# 2000 Chicago White Sox season

The 2000 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 101st season. They finished the regular season with a 95 wins and 67 losses record, good enough for first place in the American League Central, 5 games ahead of the 2nd place Cleveland Indians. In addition to reaching the postseason for the first time since 1993, the White Sox had the best record in the American League for the sixth time in franchise history and the first since 1983. They lost in the 2000 American League Division Series to the Seattle Mariners in a three game sweep.

## Regular season
### 2000 Opening Day lineup

* Ray Durham, 2B
* José Valentín, SS
* Frank Thomas, 1B
* Magglio Ordóñez, RF
* Paul Konerko, DH
* Chris Singleton, CF
* Carlos Lee, LF
* Craig Wilson, 3B
* Mark Johnson, C
* Mike Sirotka, P

### April 22

The White Sox were involved in a pair of bench-clearing brawls in a 14–6 win over the Detroit Tigers at Comiskey Park on April 22. Both were fueled by pitchers hitting batters. The tensions began in the sixth inning with Carlos Lee and Jeff Weaver who continued to jaw with Lee after being subbed out. A retaliatory pitch thrown by Jim Parque to Dean Palmer one inning later in the seventh began the first brawl which moved into shallow right field and included Keith Foulke being punched by Bobby Higginson and sustaining a cut under his left eye that needed five stitches to close. Four batters after Tanyon Sturtze hit Deivi Cruz in the ninth, the second brawl erupted when Bob Howry did likewise to Shane Halter. Among the eleven ejections were the White Sox's Sturtze, Howry, Magglio Ordóñez, Bill Simas, manager Jerry Manuel and bench coach Joe Nossek and the Tigers' Weaver, Palmer, Robert Fick, Danny Patterson and Doug Brocail.
In the harshest penalty for a brawl in MLB history, a combined 16 members of the White Sox and Tigers were suspended for a total of 82 games five days later on April 27. Tigers coach Juan Samuel incurred the longest at 15 for throwing punches rather than serving as a peacemaker, while the opposing managers Manuel and Phil Garner each received eight. Palmer was also assessed eight for participating in the second brawl despite having already been ejected. Other suspended Tigers were Higginson and Fick for five each, Brocail for four and Juan Encarnación, Karim García and Luis Polonia for three. Ordóñez was the White Sox player receiving the longest suspension at five, while Lee, Parque, Foulke, Sturtze and Howry got three each.

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 49‍–‍32 |
| Cleveland Indians | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 | 48‍–‍33 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 43‍–‍38 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Royals | 77 | 85 | .475 | 18 | 42‍–‍39 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Minnesota Twins | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 36‍–‍45 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 American League recordvte Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 |
| Baltimore | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 4–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 6–4 | 6–4 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–7 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–11 |
| New York | 5–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 6–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–6 |
| Oakland | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 11–7 |
| Seattle | 8–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–9 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | — | 9–9 |

### Notable transactions

* July 29, 2000: Charles Johnson was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Harold Baines to the Chicago White Sox for Brook Fordyce, Jason Lakman (minors), Juan Figueroa (minors), and Miguel Felix (minors).

