# 2006 Chicago White Sox season

The 2006 Chicago White Sox season was their first since winning the World Series the season before. They finished with a record of 90–72, good enough for third place in the American League Central, six games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

## Offseason

* November 25, 2005: Jim Thome was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Aaron Rowand, and Daniel Haigwood (minors). The Chicago White Sox sent Gio González (minors) (December 8, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.
* November 30, 2005: Paul Konerko was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* December 13, 2005: Rob Mackowiak was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago White Sox for Damaso Marte.
* December 20, 2005: Javier Vázquez was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago White Sox for Orlando Hernández, Luis Vizcaíno and Chris Young.
* January 19, 2006: Jorge Velandia and Agustín Montero was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* March 8, 2006: Jeff Bajenaru was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago White Sox for Alex Cintrón.
* March 20, 2006: Joe Borchard was traded to the Seattle Mariners by the Chicago White Sox for Matt Thornton.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | 46‍–‍35 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Chicago White Sox | 90 | 72 | .556 | 6 | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 18 | 44‍–‍37 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 34‍–‍47 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2006 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 |
| Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 |
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 |
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 |
| Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 |
| New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
| Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 |

### Game log

2006 White Sox Game Log :
April (17–7) – home (9–3) – road (8–4)
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1April 2Indians10–4McCarthy (1–0)Cabrera (0–1)2:5938,8021–0box
2April 4Indians2–8Westbrook (1–0)García (0–1)2:3537,5911–1box
3April 5Indians3 – 4 (11)Graves (1–0)Cotts (0–1)4:0033,5861–2box
4April 7@ Royals7–11Wood (1–0)Garland (0–1)2:5123,2041–3box
5April 8@ Royals3–4Dessens (1–0)Politte (0–1)Burgos (1)2:4718,0311–4box
6April 9@ Royals3–1Buehrle (1–0)Elarton (0–2)Jenks (1)2:1715,0942–4box
7April 10@ Tigers5–3García (1–1)Bonderman (1–1)Jenks (2)2:1444,1793–4box
8April 12@ Tigers4–3Contreras (1–0)Robertson (1–1)Jenks (3)2:1412,6013–4box
9April 13@ Tigers13–9Garland (1–1)Verlander (1–1)3:1214,0275–4box
10April 14Blue Jays7–13Walker (1–1)Vázquez (0–1)3:1531,4185–5box
11April 15Blue Jays4–2Buehrle (2–0)Burnett (0–1)Jenks (4)2:1033,2476–5box
