# 2002 Chicago White Sox season

The 2002 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 103rd season, and their 102nd in Major League Baseball. They finished with a record of 81–81, good enough for second place in the American League Central, 13.5 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

## Offseason

February 1, 2002: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.

## Regular season

* On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners hit four home runs in one game versus the White Sox.
* On July 2, the Tigers and White Sox set a Major League Baseball record by combining to hit for 12 home runs in one game. The box score for the home runs is as follows:
** Detroit Young 2 (7,1st inning off Ritchie 0 on, 2 out, 9th inning off Howry 0 on, 2 out); Fick (11,1st inning off Ritchie 1 on, 2 out); Lombard (1,7th inning off Ritchie 0 on, 1 out); Magee (6,9th inning off Howry 0 on, 0 out); Easley (4,9th inning off Howry 1 on).
** Chicago Lofton (4,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Ordonez 2 (15,1st inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 8th inning off Paniagua 3 on, 1 out); Valentin (11,2nd inning off Bernero 0 on, 0 out); Alomar 2 (6,4th inning off Bernero 0 on, 2 out, 6th inning off Lima 0 on).

### Season standings

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 67 | .584 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13½ | 47‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20½ | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 32½ | 37‍–‍44 | 25‍–‍56 |
| Detroit Tigers | 55 | 106 | .342 | 39 | 33‍–‍47 | 22‍–‍59 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | .640 |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 67 | .584 |
| Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Anaheim Angels | 99 | 63 | .611 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 |
| Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21 |
| Cleveland Indians | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 |
| Texas Rangers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 32 |
| Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 55 | 106 | .342 | 43½ |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | .342 | 43½ |

### Record vs. opponents

2002 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 7–2 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 9–11 | 9–10 | 8–1 | 12–7 | 7–2 | 11–7 |
| Baltimore | 2–7 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 3–6 | 4–15 | 9–9 |
| Boston | 4–3 | 13–6 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 16–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 5–13 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cleveland | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 10–9 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 1–8 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 7–12 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 4–14 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–6 | 6–12 |
| Kansas City | 3–6 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 10–9 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 5–13 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 14–4 | 14–5 | — | 0–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 10–8 |
| New York | 4–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | — | 5–4 | 4–5 | 13–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
| Oakland | 11–9 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | — | 8–11 | 8–1 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 16–2 |
| Seattle | 10–9 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | — | 5–4 | 13–7 | 6–3 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 1–8 | 9–10 | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 4–5 | — | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–11 |
| Texas | 7–12 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 5–4 | — | 8–1 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 15–4 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 11–8 | 1–8 | — | 9–9 |

### Opening Day lineup

* Kenny Lofton, CF
* Ray Durham, 2B
* Frank Thomas, DH
* Magglio Ordóñez, RF
* Paul Konerko, 1B
* José Valentín, 3B
* Carlos Lee, LF
* Sandy Alomar Jr., C
* Royce Clayton, SS
* Mark Buehrle, P

### Notable transactions

* May 16, 2002: Brooks Kieschnick was signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox.
* July 25, 2002: Ray Durham was traded by the Chicago White Sox with cash to the Oakland Athletics for Jon Adkins.
* July 28, 2002: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Diaz and Ryan Meaux (minors).
* July 29, 2002: Sandy Alomar Jr. was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Colorado Rockies for Enemencio Pacheco (minors).

