Major League Baseball team season
The 2010 Cleveland Indians at home on April 5 and closed the season also against the Indians at home on October 3. They finished the season with an 88–74 record, in second place in the
American League Central , six games behind the division champions
Minnesota Twins .
The
Florida Marlins at home, and
Washington Nationals and
Pittsburgh Pirates on the road. It was the fifth year in a row that the Sox competed against Pittsburgh as an interleague team besides the Cubs. Also it was the first time that Sox played the Washington Nationals since that franchise moved from
Montreal following the 2004 season.
Offseason
October 5, 2009 – SP Freddy García 2010 $1 million option picked up.[1]
October 6, 2009 – RP Matt Thornton 2010 $2.25 million option picked up.[2]
October 9, 2009 – OF DeWayne Wise granted free agency after rejecting a Triple A assignment.[3]
November 5, 2009 – OF/1B Mark Kotsay is resigned 1 year/$1.5 million.[4]
November 5, 2009 – Acquire 3B Mark Teahen from Kansas City, via trade for 2B Chris Getz and 3B Josh Fields .[5]
November 6, 2009 – OF Jermaine Dye $12 million mutual option is declined, declaring him a free agent.[5]
November 23, 2009 – INF Omar Vizquel agrees to 1 year/$1.375 million deal.[6]
November 25, 2009 – OF/DH Andruw Jones agrees to 1 year/$500K deal, with the ability to earn $1 million in performance bonus.[7]
December 11, 2009 – RP J. J. Putz agrees to 1 year/$3 million deal with $3 million incentive bonuses.[8]
December 12, 2009 – RP D. J. Carrasco is non-tendered declaring him a Free Agent.[9]
December 18, 2009 – Acquired OF Juan Pierre from Los Angeles Dodgers for minor league pitchers Jon Link and John Ely .[10]
Spring training
March
(9–16–5)
April
(3–0)
Regular season
Season standings
American League Central
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
Team
BAL
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
LAA
MIN
NYY
OAK
SEA
TB
TEX
TOR
NL
Baltimore
–
9–9
4–3
3–3
5–5
2–4
6–0
3–5
5–13
3–7
3–6
7–11
6–4
3–15
7–11
Boston
9–9
–
1–6
4–4
3–3
4–3
9–1
3–2
9–9
4–5
7–3
7–11
4–6
12–6
13–5
Chicago
3–4
6–1
–
9–9
8–10
10–8
7–2
5–13
2–4
4–5
9–1
3–4
4–5
3–5
15–3
Cleveland
3–3
4–4
9–9
–
9–9
10–8
5–4
6–12
2–6
3–6
3–4
2–7
2–4
6–4
5–13
Detroit
5–5
3–3
10–8
9–9
–
10–8
6–4
9–9
4–4
3–3
3–5
1–6
3–6
4–4
11–7
Kansas City
4–2
3-4
9–10
8–10
8–10
–
3-7
5–13
3–5
3–6
5–4
4–4
2–7
3–3
8–10
Los Angeles
0–6
1–9
2–7
4–5
4–6
7–3
–
2–5
4–4
11–8
15–4
4–5
9–10
6–3
11–7
Minnesota
5–3
2–3
13–5
12–6
9–9
13–5
5–2
–
2–4
6–3
6-4
3–5
7–3
3–6
8–10
New York
13–5
9–9
4–2
6-2
4–4
5–3
4–4
4–2
–
9–1
6–4
8–10
4–4
8–10
11–7
Oakland
7–3
5–4
5–4
6–3
3–3
6–3
8–11
3–6
1–9
–
13–6
4–5
9–10
3–4
8–10
Seattle
6–3
3–7
1–9
4–3
5–3
4–5
4–15
4–6
4–6
6–13
–
2–7
7–12
2–3
9–9
Tampa Bay
11–7
11–7
4–3
7–2
6–1
4–4
5–4
5–3
10–8
5–4
7–2
–
4–2
10–8
7–11
Texas
4–6
6–4
5–4
4–2
6–3
7–2
10-9
3-7
4-4
10-9
12–7
2–4
–
3–7
14–4
Toronto
15–3
6–12
5–3
4–6
4–4
3–3
3–6
6–3
10–8
4–3
3–2
8–10
7–3
–
7–11
Detailed records
Season summary
General
Games played: 162
Record: 88–74
Winning percentage: .543
Rank: 2nd
Games behind: 6.0
Biggest lead: 3.5 games (last on July 20)
Farthest behind: 12.0 games (last on September 22)
Most games over .500: 17 (last on September 6)
Most games under .500: 9 (last on June 8)
Longest winning streak: 11 (June 15 to 26)
Longest losing streak: 8 (September 14 to 21)
Series record: 25–24–3
Series sweep: 10–4
Longest game: 12 innings (May 7 vs. Blue Jays)
Shortest game: 6 innings (October 2 vs. Indians)
Records
Home: 45–36
Road: 43–38
Day: 31–18
Night: 57–56
Open: 86–72
Dome: 2–2
Grass: 84–70
Turf: 4–4
vs. RHP: 68–54
vs. LHP: 20–20
vs. East division teams: 17–18
vs. Central division teams: 32–40
vs. West division teams: 24–13
vs. American League teams: 73–71
vs. National League teams: 15–3
vs. winning teams (>.500): 26–32
vs. tying teams (.500): 12–15
vs. losing teams (<.500): 50–27
April: 9–14
May: 13–14
June: 18–9
July: 18–8
August: 14–15
September: 14–13
October: 2–1
First half: 49–38
Second half: 39–36
Sunday: 12–14
Monday: 9–4
Tuesday: 13–12
Wednesday: 13–12
Thursday: 12–9
Friday: 14–10
Saturday: 15–13
Scoring
Runs scored: 752
Runs allowed: 704
Pythagorean record: 86–76
Runs scored per game: 4.64
Runs allowed per game: 4.35
Blowout games: 23–20
One-run games: 28–21
9-inning games: 81–64
Extra-inning games: 6–10
Shortened games: 1–0
Walk-off wins: 3
Walk-off losses: 7
Comeback victories: 44
Blown leads: 34
Shutouts: 11
Shutouts by opponent: 5
10+ runs scored: 9
10+ runs allowed: 9
Most runs scored: 15 (June 9 vs. Tigers and July 11 vs. Royals)
Most runs allowed: 13 (May 23 vs. Marlins and August 15 vs. Tigers)
