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2005 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
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99-63, Finished 1st in AL Central
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Scored 741 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-71
Manager: Ozzie Guillen (99-63)
Ballpark: U.S. Cellular Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,342,833 (7th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-0) over Houston Astros
Won AL Championship Series (4-1) over Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Won AL Division Series (3-0) over Boston Red Sox
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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Jon Adkins 27 L R 6' 0" 200 Aug 30, 1977 3 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian N. Anderson 23 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 11, 1982 1st 13 7 13 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 1 12 0 3 2
Jeff Bajenaru 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1978 2 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Blum 32 B R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1973 7 31 24 31 29 0 0 12 2 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Joe Borchard 26 B R 6' 5" 220 Nov 25, 1978 4 7 1 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 1
Mark Buehrle 26 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1979 6 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,000,000.00 All-Star
Jamie Burke 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Sep 24, 1971 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Raul Casanova 32 B R 6' 0" 192 Aug 23, 1972 7 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jose Contreras 33 R R 6' 4" 224 Dec 6, 1971 3 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,500,000.00
Neal Cotts 25 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 25, 1980 3 69 0 3 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $330,000.00
Joe Crede 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1978 6 132 124 132 131 0 0 0 0 130 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 $400,000.00
Jermaine Dye 31 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 10 145 139 145 141 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 140 140 1 3 1 $4,000,000.00
Carl Everett 34 B R 6' 0" 190 Jun 3, 1971 13 135 127 135 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 8 22 105 8 0 $4,000,000.00
Freddy Garcia 30 R R 6' 4" 235 Jun 10, 1975 7 33 3 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $8,000,000.00
Jon Garland 25 R R 6' 6" 205 Sep 27, 1979 6 32 1 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,400,000.00 All-Star
Ross Gload 29 L L 6' 0" 185 Apr 5, 1976 4 28 8 28 26 0 0 24 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 4 4 $335,000.00
Willie Harris 27 L R 5' 9" 175 Jun 22, 1978 5 56 32 56 37 0 0 0 32 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 12 10 $365,000.00
Dustin Hermanson 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 21, 1972 11 57 0 4 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Orlando Hernandez 39 R R 6' 2" 220 Oct 11, 1965 7 24 1 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,500,000.00
Tadahito Iguchi 30 R R 5' 10" 185 Dec 4, 1974 1st 135 129 135 133 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 $2,300,000.00
Bobby Jenks 24 R R 6' 3" 270 Mar 14, 1981 1st 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Konerko 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 5, 1976 9 158 156 158 146 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 $8,750,000.00 All-Star
Pedro Lopez 21 R R 6' 1" 160 Apr 28, 1984 1st 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damaso Marte 30 L L 6' 0" 170 Feb 14, 1975 6 66 0 3 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,250,000.00
Brandon McCarthy 21 R R 6' 7" 190 Jul 7, 1983 1st 12 1 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pablo Ozuna 30 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 25, 1974 4 70 52 70 61 0 0 2 6 32 15 9 0 1 10 1 10 7 $330,000.00
Timo Perez 30 L L 5' 9" 167 Apr 8, 1975 6 76 39 76 52 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 2 21 50 3 25 2 $1,000,000.00
A.J. Pierzynski 28 L R 6' 3" 220 Dec 30, 1976 8 128 124 128 128 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 $2,250,000.00
Scott Podsednik 29 L L 6' 0" 170 Mar 18, 1976 5 129 124 129 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 7 0 127 0 3 2 $700,000.00 All-Star
Cliff Politte 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Feb 27, 1974 8 68 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Aaron Rowand 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 29, 1977 5 157 151 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 157 0 4 0 $2,000,000.00
David Sanders 25 L L 6' 0" 200 Aug 29, 1979 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shingo Takatsu 36 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 25, 1968 2 31 0 3 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,500,000.00
Frank Thomas 37 R R 6' 5" 257 May 27, 1968 16 34 28 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 0 $8,000,000.00
Juan Uribe 25 R R 5' 11" 173 Jul 22, 1979 5 146 143 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $2,150,000.00
Luis Vizcaino 30 R R 5' 11" 169 Aug 6, 1974 7 65 0 4 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,300,000.00
Kevin Walker 28 L L 6' 4" 190 Sep 20, 1976 6 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Widger 34 R R 6' 3" 195 May 21, 1971 9 45 39 45 44 0 42 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $500,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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