### Game log

2002 White Sox Game Log :
April (16–10) – home (9–2) – road (7–8)
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1April 1@ Mariners6–5Buehrle (1–0)García (0–1)Foulke (1)3:1846,0361–0box
2April 2@ Mariners4–7Rhodes (1–0)Barceló (0–1)Sasaki (1)3:0340,8051–1box
3April 3@ Mariners6–7Franklin (1–0)Foulke (0–1)2:5031,0821–2box
4April 5@ Royals2–5Byrd (1–0)Garland (0–1)Stein (1)2:5015,9751–3box
5April 6@ Royals14–0Buehrle (2–0)Durbin (0–1)2:4915,1782–3box
6April 7@ Royals2–9Suppan (1–0)Ritchie (0–1)2:4710,7882–4box
–April 8@ TigersPostponed (rain), rescheduled for July 13
7April 9@ Tigers8–2Wright (1–0)Sparks (0–1)2:3411,8333–4box
8April 10@ Tigers7–5Osuna (1–0)Lima (0–2)Foulke (2)2:4914,1554–4box
9April 12Orioles5–2Buehrle (3–0)Towers (0–2)Foulke (3)2:2441,1285–4box
10April 13Orioles4–3Osuna (2–0)Roberts (0–1)Foulke (4)2:3619,2016–4box
11April 14Orioles4–9Maduro (1–1)Wright (1–1)2:5523,9516–5box
12April 15Orioles13–4Garland (1–1)Johnson (0–3)2:4115,7947–5box
13April 16Indians10–5Marte (1–0)Finley (1–1)2:5523,5028–5box
14April 17Indians7–2Buehrle (4–0)Báez (2–1)2:3515,5619–5box
15April 18Indians7–1Ritchie (1–1)Colón (3–1)2:5513,88010–5box
16April 19Tigers2–8Sparks (1–1)Wright (1–2)2:4213,91710–6box
17April 20Tigers12–5Garland (2–1)Cornejo (0–2)2:5115,73711–6box
18April 21Tigers11–8Osuna (3–0)Paniagua (0–1)Foulke (5)3:0813,61912–6box
19April 22@ Indians2–4Báez (3–1)Buehrle (4–1)Wickman (6)2:3524,51912–7box
20April 23@ Indians5–1Ritchie (2–1)Colón (3–2)2:5325,28413–7box
21April 24@ Indians9–2Wright (2–2)Sabathia (2–2)3:0425,93514–7box
22April 25@ Indians6–3Garland (3–1)Drese (2–2)Foulke (6)3:0729,04615–7box
23April 26@ Athletics4–6Lidle (1–3)Parque (0–1)Koch (5)2:5210,12915–8box
24April 27@ Athletics1–16Fyhrie (1–1)Buehrle (4–2)2:4226,11115–9box
25April 28@ Athletics0–10Hudson (3–2)Ritchie (2–2)2:3720,36515–10box
26April 30Mariners8–4Wright (3–2)Abbott (1–3)2:4116,25316–10box :
May (12–16) – home (8–9) – road (4–7)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
27May 1Mariners9 – 2 (8)Garland (4–1)Franklin (2–1)Glover (1)2:5012,73517–10box
28May 2Mariners4–15Baldwin (3–1)Rauch (0–1)3:0012,89117–11box
29May 3Athletics6–1Buehrle (5–2)Fyhrie (1–2)2:3915,74618–11box
30May 4Athletics10–2Ritchie (3–2)Hudson (3–3)2:5927,51119–11box
31May 5Athletics2–3Zito (2–2)Wright (3–3)Koch (7)2:4227,27519–12box
32May 6@ Rangers5–6Irabu (1–2)Osuna (3–1)3:1824,60919–13box
33May 7@ Rangers11–6Porzio (1–0)Bell (2–1)Ginter (1)3:0020,10820–13box
34May 8@ Rangers5–3Buehrle (6–2)Davis (3–3)2:4921,30521–13box
35May 9@ Rangers1–4Benoit (1–0)Ritchie (3–3)Irabu (8)2:4732,96221–14box
36May 10@ Angels0–19Schoeneweis (2–4)Wright (3–4)2:4836,71521–15box
37May 11@ Angels3–6Ortiz (4–3)Garland (4–2)Percival (6)2:4940,53521–16box
38May 12@ Angels4–5Percival (2–1)Foulke (0–2)3:2619,25121–17box
39May 14Rangers15–4Buehrle (7–2)Davis (3–4)3:0717,50322–17box
40May 15Rangers2–5Valdez (3–4)Ritchie (3–4)Irabu (10)2:4713,98022–18box
41May 16Rangers4–0Wright (4–4)Rogers (4–2)2:1613,11923–18box
42May 17Angels4–8Schoeneweis (3–4)Garland (4–3)Levine (4)2:5612,73623–19box
43May 18Angels10–4Glover (1–0)Ortiz (4–4)3:0821,12224–19box
44May 19Angels1–6Washburn (4–2)Buehrle (7–3)2:1319,86924–20box
45May 20@ Red Sox0–9Lowe (7–1)Ritchie (3–5)2:2032,46124–21box
46May 21@ Red Sox8–3Wright (5–4)Oliver (4–3)2:4831,77225–21box
47May 22@ Red Sox2–0Garland (5–3)Castillo (2–5)Foulke (7)2:2233,15726–21box
48May 24Tigers12–1Buehrle (8–3)Sparks (2–5)2:2214,59727–21box
49May 25Tigers6–4Wunsch (1–0)Greisinger (2–2)Foulke (8)2:3321,54328–21box
50May 26Tigers2–9Bernero (1–0)Ritchie (3–6)2:3023,35328–22box
51May 27Yankees6–10Thurman (1–0)Wright (5–5)2:5243,78128–23box
52May 28Yankees2–4Lilly (2–4)Garland (5–4)Rivera (16)3:0027,85928–24box
53May 29Yankees3–6Karsay (2–2)Foulke (0–3)Rivera (17)3:1027,57228–25box
54May 31@ Indians0–7Colón (7–3)Glover (1–1)2:4433,75628–26box :
June (12–16) – home (7–6) – road (5–10)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
