2008 Chicago White Sox season

2008 Chicago White Sox
AL Central Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
American League Central (since 1994)
Location
U.S. Cellular Field (since 1991)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Kenny Williams
Manager(s)	Ozzie Guillén
Local television	CSN Chicago CSN+ WGN-TV and WGN America WCIU-TV (Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
Local radio	WSCR (Ed Farmer, Steve Stone) WRTO (Spanish)
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The 2008 Chicago White Sox season was the organization's 109th season in Chicago and 108th in the American League. The White Sox won the American League Central division title for the first time since 2005. They finished the regular season tied with the Minnesota Twins (88–74) and won a one-game playoff for the division title. They subsequently lost the 2008 American League Division Series to Tampa Bay Rays.

Individual highlights for the White Sox included the breakout season of offseason acquisition Carlos Quentin and the strong rookie season of infielder Alexei Ramírez. Gavin Floyd nearly threw a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 6, broken up by Joe Mauer's double in the ninth inning. The White Sox set a new home record at U.S. Cellular Field of 54–28 (.658 pct.) breaking the 2003 home record of 51–30 (.629 pct.).

Offseason

Finishing fourth in the American League Central division coupled with having both MLB's lowest batting average and on-base percentage in 2007 prompted the White Sox to make numerous transactions, particularly with West Coast teams, to improve their lineup.

• Infielder Juan Uribe re-signed with the White Sox for a one-year, $4.5 million contract.^[1]
• Infielder Orlando Cabrera was acquired from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for starting pitcher Jon Garland.^[2]
• Relief pitcher Scott Linebrink was signed to a four-year contract worth $19 million.^[3]
• Outfielder Carlos Quentin was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Minor League infielder Chris Carter.^[4]
• Infielder Alexei Ramírez, a former Cuban baseball player, signed with the White Sox.^[5]
• Nick Swisher was acquired from the Oakland Athletics for three Minor League prospects: pitchers Gio Gonzalez and Fautino de los Santos and outfielder Ryan Sweeney.^[6]
• Octavio Dotel, former reliever for the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves, was signed to a two-year contract for $11 million.^[7]

Other players no longer with the team from the 2007 season are Alex Cintrón, Darin Erstad (signed with Houston), Andy González, Mike Myers, Heath Phillips, Scott Podsednik, and Luis Terrero.

Two coaching staff changes were made, with the hiring of Pittsburgh Pirates third base coach Jeff Cox and bullpen coach Juan Nieves. Cox replaces Razor Shines, while Nieves replaces Art Kusnyer.

Regular season and post season

March/April

14–13

• On April 13 against the Detroit Tigers, the Sox hit two grand slams in a game, ones by Paul Konerko and Joe Crede. It is the third time in White Sox history to hit two grand slams in a game, first time since May 19, 1996 when Darin Lewis and Robin Ventura homered at Detroit. The first time was September 4, 1995 when Ventura hit two grand slams in one game at Texas.

May

16–13

• On May 6 against the Minnesota Twins, Gavin Floyd nearly threw a no-hitter, when Joe Mauer hit a double in the ninth inning with 1 out. The only run the Sox allowed was unearned, on a sacrifice fly by Jason Kubel in the fourth inning. The Sox held on for a 6–1 victory. If Gavin Floyd had thrown a no-hitter then it would have been the second of three consecutive seasons that the White Sox threw one, succeeding Mark Buehrle in 2007 and preceding Mark Buehrle's perfect game in 2009.

Had AJ Pierzynski got no hitter he would have 5 no hitters 3 with white sox one with Texas Rangers one with Braves

June

17–10

• On June 5 drafted University of Georgia SS Gordon Beckham with the 8th overall pick.

July

13–12

• On July 31, the day of the trade deadline, the White Sox trade relief pitcher Nick Masset and minor leaguer 2nd baseman Danny Richar for Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds.

August

17–11

• On August 5 against the Detroit Tigers, in the top 14, Tigers scored two runs via two-run home run by Plácido Polanco, which made it 8–6. Then in the bottom 14, Sox came back with four via reaching on error by Jermaine Dye and then a walk-off three-run homer by Nick Swisher, which made it 10–8.
• On August 14 against the Kansas City Royals, the Sox hit four consecutive home runs in the sixth inning. The player in batting order who hit home runs are Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramírez, and then Juan Uribe. It is the first time that the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs in an inning and sixth time in MLB history, first since April 22, 2007 when Boston Red Sox belted four consecutive home runs in an inning. The Sox swept the Royals with the final score of 9–2.

