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2009 Chicago White Sox

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 2008 / 2010

79-83, Finished 3rd in AL Central (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ozzie Guillen (79-83)
Scored 724 runs, Allowed 732 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: U.S. Cellular Field · Attendance: 2,284,163 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 105, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 104

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2008 / 2010 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 27 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 11, 1982 5 65 50 65 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 6 67 0 8 1 -0.2 $440,000
Gordon Beckham 22 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 16, 1986 1st 103 102 103 102 0 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.9 $
Wilson Betemit 27 B R 6' 2" 220 Nov 2, 1981 7 20 10 20 12 0 0 7 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 -0.5 $1,300,000
Lance Broadway 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Aug 20, 1983 3 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mark Buehrle 30 L L 6' 2" 230 Mar 23, 1979 10 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $14,000,000 All-Star
D.J. Carrasco 32 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 12, 1977 5 49 1 3 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $440,000
Ramon Castro 33 R R 6' 3" 240 Mar 1, 1976 11 31 25 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.1 $
Bartolo Colon 36 R R 5' 11" 265 May 24, 1973 13 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $1,000,000
Jose Contreras 37 R R 6' 4" 255 Dec 6, 1971 7 21 21 2 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $10,000,000
John Danks 24 L L 6' 1" 215 Apr 15, 1985 3 32 32 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.7 $520,000
Octavio Dotel 35 R R 6' 0" 220 Nov 25, 1973 11 62 0 4 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $6,000,000
Jermaine Dye 35 R R 6' 4" 210 Jan 28, 1974 14 141 140 141 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 133 7 1 0 -1.2 $11,500,000
Jack Egbert 26 L R 6' 3" 220 May 12, 1983 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Josh Fields 26 R R 6' 1" 235 Dec 14, 1982 4 79 62 79 66 0 0 17 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 5 -1.0 $410,000
Tyler Flowers 23 R R 6' 4" 245 Jan 24, 1986 1st 10 5 10 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.0 $
Gavin Floyd 26 R R 6' 6" 240 Jan 27, 1983 6 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $750,000
Freddy Garcia 32 R R 6' 4" 250 Oct 6, 1976 11 9 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Chris Getz 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Aug 30, 1983 2 107 100 107 106 0 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.5 $401,000
Jimmy Gobble 27 L L 6' 3" 190 Jul 19, 1981 7 12 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Daniel Hudson 22 R R 6' 3" 230 Mar 9, 1987 1st 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Bobby Jenks 28 R R 6' 4" 275 Mar 14, 1981 5 52 0 4 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $5,600,000
Paul Konerko 33 R R 6' 2" 220 Mar 5, 1976 13 152 150 152 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 2 0 1.9 $12,000,000
Mark Kotsay 33 L L 6' 0" 210 Dec 2, 1975 13 40 27 40 29 0 0 22 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 3 9 3 -0.5 $
Brent Lillibridge 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 18, 1983 2 46 26 46 42 0 0 0 23 1 7 0 12 0 12 2 5 6 -0.7 $402,500
Scott Linebrink 32 R R 6' 3" 220 Aug 4, 1976 10 57 0 5 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $4,500,000
Mike MacDougal 32 B R 6' 4" 185 Mar 5, 1977 9 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $2,650,000
Corky Miller 33 R R 6' 1" 255 Mar 18, 1976 9 14 10 14 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 -0.1 $450,000
Jayson Nix 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Aug 26, 1982 2 94 72 94 81 0 0 0 52 12 15 3 0 4 7 5 15 4 0.8 $400,000
Jhonny Nunez 23 L R 6' 3" 215 Nov 26, 1985 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Owens 28 L L 6' 3" 195 Feb 16, 1981 4 12 2 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 7 2 4 3 -0.1 $
Jake Peavy 28 R R 6' 1" 195 May 31, 1981 8 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Tony Pena 27 R R 6' 2" 240 Jan 9, 1982 4 35 0 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
A.J. Pierzynski 32 L R 6' 3" 225 Dec 30, 1976 12 138 125 138 131 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1.4 $6,250,000
Scott Podsednik 33 L L 6' 0" 185 Mar 18, 1976 9 132 128 132 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 50 3 131 14 2 2 1.9 $
Aaron Poreda 22 L L 6' 6" 240 Oct 1, 1986 1st 10 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Carlos Quentin 26 R R 6' 2" 235 Aug 28, 1982 4 99 96 99 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 0 89 9 3 0 -0.4 $550,000
Alexei Ramirez 27 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 22, 1981 2 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $1,225,000
Clayton Richard 25 L L 6' 5" 245 Sep 12, 1983 2 27 14 3 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.9 $405,000
Alex Rios 28 R R 6' 5" 210 Feb 18, 1981 6 41 38 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 7 41 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jim Thome 38 L R 6' 3" 250 Aug 27, 1970 19 107 98 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 9 0 1.3 $13,000,000
Matt Thornton 32 L L 6' 6" 235 Sep 15, 1976 6 70 0 5 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $1,325,000
Carlos Torres 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 22, 1982 1st 8 5 1 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Wes Whisler 26 L L 6' 5" 240 Apr 7, 1983 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Randy Williams 33 L L 6' 3" 200 Sep 18, 1975 3 25 0 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Dewayne Wise 31 L L 5' 11" 195 Feb 24, 1978 7 84 36 84 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 35 34 74 3 9 19 -0.3 $550,000
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.

Scott Podsednik

Jayson Nix

Josh Fields
Jerry Owens

Alexei Ramirez

A.J. Pierzynski

Paul Konerko

Gordon Beckham
Wilson Betemit

Chris Getz

Brent Lillibridge

Carlos Quentin

Josh Fields
Scott Podsednik

Jermaine Dye

Jim Thome

Octavio Dotel

Ramon Castro

Mark Kotsay

Dewayne Wise

Brian Anderson

Gavin Floyd

Matt Thornton

Tyler Flowers
Jimmy Gobble

Bartolo Colon

Lance Broadway

Freddy Garcia

Corky Miller
Jake Peavy

Bobby Jenks

Mike MacDougal
Wes Whisler

Aaron Poreda

John Danks

Alex Rios

Jose Contreras

D.J. Carrasco

Daniel Hudson
Clayton Richard

Mark Buehrle

Tony Pena

Carlos Torres

Jack Egbert

Jhonny Nunez

Randy Williams

Scott Linebrink

2008 / 2010 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers