# 2008 Chicago White Sox season

The 2008 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 109th season in Chicago and 108th in the American League. The White Sox won the American League Central title for the first time since 2005. They finished the regular season tied with the Minnesota Twins (88–74) and won a one-game playoff for the division title. They subsequently lost the 2008 American League Division Series to Tampa Bay Rays.
Individual highlights for the White Sox included the breakout season of offseason acquisition Carlos Quentin and the strong rookie season of infielder Alexei Ramírez. Gavin Floyd nearly threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 6, broken up by Joe Mauer's double in the ninth inning. The White Sox set a new home record at U.S. Cellular Field of 54–28 (.658 pct.) breaking the 2003 home record of 51–30 (.629 pct.).

## Offseason

Finishing fourth in the American League Central division coupled with having both MLB's lowest batting average and on-base percentage in 2007 prompted the White Sox to make numerous transactions, particularly with West Coast teams, to improve their lineup.
* Infielder Juan Uribe re-signed with the White Sox for a one-year, $4.5 million contract.
* Infielder Orlando Cabrera was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for starting pitcher Jon Garland.
* Relief pitcher Scott Linebrink was signed to a four-year contract worth $19 million.
* Outfielder Carlos Quentin was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Minor League infielder Chris Carter.
* Cuban infielder Alexei Ramírez signed with the White Sox.
* Nick Swisher was acquired from the Oakland Athletics for three Minor League prospects: pitchers Gio González and Fautino de los Santos and outfielder Ryan Sweeney.
* Octavio Dotel, former reliever for the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, was signed to a two-year contract for $11 million.
Other players no longer with the team from the 2007 season are Alex Cintrón, Darin Erstad (signed with Houston), Andy González, Mike Myers, Heath Phillips, Scott Podsednik, and Luis Terrero.
Two coaching staff changes were made, with the hiring of Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach Jeff Cox and bullpen coach Juan Nieves. Cox replaces Razor Shines, while Nieves replaces Art Kusnyer.

## Regular season and post season
### March/April

Record: 14–13
* On April 13 against the Detroit Tigers, the Sox hit two grand slams in a game, ones by Paul Konerko and Joe Crede. It was the third time in White Sox history when the team hit two grand slams in a game. The two previous times were (1) September 4, 1995, when Robin Ventura hit two grand slams at Texas and (2) May 19, 1996, when Darren Lewis and Robin Ventura each hit slams at Detroit.

### May

Record: 16–13
* On May 6 against the Minnesota Twins, Gavin Floyd took a no-hitter into the ninth inning, when Joe Mauer hit a double with one out. The only run the Sox allowed was unearned, on a sacrifice fly by Jason Kubel in the fourth inning. The Sox held on for a 6–1 victory. If Gavin Floyd had completed the no-hitter, it would have been the second of three consecutive seasons that the White Sox threw one (Mark Buehrle in 2007 as well as in 2009, which was Mark Buehrle's perfect game).

### June

Record: 17–10
* On June 5, the White Sox drafted University of Georgia SS Gordon Beckham with the eighth overall pick.

### July

Record: 13–12
* On July 31, at the trading deadline, the White Sox traded relief pitcher Nick Masset and minor leaguer second baseman Danny Richar for Ken Griffey Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds.

### August

Record: 17–11
* On August 5 against the Detroit Tigers, in the top of the 14th inning, the Tigers scored two runs via a two-run home run by Plácido Polanco, which made it 8-6. In the bottom of the 14th, the Sox came back with four runs: Jermaine Dye reached base on an error, and the Nick Swisher hit a walk-off three-run homer, making the final score it 10-8.
* On August 14 against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramírez, and Juan Uribe hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning. This was the first time the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs in an inning, and just sixth time in MLB history (the first since the Boston Red Sox did it on April 22, 2007). The Sox swept the Royals with the final score of 9–2.

### September

Record: 12–15
* The Sox faced three different teams in three consecutive games, which was just the third time this had happened in MLB history (the White Sox and Cleveland Indians each having done so in September 2000). The Sox won all three games: (1) the regularly scheduled season finale against the Cleveland Indians, (2) a game against the Detroit Tigers that had been rescheduled from earlier in the month due to rain, and (3) the tiebreaker game against the Minnesota Twins. Having won, they then faced a fourth team in their next game to begin the playoffs.
* September was the team's first month with a losing record in the season. The month was highlighted with the AL Central tie-breaker game, which took place at U.S. Cellular Field on September 30 vs. the Minnesota Twins. It was Game 163 of the regular season. The White Sox organization called on the fans who attended the game to wear all black. There was almost 100% participation in what the White Sox called "the blackout game." The White Sox won the game 1-0.

### October

Record: 1–3
* The 2008 playoffs saw the White Sox square off with the Tampa Bay Rays in a matchup of the second and third seeds. The White Sox started Javier Vázquez in Game 1. Rays rookie Evan Longoria hit two home runs in a 6-4 win for Tampa. Mark Buehrle started Game 2, which saw the White Sox unable to hold an early lead, eventually losing 6-4. For Games 3 and 4, the series moved to Chicago. The Sox took Game 3 by the score of 5-3, with John Danks getting the victory. The Chicago crowd continued the new "blackout" tradition, but the Rays proved to be too much for the Sox in Game 4, winning 6-2 and taking the series 3 games to 1.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 74 | .546 | — | 54‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 88 | 75 | .540 | 1 | 53‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 81 | .500 | 7½ | 45‍–‍36 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Royals | 75 | 87 | .463 | 13½ | 38‍–‍43 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14½ | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |
The Chicago White Sox claim their second A.L Central Championship in the last four years.

### Record vs. opponents

| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 6–12 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 3–6 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 0–5 | 8–2 | 3–15 | 4–5 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 12–6 | – | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 1–8 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 9–1 | 9–9 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 5–4 | 3–4 | – | 11–7 | 12–6 | 12–6 | 5–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 4–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | – | 11–7 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 6–4 | 6–1 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 3–4 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 7–11 | – | 7–11 | 3–6 | 7–11 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 7–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 3–5 | 13–5 |
| Kansas City | 3–5 | 1–6 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 11–7 | – | 2–3 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 13–5 |
| Los Angeles | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 3–2 | – | 5–3 | 7–3 | 10–9 | 14–5 | 3–6 | 12–7 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–6 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 0–6 | 14–4 |
| New York | 11–7 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–2 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 5–0 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 9–10 | 5–5 | 1–5 | - | 10–9 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 2–8 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 2–7 | 5–14 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 9–10 | – | 3–4 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 15–3 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 4–3 | – | 6–3 | 11–7 | 12–6 |
| Texas | 5–4 | 1–9 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 3–6 | – | 4–4 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 12–6 | 9–9 | 7–1 | 1–6 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 9–9 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–11 | 4–4 | – | 8–10 |
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### Game log

