# 2007 Chicago White Sox season

The Chicago White Sox' 2007 season started off with the White Sox trying to re-claim the American League Central title, an achievement they last achieved in 2005, when they went on to win the 2005 World Series. They failed to win consecutive AL Central championships when the Minnesota Twins won it in 2006. They finished the season 72–90, fourth place in the AL Central. Notable events include Mark Buehrle pitching a no-hitter on April 18, 2007.
On August 12, 2007, closer Bobby Jenks retired his 41st consecutive hitter, Yuniesky Betancourt, to tie the Major League record for most consecutive hitter retired in a row. He is tied with Jim Barr, who set it with the San Francisco Giants over two games on August 23, 1972, and August 29, 1972.
On September 16, 2007 Jim Thome hit his 500th career home run with a two-run shot in the bottom of the 9th inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9-7. Thome is the first player in club history to hit his 500th career home run while in a White Sox uniform.
With their 72–90 record, the White Sox finished with their first losing season since 1999.

## 2007 off-season

The 2006–2007 offseason stirred up controversy among Sox fans. First, on November 16, lefty reliever Neal Cotts was sent to the Chicago Cubs for reliever David Aardsma and prospect Carlos Vásquez. This was the first deal between the crosstown rivals since the Cubs traded pitcher Jon Garland for White Sox reliever Matt Karchner in the middle of the 1998 season.
A deal that involved trading Garland to the Houston Astros for outfielder Willy Taveras and pitchers Taylor Buchholz and Jason Hirsh was reported to have been agreed upon, but general manager Ken Williams backed out of the trade at the last minute, due to health concerns for Buchholz.
Williams traded first baseman Ross Gload to the Kansas City Royals for reliever Andrew Sisco.
On December 6, starting pitcher Freddy García was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitching prospects Gavin Floyd and Gio González, who was initially traded to the Phillies by the White Sox in the Jim Thome deal a year prior.
Even more controversial was the December 23 deal that sent highly touted starter Brandon McCarthy, along with outfield prospect David Paisano, to the Texas Rangers for pitching prospects John Danks, Nick Masset, and Jacob Rasner. To some, it seemed as if Williams was sacrificing the present for the future in these deals.
The Sox also signed free agent catcher Toby Hall, signed free agent outfielder/first baseman Darin Erstad, and signed Javier Vázquez to a 3-year, $33 million contract extension.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cleveland Indians | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 51‍–‍29 | 45‍–‍37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 | 8 | 45‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Minnesota Twins | 79 | 83 | .488 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Chicago White Sox | 72 | 90 | .444 | 24 | 38‍–‍43 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Kansas City Royals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 27 | 35‍–‍46 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

2007 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 6–12 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–0 | 3–7 | 0–7 | 9–9 | 4–4 | 2–7 | 11–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 |