12April 16Blue Jays6 – 4 (5)García (2–1)Towers (0–3)1:3627,3377–5box
13April 17Royals9–0Contreras (2–0)Mays (0–2)2:2927,8898–5box
14April 18Royals4–1Garland (2–1)Affeldt (0–2)Jenks (5)2:1921,9019–5box
15April 19Royals4–0Vázquez (1–1)Elarton (0–4)Jenks (6)2:3425,45910–5box
16April 21Twins7–1Buehrle (3–0)Santana (0–3)2:2931,28711–5box
17April 22Twins9–2García (3–1)Radke (2–2)3:0138,95512–5box
18April 23Twins7–3Contreras (1–1)Silva (1–3)2:2438,10213–5box
19April 24@ Mariners3 – 4 (11)Mateo (2–0)McCarthy (1–1)3:0720,39013–6box
20April 25@ Mariners13–3Vázquez (2–1)Piñeiro (2–2)Logan (1)2:4620,45114–6box
21April 26@ Mariners1–5Washburn (2–3)Buehrle (3–1)2:1223,84814–7box
22April 28@ Angels8–5García (4–1)Weaver (1–3)3:0343,94015–7box
23April 29@ Angels2–1Contreras (4–0)Santana (3–2)Jenks (7)2:2440,06516–7box
24April 30@ Angels6–5Politte (1–1)Shields (1–2)Cotts (1)2:3544,13517–7box :
May (16–12) – home (10–3) – road (6–9)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
25May 1@ Indians8–6Vázquez (3–1)Lee (2–2)Jenks (8)3:4417,84518–7box
26May 2@ Indians1–7Sabathia (1–0)Buehrle (3–2)2:3822,63018–8box
27May 3Mariners6 – 5 (11)Jenks (1–0)Woods (1–1)3:1627,56919–8box
28May 4Mariners4–1Contreras (5–0)Hernández (1–4)Jenks (9)2:2226,31320–8box
29May 5Royals4–5Dessens (2–1)Jenks (1–1)Burgos (4)2:4933,62820–9box
30May 6Royals9–2Vázquez (4–1)Hernández (1–2)2:3838,59321–9box
31May 7Royals3–2McCarthy (2–1)Dessens (2–2)Jenks (10)2:3638,87022–9box
32May 9Angels9–1García (5–1)Gregg (2–1)2:3436,53923–9box
33May 10Angels5–12Santana (3–1)Haeger (0–1)Rodríguez (10)3:1531,03423–10box
–May 11AngelsPostponed (rain), rescheduled for August 7
34May 12@ Twins1–10Santana (4–3)Garland (2–2)2:2630,47323–11box
35May 13@ Twins4–8Radke (4–4)Vázquez (4–2)2:5233,02123–12box
36May 14@ Twins9–7Buehrle (4–2)Silva (2–6)Jenks (11)3:0121,79624–12box
37May 15@ Twins7–3García (6–1)Baker (1–4)3:0419,41325–12box
38May 16@ Devil Rays7–10Kazmir (6–2)McCarthy (2–2)Walker (6)3:1111,56625–13box
39May 17@ Devil Rays5–2Garland (3–2)Lugo (0–2)Jenks (12)2:3911,60726–13box
40May 18@ Devil Rays4–5Hendrickson (3–2)Vázquez (1–1)Walker (7)2:4011,60726–14box
41May 19Cubs6–1Buehrle (5–2)Maddux (5–3)2:0739,30127–14box
42May 20Cubs7–0García (7–1)Hill (0–4)2:3839,38728–14box
43May 21Cubs4–7Zambrano (3–2)Cotts (0–2)Dempster (8)2:4038,64528–15box
44May 22Athletics5 – 4 (10)Jenks (2–1)Flores (0–1)3:0639,35429–15box
45May 23Athletics9–3Vázquez (5–3)Saarloos (2–2)3:0038,86030–15box
46May 24Athletics3–2Buehrle (6–2)Haren (4–4)Jenks (13)2:3138,43431–15box
47May 26@ Blue Jays2–8Lilly (5–4)García (7–2)2:4322,72931–16box
48May 27@ Blue Jays2 – 3 (11)Schoeneweis (1–0)Nelson (0–1)3:3230,06331–17box
49May 28@ Blue Jays7–5Garland (4–2)Taubenheim (0–2)Jenks (14)2:5035,27732–17box
50May 29@ Indians11–0Vázquez (6–3)Lee (3–5)2:4831,80333–17box