Composite inning summary
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Runs scored
82
77
66
90
99
102
83
81
60
3
9
0
Runs allowed
85
70
85
80
75
82
89
66
56
5
8
3
Opening Day lineup
Summaries by month
April
2010 White Sox Opening Day.
On the
fan interference
ground rule double which two men scored from first and second making it 4–2 Mariner lead. Then in the bottom frame, the Sox scored three runs via two home runs, one by Paul Konerko (solo shot) and a walk-off by
Alex Ríos (two-run homer), which made it 5–4. On the next day, White Sox swept the Mariners at a score of 3–2 with Paul Konerko's GW home run in the eighth inning.
Paul Konerko broke the franchise record for most home runs hit during the month of April with 11. However the Sox finished the month with a not-so good record of 9–14.
May
On May 7 against the Toronto Blue Jays at home,
had 5 RBIs with two-run double and three-run homer. Two days later, the Sox suffered a big shut-out loss 13–0 to the Marlins on Sunday. The Sox finished the month with a record of 13–14.
June
On June 13 against the Cubs at Wrigley Field , Gavin Floyd pitched a no-hitter through 6.2 innings before allowing a double to Alfonso Soriano and then the next batter scored Soriano by Chad Tracy 's RBI single. The opposing pitcher Ted Lilly didn't allow a hit through 8+ innings before allowing a single to Juan Pierre . Later that inning, the bases were loaded, so it would have golden opportunities for Sox to score some runs, but failed. The Sox failed to sweep the Cubs as they lose 1–0 with one hit for Sox and three hits for Cubs. From June 12–20, they went eight straight games without hitting home runs, their longest since 1989 , which they went nine straight homerless games. However, during their homerless streak, the Sox went 7–1, thanks to their starting pitching. During their span, the Sox have won six straight without hitting home runs for the first time since 1942 . Then on June 22 against the Atlanta Braves , Carlos Quentin blasted a 3-run homer in the fourth inning, snapping their 8-game homerless streak in a 9–6 seventh straight win. For the Braves, they snapped their 42-game winning streak when scoring five or more runs, dating back to last season. From June 15–24, the Sox went three-consecutive three-game sweeps for the first time in franchise history. They swept the Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Nationals on the road, and Atlanta Braves at home. They have won eleven in a row for the first time since June 1961 , which they have won twelve in a row. The Sox finished the month with an awesome 18–9 record.
July
On July 5–8, the Sox got their four-game sweep over the Los Angeles Angels for the first time since 2005 when they swept the Astros in the World Series. On July 11 against the Kansas City Royals , Andruw Jones hit his 400th career home run in third inning, 46th player in major league history to accomplish this feat. Also the Sox hit five home runs in the game, including four in third inning, tying their franchise history, including two back-to-backs. The Sox swept the Royals with a 15−5 victory and finished with a perfect homestand 7–0. From June 8 until the All-Star break, the Sox were 25–5, their best in MLB. On June 8, the Sox were 24–33 and 9½ games out of the first place. Just 40 days later, the Sox were 50–41 and were in first place by 1½ games over the Detroit Tigers . On July 18 against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field , the Sox led 6–3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Then the Twins scored four runs without getting anybody out and suffering Sox their first walk-off loss of the season. Just three days later, the Sox suffered another walk-off loss, this time in extra innings at Seattle Mariners . The Sox scored one run in the top 11 and then Mariners came back with two in the bottom 11. One day after that defeat by Mariners, manager Ozzie Guillén was considering J. J. Putz to replace Bobby Jenks as a closer after blowing his save twice over his last three appearances. On July 23, Mark Buehrle celebrated one-year anniversary of his perfect game by taking a complete game victory over the Oakland Athletics in Oakland . He allowed 1 earned run, 4 hits, 0 walk and 2 strikeouts. From July 26–29, the Sox swept the four-game series over the Seattle Mariners for the first time since 1994 and finished the season series versus the Mariners 9–1 and outscoring them 58–26. The Sox finished the month with an overall record of 18–8 and incredible 12–1 at home.
