2000 Chicago White Sox season

2000 Chicago White Sox
AL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Ron Schueler
Manager(s)	Jerry Manuel
Local television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer) WIND (AM) (Hector Molina)
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The 2000 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 101st season. They finished with a record 95-67, good enough for 1st place in the American League Central, 5 games ahead the 2nd place Cleveland Indians.

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

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	95	67	0.586	—	46–35	49–32
Cleveland Indians	90	72	0.556	5	48–33	42–39
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	16	43–38	36–45
Kansas City Royals	77	85	0.475	18	42–39	35–46
Minnesota Twins	69	93	0.426	26	36–45	33–48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League Records 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).^[1]

Roster

2000 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 37 James Baldwin 49 Lorenzo Barceló 57 Kevin Beirne 60 Rocky Biddle 44 Chad Bradford 56 Mark Buehrle 21 Cal Eldred 36 Scott Eyre 29 Keith Foulke 52 Jon Garland 58 Matt Ginter 44 Ken Hill 46 Bob Howry 50 Sean Lowe 62,38 Aaron Myette 40 Jim Parque 61 Jesús Peña 41 Bill Simas 33 Mike Sirotka 47 Tanyon Sturtze 32 Kip Wells 65 Kelly Wunsch		Catchers  8 Brook Fordyce  8 Charles Johnson 10 Mark Johnson 15 Josh Paul Infielders 21 Joe Crede  5 Ray Durham 47 Tony Graffanino 14 Paul Konerko 31 Greg Norton 43 Herbert Perry 35 Frank Thomas  2 José Valentín 28 Craig Wilson		Outfielders 25 Jeff Abbott 26 McKay Christensen 45 Carlos Lee 39 Jeff Liefer 30 Magglio Ordóñez 12 Chris Singleton Other batters  3 Harold Baines		Manager  7 Jerry Manuel Coaches 54 Nardi Contreras 18 Wallace Johnson 48 Von Joshua 53 Art Kusnyer 20 Bryan Little 21 Joe Nossek

Game log

2000 White Sox Game Log
April (17–8) – home (9–3) – road (9–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 April 3 @ Rangers 4–10 Rogers (1–0) Sirotka (0–1) 2:39 49,332 0–1 box 2 April 4 @ Rangers 8–12 Cordero (1–0) Simas (0–1) 3:47 29,418 0–2 box 3 April 5 @ Rangers 12–8 Foulke (1–0) Zimmerman (0–1) 3:30 25,544 1–2 box 4 April 6 @ Rangers 6–2 Baldwin (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) 2:23 28,466 2–2 box 5 April 7 @ Athletics 7–6 Eyre (1–0) Magnante (0–1) Foulke (1) 3:36 10,549 3–2 box 6 April 8 @ Athletics 7–3 Sirotka (1–1) Mahay (0–1) 2:59 13,125 4–2 box 7 April 9 @ Athletics 2–14 Appier (1–1) K. Wells (0–1) 3:00 13,280 4–3 box 8 April 11 @ Devil Rays 13–6 Parque (1–0) Yan (0–1) 2:58 13,639 5–3 box 9 April 12 @ Devil Rays 7–1 Baldwin (2–0) Wheeler (0–1) 2:56 14,034 6–3 box 10 April 13 @ Devil Rays 5 – 6 (12) Mecir (2–0) Sturtze (0–1) 4:04 15,464 6–4 box 11 April 14 Angels 9–4 Sirotka (2–1) Hill (1–2) 3:25 38,912 7–4 box 12 April 15 Angels 1–3 Bottenfield (1–1) K. Wells (0–2) Percival (3) 2:51 14,135 7–5 box 13 April 16 Angels 1–3 Schoeneweis (3–0) Parque (1–1) Percival (4) 2:35 10,929 7–6 box – April 17 Mariners Postponed (rain), rescheduled for August 8 14 April 18 Mariners 18–11 Sturtze (1–1) Sele (1–1) 3:32 9,898 8–6 box 15 April 19 Mariners 5–2 Lowe (1–0) Meche (0–1) Howry (1) 2:57 8,425 9–6 box 16 April 21 Tigers 7–2 K. Wells (1–2) Nitkowski (1–3) 2:52 11,278 10–6 box 17 April 22 Tigers 14–6 Parque (2–1) Weaver (0–2) 3:19 16,410 11–6 box 18 April 23 Tigers 9–4 Baldwin (3–0) Borkowski (0–1) 2:47 12,154 12–6 box 19 April 24 Orioles 8–2 Eldred (1–0) Mussina (0–2) 2:14 15,461 13–6 box 20 April 25 Orioles 6–12 Rapp (3–0) Sirotka (2–2) 3:15 11,658 13–7 box 21 April 26 Orioles 11–6 K. Wells (2–2) Ponson (2–1) 2:59 13,649 14–7 box 22 April 27 Orioles 13–4 Parque (3–1) Mercedes (2–1) 2:49 13,225 15–7 box 23 April 28 @ Tigers 3–2 Baldwin (4–0) Weaver (0–3) Foulke (2) 2:24 26,916 16–7 box 24 April 29 @ Tigers 2–1 Eldred (2–0) Mlicki (0–5) Foulke (3) 2:37 28,393 17–7 box 25 April 30 @ Tigers 3 – 4 (12) Anderson (1–0) Eyre (1–1) 3:36 28,393 17–8 box
May (13–14) – home (6–6) – road (7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 26 May 1 Blue Jays 3–5 Carpenter (3–3) K. Wells (2–3) Koch (6) 2:58 14,448 17–9 box 27 May 2 Blue Jays 1–4 Castillo (1–2) Wunsch (0–1) Koch (7) 3:06 10,397 17–10 box 28 May 3 Blue Jays 7–3 Baldwin (5–0) Escobar (2–4) Foulke (4) 2:39 12,026 18–10 box 29 May 5 @ Royals 1–5 Fussell (2–1) Eldred (2–1) 2:38 19,622 18–11 box 30 May 6 @ Royals 5–11 Spradlin (1–1) Sirotka (2–3) 2:53 28,300 18–12 box 31 May 7 @ Royals 8–12 Bottalico (4–1) Wunsch (0–2) 3:25 23,107 18–13 box 32 May 8 @ Red Sox 2–3 Rose (2–2) Sirotka (1–2) Lowe (8) 2:31 23,468 18–14 box 33 May 9 @ Red Sox 6–0 Baldwin (6–0) Schourek (1–3) 2:22 25,371 19–14 box 34 May 10 @ Red Sox 3–5 Martinez (3–2) Eldred (2–2) Garcés (1) 2:16 28,911 19–15 box 35 May 12 Twins 3 – 4 (10) Miller (1–2) Lowe (1–1) Carrasco (1) 3:22 12,526 19–16 box 36 May 13 Twins 4–3 Wunsch (1–2) Wells (0–4) 2:52 22,545 20–16 box 37 May 14 Twins 5–3 Wunsch (2–2) Radke (2–4) Foulke (5) 2:50 29,177 21–16 box 38 May 16 @ Yankees 4–0 Eldred (3–2) Hernández (4–3) 3:10 31,143 22–16 box 39 May 17 @ Yankees 4–9 Clemens (4–3) Parque (3–2) 3:09 26,887 22–17 box 40 May 19 @ Blue Jays 5–3 Sirotka (3–3) Escobar (4–5) Foulke (6) 2:49 18,268 23–17 box 41 May 20 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Baldwin (7–0) D. Wells (7–2) 2:22 20,091 24–17 box 42 May 21 @ Blue Jays 2–1 Eldred (4–2) Castillo (1–4) Foulke (7) 2:39 18,264 25–17 box 43 May 22 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Koch (3–0) Howry (0–1) 2:32 19,167 25–18 box 44 May 23 Yankees 8–2 K. Wells (3–3) Clemens (4–4) 2:53 21,863 26–18 box 45 May 24 Yankees 4–12 Pettitte (3–2) Sirotka (3–4) 3:17 23,144 26–19 box 46 May 25 Yankees 0–7 Mendoza (5–2) Baldwin (7–1) 2:21 23,636 26–20 box 47 May 26 Indians 5–3 Eldred (5–2) Finley (3–4) Foulke (8) 2:39 18,225 27–20 box 48 May 27 Indians 14–3 Parque (4–2) Wright (3–3) 3:10 30,250 28–20 box 49 May 28 Indians 3–12 Colón (5–2) K. Wells (3–4) 4:01 24,192 28–21 box 50 May 29 @ Mariners 4–5 Halama (6–0) Sirotka (3–5) Sasaki 3:05 34,429 28–22 box 51 May 30 @ Mariners 2–1 Baldwin (8–1) Abbott (1–2) Foulke (9) 2:26 25,788 29–22 box 52 May 31 @ Mariners 4–3 Howry (1–1) Sasaki (1–4) Foulke (10) 3:11 35,823 30–22 box
June (20–7) – home (8–6) – road (12–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 53 June 2 @ Astros 7–4 Parque (5–2) Reynolds (5–2) Foulke (11) 2:56 39,028 31–22 box 54 June 3 @ Astros 1–6 Holt (3–6) K. Wells (3–5) 3:00 39,459 31–23 box 55 June 4 @ Astros 7–3 Sirotka (4–5) Dotel (1–4) 2:45 41,117 32–23 box 56 June 5 @ Reds 4–3 Baldwin (9–1) Parris (2–8) Foulke (12) 2:41 26,624 33–23 box 57 June 6 @ Reds 17–12 Eldred (6–2) Villone (6–3) 3:44 28,908 34–23 box 58 June 7 @ Reds 6–4 Parque (6–2) Bell (4–4) Foulke (13) 3:21 31,023 35–23 box 59 June 9 Cubs 6 – 5 (14) Peña (1–0) Van Poppel (0–2) 4:42 44,140 36–23 box 60 June 10 Cubs 4–3 Sirotka (5–5) Wood (2–4) Foulke (14) 3:05 43,806 37–23 box 61 June 11 Cubs 5–6 Van Poppel (1–2) Peña (1–1) Aguilera (12) 2:59 43,158 37–24 box 62 June 12 @ Indians 8–7 Eldred (7–2) Rigdon (1–1) Foulke (15) 3:37 43,229 38–24 box 63 June 13 @ Indians 4 – 3 (10) Simas (1–1) Speier (0–1) Howry (2) 3:26 43,233 39–24 box 64 June 14 @ Indians 11–4 Beirne (1–0) Brower (1–1) 3:39 43,284 40–24 box 65 June 15 @ Yankees 12–3 Sirotka (6–5) Pettitte (6–3) 3:38 30,803 41–24 box 66 June 16 @ Yankees 3–1 Baldwin (10–1) Stanton (1–1) Howry (3) 2:54 41,910 42–24 box 67 June 17 @ Yankees 10–9 Eldred (8–2) Westbrook (0–1) Foulke (16) 3:43 54,053 43–24 box 68 June 18 @ Yankees 17–4 Parque (7–2) Hernández (6–6) 3:26 52,856 44–24 box 69 June 19 Indians 6–1 K. Wells (4–5) Colón (6–4) 3:04 43,062 45–24 box 70 June 20 Indians 1–4 Brower (2–1) Sirotka (6–6) Karsay (15) 2:34 20,005 45–25 box 71 June 21 Indians 6–8 Burba (8–2) Baldwin (10–2) Karsay (16) 3:00 23,516 45–26 box 72 June 22 Indians 6–0 Eldred (9–2) Finley (5–5) 2:52 23,374 46–26 box 73 June 23 Yankees 4–3 Lowe (2–1) Rivera (2–2) 3:10 38,773 47–26 box 74 June 24 Yankees 8–12 Mendoza (7–3) K. Wells (4–6) Rivera (17) 3:56 32,623 47–27 box 75 June 25 Yankees 8–7 Sirotka (7–6) Pettitte (7–4) Howry (4) 3:15 40,817 48–27 box 76 June 27 Twins 4–7 Mays (4–9) Baldwin (10–3) Wells (5) 3:07 20,283 48–28 box 77 June 28 Twins 7–3 Eldred (10–2) Lincoln (0–1) 2:52 17,541 49–28 box 78 June 29 Twins 1–10 Milton (8–2) K. Wells (4–7) 3:04 21,239 49–29 box 79 June 30 Red Sox 10–4 Parque (8–2) Pichardo (2–1) 3:05 32,157 50–29 box