51May 30@ Indians3–4Sabathia (5–1)Buehrle (6–3)Wickman (8)2:4320,94433–18box
52May 31@ Indians0–5Westbrook (5–3)García (7–3)2:4621,67133–19box :
June (19–8) – home (10–5) – road (9–3)
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53June 1@ Indians8–12Cabrera (1–1)Thornton (0–1)3:0620,84633–20box
54June 2Rangers3–4Cordero (5–3)McCarthy (2–3)Otsuka (10)2:5432,80233–21box
55June 3Rangers8–6Vázquez (7–3)Padilla (5–4)Jenks (15)3:2038,69734–21box
56June 4Rangers2–10Rheinecker (2–0)Buehrle (6–4)2:2635,91534–22box
57June 6Tigers4–3McCarthy (3–3)Rodney (4–2)Jenks (16)2:4237,19235–22box
58June 7Tigers4–3Contreras (6–0)Verlander (7–4)Jenks (17)2:3137,61236–22box
59June 8Tigers2–6Rogers (8–3)Garland (4–3)2:2937,35436–23box
60June 9Indians5–4Thornton (1–1)Betancourt (0–2)Jenks (18)2:5033,90937–23box
61June 10Indians4 – 3 (11)Montero (1–0)Wickman (1–1)3:2936,26538–23box
62June 11Indians8–10Westbrook (6–3)García (7–4)Wickman (9)3:1334,41038–24box
63June 12@ Rangers8–3Contreras (7–0)Koronka (4–4)2:4029,18239–24box
64June 13@ Rangers5–2Garland (5–3)Loe (3–6)Jenks (19)2:4318,35440–24box
65June 14@ Rangers0–8Padilla (6–4)Vázquez (7–4)2:2328,77640–25box
66June 15@ Rangers8–2Buehrle (7–4)Rheinecker (2–1)2:3519,42441–25box
67June 16@ Reds12–4García (8–4)Claussen (3–8)2:3732,67342–25box
68June 17@ Reds8–6Thornton (2–1)Coffey (3–1)Jenks (20)3:0939,45143–25box
69June 18@ Reds8–1Garland (6–3)Harang (7–5)2:3531,56944–25box
70June 20Cardinals20–6Vázquez (8–4)Mulder (6–5)3:2339,46345–25box
71June 21Cardinals13–5Buehrle (8–4)Marquis (9–5)2:2037,89746–25box
72June 22Cardinals1–0García (9–4)Reyes (1–1)Jenks (21)2:0039,50947–25box
73June 23Astros7–4Contreras (8–0)Pettitte (6–8)Jenks (22)2:5037,70048–25box
74June 24Astros6 – 5 (10)Thornton (3–1)Wheeler (1–5)3:1938,37749–25box
75June 25Astros9 – 10 (13)Nieve (3–3)McCarthy (3–4)4:2538,51649–26box
76June 27@ Pirates4–2Buehrle (9–4)Snell (7–5)Jenks (23)2:2924,97650–26box
77June 28@ Pirates4–3García (10–4)Maholm (2–7)Jenks (24)2:3123,11851–26box
78June 29@ Pirates6–7Gonzalez (2–3)Politte (1–2)2:4621,38051–27box
79June 30@ Cubs6–2Garland (7–3)Marshall (4–7)2:5340,72052–27box :
July (10–15) – home (5–8) – road (5–7)
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80July 1@ Cubs8–6Cotts (1–2)Dempster (1–5)Jenks (25)3:0541,02753–27box
81July 2@ Cubs11–15Zambrano (7–3)Buehrle (9–5)Howry (2)2:5340,91953–28box
82July 3Orioles1–8Bédard (9–6)García (10–5)2:2438,82953–29box
83July 4Orioles13–0Contreras (9–0)López (5–10)2:4837,30054–29box
84July 5Orioles4–2Garland (8–3)Cabrera (4–6)Jenks (26)2:2738,87255–29box
85July 6Orioles11–8Vázquez (9–4)Ortiz (0–1)Thornton (1)3:0335,26656–29box
86July 7Red Sox2–7Lester (4–0)Buehrle (9–6)2:4639,35556–30box
87July 8Red Sox6–9Beckett (11–4)Riske (0–2)Papelbon (26)3:5039,49756–31box
88July 9Red Sox6 – 5 (19)Politte (2–2)Seánez (2–1)6:1939,33557–31box
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 at PNC Park