August
On August 3, the White Sox played a split
. The White Sox finished with a record of 14–15 in August and 0–5 in walk-off games.
September
On September 3, the game in
runners in scoring position. On September 22 at
Oakland Athletics , the Sox avoided getting swept for third consecutive times by scoring two runs in the top of the ninth inning and went on to a 4–3 victory. That victory also avoided their nine-game losing streak for the first time since 1991 and first time in September since 1976. Then the Sox swept the Angels in Los Angeles for the first time since April 2006. In this series, the Sox outscored the Angels 12–6 and finished the season series against the Angels 7–2 and won seven in a row against them. They finished the season road record 43–38 (4th best in AL, 3rd best since 1999), better than last year's 36–45. In this season, the Sox swept five opponents on the road compared to two last season, four of them are the losing teams. Finally on September 28 against the Boston Red Sox,
Dayán Viciedo gave the White Sox their first walk-off hit since April 24, winning it 5–4, which came back from a 3–0 deficit. It is only the third walk-off win this season which trails the majors against seven walk-off losses, all since the All-Star break. The result of this four-game series against the Red Sox is LWWW, first time they had this result since 2006. The White Sox finished September with a record of 14–13.
October
The White Sox concluded the regular season with a 2–1 record in October.
Game log
Legend
White Sox Win
White Sox Loss
Game Postponed
2010 White Sox game log
April (9–14) – Home (6–6) – Road (3–8) – 92 R.S. 111 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
1
April 5
Indians
6–0
Buehrle (1–0)
Westbrook (0–1)
2:24
38,935
1–0
0
box
2
April 7
Indians
5–3
Carmona
(1–0)
Williams (0–1)
Perez (1)
3:10
19,514
1–1
−½
box
3
April 8
Indians
5–3 (11)
Lewis (1–0)
Putz (0–1)
Perez (2)
3:59
18,637
1–2
−1½
box
4
April 9
Twins
4–3 (11)
Duensing (1–0)
Peña (0–1)
Rauch (3)
3:43
21,416
1–3
−2½
box
5
April 10
Twins
2–1
Baker (1–1)
García (0–1)
Rauch (4)
2:35
28,337
1–4
−3½
box
6
April 11
Twins
5–4
Buehrle (2–0)
Blackburn (1–1)
Jenks (1)
2:14
25,550
2–4
−3
box
7
April 12
@ Blue Jays
8–7 (11)
Thornton (1–0)
Accardo (0–1)
Jenks (2)
3:29
46,321
3–4
−2½
box
8
April 13
@ Blue Jays
4–2
Romero
(1–0)
Floyd (0–1)
Gregg (3)
2:11
12,167
3–5
−3
box
9
April 14
@ Blue Jays
11–1
Danks (1–0)
Morrow (0–1)
2:47
10,610
4–5
−2
box
10
April 15
@ Blue Jays
7–3
Eveland (2–0)
García (0–2)
2:47
10,744
4–6
−3
box
11
April 16
@ Indians
6–2
Talbot (1–1)
Buehrle (2–1)
2:04
10,421
4–7
−4
box
12
April 17
@ Indians
3–2
Lewis (2–0)
Thornton (1–1)
Perez (3)
2:44
12,885
4–8
−5
box
13
April 18
@ Indians
7–4
Carmona
(2–0)
Floyd (0–2)
Perez (4)
3:07
10,564
4–9
−5
box
14
April 20
Rays
4–1
Danks (2–0)
Price (2–1)
Jenks (3)
2:22
19,260
5–9
−5
box
15
April 21
Rays
12–0
Davis (1–1)
Buehrle (2–2)
3:00
17,023
5–10
−6
box
16
April 22
Rays
10–2
Shields (2–0)
Peavy (0–1)
2:50
18,207
5–11
−6
box
17
April 23
Mariners
7–6
Thornton (2–1)
Lowe (1–2)
2:57
24,653
6–11
−6
box
18
April 24
Mariners
5–4
Jenks (1–0)
Aardsma (0–1)
2:34
25,253
7–11
−6
box
19
April 25
Mariners
3–2
Danks (3–0)
League (2–1)
Jenks (4)
2:14
28,274
8–11
−5
box
20
April 27
@ Rangers
4–2
Wilson (2–1)