July (14–12) – home (7–4) – road (7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 80 July 1 Red Sox 7–2 Sirotka (8–6) Crawford (0–1) 2:44 28,006 51–29 box 81 July 2 Red Sox 8–2 Baldwin (11–3) Schourek (2–7) 2:44 32,934 52–29 box 82 July 3 @ Royals 14–10 Peña (2–1) Santiago (6–3) 3:55 24,496 53–29 box 83 July 4 @ Royals 7–10 Spradlin (3–2) Garland (0–1) 3:06 29,884 53–30 box 84 July 5 @ Royals 6 – 3 (13) Wunsch (3–2) Bochtler (0–1) 4:22 15,009 54–30 box 85 July 7 @ Cubs 4 – 2 (12) Lowe (3–1) Van Poppel (2–3) Peña (1) 3:23 39,112 55–30 box 86 July 8 @ Cubs 2–9 Lieber (8–5) Baldwin (11–4) 2:40 38,933 55–31 box 87 July 9 @ Cubs 6–9 Tapani (5–7) Simas (1–2) Worrell (1) 2:46 38,706 55–32 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 6–3 at Turner Field 88 July 13 Cardinals 5–13 Benes (10–3) Sirotka (8–7) 3:17 32,263 55–33 box 89 July 14 Cardinals 4–9 Stephenson (10–5) Wunsch (3–3) 3:25 34,862 55–34 box 90 July 15 Cardinals 15–7 Parque (9–2) Kile (11–6) 4:00 40,681 56–34 box 91 July 16 Brewers 11–5 Baldwin (13–4) Snyder (3–4) 2:47 30,050 57–34 box 92 July 17 Brewers 11–2 Garland (1–1) Bere (6–7) 2:53 31,369 58–34 box 93 July 18 Brewers 7–5 Sirotka (9–7) Wright (5–3) Wunsch (1) 3:00 18,542 59–34 box 94 July 19 @ Twins 3–2 Buehrle (1–0) Milton (8–6) Foulke (17) 2:46 12,494 60–34 box 95 July 20 @ Twins 1–5 Mays (5–11) Parque (9–3) 2:35 18,676 60–35 box 96 July 21 @ Red Sox 8–5 Simas (2–2) Pichardo (4–2) Howry (5) 3:16 33,869 61–35 box 97 July 22 @ Red Sox 6–8 Fassero (7–3) Garland (1–2) 2:59 33,384 61–36 box 98 July 23 @ Red Sox 0–1 Martínez (11–3) Sirotka (9–8) 2:28 33,224 61–37 box 99 July 24 Royals 7–6 Wunsch (4–3) Suzuki (5–5) Foulke (18) 3:08 34,473 62–37 box 100 July 25 Royals 1–6 Suppan (5–6) Parque (9–4) 2:42 21,091 62–38 box 101 July 26 Royals 6–7 Spradlin (4–2) Howry (1–2) Bottalico (8) 3:10 26,615 62–39 box 102 July 27 @ Angels 6–5 Garland (2–2) Cooper (4–5) Foulke (19) 3:24 24,394 63–39 box 103 July 28 @ Angels 7–10 Holtz (1–2) Beirne (1–1) Percival (24) 3:13 40,711 63–40 box 104 July 29 @ Angels 5–6 Bottenfield (7–8) Barceló (0–1) Percival (25) 3:09 25,881 63–41 box 105 July 30 @ Angels 11 – 7 (10) Foulke (2–0) Levine (2–4) 4:09 27,538 64–41 box
August (15–13) – home (6–7) – road (9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 106 August 1 @ Rangers 4–3 Howry (2–2) Wetteland (4–4) 2:42 37,784 65–41 box 107 August 2 @ Rangers 2–7 Helling (13–7) Garland (2–3) Crabtree (1) 2:57 36,786 65–42 box 108 August 4 Athletics 3–5 Appier (10–8) Sirotka (9–9) Isringhausen (25) 3:22 30,019 65–43 box 109 August 5 Athletics 4 – 3 (10) Foulke (3–0) Mathews (2–3) 3:14 35,314 66–43 box 110 