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

2000 regular season game log: 95–67 (Home: 46–35; Away: 49–32) :
April: 17–8 (Home: 9–3; Away: 9–5)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 32:05 p.m. CDT@ RangersL 4–10Rogers (1–0)Sirotka (0–1)—2:3949,3320–1L1
2April 47:05 p.m. CDT@ RangersL 8–12Cordero (1–0)Simas (0–1)—3:4729,4180–2L2
3April 52:05 p.m. CDT@ RangersW 12–8Foulke (1–0)Zimmerman (0–1)—3:3025,5441–2W1
4April 67:05 p.m. CDT@ RangersW 6–2Baldwin (1–0)Loaiza (0–1)—2:2328,4662–2W2
5April 7@ AthleticsW 7–6Eyre (1–0)Magnante (0–1)Foulke (1)3:3610,5493–2W3
6April 8@ AthleticsW 7–3Sirotka (1–1)Mahay (0–1)2:5913,1254–2W4
7April 9@ AthleticsL 2–14Appier (1–1)K. Wells (0–1)3:0013,2804–3L1
8April 116:15 p.m. CDT@ Devil RaysW 13–6Parque (1–0)Yan (0–1)—2:5813,6395–3W1
9April 126:15 p.m. CDT@ Devil RaysW 7–1Baldwin (2–0)Wheeler (0–1)—2:5614,0346–3W2
10April 1311:15 a.m. CDT@ Devil RaysL 5–6 (12)Mecir (2–0)Sturtze (0–1)—4:0415,4646–4L1
11April 14Angels9–4Sirotka (2–1)Hill (1–2)3:2538,9127–4box
12April 15Angels1–3Bottenfield (1–1)K. Wells (0–2)Percival (3)2:5114,1357–5box
13April 16Angels1–3Schoeneweis (3–0)Parque (1–1)Percival (4)2:3510,9297–6box
—April 17MarinersPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8
14April 187:05 p.m. CDTMarinersW 18–11Sturtze (1–1)Sele (1–1)—3:329,8988–6W1
15April 191:05 p.m. CDTMarinersW 5–2Lowe (1–0)Meche (0–1)Howry (1)2:578,4259–6W2
16April 21Tigers7–2K. Wells (1–2)Nitkowski (1–3)2:5211,27810–6box
17April 22Tigers14–6Parque (2–1)Weaver (0–2)3:1916,41011–6box
18April 23Tigers9–4Baldwin (3–0)Borkowski (0–1)2:4712,15412–6box
19April 247:05 p.m. CDTOriolesW 8–2Eldred (1–0)Mussina (0–2)—2:1415,46113–6W5
20April 257:05 p.m. CDTOriolesL 6–12Rapp (3–0)Sirotka (2–2)—3:1511,65813–7L1
21April 267:05 p.m. CDTOriolesW 11–6K. Wells (2–2)Ponson (2–1)—2:5913,64914–7W1
22April 271:05 p.m. CDTOriolesW 13–4Parque (3–1)Mercedes (2–1)—2:4913,22515–7W2
23April 28@ Tigers3–2Baldwin (4–0)Weaver (0–3)Foulke (2)2:2426,91616–7box
24April 29@ Tigers2–1Eldred (2–0)Mlicki (0–5)Foulke (3)2:3728,39317–7box
25April 30@ Tigers3 – 4 (12)Anderson (1–0)Eyre (1–1)3:3628,39317–8box :
May: 13–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
26May 1Blue Jays3–5Carpenter (3–3)K. Wells (2–3)Koch (6)2:5814,44817–9box
27May 2Blue Jays1–4Castillo (1–2)Wunsch (0–1)Koch (7)3:0610,39717–10box
28May 3Blue Jays7–3Baldwin (5–0)Escobar (2–4)Foulke (4)2:3912,02618–10box
29May 5@ Royals1–5Fussell (2–1)Eldred (2–1)2:3819,62218–11box
30May 6@ Royals5–11Spradlin (1–1)Sirotka (2–3)2:5328,30018–12box
31May 7@ Royals8–12Bottalico (4–1)Wunsch (0–2)3:2523,10718–13box
32May 86:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxL 2–3Rose (2–2)Sirotka (1–2)Lowe (8)2:3123,46818–14L4
33May 96:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxW 6–0Baldwin (6–0)Schourek (1–3)—2:2225,37119–14W1
34May 106:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxL 3–5 (7)Martinez (3–2)Eldred (2–2)Garcés (1)2:1628,91119–15L1