Buehrle (2–3)
Francisco (1)
2:19
14,589
8–12
−6
box
21
April 28
@ Rangers
6–5
Harden (1–1)
Peavy (0–2)
Feliz (3)
2:48
20,432
8–13
−6
box
22
April 29
@ Rangers
7–5
Floyd (1–2)
O'Day (0–1)
2:53
17,778
9–13
−5
box
23
April 30
@ Yankees
6–4
Aceves (2–0)
Thornton (2–2)
Rivera (7)
2:58
44,783
9–14
−6
box
May (13–14) – Home (5–7) – Road (8–7) – 118 R.S. 127 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
24
May 1
@ Yankees
7–6
Linebrink (1–0)
Robertson (0–2)
Jenks (5)
3:49
45,265
10–14
−5
box
25
May 2
@ Yankees
12–3
Hughes (3–0)
Buehrle (2–4)
3:06
45,303
10–15
−6
box
26
May 3
Royals
5–1
Peavy (1–2)
Meche (0–3)
2:25
21,208
11–15
−6
box
27
May 4
Royals
7–2
Hochevar (3–1)
Floyd (1–3)
2:40
17,157
11–16
−7
box
28
May 5
Royals
9–2
García (1–2)
Bannister (1–2)
2:35
21,255
12–16
−7
box
29
May 6
Blue Jays
2–0
Eveland (3–1)
Danks (3–1)
Gregg (8)
2:30
20,106
12–17
−7
box
30
May 7
Blue Jays
7–4 (12)
Downs (1–3)
Putz (0–2)
3:12
20,072
12–18
−7½
box
31
May 8
Blue Jays
7–3
Peavy (2–2)
Cecil (2–2)
2:42
24,945
13–18
−7
box
32
May 9
Blue Jays
9–7
Frasor (2–1)
Jenks (1–1)
Gregg (9)
3:29
23,850
13–19
−8
box
33
May 11
@ Twins
5–2
García (2–2)
Slowey (4–3)
Jenks (6)
2:39
38,764
14–19
−7
box
34
May 12
@ Twins
3–2
Pavano (4–3)
Danks (3–2)
Rauch (9)
2:22
38,895
14–20
−8
box
35
May 14
@ Royals
6–1
Hughes (1–1)
Buehrle (2–5)
2:25
27,816
14–21
−8
box
36
May 15
@ Royals
5–4
Peavy (3–2)
Hochevar (3–2)
Thornton (1)
2:33
22,192
15–21
−7
box
37
May 16
@ Royals
5–3
Bannister (2–3)
Floyd (1–4)
Soria (9)
2:20
13,922
15–22
−8
box
–
May 17
@ Tigers
Postponed (rain) , rescheduled for August 3
−8½
38
May 18
@ Tigers
6–2
García (3–2)
Porcello (3–4)
2:44
28,155
16–22
−7½
box
39
May 19
Angels
3–2
Saunders (3–5)
Danks (3–3)
Fuentes (5)
2:26
23,271
16–23
−7½
box
40
May 20
Angels
6–5
Santana (3–3)
Peavy (3–3)
Fuentes (6)
3:00
23,515
16–24
−7½
box
41
May 21
Marlins
8–0
Buehrle (3–5)
Nolasco (4–3)
2:08
20,652
17–24
−7½
box
42
May 22
Marlins
4–1
Floyd (2–4)
Volstad (3–5)
Jenks (7)
2:46
28,462
18–24
−7½
box
43
May 23
Marlins
13–0
Johnson (5–1)
García (3–3)
3:14
28,298
18–25
−7½
box
44
May 24
@ Indians
7–2
Danks (4–3)
Masterson (0–5)
3:00
10,166
19–25
−7
box
45
May 25
@ Indians
7–3
Talbot (6–3)
Peavy (3–4)
2:16
14,441
19–26
−7
box
46
May 26
@ Indians
5–4
Peña (1–1)
Westbrook (2–3)
2:44
18,109
20–26
−6
box
47
May 27
@ Rays
5–1
Niemann (5–0)
Floyd (2–5)
2:29
13,299
20–27
−7
box
48
May 28
@ Rays
4–2
García (4–3)
Price (7–2)
Thornton (2)
2:35
20,650
21–27
−7
box
49
May 29
@ Rays
8–5
Davis (5–4)
Danks (4–4)
Soriano (14)
3:18
33,588
21–28
−8
box
50
May 30
@ Rays
8–5
Peavy (4–4)
Shields (5–3)
3:14
26,878
22–28
−8
box
June (18–9) – Home (9–6) – Road (9–3) – 125 R.S. 103 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
51
June 1
Rangers
9–6
Harden (3–1)
Buehrle (3–6)
Feliz (14)
3:19
20,075
22–29
−8½
box
52
June 2
Rangers
9–5
Feldman (3–5)
Floyd (2–6)
2:51
19,516
22–30
−8½
box
53
June 3
Rangers
4–3
García (5–3)
Lewis (4–4)
Jenks (8)
2:27
20,003
23–30
−7½
box
54
June 4
Indians
10–1
Masterson (1–5)
Danks (4–4)
3:08
20,713
23–31
−8½
box
55
June 5
Indians
3–1
Talbot (7–4)
Peavy (4–5)
Wood (4)
2:49
30,864
23–32
−9½
box
56
June 6
Indians
8–7
Putz (1–2)
Sipp (0–2)
Jenks (9)
3:17
27,577
24–32
−8½
box
57
June 8
Tigers
7–2
Thomas
(3–0)
Thornton (2–3)
2:59
20,776
24–33
−9½
box
58
June 9
Tigers