August 6 Athletics 13–0 Baldwin (14–4) Hudson (12–4) 2:50 32,952 67–43 box 111 August 8 Mariners 4–12 Piñeiro (1–0) Garland (2–4) Tomko (1) 3:11 23,647 67–44 box 112 August 8 Mariners 5–7 García (4–2) Buehrle (1–1) Sasaki (27) 3:43 23,647 67–45 box 113 August 9 Mariners 19–3 Sirotka (10–9) Moyer (11–5) 3:10 24,947 68–45 box 114 August 10 Mariners 3–6 Sele (13–6) Biddle (0–1) Sasaki (28) 2:41 23,924 68–46 box 115 August 11 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Buehrle (2–1) Wilson (0–1) Foulke (20) 3:13 18,370 69–46 box 116 August 12 @ Devil Rays 5 – 4 (10) Buehrle (3–1) Hernández (3–4) Foulke (21) 3:12 27,538 70–46 box 117 August 13 @ Devil Rays 3–5 López (10–8) Howry (2–3) 2:28 19,685 70–47 box 118 August 14 @ Orioles 2–8 Mercedes (8–4) Sirotka (10–10) 3:02 40,047 70–48 box 119 August 15 @ Orioles 14–4 Biddle (1–1) Johnson (1–9) 2:48 37,707 71–48 box 120 August 16 @ Orioles 7–3 Parque (10–4) Mussina (7–13) 2:35 39,079 72–48 box 121 August 17 @ Orioles 3–5 Parrish (2–1) Baldwin (14–5) 2:52 40,205 72–49 box 122 August 18 Devil Rays 5–2 Garland (3–4) Rekar (4–8) Foulke (22) 2:36 25,160 73–49 box 123 August 19 Devil Rays 7–0 Sirotka (11–10) López (10–9) 2:32 38,926 74–49 box 124 August 20 Devil Rays 11–12 Yan (6–8) Foulke (3–1) Hernández (23) 3:45 27,744 74–50 box 125 August 21 Devil Rays 4–11 Sturtze (5–2) Parque (10–5) 2:57 31,744 74–51 box 126 August 23 Orioles 8–4 Barceló (1–1) Parrish (2–2) 3:14 22,528 75–51 box 127 August 24 Orioles 5–8 Mercedes (9–5) Hill (5–8) 3:15 20,007 75–52 box 128 August 25 @ Mariners 4–1 Sirotka (12–10) Sele (13–9) Foulke (23) 3:08 44,745 76–52 box 129 August 26 @ Mariners 5–11 Halama (11–6) Biddle (1–2) 3:36 45,191 76–53 box 130 August 27 @ Mariners 2–1 Barceló (2–1) García (4–4) Foulke (24) 2:44 45,525 77–53 box 131 August 28 @ Athletics 0–3 Hudson (14–6) Parque (10–6) 2:19 12,436 77–54 box 132 August 29 @ Athletics 3–0 Baldwin (15–5) Zito (2–3) Foulke (25) 2:20 12,129 78–54 box 133 August 30 @ Athletics 8–3 Sirotka (13–10) Appier (12–10) Howry (6) 3:05 19,458 79–54 box
September/October (16–13) – home (10–9) – road (6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 134 September 1 Angels 9–8 Ginter (1–0) Hasegawa (8–3) Foulke (26) 3:06 16,377 80–54 box 135 September 2 Angels 13–6 Parque (11–6) Mercker (1–3) 3:09 29,785 81–54 box 136 September 3 Angels 13–12 Wunsch (5–3) Hasegawa (8–4) Foulke (27) 3:38 22,020 82–54 box 137 September 4 Rangers 4–5 Davis (6–5) Garland (3–5) Wetteland (29) 3:14 29,614 82–55 box 138 September 5 Rangers 1–2 Johnson (1–0) Howry (2–4) Wetteland (30) 2:58 13,899 82–56 box 139 September 6 Rangers 13–1 K. Wells (5–7) Helling (14–11) 2:41 15,622 83–56 box 140 September 7 Rangers 10–6 Barceló (3–1) Zimmerman (3–5) Foulke (28) 2:49 18,219 84–56 box 141 September 