2003 Chicago White Sox season

2003 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
U.S. Cellular Field (since 1991)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Kenny Williams
Manager(s)	Jerry Manuel
Local television	WGN-TV/WCIU-TV FSN Chicago (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WMVP (John Rooney, Ed Farmer)
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The 2003 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 104th season. They finished with a record 86–76, good enough for second place in the American League Central, four games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

The White Sox also hosted the 74th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 15.

Offseason

• 12/3/02 Traded Closer Keith Foulke, Catcher Mark Johnson, and Minor League Pitcher Joe Valentine to the Oakland Athletics for Closer Billy Koch, Minor League Pitcher Neal Cotts, and Minor League Outfielder Daylan Holt.^[1]
• 12/20/02 Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.^[2]
• 1/15/03 Traded Relief Pitcher Antonio Osuna and Minor League Pitcher Delvis Lantigua to the New York Yankees for Starting Pitcher Orlando Hernández. Traded Hernandez, Outfielder Jeff Liefer, and Relief Pitcher Rocky Biddle to the Montreal Expos for Starting Pitcher Bartolo Colón and Minor League Infielder Jorge Nunoz.
• 1/27/03 Signed Free Agent Starting Pitcher Esteban Loaiza to a minor league contract.^[3]

Regular season

On April 15, 2003, a fan came out of the stands during the baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox and attacked first base umpire Laz Diaz.^[4] After Carlos Lee flied out to right to end the eighth inning, the fan ran on the field and tried to tackle Diaz, wrapping his arms around the umpire's legs.^[4]

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	90	72	0.556	—	48–33	42–39
Chicago White Sox	86	76	0.531	4	51–30	35–46
Kansas City Royals	83	79	0.512	7	40–40	43–39
Cleveland Indians	68	94	0.420	22	38–43	30–51
Detroit Tigers	43	119	0.265	47	23–58	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Roster

2003 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 37 Jon Adkins 56 Mark Buehrle 40 Bartolo Colón 38 Neal Cotts 20 Jon Garland 32 Matt Ginter 38 Gary Glover 36 Tom Gordon 44 Billy Koch 21 Esteban Loaiza 43 Dámaso Marte 50 José Paniagua 41 Mike Porzio 52 David Sanders 60 Scott Schoeneweis 48 Josh Stewart 50 Rick White 46 Dan Wright 65 Kelly Wunsch		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. 27 Jamie Burke  8 Miguel Olivo 27 Josh Paul Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 24 Joe Crede 23 Brian Daubach 17 Tony Graffanino  5 D'Angelo Jiménez 14 Paul Konerko 39 Aaron Miles 35 Frank Thomas 22 José Valentín		Outfielders 25 Joe Borchard 27,5 Carl Everett 12,13 Willie Harris 45 Carlos Lee 30 Magglio Ordóñez 28 Armando Ríos 33 Aaron Rowand		Manager  7 Jerry Manuel Coaches 34 Don Cooper (pitching) 10 Bruce Kimm (third base) 53 Art Kusnyer (bullpen) 23 Joe Nossek (bench)  1 Rafael Santana (first base) 47 Gary Ward (hitting)

Opening Day starters

Starters
Position	Player
P	Mark Buehrle
C	Sandy Alomar, Jr.
1B	Paul Konerko
2B	D'Angelo Jiménez
3B	Joe Crede
SS	José Valentín
LF	Carlos Lee
CF	Aaron Rowand
RF	Magglio Ordóñez
DH	Frank Thomas

Notable transactions

• 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Edwin Almonte, Royce Ring, and minor league infielder Andrew Salvo to the New York Mets for 2B Roberto Alomar.
• 7/1/03 Traded minor league pitchers Frank Francisco, Josh Rupe, and Anthony Webster to the Texas Rangers for CF Carl Everett.
• 9/29/03 Fired manager Jerry Manuel.

Game log

2003 White Sox Game Log
March/April (14–13) – home (9–6) – road (5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 March 31 @ Royals 0–3 Hernández (1–0) Buehrle (0–1) MacDougal (1) 2:05 40,302 0–1 box 2 April 2 @ Royals 4–5 López (1–0) White (0–1) MacDougal (2) 2:53 10,429 0–2 box 3 April 3 @ Royals 6–12 Bukvich (1–0) Gordon (0–1) 3:23 9,524 0–3 box 4 April 4 Tigers 5–2 Loaiza (1–0) Cornejo (0–1) Koch (1) 2:26 40,395 1–3 box 5 April 5 Tigers 7–0 Buehrle (1–1) Maroth (0–2) 2:16 16,972 2–3 box 6 April 6 Tigers 10–2 Marte (1–0) Germán (0–1) 2:59 14,514 3–3 box – April 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 2 7 April 8 @ Indians 5 – 3 (10) Koch (1–0) Paronto (0–1) 3:07 42,301 4–3 box 8 April 9 @ Indians 2–5 Anderson (2–0) Garland (0–1) Báez (3) 2:25 14,841 4–4 box 9 April 10 @ Indians 7–2 Buehrle (2–1) Davis (0–2) 2:25 15,916 5–4 box 10 April 11 @ Tigers 5–0 Loaiza (2–0) Bernero (0–2) 2:10 12,577 6–4 box 11 April 12 @ Tigers 3–4 Cornejo (1–1) Stewart (0–1) Anderson (1) 3:03 12,985 6–5 box 12 April 13 @ Tigers 3–2 Colón (1–0) Knotts (0–1) Koch (2) 2:27 12,808 7–5 box 13 April 15 Royals 5–8 López (2–0) Koch (1–1) MacDougal (7) 3:01 20,591 7–6 box 14 April 16 Royals 4–3 Gordon (1–1) Grimsley (0–1) 2:32 9,882 8–6 box 15 April 17 Royals 8–2 Loaiza (3–0) George (2–1) 2:42 10,716 9–6 box 16 April 18 Indians 5–3 Colón (2–0) Traber (0–1) 2:25 13,015 10–6 box 17 April 19 Indians 12–3 Stewart (1–1) Anderson (2–2) 2:33 18,907 11–6 box 18 April 20 Indians 4–7 Davis (2–2) Buehrle (2–2) 2:19 14,975 11–7 box 19 April 21 Indians 2–9 Westbrook (1–2) Garland (0–2) 2:39 15,424 11–8 box 20 April 22 @ Orioles 3–1 Loaiza (4–0) Ponson (1–2) Koch (3) 2:08 18,676 12–8 box 21 April 23 @ Orioles 1–7 Johnson (3–0) Colón (2–1) 2:48 19,908 12–9 box 22 April 24 @ Orioles 4–5 Roberts (2–1) Gordon (1–2) Julio (6) 2:46 23,731 12–10 box 23 April 25 Twins 1–6 Mays (3–2) Buehrle (2–3) 2:22 14,285 12–11 box 24 April 26 Twins 7–4 Garland (1–2) Lohse (2–3) 2:48 25,381 13–11 box 25 April 27 Twins 3–1 Loaiza (5–0) Reed (1–4) Marte (1) 2:00 22,714 14–11 box 26 April 29 Athletics 2–3 Zito (4–2) Colón (2–2) Foulke (7) 2:30 13,936 14–12 box 27 April 30 Athletics 1–4 Mulder (4–1) Buehrle (2–4) 1:54 11,084 14–13 box
May (11–16) – home (7–6) – road (4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 28 May 1 Athletics 7–5 Garland (2–2) Halama (1–2) Marte (2) 2:57 10,639 15–13 box 29 May 2 Mariners 2–9 Franklin (2–2) Loaiza (5–1) 2:39 13,355 15–14 box 30 May 3 Mariners 2–12 García (3–3) Stewart (1–2) 3:16 25,837 15–15 box 31 May 4 Mariners 1 – 5 (6) Meche (4–1) Colón (2–3) 1:21 15,413 15–16 box 32 May 6 @ Athletics 0–6 Mulder (5–1) Buehrle (2–5) 1:49 10,695 15–17 box 33 May 7 @ Athletics 8–4 Loaiza (6–1) Lilly (2–2) Marte (3) 3:23 20,715 16–17 box 34 May 8 @ Athletics 5–8 Halama (2–2) Garland (2–3) Foulke (9) 3:00 12,329 16–18 box 35 May 9 @ Mariners 3–6 Franklin (3–2) Wright (0–1) Nelson (3) 2:43 38,749 16–19 box 36 May 10 @ Mariners 4–3 Colón (3–3) Meche (4–2) Marte (4) 2:34 43,123 17–19 box 37 May 11 @ Mariners 2–7 Moyer (5–2) Buehrle (2–6) 2:40 45,383 17–20 box 38 May 13 Orioles 1–0 Loaiza (7–1) Daal (2–5) Koch (4) 2:27 14,397 18–20 box 39 May 14 Orioles 5–1 Gordon (2–2) Helling (2–4) 2:30 12,078 19–20 box 40 May 15 Orioles 8–2 Colón (4–3) Ponson (4–3) 2:49 11,886 20–20 box 41 May 16 @ Twins 3–18 Radke (5–3) Buehrle (2–7) 2:55 22,233 20–21 box 42 May 17 @ Twins 1–3 Mays (4–3) Garland (2–4) Guardado (9) 2:20 23,209 20–22 box 43 May 18 @ Twins 2–3 Hawkins (3–0) Gordon (2–3) Guardado (10) 2:48 25,055 20–23 box 44 May 19 Blue Jays 2–12 Lidle (7–2) Wright (0–2) 2:52 19,628 20–24 box 45 May 20 Blue Jays 4–1 Colón (5–3) Davis (1–3) 3:01 12,857 21–24 box 46 May 21 Blue Jays 6–5 Marte (2–0) Politte (1–3) Koch (5) 2:53 13,076 22–24 box 47 May 23 Tigers 2–3 Maroth (1–9) Gordon (2–4) Spurling (2) 2:25 15,069 22–25 box 48 May 24 Tigers 0–1 Knotts (2–3) Loaiza (7–2) Germán (1) 2:35 27,535 22–26 box 49 May 25 Tigers 8 – 5 (12) Glover (1–0) Sparks (0–1) 3:32 21,398 23–26 box 50 May 26 @ Blue Jays 5–11 Towers (1–0) Buehrle (2–8) Tam (1) 3:16 19,009 23–27 box 51 May 27 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Halladay (6–2) Colón (5–4) 2:18 19,365 23–28 box 52 May 28 @ Blue Jays 8–0 Garland (3–4) Escobar (2–2) 2:48 36,806 24–28 box 53 May 29 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Loaiza (8–2) Lidle (8–3) Koch (6) 2:54 20,010 25–28 box 54 May 30 @ Indians 3–7 Sabathia (4–2) Wright (0–3) 2:57 24,666 25–29 box – May 31 @ Indians Postponed (rain), rescheduled for July 12
June (15–13) – home (8–6) – road (7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 55 June 1 @ Indians 4 – 5 (10) Boyd (1–1) Koch (1–2) 2:54 22,681 25–30 box 56 June 2 @ Indians 2–5 Anderson (3–5) Colón (5–5) Báez (11) 2:40 20,892 25–31 box 57 June 3 @ D-backs 1–2 Villarreal (4–3) Gordon (2–5) 2:33 33,544 25–32 box 58 June 4 @ D-backs 6–8 Good (2–1) Garland (3–5) Valverde (1) 2:43 26,667 25–33 box 59 June 5 @ D-backs 3 – 2 (10) Koch (2–2) Service (0–2) 2:50 27,747 26–33 box 60 June 6 @ Dodgers 1–2 Ishii (5–2) Buehrle (2–9) Gagné (21) 2:20 35,503 26–34 box 61 June 7 @ Dodgers 4–1 Colón (6–5) Ashby (0–4) 2:19 44,122 27–34 box 62 June 8 @ Dodgers 10–3 Loaiza (9–2) Pérez (4–4) 2:41 52,637 28–34 box 63 June 10 Giants 5–3 Garland (4–5) Nathan (6–3) 2:51 23,837 29–34 box 64 June 11 Giants 4–11 Foppert (4–5) Buehrle (2–10) 2:59 19,114 29–35 box 65 June 12 Giants 4–8 Nathan (7–3) Colón (6–6) 2:40 22,827 29–36 box 66 June 13 Padres 5–3 Gordon (3–5) Linebrink (1–2) Koch (7) 2:51 14,162 30–36 box 67 June 14 Padres 6–5 Gordon (4–5) Witasick (0–1) Koch (8) 2:51 27,287 31–36 box 68 June 15 Padres 0–1 Pérez (2–3) Garland (4–6) Beck (1) 2:38 26,491 31–37 box 69 June 16 Red Sox 4–2 Buehrle (3–10) Rupe (1–1) Gordon (1) 2:06 30,779 32–37 box 70 June 17 Red Sox 4–7 Burkett (5–3) Colón (6–7) Lyon (8) 2:53 19,887 32–38 box 71 June 18 Red Sox 3–1 Loaiza (10–2) Wakefield (5–3) Koch (9) 2:22 18,708 33–38 box 72 June 19 Red Sox 3 – 4 (10) Lyon (3–3) Koch (2–3) 3:15 17,225 33–39 box 73 June 20 @ Cubs 12–3 Garland (5–6) Estes (6–6) 3:13 39,080 34–39 box 74 June 21 @ Cubs 7–6 Buehrle (4–10) Clement (5–7) Koch (10) 3:13 38,938 35–39 box 75 June 22 @ Cubs 1–2 Zambrano (6–6) Marte (2–1) Borowski (15) 2:38 38,223 35–40 box 76 June 24 @ Twins 2–1 Loaiza (11–2) Reed (3–8) Koch (11) 2:28 19,229 36–40 box 77 June 25 @ Twins 5 – 6 (11) Guardado (1–2) Koch (2–4) 3:20 21,338 36–41 box 78 June 26 @ Twins 5–1 Buehrle (5–10) Radke (5–7) 2:06 26,474 37–41 box 79 June 27 Cubs 4–3 Koch (3–4) Alfonseca (0–1) 2:39 45,147 38–41 box 80 June 28 Cubs 7–6 Koch (4–4) Cruz (1–3) 3:28 45,440 39–41 box 81 June 29 Cubs 2–5 Wood (8–5) Loaiza (11–3) 2:47 44,858 39–42 box 82 June 30 Twins 10–3 Garland (6–6) Mays (8–5) 2:37 29,945 40–42 box
July (17–9) – home (9–2) – road (8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 83 July 1 Twins 6–1 Buehrle (6–10) Radke (5–8) 2:27 30,694 41–42 box 84 July 2 Twins 8 – 6 (12) Koch (5–4) Guardado (1–3) 3:37 19,555 42–42 box 85 July 4 @ Devil Rays 3–4 Colomé (2–4) Koch (5–5) 2:40 9,493 42–43 box 86 July 5 @ Devil Rays 2–3 Sosa (2–6) Loaiza (11–4) Carter (14) 2:48 13,365 42–44 box 87 July 6 @ Devil Rays 11–3 Buehrle (7–10) Standridge (0–4) 2:28 11,683 43–44 box 88 July 8 @ Tigers 1–2 Spurling (1–1) Garland (6–7) Mears (1) 2:19 13,643 43–45 box 89 July 9 @ Tigers 2–4 Bonderman (3–13) Colón (6–8) Mears (2) 2:24 12,869 43–46 box 90 July 10 @ Tigers 0–1 Cornejo (4–7) Loaiza (11–5) Mears (3) 2:04 18,206 43–47 box 91 July 11 @ Indians 5–12 Anderson (7–6) Wright (0–4) 2:50 27,712 43–48 box 92 July 12 @ Indians 7 – 4 (10) Marte (3–1) Mulholland (1–2) Gordon (2) 3:00 24,163 44–48 box 93 July 12 @ Indians 2–4 Westbrook (4–4) Porzio (0–1) Báez (21) 2:36 27,165 44–49 box 94 July 13 @ Indians 7–4 Marte (4–1) Betancourt (0–1) Gordon (3) 3:11 26,467 45–49 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–6 at U.S. Cellular Field 95 July 17 Tigers 9–10 Maroth (5–13) Colón (6–9) 3:17 17,060 45–50 box 96 July 18 Tigers 7–5 Buehrle (8–10) Roney (1–4) Gordon (4) 2:25 18,868 46–50 box 97 July 19 Tigers 6–2 Garland (7–7) Cornejo (4–8) Marte (5) 2:31 32,245 47–50 box 98 July 20 Tigers 10–1 Loaiza (12–5) Ledezma (3–3) 2:27 20,631 48–50 box 99 July 21 Indians 4–3 Porzio (1–1) Tallet (0–2) Gordon (5) 2:40 31,776 49–50 box 100 July 22 Indians 5–2 Colón (7–9) Davis (7–8) Marte (6) 2:25 20,667 50–50 box 101 July 23 @ Blue Jays 7–6 White (1–1) Acevedo (1–4) Marte (7) 3:03 20,320 51–50 box 102 July 24 @ Blue Jays 4 – 3 (13) Gordon (5–5) Sturtze (6–5) White (1) 4:12 18,438 52–50 box 103 July 25 Devil Rays 7–2 Loaiza (13–5) Sosa (3–8) 2:49 22,617 53–50 box 104 July 26 Devil Rays 6–10 Malaska (1–0) White (1–2) Colomé (1) 3:07 29,633 53–51 box 105 July 27 Devil Rays 9–1 Colón (8–9) Kennedy (3–8) 2:29 28,027 54–51 box 106 July 29 @ Royals 9–6 Buehrle (9–10) May (5–5) Gordon (6) 2:52 24,485 55–51 box 107 July 30 @ Royals 15–4 Garland (8–7) Hernández (5–4) 3:10 20,722 56–51 box 108 July 31 @ Royals 8 – 6 (11) Schoeneweis (2–1) Field (1–1) 3:35 21,352 57–51 box
August (16–13) – home (10–3) – road (6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 109 August 1 @ Mariners 12–1 Colón (9–9) García (9–11) 2:52 39,337 58–51 box 110 August 2 @ Mariners 0–10 Franklin (8–9) Wright (0–5) 2:22 45,719 58–52 box 111 August 3 @ Mariners 2–8 Meche (12–7) Buehrle (9–11) 2:57 45,632 58–53 box 112 August 4 Royals 9–13 Hernández (6–4) Schoeneweis (2–2) Levine (1) 3:26 43,922 58–54 box 113 August 5 Royals 5–4 Loaiza (14–5) Snyder (1–6) Marte (8) 2:58 38,973 59–54 box 114 August 6 Royals 4–3 Colón (10–9) Wilson (5–2) Marte (9) 2:55 25,348 60–54 box 115 August 8 Athletics 3–2 Buehrle (10–11) Mulder (15–8) 1:53 24,118 61–54 box 116 August 9 Athletics 2–7 Bradford (6–3) Garland (8–8) 3:01 36,151 61–55 box 117 August 10 Athletics 5–1 Loaiza (15–5) Harden (3–1) 2:45 29,442 62–55 box 118 August 11 @ Angels 8–10 Weber (3–1) Colón (10–10) 3:13 35,889 62–56 box 119 August 12 @ Angels 10–4 Wright (1–5) Ortiz (13–10) 3:17 36,458 63–56 box 120 August 13 @ Angels 1–2 Rodríguez (6–2) Buehrle (10–12) Percival (24) 2:27 37,563 63–57 box 121 August 14 @ Angels 1–5 Shields (3–3) Garland (8–9) Percival (25) 2:46 35,056 63–58 box 122 August 15 @ Rangers 5–11 Lewis (6–7) Loaiza (15–6) 2:46 21,186 63–59 box 123 August 16 @ Rangers 8–12 Benoit (8–5) Colón (10–11) 2:50 40,072 63–60 box 124 August 17 @ Rangers 4–6 Powell (3–0) Marte (4–2) Cordero (11) 2:46 17,015 63–61 box 125 August 18 Angels 4–2 Gordon (6–5) Washburn (9–12) 2:07 32,381 64–61 box 126 August 19 Angels 5–2 Garland (9–9) Shields (3–4) Gordon (7) 2:31 22,396 65–61 box 127 August 20 Angels 5–3 Loaiza (16–6) Lackey (8–12) Marte (10) 2:49 17,879 66–61 box 128 August 21 Rangers 7–3 Colón (11–11) Lewis (6–8) Gordon (8) 2:48 18,305 67–61 box 129 August 22 Rangers 7–1 Cotts (1–0) Dominguez (0–2) 2:34 36,311 68–61 box 130 August 23 Rangers 13–2 Buehrle (11–12) Valdez (7–8) Wright (1) 2:22 33,721 69–61 box 131 August 24 Rangers 0–5 Thomson (12–10) Garland (9–10) 2:26 29,364 69–62 box 132 August 26 @ Yankees 13–2 Loaiza (17–6) Clemens (12–8) 2:59 38,884 70–62 box 133 August 27 @ Yankees 11–2 Colón (12–11) Wells (12–5) 3:09 40,654 71–62 box 134 August 28 @ Yankees 5–7 Mussina (15–7) Cotts (1–1) Rivera (29) 3:11 40,569 71–63 box 135 August 29 @ Tigers 4–8 Robertson (1–0) Buehrle (11–13) 2:44 15,828 71–64 box 136 August 30 @ Tigers 5–2 Garland (10–10) Maroth (6–19) 2:44 15,786 72–64 box 137 August 31 @ Tigers 6–1 Loaiza (18–6) Cornejo (6–14) 2:28 15,873 73–64 box
September (13–12) – home (8–7) – road (5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 138 September 2 Red Sox 1–2 Burkett (10–7) Colón (12–12) Kim (12) 2:41 23,943 73–65 box 139 September 3 Red Sox 4 – 5 (10) Kim (8–9) Gordon (6–6) 3:14 20,082 73–66 box 140 September 5 Indians 5–3 Garland (11–10) Traber (6–8) Gordon (9) 2:50 27,196 74–66 box 141 September 6 Indians 8–5 Loaiza (19–6) Cressend (2–1) Gordon (10) 2:49 24,796 75–66 box 142 September 7 Indians 7–3 Schoeneweis (3–2) Báez (1–8) 2:56 19,999 76–66 box 143 September 8 Twins 5–2 Colón (13–12) Lohse (12–11) 2:42 32,807 77–66 box 144 September 9 Twins 8–6 Buehrle (12–13) Pulido (0–1) Gordon (11) 3:18 27,623 78–66 box 145 September 10 Twins 1–4 Santana (10–3) Garland (11–11) Guardado (34) 2:54 22,188 