| Boston | 12–6 | — | 7–1 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 4–4 | 4–5 | 13–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 |
| Chicago | 3–5 | 1–7 | — | 7–11 | 11–7 | 12–6 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 1–7 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–14 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 2–5 | 11–7 | — | 12–6 | 11–7 | 5–5 | 14–4 | 0–6 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 8–2 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 5–1 | 4–3 | 7–11 | 6–12 | — | 11–7 | 3–5 | 12–6 | 4–4 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 14–4 |
| Kansas City | 0–7 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 7–11 | — | 5–2 | 9–9 | 1–9 | 6–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Los Angeles | 7–3 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | — | 6–3 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 13–6 | 6–2 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 14–4 |
| Minnesota | 7–0 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 3–6 | — | 2–5 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 11–7 |
| New York | 9–9 | 10–8 | 6–4 | 6–0 | 4–4 | 9–1 | 3–6 | 5–2 | — | 2–4 | 5–5 | 10–8 | 5–1 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–4 | 4–4 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 4–2 | — | 5–14 | 4–6 | 9–10 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 7–2 | 5–4 | 7–1 | 3–4 | 4–6 | 6–3 | 6–13 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 14–5 | — | 4–3 | 11–8 | 4–5 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 7–11 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 2–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 6–4 | 3–4 | — | 5–4 | 9–9 | 7–11 |
| Texas | 6–4 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 1–5 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 5–5 | 11–7 |
| Toronto | 10–8 | 9–9 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 8–10 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 5–5 | — | 10–8 |

## Game log

2007 White Sox Game Log :
April (12–11) – Home (5–7) – Road (7–4)
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1April 2Indians5–12Sabathia (1–0)Contreras (0–1)2:5138,0880–1box
2April 4Indians7–8Fultz (1–0)Thornton (0–1)Borowski (1)3:2926,3370–2box
3April 5Indians4–3Jenks (1–0)Hernández (0–1)2:5424,1411–2box
–April 6TwinsPostponed (cold weather), Rescheduled for July 6
4April 7Twins3–0Vázquez (1–0)Silva (0–1)Jenks (1)2:5133,2782–2box
5April 8Twins1–3Santana (2–0)Danks (0–1)Nathan (3)2:3627,6532–3box
6April 9@ Athletics4–1Contreras (1–1)Harden (1–1)2:3835,0773–3box
7April 10@ Athletics1–2Street (1–0)Jenks (1–1)2:3715,1533–4box
8April 11@ Athletics6–3Aardsma (1–0)Street (1–1)Jenks (2)2:3219,1304–4box
9April 13@ Indians6–4Vázquez (2–0)Carmona (0–1)Jenks (3)3:1716,7895–4box
10April 14@ Indians0–4Byrd (1–0)Danks (0–2)Borowski (4)2:5018,0825–5box
11April 15@ Indians1–2Sabathia (3–0)Contreras (1–2)Borowski (5)2:3414,8875–6box
12April 17Rangers1–8Tejeda (2–1)Garland (0–1)2:2823,1395–7box
13April 18Rangers6–0Buehrle (1–0)Millwood (2–2)2:0325,3906–7box
14April 19Rangers6–4Thornton (1–1)Feldman (1–1)Jenks (4)2:4225,4597–7box
15April 20@ Tigers5–4Masset (1–0)Grilli (0–1)Jenks (5)2:5940,6858–7box
16April 21@ Tigers7 – 5 (10)Aardsma (2–0)Rodney (1–2)Jenks (6)3:0939,6189–7box
17April 22@ Tigers5 – 6 (12)Grilli (1–1)Masset (1–1)3:2738,3799–8box
18April 23@ Royals7–4Buehrle (2–0)Gobble (0–1)Jenks (7)2:5812,26510–8box
19April 24@ Royals9–7Logan (1–0)Soria (1–1)Jenks (8)3:2714,90711–8box
20April 25Tigers2–6Durbin (1–1)Danks (0–3)Jones (8)2:4126,34211–9box
–April 26TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for July 24
21April 27Angels7–3Contreras (2–2)Santana (2–3)2:5430,19312–9box
22April 28Angels0–3Weaver (1–2)Garland (0–2)Rodríguez (7)2:3938,20812–10box
23April 29Angels2–5Escobar (1–0)Buehrle (2–1)Rodríguez (8)2:3038,51312–11box :
May (12–14) – Home (7–4) – Road (5–10)
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24May 1@ Mariners2–5Washburn (2–2)Vázquez (2–1)Putz (5)2:2120,73912–12box
25May 2@ Mariners2–3Batista (3–2)Danks (0–4)Putz (6)2:0316,55512–13box
26May 4@ Angels1–5Escobar (3–1)Contreras (2–3)Shields (2)2:2344,12612–14box
27May 5@ Angels6–3Garland (1–2)Lackey (4–1)Jenks (9)2:4142,57413–14box
28May 6@ Angels4 – 3 (10)Thornton (2–1)Rodríguez (0–2)Jenks (10)2:5742,01714–14box
29May 8@ Twins4 – 7 (10)Rincón (2–0)Sisco (0–1)3:1021,97914–15box
30May 9@ Twins6–3Danks (1–4)Ortiz (3–3)Jenks (11)2:2924,36715–15box
31May 10@ Twins3–0Contreras (3–3)Silva (2–3)2:1423,66316–15box
32May 11Royals2–1Garland (2–2)Pérez (2–4)Jenks (12)2:2034,52217–15box
33May 12Royals5 – 4 (10)MacDougal (1–0)Duckworth (0–3)3:2136,70218–15box
34May 13Royals1–11de la Rosa (4–3)Vázquez (2–2)3:0134,46818–16box
–May 15YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 16
35May 16Yankees5–3Danks (2–4)Mussina (2–2)Thornton (1)2:3830,95319–16box
36May 16Yankees1–8Wang (2–3)Contreras (3–4)3:0034,60919–17box
37May 17Yankees4–1Garland (3–2)DeSalvo (1–1)Jenks (13)2:4830,48820–17box
38May 18@ Cubs3–6Lilly (4–2)MacDougal (1–1)Dempster (9)2:3640,87420–18box
39May 19@ Cubs6–11Howry (1–3)Aardsma (2–1)2:4341,10120–19box
40May 20@ Cubs10–6Masset (2–1)Zambrano (4–4)3:0241,16421–19box
41May 21Athletics8–5Contreras (4–4)Blanton (4–2)Jenks (14)3:0735,32722–19box
42May 22Athletics10–4Danks (2–4)Lewis (0–1)2:3134,12223–19box
43May 23Athletics0–4Gaudin (4–1)Garland (3–3)2:3529,05123–20box
44May 25Devil Rays5–4Jenks (2–1)Orvella (0–2)2:5034,53824–20box
–May 26Devil RaysPostponed (rain), rescheduled for August 27
45May 27Devil Rays5–11Kazmir (3–2)Vázquez (2–3)3:1838,10324–21box
46May 28@ Twins4–10Santana (6–4)Contreras (4–5)2:5927,09024–22box
47May 29@ Twins2–9Bonser (4–1)Danks (3–5)2:4623,77124–23box
48May 30@ Twins6–7Nathan (2–1)MacDougal (1–2)2:4829,04224–24box
49May 31@ Blue Jays0–2Halladay (5–2)Buehrle (2–2)Accardo (8)1:5022,43624–25box :
June (10–18) – Home (3–10) – Road (7–8)
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50June 1@ Blue Jays3–0Vázquez (3–3)Burnett (5–5)Jenks (15)2:3320,05125–25box
51June 2@ Blue Jays3–9McGowan (2–2)MacDougal (1–3)Janssen (2)2:4125,69125–26box
52June 3@ Blue Jays3–4Tallet (2–1)Masset (1–2)Accardo (7)3:0630,88625–27box
53June 4Yankees6–4Garland (4–3)DeSalvo (1–3)Jenks (16)2:5732,70326–27box
54June 5Yankees3–7Clippard (3–1)Buehrle (2–3)Rivera (6)3:0830,89526–28box
55June 6Yankees1–5Wang (5–4)Vázquez (3–4)2:4030,82926–29box
56June 7Yankees3–10Proctor (1–3)Contreras (4–6)Rivera (7)3:2132,68826–30box
57June 8Astros2–5Sampson (6–5)Danks (3–6)Wheeler (11)2:4533,21226–31box
58June 9Astros2–3Qualls (5–3)Jenks (2–2)3:0136,61626–32box
59June 10Astros6–3Buehrle (3–3)Rodríguez (3–6)Jenks (17)2:2333,43327–32box
60June 11@ Phillies0–3Eaton (7–4)Vázquez (3–5)Alfonseca (5)2:3131,98927–33box
61June 12@ Phillies3–7Hamels (9–2)Contreras (4–7)2:3234,52927–34box
62June 13@ Phillies4–8Madson (1–2)Thornton (2–2)2:5942,67727–35box