89July 14@ Yankees5–6Farnsworth (3–4)Contreras (9–1)Rivera (20)2:4155,06957–32box
90July 15@ Yankees3–14Mussina (11–3)Buehrle (9–7)3:0055,01957–33box
91July 16@ Yankees4–6Wright (6–5)García (10–6)Rivera (21)2:5954,78157–34box
92July 18@ Tigers7–1Garland (9–3)Robertson (8–6)2:2839,15358–34box
93July 19@ Tigers2–5Bonderman (10–4)Vázquez (9–5)2:3639,69358–35box
94July 20@ Tigers1–2Zumaya (5–1)Contreras (9–2)Jones (25)2:2941,07558–36box
95July 21Rangers3–10Mahay (1–1)Buehrle (9–8)Bauer (2)2:4438,24658–37box
96July 22Rangers1–3Cordero (7–4)Jenks (2–2)Otsuka (26)3:0939,25058–38box
97July 23Rangers5–0Garland (10–3)Padilla (10–6)2:1038,31259–38box
98July 24Twins4–7Radke (9–7)Vázquez (9–6)2:5439,75059–39box
99July 25Twins3–4Santana (12–5)Contreras (9–3)Nathan (20)2:3736,98459–40box
100July 26Twins4–7Silva (6–9)Buehrle (9–9)Nathan (21)2:4939,38759–41box
101July 28@ Orioles6–4Thornton (4–1)Ray (1–3)Jenks (27)2:5635,38260–41box
102July 29@ Orioles13–11Garland (11–3)Johnson (0–1)Jenks (28)3:4634,59861–41box
103July 30@ Orioles7–8Rodríguez (1–1)Jenks (2–3)3:0328,72561–42box
104July 31@ Royals8–4Contreras (10–3)Hernández (2–6)2:4312,90362–42box :
August (16–13) – home (10–7) – road (6–6)
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105August 1@ Royals7 – 5 (10)Riske (1–2)Burgos (2–4)Jenks (29)3:2011,60963–42box
106August 2@ Royals3–7Hudson (4–3)García (10–7)2:4310,90163–43box
107August 4@ Blue Jays6–4Garland (12–3)Halladay (13–3)Jenks (30)2:4830,06064–43box
108August 5@ Blue Jays7–1Vázquez (10–6)Rosario (1–2)2:5535,11765–43box
109August 6@ Blue Jays3–7Burnett (3–5)Contreras (10–4)2:3836,45365–44box
110August 7Angels3–6Escobar (8–9)Buehrle (9–10)Rodríguez (27)2:4037,47765–45box
111August 8Yankees6–5Jenks (3–3)Proctor (4–3)3:4739,87266–45box
112August 9Yankees6–7Johnson (12–9)Garland (12–4)Rivera (29)3:1739,40666–46box
113August 10Yankees5–4Vázquez (11–6)Mussina (13–5)Jenks (31)3:2639,28967–46box
114August 11Tigers5–0Contreras (11–4)Verlander (14–5)2:1339,37868–46box
115August 12Tigers4–3MacDougal (1–0)Rogers (11–6)Jenks (32)2:2538,87369–46box
116August 13Tigers7–3García (11–7)Miner (7–3)Jenks (33)3:0138,93170–46box
117August 14Royals12–2Garland (13–4)Redman (7–7)2:3739,93871–46box
118August 15Royals2–4Hernández (3–7)Vázquez (11–7)Nelson (1)2:4335,69071–47box
119August 16Royals4–10Bernero (1–0)Contreras (11–5)2:4436,99871–48box
120August 17Royals5–4Buehrle (10–10)Pérez (0–1)Jenks (34)2:4337,83972–48box
121August 18@ Twins3–7Neshek (3–0)García (11–8)2:4543,20472–49box
122August 19@ Twins4–1Garland (14–4)Radke (12–9)Jenks (35)2:3246,21573–49box
123August 20@ Twins3–7Santana (15–5)Vázquez (11–8)2:4742,53773–50box
124August 21@ Tigers1–7Verlander (15–6)Contreras (11–6)2:2939,27873–51box
125August 22@ Tigers0–4Rogers (13–6)Buehrle (10–11)2:2839,36173–52box
126August 23@ Tigers7–5García (12–8)Miner (7–5)Jenks (36)3:1040,18774–52box