September

12–15

• The Sox faced three different teams in three consecutive games for the first time in MLB history. The Sox won all three games, the regularly scheduled season finale against the Cleveland Indians, a game against the Detroit Tigers that had been rescheduled from earlier in the month due to rain, and the tiebreaker game against the Minnesota Twins. Having won, they then faced a fourth team in the next game to begin the playoffs.
• The team's first month with a losing record in the entire 2008 season. The month was highlighted with the AL Central Tiebreaker which took place at U.S. Cellular Field on the 30th versus The Minnesota Twins. The White Sox organization called on its fans who went to the game to wear all black, there was almost 100% participation, they called the game "the blackout" game.

October

1–3

• The 2008 playoffs saw the White Sox square off with the Tampa Bay Rays in a matchup of the 2nd and 3rd seeds. The White Sox started Javier Vázquez in game 1. Rays rookie Evan Longoria hit 2 home runs in a 6–4 win for Tampa. Mark Buehrle started game 2 which saw the White Sox unable to hold an early lead, eventually losing 6–4. For games 3 and 4, the series moved to Chicago. The Sox took game 3 by the score of 5–3, with John Danks getting the victory. The Chicago crowd continued the new "blackout" tradition. But the Rays proved to be too much for the Sox in game 4, winning 6–2 and taking the series 3 games to 1.

Season standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Sox	89	74	0.546	—	54–28	35–46
Minnesota Twins	88	75	0.540	1	53–28	35–47
Cleveland Indians	81	81	0.500	7½	45–36	36–45
Kansas City Royals	75	87	0.463	13½	38–43	37–44
Detroit Tigers	74	88	0.457	14½	40–41	34–47

The Chicago White Sox claim their second A.L Central Championship in the last four years.

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	6–12	4–5	4–4	4–3	5–3	3–6	3–3	7–11	0–5	8–2	3–15	4–5	6–12	11–7
Boston	12–6	–	4–3	5–1	5–2	6–1	1–8	4–3	9–9	6–4	6–3	8–10	9–1	9–9	11–7
Chicago	5–4	3–4	–	11–7	12–6	12–6	5–5	9–10	2–5	5–4	5–1	4–6	3–3	1–7	12–6
Cleveland	4–4	1–5	7–11	–	11–7	10–8	4–5	8–10	4–3	5–4	4–5	5–2	6–4	6–1	6–12
Detroit	3–4	2–5	6–12	7–11	–	7–11	3–6	7–11	4–2	3–6	7–3	3–4	6–3	3–5	13–5
Kansas City	3–5	1–6	6–12	8–10	11–7	–	2–3	6–12	5–5	6–3	7–2	3–5	2–7	2–5	13–5
Los Angeles	6–3	8–1	5–5	5–4	6–3	3–2	–	5–3	7–3	10–9	14–5	3–6	12–7	6–3	10–8
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	10–9	10–8	11–7	12–6	3–5	–	4–6	5–5	5–4	3–3	5–5	0–6	14–4
New York	11–7	9–9	5–2	3–4	2–4	5–5	3–7	6–4	–	5–1	7–2	11–7	3–4	9–9	10–8
Oakland	5–0	4–6	4–5	4–5	6–3	3–6	9–10	5–5	1–5	-	10–9	3–6	7–12	4–6	10–8
Seattle	2–8	3–6	1–5	5–4	3–7	2–7	5–14	4–5	2–7	9–10	–	3–4	8–11	5–4	9–9
Tampa Bay	15–3	10–8	6–4	2–5	4–3	5–3	6–3	3–3	7–11	6–3	4–3	–	6–3	11–7	12–6
Texas	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–6	3–6	7–2	7–12	5–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–6	–	4–4	10–8
Toronto	12–6	9–9	7–1	1–6	5–3	5–2	3–6	6–0	9–9	6–4	4–5	7–11	4–4	–	8–10