35May 127:05 p.m. CDTTwinsL 3–4 (10)Miller (1–2)Lowe (1–1)Carrasco (1)3:2212,52619–16L2
36May 136:05 p.m. CDTTwinsW 4–3Wunsch (1–2)Wells (0–4)—2:5222,54520–16W1
37May 141:05 p.m. CDTTwinsW 5–3Wunsch (2–2)Radke (2–4)Foulke (5)2:5029,17721–16W2
38May 166:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 4–0Eldred (3–2)Hernández (4–3)—3:1031,14322–16W3
39May 176:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesL 4–9Clemens (4–3)Parque (3–2)—3:0926,88722–17L1
40May 19@ Blue Jays5–3Sirotka (3–3)Escobar (4–5)Foulke (6)2:4918,26823–17box
41May 20@ Blue Jays6–2Baldwin (7–0)D. Wells (7–2)2:2220,09124–17box
42May 21@ Blue Jays2–1Eldred (4–2)Castillo (1–4)Foulke (7)2:3918,26425–17box
43May 22@ Blue Jays3–4Koch (3–0)Howry (0–1)2:3219,16725–18box
44May 237:05 p.m. CDTYankeesW 8–2K. Wells (3–3)Clemens (4–4)—2:5321,86326–18W1
45May 247:05 p.m. CDTYankeesL 4–12Pettitte (3–2)Sirotka (3–4)—3:1723,14426–19L1
46May 257:15 p.m. CDTYankeesL 0–7Mendoza (5–2)Baldwin (7–1)—2:2123,63626–20L2
47May 267:05 p.m. CDTIndiansW 5–3Eldred (5–2)Finley (3–4)Foulke (8)2:3918,22527–20W1
48May 276:05 p.m. CDTIndiansW 14–3Parque (4–2)Wright (3–3)—3:1030,25028–20W2
49May 281:05 p.m. CDTIndiansL 3–12Colón (5–2)K. Wells (3–4)—4:0124,19228–21L1
50May 297:05 p.m. CDT@ MarinersL 4–5Halama (6–0)Sirotka (3–5)Sasaki (7)3:0534,42928–22L2
51May 309:05 p.m. CDT@ MarinersW 2–1Baldwin (8–1)Abbott (1–2)Foulke (9)2:2625,78829–22W1
52May 315:35 p.m. CDT@ MarinersW 4–3Howry (1–1)Sasaki (1–4)Foulke (10)3:1135,82330–22W2 :
June: 20–7 (Home: 8–6; Away: 12–1)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
53June 2@ Astros7–4Parque (5–2)Reynolds (5–2)Foulke (11)2:5639,02831–22box
54June 3@ Astros1–6Holt (3–6)K. Wells (3–5)3:0039,45931–23box
55June 4@ Astros7–3Sirotka (4–5)Dotel (1–4)2:4541,11732–23box
56June 5@ Reds4–3Baldwin (9–1)Parris (2–8)Foulke (12)2:4126,62433–23box
57June 6@ Reds17–12Eldred (6–2)Villone (6–3)3:4428,90834–23box
58June 7@ Reds6–4Parque (6–2)Bell (4–4)Foulke (13)3:2131,02335–23box
59June 97:05 p.m. CDTCubsW 6–5 (14)Peña (1–0)Van Poppel (0–2)—4:4244,14036–23W5
60June 101:05 p.m. CDTCubsW 4–3Sirotka (5–5)Wood (2–4)Foulke (14)3:0543,80637–23W6
61June 111:05 p.m. CDTCubsL 5–6Van Poppel (1–2)Peña (1–1)Aguilera (12)2:5943,15837–24L1
62June 126:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 8–7Eldred (7–2)Rigdon (1–1)Foulke (15)3:3743,22938–24W1
63June 136:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 4–3 (10)Simas (1–1)Speier (0–1)Howry (2)3:2643,23339–24W2
64June 146:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 11–4Beirne (1–0)Brower (1–1)—3:3943,28440–24W3
65June 156:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 12–3Sirotka (6–5)Pettitte (6–3)—3:3830,80341–24W4
66June 166:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 3–1Baldwin (10–1)Stanton (1–1)Howry (3)2:5441,91042–24W5
67June 173:35 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 10–9Eldred (8–2)Westbrook (0–1)Foulke (16)3:4354,05343–24W6