78–67 box 146 September 11 Twins 2–5 Radke (12–10) Loaiza (19–7) 2:30 20,541 78–68 box 147 September 12 @ Red Sox 4–7 Suppan (12–9) Wright (1–6) Kim (13) 3:14 34,890 78–69 box 148 September 13 @ Red Sox 3–1 Colón (14–12) Wakefield (10–7) 2:21 34,414 79–69 box 149 September 14 @ Red Sox 7–2 Buehrle (13–13) Burkett (10–8) Marte (11) 2:36 34,174 80–69 box 150 September 16 @ Twins 2–5 Radke (13–10) Loaiza (19–8) 2:51 32,921 80–70 box 151 September 17 @ Twins 2–4 Rogers (12–8) Garland (11–12) Guardado (37) 2:39 40,304 80–71 box 152 September 18 @ Twins 3–5 Lohse (14–11) Colón (14–13) Guardado (38) 2:55 39,948 80–72 box 153 September 19 Royals 8–5 Buehrle (14–13) Carrasco (6–5) Gordon (12) 2:21 32,812 81–72 box 154 September 20 Royals 1–7 Anderson (13–11) Loaiza (19–9) 2:36 37,367 81–73 box 155 September 21 Royals 4–10 May (10–7) Garland (11–13) 2:31 31,539 81–74 box 156 September 22 Yankees 6 – 3 (10) Gordon (7–6) White (5–1) 3:21 39,627 82–74 box 157 September 23 Yankees 0–7 Contreras (7–2) Buehrle (14–14) 2:48 31,305 82–75 box 158 September 24 Yankees 9–4 Loaiza (20–9) Mussina (17–8) 2:45 26,019 83–75 box 159 September 25 @ Royals 3–7 Anderson (14–11) Wright (1–7) 2:06 16,438 83–76 box 160 September 26 @ Royals 11–2 Garland (12–13) May (10–8) 2:22 36,598 84–76 box 161 September 27 @ Royals 19–3 Colón (15–13) Wright (1–2) 2:41 37,567 85–76 box 162 September 28 @ Royals 5–1 Loaiza (21–9) Lima (8–3) 2:19 26,261 86–76 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
Roberto Alomar, 2B	67	253	42	64	11	1	3	17	30	37	.253	6
Sandy Alomar, Jr., C	75	194	22	52	12	0	5	26	4	17	.268	0
Joe Borchard, OF	16	49	5	9	1	0	1	5	5	18	.184	0
Mark Buehrle, P	35	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.167	0
Jamie Burke, C,1B	6	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.375	0
Bartolo Colón, P	34	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0
Joe Crede, 3B	151	536	68	140	31	2	19	75	32	75	.261	1
Brian Daubach, 1B,OF,DH	95	183	26	42	11	0	6	21	34	54	.230	1
Carl Everett, CF,DH	73	256	40	77	14	0	10	41	22	36	.301	4
Jon Garland, P	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	0
Tony Graffanino, SS,2B,3B	90	250	51	65	15	3	7	23	24	37	.260	8
Willie Harris, CF,2B	79	137	19	28	3	1	0	5	10	28	.204	12
D'Angelo Jiménez, 2B	73	271	35	69	11	5	7	26	32	46	.255	4
Paul Konerko, 1B	137	444	49	104	19	0	18	65	43	50	.234	0
Carlos Lee, LF	158	623	100	181	35	1	31	113	37	91	.291	18
Esteban Loaiza, P	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Aaron Miles, 2B	8	12	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	0	.333	0
Miguel Olivo, C	114	317	37	75	19	1	6	27	19	80	.237	6
Magglio Ordóñez, RF	160	606	95	192	46	3	29	99	57	73	.317	9
Josh Paul, C	13	17	6	6	0	0	0	4	3	3	.353	0
Armando Ríos, OF	49	104	4	22	3	0	2	11	5	13	.212	0
Aaron Rowand, CF	93	157	22	45	8	0	6	24	7	21	.287	0
Frank Thomas, DH,1B	153	546	87	146	35	0	42	105	100	115	.267	0
José Valentín, SS	144	503	79	119	26	2	28	74	54	114	.237	8
Dan Wright, P	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Team totals	162	5487	791	1445	303	19	220	766	519	916	.263	77