Game log

2008 White Sox game log
March/April (14–13) – home (7–7) – road (7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 March 31 @ Indians 8–10 Betancourt (1–0) Dotel (0–1) Borowski (1) 3:21 41,872 0–1 box 2 April 2 @ Indians 2–7 Carmona (1–0) Vázquez (0–1) 3:31 17,645 0–2 box 3 April 3 @ Indians 2–1 Dotel (1–1) Westbrook (0–1) Jenks (1) 2:27 15,785 1–2 box 4 April 4 @ Tigers 8–5 Logan (1–0) Grilli (0–1) Jenks (2) 3:10 34,569 2–2 box 5 April 5 @ Tigers 5–3 Floyd (1–0) Miner (0–1) Jenks (3) 2:39 42,381 3–2 box 6 April 6 @ Tigers 13–2 Buehrle (1–0) Verlander (0–1) 2:45 35,230 4–2 box 7 April 7 Twins 7–4 Vázquez (1–1) Guerrier (0–1) Jenks (4) 2:55 38,082 5–2 box 8 April 9 Twins 5–12 Baker (2–0) Danks (0–1) Bass (1) 3:01 16,499 5–3 box – April 10 Twins Postponed (rain), rescheduled for June 9 9 April 11 Tigers 2–5 López (1–0) Contreras (0–1) Jones (1) 3:13 26,094 5–4 box 10 April 12 Tigers 7–0 Floyd (2–0) Verlander (0–2) 2:25 29,649 6–4 box 11 April 13 Tigers 11–0 Vázquez (2–1) Rogers (0–3) 2:34 26,294 7–4 box 12 April 14 Athletics 1–2 Smith (1–0) Buehrle (1–1) Street (4) 2:40 20,430 7–5 box 13 April 15 Athletics 4–1 Danks (1–1) Eveland (1–1) Jenks (5) 2:18 18,254 8–5 box 14 April 16 @ Orioles 3–1 Contreras (1–1) Loewen (0–1) Jenks (6) 2:25 12,080 9–5 box 15 April 17 @ Orioles 5 – 6 (10) Sherrill (1–0) Logan (1–1) 3:20 13,676 9–6 box 16 April 18 @ Rays 9–2 Vázquez (3–1) Niemann (1–1) 3:02 12,379 10–6 box 17 April 19 @ Rays 0–5 Sonnanstine (2–1) Buehrle (1–2) 2:02 17,613 10–7 box 18 April 20 @ Rays 6–0 Danks (2–1) Jackson (2–2) 2:34 17,212 11–7 box 19 April 22 Yankees 5–9 Wang (4–0) Contreras (1–2) 3:44 25,012 11–8 box 20 April 23 Yankees 4–6 Mussina (2–3) Vázquez (3–2) Rivera (6) 3:06 27,751 11–9 box 21 April 24 Yankees 7–6 Jenks (1–0) Chamberlain (1–1) 3:05 27,243 12–9 box – April 25 Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 26 22 April 26 Orioles 1–5 Burres (3–1) Danks (2–2) Sherrill (9) 2:41 23,043 12–10 box 23 April 26 Orioles 6–5 Jenks (2–0) Bierd (0–1) 3:28 34,757 13–10 box 24 April 27 Orioles 6–1 Contreras (2–2) Guthrie (0–3) 2:58 29,756 14–10 box 25* April 28 Orioles 3 – 4 (14) Castillo (1–0) H. Ramírez (1–3) Cherry (1) 4:42 17,367* 14–11 box 26 April 29 @ Twins 1–3 Bonser (2–4) Floyd (2–1) Nathan (8) 2:32 20,891 14–12 box 27 April 30 @ Twins 3–4 Blackburn (2–1) Wassermann (0–1) Nathan (9) 2:37 19,137 14–13 box * Completed the game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 25 from the 12th inning on with the same att. number from U.S. Cellular Field.
May (16–13) – home (6–3) – road (10–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 28 May 2 @ Blue Jays 0–2 Marcum (3–2) Buehrle (1–3) Downs (2) 2:10 21,057 14–14 box 29 May 3 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Litsch (4–1) Danks (2–3) Ryan (4) 2:36 27,778 14–15 box 30 May 4 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Halladay (3–4) Contreras (2–3) Downs (3) 2:12 26,247 14–16 box 31 May 5 @ Blue Jays 0–1 McGowan (2–2) Vázquez (3–3) Ryan (5) 2:40 16,602 14–17 box 32 May 6 Twins 7–1 Floyd (3–1) Blackburn (2–2) 2:27 23,480 15–17 box 33 May 7 Twins 1–13 Hernández (5–1) Buehrle (1–4) 2:32 21,092 15–18 box 34 May 8 Twins 6–2 Danks (3–3) Slowey (0–2) 3:15 25,193 16–18 box 35 May 9 @ Mariners 4–2 Contreras (3–3) Silva (3–2) Jenks (7) 2:23 27,169 17–18 box 36 May 10 @ Mariners 8–4 Vázquez (4–3) Washburn (2–5) 2:58 33,078 18–18 box 37 May 11 @ Mariners 3–6 Washburn (3–4) Floyd (3–2) Putz (3) 3:03 30,346 18–19 box 38 May 12 @ Angels 7–10 Adenhart (1–0) Buehrle (1–5) Rodríguez (15) 2:49 38,723 18–20 box 39 May 13 @ Angels 0–2 Shields (2–0) Dotel (1–2) Rodríguez (16) 2:40 35,333 18–21 box 40 May 14 @ Angels 6–1 Contreras (4–3) Shields (2–1) 2:37 