68June 1812:05 p.m. CDT@ YankeesW 17–4Parque (7–2)Hernández (6–6)—3:2652,85644–24W7
69June 197:05 p.m. CDTIndiansW 6–1K. Wells (4–5)Colón (6–4)—3:0443,06245–24W8
70June 207:05 p.m. CDTIndiansL 1–4Brower (2–1)Sirotka (6–6)Karsay (15)2:3420,00545–25L1
71June 217:05 p.m. CDTIndiansL 6–8Burba (8–2)Baldwin (10–2)Karsay (16)3:0023,51645–26L2
72June 227:05 p.m. CDTIndiansW 6–0Eldred (9–2)Finley (5–5)—2:5223,37446–26W1
73June 237:05 p.m. CDTYankeesW 4–3Lowe (2–1)Rivera (2–2)—3:1038,77347–26W2
74June 246:05 p.m. CDTYankeesL 8–12Mendoza (7–3)K. Wells (4–6)Rivera (17)3:5632,62347–27L1
75June 251:05 p.m. CDTYankeesW 8–7Sirotka (7–6)Pettitte (7–4)Howry (4)3:1540,81748–27W1
76June 277:05 p.m. CDTTwinsL 4–7Mays (4–9)Baldwin (10–3)Wells (5)3:0720,28348–28L1
77June 287:05 p.m. CDTTwinsW 7–3Eldred (10–2)Lincoln (0–1)—2:5217,54149–28W1
78June 291:05 p.m. CDTTwinsL 1–10Milton (8–2)K. Wells (4–7)—3:0421,23949–29L1
79June 307:05 p.m. CDTRed SoxW 10–4Parque (8–2)Pichardo (2–1)—3:0532,15750–29W1 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
80July 112 Noon CDTRed SoxW 7–2Sirotka (8–6)Crawford (0–1)—2:4428,00651–29W2
81July 21:05 p.m. CDTRed SoxW 8–2Baldwin (11–3)Schourek (2–7)—2:4432,93452–29W3
82July 3@ Royals14–10Peña (2–1)Santiago (6–3)3:5524,49653–29box
83July 4@ Royals7–10Spradlin (3–2)Garland (0–1)3:0629,88453–30box
84July 5@ Royals6 – 3 (13)Wunsch (3–2)Bochtler (0–1)4:2215,00954–30box
85July 72:20 p.m. CDT@ CubsW 4–2 (12)Lowe (3–1)Van Poppel (2–3)Peña (1)3:2339,11255–30W2
86July 811:15 a.m. CDT@ CubsL 2–9Lieber (8–5)Baldwin (11–4)—2:4038,93355–31L1
87July 91:20 p.m. CDT@ CubsL 6–9Tapani (5–7)Simas (1–2)Worrell (1)2:4638,70655–32L2
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 6–3 at Turner Field
88July 137:05 p.m. CDTCardinalsL 5–13Benes (10–3)Sirotka (8–7)—3:1732,26355–33L3
89July 147:05 p.m. CDTCardinalsL 4–9Stephenson (10–5)Wunsch (3–3)—3:2534,86255–34L4
90July 156:05 p.m. CDTCardinalsW 15–7Parque (9–2)Kile (11–6)—4:0040,68156–34W1
91July 161:05 p.m. CDTBrewersW 11–5Baldwin (13–4)Snyder (3–4)—2:4730,05057–34W2
92July 177:05 p.m. CDTBrewersW 11–2Garland (1–1)Bere (6–7)—2:5331,36958–34W3
93July 187:05 p.m. CDTBrewersW 7–5Sirotka (9–7)Wright (5–3)Wunsch (1)3:0018,54259–34W4
94July 197:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsW 3–2Buehrle (1–0)Milton (8–6)Foulke (17)2:4612,49460–34W5
95July 2012:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsL 1–5Mays (5–11)Parque (9–3)—2:3518,67660–35L1
96July 216:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxW 8–5Simas (2–2)Pichardo (4–2)Howry (5)3:1633,86961–35W1
97July 224:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxL 6–8Fassero (7–3)Garland (1–2)—2:5933,38461–36L1
98July 2312:05 p.m. CDT@ Red SoxL 0–1Martínez (11–3)Sirotka (9–8)—2:2833,22461–37L2
99July 24Royals7–6Wunsch (4–3)Suzuki (5–5)Foulke (18)3:0834,47362–37box
100July 25Royals1–6Suppan (5–6)Parque (9–4)2:4221,09162–38box
