2015 Chicago White Sox season

2015 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)
Results
Record	76–86 (.469)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Jerry Reinsdorf
General manager(s)	Rick Hahn
Manager(s)	Robin Ventura
Local television	CSN Chicago CSN+ WGN-TV WPWR-TV[1] (Ken Harrelson, Steve Stone)
Local radio	WSCR Chicago White Sox Radio Network (Ed Farmer, Darrin Jackson) WRTO-AM (Spanish) (Hector Molina, Billy Russo)
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The 2015 Chicago White Sox season was the club's 116th season in Chicago and 115th in the American League.

Offseason

The 2014 Chicago White Sox ended with a 73-89 record, a 10-game improvement over 2013.^[2] General Manager Rick Hahn gave the season a "fail" grade, citing the lack of a championship.^[3] The White Sox front office set up an "aggressive" offseason plan, focusing on improving a bullpen that blew 21 saves and had the 3rd-worst earned run average in baseball.^[4] Despite losing 188 games the previous two seasons, Robin Ventura is set to remain as manager for the 2015 season.^[5]

Roster changes

The White Sox offseason started at the end of October when Moises Sierra was claimed by the Kansas City Royals off waivers.^[6] Shortly following this, the Sox declined Felipe Paulino's option for 2015, after going 0-2 in just four starts.^[7] Reliever Matt Lindstrom also elected free agency at the end of the month after an ankle injury kept him off the mound for most of 2014.^[8]

On November 3, the White Sox claimed outfielder J. B. Shuck off waivers from the Cleveland Indians.^[9] Two weeks later, the team began its quest to improve the bullpen by signing free agent reliever Zach Duke to a three year/$15 million contract.^[10] The rest of November included mostly minor league moves, until the White Sox signed free agent first baseman Adam LaRoche to a two year/$25 million contract on November 25.^[11] The corresponding roster move was to designate pitcher Scott Carroll for assignment, who would later become a free agent.^[12]

The 2014 Winter Meetings ran from December 7–11 in San Diego.^[13] The White Sox' first move of the Winter Meetings was to claim catcher Rob Brantly of waivers from Miami.^[14] Late that night, there were rumors that the White Sox were close to singing David Robertson from the New York Yankees as well as trading for Jeff Samardzija from the Oakland Athletics.^[15] On December 9, the club officially announced a four-year, $46 million contract with Robertson and acquired pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa from Oakland for infielders Marcus Semien and Rangel Ravelo, catcher Josh Phegley and pitcher Chris Bassitt.^[16] They finished off the Winter Meetings by trading pitcher Andre Rienzo to Miami for pitcher Dan Jennings.^[17]

On December 16, the White Sox announced the signing of outfielder Melky Cabrera to a three-year, $42 million contract.^[18] The White Sox cited the increase in ticket sales following the Robertson and Samardzija signings as motivation for signing Cabrera.^[19] On January 5, 2015, the club signed infielder Emilio Bonifacio to a one-year, $4 million contract. The last major move of the off-season was a surprise, as the White Sox signed infielder Gordon Beckham, whom they had traded to the Los Angeles Angels just a few months prior, to a one-year, $2 million contract and designated outfielder Dayán Viciedo for assignment.^[20]

Events and news

Closer David Robertson.

On October 30, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the 10 candidates for election via the Golden Era Committee. Among the candidates were White Sox legends Minnie Miñoso and Billy Pierce; Dick Allen, who won the 1972 American League Most Valuable Player award; and Jim Kaat, who played two and a half seasons with the White Sox.^[21] On December 8, the Hall of Fame announced that none of the candidates earned the required 12 voters, with Allen earning 11 votes, Kaat earning 10, Minoso earning 8, and Pierce receiving less than 3.^[22] White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf was "disappointed" in the results, particularly the rejection of 90-year-old Minoso, saying "I don’t know what player out of the era of the 1950s and early ’60s would be more deserving than Minnie."^[23]

On December 7, the media reported that the White Sox had denied the Toronto Blue Jays permission to interview Executive Vice President Ken Williams for their opening at club President.^[24] Reinsdorf was reportedly upset that the Blue Jays asked for permission during the Winter Meetings. When he talked to Williams about it, Williams said that Toronto had already contacted him, which is considered tampering under Major League Baseball rules.^[25] The White Sox opted not to pursue recourse.

On February 19, the club released their 2015 broadcast schedule, with 106 games on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, 35 games on WGN-TV, and 20 games on WPWR-TV.^[26] This is a change from previous seasons, where a small amount of WGN produced games were broadcast on WCIU-TV instead of WPWR. It had previously been announced that games on WGN-TV would no longer be simulcast nationally on WGN America, ending Major League Baseball's superstation era.^[27] Spanish radio broadcasts switched from WEBG (formerly WNUA) back to 1200 WRTO-AM.