37,059 19–21 box 41 May 15 @ Angels 4–3 Dotel (2–2) Rodríguez (0–1) Jenks (8) 3:14 41,444 20–21 box 42 May 16 @ Giants 2–0 Floyd (4–2) Sánchez (2–3) Jenks (9) 2:50 35,482 21–21 box 43 May 17 @ Giants 3–1 Buehrle (2–5) Zito (0–8) Jenks (10) 2:52 37,006 22–21 box 44 May 18 @ Giants 13–8 Thornton (1–0) Walker (1–2) Masset (1) 3:01 34,331 23–21 box 45 May 20 Indians 4–1 Contreras (5–3) Sabathia (3–6) Jenks (11) 2:50 27,533 24–21 box 46 May 21 Indians 7–2 Vázquez (5–3) Byrd (2–4) 2:45 38,518 25–21 box 47 May 22 Indians 3–1 Linebrink (1–0) Laffey (2–3) Jenks (12) 2:17 28,040 26–21 box 48 May 23 Angels 1–3 Saunders (8–1) Floyd (4–3) Rodríguez (20) 2:12 28,156 26–22 box 49 May 24 Angels 0–2 Weaver (4–5) Danks (3–4) Rodríguez (21) 2:53 38,434 26–23 box 50 May 25 Angels 3–2 Linebrink (2–0) Lackey (1–1) 2:05 36,195 27–23 box 51 May 26 @ Indians 6 – 3 (12) Logan (2–1) Elarton (0–1) Jenks (13) 4:02 31,006 28–23 box 52 May 27 @ Indians 2–8 Laffey (3–3) Buehrle (2–6) 2:50 25,426 28–24 box 53 May 28 @ Indians 6–5 Floyd (5–3) Betancourt (1–3) Jenks (14) 3:11 31,740 29–24 box 54 May 29 @ Rays 5–1 Danks (4–4) Jackson (3–4) 2:46 12,636 30–24 box 55 May 30 @ Rays 1–2 Wheeler (1–3) Linebrink (2–1) 2:50 14,679 30–25 box 56 May 31 @ Rays 0–2 Kazmir (5–1) Vázquez (5–4) Balfour (1) 2:46 36,048 30–26 box
June (17–10) – home (15–2) – road (2–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 57 June 1 @ Rays 3 – 4 (10) Howell (4–0) Thornton (1–1) 2:41 24,720 30–27 box 58 June 3 Royals 9–5 Floyd (6–3) Greinke (5–3) 2:33 21,727 31–27 box 59 June 4 Royals 6 – 4 (15) Dotel (3–2) Gobble (0–1) 4:23 23,727 32–27 box 60 June 5 Royals 6–2 Contreras (6–3) Meche (3–8) 2:44 25,104 33–27 box 61 June 6 Twins 10–6 Vázquez (6–4) Blackburn (4–4) 2:53 26,459 34–27 box 62 June 7 Twins 11–2 Buehrle (3–6) Hernández (6–3) 2:16 32,930 35–27 box 63 June 8 Twins 12–2 Floyd (7–3) Slowey (2–6) 2:25 30,565 36–27 box 64 June 9 Twins 7–5 Thornton (2–1) Guerrier (3–2) Jenks (15) 2:58 21,126 37–27 box 65 June 10 @ Tigers 4–6 Robertson (4–6) Contreras (6–4) Jones (11) 2:34 38,295 37–28 box 66 June 11 @ Tigers 1–5 Verlander (3–9) Vázquez (6–5) 2:13 38,693 37–29 box 67 June 12 @ Tigers 1–2 Jones (2–0) Dotel (3–3) 2:04 40,297 37–30 box 68 June 13 Rockies 5–4 Thornton (3–1) Herges (2–3) Jenks (16) 2:28 30,143 38–30 box 69 June 14 Rockies 0–2 Grilli (2–2) Dotel (3–4) Fuentes (10) 2:56 35,663 38–31 box 70 June 15 Rockies 3–5 Cook (10–3) Contreras (6–5) Fuentes (11) 2:44 32,004 38–32 box 71 June 17 Pirates 16–5 Vázquez (7–5) Snell (3–7) 3:15 28,012 39–32 box 72 June 18 Pirates 8–2 Buehrle (4–6) Gorzelanny (5–6) 2:17 28,570 40–32 box 73 June 19 Pirates 13–8 Floyd (8–3) Dumatrait (3–4) 2:55 26,685 41–32 box 74 June 20 @ Cubs 3–4 Wood (4–1) Linebrink (2–2) 2:32 41,106 41–33 box 75 June 21 @ Cubs 7–11 Marquis (6–3) Contreras (6–6) Wood (19) 2:52 41,021 41–34 box 76 June 22 @ Cubs 1–7 Dempster (9–2) Vázquez (7–6) 2:52 41,034 41–35 box 77 June 24 @ Dodgers 6–1 Buehrle (5–6) Lowe (5–7) 2:05 43,900 42–35 box 78 June 25 @ Dodgers 0–5 Stults (2–0) Floyd (8–4) 2:22 40,162 42–36 box 79 June 26 @ Dodgers 2–0 Danks (5–4) Kershaw (0–2) Jenks (17) 2:58 37,956 43–36 box 80 June 27 Cubs 10–3 Contreras (7–6) Dempster (9–3) 2:49 39,132 44–36 box 81 June 28 Cubs 6–5 Thornton (4–1) Mármol (1–3) Jenks (18) 3:03 39,143 45–36 box 82 June 29 Cubs 5–1 Buehrle (6–6) Marshall (0–2) 2:34 39,573 46–36 box 83 June 30 Indians 9–7 Floyd (9–4) Sowers (0–4) Thornton (1) 2:57 38,466 47–36 box