101July 26Royals6–7Spradlin (4–2)Howry (1–2)Bottalico (8)3:1026,61562–39box
102July 27@ Angels6–5Garland (2–2)Cooper (4–5)Foulke (19)3:2424,39463–39box
103July 28@ Angels7–10Holtz (1–2)Beirne (1–1)Percival (24)3:1340,71163–40box
104July 29@ Angels5–6Bottenfield (7–8)Barceló (0–1)Percival (25)3:0925,88163–41box
105July 30@ Angels11 – 7 (10)Foulke (2–0)Levine (2–4)4:0927,53864–41box :
August: 15–13 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–6)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
106August 17:35 p.m. CDT@ RangersW 4–3Howry (2–2)Wetteland (4–4)—2:4237,78465–41W2
107August 27:35 p.m. CDT@ RangersL 2–7Helling (13–7)Garland (2–3)Crabtree (1)2:5736,78665–42L1
108August 4AthleticsL 3–5Appier (10–8)Sirotka (9–9)Isringhausen (25)3:2230,01965–43L2
109August 5AthleticsW 4–3 (10)Foulke (3–0)Mathews (2–3)3:1435,31466–43W1
110August 6AthleticsW 13–0Baldwin (14–4)Hudson (12–4)2:5032,95267–43W2
111August 8 (1)4:05 p.m. CDTMarinersL 4–12Piñeiro (1–0)Garland (2–4)Tomko (1)3:1123,64767–44L1
112August 8 (2)7:45 p.m. CDTMarinersL 5–7García (4–2)Buehrle (1–1)Sasaki (27)3:4323,64767–45L2
113August 97:05 p.m. CDTMarinersW 19–3Sirotka (10–9)Moyer (11–5)—3:1024,94768–45W1
114August 101:05 p.m. CDTMarinersL 3–6Sele (13–6)Biddle (0–1)Sasaki (28)2:4123,92468–46L1
115August 117:15 p.m. CDT@ Devil RaysW 6–5Buehrle (2–1)Wilson (0–1)Foulke (20)3:1318,37069–46W1
116August 123:15 p.m. CDT@ Devil RaysW 5–4 (10)Buehrle (3–1)Hernández (3–4)Foulke (21)3:1227,53870–46W2
117August 1312:15 p.m. CDT@ Devil RaysL 3–5López (10–8)Howry (2–3)—2:2819,68570–47L1
118August 146:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 2–8Mercedes (8–4)Sirotka (10–10)—3:0240,04770–48L2
119August 156:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 14–4Biddle (1–1)Johnson (1–9)—2:4837,70771–48W1
120August 166:35 p.m. CDT@ OriolesW 7–3Parque (10–4)Mussina (7–13)—2:3539,07972–48W2
121August 172:05 p.m. CDT@ OriolesL 3–5Parrish (2–1)Baldwin (14–5)—2:5240,20572–49L1
122August 187:05 p.m. CDTDevil RaysW 5–2Garland (3–4)Rekar (4–8)Foulke (22)2:3625,16073–49W1
123August 196:05 p.m. CDTDevil RaysW 7–0Sirotka (11–10)López (10–9)—2:3238,92674–49W2
124August 201:05 p.m. CDTDevil RaysL 11–12Yan (6–8)Foulke (3–1)Hernández (23)3:4527,74474–50L1
125August 217:05 p.m. CDTDevil RaysL 4–11Sturtze (5–2)Parque (10–5)—2:5731,74474–51L2
126August 237:05 p.m. CDTOriolesW 8–4Barceló (1–1)Parrish (2–2)—3:1422,52875–51W1
127August 241:05 p.m. CDTOriolesL 5–8Mercedes (9–5)Hill (5–8)—3:1520,00775–52L1
128August 259:05 p.m. CDT@ MarinersW 4–1Sirotka (12–10)Sele (13–9)Foulke (23)3:0844,74576–52W1
129August 268:05 p.m. CDT@ MarinersL 5–11Halama (11–6)Biddle (1–2)—3:3645,19176–53L1
130August 273:35 p.m. CDT@ MarinersW 2–1Barceló (2–1)García (4–4)Foulke (24)2:4445,52577–53W1
131August 28@ AthleticsL 0–3Hudson (14–6)Parque (10–6)2:1912,43677–54L1
132August 29@ AthleticsW 3–0Baldwin (15–5)Zito (2–3)Foulke (25)2:2012,12978–54W1
133August 30@ AthleticsW 8–3Sirotka (13–10)Appier (12–10)Howry (6)3:0519,45879–54W2 :
