971	Tommy John (3)	W	6–5	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

1972	Wilbur Wood	ND (L)	1–2	Kansas City Royals	Municipal Stadium

1973	Wilbur Wood (2)	W	3–1	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium

1974	Wilbur Wood (3)	L	2–8	California Angels	Comiskey Park

1975	Wilbur Wood (4)	L	2–3	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

1976	Wilbur Wood (5)	W	4–0	Kansas City Royals	Comiskey Park

1977	Ken Brett	L	5–9	Toronto Blue Jays	Exhibition Stadium

1978	Steve Stone	ND (W)	6–5	Boston Red Sox	Comiskey Park

1979	Ken Kravec	L	3–5	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1980	Steve Trout	L	3–5	Baltimore Orioles	Comiskey Park

1981	Britt Burns	ND (W)	5–3	Boston Red Sox	Fenway Park

1982	Jerry Koosman	ND (W)	7–6	New York Yankees	Yankee Stadium

1983*	LaMarr Hoyt	L	3–5	Texas Rangers	Arlington Stadium

1984	LaMarr Hoyt (2)	W	5–2	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1985	Tom Seaver	W	4–2	Milwaukee Brewers	County Stadium

1986	Tom Seaver (2)	L	3–5	Milwaukee Brewers	Comiskey Park

1987	Richard Dotson	W	5–4	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

1988	Ricky Horton	W	8–5	California Angels	Comiskey Park

1989	Jerry Reuss	W	9–2	California Angels	Angel Stadium of Anaheim

1990	Mélido Pérez	ND (W)	2–1	Milwaukee Brewers	Comiskey Park

1991	Jack McDowell	W	9–1	Baltimore Orioles	Memorial Stadium

1992	Jack McDowell (2)	W	10–4	California Angels	Angel Stadium of Anaheim

1993*	Jack McDowell (3)	W	10–5	Minnesota Twins	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

1994	Jack McDowell (4)	L	3–7	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome

1995	Alex Fernandez	L	3–12	Milwaukee Brewers	County Stadium

1996	Alex Fernandez (2)	ND (L)	2–3	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome

1997	Jaime Navarro	ND (W)	6–5	Toronto Blue Jays	SkyDome

1998	Jaime Navarro (2)	W	9–2	Texas Rangers	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

1999	James Baldwin	W	8–2	Seattle Mariners	Kingdome

2000*	Mike Sirotka	L	4–10	Texas Rangers	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

2001	David Wells	W	7–4	Cleveland Indians	Jacobs Field

2002	Mark Buehrle	W	6–5	Seattle Mariners	Safeco Field

2003	Mark Buehrle (2)	L	0–3	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

2004	Mark Buehrle (3)	ND (L)	7–9	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

2005†	Mark Buehrle (4)	W	1–0	Cleveland Indians	U.S. Cellular Field

2006	Mark Buehrle (5)	ND (W)	10–4	Cleveland Indians	U.S. Cellular Field

2007	José Contreras	L	5–12	Cleveland Indians	U.S. Cellular Field

2008*	Mark Buehrle (6)	ND (L)	8–10	Cleveland Indians	Progressive Field

2009	Mark Buehrle (7)	ND (W)	4–2	Kansas City Royals	U.S. Cellular Field

2010	Mark Buehrle (8)	W	6–0	Cleveland Indians	U.S. Cellular Field

2011	Mark Buehrle (9)	W	15–10	Cleveland Indians	Progressive Field

2012	John Danks	L	2–3	Texas Rangers	Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

2013	Chris Sale	W	1–0	Kansas City Royals	U.S. Cellular Field

2014	Chris Sale (2)	W	5–3	Minnesota Twins	U.S. Cellular Field

2015	Jeff Samardzija	L	1–10	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

2016	Chris Sale (3)	W	4–3	Oakland Athletics	Oakland Coliseum

2017	Jose Quintana	L	3–6	Detroit Tigers	U.S. Cellular Field

2018	James Shields	W	14–7	Kansas City Royals	Kauffman Stadium

Sentence(s)

In 1977, Ken Brett was the Opening Day starting pitcher against the Toronto Blue Jays.

final_sentence: In 1977, Ken Brett was the Opening Day starting pitcher against the Toronto Blue Jays.