On March 1, White Sox legend Minnie Miñoso died early in the morning due to a heart-related issue.^[28] Hundreds of Sox fans attended the funeral of "Mr. White Sox" on March 7.^[29]

Regular season

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586	—	51–30	44–37
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	12	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	13½	39–41	42–39
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	19	40–41	36–45
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	20½	38–43	36–44

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
^(1) Kansas City Royals	95	67	0.586
^(2) Toronto Blue Jays	93	69	0.574
^(3) Texas Rangers	88	74	0.543

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
^(4) New York Yankees	87	75	0.537	+1
^(5) Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	—
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	85	77	0.525	1
Minnesota Twins	83	79	0.512	3
Cleveland Indians	81	80	0.503	4½
Baltimore Orioles	81	81	0.500	5
Tampa Bay Rays	80	82	0.494	6
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	8
Chicago White Sox	76	86	0.469	10
Seattle Mariners	76	86	0.469	10
Detroit Tigers	74	87	0.460	11½
Oakland Athletics	68	94	0.420	18

Record against opponents

2015 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	3–3	5–1	4–3	3–4	3–4	2–4	0–7	10–9	6–1	3–3	10–9	1–6	8–11	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	4–3	2–5	2–5	8–11	5–1	4–3	9–10	2–5	10–9	13–7
Chicago	3–3	4–3	—	10–9	9–10	5–1	7–12	4–3	6–13	2–5	5–2	4–3	1–5	3–3	4–3	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	4–2	9–10	—	7–11	5–2	9–10	4–2	7–12	5–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	3–3	3–4	12–8
Detroit	3–4	2–4	10–9	11–7	—	3–4	9–10	1–6	11–8	2–5	2–4	4–3	3–3	2–5	2–4	9–11
Houston	4–3	4–2	1–5	2–5	4–3	—	4–2	10–9	3–3	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–5	6–13	4–3	16–4
Kansas City	4–3	3–4	12–7	10–9	10–9	2–4	—	6–1	12–7	2–4	5–1	4–2	6–1	3–4	3–4	13–7
Los Angeles	4–2	5–2	3–4	2–4	6–1	9–10	1–6	—	5–2	2–4	11–8	12–7	3–3	12–7	2–5	8–12
Minnesota	7–0	5–2	13–6	12–7	8–11	3–3	7–12	2–5	—	1–5	4–3	4–3	4–2	3–3	2–5	8–12
New York	9–10	11–8	5–2	2–5	5–2	3–4	4–2	4–2	5–1	—	3–4	5–1	12–7	2–5	6–13	11–9
Oakland	1–6	1–5	2–5	4–3	4–2	9–10	1–5	8–11	3–4	4–3	—	6–13	3–4	10–9	1–5	11–9
Seattle	3–3	3–4	3–4	3–4	3–4	7–12	2–4	7–12	3–4	1–5	13–6	—	4–3	12–7	4–2	8–12
Tampa Bay	9–10	10–9	5–1	2–5	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–3	2–4	7–12	4–3	3–4	—	2–5	10–9	14–6
Texas	6–1	5–2	3–3	3–3	5–2	13–6	4–3	7–12	3–3	5–2	9–10	7–12	5–2	—	2–4	11–9
Toronto	11–8	9–10	3–4	4–3	4–2	3–4	4–3	5–2	5–2	13–6	5–1	2–4	9–10	4–2	—	12–8