127August 24@ Tigers10–0Garland (15–4)Robertson (11–10)2:1441,56575–52box
128August 25Twins4–5Crain (3–5)MacDougal (1–1)Nathan (27)2:5935,93175–53box
129August 26Twins7 – 8 (11)Eyre (1–0)Thornton (4–2)3:3738,63675–54box
130August 27Twins6–1Buehrle (11–11)Silva (8–12)2:2135,19376–54box
131August 29Devil Rays12–9García (13–8)Fossum (6–6)Jenks (37)3:1335,31377–54box
132August 30Devil Rays5–4Garland (16–4)Meadows (2–5)Jenks (38)2:5038,87478–54box
133August 31Devil Rays3 – 5 (10)Lugo (2–2)McCarthy (3–5)McClung (3)3:0633,17878–55box :
September/October (12–17) – home (5–6) – road (7–11)
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134September 1@ Royals5–7Hernández (5–8)Contreras (11–7)Nelson (5)2:5815,50178–56box
135September 2@ Royals5–3Buehrle (12–11)Pérez (1–3)Jenks (39)2:3518,02879–56box
136September 3@ Royals7–3Redman (9–8)García (13–9)2:4620,40779–57box
137September 4@ Red Sox2 – 3 (10)Timlin (6–4)McCarthy (3–6)3:0736,20679–58box
138September 5@ Red Sox0–1Gabbard (1–3)Vázquez (11–9)Timlin (4)2:1335,91279–59box
139September 6@ Red Sox8–1Contreras (12–7)Snyder (4–4)2:4735,92380–59box
140September 7Indians1–9Lee (12–10)Buehrle (12–12)3:0134,67180–60box
141September 8Indians7–6Thornton (5–2)Mastny (0–1)3:1737,18881–60box
142September 9Indians10–8Garland (17–4)Carmona (1–9)Thornton (2)3:2238,42282–60box
143September 10Indians2–5Sabathia (11–9)McCarthy (3–7)2:5137,72382–61box
144September 11@ Angels3–2Contreras (13–7)Lackey (11–10)Jenks (40)2:2239,31683–61box
145September 12@ Angels3 – 4 (11)Carrasco (5–3)Jenks (3–4)3:0339,30483–62box
146September 13@ Angels9–0García (14–9)Saunders (5–3)2:3737,03084–62box
147September 15@ Athletics2–4Loaiza (10–8)Garland (17–5)Street (33)2:4826,80984–63box
148September 16@ Athletics4–7Zito (16–9)Thornton (5–3)Street (34)2:5332,16984–64box
149September 17@ Athletics4–5Blanton (16–11)Contreras (13–8)Duchscherer (9)2:3828,80684–65box
150September 18Tigers2–8Rogers (16–6)Buehrle (12–13)2:5439,42784–66box
151September 19Tigers7–0García (15–9)Verlander (16–9)2:2538,85085–66box
152September 20Tigers2–6Bonderman (13–8)Garland (17–6)2:5338,97185–67box
153September 21Mariners0–9Woods (6–3)Vázquez (11–10)2:3733,97685–68box
154September 22Mariners6–11Fruto (2–1)Contreras (13–9)3:2337,55785–69box
155September 23Mariners11–7Haeger (1–1)Piñeiro (8–13)2:3137,40086–69box
156September 24Mariners12–7García (16–9)Feierabend (0–1)2:5837,51887–69box
157September 25@ Indians1–14Lee (13–11)Garland (17–7)2:3215,91387–70box
158September 26@ Indians0–6Sabathia (12–11)Vázquez (11–11)2:1916,08087–71box
159September 27@ Indians2–1McCarthy (4–7)Carmona (1–10)Haeger (1)2:0816,40488–71box
160September 29@ Twins4–3García (17–9)Bonser (7–6)Jenks (41)2:2745,43989–71box
161September 30@ Twins6–3Garland (18–7)Garza (3–6)2:3446,21990–71box
162October 1@ Twins1–5Silva (11–15)Vázquez (11–12)2:5645,18290–72box :