2008 White Sox game log :
March/April (14–13) – Home (7–7) – Road (7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
1March 31@ Indians8–10Betancourt (1–0)Dotel (0–1)Borowski (1)3:2141,8720–1box
2April 2@ Indians2–7Carmona (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)3:3117,6450–2box
3April 3@ Indians2–1Dotel (1–1)Westbrook (0–1)Jenks (1)2:2715,7851–2box
4April 4@ Tigers8–5Logan (1–0)Grilli (0–1)Jenks (2)3:1034,5692–2box
5April 5@ Tigers5–3Floyd (1–0)Miner (0–1)Jenks (3)2:3942,3813–2box
6April 6@ Tigers13–2Buehrle (1–0)Verlander (0–1)2:4535,2304–2box
7April 7Twins7–4Vázquez (1–1)Guerrier (0–1)Jenks (4)2:5538,0825–2box
8April 9Twins5–12Baker (2–0)Danks (0–1)Bass (1)3:0116,4995–3box
–April 10TwinsPostponed (rain), rescheduled for June 9
9April 11Tigers2–5López (1–0)Contreras (0–1)Jones (1)3:1326,0945–4box
10April 12Tigers7–0Floyd (2–0)Verlander (0–2)2:2529,6496–4box
11April 13Tigers11–0Vázquez (2–1)Rogers (0–3)2:3426,2947–4box
12April 14Athletics1–2Smith (1–0)Buehrle (1–1)Street (4)2:4020,4307–5box
13April 15Athletics4–1Danks (1–1)Eveland (1–1)Jenks (5)2:1818,2548–5box
14April 16@ Orioles3–1Contreras (1–1)Loewen (0–1)Jenks (6)2:2512,0809–5box
15April 17@ Orioles5 – 6 (10)Sherrill (1–0)Logan (1–1)3:2013,6769–6box
16April 18@ Rays9–2Vázquez (3–1)Niemann (1–1)3:0212,37910–6box
17April 19@ Rays0–5Sonnanstine (2–1)Buehrle (1–2)2:0217,61310–7box
18April 20@ Rays6–0Danks (2–1)Jackson (2–2)2:3417,21211–7box
19April 22Yankees5–9Wang (4–0)Contreras (1–2)3:4425,01211–8box
20April 23Yankees4–6Mussina (2–3)Vázquez (3–2)Rivera (6)3:0627,75111–9box
21April 24Yankees7–6Jenks (1–0)Chamberlain (1–1)3:0527,24312–9box
–April 25OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 26
22April 26Orioles1–5Burres (3–1)Danks (2–2)Sherrill (9)2:4123,04312–10box
23April 26Orioles6–5Jenks (2–0)Bierd (0–1)3:2834,75713–10box
24April 27Orioles6–1Contreras (2–2)Guthrie (0–3)2:5829,75614–10box
25*April 28Orioles3 – 4 (14)Castillo (1–0)H. Ramírez (1–3)Cherry (1)4:4217,367*14–11box
26April 29@ Twins1–3Bonser (2–4)Floyd (2–1)Nathan (8)2:3220,89114–12box
27April 30@ Twins3–4Blackburn (2–1)Wassermann (0–1)Nathan (9)2:3719,13714–13box
* Completed the game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 25 from the 12th inning on with the same att. number from U.S. Cellular Field. :
May (16–13) – Home (6–3) – Road (10–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
28May 2@ Blue Jays0–2Marcum (3–2)Buehrle (1–3)Downs (2)2:1021,05714–14box
29May 3@ Blue Jays2–5Litsch (4–1)Danks (2–3)Ryan (4)2:3627,77814–15box
30May 4@ Blue Jays3–4Halladay (3–4)Contreras (2–3)Downs (3)2:1226,24714–16box
31May 5@ Blue Jays0–1McGowan (2–2)Vázquez (3–3)Ryan (5)2:4016,60214–17box
32May 6Twins7–1Floyd (3–1)Blackburn (2–2)2:2723,48015–17box
33May 7Twins1–13Hernández (5–1)Buehrle (1–4)2:3221,09215–18box
34May 8Twins6–2Danks (3–3)Slowey (0–2)3:1525,19316–18box
35May 9@ Mariners4–2Contreras (3–3)Silva (3–2)Jenks (7)2:2327,16917–18box
36May 10@ Mariners8–4Vázquez (4–3)Washburn (2–5)2:5833,07818–18box
37May 11@ Mariners3–6Washburn (3–4)Floyd (3–2)Putz (3)3:0330,34618–19box
38May 12@ Angels7–10Adenhart (1–0)Buehrle (1–5)Rodríguez (15)2:4938,72318–20box
39May 13@ Angels0–2Shields (2–0)Dotel (1–2)Rodríguez (16)2:4035,33318–21box
40May 14@ Angels6–1Contreras (4–3)Shields (2–1)2:3737,05919–21box