September: 16–12 (Home: 10–8; Away: 6–4)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
134September 1Angels9–8Ginter (1–0)Hasegawa (8–3)Foulke (26)3:0616,37780–54box
135September 2Angels13–6Parque (11–6)Mercker (1–3)3:0929,78581–54box
136September 3Angels13–12Wunsch (5–3)Hasegawa (8–4)Foulke (27)3:3822,02082–54box
137September 41:05 p.m. CDTRangersL 4–5Davis (6–5)Garland (3–5)Wetteland (29)3:1429,61482–55L1
138September 57:05 p.m. CDTRangersL 1–2Johnson (1–0)Howry (2–4)Wetteland (30)2:5813,89982–56L2
139September 67:05 p.m. CDTRangersW 13–1K. Wells (5–7)Helling (14–11)—2:4115,62283–56W1
140September 77:05 p.m. CDTRangersW 10–6Barceló (3–1)Zimmerman (3–5)Foulke (28)2:4918,21984–56W2
141September 86:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansW 5–4Buehrle (4–1)Woodard (2–10)Foulke (29)3:3442,52685–56W3
142September 912:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansL 3–9Burba (14–6)Garland (3–6)—3:2342,56185–57L1
—September 10@ IndiansPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 25
143September 11Tigers10–3Sirotka (14–10)Moehler (12–8)Howry (7)3:1521,52786–57box
144September 12Tigers3–10Mlicki (5–11)K. Wells (5–8)3:0915,29786–58box
145September 13Tigers1–0Parque (12–6)Weaver (9–14)Foulke (30)2:3816,65187–58box
146September 15Blue Jays5–6Escobar (10–14)Garland (3–7)Koch (33)3:1823,10587–59box
147September 16Blue Jays6–3Wunsch (6–3)Escobar (10–15)Foulke (31)2:4333,20488–59box
148September 17Blue Jays1–14Painter (2–0)K. Wells (5–9)3:0626,11388–60box
149September 18@ Tigers2–5Weaver (10–14)Barceló (3–2)Jones (40)2:4222,71888–61box
150September 19@ Tigers6–2Lowe (4–1)Sparks (6–5)2:3224,95189–61box
151September 20@ Tigers13–6Garland (4–7)Moehler (12–9)3:0028,42290–61box
152September 217:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsW 9–4Sirotka (15–10)Santana (2–3)—3:036,68891–61W3
153September 227:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsW 5–4Barceló (4–2)Wells (0–7)Foulke (32)2:579,06092–61W4
154September 236:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsW 5–3Parque (13–6)Milton (13–10)Foulke (33)2:5020,26393–61W5
155September 241:05 p.m. CDT@ TwinsL 5–6 (10)Guardado (6–3)Beirne (1–2)—3:069,71693–62L1
156September 2512:05 p.m. CDT@ IndiansL 2–9Burba (16–6)Garland (4–8)—3:0342,50093–63L2
157September 267:05 p.m. CDTRed SoxL 3–4Martínez (18–6)Beirne (1–3)Lowe (39)2:3123,31993–64box
158September 277:05 p.m. CDTRed SoxL 1–2Crawford (2–1)Baldwin (15–6)Lowe (40)2:2116,36893–65box
159September 287:05 p.m. CDTRed SoxL 6–7Beck (3–0)Simas (2–3)Lowe (41)3:2318,32693–66box
160September 29Royals6–4Bradford (1–0)Reichert (8–10)Foulke (34)2:5317,73594–66box
161September 30Royals9–1K. Wells (6–9)Stein (8–5)2:4329,69295–66box :
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
162October 1Royals2–6Fussell (5–3)Baldwin (15–7)2:5830,07195–67box :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = White Sox team member :