July (13–12) – home (7–5) – road (6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 84 July 1 Indians 3 – 2 (10) Russell (1–0) Borowski (1–3) 2:44 25,502 48–36 box 85 July 2 Indians 6 – 5 (10) Russell (2–0) Kobayashi (4–4) 3:11 23,522 49–36 box 86 July 3 Athletics 2–3 Duchscherer (9–5) Vázquez (7–7) Street (16) 2:21 26,730 49–37 box 87 July 4 Athletics 1–7 Blanton (5–11) Buehrle (6–7) 2:53 29,600 49–38 box 88 July 5 Athletics 6–1 Floyd (10–4) Smith (5–7) 2:44 35,586 50–38 box 89 July 6 Athletics 4–3 Danks (6–4) Harden (5–1) Linebrink (1) 2:47 31,955 51–38 box 90 July 8 @ Royals 8 – 7 (13) Masset (1–0) Tejeda (0–1) 4:20 13,614 52–38 box 91 July 9 @ Royals 7–6 Russell (3–0) Tejeda (0–2) Dotel (1) 2:46 16,502 53–38 box 92 July 10 @ Royals 1–4 Mahay (5–0) Buehrle (6–8) Soria (24) 2:26 14,547 53–39 box 93 July 11 @ Rangers 2–7 Mendoza (2–3) Floyd (10–5) Guardado (2) 2:50 28,003 53–40 box 94 July 12 @ Rangers 9–7 Danks (7–4) Millwood (6–5) 3:29 39,209 54–40 box 95 July 13 @ Rangers 11–12 Wright (6–4) Logan (2–2) 4:01 28,459 54–41 box All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 4–3 (15) at Yankee Stadium 96 July 18 Royals 9–5 Buehrle (7–8) Greinke (7–6) 2:59 36,291 55–41 box 97 July 19 Royals 1–9 Meche (7–9) Floyd (10–6) 2:51 36,566 55–42 box 98 July 20 Royals 7–8 R. Ramírez (1–1) Thornton (4–2) Soria (26) 3:09 32,269 55–43 box 99 July 21 Rangers 1–6 Feldman (4–3) Vázquez (7–8) 2:37 39,547 55–44 box 100 July 22 Rangers 10–2 Buehrle (8–8) Mendoza (2–4) 2:28 32,670 56–44 box 101 July 23 Rangers 10–8 Dotel (4–4) Guardado (1–2) Jenks (19) 3:05 35,353 57–44 box 102 July 25 @ Tigers 6–5 Carrasco (1–0) Jones (4–1) Jenks (20) 2:52 44,393 58–44 box 103 July 26 @ Tigers 7–6 Danks (8–4) Verlander (8–10) Jenks (21) 3:05 45,280 59–44 box 104 July 27 @ Tigers 4–6 Miner (5–3) Vázquez (7–9) 2:46 41,790 59–45 box 105 July 28 @ Twins 0–7 Slowey (7–7) Buehrle (8–9) 2:28 30,126 59–46 box 106 July 29 @ Twins 5–6 Perkins (8–3) Richard (0–1) Nathan (29) 2:50 35,999 59–47 box 107 July 30 @ Twins 8–3 Floyd (11–6) Hernández (10–8) 2:52 42,705 60–47 box 108 July 31 @ Twins 6–10 Crain (4–2) Thornton (4–3) 3:23 31,493 60–48 box
August (17–11) – home (11–5) – road (6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 109 August 1 @ Royals 4–2 Vázquez (8–9) Hochevar (6–9) Jenks (22) 2:54 21,291 61–48 box 110 August 2 @ Royals 7–9 Davies (5–2) Buehrle (8–10) Soria (31) 3:01 21,866 61–49 box 111 August 3 @ Royals 3–14 Greinke (9–7) Richard (0–2) 2:59 15,268 61–50 box 112 August 5 Tigers 10 – 8 (14) Russell (4–0) Zumaya (0–1) 4:58 35,371 62–50 box 113 August 6 Tigers 5–1 Danks (9–4) Verlander (8–12) 2:31 34,124 63–50 box 114 August 7 Tigers 3–8 Miner (6–4) Vázquez (8–10) Rodney (2) 3:08 36,383 63–51 box 115 August 8 Red Sox 5–3 Buehrle (9–10) Lester (10–4) Jenks (23) 2:27 38,621 64–51 box 116 August 9 Red Sox 2–6 Matsuzaka (13–2) Logan (2–3) 2:54 39,243 64–52 box 117 August 10 Red Sox 6–5 Floyd (12–6) Buchholz (2–8) Jenks (24) 3:06 39,008 65–52 box 118 August 11 Red Sox 1–5 Beckett (11–8) Danks (9–5) 2:48 32,634 65–53 box 119 August 12 Royals 9–0 Vázquez (9–10) Bannister (7–11) 2:13 31,099 66–53 box 120 August 13 Royals 4–0 Buehrle (10–10) Hochevar (6–11) 2:17 37,838 67–53 box 121 August 14 Royals 9–2 Broadway (1–0) Davies (5–4) 3:00 32,788 68–53 box 122 August 15 @ Athletics 4–6 Street (3–5) H. Ramírez (1–2) 2:44 19,405 68–54 box 123 August 16 @ Athletics 2–1 Danks (10–5) Smith (5–12) Jenks (25) 3:01 22,206 69–54 box 124 August 17 @ Athletics 13–1 Vázquez (10–10) Gonzalez (1–2) 2:19 28,843 70–54 box 125 August 18 Mariners 13–5 Buehrle (11–10) Washburn (5–13) 2:43 39,002 71–54 box 126 August 19 Mariners 5–0 Richard (1–2) Hernández (7–8) 2:36 26,414 72–54 box 127 August 20 Mariners 15–3 Floyd (13–6) Dickey (3–8) 2:30 27,000 73–54 box 128 August 22 Rays 4–9 Jackson (10–8) Danks (10–6) 3:20 38,747 73–55 box 129 August 23 Rays 3–5 Balfour (4–2) Vázquez (10–11) Wheeler (8) 3:04 36,482 73–56 box 130 August 24 Rays 6 – 5 (10) Jenks (3–0) Hammel (4–4) 3:11 38,562 74–56 box 131 August 25 @ Orioles 4–3 Richard (2–2) Waters (2–1) Jenks (26) 2:33 20,707 75–56 box 132 August 26 @ Orioles 8–3 Floyd (14–6) Burres (7–8) 2:44 15,398 76–56 box 133 August 27 @ Orioles 3–11 Liz (5–3) Danks (10–7) 2:49 15,736 76–57 box 134 August 29 @ Red Sox 0–8 Matsuzaka (16–2) Vázquez (10–12) 2:48 37,755 76–58 box 135 August 30 @ Red Sox 2–8 Bowden (1–0) Buehrle (11–11) 2:40 37,751 76–59 box 136 August 31 @ Red Sox 4–2 Floyd (15–6) Wakefield (8–9) Jenks (27) 2:47 37,391 77–59 box