Game log

Legend
	White Sox win
	White Sox loss
	Postponement
Bold	White Sox team member

2015 White Sox game log
April (8–11) – home (6–3) – road (2–8) – 64 R.S. 89 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Attendance Streak/ Box 1 April 6 @ Royals 3:10pm 1–10 Ventura (1–0) Samardzija (0–1) — 0–1 40,085 L1 2 April 8 @ Royals 7:10pm 5–7 Davis (1–0) Putnam (0–1) Holland (1) 0–2 23,385 L2 3 April 9 @ Royals 1:10pm 1–4 Vólquez (1–0) Danks (0–1) Holland (2) 0–3 20,236 L3 4 April 10 Twins 3:10pm 0–6 Milone (1−0) Noesí (0−1) Duensing (1) 0–4 38,533 L4 5 April 11 Twins 1:10pm 5–4 Duke (1−0) Boyer (0−1) Robertson (1) 1–4 22,317 W1 6 April 12 Twins 1:10pm 6–2 Sale (1−0) Hughes (0−2) — 2–4 23,057 W2 7 April 14 @ Indians 6:10pm 4–1 Quintana (1–0) Carrasco (1–1) Robertson (2) 3–4 10,642 W3 8 April 15 @ Indians 11:10pm 2–4 Bauer (2–0) Danks (0–2) Allen (2) 3–5 11,042 L1 9 April 17 @ Tigers 12:08pm 1–2 Soria (1–0) Duke (1−1) — 3–6 33,084 L2 10 April 18 @ Tigers 12:08pm 12–3 Sale (2−0) Sánchez (1–2) — 4–6 39,877 W1 11 April 19 @ Tigers 12:08pm 1–9 Greene (3–0) Quintana (1–1) — 4–7 30,357 L1 12 April 20 Indians 7:10pm 4–3 Robertson (1–0) Allen (0–2) — 5–7 13,055 W1 13 April 21 Indians 7:10pm 2–6 Carrasco (2–1) Noesí (0–2) — 5–8 14,032 L1 14 April 22 Indians 1:10pm 6–0 Samardzija (1–1) Kluber (0–2) — 6–8 14,429 W1 15 April 23 Royals 7:10pm 2–3 (13) Morales (2–0) Petricka (0–1) Davis (4) 6–9 14,218 L1 (16) April 24 Royals 7:10pm 2–2 (8) Suspended (rain) (Resumed: April 26) 20,350 (L1) -- April 25 Royals 7:10pm Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for July 17) 16 April 26 Royals 1:10pm 3–2* Robertson (2–0) Herrera (0–1) — 7–9 23,317 W1 17 April 26 Royals 7:10pm 5–3 Danks (1–2) Vólquez (2–2) Robertson (3) 8–9 W2 -- April 27 @ Orioles 6:05pm Postponed (safety concerns due to 2015 Baltimore riots) (Rescheduled for May 28) -- April 28 @ Orioles 6:05pm Postponed (safety concerns due to 2015 Baltimore riots) (Rescheduled for May 28) 18 April 29 @ Orioles 1:05pm 2–8 Jiménez (2–1) Samardzija (1–2) — 8–10 N/A[30] L1 19 April 30 @ Twins 7:10pm 2–12 May (2–1) Sale (2–1) — 8–11 20,736 L2
May (15–15) – home (6–7) – road (9–8) – 115 R.S. 132 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Streak/ Box 20 May 1 @ Twins 7:10pm 0–1 Gibson (2-2) Quintana (1-2) Perkins (7) 8–12 22,794 L3 21 May 2 @ Twins 1:10pm 3–5 Nolasco (1-1) Noesí (0-3) Perkins (8) 8–13 30,551 L4 22 May 3 @ Twins 1:10pm 3–13 Pressly (1-0) Danks (1-3) — 8–14 22,423 L5 23 May 5 Tigers 7:10pm 5–2 Samardzija (2–2) Greene (3–2) Robertson (4) 9–14 16,351 W1 24 May 6 Tigers 7:10pm 7–6 Putnam (1–1) Chamberlain (0–1) Robertson (5) 10–14 18,268 W2 25 May 7 Tigers 1:10pm 1–4 Lobstein (3–2) Quintana (1–3) Soria (11) 10–15 20,081 L1 — May 8 Reds 7:10pm Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for May 9) 26 May 9 Reds 3:10pm 4–10 Cueto (3–3) Carroll (0–1) — 10–16 N/A L2 27 May 9 Reds Game 2 8–2 Rodon (1–0) Marquis (3–2) — 11–16 27,980 W1 28 May 10 Reds 1:10pm 4–3 Robertson (3–0) Chapman (1-1) — 12–16 20,123 W2 29 May 11 @Brewers 6:20pm 7–10 Broxton (1–0) Duke (1–2) Rodríguez (7) 12–17 29,886 L1 30 May 12 @Brewers 7:10pm 4–2 Sale (3–1) Blazek (3–1) Robertson (6) 13–17 26,935 W1 31 May 13 @Brewers 7:10pm 4–2 Quintana (2–3) Nelson (1–4) Robertson (7) 14–17 29,679 W2 32 May 15 @ Athletics 9:07pm 7–6 Carroll (1–1) Abad (0–2) Duke (1) 15–17 21,464 W3 33 May 16 @ Athletics 6:07pm 4–3 Danks (2-3) Rodriguez (0-1) Robertson (8) 16–17 28,445 W4 34 May 17 @ Athletics 3:07pm 7–3 Samardzija (3-2) Kazmir (2–2) — 17–17 33,195 W5 35 May 18 Indians 7:10pm 2–1 (10) Duke (2-2) McAllister (0-2) — 18–17 17,712 W6 36 May 19 Indians 7:10pm 1–3 Bauer (3-1) Quintana (2-4) Allen (7) 18–18 15,681 L1 37 May 20 Indians 7:10pm 3–4 Marcum (1-0) Jennings (0-1) Allen (8) 18–19 15,146 L2 38 May 21 Indians 7:10pm 