63June 15@ Pirates2–4Maholm (3–9)Garland (4–4)Capps (4)2:4126,64727–36box
64June 16@ Pirates6–1Buehrle (4–3)Van Benschoten (0–1)2:2436,61028–36box
65June 17@ Pirates7–8Chacòn (3–1)Masset (2–3)Capps (5)2:4826,83028–37box
66June 18Marlins10–6Contreras (5–7)Johnson (0–1)Jenks (18)2:5836,13229–37box
67June 19Marlins5–7Benítez (1–3)Thornton (2–3)Gregg (12)2:5535,32729–38box
68June 20Marlins4–5Tankersley (4–1)Garland (4–5)Gregg (13)2:5432,00729–39box
69June 22Cubs1–5Zambrano (8–6)Buehrle (4–4)2:3339,04629–40box
70June 23Cubs1–2Wuertz (1–2)Jenks (2–3)Howry (1)2:5739,04329–41box
71June 24Cubs0–3Marshall (4–2)Contreras (5–8)Howry (2)3:0439,19429–42box
72June 25@ Devil Rays5–4Danks (4–6)Fossum (5–7)Jenks (19)3:1910,51430–42box
73June 26@ Devil Rays6–1Garland (5–5)Shields (6–3)2:2711,95431–42box
74June 27@ Devil Rays5–3Buehrle (5–4)Glover (3–3)Jenks (20)3:0310,49232–42box
75June 28@ Devil Rays5–1Vázquez (4–5)Kazmir (5–4)2:5213,49633–42box
76June 29@ Royals1–8Bannister (5–4)Contreras (5–9)Greinke (1)2:3320,52533–43box
77June 30@ Royals3 – 1 (10)Bukvich (1–0)Dotel (0–1)Jenks (21)2:4125,11934–43box :
July (14–15) – Home (9–7) – Road (5–8)
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78July 1@ Royals3–1Garland (6–5)Thomson (1–1)Jenks (22)3:1323,00435–43box
79July 2Orioles6–7Bell (1–1)Jenks (2–4)Ray (14)2:5335,16135–44box
80July 3Orioles5–1Vázquez (5–5)Cabrera (6–9)2:2237,28136–44box
81July 4Orioles6–9Bell (2–1)Contreras (5–10)3:2333,64036–45box
82July 5Orioles11–6Danks (5–6)Burres (4–3)2:4630,36437–45box
83July 6Twins14–20Baker (3–3)Garland (6–6)3:4231,54337–46box
84July 6Twins0–12Garza (1–0)Floyd (0–1)3:0232,42637–47box
85July 7Twins3–1Buehrle (6–4)Bonser (5–6)Jenks (23)2:2036,79138–47box
86July 8Twins6–3Vázquez (6–5)Silva (6–10)2:2032,72439–47box
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 5–4 at AT&T Park
87July 12@ Orioles9–7Garland (7–6)Guthrie (4–3)Jenks (24)3:0321,00040–47box
88July 13@ Orioles0–2Bédard (8–4)Buehrle (6–5)Ray (15)2:1228,16240–48box
89July 14@ Orioles6 – 7 (10)Ray (5–6)Haeger (0–1)3:4529,20840–49box
90July 15@ Orioles3–5Olson (1–0)Contreras (5–11)Ray (16)2:5029,38240–50box
91July 16@ Indians11–10Danks (6–6)Lee (5–6)Jenks (25)3:3621,46041–50box
92July 17@ Indians5 – 6 (11)Betancourt (2–0)Day (0–1)3:5821,32141–51box
93July 18@ Indians5–1Buehrle (7–5)Westbrook (1–5)2:5529,82242–51box
94July 19@ Red Sox4–2Vázquez (7–5)Matsuzaka (11–7)Jenks (26)3:3436,91343–51box
95July 20@ Red Sox3–10Beckett (13–3)Contreras (5–12)2:5336,73743–52box
96July 21@ Red Sox2–11Gabbard (4–0)Danks (6–7)3:0536,28343–53box
97July 22@ Red Sox5–8Wakefield (11–9)Garland (7–7)Papelbon (22)3:1436,34643–54box
98July 23Tigers6–9Grilli (4–2)Buehrle (7–6)Jones (27)3:2030,12243–55box
99July 24Tigers5–3Vázquez (8–5)Bonderman (10–2)Jenks (27)2:2030,56944–55box
100July 24Tigers8–7Thornton (3–3)Miner (1–2)Jenks (28)3:3029,04245–55box
101July 25Tigers9–13Grilli (5–2)Contreras (5–13)Byrdak (1)3:2728,46245–56box
102July 26Tigers4–3Jenks (3–4)Miner (1–3)2:3930,56746–56box
103July 27Blue Jays4–3Garland (8–7)Towers (5–7)Jenks (29)2:4234,59047–56box
104July 28Blue Jays2–0Buehrle (8–6)Halladay (11–5)Jenks (30)2:0737,74448–56box
105July 29Blue Jays1–4Marcum (7–4)Vázquez (8–6)Accardo (17)2:2136,57148–57box
106July 31@ Yankees3–16Mussina (6–7)Contreras (5–14)2:5953,95848–58box :
August (9–20) – Home (5–9) – Road (4–11)
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107August 1@ Yankees1–8Pettitte (7–7)Danks (6–8)3:0253,34248–59box