### Postseason game log

2000 Postseason game log: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1) :
AL Division Series vs. Seattle Mariners 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–1)
#DateTime (CT)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak
1October 33:07 p.m. CDTMarinersL 4–7Mesa (1–0)Foulke (0–1)Sasaki (1)4:1245,290SEA 1–0L1
2October 412:07 p.m. CDTMariners2–5Abbott (1–0)Sirotka (0–1)Sasaki (2)3:1645,383SEA 2–0L2
3October 63:07 p.m. CDT@ Mariners1–2Paniagua (1–0)Wunsch (0–1)—2:4040,142SEA 3–0L3 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = White Sox team member :

## 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 |
| Jeff Abbott, OF | 80 | 215 | 31 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 21 | 38 | .274 | 2 |
| Harold Baines, DH | 24 | 61 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 11 | .213 | 0 |
| James Baldwin, P | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| McKay Christensen, CF | 32 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .105 | 1 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .357 | 0 |
| Ray Durham, 2B | 151 | 614 | 121 | 172 | 35 | 9 | 17 | 75 | 75 | 105 | .280 | 25 |
| Cal Eldred, P | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Brook Fordyce, C | 40 | 125 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 23 | .272 | 0 |
| Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B | 57 | 148 | 25 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | 25 | .270 | 7 |
| Charles Johnson, C | 44 | 135 | 24 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 36 | 20 | 37 | .326 | 0 |
| Mark Johnson, C | 75 | 213 | 29 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 27 | 40 | .225 | 3 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B,3B,DH | 143 | 524 | 84 | 156 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 97 | 47 | 72 | .298 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee, LF | 152 | 572 | 107 | 172 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 92 | 38 | 94 | .301 | 13 |
| Jeff Liefer, RF,1B | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | 0 |
| Greg Norton, 3B,1B | 71 | 201 | 25 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 47 | .244 | 1 |
| Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 153 | 588 | 102 | 185 | 34 | 3 | 32 | 126 | 60 | 64 | .315 | 18 |
| Jim Parque, P | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0 |
| Josh Paul, C | 36 | 71 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | .282 | 1 |
| Herbert Perry, 3B,1B | 109 | 383 | 69 | 118 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 22 | 68 | .308 | 4 |
| Chris Singleton, CF | 147 | 511 | 83 | 130 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 35 | 85 | .254 | 22 |
| Mike Sirotka, P | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Frank Thomas, DH,1B | 159 | 582 | 115 | 191 | 44 | 0 | 43 | 143 | 112 | 94 | .328 | 1 |
| José Valentín, SS | 144 | 568 | 107 | 155 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 92 | 59 | 106 | .273 | 19 |
| Kip Wells, P | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Craig Wilson, 3B,SS,2B | 28 | 73 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .260 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5646 | 978 | 1615 | 325 | 33 | 216 | 926 | 591 | 960 | .286 | 119 |

### 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 |
| James Baldwin | 14 | 7 | 4.65 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 178.0 | 185 | 96 | 92 | 34 | 62 | 116 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 4 | 2 | 3.69 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| Kevin Beirne | 1 | 3 | 6.70 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 49.2 | 50 | 41 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 41 |
| Rocky Biddle | 1 | 2 | 8.34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22.2 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Chad Bradford | 1 | 0 | 1.98 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Mark Buehrle | 4 | 1 | 4.21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 51.1 | 55 | 27 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 37 |
| Cal Eldred | 10 | 2 | 4.58 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 112.0 | 103 | 61 | 57 | 12 | 59 | 97 |
| Scott Eyre | 1 | 1 | 6.63 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| Keith Foulke | 3 | 1 | 2.97 | 72 | 0 | 34 | 88.0 | 66 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 24 | 91 |
| Jon Garland | 4 | 8 | 6.46 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 69.2 | 82 | 55 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 42 |
| Matt Ginter | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Ken Hill | 0 | 1 | 24.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Howry | 2 | 4 | 3.17 | 65 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 54 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 60 |
| Sean Lowe | 4 | 1 | 5.48 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 70.2 | 78 | 47 | 43 | 10 | 42 | 53 |
| Aaron Myette | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jim Parque | 13 | 6 | 4.28 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 187.0 | 208 | 105 | 89 | 21 | 72 | 111 |
| Jesús Peña | 2 | 1 | 5.40 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 19 |
| Bill Simas | 2 | 3 | 3.46 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | 69 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 28 | 49 |
| Mike Sirotka | 15 | 10 | 3.79 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 197.0 | 203 | 101 | 83 | 23 | 70 | 128 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 1 | 2 | 12.06 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15.2 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| Kip Wells | 6 | 9 | 6.02 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 98.2 | 126 | 76 | 66 | 15 | 62 | 71 |
| Kelly Wunsch | 6 | 3 | 2.93 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 61.1 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 30 | 51 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 4.66 | 162 | 162 | 43 | 1450.1 | 1509 | 839 | 751 | 195 | 641 | 1037 |

## ALDS

Seattle defeated the White Sox in a 3-game sweep.
| Game | Home | Score | Visitor | Score | Date | Series |
| 1 | Chicago | 4 | Seattle | 7 | October 3 | 1-0 (SEA) |
| 2 | Chicago | 2 | Seattle | 5 | October 4 | 2-0 (SEA) |
| 3 | Seattle | 2 | Chicago | 1 | October 6 | 3-0 (SEA) |

## Awards and honors

* Jerry Manuel, Associated Press Manager of the Year

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Nick Leyva |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Nick Capra |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Brian Dayett |
| A | Burlington Bees | Midwest League | Jerry Terrell |
| Rookie | Bristol White Sox | Appalachian League | R. J. Reynolds |
| Rookie | AZL White Sox | Arizona League | Jerry Hairston, Sr. |