2–5 Salazar (5-1) Danks (2-4) — 18–20 18,321 L3 39 May 22 Twins 7:10pm 3–2 Samardzija (4-2) Thompson (0-1) Robertson (9) 19–20 21,067 W1 40 May 23 Twins 3:10pm 3–4 May (3-3) Sale (3-2) Perkins (16) 19–21 38,714 L1 41 May 24 Twins 1:10pm 1–8 Gibson (4-3) Quintana (2-5) — 19–22 30,180 L2 42 May 25 @ Blue Jays 6:07pm 0–6 Hutchison (4–1) Noesí (0–4) — 19–23 15,168 L3 43 May 26 @ Blue Jays 6:07pm 9–10 Delabar (1–0) Robertson (3–1) — 19–24 17,276 L4 44 May 27 @ Blue Jays 6:07pm 5–3 (10) Robertson (4–1) Osuna (1–1) — 20–24 15,463 W1 45 May 28 @ Orioles 4:05pm 3–2 Sale (4–2) Wilson (1–1) Petricka (1) 21–24 18,441 W2 46 May 28 @ Orioles 2nd Game 3–6 Wright (2–0) Beck (0–1) Britton (13) 21–25 18,441 L1 47 May 29 @ Astros 7:10pm 6–3 Jennings (1–1) Fields (2–1) Robertson (10) 22–25 25,957 W1 48 May 30 @ Astros 3:10pm 0–3 Keuchel (7–1) Quintana (2–6) — 22–26 29,720 L1 49 May 31 @ Astros 1:10pm 6–0 Danks (3–4) Hernández (2–4) — 23–26 27,423 W1
June (10–16) – home (6–5) – road (4–11) – 84 R.S. 123 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Boxscore 50 June 2 @ Rangers 7:05pm 2–15 Lewis (5–0) Samardzija (4-3) — 23–27 27,558 L1 51 June 3 @ Rangers 7:05pm 9–2 Sale (5–2) Martinez (4–2) — 24–27 32,598 W1 52 June 4 @ Rangers 7:05pm 1–2 (11) Scheppers (2–0) Jennings (1–2) 24–28 27,616 L1 53 June 5 Tigers 7:10pm 4–3 (11) Petricka (1–1) Wilson (1–2) 25–28 24,761 W1 54 June 6 Tigers 6:15pm 1–7 Price (5–2) Danks (3–5) — 25–29 28,368 L1 55 June 7 Tigers 1:10pm 4–6 Simón (6–3) Samardzija (4–4) Soria (16) 25–30 29,059 L2 56 June 8 Astros 7:10pm 3–1 Sale (6–2) McCullers (2-1) Robertson (11) 26–30 17,352 W1 57 June 9 Astros 7:10pm 4–2 Rodon (2–0) Keuchel (7–2) Robertson (12) 27–30 18,439 W2 58 June 10 Astros 7:10pm 4–1 Quintana (3–6) Sipp (2–3) Robertson (13) 28–30 17,455 W3 59 June 12 @ Rays 6:10pm 5–7 Andriese (1–1) Danks (3–6) McGee (2) 28–31 13,448 L1 60 June 13 @ Rays 3:10pm 4–5 Boxberger (4–3) Putnam (1–2) McGee (3) 28–32 20,248 L2 61 June 14 @ Rays 12:10pm 1–2 Riefenhauser (1–0) Sale (6–3) Jepsen (5) 28–33 17,962 L3 62 June 15 @ Pirates 6:05pm 0–11 Liriano (4–5) Rodon (2–1) – 28–34 24,536 L4 63 June 16 @ Pirates 6:05pm 0–3 Morton (5–0) Quintana (3–7) Melancon (21) 28–35 28,413 L5 64 June 17 Pirates 7:10pm 2–3 Locke (4–3) Danks (3–7) Melancon (22) 28–36 19,194 L6 65 June 18 Pirates 7:10pm 2–3 Cole (11–2) Petricka (1–2) Melancon (23) 28–37 21,296 L7 66 June 19 Rangers 7:10pm 1–2 Lewis (7–3) Robertson (4–2) Tolleson (10) 28–38 22,864 L8 67 June 20 Rangers 1:10pm 3–2 Rodon (3–1) Martinez (5–3) Robertson (14) 29–38 25,738 W1 68 June 21 Rangers 1:10pm 3–2 (11) Petricka (2–2) Claudio (1–1) — 30–38 33,668 W2 69 June 22 @ Twins 7:10pm 2–13 Milone (4–1) Danks (3–8) — 30–39 24,094 L1 70 June 23 @ Twins 7:10pm 6–2 Samardzija (5–4) Pelfrey (5–4) Petricka (2) 31–39 27,349 W1 71 June 24 @ Twins 12:10pm 1–6 Hughes (6–6) Sale (6–4) — 31–40 28,854 L1 72 June 25 @ Tigers 12:08pm 8–7 (10) Duke (3-2) Chamberlain (0–2) Robertson (15) 32–40 40,355 W1 73 June 26 @ Tigers 6:08pm 4–5 Rondon (1–0) Duke (3-3) Soria (17) 32–41 38,455 L1 — June 27 @ Tigers 3:08pm Postponed (rain) (Rescheduled for September 21) 74 June 28 @ Tigers 12:08pm 4–5 Soria (3–0) Putnam (1-3) — 32–42 39,455 L2 75 June 30 @ Cardinals 7:10pm 2–1 (11) Webb (1-0) Socolovich (2–1) Robertson (16) 33–42 45,626 W1