15–3
García (6–3)
Porcello (4–6)
2:32
21,959
25–33
−9½
box
59
June 10
Tigers
3–0
Danks (5–5)
Scherzer (2–6)
Jenks (10)
2:15
26,004
26–33
−8½
box
60
June 11
@ Cubs
10–5
Peavy (5–5)
Wells (3–5)
3:08
41,129
27–33
−8½
box
61
June 12
@ Cubs
2–1
Buehrle (4–6)
Silva (8–1)
Jenks (11)
2:54
40,397
28–33
−7½
box
62
June 13
@ Cubs
1–0
Lilly (2–5)
Floyd (2–7)
Mármol (13)
2:20
40,456
28–34
−7½
box
63
June 15
@ Pirates
6–4
García (7–3)
Lincoln (0–1)
Jenks (12)
3:11
12,693
29–34
−7½
box
64
June 16
@ Pirates
7–2
Danks (6–5)
Duke (3–8)
2:26
15,218
30–34
−7½
box
65
June 17
@ Pirates
5–4
Buehrle (5–6)
Ohlendorf (0–5)
Jenks (13)
2:38
23,170
31–34
−6½
box
66
June 18
@ Nationals
2–1 (11)
Putz (2–2)
Storen (2–1)
Jenks (14)
2:55
40,325
32–34
−5½
box
67
June 19
@ Nationals
1–0
Peavy (6–5)
Martin (0–3)
2:34
36,487
33–34
−5½
box
68
June 20
@ Nationals
6–3
García (8–3)
Lannan (2–5)
Putz (1)
2:39
31,763
34–34
−5½
box
69
June 22
Braves
9–6
Danks (7–5)
Hanson (7–4)
Jenks (15)
2:38
28,773
35–34
−4½
box
70
June 23
Braves
4–2
Buehrle (6–6)
Hudson (7–3)
Jenks (16)
2:20
27,561
36–34
−3½
box
71
June 24
Braves
2–0
Putz (3–2)
Saito
(1–3)
Jenks (17)
2:17
31,076
37–34
−2½
box
72
June 25
Cubs
6–0
Peavy (7–5)
Zambrano (3–6)
2:22
39,364
38–34
−1½
box
73
June 26
Cubs
3–2
Putz (4–2)
Cashner (0–1)
Thornton (3)
2:35
39,479
39–34
−1½
box
74
June 27
Cubs
8–6
Dempster (6–6)
Danks (7–6)
2:57
39,682
39–35
−1½
box
75
June 28
@ Royals
3–1
Lerew (1–1)
Buehrle (6–7)
Soria (19)
2:27
15,056
39–36
−2
box
76
June 29
@ Royals
4–3
Floyd (3–7)
Bannister (7–6)
Putz (2)
2:55
19,364
40–36
−1½
box
77
June 30
@ Royals
7–6
Greinke (4–8)
Peavy (7–6)
Soria (20)
2:30
18,335
40–37
−2½
box
July (18–8) – Home (12–1) – Road (6–7) – 140 R.S. 84 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
78
July 2
@ Rangers
5–3
Putz (5–2)
Feliz (1–2)
Thornton (4)
2:54
30,193
41–37
−2
box
79
July 3
@ Rangers
3–1
Hunter (5–0)
Danks (7–7)
Feliz (22)
2:33
25,986
41–38
−2
box
80
July 4
@ Rangers
5–3
Buehrle (7–7)
Feldman (5–8)
Thornton (5)
2:27
45,020
42–38
−1
box
81
July 5
Angels
9–2
Floyd (4–7)
Kazmir (7–8)
Santos (1)
2:49
38,092
43–38
−1
box
82
July 6
Angels
4–1
Peña (2–1)
Weaver (8–4)
Jenks (18)
2:54
21,889
44–38
−1
box
83
July 7
Angels
5–2
García (9–3)
Saunders (6–9)
Jenks (19)
2:48
21,135
45–38
−1
box
84
July 8
Angels
1–0
Danks (8–7)
Santana (8–7)
1:50
27,734
46–38
−½
box
85
July 9
Royals
8–2
Buehrle (8–7)
Chen (5–3)
2:38
25,572
47–38
−½
box
86
July 10
Royals
5–1
Floyd (5–7)
Bannister (7–7)
2:22
32,339
48–38
−½
box
87
July 11
Royals
15–5
Peña (3–1)
Lerew (1–3)
2:43
29,040
49–38
+½
box
Angel Stadium of Anaheim
88
July 15
@ Twins
8–7
Danks (9–7)
Burnett (1–2)
Jenks (20)
3:34
40,697
50–38
+1
box
89
July 16
@ Twins
7–4
Liriano (7–7)
Floyd (5–8)
Crain (1)
3:09
40,427
50–39
+1
box
90
July 17
@ Twins
3–2
Pavano (11–6)
Buehrle (8–8)
1:52
40,637
50–40
+1½
box
91
July 18
@ Twins
7–6
Duensing (3–1)
Jenks (1–2)
3:07
40,336
50–41
+1½
box
92
July 19
@ Mariners
6–1
Hudson
(1–0)
Pauley (0–2)
2:45
21,749
51–41
+2½
box
93
July 20
@ Mariners
4–0
Danks (10–7)
Fister (3–6)
2:11
21,366
52–41
+3½
box
94
July 21
@ Mariners
2–1 (11)
League (7–6)
Jenks (1–3)
2:49
21,529
52–42
+2½
box
95
July 23
@ Athletics
5–1
Buehrle (9–8)
Cahill (9–4)
2:16
15,103
53–42
+2½
box
96
July 24
@ Athletics
10–2
Mazzaro (6–2)
García (9–4)
3:04
17,439