108August 2@ Yankees13–9Logan (2–0)Karstens (0–2)3:5954,86949–59box
109August 3@ Tigers7–4Buehrle (9–6)Miller (5–4)2:4642,06650–59box
110August 4@ Tigers7–5Vázquez (9–6)Bonderman (10–4)Jenks (31)3:0142,90751–59box
111August 5@ Tigers3–1Floyd (1–1)Tata (1–1)Jenks (32)2:4039,77852–59box
112August 7Indians1–2Westbrook (3–6)Danks (6–9)Borowski (31)2:4632,31552–60box
113August 8Indians6 – 4 (13)Contreras (6–14)Fultz (3–2)4:1733,14753–60box
114August 9Indians5–7Laffey (1–1)Buehrle (9–7)Borowski (32)3:0336,39953–61box
115August 10Mariners5–3Vázquez (10–6)Washburn (8–9)Jenks (33)2:3638,58654–61box
116August 11Mariners6–7Batista (12–8)Floyd (1–2)Putz (34)3:0138,21054–62box
117August 12Mariners0–6Weaver (4–10)Danks (6–10)2:1336,62954–63box
118August 14@ Athletics3–4DiNardo (7–6)Garland (8–8)Embree (15)2:4424,08254–64box
119August 15@ Athletics2–3Blanton (10–8)Buehrle (9–8)Street (10)2:1425,29554–65box
120August 16@ Athletics5 – 8 (10)Lugo (4–0)Thornton (3–4)3:3220,21854–66box
121August 17@ Mariners4–5Batista (13–8)Contreras (6–15)Putz (35)2:5046,17054–67box
122August 18@ Mariners5–7Weaver (5–10)Danks (6–11)Putz (36)2:3141,12154–68box
123August 19@ Mariners5–11Hernández (9–6)Garland (8–9)2:5445,66854–69box
124August 20Royals4–3Thornton (4–4)Riske (1–3)Jenks (34)3:0635,39155–69box
125August 21Royals5–2Vázquez (11–6)Núñez (2–1)Jenks (35)3:0135,30956–69box
126August 22Royals6–7Bannister (10–7)Contreras (6–16)3:1131,73956–70box
–August 23Red SoxPostponed (rain), rescheduled for August 24
127August 24Red Sox3–11Beckett (16–5)Garland (8–10)3:4730,58156–71box
128August 24Red Sox1–10Schilling (8–5)Danks (6–12)2:4437,63956–72box
129August 25Red Sox2–14Wakefield (16–10)Buehrle (9–9)3:1038,87456–73box
130August 26Red Sox1–11Tavárez (7–9)Vázquez (11–7)2:5936,74556–74box
131August 27Devil Rays5–4Contreras (7–16)Wheeler (1–6)Jenks (36)2:2637,03057–74box
132August 28@ Rangers3–4Littleton (1–1)MacDougal (1–4)Benoit (2)2:5420,26157–75box
133August 29@ Rangers4 – 5 (11)Littleton (2–1)Logan (2–1)3:5023,70457–76box
134August 30@ Rangers1–5Millwood (9–11)Danks (6–13)2:4523,43257–77box
135August 31@ Indians5–8Fultz (4–2)MacDougal (1–5)Betancourt (1)3:0138,32557–78box :
September (15–12) – Home (9–6) – Road (6–6)
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136September 1@ Indians0–7Byrd (14–5)Vázquez (11–8)2:3741,13157–79box
137September 2@ Indians8–0Contreras (8–16)Westbrook (5–8)3:1937,71858–79box
138September 4@ Tigers3–1Garland (9–10)Bonderman (11–8)Jenks (37)3:0432,50559–79box
139September 5@ Tigers1 – 2 (11)Seay (2–0)Phillips (0–1)3:4432,98059–80box
140September 6@ Tigers2–3Seay (3–0)Jenks (3–5)2:4235,97759–81box
141September 7Twins11 – 10 (13)Phillips (1–1)Rincón (3–3)4:2934,10460–81box
142September 8Twins8–7Myers (4–0)Cali (0–1)Thornton (2)3:2531,74761–81box
143September 9Twins2–5Santana (15–11)Garland (9–11)Nathan (30)2:3732,25061–82box
144September 10Indians2–6Carmona (16–8)Floyd (1–3)2:5330,12661–83box
145September 11Indians3–8Byrd (15–6)Broadway (0–1)3:2331,93961–84box
146September 12Indians7–4Vázquez (12–8)Westbrook (5–9)2:5423,53762–84box
147September 14Angels5–3Contreras (9–16)Colón (6–7)Jenks (38)2:5133,58163–84box
148September 15Angels1–2Weaver (12–7)Garland (9–12)Rodríguez (35)3:1336,48563–85box
149September 16Angels9–7MacDougal (2–5)Moseley (4–3)3:0629,01064–85box
150September 17@ Royals11–3Vázquez (13–8)Davies (6–14)2:5014,42165–85box
151September 18@ Royals2–3Meche (9–12)Floyd (1–4)Soria (16)2:3815,01565–86box