July (16–10) – home (6–8) – road (10–2) – 113 R.S. 92 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Boxscore 76 July 1 @ Cardinals 7:15pm 7–1 Quintana (4–7) Lackey (6-5) — 34–42 41,696 W2 77 July 3 Orioles 7:10pm 1–0 Danks (4–8) Jiménez (7–4) Robertson (17) 35–42 27,384 W3 78 July 4 Orioles 1:10pm 3–2 Putnam (2–3) Norris (2–8) Robertson (18) 36–42 22,559 W4 79 July 5 Orioles 1:10pm 1–9 González (7–5) Rodon (3–2) — 36–43 22,519 L1 80 July 6 Blue Jays 7:10pm 4–2 Sale (7–4) Buehrle (9–5) — 37–43 24,593 W1 81 July 7 Blue Jays 7:10pm 1–2 Doubront (1–0) Quintana (4–8) Osuna (4) 37–44 17,028 L1 82 July 8 Blue Jays 7:10pm 7–6 (11) Putnam (3–3) Osuna (1-3) — 38–44 17,032 W1 83 July 9 Blue Jays 1:10pm 2–0 Samardzija (6–4) Dickey (3–10) — 39–4 23,298 W2 84 July 10 @ Cubs 3:05pm 1–0 Petricka (3–2) Rondón (3–2) Robertson (19) 40–44 41,580 W3 85 July 11 @ Cubs 3:05pm 5–1 Sale (8–4) Lester (4–8) — 41–44 41,596 W4 86 July 12 @ Cubs 1:20pm 1–3 Arrieta (10–5) Quintana (4–9) — 41–45 41,688 L1 ASG July 14 All-Star Game AL 6–3 NL Price (AL, DET) Kershaw (NL, LAD) Great American Ball Park Cincinnati, OH ASG ASG The White Sox were represented in the All-Star game by Chris Sale. 87 July 17 Royals 1:10pm 2–4 Young (8–5) Samardzija (6–5) Holland (20) 41–46 25,807 L2 88 July 17 Royals 7:10pm 2–0 Danks (5–8) Vólquez (8–5) Robertson (20) 42–46 25,701 W1 89 July 18 Royals 1:10pm 6–7 (13) Finnegan (3–0) Jennings (1–3) Madson (1) 42–47 33,559 L1 90 July 19 Royals 1:10pm 1–4 Duffy (4–4) Sale (8–5) Blanton (1) 42–48 32,175 L2 91 July 21 Cardinals 7:10pm 5–8 Wacha (11–3) Rodon (3–3) Rosenthal (28) 42–49 29,728 L3 92 July 22 Cardinals 7:10pm 1–2 Socolovich (4–1) Duke (3–4) Rosenthal (29) 42–50 30,046 L4 93 July 23 @ Indians 6:10pm 8–1 Samardzija (7–5) Bauer (8–7) — 43–50 16,317 W1 94 July 24 @ Indians 6:10pm 6–0 Quintana (5–9) Kluber (5–11) — 44–50 26,553 W2 95 July 25 @ Indians 6:10pm 10–3 Sale (9–5) Carrasco (10–8) — 45–50 24,763 W3 96 July 26 @ Indians 12:10pm 2–1 Rodon (4–3) Salazar (8–6) Robertson (21) 46–50 17,751 W4 97 July 27 @ Red Sox 6:10pm 10–8 Albers (1–0) Ross (0–1) Robertson (22) 47–50 37,401 W5 98 July 28 @ Red Sox 6:10pm 9–4 Samardzija (8–5) Miley (8–9) — 48–50 38,063 W6 99 July 29 @ Red Sox 6:10pm 9–2 Quintana (6–9) Porcello (5-11) — 49–50 37,104 W7 100 July 30 @ Red Sox 6:10pm 2–8 Wright (4–4) Sale (9–6) — 49–51 36,215 L1 101 July 31 Yankees 7:10pm 6–13 Eovaldi (11-2) Rodon (4–4) — 49–52 30,359 L2
August (12–16) – home (9–9) – road (3–7) – 121 R.S. 120 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Boxscore 102 August 1 Yankees 6:10pm 8–2 Danks (6–8) Mitchell (0–1) — 50–52 34,379 W1 103 August 2 Yankees 1:10pm 3–12 Nova (4–3) Samardzija (8–6) — 50–53 38,840 L1 104 August 3 Rays 7:10pm 4–5 McGee (1–1) Robertson (4–3) Boxberger (27) 50–54 16,496 L2 105 August 4 Rays 7:10pm 3–11 Archer (10–8) Sale (9–7) — 50–55 18,499 L3 106 August 5 Rays 1:10pm 6–5 (10) Robertson (5–3) Boxberger (4–7) — 51–55 20,028 W1 107 August 7 @ Royals 7:10pm 2–3 Volquez (4–7) Danks (6–9) Holland (24) 51–56 36,211 L1 108 August 8 @ Royals 6:10pm 6–7 Guthrie (8–7) Samardzija (8–7) Holland (25) 51–57 39,302 L2 109 August 9 @ Royals 1:10pm 4–5 Herrera (3–2) Petricka (3–3) Madson (2) 51–58 35,785 L3 110 August 10 Angels 7:10pm 8–2 Sale (10–7) Shoemaker (5–8) — 52–58 20,036 W1 111 August 11 Angels 7:10pm 3–0 Rodon (5–4) Santiago (7–6) Robertson (23) 53–58 17,137 W2 112 August 12 Angels 7:10pm 3–2 (13) Albers (2–0) Ramos (2–1) — 54–58 17,171 W3 113 August 14 Cubs 3:10pm 5–6 Richard (3–0) Samardzija (8–8) Rondón (20) 54–59 36,386 L1 114 August 15 Cubs 6:10pm 3–6 Arrieta (14–6) Quintana (6–10) Rondón (21) 54–60 39,579 L2 115 August 16 Cubs 1:10pm 3–1 Sale (11–7) Haren (8–8) Robertson (24) 55–60 39,475 W1 116 August 17 @ Angels 9:05pm 1–2 Salas (3–1) Rodon (5–5) Street (28) 55–61 36,431 L1 117 August 18 @ Angels 9:05pm 3–5 Richards (12–9) Danks (6–10) Street (29) 55–62 37,114 L2 118 August 19 @ Angels 9:05pm 0–1 Weaver (5–9) Samardzija (8–9) Smith (2) 55–63 35,036 L3 119 August 20 @ Angels 9:05pm 8–2 Quintana (7–10) Tropeano (1–2) — 56–63 37,142 W1 120 August 21 @ Mariners 9:10pm 11–4 Sale (12–7) Hernández (14–8) — 57–63 35,770 W2 121 August 22 @ Mariners 8:10pm 6–3 (10) Jones (1–0) Farquhar (0–4) Robertson (25) 58–63 32,085 W3 122 August 23 @ Mariners 3:10pm 6–8 Walker (9–7) Danks (6–11) Wilhelmsen (3) 58–64 30,537 L1 123 August 24 Red Sox 7:10pm 4–5 Kelly (7–6) Samardzija (8–10) Machi (2) 58–65 18,051 L2 124 August 25 Red Sox 7:10pm 5–4 Petricka (4–3) Miley (10–10) Robertson (26) 59–65 14,393 W1 125 August 26 Red Sox 7:10pm 0–3 Porcello (6–11) Jones (1–1) Tazawa (3) 59–66 17,812 L1 126 August 27 Mariners 7:10pm 4–2 Rodon (6–5) Elías (4–7) Robertson (27) 60–66 15,076 W1 127 August 28 Mariners 7:10pm 0–2 Walker (10–7) Danks (6–12) Wilhelmsen (5) 60–67 27,870 L1 128 August 29 Mariners 6:10pm 6–7 Iwakuma (6–3) Samardzija (8–11) Wilhelmsen (6) 60–68 26,011 L2 129 August 30 Mariners 1:10pm 6–5 (11) Robertson (6–3) Rollins (0–1) — 61–68 28,031 W1
September (13–16) – home (5–7) – road (8–9) – 119 R.S. 134 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Boxscore 130 September 1 @ Twins 7:10pm 6–8 Jepsen (3–6) Duke (3–5) Perkins (32) 61–69 25,803 L1 131 September 2 @ Twins 7:10pm 0–3 Milone (7–4) Rodon (6–6) Jepsen (10) 61–70 22,162 L2 132 September 3 @ Twins 12:10pm 6–4 Samardzija (9–11) Fien (4–6) Robertson (28) 62–70 25,339 W1 133 September 4 @ Royals 7:10pm 12–1 Danks (7–12) Medlen (3–1) — 63–70 36,953 W2 134 September 5 @ Royals 6:10pm 6–1 Quintana (8–10) Duffy (7–7) — 64–70 37,827 W3 135 September 6 @ Royals 1:10pm 7–5 Johnson (1–0) Cueto (9–11) Robertson (29) 65–70 38,902 W4 136 September 7 Indians 1:10pm 2–3 Bauer (11–11) Sale (12–8) Allen (29) 65–71 14,757 L1 137 September 8 Indians 7:10pm 7–4 Rodon (7–6) Carrasco (12–10) — 66–71 11,990 W1 138 September 9 Indians 7:10pm 4–6 Tomlin (5–1) Samardzija (9–12) Allen (30) 66–72 11,667 L1 139 September 11 Twins 7:10pm 2–6 Santana (5–4) Jones (1–2) — 66–73 15,641 L2 140 September 12 Twins 6:10pm 8–2 Quintana (9–10) Milone (8–5) — 67–73 26,065 W1 141 September 13 Twins 1:10pm 0–7 Gibson (10–10) Sale (12–9) — 67–74 23,159 L1 142 September 14 Athletics 7:10pm 8–7 (14) Jennings (2–3) León (0–2) — 68–74 12,221 W1 143 September 15 Athletics 7:10pm 6–17 Brooks (2–3) Samardzija (9–13) — 68–75 12,446 L1 144 September 16 Athletics 1:05pm 9–4 Johnson (2–0) Martin (2–5) — 69–75 13,005 W1 145 September 17 Athletics 9:05pm 2–4 Doolittle (1–0) Robertson (6–4) — 69–76 12,406 L1 146 September 18 @ Indians 6:10pm 1–12 Anderson (5–3) Sale (12–10) — 69–77 16,149 L2 147 September 19 @ Indians 6:10pm 4–3 Rodon (8–6) Carrasco (13–11) Robertson (30) 70–77 16,390 W1 148 September 20 @ Indians 12:10pm 3–6 Tomlin (6–2) Danks (7–13) Allen (31) 70–78 13,282 L1 149 September 21 @ Tigers 12:08pm 2–0 Samardzija (10–13) Ryan (2–4) — 71–78 34,175 150 September 21 @ Tigers 6:08pm 3–2 Johnson (3–0) Wolf (0–4) Robertson (31) 72–78 28,499 W2 151 September 22 @ Tigers 6:08pm 1–2 (10) Hardy (5–3) Duke (3–6) — 72–79 27,829 L1 152 September 23 @ Tigers 12:08pm 4–7 Verlander (4–8) Montas (0–1) Feliz (8) 72–80 31,889 L2 153 September 24 @ Yankees 6:05pm 2–3 Pineda (12–8) Sale (12–11) Miller (35) 72–81 35,132 L3 154 September 25 @ Yankees 6:05pm 5–2 Rodon (9–6) Sabathia (5–10) Robertson (32) 73–81 37,316 W1 155 September 26 @ Yankees 3:05pm 1–2 Warren (7–7) Danks (7–14) Miller (36) 73–82 39,134 L1 156 September 27 @ Yankees 12:05pm 1–6 Severino (5–3) Johnson (3–1) 73–83 38,690 L2 157 September 29 Royals 7:10pm 4–2 Samardzija (11–13) Cueto (10–13) Robertson (33) 74–83 13,024 W1 158 September 30 Royals 7:10pm 3–5 Morales (4–2) Robertson (6–5) Davis (15) 74–84 12,818 L1
October (2–2) – home (2–2) – road (0–0) – 10 R.S. 16 R.A. # Date Opponent Time Score Win Loss Save Record Location/Attendance Boxscore 159 October 1 Royals 7:10pm 4–6 Medlen (6–2) Danks (7–15) Madson (3) 74–85 12,825 L2 160 October 2 Tigers 7:10pm 2–1 Sale (13–11) Simón (13–12) Robertson (34) 75–85 18,030 W1 161 October 3 Tigers 6:10pm 4–3 Jones (2–2) Feliz (3–4) – 76–85 17,772 W2 162 October 4 Tigers 2:10pm 0–6 Norris (3–2) Montas (0–2) – 76–86 19,800 L1