55June 1@ Indians4–8Báez (5–4)Ritchie (3–7)2:5937,70728–27box
56June 2@ Indians3–4Finley (4–6)Wright (5–6)Wickman (13)2:4237,76028–28box
57June 3Royals4–0Garland (6–4)Affeldt (1–3)2:4115,16829–28box
58June 4Royals2–3Asencio (1–0)Buehrle (8–4)Hernández (9)2:4213,06329–29box
59June 5Royals6–1Glover (2–1)Suppan (5–5)2:3312,16730–29box
60June 6Royals3–4May (1–3)Ritchie (3–8)Hernández (10)2:5014,31130–30box
61June 7Expos3–4Armas (6–7)Wright (5–7)Tucker (3)2:5522,48130–31box
62June 8Expos1–2Stewart (1–1)Foulke (0–4)Tucker (4)2:3124,78330–32box
63June 9Expos13–2Buehrle (9–4)Pavano (3–8)2:4221,87031–32box
64June 10Mets1–3Astacio (7–2)Glover (2–2)Benítez (14)2:5127,67931–33box
65June 11Mets10–8Ritchie (4–8)D'Amico (4–5)Osuna (1)2:5120,15632–33box
66June 12Mets2–1Biddle (1–0)Leiter (6–6)Osuna (2)2:3616,31433–33box
67June 14@ Cubs4–8Clement (5–4)Garland (6–5)2:4638,05133–34box
68June 15@ Cubs3–7Lieber (5–4)Buehrle (9–5)2:5738,86033–35box
69June 16@ Cubs10–7Foulke (1–4)Wood (6–5)Osuna (3)3:0938,74234–35box
70June 18@ Phillies6 – 3 (12)Osuna (4–1)Coggin (0–2)Biddle (1)4:1617,42435–35box
71June 19@ Phillies3–4Plesac (2–2)Biddle (1–1)2:4921,90535–36box
72June 20@ Phillies6–1Buehrle (10–5)Person (2–4)2:4922,13236–36box
73June 21@ Braves2–3Gryboski (1–1)Ritchie (4–9)Smoltz (23)2:3735,10236–37box
74June 22@ Braves2–15Moss (4–2)Glover (2–3)2:5747,27636–38box
75June 23@ Braves1–9Marquis (6–4)Wright (5–8)2:4530,88336–39box
76June 24@ Twins4–5Hawkins (3–0)Howry (0–1)Guardado (22)2:4624,10236–40box
77June 25@ Twins15–7Buehrle (11–5)Milton (8–6)3:1924,66237–40box
78June 26@ Twins5–6Lohse (7–5)Ritchie (4–10)Guardado (23)2:5128,34037–41box
79June 27@ Twins7–4Glover (3–3)Reed (6–4)Foulke (9)3:1829,53238–41box
80June 28Cubs13–9Ginter (1–0)Borowski (2–4)3:3546,02739–41box
81June 29Cubs5–4Garland (7–5)Cruz (1–10)Osuna (4)3:1045,94240–41box
82June 30Cubs2–9Clement (6–5)Buehrle (11–6)2:4245,35140–42box :
July (11–15) – home (6–6) – road (5–9)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
83July 2Tigers17–9Ritchie (5–10)Bernero (2–4)2:5319,33141–42box
84July 3Tigers4–5Moehler (1–0)Glover (3–4)Paniagua (1)3:0115,06441–43box
85July 4Tigers5–6Sparks (4–8)Wunsch (1–1)Acevedo (13)3:0222,91641–44box
86July 5Indians2–4Báez (7–6)Garland (7–6)Wickman (19)3:0929,08541–45box
87July 6Indians7–3Buehrle (12–6)Phillips (0–1)Marte (1)2:3825,01642–45box
88July 7Indians3–9Drese (8–6)Ritchie (5–11)2:5522,10442–46box
All-Star Break: AL and NL tied 7–7 (11) at Miller Park
89July 11@ Tigers9–2Wright (6–8)Sparks (4–9)2:2416,79143–46box
90July 12@ Tigers1–2Redman (5–8)Ritchie (5–12)Acevedo (15)2:3826,12143–47box
91July 13@ Tigers3–5Rodney (1–2)Buehrle (12–7)Acevedo (16)2:3713,18943–48box
92July 13@ Tigers1–3Maroth (2–3)Biddle (1–2)Henriquez (1)2:3820,05843–49box
93July 14@ Tigers6–4Garland (8–6)Bernero (2–5)Osuna (5)2:3322,09844–49box
94July 15@ Indians1–7Phillips (1–1)Glover (3–5)2:5330,02544–50box
95July 16@ Indians5–4Osuna (5–1)Wickman (0–3)Marte (2)3:0830,75445–50box
96July 17@ Royals6–8Suppan (8–7)Ritchie (5–13)Hernández (17)3:0813,82345–51box
97July 18@ Royals3–5Byrd (13–6)Marte (1–1)2:0615,52245–52box
98July 19@ Orioles4–10López (10–3)Garland (8–7)2:4436,94945–53box
99July 20@ Orioles3 – 4 (14)Bauer (5–4)Howry (0–2)4:5439,25745–54box
100July 21@ Orioles8–7Howry (1–2)Roberts (5–3)Osuna (6)3:1235,33746–54box
101July 22Twins6–11Reed (8–5)Ritchie (5–14)3:3332,35246–55box
102July 23Twins8–7Buehrle (13–7)Santana (4–2)Osuna (7)3:0822,66547–55box
103July 24Twins1–8Lohse (10–5)Garland (8–8)2:5023,53547–56box
104July 26Royals10–2Wright (7–8)Sedlacek (1–1)3:0820,80348–56box
105July 27Royals9–1Glover (4–5)May (2–7)2:4128,93149–56box
106July 28Royals4–2Howry (2–2)Suppan (8–9)Marte (3)2:3629,53450–56box
107July 30@ Twins3–0Buehrle (14–7)Lohse (10–6)2:0827,39151–56box
108July 31@ Twins1 – 2 (10)Romero (6–1)Osuna (5–2)3:0229,47851–57box :
August (14–13) – home (9–6) – road (5–7)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
109August 1@ Twins0–6Milton (13–7)Wright (7–9)2:2526,27051–58box
