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2008 Chicago White Sox Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009)
89-74, Finished 1st in AL Central
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Scored 811 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-74
Manager: Ozzie Guillen (89-74)
Ballpark: U.S. Cellular Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,500,648 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 105;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-1) to Tampa Bay Rays
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2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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
Brian N. Anderson 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 11, 1982 4 109 39 109 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 94 2 98 2 11 20 $395,000.00
Jason Bourgeois 26 R R 5' 9" 190 Jan 4, 1982 1st 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Lance Broadway 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 20, 1983 2 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Buehrle 29 L L 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1979 9 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $14,000,000.00
Orlando Cabrera 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Nov 2, 1974 12 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $10,000,000.00
D.J. Carrasco 31 R R 6' 1" 215 Apr 12, 1977 4 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Contreras 36 R R 6' 4" 224 Dec 6, 1971 6 20 1 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $10,000,000.00
Joe Crede 30 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 26, 1978 9 97 95 97 97 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,100,000.00 All-Star
John Danks 23 L L 6' 1" 200 Apr 15, 1985 2 33 3 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Octavio Dotel 34 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 25, 1973 10 72 0 5 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Jermaine Dye 34 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 13 154 153 154 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 151 2 1 0 $9,500,000.00
Josh Fields 25 R R 6' 1" 215 Dec 14, 1982 3 14 8 14 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Gavin Floyd 25 R R 6' 4" 212 Jan 27, 1983 5 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $400,000.00
Chris Getz 24 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1983 1st 10 1 10 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Ken Griffey 38 L L 6' 3" 205 Nov 21, 1969 20 41 39 41 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 33 6 2 0
Toby Hall 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 21, 1975 9 41 36 41 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 $1,750,000.00
Bobby Jenks 27 R R 6' 3" 270 Mar 14, 1981 4 57 0 4 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Paul Konerko 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 5, 1976 12 122 121 122 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 $12,000,000.00
Scott Linebrink 31 R R 6' 3" 185 Aug 4, 1976 9 50 0 5 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Esteban Loaiza 36 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 31, 1971 14 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boone Logan 23 R L 6' 5" 200 Aug 13, 1984 3 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $405,000.00
Mike MacDougal 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Mar 5, 1977 8 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,950,000.00
Nick Masset 26 R R 6' 4" 190 May 17, 1982 3 32 0 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $396,000.00
Jerry Owens 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Feb 16, 1981 3 12 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 10 0 1 5 $397,500.00
Pablo Ozuna 33 R R 6' 0" 160 Aug 25, 1974 7 32 16 32 26 0 0 0 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 $1,050,000.00
Paul Phillips 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Apr 15, 1977 5 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
A.J. Pierzynski 31 L R 6' 3" 220 Dec 30, 1976 11 134 127 134 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $5,850,000.00
Carlos Quentin 25 R R 6' 1" 225 Aug 28, 1982 3 130 130 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 $400,000.00 All-Star
Alexei Ramirez 26 R R 6' 3" 185 Sep 22, 1981 1st 136 125 136 134 0 0 0 121 1 16 0 11 0 11 1 1 2 $1,111,666.00
Horacio Ramirez 28 L L 6' 1" 170 Nov 24, 1979 6 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clayton Richard 24 L L 6' 5" 240 Sep 12, 1983 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adam Russell 25 R R 6' 8" 250 Apr 14, 1983 1st 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Swisher 27 B L 6' 0" 194 Nov 25, 1980 5 153 143 153 149 0 0 71 0 0 0 18 70 18 97 1 4 0 $3,600,000.00
Jim Thome 37 L R 6' 4" 220 Aug 27, 1970 18 149 139 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 9 0 $15,666,666.00
Matt Thornton 31 L L 6' 6" 220 Sep 15, 1976 5 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $875,000.00
Juan Uribe 28 R R 5' 11" 173 Jul 22, 1979 8 110 92 110 106 0 0 0 51 57 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 $4,500,000.00
Javier Vazquez 31 R R 6' 2" 195 Jul 25, 1976 11 33 1 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $11,500,000.00
Ehren Wassermann 27 B R 6' 0" 185 Dec 6, 1980 2 24 0 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dewayne Wise 30 L L 6' 1" 180 Feb 24, 1978 6 57 31 57 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 23 6 46 1 12 7
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.

2007 / 2009 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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