September (12–15) – home (8–6) – road (4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 137 September 1 @ Indians 0–5 Lee (20–2) Richard (2–3) 2:26 23,317 77–60 box 138 September 2 @ Indians 3–9 Carmona (8–5) Danks (10–8) 3:12 20,980 77–61 box 139 September 3 @ Indians 4–2 Vázquez (11–12) Sowers (2–8) Jenks (28) 3:12 20,328 78–61 box 140 September 5 Angels 10–2 Buehrle (12–11) Moseley (1–4) 2:48 32,502 79–61 box 141 September 6 Angels 7 – 6 (15) Wassermann (1–1) Speier (1–8) 3:54 31,046 80–61 box 142 September 7 Angels 2–3 Saunders (15–7) H. Ramírez (1–4) Rodríguez (55) 2:44 26,029 80–62 box – September 8 Blue Jays Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 9 143 September 9 Blue Jays 1–3 Burnett (17–10) Vázquez (11–13) Ryan (28) 3:08 24,621 80–63 box 144 September 9 Blue Jays 2–8 Litsch (11–8) Richard (2–4) 2:37 28,505 80–64 box 145 September 10 Blue Jays 6–5 Buehrle (13–11) Halladay (18–10) 2:39 26,198 81–64 box 146 September 11 Blue Jays 4–6 Marcum (9–6) Floyd (15–7) Ryan (29) 2:57 27,170 81–65 box – September 12 Tigers Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13 – September 13 Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 14 – September 13 Tigers Postponed (rain), rescheduled for September 29 147 September 14 Tigers 4–2 Vázquez (12–13) Verlander (10–16) 2:17 N/A 82–65 box 148 September 14 Tigers 11–7 Thornton (5–3) Seay (1–2) 3:16 28,238 83–65 box 149 September 15 @ Yankees 2–4 Coke (1–0) Wassermann (1–2) Rivera (36) 2:39 53,236 83–66 box 150 September 16 @ Yankees 6–2 Floyd (16–7) Pettitte (13–14) 3:02 52,558 84–66 box 151 September 17 @ Yankees 1–5 Bruney (3–0) Richard (2–5) 2:40 52,671 84–67 box 152 September 18 @ Yankees 2–9 Mussina (18–9) Vázquez (12–14) 3:08 53,152 84–68 box 153 September 19 @ Royals 9–4 Buehrle (14–11) Bannister (8–16) 2:40 26,049 85–68 box 154 September 20 @ Royals 2–5 Davies (8–7) Floyd (16–8) Soria (41) 2:32 23,754 85–69 box 155 September 21 @ Royals 3–0 Danks (11–8) Duckworth (3–2) Jenks (29) 2:28 16,920 86–69 box 156 September 23 @ Twins 3–9 Baker (10–4) Vázquez (12–15) 2:43 35,225 86–70 box 157 September 24 @ Twins 2–3 Blackburn (11–10) Buehrle (14–12) Nathan (39) 2:42 42,126 86–71 box 158 September 25 @ Twins 6 – 7 (10) Nathan (1–2) Jenks (3–1) 3:27 43,601 86–72 box 159 September 26 Indians 8–11 S. Lewis (4–0) Danks (11–9) J. Lewis (13) 3:36 36,494 86–73 box 160 September 27 Indians 6–12 Jackson (2–3) Vázquez (12–16) 3:05 36,031 86–74 box 161 September 28 Indians 5–1 Buehrle (15–12) Bullington (0–2) 2:29 33,396 87–74 box 162 September 29 Tigers 8–2 Floyd (17–8) Galarraga (13–7) 3:14 35,923 88–74 box 163* September 30 Twins 1–0 Danks (12–9) Blackburn (11–11) Jenks (30) 2:20 40,354 89–74 box *AL Central tiebreaker 2008 White Sox postseason game log American League Division Series (1–3) (best of 5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time Att. Record Box 1 October 2 @ Rays 4–6 Shields (1–0) Vázquez (0–1) Wheeler (1) 3:10 35,041 0–1 box 2 October 3 @ Rays 2–6 Kazmir (1–0) Buehrle (0–1) 3:10 35,257 0–2 box 3 October 5 Rays 5–3 Danks (1–0) Garza (0–1) Jenks (1) 3:07 40,142 1–2 box 4 October 6 Rays 2–6 Sonnanstine (1–0) Floyd (0–1) 3:13 40,454 1–3 box