### Transactions

* April 1, 2006: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* May 2, 2006: Jeff Nelson was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* June 15, 2006: David Riske was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Javier Lopez.
* July 20, 2006: Cliff Politte was released by the Chicago White Sox.
* July 23, 2006: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Chicago White Sox for B. J. LaMura (minors).

### Opening Day lineup

* Scott Podsednik, LF
* Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
* Jim Thome, DH
* Paul Konerko, 1B
* Jermaine Dye, RF
* A. J. Pierzynski, C
* Joe Crede, 3B
* Juan Uribe, SS
* Brian Anderson, CF
* José Contreras, P

## 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 |
| Sandy Alomar Jr., C | 19 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 35 | .217 | 0 |
| Brian Anderson, CF | 134 | 365 | 46 | 82 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 90 | .225 | 4 |
| Mark Buehrle, P | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Alex Cintrón, SS,2B | 91 | 288 | 35 | 82 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 10 | 35 | .285 | 10 |
| José Contreras, P | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 150 | 544 | 76 | 154 | 31 | 0 | 30 | 94 | 28 | 58 | .283 | 0 |
| Jermaine Dye, RF | 146 | 539 | 103 | 170 | 27 | 3 | 44 | 120 | 59 | 118 | .315 | 7 |
| Josh Fields, 3B,LF | 11 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .150 | 0 |
| Freddy García, P | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | 0 |
| Jon Garland, P | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .200 | 0 |
| Ross Gload, OF,1B | 77 | 156 | 22 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 15 | .327 | 6 |
| Tadahito Iguchi, 2B | 138 | 555 | 97 | 156 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 67 | 59 | 110 | .281 | 11 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 152 | 566 | 97 | 177 | 30 | 0 | 35 | 113 | 60 | 104 | .313 | 1 |
| Rob Mackowiak, OF,3B | 112 | 255 | 31 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 59 | .290 | 5 |
| Brandon McCarthy, P | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Jerry Owens, OF | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | 1 |
| Pablo Ozuna, OF,2B | 79 | 189 | 25 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 16 | .328 | 6 |
| A. J. Pierzynski, C | 140 | 509 | 65 | 150 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 64 | 22 | 72 | .295 | 1 |
| Scott Podsednik, LF | 139 | 524 | 86 | 137 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 54 | 96 | .261 | 40 |
| Chris Stewart, C | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Ryan Sweeney, OF | 18 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .229 | 0 |
| Jim Thome, DH | 143 | 490 | 108 | 141 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 109 | 107 | 147 | .288 | 0 |
| Juan Uribe, SS | 132 | 463 | 53 | 109 | 28 | 2 | 21 | 71 | 13 | 82 | .235 | 1 |
| Javier Vázquez, P | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Chris Widger, C | 27 | 76 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | .184 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5657 | 868 | 1586 | 291 | 20 | 236 | 839 | 502 | 1056 | .280 | 93 |

### 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 |
| Mark Buehrle | 12 | 13 | 4.99 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 204.0 | 247 | 124 | 113 | 36 | 53 | 98 |
| José Contreras | 13 | 9 | 4.27 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 196.0 | 194 | 101 | 93 | 20 | 59 | 134 |
| Neal Cotts | 1 | 2 | 5.17 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 60 | 64 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 43 |
| Freddy García | 17 | 9 | 4.53 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 216.1 | 228 | 116 | 109 | 32 | 51 | 135 |
| Jon Garland | 18 | 7 | 4.51 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 211.1 | 247 | 112 | 106 | 26 | 45 | 112 |
| Charlie Haeger | 1 | 1 | 3.44 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18.1 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
| Dustin Hermanson | 0 | 0 | 4.05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Bobby Jenks | 3 | 4 | 4.00 | 67 | 0 | 41 | 69.2 | 66 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 41 | 80 |
| Boone Logan | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 17.1 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Mike MacDougal | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Brandon McCarthy | 4 | 7 | 4.68 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 84.2 | 77 | 44 | 44 | 17 | 42 | 69 |
| Agustín Montero | 1 | 0 | 5.14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeff Nelson | 0 | 1 | 3.38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Cliff Politte | 2 | 2 | 8.70 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 47 | 30 | 29 | 9 | 22 | 15 |
| David Riske | 1 | 1 | 3.93 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 34.1 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| Matt Thornton | 5 | 3 | 3.33 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 46 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 49 |
| Sean Tracey | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Javier Vázquez | 11 | 12 | 4.84 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 202.2 | 206 | 116 | 109 | 23 | 58 | 184 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 72 | 4.61 | 162 | 162 | 46 | 1449.0 | 1534 | 794 | 743 | 200 | 492 | 1012 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Razor Shines |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Chris Cron |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Rafael Santana |
| A | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | Omer Muñoz |
| Rookie | Bristol White Sox | Appalachian League | Nick Leyva |
| Rookie | Great Falls White Sox | Pioneer League | Bobby Tolan |