53–43
+2
box
97
July 25
@ Athletics
6–4
Braden (5–7)
Hudson
(1–1)
Wuertz (3)
2:46
17,148
53–44
+1
box
98
July 26
Mariners
6–1
Danks (11–7)
Hernández (7–7)
2:24
38,815
54–44
+1
box
99
July 27
Mariners
11–0
Floyd (6–8)
Rowland-Smith (1–10)
2:04
26,080
55–44
+1
box
100
July 28
Mariners
6–5
Thornton (3–3)
Wright (1–3)
Jenks (21)
2:57
25,126
56–44
+1
box
101
July 29
Mariners
9–5
García (10–4)
Pauley (0–3)
2:43
28,483
57–44
+1½
box
102
July 30
Athletics
6–1
Harrell (1–0)
Anderson (2–2)
2:34
29,431
58–44
+1½
box
103
July 31
Athletics
6–2
Braden (6–7)
Danks (11–8)
2:27
35,852
58–45
+½
box
August (14–15) – Home (6–7) – Road (8–8) – 155 R.S. 130 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
104
August 1
Athletics
4–1
Floyd (7–8)
Gonzalez (9–7)
Jenks (22)
2:19
32,118
59–45
+½
box
105
August 3
@ Tigers
12–2
Buehrle (10–8)
Porcello (4–10)
2:25
26,141
60–45
+1½
box
106
August 3
@ Tigers
7–1
Bonderman (6–6)
Torres (0–1)
2:27
24,826
60–46
+1½
box
107
August 4
@ Tigers
4–1
Jackson (1–0)
Galarraga (3–4)
Jenks (23)
2:51
31,770
61–46
+1½
box
108
August 5
@ Tigers
6–4 (11)
Santos (1–0)
Valverde (1–3)
3:18
34,156
62–46
+1½
box
109
August 6
@ Orioles
2–1 (10)
Simón (3–2)
Peña (3–2)
2:57
19,687
62–47
+1½
box
110
August 7
@ Orioles
4–2
Floyd (8–8)
Berken (3–3)
Putz (3)
2:49
24,939
63–47
+1½
box
111
August 8
@ Orioles
4–3
Guthrie (6–11)
Buehrle (10–9)
Simón (17)
2:19
18,283
63–48
+½
box
112
August 9
@ Orioles
3–2 (10)
Albers (4–3)
Putz (5–3)
2:58
14,135
63–49
0
box
113
August 10
Twins
12–6
Baker (10–9)
García (10–5)
2:52
30,900
63–50
−1
box
114
August 11
Twins
6–1
Danks (12–8)
Perkins (0–1)
2:35
32,033
64–50
0
box
115
August 12
Twins
6–1
Liriano (11–7)
Floyd (8–9)
3:09
33,237
64–51
−1
box
116
August 13
Tigers
8–4
Buehrle (11–9)
Bonderman (6–8)
2:20
34,834
65–51
−1
box
117
August 14
Tigers
3–2
Coke (7–2)
Putz (5–4)
2:53
36,548
65–52
−2
box
118
August 15
Tigers
13–8
Thomas
(5–1)
Putz (5–5)
3:31
36,287
65–53
−3
box
119
August 17
@ Twins
7–6 (10)
Mahay (1–1)
Thornton (3–4)
3:11
40,714
65–54
−4
box
120
August 18
@ Twins
7–6
Manship (1–0)
Floyd (8–10)
Capps (31)
3:11
40,702
65–55
−5
box
121
August 19
@ Twins
11–0
Buehrle (12–9)
Pavano (15–8)
2:31
40,723
66–55
−4
box
–
August 20
@ Royals
Postponed (rain) , rescheduled for August 21
−4½
122
August 21
@ Royals
6–5 (11)
Chavez (5–3)
Sale (0–1)
3:25
N/A
66–56
−4½
box
123
August 21
@ Royals
7–6 (10)
Putz (6–5)
Holland
(0–1)
3:06
25,543
67–56
−4
box
124
August 22
@ Royals
3–2 (10)
O'Sullivan (2–4)
Linebrink (1–1)
3:01
18,877
67–57
−5
box
125
August 24
Orioles
7–5
Floyd (9–10)
Guthrie (7–13)
Jenks (24)
2:58
26,263
68–57
−3½
box
126
August 25
Orioles
4–2
Matusz (6–12)
Buehrle (12–10)
Uehara (2)
2:22
23,733
68–58
−3½
box
127
August 26
Orioles
8–0
Jackson (2–0)
Arrieta (4–6)
2:42
23,898
69–58
−3½
box
128
August 27
Yankees
9–4
García (11–5)
Burnett (9–12)
2:51
38,596
70–58
−3½
box
129
August 28
Yankees
12–9
Sabathia (18–5)
Danks (12–9)
Rivera (26)
3:31
38,811
70–59
−4½
box
130
August 29
Yankees
2–1
Nova (1–0)
Floyd (9–11)
Rivera (27)
3:25
39,433
70–60
−4½
box
131
August 30
@ Indians
10–6 (11)
Linebrink (2–1)
Perez (4–1)
4:11
10,663
71–60
−4
box
132
August 31
@ Indians
4–3
Jackson (3–0)
Smith (1–2)
Jenks (25)
2:44
12,006
72–60
–4
box
September/October (16–14) – Home (7–9) – Road (9–5) – 122 R.S. 149 R.A.