Roster

2008 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 41 Lance Broadway 56 Mark Buehrle 53 D. J. Carrasco 52 José Contreras 50 John Danks 26 Octavio Dotel 34 Gavin Floyd 45 Bobby Jenks 71 Scott Linebrink 48 Esteban Loaiza 57 Boone Logan 47 Mike MacDougal 46 Nick Masset 49 Horacio Ramírez 54 Clayton Richard 61 Adam Russell 37 Matt Thornton 33 Javier Vázquez 43 Ehren Wassermann		Catchers 44 Toby Hall 27 Paul Phillips 12 A. J. Pierzynski Infielders 38 Jason Bourgeois 18 Orlando Cabrera 24 Joe Crede 22 Josh Fields 39 Chris Getz 14 Paul Konerko 38 Pablo Ozuna 10 Alexei Ramírez 30 Nick Swisher  5 Juan Uribe		Outfielders 32 Brian Anderson 23 Jermaine Dye 17 Ken Griffey, Jr.  7 Jerry Owens 20 Carlos Quentin 31 DeWayne Wise Other batters 25 Jim Thome		Manager 13 Ozzie Guillén Coaches  3 Harold Baines (first base) 21 Don Cooper (pitching) 28 Joey Cora (bench)  8 Jeff Cox (third base) 36 Juan Nieves (bullpen) 29 Greg Walker (hitting)