110August 2@ Devil Rays8 – 5 (12)Wunsch (2–1)Colomé (2–6)Osuna (8)3:5710,82352–58box
111August 3@ Devil Rays2–6Wilson (4–7)Ritchie (5–15)2:3411,96352–59box
112August 4@ Devil Rays3–10Kennedy (7–8)Buehrle (14–8)2:4111,80952–60box
113August 5@ Devil Rays4–3Foulke (2–4)Yan (5–6)Marte (4)2:2810,76953–60box
114August 6Angels2–11Washburn (14–3)Wright (7–10)Levine (5)3:0517,70653–61box
115August 7Angels7–6Osuna (6–2)Donnelly (0–1)3:3314,25354–61box
116August 8Angels3–2Parque (1–1)Sele (8–8)Marte (5)2:4418,16555–61box
117August 9Mariners10–2Buehrle (15–8)García (12–8)2:4928,22956–61box
118August 10Mariners3–7Nelson (3–2)Biddle (1–3)3:3429,76656–62box
119August 11Mariners6–5Wright (8–10)Baldwin (7–9)Osuna (9)2:5428,28257–62box
120August 13@ Rangers12–3Glover (5–5)Benoit (2–2)3:0525,65758–62box
121August 14@ Rangers6–11Valdez (6–9)Parque (1–2)3:1121,45058–63box
122August 16@ Athletics0–1Lidle (6–9)Buehrle (15–9)Koch (31)2:1622,62258–64box
123August 17@ Athletics2–9Mulder (14–7)Garland (8–9)2:4840,65858–65box
124August 18@ Athletics4–7Zito (17–5)Wright (8–11)2:4731,48958–66box
125August 19Twins3–7Radke (5–3)Glover (5–6)2:4224,01658–67box
126August 20Twins0–5Lohse (11–7)Parque (1–3)2:2216,19258–68box
127August 21Twins10–1Buehrle (16–9)Mays (2–5)2:3717,22559–68box
128August 23Devil Rays2–8Sturtze (3–13)Garland (8–10)2:4027,98859–69box
129August 24Devil Rays5–2Wright (9–11)Wilson (6–9)Marte (6)2:2324,58060–69box
130August 25Devil Rays8–3Glover (6–6)Kennedy (7–9)2:4420,34061–69box
131August 26Blue Jays4–8Thurman (2–2)Parque (1–4)3:2315,76061–70box
132August 27Blue Jays8 – 4 (10)Osuna (7–2)Cassidy (0–4)2:2512,18562–70box
133August 28Blue Jays8–0Garland (9–10)Parris (5–5)2:2012,97263–70box
134August 30@ Tigers4–3Wright (10–11)Maroth (5–6)Marte (7)2:3616,85764–70box
135August 31@ Tigers9–4Glover (7–6)Sparks (8–14)2:4615,72665–70box :
September (16–11) – home (8–5) – road (8–6)
#DateTimeOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBox
136September 1@ Tigers7–0Buehrle (17–9)Redman (8–13)2:1814,85666–70box
137September 2@ Blue Jays5–3Garland (10–10)Thurman (2–3)Marte (8)2:5818,37367–70box
138September 3@ Blue Jays5–4Rauch (1–1)Loaiza (7–8)Marte (9)2:5914,42768–70box
139September 4@ Blue Jays2–6Walker (8–4)Wright (10–12)2:3921,12268–71box
140September 5Indians6–11Rodríguez (2–1)Glover (7–7)2:5912,66768–72box
141September 6Indians7–9Burba (5–5)Buehrle (17–10)Báez (2)2:4817,13168–73box
142September 7Indians2–4Sabathia (11–10)Garland (10–11)Wohlers (7)2:2816,62268–74box
143September 8Indians7–6Osuna (8–2)Báez (10–11)2:5615,06769–74box
144September 9@ Royals10–6Wright (11–12)Byrd (15–11)2:389,55570–74box
145September 10@ Royals12–4Porzio (2–0)Hernández (3–4)Osuna (10)3:2010,10671–74box
146September 11@ Royals6–9May (4–9)Buehrle (17–11)2:5112,10471–75box
147September 12@ Royals5–1Garland (11–11)Asencio (3–6)2:2210,42772–75box
148September 13@ Yankees13–2Biddle (2–3)Mussina (16–10)Osuna (11)3:2245,93573–75box
149September 14@ Yankees8–1Wright (12–12)Clemens (12–6)2:4544,79574–75box
150September 15@ Yankees4 – 8 (6)Pettitte (11–5)Porzio (2–1)2:0139,58774–76box
151September 17Royals6–1Buehrle (18–11)Asencio (3–7)Foulke (10)2:3112,00375–76box
152September 18Royals3–1Garland (12–11)Suppan (8–16)Marte (10)2:4110,24676–76box
153September 19Royals1–2Byrd (17–11)Biddle (2–4)Hernández (26)2:3110,35476–77box
154September 20Twins10–2Wright (13–12)Rincón (0–2)2:2416,12877–77box
155September 21Twins14–4Rauch (2–1)Radke (9–5)2:5320,64578–77box
156September 22Twins8–2Buehrle (19–11)Mays (4–8)2:4015,11279–77box
157September 24Red Sox2–4Fossum (5–4)Garland (12–12)Urbina (39)2:5714,16879–78box
158September 25Red Sox7–2Biddle (3–4)Lowe (21–8)2:1913,10280–78box
159September 26Red Sox3–2Wright (14–12)Hancock (0–1)Foulke (11)2:1112,30481–78box
160September 27@ Twins1–3Fiore (10–3)Glover (7–8)Guardado (44)2:2221,90581–79box
161September 28@ Twins2–3Hawkins (6–0)Buehrle (19–12)Guardado (45)2:3532,07281–80box
162September 29@ Twins1–3Wells (2–1)Porzio (2–2)Romero (1)2:2731,27081–81box :

