2008 Chicago White Sox season

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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 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.

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

Record: 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 was the third time in White Sox history when the team hit two grand slams in a game. The two previous times were (1) September 4, 1995, when Robin Ventura hit two grand slams at Texas and (2) May 19, 1996, when Darren Lewis and Robin Ventura each hit slams at Detroit.

May

Record: 16–13

  • On May 6 against the Minnesota Twins, Gavin Floyd took a no-hitter into the ninth inning, when Joe Mauer hit a double with one 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 completed the no-hitter, it would have been the second of three consecutive seasons that the White Sox threw one (Mark Buehrle in 2007 as well as in 2009, which was Mark Buehrle's perfect game).

June

Record: 17–10

July

Record: 13–12

August

Record: 17–11

  • On August 5 against the Detroit Tigers, in the top of the 14th inning, the Tigers scored two runs via a two-run home run by Plácido Polanco, which made it 8-6. In the bottom of the 14th, the Sox came back with four runs: Jermaine Dye reached base on an error, and the Nick Swisher hit a walk-off three-run homer, making the final score it 10-8.
  • On August 14 against the Kansas City Royals, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramírez, and Juan Uribe hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning. This was the first time the White Sox hit four consecutive home runs in an inning, and just sixth time in MLB history (the first since the Boston Red Sox did it on April 22, 2007). The Sox swept the Royals with the final score of 9–2.

September

Record: 12–15

October

Record: 1–3

  • The 2008 playoffs saw the White Sox square off with the Tampa Bay Rays in a matchup of the second and third seeds. The White Sox started Javier Vázquez in Game 1. Rays rookie Evan Longoria hit two 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
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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
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[permanent dead link]
144 September 9 Blue Jays 2–8 Litsch (11–8) Richard (2–4) 2:37
28,505
 80–64 box[permanent dead link]
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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
Team 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
Team Totals 89 74 4.11 163 163 34 1457.2 665 729 460 1147

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
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 its 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
  1. ^ "Uribe signs one-year deal with ChiSox".
  2. ^ "Angels Trade Orlando Cabrera for Jon Garland". November 20, 2007.
  3. ^ "Reliever, White Sox finalize four-year, $19 million deal". ESPN.go.com. November 28, 2007.
  4. ^ "White Sox acquire D-backs OF Quentin for minor league first baseman". ESPN.go.com. December 3, 2007.
  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. Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved April 6, 2012.

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