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Brian Anderson	109	181	24	42	13	0	8	26	.232	5
Mark Buehrle	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Orlando Cabrera	161	661	93	186	33	1	8	57	.281	19
José Contreras	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Joe Crede	97	335	41	83	18	1	17	55	.248	0
John Danks	3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.167	0
Octavio Dotel	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Jermaine Dye	154	590	96	172	41	2	34	96	.292	3
Josh Fields	14	32	3	5	1	0	0	2	.156	0
Gavin Floyd	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ken Griffey, Jr.	41	131	16	34	10	0	3	18	.260	0
Toby Hall	41	127	7	33	3	0	2	7	.260	0
Bobby Jenks	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Paul Konerko	122	438	59	105	19	1	22	62	.240	2
Scott Linebrink	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Boone Logan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nick Masset	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Pablo Ozuna	32	64	5	18	3	0	0	6	.281	0
A. J. Pierzynski	134	534	66	150	31	1	13	60	.281	1
Carlos Quentin	130	480	96	138	26	1	36	100	.288	7
Alexei Ramírez	136	480	65	139	22	2	21	77	.290	13
Adam Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Nick Swisher	153	497	86	109	21	1	24	69	.219	3
Jim Thome	149	503	93	123	28	0	34	90	.245	1
Matt Thornton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Juan Uribe	110	324	38	80	22	1	7	40	.247	1
Javier Vázquez	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ehren Wassermann	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
DeWayne Wise	57	129	20	32	4	2	6	18	.248	9
Totals	163	5553	811	1458	296	13	235	785	.263	67

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Mark Buehrle	15	12	3.79	34	34	0	218.2	106	92	52	140
D. J. Carrasco	1	0	3.96	31	0	0	38.2	17	17	14	30
José Contreras	7	6	4.54	20	20	0	121	64	61	35	70
John Danks	12	9	3.32	33	33	0	195	74	72	57	159
Octavio Dotel	4	4	3.76	72	0	1	67	34	28	29	92
Gavin Floyd	17	8	3.84	33	33	0	206.1	107	88	70	145
Bobby Jenks	3	1	2.63	57	0	30	61.2	18	18	17	38
Scott Linebrink	2	2	3.69	50	0	1	46.1	20	19	9	40
Esteban Loaiza	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	3.0	2	1	0	1
Boone Logan	2	3	5.95	55	0	0	42.1	31	28	14	42
Mike MacDougal	0	0	2.12	16	0	0	17	4	4	14	14
Nick Masset	1	0	4.63	32	1	1	44.2	26	23	21	32
Clayton Richard	2	5	6.04	8	13	0	47.2	37	32	13	29
Adam Russell	4	0	5.19	16	0	0	26	15	15	10	22
Matt Thornton	5	3	2.67	74	0	1	67.1	20	20	19	77
Javier Vázquez	12	16	4.67	33	33	0	208.1	113	108	61	200
Ehren Wassermann	1	2	7.78	24	0	0	19.2	19	17	14	9
Totals	89	74	4.11	163	163	34	1457.2	665	729	460	1147

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Marc Bombard
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Carlos Subero
A	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Carolina League	Tim Blackwell
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Chris Jones and Nick Capra
Rookie	Bristol White Sox	Appalachian League	Bobby Thigpen
Rookie	Great Falls Voyagers	Pioneer League	Chris Cron

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls

Trivia

• The 2008 White Sox became the first team to ever win their last three regular season games, against three different opponents.

References

• Game logs:

1st half: Chicago White Sox game log on ESPN.com

2nd half: Chicago White Sox game log on ESPN.com

• Batting statistics: Chicago White Sox batting stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching statistics: Chicago White Sox pitching stats on ESPN.com

1. "Uribe signs one-year deal with ChiSox".
2. "Angels Trade Orlando Cabrera for Jon Garland".
3. "Reliever, White Sox finalize four-year, $19 million deal". ESPN.go.com.
4. "White Sox acquire D-backs OF Quentin for minor league first baseman". ESPN.go.com.
5. "Cuban slugger Alexei Ramirez signs with Chicago White Sox".
6. Nightengale, Bob (January 4, 2008). "A's trade Swisher to White Sox for trio of prospects". usatoday.com.
7. "White Sox sign Dotel to bolster bullpen". nbcsports.com.

External links

• 2008 Chicago White Sox season at Baseball Reference