41May 15@ Angels4–3Dotel (2–2)Rodríguez (0–1)Jenks (8)3:1441,44420–21box
42May 16@ Giants2–0Floyd (4–2)Sánchez (2–3)Jenks (9)2:5035,48221–21box
43May 17@ Giants3–1Buehrle (2–5)Zito (0–8)Jenks (10)2:5237,00622–21box
44May 18@ Giants13–8Thornton (1–0)Walker (1–2)Masset (1)3:0134,33123–21box
45May 20Indians4–1Contreras (5–3)Sabathia (3–6)Jenks (11)2:5027,53324–21box
46May 21Indians7–2Vázquez (5–3)Byrd (2–4)2:4538,51825–21box
47May 22Indians3–1Linebrink (1–0)Laffey (2–3)Jenks (12)2:1728,04026–21box
48May 23Angels1–3Saunders (8–1)Floyd (4–3)Rodríguez (20)2:1228,15626–22box
49May 24Angels0–2Weaver (4–5)Danks (3–4)Rodríguez (21)2:5338,43426–23box
50May 25Angels3–2Linebrink (2–0)Lackey (1–1)2:0536,19527–23box
51May 26@ Indians6 – 3 (12)Logan (2–1)Elarton (0–1)Jenks (13)4:0231,00628–23box
52May 27@ Indians2–8Laffey (3–3)Buehrle (2–6)2:5025,42628–24box
53May 28@ Indians6–5Floyd (5–3)Betancourt (1–3)Jenks (14)3:1131,74029–24box
54May 29@ Rays5–1Danks (4–4)Jackson (3–4)2:4612,63630–24box
55May 30@ Rays1–2Wheeler (1–3)Linebrink (2–1)2:5014,67930–25box
56May 31@ Rays0–2Kazmir (5–1)Vázquez (5–4)Balfour (1)2:4636,04830–26box :
June (17–10) – Home (15–2) – Road (2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
57June 1@ Rays3 – 4 (10)Howell (4–0)Thornton (1–1)2:4124,72030–27box
58June 3Royals9–5Floyd (6–3)Greinke (5–3)2:3321,72731–27box
59June 4Royals6 – 4 (15)Dotel (3–2)Gobble (0–1)4:2323,72732–27box
60June 5Royals6–2Contreras (6–3)Meche (3–8)2:4425,10433–27box
61June 6Twins10–6Vázquez (6–4)Blackburn (4–4)2:5326,45934–27box
62June 7Twins11–2Buehrle (3–6)Hernández (6–3)2:1632,93035–27box
63June 8Twins12–2Floyd (7–3)Slowey (2–6)2:2530,56536–27box
64June 9Twins7–5Thornton (2–1)Guerrier (3–2)Jenks (15)2:5821,12637–27box
65June 10@ Tigers4–6Robertson (4–6)Contreras (6–4)Jones (11)2:3438,29537–28box
66June 11@ Tigers1–5Verlander (3–9)Vázquez (6–5)2:1338,69337–29box
67June 12@ Tigers1–2Jones (2–0)Dotel (3–3)2:0440,29737–30box
68June 13Rockies5–4Thornton (3–1)Herges (2–3)Jenks (16)2:2830,14338–30box
69June 14Rockies0–2Grilli (2–2)Dotel (3–4)Fuentes (10)2:5635,66338–31box
70June 15Rockies3–5Cook (10–3)Contreras (6–5)Fuentes (11)2:4432,00438–32box
71June 17Pirates16–5Vázquez (7–5)Snell (3–7)3:1528,01239–32box
72June 18Pirates8–2Buehrle (4–6)Gorzelanny (5–6)2:1728,57040–32box
73June 19Pirates13–8Floyd (8–3)Dumatrait (3–4)2:5526,68541–32box
74June 20@ Cubs3–4Wood (4–1)Linebrink (2–2)2:3241,10641–33box
75June 21@ Cubs7–11Marquis (6–3)Contreras (6–6)Wood (19)2:5241,02141–34box
76June 22@ Cubs1–7Dempster (9–2)Vázquez (7–6)2:5241,03441–35box
77June 24@ Dodgers6–1Buehrle (5–6)Lowe (5–7)2:0543,90042–35box
78June 25@ Dodgers0–5Stults (2–0)Floyd (8–4)2:2240,16242–36box
79June 26@ Dodgers2–0Danks (5–4)Kershaw (0–2)Jenks (17)2:5837,95643–36box
80June 27Cubs10–3Contreras (7–6)Dempster (9–3)2:4939,13244–36box
81June 28Cubs6–5Thornton (4–1)Mármol (1–3)Jenks (18)3:0339,14345–36box
82June 29Cubs5–1Buehrle (6–6)Marshall (0–2)2:3439,57346–36box
83June 30Indians9–7Floyd (9–4)Sowers (0–4)Thornton (1)2:5738,46647–36box :
July (13–12) – Home (7–5) – Road (6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
84July 1Indians3 – 2 (10)Russell (1–0)Borowski (1–3)2:4425,50248–36box
85July 2Indians6 – 5 (10)Russell (2–0)Kobayashi (4–4)3:1123,52249–36box
86July 3Athletics2–3Duchscherer (9–5)Vázquez (7–7)Street (16)2:2126,73049–37box