152September 19@ Royals7–0Contreras (10–16)Bannister (12–9)2:1611,85766–86box
153September 20@ Royals0–3Greinke (7–6)Garland (9–13)Soria (17)1:5510,26466–87box
154September 21@ Twins6–4Buehrle (10–9)Santana (15–13)Jenks (39)2:2927,92867–87box
155September 22@ Twins8–3Vázquez (14–8)Baker (9–9)2:5731,73768–87box
156September 23@ Twins1–7Slowey (4–0)Floyd (1–5)2:4329,38268–88box
157September 25Royals5–9Duckworth (3–5)Wassermann (0–1)3:2031,60768–89box
158September 26Royals3–0Garland (10–13)Greinke (7–7)2:2132,09169–89box
159September 27Royals10–0Broadway (1–1)Buckner (1–2)2:3034,47770–89box
160September 28Tigers5–2Vázquez (15–8)Rogers (3–4)Jenks (40)2:4030,28171–89box
161September 29Tigers3–2Wassermann (1–1)Rodney (2–6)2:4733,06672–89box
162September 30Tigers3–13Robertson (9–13)Contreras (10–17)3:0433,15472–90box :

## Opening Day lineup

Pablo Ozuna, LF
Darin Erstad, CF
Jim Thome, DH
Paul Konerko, 1B
Jermaine Dye, RF
Joe Crede, 3B
Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
A. J. Pierzynski, C
Juan Uribe, SS
José Contreras, P

### 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; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | SB |
| Brian Anderson, OF | 13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .118 | 0 |
| Mark Buehrle, P | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0 |
| Alex Cintrón, 3B,SS,2B | 68 | 185 | 23 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 35 | .243 | 2 |
| José Contreras, P | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 47 | 167 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 24 | .216 | 0 |
| John Danks, P | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Jermaine Dye, RF | 138 | 508 | 68 | 129 | 34 | 0 | 28 | 78 | 45 | 107 | .254 | 2 |
| Darin Erstad, OF,1B | 87 | 310 | 33 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 44 | .248 | 7 |
| Josh Fields, 3B,LF | 100 | 373 | 54 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 67 | 35 | 125 | .244 | 1 |
| Jon Garland, P | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Andy González, UT | 67 | 189 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 61 | .185 | 1 |
| Toby Hall, C | 38 | 116 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .207 | 0 |
| Tadahito Iguchi, 2B | 90 | 327 | 45 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 44 | 65 | .251 | 8 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 151 | 549 | 71 | 142 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 90 | 78 | 102 | .259 | 0 |
| Donny Lucy, C | 8 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | 0 |
| Rob Mackowiak, OF,1B | 85 | 237 | 34 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 53 | .278 | 3 |
| Gustavo Molina, C | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .056 | 0 |
| Nick Masset, P | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Jerry Owens, CF | 93 | 356 | 44 | 95 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 63 | .267 | 32 |
| Pablo Ozuna, 3B,OF,2B | 27 | 78 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .244 | 3 |
| A. J. Pierzynski, C | 136 | 472 | 54 | 124 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 50 | 25 | 66 | .263 | 1 |
| Scott Podsednik, LF | 62 | 214 | 30 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 36 | .243 | 12 |
| Danny Richar, 2B | 56 | 187 | 30 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 33 | .230 | 1 |
| Ryan Sweeney, OF | 15 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .200 | 0 |