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Time
Att.
Record
GB
Box
133
September 1
@ Indians
6–4
Peña (4–2)
Germano (0–1)
Sale (1)
2:49
12,563
73–60
−4
box
−
September 3
@ Red Sox
Postponed (rain from Hurricane Earl ) , rescheduled for September 4
−4
134
September 4
@ Red Sox
3–1
Danks (13–9)
Buchholz (15–6)
Jenks (26)
2:53
37,411
74–60
−4
box
135
September 4
@ Red Sox
3–1
Floyd (10–11)
Lackey (12–9)
Jenks (27)
3:03
37,858
75–60
−3½
box
136
September 5
@ Red Sox
7–5
Linebrink (3–1)
Papelbon (5–6)
Thornton (6)
4:05
37,570
76–60
−3½
box
137
September 6
@ Tigers
5–4 (10)
Sale (1–1)
Valverde (2–4)
3:00
32,924
77–60
−3½
box
138
September 7
@ Tigers
9–1
Verlander (15–8)
García (11–6)
2:52
24,905
77–61
−4½
box
139
September 8
@ Tigers
5–1
Bonderman (8–9)
Danks (13–10)
2:04
25,995
77–62
−5½
box
140
September 9
@ Tigers
6–3
Porcello (9–11)
Floyd (10–12)
Perry (2)
2:12
29,995
77–63
−6
box
141
September 10
Royals
4–3
Putz (7–5)
Tejeda (3–4)
Sale (2)
2:24
27,009
78–63
−5
box
142
September 11
Royals
8–2
Davies (8–9)
Jackson (3–1)
3:07
26,389
78–64
−6
box
143
September 12
Royals
12–6
Santos (2–0)
Humber (1–1)
3:26
23,756
79–64
−6
box
144
September 14
Twins
9–3
Liriano (14–7)
Danks (13–11)
3:00
29,223
79–65
−7
box
145
September 15
Twins
9–3
Duensing (9–2)
Floyd (10–13)
3:04
30,063
79–66
−8
box
146
September 16
Twins
8–5
Pavano (17–11)
Buehrle (12–11)
Capps (13)
3:25
27,180
79–67
−9
box
147
September 17
Tigers
9–2
Scherzer (11–10)
Jackson (3–2)
2:39
28,563
79–68
−9
box
148
September 18
Tigers
6–3
Verlander (17–8)
Santos (2–1)
2:42
27,828
79–69
−10
box
149
September 19
Tigers
9–7 (11)
Weinhardt (2–2)
Santos (2–2)
Schlereth (1)
4:13
25,417
79–70
−10
box
150
September 20
@ Athletics
3–0
Bonser (1–0)
Linebrink (3–2)
Breslow (3)
2:53
10,090
79–71
−11
box
151
September 21
@ Athletics
7–2
Cahill (17–7)
Buehrle (12–12)
2:30
11,158
79–72
−12
box
152
September 22
@ Athletics
4–3
Thornton (4–4)
Ziegler (3–5)
Sale (3)
2:38
16,056
80–72
−12
box
153
September 24
@ Angels
2–1
Thornton (5–4)
Rodney (4–3)
2:31
41,046
81–72
−11
box
154
September 25
@ Angels
6–2
Danks (14–11)
Kazmir (9–15)
2:37
40,758
82–72
−10
box
155
September 26
@ Angels
4–3
Peña (5–2)
Weaver (13–12)
Thornton (7)
2:46
42,686
83–72
−9
box
156
September 27
Red Sox
6–1
Buchholz (17–7)
Buehrle (12–13)
2:42
19,750
83–73
−9
box
157
September 28
Red Sox
5–4
Sale (2–1)
Bowden (0–1)
3:10
16,982
84–73
−8
box
158
September 29
Red Sox
5–2
García (12–6)
Beckett (6–6)
Thornton (8)
2:32
32,084
85–73
−8
box
159
September 30
Red Sox
8–2
Danks (15–11)
Lester (19–9)
2:57
30,854
86–73
−7
box
160
October 1
Indians
7–3
Carmona
(13–14)
Peña (5–3)
2:52
23,128
86–74
−7
box
161
October 2
Indians
6–2 (6)
Buehrle (13–13)
Carrasco (2–2)
1:46
23,702
87–74
−7
box
162
October 3
Indians
6–5
Jackson (4–2)
Germano (0–3)
Sale (4)
2:40
24,539
88–74
−6
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
Gordon Beckham , 2B
131
444
58
112
25
2
9
49
37
92
.252
4
Mark Buehrle , P
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
.000
0
Ramón Castro , C
37
115
18
32
2
0
8
21
9
26
.278
1
John Danks , P
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.000
0
Alejandro De Aza , OF
19
30
7
9
3
0
0
2
1
4
.300
2
Tyler Flowers , C
8
11
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
5
.091
0
Gavin Floyd , P
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
.250
0
Freddy García , P
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
.000
0
Andruw Jones , OF, DH
