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2008 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007 / 2009

89-74, Finished 1st in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ozzie Guillen (89-74)
Scored 811 runs, Allowed 729 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-74

Ballparks: U.S. Cellular Field · 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 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Brian Anderson 26 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 11, 1982 4 109 39 109 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 94 2 99 3 13 20 0.2 $395,000
Jason Bourgeois 26 R R 5' 9" 195 Jan 4, 1982 1st 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.0 $
Lance Broadway 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 20, 1983 2 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mark Buehrle 29 L L 6' 2" 230 Mar 23, 1979 9 34 34 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.4 $14,000,000
Orlando Cabrera 33 R R 5' 10" 195 Nov 2, 1974 12 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1 $10,000,000
D.J. Carrasco 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 12, 1977 4 31 0 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Jose Contreras 36 R R 6' 4" 255 Dec 6, 1971 6 20 20 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $10,000,000
Joe Crede 30 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 26, 1978 9 97 95 97 97 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $5,100,000 All-Star
John Danks 23 L L 6' 1" 215 Apr 15, 1985 2 33 33 3 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.4 $400,000
Octavio Dotel 34 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 25, 1973 10 72 0 5 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $5,000,000
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 2.2 $9,500,000
Josh Fields 25 R R 6' 1" 235 Dec 14, 1982 3 14 8 14 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.4 $
Gavin Floyd 25 R R 6' 6" 240 Jan 27, 1983 5 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $400,000
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 2 1 5 0.2 $
Ken Griffey 38 L L 6' 3" 195 Nov 21, 1969 20 41 39 41 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 1 33 6 2 0 -0.4 $
Toby Hall 32 R R 6' 2" 255 Oct 21, 1975 9 41 36 41 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 -0.3 $1,750,000
Bobby Jenks 27 R R 6' 4" 275 Mar 14, 1981 4 57 0 4 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $550,000
Paul Konerko 32 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 5, 1976 12 122 121 122 116 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0.5 $12,000,000
Scott Linebrink 31 R R 6' 3" 220 Aug 4, 1976 9 50 0 5 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $4,000,000
Esteban Loaiza 36 R R 6' 2" 230 Dec 31, 1971 14 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Boone Logan 23 R L 6' 5" 225 Aug 13, 1984 3 55 0 3 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $405,000
Mike MacDougal 31 B R 6' 4" 185 Mar 5, 1977 8 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $1,950,000
Nick Masset 26 R R 6' 4" 240 May 17, 1982 3 32 1 3 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $396,000
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 11 0 1 5 -0.1 $397,500
Pablo Ozuna 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 25, 1974 7 32 16 32 26 0 0 0 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 -0.3 $1,050,000
Paul Phillips 31 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 15, 1977 5 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1 $
A.J. Pierzynski 31 L R 6' 3" 225 Dec 30, 1976 11 134 127 134 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.6 $5,850,000
Carlos Quentin 25 R R 6' 2" 235 Aug 28, 1982 3 130 130 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 4.6 $400,000 All-Star
Alexei Ramirez 26 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 22, 1981 1st 136 125 136 134 0 0 0 121 1 16 0 11 0 11 1 2 2 2.0 $1,111,666
Horacio Ramirez 28 L L 6' 1" 220 Nov 24, 1979 6 17 0 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Clayton Richard 24 L L 6' 5" 245 Sep 12, 1983 1st 13 8 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Adam Russell 25 R R 6' 8" 255 Apr 14, 1983 1st 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Nick Swisher 27 B L 5' 11" 210 Nov 25, 1980 5 153 143 153 149 0 0 71 0 0 0 18 70 18 106 1 5 0 -0.8 $3,600,000
Jim Thome 37 L R 6' 3" 250 Aug 27, 1970 18 149 139 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 10 0 1.6 $15,666,666
Matt Thornton 31 L L 6' 6" 235 Sep 15, 1976 5 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $875,000
Juan Uribe 28 R R 5' 11" 230 Jul 22, 1979 8 110 92 110 106 0 0 0 52 57 4 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.5 $4,500,000
Javier Vazquez 31 R R 6' 2" 210 Jul 25, 1976 11 33 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $11,500,000
Ehren Wassermann 27 B R 6' 0" 190 Dec 6, 1980 2 24 0 2 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Dewayne Wise 30 L L 5' 11" 195 Feb 24, 1978 6 57 31 57 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 23 6 53 4 13 7 0.7 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Juan Uribe
Jerry Owens
Alexei Ramirez
A.J. Pierzynski
Paul Konerko
Ken Griffey
Orlando Cabrera
Carlos Quentin

Josh Fields
Jermaine Dye
Joe Crede
Jim Thome
Octavio Dotel
Paul Phillips
Nick Swisher
Dewayne Wise

Brian Anderson
Javier Vazquez
Gavin Floyd
Matt Thornton
Jason Bourgeois
Pablo Ozuna
Chris Getz
Lance Broadway
Ehren Wassermann

Toby Hall
Bobby Jenks
Nick Masset
Mike MacDougal
Esteban Loaiza
Horacio Ramirez
John Danks
Jose Contreras

D.J. Carrasco
Clayton Richard
Mark Buehrle
Boone Logan
Adam Russell
Scott Linebrink

2007 / 2009 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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