| Luis Terrero, OF | 61 | 117 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 35 | .231 | 4 |
| Jim Thome, DH | 130 | 432 | 79 | 119 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 96 | 95 | 134 | .275 | 0 |
| Matt Thornton, P | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Juan Uribe, SS | 150 | 513 | 55 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 68 | 34 | 112 | .234 | 1 |
| Javier Vázquez, P | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5441 | 693 | 1341 | 249 | 20 | 190 | 667 | 532 | 1149 | .246 | 78 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K |
| David Aardsma | 2 | 1 | 6.40 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 39 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 36 |
| Lance Broadway | 1 | 1 | 0.87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
| Mark Buehrle | 10 | 9 | 3.63 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 201.0 | 208 | 86 | 81 | 22 | 50 | 115 |
| Ryan Bukvich | 1 | 0 | 5.05 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 35.2 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 18 |
| José Contreras | 10 | 17 | 5.57 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 189.0 | 232 | 134 | 117 | 21 | 63 | 113 |
| John Danks | 6 | 13 | 5.50 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 139.0 | 160 | 92 | 85 | 28 | 58 | 109 |
| Dewon Day | 0 | 1 | 11.25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
| Gavin Floyd | 1 | 5 | 5.27 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 70.0 | 85 | 45 | 41 | 17 | 19 | 49 |
| Jon Garland | 10 | 13 | 4.23 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 208.1 | 219 | 114 | 98 | 19 | 60 | 98 |
| Charlie Haeger | 0 | 1 | 7.15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Bobby Jenks | 3 | 5 | 2.77 | 66 | 0 | 40 | 65.0 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 56 |
| Boone Logan | 2 | 1 | 4.97 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 59 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 35 |
| Mike MacDougal | 2 | 5 | 6.80 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 | 50 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 36 | 39 |
| Nick Masset | 2 | 3 | 7.09 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 39.1 | 52 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 31 | 21 |
| Mike Myers | 1 | 0 | 11.20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| Heath Phillips | 1 | 1 | 3.68 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Bret Prinz | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Andy Sisco | 0 | 1 | 8.36 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Matt Thornton | 4 | 4 | 4.79 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 56.1 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 55 |
| Javier Vázquez | 15 | 8 | 3.74 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 216.2 | 197 | 95 | 90 | 29 | 52 | 213 |
| Ehren Wassermann | 1 | 1 | 2.74 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 90 | 4.77 | 162 | 162 | 42 | 1440.2 | 1556 | 839 | 763 | 174 | 549 | 1015 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Marc Bombard |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Rafael Santana |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Tim Blackwell |
| A | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | Chris Jones |
| Rookie | Bristol White Sox | Appalachian League | Omer Muñoz |
| Rookie | Great Falls White Sox | Pioneer League | Chris Cron |