87July 4Athletics1–7Blanton (5–11)Buehrle (6–7)2:5329,60049–38box
88July 5Athletics6–1Floyd (10–4)Smith (5–7)2:4435,58650–38box
89July 6Athletics4–3Danks (6–4)Harden (5–1)Linebrink (1)2:4731,95551–38box
90July 8@ Royals8 – 7 (13)Masset (1–0)Tejeda (0–1)4:2013,61452–38box
91July 9@ Royals7–6Russell (3–0)Tejeda (0–2)Dotel (1)2:4616,50253–38box
92July 10@ Royals1–4Mahay (5–0)Buehrle (6–8)Soria (24)2:2614,54753–39box
93July 11@ Rangers2–7Mendoza (2–3)Floyd (10–5)Guardado (2)2:5028,00353–40box
94July 12@ Rangers9–7Danks (7–4)Millwood (6–5)3:2939,20954–40box
95July 13@ Rangers11–12Wright (6–4)Logan (2–2)4:0128,45954–41box
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 (15) at Yankee Stadium
96July 18Royals9–5Buehrle (7–8)Greinke (7–6)2:5936,29155–41box
97July 19Royals1–9Meche (7–9)Floyd (10–6)2:5136,56655–42box
98July 20Royals7–8R. Ramírez (1–1)Thornton (4–2)Soria (26)3:0932,26955–43box
99July 21Rangers1–6Feldman (4–3)Vázquez (7–8)2:3739,54755–44box
100July 22Rangers10–2Buehrle (8–8)Mendoza (2–4)2:2832,67056–44box
101July 23Rangers10–8Dotel (4–4)Guardado (1–2)Jenks (19)3:0535,35357–44box
102July 25@ Tigers6–5Carrasco (1–0)Jones (4–1)Jenks (20)2:5244,39358–44box
103July 26@ Tigers7–6Danks (8–4)Verlander (8–10)Jenks (21)3:0545,28059–44box
104July 27@ Tigers4–6Miner (5–3)Vázquez (7–9)2:4641,79059–45box
105July 28@ Twins0–7Slowey (7–7)Buehrle (8–9)2:2830,12659–46box
106July 29@ Twins5–6Perkins (8–3)Richard (0–1)Nathan (29)2:5035,99959–47box
107July 30@ Twins8–3Floyd (11–6)Hernández (10–8)2:5242,70560–47box
108July 31@ Twins6–10Crain (4–2)Thornton (4–3)3:2331,49360–48box :
August (17–11) – Home (11–5) – Road (6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
109August 1@ Royals4–2Vázquez (8–9)Hochevar (6–9)Jenks (22)2:5421,29161–48box
110August 2@ Royals7–9Davies (5–2)Buehrle (8–10)Soria (31)3:0121,86661–49box
111August 3@ Royals3–14Greinke (9–7)Richard (0–2)2:5915,26861–50box
112August 5Tigers10 – 8 (14)Russell (4–0)Zumaya (0–1)4:5835,37162–50box
113August 6Tigers5–1Danks (9–4)Verlander (8–12)2:3134,12463–50box
114August 7Tigers3–8Miner (6–4)Vázquez (8–10)Rodney (2)3:0836,38363–51box
115August 8Red Sox5–3Buehrle (9–10)Lester (10–4)Jenks (23)2:2738,62164–51box
116August 9Red Sox2–6Matsuzaka (13–2)Logan (2–3)2:5439,24364–52box
117August 10Red Sox6–5Floyd (12–6)Buchholz (2–8)Jenks (24)3:0639,00865–52box
118August 11Red Sox1–5Beckett (11–8)Danks (9–5)2:4832,63465–53box
119August 12Royals9–0Vázquez (9–10)Bannister (7–11)2:1331,09966–53box
120August 13Royals4–0Buehrle (10–10)Hochevar (6–11)2:1737,83867–53box
121August 14Royals9–2Broadway (1–0)Davies (5–4)3:0032,78868–53box
122August 15@ Athletics4–6Street (3–5)H. Ramírez (1–2)2:4419,40568–54box
123August 16@ Athletics2–1Danks (10–5)Smith (5–12)Jenks (25)3:0122,20669–54box
124August 17@ Athletics13–1Vázquez (10–10)Gonzalez (1–2)2:1928,84370–54box
125August 18Mariners13–5Buehrle (11–10)Washburn (5–13)2:4339,00271–54box
126August 19Mariners5–0Richard (1–2)Hernández (7–8)2:3626,41472–54box
127August 20Mariners15–3Floyd (13–6)Dickey (3–8)2:3027,00073–54box
128August 22Rays4–9Jackson (10–8)Danks (10–6)3:2038,74773–55box
129August 23Rays3–5Balfour (4–2)Vázquez (10–11)Wheeler (8)3:0436,48273–56box
130August 24Rays6 – 5 (10)Jenks (3–0)Hammel (4–4)3:1138,56274–56box
131August 25@ Orioles4–3Richard (2–2)Waters (2–1)Jenks (26)2:3320,70775–56box