Personnel

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters[31]
Name	Pos.
Adam Eaton	CF
Melky Cabrera	LF
Jose Abreu	1B
Adam LaRoche	DH
Avisail García	RF
Alexei Ramírez	SS
Conor Gillaspie	3B
Tyler Flowers	C
Micah Johnson	2B
Jeff Samardzija	SP

Roster

2015 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 34 Matt Albers 54 Chris Beck 67 Scott Carroll 50 John Danks 51 Kyle Drabek 33 Zach Duke 41 Javy Guerra 63 Junior Guerra 43 Dan Jennings 45 Erik Johnson 65 Nate Jones 60 Frankie Montas 48 Héctor Noesí 52 Jake Petricka 57 Zach Putnam 62 José Quintana 30 David Robertson 55 Carlos Rodon 49 Chris Sale 29 Jeff Samardzija 40 Daniel Webb		Catchers 36 Rob Brantly 21 Tyler Flowers 58 Geovany Soto Infielders 79 José Abreu 15 Gordon Beckham 64 Emilio Bonifacio 12 Conor Gillaspie  7 Micah Johnson 25 Adam LaRoche 24 Mike Olt 10 Alexei Ramírez 18 Tyler Saladino  5 Carlos Sánchez Outfielders 53 Melky Cabrera 20 Jordan Danks  1 Adam Eaton 26 Avisail García 27 Leury García 20 J. B. Shuck 51 Michael Taylor 28 Trayce Thompson		Manager 23 Robin Ventura Coaches  3 Harold Baines (assistant hitting) 32 Daryl Boston (first base) 99 Don Cooper (pitching) 31 Todd Steverson (hitting) 47 Joe McEwing (third base)  8 Mark Parent (bench) 59 Mark Salas (bullpen catcher) 37 Bobby Thigpen (bullpen)