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
Jon Adkins	0	0	4.82	4	0	0	9.1	8	5	5	1	7	3
Mark Buehrle	14	14	4.14	35	35	0	230.1	250	124	106	22	63	119
Bartolo Colón	15	13	3.87	34	34	0	242.0	223	107	104	30	70	173
Neal Cotts	1	1	8.10	4	4	0	13.1	15	12	12	1	17	10
Jon Garland	12	13	4.51	32	32	0	191.2	188	103	96	28	75	108
Matt Ginter	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	3.1	2	5	5	1	1	0
Gary Glover	1	0	4.54	24	0	0	35.2	43	18	18	3	16	23
Tom Gordon	7	6	3.16	66	0	12	74.0	57	29	26	4	34	91
Billy Koch	5	5	5.77	55	0	11	53.0	59	36	34	10	29	42
Esteban Loaiza	21	9	2.90	34	34	0	226.1	196	75	73	17	58	207
Dámaso Marte	4	2	1.58	71	0	11	79.2	50	16	14	3	40	87
José Paniagua	0	0	108.00	1	0	0	0.1	3	4	4	0	1	0
Mike Porzio	1	1	6.43	3	3	0	14.0	18	10	10	2	1	9
David Sanders	0	0	6.14	20	0	0	22.0	25	16	15	5	11	14
Scott Schoeneweis	2	1	4.50	20	0	0	26.0	26	16	13	1	11	27
Josh Stewart	1	2	5.96	5	5	0	25.2	28	18	17	4	16	13
Scott Sullivan	0	0	3.77	15	0	0	14.1	9	6	6	2	6	13
Rick White	1	2	6.61	34	0	1	47.2	56	39	35	11	15	37
Dan Wright	1	7	6.15	20	15	1	86.1	91	63	29	16	48	47
Kelly Wunsch	0	0	2.75	43	0	0	36.0	17	13	11	1	29	33
Team totals	86	76	4.17	162	162	36	1431.0	1364	715	663	162	548	1056

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	Jerry Hairston, Sr.
Rookie	Great Falls White Sox	Pioneer League	Chris Cron

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Winston-Salem^[5]

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foulkke01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml
3. Esteban Loaiza Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0415/1539542.html
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2003 Chicago White Sox