8 @ Indians 5–4 Buehrle (4–1) Woodard (2–10) Foulke (29) 3:34 42,526 85–56 box 142 September 9 @ Indians 3–9 Burba (14–6) Garland (3–6) 3:23 42,561 85–57 box – September 10 @ Indians Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 25 143 September 11 Tigers 10–3 Sirotka (14–10) Moehler (12–8) Howry (7) 3:15 21,527 86–57 box 144 September 12 Tigers 3–10 Mlicki (5–11) K. Wells (5–8) 3:09 15,297 86–58 box 145 September 13 Tigers 1–0 Parque (12–6) Weaver (9–14) Foulke (30) 2:38 16,651 87–58 box 146 September 15 Blue Jays 5–6 Escobar (10–14) Garland (3–7) Koch (33) 3:18 23,105 87–59 box 147 September 16 Blue Jays 6–3 Wunsch (6–3) Escobar (10–15) Foulke (31) 2:43 33,204 88–59 box 148 September 17 Blue Jays 1–14 Painter (2–0) K. Wells (5–9) 3:06 26,113 88–60 box 149 September 18 @ Tigers 2–5 Weaver (10–14) Barceló (3–2) Jones (40) 2:42 22,718 88–61 box 150 September 19 @ Tigers 6–2 Lowe (4–1) Sparks (6–5) 2:32 24,951 89–61 box 151 September 20 @ Tigers 13–6 Garland (4–7) Moehler (12–9) 3:00 28,422 90–61 box 152 September 21 @ Twins 9–4 Sirotka (15–10) Santana (2–3) 3:03 6,688 91–61 box 153 September 22 @ Twins 5–4 Barceló (4–2) Wells (0–7) Foulke (32) 2:57 9,060 92–61 box 154 September 23 @ Twins 5–3 Parque (13–6) Milton (13–10) Foulke (33) 2:50 20,263 93–61 box 155 September 24 @ Twins 5 – 6 (10) Guardado (6–3) Beirne (1–2) 3:06 9,716 93–62 box 156 September 25 @ Indians 2–9 Burba (16–6) Garland (4–8) 3:03 42,500 93–63 box 157 September 26 Red Sox 3–4 Martínez (18–6) Beirne (1–3) Lowe (39) 2:31 23,319 93–64 box 158 September 27 Red Sox 1–2 Crawford (2–1) Baldwin (15–6) Lowe (40) 2:21 16,368 93–65 box 159 September 28 Red Sox 6–7 Beck (3–0) Simas (2–3) Lowe (41) 3:23 18,326 93–66 box 160 September 29 Royals 6–4 Bradford (1–0) Reichert (8–10) Foulke (34) 2:53 17,735 94–66 box 161 September 30 Royals 9–1 K. Wells (6–9) Stein (8–5) 2:43 29,692 95–66 box 162 October 1 Royals 2–6 Fussell (5–3) Baldwin (15–7) 2:58 30,071 95–67 box 2000 White Sox Postseason Game Log October (0–3) – home (0–2) – road (0–1) American League Division Series (0–3) (Best of 5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 October 3 Mariners 4–7 Mesa (1–0) Foulke (0–1) Sasaki (1) 4:12 45,290 0–1 box 2 October 4 Mariners 2–5 Abbott (1–0) Sirotka (0–1) Sasaki (2) 3:16 45,383 0–2 box 3 October 6 @ Mariners 1–2 Paniagua (1–0) Wunsch (0–1) 2:40 40,142 0–3 box

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 wins the series, 3-0

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.

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References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsch04.shtml
2. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2000 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• Chicago White Sox at Baseball Almanac