## 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 | 51 | 167 | 21 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 14 | .287 | 0 |
| Joe Borchard, OF | 16 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | .222 | 0 |
| Mark Buehrle, P | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | 0 |
| Royce Clayton, SS | 112 | 342 | 51 | 86 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 67 | .251 | 5 |
| Joe Crede, 3B | 53 | 200 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 40 | .285 | 0 |
| Ray Durham, 2B | 96 | 345 | 71 | 103 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 49 | 59 | .299 | 20 |
| Keith Foulke, P | 65 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Jon Garland, P | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Gary Glover, P | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Tony Graffanino, 3B,2B,SS | 70 | 229 | 35 | 60 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 38 | .262 | 2 |
| Willie Harris, 2B,CF | 49 | 163 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 21 | .233 | 8 |
| D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B,SS | 27 | 108 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 10 | .287 | 2 |
| Mark Johnson, C | 86 | 263 | 31 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 52 | .209 | 0 |
| Paul Konerko, 1B | 151 | 570 | 81 | 173 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 104 | 44 | 72 | .304 | 0 |
| Carlos Lee, LF | 140 | 492 | 82 | 130 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 80 | 75 | 73 | .264 | 1 |
| Jeff Liefer, OF,1B,DH | 76 | 204 | 28 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 60 | .230 | 0 |
| Kenny Lofton, CF | 93 | 352 | 68 | 91 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 49 | 51 | .259 | 22 |
| Dámaso Marte, P | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Miguel Olivo, C | 6 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .211 | 0 |
| Magglio Ordóñez, RF | 153 | 590 | 116 | 189 | 47 | 1 | 38 | 135 | 53 | 77 | .320 | 7 |
| Josh Paul, C | 33 | 104 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 22 | .240 | 2 |
| Todd Ritchie, P | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | 0 |
| Aaron Rowand, CF | 126 | 302 | 41 | 78 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 54 | .258 | 0 |
| Frank Thomas, DH,1B | 148 | 523 | 77 | 132 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 92 | 88 | 115 | .252 | 3 |
| José Valentín, 3B | 135 | 474 | 70 | 118 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 75 | 43 | 99 | .249 | 3 |
| Dan Wright, P | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5502 | 856 | 1475 | 289 | 29 | 217 | 819 | 555 | 952 | .268 | 75 |