132August 26@ Orioles8–3Floyd (14–6)Burres (7–8)2:4415,39876–56box
133August 27@ Orioles3–11Liz (5–3)Danks (10–7)2:4915,73676–57box
134August 29@ Red Sox0–8Matsuzaka (16–2)Vázquez (10–12)2:4837,75576–58box
135August 30@ Red Sox2–8Bowden (1–0)Buehrle (11–11)2:4037,75176–59box
136August 31@ Red Sox4–2Floyd (15–6)Wakefield (8–9)Jenks (27)2:4737,39177–59box :
September (12–15) – Home (8–6) – Road (4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
137September 1@ Indians0–5Lee (20–2)Richard (2–3)2:2623,31777–60box
138September 2@ Indians3–9Carmona (8–5)Danks (10–8)3:1220,98077–61box
139September 3@ Indians4–2Vázquez (11–12)Sowers (2–8)Jenks (28)3:1220,32878–61box
140September 5Angels10–2Buehrle (12–11)Moseley (1–4)2:4832,50279–61box
141September 6Angels7 – 6 (15)Wassermann (1–1)Speier (1–8)3:5431,04680–61box
142September 7Angels2–3Saunders (15–7)H. Ramírez (1–4)Rodríguez (55)2:4426,02980–62box
–September 8Blue JaysPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 9
143September 9Blue Jays1–3Burnett (17–10)Vázquez (11–13)Ryan (28)3:0824,62180–63box
144September 9Blue Jays2–8Litsch (11–8)Richard (2–4)2:3728,50580–64box
145September 10Blue Jays6–5Buehrle (13–11)Halladay (18–10)2:3926,19881–64box
146September 11Blue Jays4–6Marcum (9–6)Floyd (15–7)Ryan (29)2:5727,17081–65box
–September 12TigersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13
–September 13TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 14
–September 13TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for September 29
147September 14Tigers4–2Vázquez (12–13)Verlander (10–16)2:17N/A82–65box
148September 14Tigers11–7Thornton (5–3)Seay (1–2)3:1628,23883–65box
149September 15@ Yankees2–4Coke (1–0)Wassermann (1–2)Rivera (36)2:3953,23683–66box
150September 16@ Yankees6–2Floyd (16–7)Pettitte (13–14)3:0252,55884–66box
151September 17@ Yankees1–5Bruney (3–0)Richard (2–5)2:4052,67184–67box
152September 18@ Yankees2–9Mussina (18–9)Vázquez (12–14)3:0853,15284–68box
153September 19@ Royals9–4Buehrle (14–11)Bannister (8–16)2:4026,04985–68box
154September 20@ Royals2–5Davies (8–7)Floyd (16–8)Soria (41)2:3223,75485–69box
155September 21@ Royals3–0Danks (11–8)Duckworth (3–2)Jenks (29)2:2816,92086–69box
156September 23@ Twins3–9Baker (10–4)Vázquez (12–15)2:4335,22586–70box
157September 24@ Twins2–3Blackburn (11–10)Buehrle (14–12)Nathan (39)2:4242,12686–71box
158September 25@ Twins6 – 7 (10)Nathan (1–2)Jenks (3–1)3:2743,60186–72box
159September 26Indians8–11S. Lewis (4–0)Danks (11–9)J. Lewis (13)3:3636,49486–73box
160September 27Indians6–12Jackson (2–3)Vázquez (12–16)3:0536,03186–74box
161September 28Indians5–1Buehrle (15–12)Bullington (0–2)2:2933,39687–74box
162September 29Tigers8–2Floyd (17–8)Galarraga (13–7)3:1435,92388–74box
163*September 30Twins1–0Danks (12–9)Blackburn (11–11)Jenks (30)2:2040,35489–74box :
*AL Central tiebreaker :
2008 White Sox postseason game log :
American League Division Series (1–3) (best of 5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveTimeAtt.RecordBox
1October 2@ Rays4–6Shields (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)Wheeler (1)3:1035,0410–1box
2October 3@ Rays2–6Kazmir (1–0)Buehrle (0–1)3:1035,2570–2box
3October 5Rays5–3Danks (1–0)Garza (0–1)Jenks (1)3:0740,1421–2box
4October 6Rays2–6Sonnanstine (1–0)Floyd (0–1)3:1340,4541–3box :