Statistics

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
José Abreu, 1B,DH	154	613	88	178	34	3	30	101	39	140	.290	0
Gordon Beckham, 3B,2B,SS	100	211	24	44	8	0	6	20	19	43	.209	0
Emilio Bonifacio, 2B,OF	47	78	5	13	2	0	0	4	2	27	.167	1
Rob Brantly, C	14	33	3	4	1	0	1	6	2	8	.121	0
Melky Cabrera, LF	158	629	70	172	36	2	12	77	40	88	.273	3
Adam Eaton, CF	153	610	98	175	28	9	14	56	58	131	.287	18
Tyler Flowers, C	112	331	21	79	12	0	9	39	21	104	.239	0
Avisail García, RF	148	553	66	142	17	2	13	59	36	141	.257	7
Leury García, OF,2B	18	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	7	.214	1
Conor Gillaspie, 3B	58	173	10	41	11	1	3	15	9	34	.237	0
Micah Johnson, 2B	36	100	10	23	4	0	0	4	9	30	.230	3
Adam LaRoche, DH,1B	127	429	41	89	21	0	12	44	49	133	.207	0
Mike Olt, 3B,1B	24	79	6	16	0	0	3	4	7	29	.203	0
José Quintana, P	32	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	0
Alexei Ramírez, SS	154	583	54	145	33	0	10	62	31	68	.249	17
Carlos Rodon, P	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0
Tyler Saladino, 3B,SS	68	236	33	53	6	4	4	20	12	51	.225	8
Chris Sale, P	31	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	0
Jeff Samardzija, P	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	0
Carlos Sánchez, 2B	120	389	40	87	23	1	5	31	19	81	.224	2
J. B. Shuck, OF	79	143	15	38	8	2	0	15	16	16	.266	7
Geovany Soto, C	78	187	20	41	8	0	9	21	21	63	.219	0
Trayce Thompson, OF	44	122	17	36	8	3	5	16	13	26	.295	1

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
Matt Albers	2	0	1.21	30	0	0	37.1	31	6	5	3	9	28
Chris Beck	0	1	6.00	1	1	0	6.0	10	5	4	0	4	3
Scott Carroll	1	1	3.44	18	0	0	36.2	40	19	14	2	13	27
John Danks	7	15	4.71	30	30	0	177.2	195	104	93	24	56	124
Kyle Drabek	0	0	5.06	3	0	0	5.1	9	3	3	1	2	3
Zach Duke	3	6	3.41	71	0	1	60.2	47	26	23	9	32	66
Leury García	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Javy Guerra	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0
Junior Guerra	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	4.0	7	3	3	1	1	3
Dan Jennings	2	3	3.99	53	0	0	56.1	55	28	25	3	24	46
Erik Johnson	3	1	3.34	6	6	0	35.0	32	14	13	8	17	30
Nate Jones	2	2	3.32	19	0	0	19.0	12	7	7	5	6	27
Adam LaRoche	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Frankie Montas	0	2	4.80	7	2	0	15.0	14	8	8	1	9	20
Héctor Noesí	0	4	6.89	10	5	0	32.2	41	26	25	7	17	22
Jake Petricka	4	3	3.63	62	0	2	52.0	56	21	21	2	18	33
Zach Putnam	3	3	4.07	49	0	0	48.2	42	24	22	7	24	64
José Quintana	9	10	3.36	32	32	0	206.1	218	81	77	16	44	177
Alexei Ramírez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Robertson	6	5	3.41	60	0	34	63.1	46	27	24	7	13	86
Carlos Rodon	9	6	3.75	26	23	0	139.1	130	63	58	11	71	139
Chris Sale	13	11	3.41	31	31	0	208.2	185	88	77	23	42	274
Jeff Samardzija	10	13	4.96	32	32	0	214.0	228	122	118	29	49	163
Daniel Webb	1	0	6.30	27	0	0	30.0	41	26	21	3	22	22

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charlotte Knights	International League	Joel Skinner
AA	Birmingham Barons	Southern League	Julio Vinas
A-Advanced	Winston-Salem Dash	Carolina League	Tim Esmay
A	Kannapolis Intimidators	South Atlantic League	Tommy Thompson
Rookie	Great Falls Voyagers	Pioneer League	Cole Armstrong
Rookie	AZL White Sox	Arizona League	Mike Gellinger
Rookie	DSL White Sox	Dominican Summer League	Julio Valdez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL White Sox^[32]

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External links

• 2015 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference
• 2015 Chicago White Sox season Official Site
• 2015 Chicago White Sox season at ESPN