107
278
41
64
12
1
19
48
45
73
.230
9
Paul Konerko , 1B,DH
149
548
89
171
30
1
39
111
72
110
.312
0
Mark Kotsay , DH,1B,OF
107
327
30
78
17
2
8
31
32
36
.239
1
Brent Lillibridge , 2B,SS,OF
64
98
19
22
5
2
2
16
3
36
.224
5
Donny Lucy , C
7
15
2
5
3
0
1
2
2
3
.333
1
Brent Morel , 3B
21
65
9
15
3
0
3
7
4
17
.231
2
Jayson Nix , 3B,2B,SS
24
49
3
8
1
0
1
5
7
12
.163
0
Jake Peavy , P
2
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
.143
0
Juan Pierre , LF
160
651
96
179
18
3
1
47
45
47
.275
68
A. J. Pierzynski , C
128
474
43
128
29
0
9
56
15
39
.270
3
Carlos Quentin , RF, DH
131
453
73
110
25
2
26
87
50
83
.243
2
Alexei Ramírez , SS
156
585
83
165
29
2
18
70
27
82
.282
13
Manny Ramírez
, DH
24
69
6
18
1
0
1
2
14
23
.260
0
Alex Ríos , CF
147
567
89
161
29
3
21
88
38
93
.284
34
Mark Teahen , 3B,OF
77
233
31
60
13
2
4
25
25
61
.258
3
Dayán Viciedo , 3B
38
104
17
32
7
0
5
13
2
25
.308
1
Omar Vizquel , 3B,2B,SS
108
344
36
95
11
1
2
30
34
45
.276
11
Team Totals
162
5484
752
1467
263
21
177
710
462
918
.268
160
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; BAA = Batting average against
Player
W
L
ERA
G
GS
SV
IP
H
R
ER
HR
BB
K
BAA
Mark Buehrle
13
13
4.28
33
33
0
210.1
246
105
100
17
49
99
.295
John Danks
15
11
3.72
32
32
0
213.0
189
93
88
18
70
163
.237
Gavin Floyd
10
13
4.08
31
31
0
187.1
199
92
85
14
58
151
.274
Freddy García
12
6
4.64
28
28
0
157.0
171
85
81
23
45
89
.279
Lucas Harrell
1
0
4.88
8
3
0
24.0
34
18
12
2
17
15
.337
Daniel Hudson
1
1
6.32
3
3
0
15.2
17
11
11
1
11
14
.293
Gregory Infante
0
0
0.00
5
0
0
4.2
2
0
0
0
4
5
.133
Edwin Jackson
4
2
3.24
11
11
0
75.0
73
31
27
8
18
77
.248
Bobby Jenks
1
3
4.44
55
0
27
52.2
54
28
26
3
18
61
.260
Scott Linebrink
3
2
4.40
52
0
0
57.1
59
31
28
11
17
52
.262
Jeffrey Marquez
0
0
18.00
1
0
0
1.0
2
2
2
1
0
0
.400
Jake Peavy
7
6
4.63
17
17
0
107.0
98
55
55
13
34
93
.242
Tony Peña
5
3
5.10
52
3
0
100.2
108
63
57
10
45
56
.278
J. J. Putz
7
5
2.83
60
0
3
54.0
41
18
17
4
15
65
.204
Chris Sale
2
1
1.93
21
0
4
23.1
15
5
5
2
10
32
.185
Sergio Santos
2
2
2.96
56
0
1
51.2
53
18
17
2
26
56
.261
Matt Thornton
5
4
2.67
61
0
8
60.2
41
18
18
3
20
81
.191
Erick Threets
0
0
0.00
11
0
0
12.1
9
1
0
0
3
6
.220
Carlos Torres
0
1
8.56
5
1
0
13.2
23
13
13
2
9
13
.377
Randy Williams
0
1
5.40
27
0
0
25.0
37
17
15
2
21
22
.346
Team Totals
88
74
4.09
162
162
43
1446.1
1471
704
658
136
490
1149
.264
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References
^ ChiSox pick up Garcia's option
^ "Sox pick up options on Garcia, Thornton" . Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009 .
^ "Dewayne Wise severs ties with White Sox" . Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 10, 2009 .
^ "White Sox ink Kotsay to one-year deal" . Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2009 .
^ a b "Teahen in; Dye out; Beckham to 2nd" . Archived from the original on November 9, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2009 .
^ Vizquel, White Sox agree to 1-year deal
^ White Sox sign Jones to one-year deal
^ "White Sox bolster bullpen by adding Putz" . Archived from the original on May 16, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
^ "Swingman Carrasco not offered deal" . Archived from the original on December 14, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
^ "Ely, Link complete Pierre trade" . Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2009 .
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