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Brian Anderson | 109 | 181 | 24 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .232 | 5 |
| Mark Buehrle | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 161 | 661 | 93 | 186 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 57 | .281 | 19 |
| José Contreras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Crede | 97 | 335 | 41 | 83 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 55 | .248 | 0 |
| John Danks | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0 |
| Octavio Dotel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jermaine Dye | 154 | 590 | 96 | 172 | 41 | 2 | 34 | 96 | .292 | 3 |
| Josh Fields | 14 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .156 | 0 |
| Gavin Floyd | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. | 41 | 131 | 16 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .260 | 0 |
| Toby Hall | 41 | 127 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .260 | 0 |
| Bobby Jenks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Paul Konerko | 122 | 438 | 59 | 105 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 62 | .240 | 2 |
| Scott Linebrink | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Boone Logan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nick Masset | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Pablo Ozuna | 32 | 64 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .281 | 0 |
| A. J. Pierzynski | 134 | 534 | 66 | 150 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 60 | .281 | 1 |
| Carlos Quentin | 130 | 480 | 96 | 138 | 26 | 1 | 36 | 100 | .288 | 7 |
| Alexei Ramírez | 136 | 480 | 65 | 139 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 77 | .290 | 13 |
| Adam Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Nick Swisher | 153 | 497 | 86 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 24 | 69 | .219 | 3 |
| Jim Thome | 149 | 503 | 93 | 123 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 90 | .245 | 1 |
| Matt Thornton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Juan Uribe | 110 | 324 | 38 | 80 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 40 | .247 | 1 |
| Javier Vázquez | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Ehren Wassermann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| DeWayne Wise | 57 | 129 | 20 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | .248 | 9 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 5553 | 811 | 1458 | 296 | 13 | 235 | 785 | .263 | 67 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Mark Buehrle | 15 | 12 | 3.79 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 218.2 | 106 | 92 | 52 | 140 |
| D. J. Carrasco | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 38.2 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 30 |
| José Contreras | 7 | 6 | 4.54 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 121 | 64 | 61 | 35 | 70 |
| John Danks | 12 | 9 | 3.32 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 195 | 74 | 72 | 57 | 159 |
| Octavio Dotel | 4 | 4 | 3.76 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 92 |
| Gavin Floyd | 17 | 8 | 3.84 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 206.1 | 107 | 88 | 70 | 145 |
| Bobby Jenks | 3 | 1 | 2.63 | 57 | 0 | 30 | 61.2 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 38 |
| Scott Linebrink | 2 | 2 | 3.69 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 46.1 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 40 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Boone Logan | 2 | 3 | 5.95 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 42 |
| Mike MacDougal | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| Nick Masset | 1 | 0 | 4.63 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 44.2 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 32 |
| Clayton Richard | 2 | 5 | 6.04 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 47.2 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 29 |
| Adam Russell | 4 | 0 | 5.19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 22 |
| Matt Thornton | 5 | 3 | 2.67 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 67.1 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 77 |
| Javier Vázquez | 12 | 16 | 4.67 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 208.1 | 113 | 108 | 61 | 200 |
| Ehren Wassermann | 1 | 2 | 7.78 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 9 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 74 | 4.11 | 163 | 163 | 34 | 1457.2 | 665 | 729 | 460 | 1147 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Marc Bombard |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Carlos Subero |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Tim Blackwell |
| A | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | Chris Jones and Nick Capra |
| Rookie | Bristol White Sox | Appalachian League | Bobby Thigpen |
| Rookie | Great Falls Voyagers | Pioneer League | Chris Cron |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls

## Trivia

* The 2008 White Sox became the first team to ever win its last three regular season games against three different opponents.