### 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 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rocky Biddle | 3 | 4 | 4.06 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 77.2 | 72 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 43 | 64 |
| Mark Buehrle | 19 | 12 | 3.58 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 239.0 | 236 | 102 | 95 | 25 | 68 | 134 |
| Keith Foulke | 2 | 4 | 2.90 | 65 | 0 | 11 | 77.2 | 65 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 58 |
| Jon Garland | 12 | 12 | 4.58 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 192.2 | 188 | 109 | 98 | 23 | 84 | 112 |
| Matt Ginter | 1 | 0 | 4.47 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 54.1 | 59 | 34 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 37 |
| Gary Glover | 7 | 8 | 5.20 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 138.1 | 136 | 86 | 80 | 21 | 53 | 70 |
| Bob Howry | 2 | 2 | 3.91 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 31 |
| Dámaso Marte | 1 | 1 | 2.83 | 68 | 0 | 10 | 60.1 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 72 |
| Antonio Osuna | 8 | 2 | 3.86 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 67.2 | 64 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 66 |
| Jim Parque | 1 | 4 | 9.95 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 25.1 | 34 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 13 |
| Mike Porzio | 2 | 2 | 4.81 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 40 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 25 | 33 |
| Jon Rauch | 2 | 1 | 6.59 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 28.2 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 19 |
| Todd Ritchie | 5 | 15 | 6.06 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 133.2 | 176 | 104 | 90 | 18 | 54 | 77 |
| Dan Wright | 14 | 12 | 5.18 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 196.1 | 200 | 124 | 113 | 32 | 72 | 136 |
| Kelly Wunsch | 2 | 1 | 3.41 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 26 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 22 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 81 | 4.53 | 162 | 162 | 35 | 1423.0 | 1422 | 798 | 716 | 190 | 559 | 945 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Charlotte Knights | International League | Nick Capra |
| AA | Birmingham Barons | Southern League | Wally Backman |
| A | Winston-Salem Warthogs | Carolina League | Razor Shines |
| A | Kannapolis Intimidators | South Atlantic League | John Orton |
| Rookie | Bristol White Sox | Appalachian League | Nick Leyva |
| Rookie | AZL White Sox | Arizona League | Jerry Hairston, Sr. |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Bristol